Battles

From the spring of 1862 to the spring of 1865, the Wigfall Grays fought with the 4th Tennessee Infantry in every major battle of the Army of Tennessee. Each battle has its own page.

Shiloh, April 6–7, 1862. The charge on McAllister's battery.

Perryville, October 8, 1862. Through the cornfield.

Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862 – January 3, 1863. The cedars; Merritt Brown chosen for the Roll of Honor.

Chickamauga, September 19–20, 1863. The Brock Field.

Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863. The rifle pits.

The Atlanta Campaign, May–September 1864. Adairsville, Kennesaw, July 22.

Franklin and Nashville, November–December 1864. General Strahl killed; the rear guard.

The end, 1865. The regiment paroled at Greensboro; Merritt Brown paroled in Alabama.

What became of the company. What the company's roll records of its men.

The fighting that came to Collierville itself, in 1863 and 1864, is on the Collierville at War page.

The book

The story of Corporal Merritt R. Brown, the Wigfall Grays and their town is told in An Honor Unearned: From the Streets of Collierville, Tennessee, to Edgefield, South Carolina, by Michael Louis Meece. Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle. More about the book at anhonorunearned.org.