Third Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

Colonel P Turney, commanding the 1st Tennessee Infantry

First Tennessee Infantry

Mustered in Confederate service on 8 May, 1861, and arrived at Manassas Junction between 4.30 and 5.30 PM on 21 July, 1861, and did not participate in the first battle of Manassas

COLONEL P TURNEY
LIEUTENANT COLONEL J H HOLMAN
MAJOR D W HOLMAN
Second Major D W Holman was elected as major to replace First Major Anderson as Confederate regulations required only one major

Company A Pelham Guards: CAPT. A E PATTON
The company was organised on 29 April, 1861, and was ordered to Winchester, Tennessee, shortly afterwards.
Company B Tullahoma Guards: CAPT. J E BENNETt
The company was organised at Winchester, Tennessee, on 29 April, 1861.
Company C Mountain Boys: CAPT. T TURNEY
The company was organised at Winchester, Tennessee, on 29 April, 1861.
Company D Ridgedale Hornets: CAPT. N L SIMPSON
The company was organised at Ridgedale, Franklin County, Tennessee, in March 1861, and was ordered to Winchester, Tennessee, in April, 1861.
Company E Lynchburg Rangers: CAPT. E Y SALMON
The company was organised at Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee, in March 1861, and was ordered to Winchester, Tennessee, in April, 1861.
Company F Salem Invincibles: CAPT. C ARLEDGE
Company G Fayetteville Guards: CAPT. B F RAMSEY
The company was organised at Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, on 29 April, 1861, and was ordered to Winchester, Tennessee, on 1 May, 1861.
Company H Shelton Creek Volunteers: CAPT. J CRUSE
The company was organised at Shelton Creek, Lincoln County, Tennessee, on 29 April, 1861, and was ordered to Winchester, Tennessee, shortly afterwards.
Company I Cowan Guards: CAPT. J HOLDER
The company was organised at Winchester, Tennessee, on 29 April, 1861.
Company K Boon's Creek or Hill Minutemen: CAPT. N C DAVIS
The company was organised at Lincoln County, Tennessee, on 29 April, 1861, and was ordered to Winchester, Tennessee, shortly afterwards.

Sources

"The 1st Tennessee probably boarded the last train from Piedmont Station but there was an accident."

The last Confederate general: John C Vaughn and his East Tennessee Cavalry, by Larry Gordon

"Apparently it departed shortly before or after Smith's engine, and carried the First Kentucky, the remainder of the Eleventh Mississippi, and probably the First Tennessee. They started out all right, but unexpectedly the engine suffered a collision – with what no one specified – and the cars could go no farther."

Battle at Bull Run: A history of the first major campaign of the Civil War by W C Davis

The military annals of Tennessee, Confederate: First series embracing a review of military operations, with regimental histories and memorial rolls compiled from original and official sources, edited by John Berrien Lindsley, M. D., D. D.

The Confederate Veteran, Volume 25: Turney's First Tennessee Regiment, pp164–166, by Private H T Childs, Fayetteville, Tennessee

Tennesseans in the Civil War Part I: A military history of Confederate and Union units with available rosters of personnel, in two parts, published by the Civil War Centennial Commission, Nashville, Tennessee, 1864

Notes

The 1st Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, assembled at Mary Sharp College, near Winchester, Tennessee, Franklin County, on 28 April, 1861, and was organised on 29 April, 1861.

Lynchburg, Virginia, May, 1861: The 1st Tennessee Infantry was ordered to proceed to Lynchburg, Virginia, on 1 May, 1861, and six companies arrived on 5 May, 1861, and the remaining companies shortly afterwards. On 7 May, 1861, the 1st Tennessee Infantry elected Second Major D W Holman as major to replace First Major Anderson as Confederate regulations required only one major and the 1st Tennessee Infantry was mustered in Confederate service for twelve months on 8 May, 1861.

Richmond, Virginia, 17 May, 1861: The 1st Tennessee Infantry was ordered to a training camp at Richmond, Virginia, on 17 May, 1861, and was drilled by detachment of cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Harpers Ferry, Virginia, June, 1861: The 1st Tennessee Infantry was ordered to proceeded by railroad to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, on 1 June, 1861, and was assigned to the Third Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, at Winchester, Virginia, on 30 June, 1861. The regiment was ordered to Darkesville, Virginia, on 2 July, 1861, and returned to Winchester, Virginia, on 7 July, 1861.

At 1 AM on 18 July, 1861, the War Department at Richmond, Virginia, ordered General J E Johnston to proceed with the Army of the Shenandoah to Manassas Junction and join the Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General P G T Beauregard.

Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, 21 July, 1861: The 1st Tennessee Infantry arrived at Piedmont Station, Virginia, between 9.30 and 10.30 AM on 19 July, 1861, and proceeded by railroad to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, in the morning on 21 July, 1861. The regiment arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, between 3 and 4 PM the same day and was ordered towards the battlefield. After three or four miles the 1st Tennessee Infantry was ordered to return to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, and did not participate in the first battle of Manassas.

A few days after the battle of first Manassas the 1st Tennessee Infantry encamped at Camp Jones, along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, near Bristoe Station, Virginia.

President J Davis and Colonel J R Davis, aide de camp, arrived by railroad at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, between 3 and 4 PM on 21 July, 1861, and was escorted to the General J E Johnston's headquarters at the Lewis House, Portici, by Captain J F Lay, commanding Lay's Squadron Cavalry (See Lay's Squadron Cavalry). President J Davis remained in the vicinity of Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, until 23 July, 1861, and returned to Richmond, Virginia.

Captain B E Bee, 10th United States Infantry, was the senior captain at Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory, and resigned his commission on 3 March, 1861. Captain B E Bee was assigned to the 1st South Carolina Regular Infantry, as lieutenant colonel and on 17 June, 1861, Lieutenant Colonel B E Bee was commissioned a brigadier general.

On 25 July 1861, the Army of the Shenandoah was reorganised and the 1st Tennessee Infantry was assigned to the Third Brigade, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General W H C Whiting.

Orders of Battle