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Old 02-15-2006, 10:36 PM
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Default The 25 th 44 th and 55 th consolidated inf regiment C.S.A.

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The confederate flag represents a piece of our nations past and southern heritage. It doesn't
represent anything that is wrong with our country.

The Battle Flag symbolizes the legendary military accomplishments of the Confederacy, and will not be forgotten as long as we remember the names and deeds of our ancestors.
The reason the south combined units was battle losses in combat.
Considering I have researched and found several direct relatives that died fighting under "that flag" I will show reverence to it and respect it until the day I die.. My kids will know the true meaning or the flag not the KKK uses for it. The 25 th 44 th and 55 th consolidated inf regiment C.S.A.
55th (McKoin's) TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT
Organized January 30, 1862; consolidated with 44th Tennessee Infantry April, 1862 to form 44th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment.



FIELD OFFICERS

? Colonel - James L. McKoin

? Lieutenant Colonel - Wiley M. Reed

Major- B. A. James

44TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT
FIELD OFFICERS

? Colonel-Coleman A. McDaniel

? Lt. Colonel-Henry S. Shied

Major-J. Matt Johnson


Organized at Camp Trousdale December 16, 1861; consolidated with 55th (McKoin's) Tennessee Infantry April 18, 1862 to form 44th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry; reorganized May 5, 1862; field consolidation with 25th Tennessee Infantry October, 1863; paroled at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865.
44th Infantry Regiment, organized at Camp Trousdale, Tennessee, in December, 1861, contained men from Coffee, Grundy, Franklin, Lincoln, and Bedford counties. The unit fought at Shiloh and lost seventy-four percent of the 470 engaged. On April 19, 1862, the 55th (McKoin's) Regiment, which also suffered heavy losses, merged into the 44th. It now had a force of 489 effectives. After fighting at Munfordville and Perryville it was assigned to General B.R. Johnson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. During November, 1863, the unit was consolidated with the 25th Regiment. It participated in the Battles of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga , was active in the Knoxville Campaign, then joined the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment went on to fight at Drewry's Bluff , was active in the Petersburg trenches north of the James River, and ended the war at Appomattox . It lost thirty-four percent of the 509 engaged at Murfreesboro and thirty-eight percent of the 294 at Chickamauga. The 25th/44th sustained 95 casualties of the 259 at Drewry's Bluff. This regiment, attached to General McComb's Brigade, surrendered 5 officers and 53 men.

OFFICERS:

Colonels John S. Fulton, John H. Kelly, and Coleman A. McDaniel; Lieutenant Colonels John L. McEwen, Jr. and Henry S. Shied; and Majors Gibson M. Crawford, Henry C. Ewin, and James M. Johnson.


25th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in August, 1861, at Camp Zollicoffer, in Overton County, Tennessee. Its members were recruited in the counties of White, Overton, Putnam, and Jackson. The unit fought at Fishing Creek and Perryville , then was assigned to General B.R. Johnson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. In November, 1863, it was consolidated with the 44th Regiment. The unit participated in the conflicts at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga , served in the Knoxville operations, then moved to Virginia. Here it saw action at Drewry's Bluff , took its place in the Petersburg trenches, and ended the war at Appomattox Courthouse . In January, 1862, this regiment reported 683 men present for duty, had 55 disabled at Fishing Creek, and suffered 8 casualties at Perryville. It lost thirty-six percent of the 336 at Murfreesboro and thirty-nine percent of the 145 at Chickamauga. The 25th/44th reported 95 casualties of the 259 engaged at Drewry's Bluff. On April 9, 1865, the 25th surrendered 4 officers and 21 men.

OFFICERS:

Colonels John M. Hughes and Sidney S. Stanton; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel Davis, George G. Dibrell, R.C. Sanders, Robert B. Snowden; and Majors Josiah H. Bilbrey, William A. Duncan, Samuel H. McCarver, and Timothy H. Williams.


25TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT
Organized August 10, 1861; Confederate service October 1, 1861; reorganized May 10, 1862; formed field consolidation with 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment November, 1863; remnant surrendered Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865.

FIELD OFFICERS

? Colonels-Sidney S. Stanton, John M. Hughs.

? Lieutenant Colonels-George C. Dibrell, Richard C. Sanders, Samuel Davis, Robert B. Snowden.

Majors-Timothy H. Williams, Josiah H. Bubrey, John M. Hughs, William A. Duncan, Samuel H. McCarver


Spurlock James Russell in private out 1st sargeant

THE FADED GRAY JACKET

'Tis only a faded gray jacket
That a sainted mother made,
And with each stitch a teardrop fell
As she silently stitched and prayed.

Only a faded gray jacket
That covered a soldier-boy's breast;
Ah, the hands that lovingly made it
Are now folded forever at rest.

Only a faded gray jacket,
Yet a story it can tell
Of the brave men of our Southland
Who fought so long and so well.

Only a soldier's old jacket,
Now faded and worn and gray,
Yet it tells a sad, sad story
Of an eventful day.

When were heard the sounds of battle
And the boom of the deadly gun,
And a mother watched vainly the coming
Of her boy -- her only son.

A messenger came from the battlefield
And to her he tenderly said:
'Keep sacred this this faded gray jacket,
For your boy who wore it is dead.'
Spurlock , ; Killed at Perrivile KY [ 16th Infantry Regiment Co. C
SPURLOCK, D. C.; Killed at Murfreesboro [16th Infantry Regiment - Co. C]
SPURLOCK, G. W.; killed. at Murfreesboro [25th Infantry Regiment Co. G]
SPURLOCK, John; died April 1862 [42nd Infantry Regiment - Co. K]
SPURLOCK, Wm; killed. at Murfreesboro [20th Infantry Regiment Co. G]

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Very true Locksly, and the forementioned triple K's their official flag was and is the Flag of the United States see the folowing URL for photos of the Klan and THEIR flag of Choice http://www.rulen.com/kkk/

My Ancestors the Watkins and Browns fought and served under Gen Sterling Price with the 4th Mo CAV and Slaybacks Lancers of Missouri. Salute to your brave Confederate ancestors
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Not for fame or reward,
Not for place or for rank,
Not lured by ambition,
Or goaded by necessity,
But in Simple
Obedience to Duty
As they understood it,
These men suffered all,
Sacrificed all,
Dared all--and died.

(Inscription on the monument to the dead of the Confederate States Army, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)



THE FADED GRAY JACKET

Nearly thirty-three years have passed since the alarm of war called from their peaceful pursuits the citizens who were to make name and fame as Confederate soldiers. The stirring scenes and the dreadful carnage of a memorable conflict have been removed by the lapse of time into the hazy past, and a new generation, however ready it may be to honor those who fought the battles of the South, is likely to form its idea of their appearance from the conventional military type. The Confederate soldier was not an ordinary soldier, either in appearance or character. With your permission I will undertake to draw a portrait of him as he really appeared in the hard service of privation and danger.
A face browned by exposure and heavily bearded, or for some weeks unshaven, begrimed with dust and sweat, and marked here and there by the darker stains of powder - a face whose stolid and even melancholy composure is easily broken into ripples of good humor or quickly flushed in the fervor and abandon of the charge; a frame tough and sinewy, and trained by hardship to surprising powers of endurance; a form, the shapeliness of which is hidden by its encumberments, suggesting in its careless and unaffected pose a languorous indisposition to exertion, yet a latent, lion-like strength and a terrible energy of action when aroused. Around the upper part of the face is a fringe of unkempt hair, and above this an old wool hat, worn and weather-beaten, the flaccid brim of which falls limp upon the shoulders behind, and is folded back in front against the elongated and crumpled crown. Over a soiled, which is unbuttoned and button less at the collar, is a ragged grey jacket that does not reach to the hips, with sleeves some inches too short. Below this, trousers of a nondescript color, without form and almost void, are held in place by a leather belt, to which is attached the cartridge box that rests behind the right hip, and the bayonet scabbard which dangles on the left. Just above the ankles each trouser leg is tied closely to the limb - a la Zouave - and beneath reaches of dirty socks disappear in a pair of badly used and curiously contorted shoes. Between the jacket and the waistband of the trousers, or the supporting belt, there appears a puffy display of cotton shirt which works out further with every hitch made by Johnny in his effort to keep his pantaloons in place. Across his body from his left shoulder there is a roll of threadbare blanket, the ends tied together resting on or falling below the right hip. This blanket is Johnny's bed. Whenever he arises he takes up his bed and walks. Within this roll is a shirt, his only extra article of clothing. In action the blanket roll is thrown further back, and the cartridge is drawn forward, frequently in front of the body. From the right shoulder, across the body pass two straps, one cloth the other leather, making a cross with blanket roll on breast and back. These straps support respectively a greasy cloth haversack and a flannel-covered canteen, captured from the Yankees. Attached to the haversack strap is a tin cup, while in addition to some odds and ends of camp trumpery, there hangs over his back a frying pan, an invaluable utensil with which the soldier would be loth to part.
With his trusty gun in hand - an Enfield rifle, also captured from the enemy and substituted for the old flint-lock musket or the shotgun with which he was originally armed - Johnny reb, thus imperfectly sketched, stands in his shreds and patches a marvelous ensemble - picturesque, grotesque, unique - the model citizen soldier, the military hero of the nineteenth century. There is none of the tinsel or trappings of the professional about him. From an esthetic military point of view he must appear a sorry looking soldier. But Johnny is not one of your dress parade soldiers. He doesn't care a copper whether anybody likes his looks or not. He is the most independent soldier that ever belonged to an organized army. He has respect for authority, and he cheerfully submits to discipline, because he sees the necessity of organization to affect the best results, but he maintains his individual autonomy, as it were, and never surrenders his sense of personal pride and responsibility. He is thoroughly tractable, if properly officered, and is always ready to obey necessary orders, but he is quick to resent any official incivility, and is a high private who feels, and is, every inch as good as a general. He may appear ludicrous enough on a display occasion of the holiday pomp and splendor of war, but place him where duty calls, in the imminent deadly breach or the perilous charge, and none in all the armies of the earth can claim a higher rank or prouder record. He may be outre and ill-fashioned in dress, but he has sublimated his poverty and rags. The worn and faded grey jacket, glorified by valor and stained with the life blood of its wearer, becomes, in its immortality of association, a more splendid vestment than mail of medieval knight or the rarest robe of royalty. That old, weather-beaten slouch hat, seen as the ages will see it, with its halo of fire, through the smoke of battle, is a kinglier covering than a crown. Half clad, half armed, often half fed, without money and without price, the Confederate soldier fought against the resources of the world. When at last his flag was furled and his arms were grounded in defeat, the cause for which he had struggled was lost, but he had won the faceless victory of soldiership.
Source: Written by G.H. Baskett, Nashville, Tenn., published in the Confederate Veteran, Vol. I, No. 12, Nashville, Tenn., December 1893.



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Last Memorial Day weekend on my trip to Missouri I passed a Confederate Cemetary just off the Interstate after Mount Eagle heading north. I had never noticed it before they put up a Confederate Battle Flag to mark the Cemetary. Was a great site to see Deo Vindice
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