Category: 55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (McKoin's), United States Civil War

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55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (McKoin's) organized at Camp Weakley, near Nashville, Tennessee, in January, 1862. Its members were from the counties of Bedford, Sumner, Lincoln, Davidson, Rutherford, Macon, Smith, and Williamson. Attached to General Wood's Brigade it fought at Shiloh with a force of 280 men. It suffered heavy casualties and in April merged into the 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. See National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database.

Officers: Colonel James L McKoin, Lieutenant Colonel Wiley M Reed, and Major B A James.

See also: 55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Brown's)

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