Bailey's Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry: Difference between revisions

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"The [[49th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|49th]] and 55th Regiments Tennessee Infantry and the 7th Regiment Texas Infantry were temporarily consolidated and formed Bailey's Consolidated Regiemnt Confederate Infantry.&nbsp; It was ordered to report for duty at Meridian, Mississippi, then sent to Port Hudson, Louisiana, where it was placed in Brigadier General Smauel Maxey's Brigade, with Colonel James Bailey, of the 49th, in command of Bailey's Consolidated Regiment.&nbsp; It remained in this brigade, first under General Maxey, later under Brigadier General W.A. Quarles, until the end of the war."&nbsp; <ref>Compiled by Karen Smith, [http://www.karenfurst.com/genealogy/civilwar/55thtnregiment.htm 55th (Brown's) Regiment Tennessee Infantry CSA Annotated Chronology], (accessed 31 Dec 2011).</ref>  

"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>  

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.<br>  

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