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The 64th Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1862, was anticipated to be a legion containing thirteen companies, of infantry and three of cavalry. However, the command was reduced to ten companies and designated the 64th Regiment. Its member s were from the counties of Madison, Henderson, and Polk. . Here most of the regiment was captured in September at Cumberland's Gap, but some did escape. The records show that 288 men of the 64th were prisoners at Camp Douglas. Continuing the fight with a bout 100 effectives, the unit served under Generals Breckinridge, Vaughn, and Williams in East Tennessee, then became part of Colonel J.B. Palmer's Brigade at Asheville in March, 1865. Later it disbanded near the French Broad River.
Colonel Lawrence M. Allen, Lieutenant Colonels William N. Garrett and J.A. Keith, and Major Thomas P. Jones.
The unit served in North Carolina and Tennessee, then in July, 1863, was attached to General Gracie's Brigade and stationed at Cumberland Gap.
Cumberland Gap
The composite rosters of this regiment contain 1,994 men.
REFERENCES:
REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
Moore - Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States
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Allen, Col. Lawrence M. Partisan Campaigns of Col. Lawrence M. Allen |
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Hill, Daniel H. - Confederate Military History - North Carolina Volume |
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Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch and Roster of the 64th Regiment North Carolina Infantry |
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Rigdon, John C. The Civil War in North Carolina |
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Rigdon, John C. North Carolina Civil War Soldiers Index |
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