http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:j9zTQla3iQkC:www.geocities.com/kasmith_1966/civilwar/55thTNRegiment.htm+%22Company+G%22%2B%2255th+REGIMENT%22%2B%22ARMY+OF+TENNESSEE%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 December 28, 1861 55th Tennessee Infantry formed. Company G was made up of men from the Gibson County, Tennessee, area. The Captains were J. H. Hilsman and Joseph McDonald. February 14, 1862 The 55th (Brown's) Regiment Tennessee Infantry was organized at Columbus, Kentucky. It was formed by the addition of three independent companies to Lieut. Col. William A. Jones' Battalion West Tennessee Infantry. February 1862 Nashville fell, the first Confederate capitol to do so, and the Confederates retreated westward. March 1862 Company reports state the 55th regiment, which had been stationed at Columbus, Kentucky, was ordered to Island No.10, where it remained during the severe bombardment until its surrender by General Mackall on April 8,1862. March 17,1862 Major General J. P. McCowan reported he left at Madrid Bend Stewart's Battery, Hudson's and Wheeler's Cavalry, Terry's Arkansas Battalion, the 1st Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, 40th, 46th, 55th Tennessee, 11th, 12th Arkansas, and the 1st Alabama Infantry Regiments. Here began an association with the 46th Tennessee which lasted throughout the war. Also on March 17, Brigadier General J. Trudeau, commanding the heavy artillery, placed Brown's Regiment on the cremaillere parapet, in support of Captain Rucker's Battery. He reported "some men from Brown's Regiment had relieved Captain Rucker's exhausted men, and served the guns bravely, manfully and intelligently. They had done good and efficient service on that day." March, 21, 1862 The 55th reported 327 present for duty, 402 present. When Brigadier General W. W. Mackall arrived on April 1st he reported "Colonel Brown's 55th Tennessee with but few arms. Those in the regiment are of different kinds, but pretty good. The colonel says 50 are wanted." April 6th and 7th, 1862 the two armies clashed at Shiloh, one of the bloodiest battles yet, with 24,000 deaths. Beauregard, in charge of the Army of Tennessee, stationed 10,000 men, including the 55th Tennessee, at Island Number Ten. http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:0X6kwdmKavcC:home.earthlink.net/~bwjohnson/csa/csa_list.htm+%2255th+REGIMENT%22%2B%22+GEORGIA%22%2B%22+%2B%22ARMY+OF+TENNESSEE%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://home.earthlink.net/~bwjohnson/csa/ra_aveng.htm Andrews, David C.--Appointed 4th Sergeant of Co. H, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Sept. 26, 1861. Mustered out May 5, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. G, 55th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 5, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant Apr. 22, 1863. Captured at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Sept. 9, 1863. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 12, 1865. Contracted sciatica and kidney disease while in prison. (Born in Ga. Apr 10,1840.) Andrews, William P.--Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga, State.Troops Sept, 26, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 55th Regt. Ga. Inf. June 18, 1862. Appointed Musician June 23, 1862. Captured at Cumberland Gap, Tenn, Sept. 9, 1863. Released at Camp Douglas, Ill. June 14, 1865. (Born in Randolph County, Ga. Apr. 16, 1844.) ANDREWS, THOMAS HULL - Private June 30, 1864. Admitted to Pettigrew General Hospital #13, at Raliegh, N.C. Mch. 5, 1865, and transferred Mch. 26, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1844.)