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182.-Second Tennessee Regiment.
The following are the
commanding officers:
Colonel,
Wm. B. Bate;
Lieut.-
Col.,
Goodall,
Major,
Doak;
Quartermaster, M. W. Cluskey;
Surgeon,
Dr. Kennedy;
Assistant Surgeon,
Dr. Erskine.
The following are the company officers: A,
Capt. Stephen White; B,
Capt. Anderson; C,
Capt. Chaney; D,
Capt. Henry Rutherford; E,
Capt.,Hunt; F,
Capt. T. D. White; G,
Capt. Erthman; H,
Capt. Dennison; I,
Capt. Tyre; J,
Capt. Humphrey Bate.
The
Carolina Grays (
Capt. Hunt) is the flag company of the regiment.
The regiment is called the “
Walker legion,” in compliment to the
Secretary of State of the Southern Confederacy.
The
Colonel is from
Gallatin county, is a distinguished lawyer, and a man of undoubted ability; besides, he has acquired fame on the bloody fields of
Mexico.
The
Lieutenant-Colonel (of
Sumner county) was one of the first to scale the walls of
Monterey at the siege of that place by the
Americans.
Major Doak is also an old
Mexican volunteer, and a member of the Tennessee Legislature.
M. W. Cluskey, the
Quartermaster, (of the Memphis
Avalanche,) is well known to the whole country as the author of the “Political Text book,” and former Postmaster of the
United States House of Representatives; while the surgeons of the regiment are both members of the Legislature, and leading members of their profession.
The regiment is made up of citizens of
Davidson,
Rutherford,
Maury, and
Shelby counties, and is composed of the very best material.
They came here for the purpose of going to
Washington.
They are more than willing to have a hand in driving the Vandals from that place.--
Richmond Examiner, May 22.
