1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment

The 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, also known as the First Tennessee, was an infantry formation in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels George Maney and Hume R. Field.

History
The Regiment was mustered on May 2, 1861 as a volunteer infantry regiment. George Maney, who commanded the Rock City Guards battalion that became companies A, B and C, became the regimental Colonel for the first 90 days. Afterwards, command of the regiment went to Hume Feild.

Sam Davis joined the regiment as a scout, but was executed as a spy by Union forces after being captured in his makeshift uniform.