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Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | ||
*Company A | *Company A - Captains L.N. Savage, Gid L. Talley - Men from Smithville, [[DeKalb_County,_Tennessee|DeKalb County]]. | ||
*Company B | *Company B - Captains C.C. Brewer, J.H.L. Duncan, E.W. Walker - Men from Manchester, [[Coffee_County,_Tennessee|Coffee County]]. Some form [[Grundy_County,_Tennessee|Grundy County]]. | ||
*Company C | *Company C - Captains David M. Donnell, D.C. Spurlock, J.L. Thompson - Men from [[Warren_County,_Tennessee|Warren County]]. | ||
*Company D | *Company D - Captain P. H. Coffee, John G. Lambuth, F.M. York - Men from [[Warren_County,_Tennessee|Warren County]]. | ||
*Company E | *Company E - Captains Thomas B. Murray, J.J. Womack, J.K.P. Webb - Men from [[Warren_County,_Tennessee|Warren County]]. | ||
*Company F | *Company F - Captains H.H. Dillard, John B. Vance, W.W. Baldwin, F.M. Amonet - "The Highlanders" - Men from [[Putnam_County,_Tennessee|Putnam County]]. | ||
*Company G | *Company G - Captains P.C. Shields, A.T. Fisher, Adrian Fiske - Men from [[White_County,_Tennessee|White]] and [[DeKalb_County,_Tennessee|DeKalb Counties]]. | ||
*Company H | *Company H - Captains L. H. Meadows, W.G. Etter, James M. Parks - Men from Irving College, [[Warren_County,_Tennessee|Warren County]]. | ||
*Company I | *Company I - Captains Harman York, Ben Randals, James Worthington - Men from [[Van_Buren_County,_Tennessee|Van Buren County]]. | ||
*Company K - "The Highlanders" - | *Company K -Captains Daniel T. Brown, William D. Turlington - formerly Company C - "The Highlanders" - Men from Sparta, [[White_County,_Tennessee|White County]]. | ||
The information on the companies comes from [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csain16.htm Tennesseans in the Civil War,] (accessed 28 Dec 2011).<br>Sixteenth Regiment organized at Manchester early 1861 | |||
*Company E (Captain C. C. Brewer) - many men from Coffee County | *Company E (Captain C. C. Brewer) - many men from Coffee County | ||