205. Tennessee 6th Infantry Regiment
Organization: Organized at Camp Beauregard, Jackson, on May 23, 1861. Transferred to Confederate service at Camp Blythe, near New Madrid, Missouri, on August 12, 1861. Company L assigned from the 55th Infantry Regiment in April 1862. Company F disbanded in October 1862. Reorganized on May 6, 1862. Field consolidation with the 9th Infantry Regiment from December 1862 to April 9, 1865. Additional field consolidation with the 4th Provisional Army and 50th Infantry Regiments from December 1864 to April 9, 1865. Consolidated (as Company A) with the 1st, 4th Provisional Army, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th and 28th Consolidated Infantry Regiments and the 24th Sharpshooters and designated as the 1st Infantry Regiment Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina, on April 9, 1865.
First Commander: William H. Stephens (Colonel)
Field Officers: John L. Harris (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
William M.R. Johns (Lieutenant Colonel)
Timothy P. Jones (Lieutenant Colonel)
George C. Porter (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
James A. Wilder (Major)
Robert C. Williamson (Major)
Assignments: Stephens' Brigade, 1st Geographical Division, Department #2 (September-October 1861)
Stephens' Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Geographical Division, Department #2 (October 1861-March 1862)
Stephens' Brigade, 1st Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (March 1862)
Stephens' Brigade, Clark's Division, 1st Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (March 1862)
Stephen's-Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (March-July 1862)
Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (July-August 1862)
Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (August-November 1862)
Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1862-November 1863)
Maney's Brigade, Walker's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1863-February 1864)
Maney's-Carter's Brigade, Cheatham's-Brown's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (February 1864-April 1865)
Battles: Belmont (at Columbus, Kentucky) (November 7, 1861)
Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862)
Cornith Campaign (April-June 1862)
Perryville (October 8, 1862)
Murfreesboro (December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863)
Tullahoma Campaign (June 1863)
Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863)
Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863)
Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863)
Atlanta Campaign (May-September 1864)
New Hope Church (May 25-June 4, 1864)
Kennesaw Mountain (June 27, 1864)
Peach Tree Creek (July 20, 1864)
Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
Atlanta Seige (July-September 1864)
Jonesboro (August 31-September 1, 1864)
Franklin (November 30, 1864)
Nashville (December 15-16, 1864)
Carolinas Campaign (February-April 1865)