1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment


The 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels George Maney and Hume R. Field.

History

The Regiment was mustered on May 2, 1861. George Maney, who commanded the Rock City Guards battalion which became companies A, B and C, was elected colonel for the first 90 days. After that, command passed to Hume Field.
Confederate martyr Sam Davis joined the regiment as a scout, but he was later executed executed as a spy by Union forces despite his wearing a butternut Confederate uniform when he was captured.