Confederate service · tennessee

11th Tennessee Infantry

Discover the people remembered in this unit and the family stories shared by our community.

Regiment archive

Names remembered

31 entries

Company Unknown

Corporal

6th Great Grandfather
Contributor CurtisDate added 1/23/2011

Company Unknown

Musician

I am looking for photos of this Regiment
Contributor Brenda Kirkland SniderDate added 2/15/2008

Company Unknown

Private

Wesley Welch was the younger brother of John Shadrach Welch of Co K 11th Tennessee Regiment . He Entered service in 1862 at the age of 15 as a member of Baxter's Battery.
Contributor Richard C. WelchHomepage GoogleDate added 8/24/2015

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Carl CuffmanDate added 3/16/2010

Company A

Private

(Married - Margaret Frances Ridings)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company A

Private

(Born - 22 Apr 1837 in Tennessee) (Died - 23 Feb 1913 in Tennessee) (Father - James Lewis) (Mother - Edna Tolar) (Married - Sarah Rebecca Ridings on 20 Dec 1865)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company A

Sergeant

On April 27, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army. Served as a volunteer in Company A, Eleventh Tennessee Regiment, W.L. White, Captain; G.W. Gordon's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Polk's Corps, Joseph W. Johnston's Army, where he was promoted to Sergeant. He also served as a musician in Company K, 2nd (Consolidated) Tennessee Infantry of which the 11TH Tennessee Infantry became a part about April 9, 1865 by consolidation. He was paroled at Greensboro, near Jonesboro, NC, either May 1, or May 26, 1865, after serving four years. One year as a drummer in the military band, but he bore arms the other three years of the war. Besides participating in other hard-fought battles and skirmishes, he was at Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, Missionary Ridge, Franklin, and the siege of Chattanooga. He was neither wounded nor captured during the war.
Contributor Spencer GilesDate added 4/22/2009

Company A

Private

(Born - 23 Feb 1839) (Died - 16 Jul 1900 in Tennessee) (Father - George Ridings) (Mother - Elizabeth Turner)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company A

1st Lieutenant

(Born - 04 Sep 1832) (Died - 05 Sep 1884) (Father - George Ridings) (Mother - Elizabeth Turner) (Married - Sarah Balphrop)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company A

Private

Born 11 Nov 1844 in Humphreys Co., Tennessee. Enlisted 8 Aug 1861 in Humphreys Co., Tennessee. Discharged from service by way of substitution 19 June 1862 in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., Tennessee. Killed in skirmish while fighting as a Bushwacker 31 March 1865 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
Contributor George HillDate added 7/30/2015

Company B

Private

Jason J Figg was killed at the Battle of Atlanta on 22, July 1864. I am trying to locate his grave with no luck.
Contributor M JohnsonDate added 2/27/2013

Company B

1st Lieutenant

2nd Cousin to my 3x Great Grandfather John McCampbell Nelson 10th/14th TX Cav. Moses enlisted in G Co, 11th TN May 10, 1861 as a private. Served in the 11th Tennessee through the entirety of the war. Listed as 2nd Sgt as of July 1862 in B Co. 1st Sgt of B Co as of Nov 1862. Promoted to 2LT April 16th, 1864 by BG Vaughan. Paroled at Greensboro, NC May 1st 1865 where he is listed as a 1LT. Wounded in Battle of Atlanta and Lovejoy Station. Mentioned in the Confederate Veteran Vol 22 1914 pg 137. Major engagements include Tazewell, Cumberland Gap, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta and Nashville Campaigns, Bentonville.
Contributor Matt ConardDate added 7/8/2025

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Christopher W. Bribiesca Jr. Date added 9/11/2008

Company C

Private

Joined June 25th 1861 at Camp Cheatham.
Contributor Tony Epps EnglandDate added 9/29/2014

Company C

Private

Request any info.
Contributor Janet TurnerDate added 9/11/2010

Company D

Sergeant

Darius was the 10th of the 11 chilsren of Daniel and Mary Hughes Rawley, born 1838 in Smith County, TN, and as a young adult moved to Nashville where he joined older brother James in business (Rawley and Brother Dry Goods on Market St.). He enlisted as a Corporal 10 May 1861. The 11th participated in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations, and fought in North Carolina. He was promoted to Sgt. in the summer of '63. He was taken prisoner at Jonesboro in the Atlanta campaign and sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago 4 Sept 1864. He took the oath 31 Jan 1865 and was released from prison. He was 5' 8 1/2', with brown hair, hazel eyes, and fair complexion. He returned to Nashville where he died 17 Sept 1866, cholera taking the life the enemy could not. He is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Contributor Vonda DixonDate added 4/3/2012

Company E

Rank unknown

Looking For R. C. Eubanks (Full Name ) any help would be appreciated.
Contributor Scott EubanksHomepage http://wscotteubanks.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=wscotteubanks&view=9&rand=88Date added 7/17/2010

Company E

Private

I would like to get as much info about Thomas Willis. He died in the veterans home in Little Rock. He was my great- grandfather. I don''t know too much about him . Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Contributor Sharon BatesDate added 8/8/2004

Company F

Private

(Born - 29 Apr 1832 in Tennessee) (Died - 28 Mar 1912 in Texas) (Married - Irena Elizabeth Reynolds on 05 Sep 1852 in Tennessee)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company F

Private

Killed in Battle of Franklin, TN on 30 Nov 1864
Contributor Ken AllisonDate added 5/4/2013

Company H

Lt. Colonel

My Great Grand Uncle
Contributor Cathy FarmerDate added 1/2/2011

Company H

3rd Corporal

Daniel enlisted in 1861 in Hickman, Tennessee where many of the men of the 11th. Co. H (Hickman Guards) were from. He also had three other brothers that served, Capt. Field Montgomery 14th. Louisiana Infantry, Lt. Robert Montgomery 8th. Louisiana Infantry and Pvt. John Montgomery 12th Missouri Cavalry. The Eleventh participated at Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, Missionary Ridge. In the Atlanta Campaign the Eleventh was present at the battles of Resaca, Calhoun, New Hope Church, Dead Angle, Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek, Suger Creek, Franklin, Nashville and Bentonville. In the battle of Jonesboro, Daniel was killed and buried in the field later reinterred to the Pat Cleburne Cemetery in Jonesboro, Georgia. Anyone who has any info on the 11th. Co. H Please contact me... Thanks Steve www.findagrave.com
Contributor Steven ChobotDate added 10/20/2010

Company H

Private

Richard was born in Dickson County, TN in 1837 and is my maternal great-great grandfather. He married my great-great grandmother in 1857, was widowed four times and married his fifth and last wife in 1898 at the age of 61. Richard died at the age of 80 in 1918.
Contributor Dawn GarnerDate added 4/14/2006

Company I

Private

Humphreys County, TN native. Enlisted 20 May 1861, died of ''disease of the lungs'' 25 Nov 1861 at Cumberland Gap. He is my great-great-great grandfather.
Contributor David JonesDate added 12/15/2004

Company I

Corporal

Died 1898.
Contributor Mark AndersonDate added 11/16/2007

Company I

Private

Died 9 Jul 1863.
Contributor Mark AndersonDate added 11/16/2007

Company J

Private

Transferred to 8th Texas Cavalry
Contributor Bob ConnerHomepage http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24485855/familyDate added 12/18/2011

Company K

4th Sergeant

Alexander H. Bell was the grandson of Ironmaster Montgomery Bell. He was captured in Georgia and was sent to a Federal Prison in Fort Morton, Indiana. His slave, Charley Bell served with him in the 11th Tennessee and remained with the unit until it was disbanded. He survived the war and is buried in the Bell family cemetery which is near The Narrows of the Harpeth River.
Contributor jimmy howellDate added 9/11/2010

Company K

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jack WhiteDate added 6/13/2010

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bear CliftonDate added 7/5/2015

Company K

Private

John S. Welch served in Co K 11th Tennessee Infantry Regiment CSA from the time it was formed in Dickson County , Tennessee until it surrendered on April 26th , 1865 .
Contributor Richard C WelchHomepage GoogleDate added 8/24/2015

Rejoining the server...

Rejoin failed... trying again in seconds.

Failed to rejoin.
Please retry or reload the page.

The session has been paused by the server.

Failed to resume the session.
Please reload the page.