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An eyewitness to the dark days of 1861-65; or a private soldier's adventures and hardships during the war.

N J (Noah Jasper) Hampton, Nashville, 1898

Book held at
Kentucky Wesleyan College Library
3000 Frederica St
Owensboro, Kentucky United States 42302-1039
Voice: (270) 926-3111
Database: Kentucky Wesleyan College Library
Location: S (Shelved in the Heritage Room. Does not circulate.)
Call Number: 973.7 H229

Microform at
Cincinnati/Hamilton Co. Library


The Cainsville Guards : Civil War experiences of Company I, 18th Tennessee Regiment
Author: Howard Lytle Givens
Publisher: Jackson, TN : Main Street Pub., 2005.
Tennessee State Library & Arch
Nashville

Tennessee's battered brigadier : the life of General Joseph B. Palmer, CSA
Robert Owen Neff
Franklin, Tenn. : Hillsboro Press, ©2000.
** Avail on Amazon

Moore, J. C. "Diary of a Confederate Soldier." Edited by Larry G. Bowman and Jack B. Scroggs. Military Review, 62 (February 1982), pp. 20-34. [18th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A.]
** Can't find online or in WorldCat


Sumner County, Tennessee In the Civil War
Chapter Four
By Edwin L. Ferguson

Privately Printed by the Author, 1972

Jamison, Robert D. and Jamison Camilla. Excerpt from "Letters and Recollections of a Confederate Soldier: 1861-1865". 1863.

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18th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company B

Organized on June 11, 1861. Mustered into Confederate Service Aug. 7, 1861.

Colonel - Joseph B. Palmer.

Lieutenant Colonel - A. G. Carden and William R. Butler.

Major - Samuel W. Davis and W. H. Joyner.

Co. B, Captain - W. H. Joyner, James W. Roscoe.
Men from Sumner and Davidson Counties.

Organized June 11, 1861. Mustered into Confederate Service Aug. 7, 1861. After organization at Camp Trousdale the regiment was sent to Bowling Green, Ky. Sent to Ft. Donelson, on the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tenn. Was surrendered Feb. 16, 1862. Sent to prison at Camp Butler, Ill. Exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss. Sept. 16, 1862. The regiment had 685 effectives at Fort Donelson, suffering 52 casualties. It took an active part in the Battle of Murfreesboro losing 166 killed and wounded, out of 430 engaged.

At Chickamauga, Ga. lost 144 killed and wounded. Was not badly hurt at Missionary Ridge, only one casualty.

On Jan. 19, 1863 the regiment reported 430 men, of which 305 were able for duty.

After wintering at Dalton, Ga. they fought in the Atlanta Campaign including Rocky Face Ridge, Reseca, New Hope Church, Powder Springs Road and Chattahoochee River suffering severely in killed and wounded. During the seige of Atlanta they were under continuous fire for twenty-six days. Here they were outflanked and the greater part of the regiment captured.

The 18th was in Hood's Invasion of Tennessee but did not arrive at Franklin in time for the battle. The Brigade was detached to join Gen. Forrest at Murfreesboro and so missed the Battle of Nashville. They were then sent to North Carolina to join Gen. Johnston's Army under the command of Gen. Palmer. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Gen. Palmer was directed to conduct the Tennessee troops home. Paroled May 1, 1865.

Notes
Moore, J. C. "Diary of a Confederate Soldier." Edited by Larry G. Bowman and Jack B. Scroggs. Military Review, 62 (February 1982), pp. 20-34. [18th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A.]

Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Palmer, a prominent state military and political leader, built the Italianate residence at 434 E. Main St. in 1869. Highlighted by a filigree cast iron porch and paired arch windows, the house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

And just who was Joseph Benjamin Palmer?

He was lawyer, prominent politician and, ironically, a Union man. The house was built after the Civil War as a gift to his bride. His career provides an important lesson about Middle Tennessee before and during the war and reconstruction.

His regiment was to participate in some of the most hellish battles of the Civil War, including Stones River, Chickamauga, the defense of Atlanta and Gen. John Bell Hood's invasion of Middle Tennessee.

Gen. Joseph Palmer and his regiment will be a recurring topic as The Post recounts The Battle of Stones River and the impact of the Civil War on Murfreesboro.