14th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry

Companies A-L

May, 1861

CompanyRaised InCommanderRank
AClarksvilleW.A. ForbesCaptain
BMontgomery CountyM.G. Gholson Captain
CRobertson CountyWash Lowe Captain
DStewart CountyH.C. Buckner Captain
EStewart CountyClay Roberts Captain
FStewart CountyW.E. Lowe Captain
GMontgomery County Isaac Brunson Captain
HClarksville F.S. Beaumont Captain
IRobertson CountyW.P. Simmons Captain
KMontgomery CountyJ.E. Lockert Captain
LMontgomery CountyE. Hewitt Captain

Clarksville lies at the heart of Montgomery County. Stewart County lies due west and Robertson County lies immediately to the east.

Almost a thousand men formed the eleven companies that made up the Fourteenth Tennessee Infantry. The regiment used the Fairgrounds located in the vicinity of Dunbar Cave as its temporary headquarters. This was known as 'Camp Duncan.' The organization of the regiment was completed with the selection of the following field and staff officers:

OficerRank
W.A. ForbesColonel
M.O. GholsonLieutenant Colonel
N. BrandonMajor
W.W. ThompsonAdjutant
Dr. J.R. JohnsonSurgeon
Dr. John MartinAssistant Surgeon
Major John GorhamQuartermaster
Captain Frank GreenCommissary
R.J. GoosetreeAsst. Commissary
Dr. J.M. PirtleChaplin


See Ordeal by Fire: A History of the Fourteenth Tennessee (Wallace Cross)