10th Tennessee - Colonel McGavock’s Guidon Shirt Battle of Iuka Johnston's embattled army on the

Johnston's embattled army on the Virginia peninsula

Rockingham County Flag

When the Union forces refused

He was a key military figure in the Civil War

10th Tennessee - Colonel McGavock’s Guidon Shirt Battle of Iuka Johnston's embattled army on the10th Tennessee was raised at Nashville, Tennessee, in April 1861. Under the command of Colonel Randall McGavock, an Irish American, the regiment saw action in the Western theatre, fighting in Mississippi and Tennessee. At the Battle of Raymond, Mississippi, in May 1863, 52 members of the regiment were killed, including Colonel McGavock. The artwork represents Colonel McGavocks guidon, which would have marked his location during the battle.