1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment | |
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![]() Field and staff of the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Union), photographed late August 1864;[1] Col. Jim Brownlow, seated front and center, was in 70 battles and skirmishes[2] and had four horses killed under him[3] during the course of the war | |
Active | November 1862 to June 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Cavalry |
Engagements | Tullahoma Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Atlanta Campaign Siege of Atlanta Battle of Lovejoy's Station Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville |
The 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as 1st East Tennessee Cavalry. The regiment was organized and was nominally commanded by Robert Johnson, the second son of Tennessee politician and Southern Unionist Andrew Johnson, but in truth the regimental commander was James P. Brownlow, the second son of Parson Brownlow.