The seven company 1st Infantry battalion was organized during the spring of 1862 with men drawn from the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. The unit was originally assigned to the 3rd Military District at Port Hudson, LA the Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana. The unit's first engagement was at Corinth where they incurred a small loss. Assigned to Tilghman's brigade, Loring's division, it fought at Bakers Creek, with few casualties. It fought at Grand Gulf as part of Gen. J.S. Bowen's Defense Force where part of the battalion was captured at Vicksburg. Assigned to Rust's & Adam's Brigade, the Army of Mobile, it fought at Port Hudson, Champions Hill, Jackson and Fort Pillow. In June of 1863 the Battalion was assigned to Gen Johnston's Army of Relief, Dept. of the West. Then in March of 1864 it was ordered to Virginia and attached to J.R. Davis' Brigade, Heth's Division, Hill's Corps A.N.V. The unit participated in the conflicts at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Liberty Mills, Bethesda Church and 2nd Cold Harbor. It then endured the long siege at Petersburg. In an attempt to drive the enemy from the Weldon Rail Road the battalion lost severely . Most of the remaining unit was killed or captured at Hatchers Run, April 1865 , and at the surrender in April 1865 only 3 Officers and 6 men were present. Lieut. Colonels' George H. Forney( K.I.A.) & Francis B McClung and Major Lawrence W. O'Bannon were in command. It remained one of the few units of Regular Army to last the war. The unit also maintained a roll of honor which contained the names of 11 members of the Battalion.
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Captain Joseph Clayton
Captain William Carney
14th Tennessee Company F
== COs (5) ==
Captain Joseph Clayton
1st Lieutenant Albert Bennet
1st Lieutenant Ben
2nd Lieutenant NolanLevack
First Sergeant Axel Rogers
== NCOs (3)==
Sergeant Theodore
Corporal Mark Esposito (Bugler)
Corporal James Charles (Color Bearer)
== Enlisted (14) ==
Private Bruce Davis
Private Leon Belkmore
Private John Browning
Private John Cooper
Private Hugo Rodriguez
Private Miller Miljic
Private Yuri Holcomb
Private Robert Leemaster
Private Benjamin Miller
Private Cypher
Private Rowdy
Private Troy
Private Aaron Cooper
Private Justin
Company Strength: 22
8th Florida Company A
== COs (6) ==
Captain William Carney
Captain Josef Tišer
2nd Lieutenant Adam Spicer
2nd Lieutenant John von Wulf
2nd Lieutenant ALEKSANDR NOVIKOV
First Sergeant Thomas Sarson
== NCOs (6) ==
First Sergeant Chris Holland
First Sergeant Jonathan Fowler
Sergeant Kochert Frederick
Sergeant William Gadsden
Corporal Val Lukes
Corporal Nathaniel Damron (Courier)
== Enlisted (29) ==
Private Adam Kotík
Private D Outlander
Private Denis Fleischer
Private James Ward
Private Joshua Cruz
Private Klay Simmons
Private kristian garofalo
Private Manfred Mahan
Private Marius
Private Michal Ruzicka
Private Nathan Kiser
Private Nathaniel J Walker
Private Rex Kramer
Private Rich
Private Skot
Private William Ryan
Private Bryce Johnson
Private ChefBoy (Cook)
Private Chris P Christenson
Private Doomfist
Private Eric Higgins
Private Gabriel Mercado
Private GhostWolf
Private James
Private Jethro W. Miller
Private Vincent Scheffer
Private Ahmed Abou-Bakr
Private Mickkey
Private David V Goncharov
Private Bellamy
Company Strength: 42
Battalion Strength: 64
Officers: 11
NCOs: 9
Enlisted: 44
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