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The 154th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry was an infantry regiment from Tennessee that served with the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War.Raised originally in 1842 as the 154th Tennessee Militia it sought to retain its number and was as such also known as 154th (Senior) Tennessee Infantry (1st Tennessee Volunteers).
The 2nd Tennessee Cavalry was organized July through November 1862 in eastern Tennessee and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Daniel M. Ray. Subordinate officers included Lieutenant Colonel William R. Cook, and majors George W. Hutsell, Charles Inman, William R. Macbeth, and William F. Prosser.
The 62nd Tennessee was formed on October 8 and mustered into service on November 11 at Sweetwater, Tennessee. At Vicksburg, the Regiment was taken prisoner; it was released in late July 1863.
Loyal Mountain Troopers: The Second and Third Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War—Reminiscences of Lieutenant John W. Andes and Major Will A. McTeer (Maryville, TN: Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society), 1992. Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Wiefering, Edna.
24th (Maney's) Battalion, Sharp Shooters was Captain Frank Maney's Company, Light Artillery, which was organized September 7, 1861; surrendered at Fort Donelson; reorganized December 1, 1862 as light artillery, but armed temporarily as infantry.
The 7th Tennessee Cavalry was organized at Jackson, Grand Junction, and Trenton, Tennessee and mustered on August 28, 1862, for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Isaac Roberts Hawkins.
The 9th Tennessee Cavalry was organized August 25, 1863, in Knoxville, Tennessee and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Joseph H. Parsons.
In military organization, the term muster is the process or event of accounting for members in a military unit. This practice of inspections led to the coining of the English idiom pass muster, meaning being sufficient. When a unit is created, it is "mustered in" and when it is disbanded, it is "mustered out".