Fellow Bird Researchers: I found several Birds/Byrds in a list of members of the 2nd TN Vol Infantry: The 2nd Tennessee was a Civil War (Union) volunteer infantry regiment formed August 20, 1861 at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky. Nearly all of the men were from East Tennessee. Colonel James P. T. Carter was in command. The regiment was at Wildcat, Mill Springs and Stones River, but saw little action. In the fall of 1862 it was at Cumberland Gap. The regiment was converted to a mounted infantry in June, 1863 and was one of the regiments in pursuit of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio in July, 1863. Returning to Tennessee, the unit helped recapture Cumberland Gap and was heavily engaged at the Battle of Blue Springs on October 10, 1863. A month later on November 6, two thirds of the regiment was captured in a rout at the Battle of Rogersville in Hawkins County, Tennessee. About two thirds of those captured died at either Belle Isle or Andersonville prison camps before the end of the war. What remained of the regiment after Rogersville was assigned to duty in and around Knoxville and Cumberland Gap until it was formally mustered out on August 3, 1865. The Table of Contents for information on this infantry is: http://home.fuse.net/damathew/contents.html Here are the Birds/Byrds: Bird, James A; 2nd Lieutenant; F; Hawkins Co TN; 43; 26 Oct 1861 - 7 Nov 1862. Resigned.Enrolled as 2nd Lt. Resignation written 7 Nov 1862 and formally accepted 13 Apr 1863. Reason not known. Bird, John S; Private; F; Hawkins Co TN; 20; 6 Dec 1861 - 9 Mar 1863. Non- combat death.Died 9 Mar 1863 at Cumberland Gap KY. Cause of death measles. Bird, William H; Private; F; Hawkins Co TN; 19; 6 Dec 1861 - 16 Jun 1863. Transferred.Enrolled as a Private but not formally mustered in until 5 Jun 1863. Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant 15 Jun 1863 in 8th Tenn Infantry. Byrd, Peter; Private; H; Campbell Co TN; 31; 9 Mar 1862 - 15 Aug 1862. Unk. Died 1 Feb 1863 at His hometown. Notation 14 Jan 1895: Charge of absence without leave against this soldier erroneous. All charges of desertion removed. He left his command on or about 10 Aug 1862; was prevented from returning by the enemy, and died at his home on or about 1 Feb 1863 of small pox. Byrd, Samuel M; Private; B; Morgan Co TN; 42; 20 Aug 1861 - 26 Jun 1862. Non- combat death. Died 26 Jun 1862 at Barbourville KY. Cause of death disease in hospital at Barbourville.