Company K

The History of the 46th Tennessee
Organized at Paris, Tennessee November 29, 1861. Company officers were elected. As this regiment was answering a second "call to arms", a large porportion of this regiment was made up of young men with wives and children. The regiment went into camp at Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, on December 16, 1861 at Camp Brown. The regiment was ordered to start building winter quarters, while Company "C" was detailed to guard the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad bridge over the Obion River. Before winter quarters were completed, the 46th was ordered to Island Number 10 in the Mississippi River. En route, Co. E and Co. F were left as provost guard for the town of Hickman, KY and the remaining seven companies went on to Island 10 aboard the steamer "Winchester ". While at Island Number 10, the regiment suffered severely from an outbreak of measles. It was only partially armed with shotguns, squirrel rifles and old muskets. One company only had seven guns.