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| "This company was being mustered into service at Nashville, Tennessee, on February 5, 1862, but was ordered away before the muster was completed. It was probably assigned to the [[54th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|54th Tennessee Infantry Regiment,]] as it was accepted by the same Confederate states mustering officer, at the same time and place as other companies known to have been assigned to the 54th Infantry Regiment. It was perhaps Company "D", or Company "f", of that regiment which are not identified. The 54th Regiment was merged into the [[48th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Nixon's)|48th (Nixon's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment in]] April, 1862, and no subsequent service of Tackitt's Company has been identified." <ref>Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/tackett.html Captain Joseph W. Tackitt's Company, Tennessee Infantry], (accessed 31 Dec 2011).</ref> | | "This company was being mustered into service at Nashville, Tennessee, on February 5, 1862, but was ordered away before the muster was completed. It was probably assigned to the [[54th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|54th Tennessee Infantry Regiment,]] as it was accepted by the same Confederate states mustering officer, at the same time and place as other companies known to have been assigned to the 54th Infantry Regiment. It was perhaps Company "D", or Company "f", of that regiment which are not identified. The 54th Regiment was merged into the [[48th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Nixon's)|48th (Nixon's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment in]] April, 1862, and no subsequent service of Tackitt's Company has been identified." <ref>Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/tackett.html Captain Joseph W. Tackitt's Company, Tennessee Infantry], (accessed 31 Dec 2011).</ref> |
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| "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> | | "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> |
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| *[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Tennessee in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below). | | *[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Tennessee in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below). |
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| *National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. | | *National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. |
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| *[[Tennessee in the Civil War|Tennessee in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Tennessee, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | | *[[Tennessee in the Civil War|Tennessee in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Tennessee, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. |