The Tennessee 3rd Mounted Infantry Regiment was organized at Knoxville, Tennessee, May 29, 1861; mustered into Confederate Service June 6, 1861; reorganized May 14, 1862 and surrendered at Washington, Georgia, May 9, 1865. Colonel Vaughn was promoted to brigadier general September 22, 1862, and Newton J. Lillard served as colonel of the regiment for the rest of the war. Almost immediately after organization the regiment left for Virginia on June 2,...
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