Draft:Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee

The Florida Brigade was a unit that fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. It fought as part of the Army of Tennessee in the Western theater of the war. There was also a Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The brigade was formed in November 1863. It was comprised of the following units: the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th Florida Infantry Regiments, as well as the 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment, which fought dismounted. Portions of the brigade fought in nearly every major campaign of the Western Theater.

Service History
The Brigade was not officially organized until November 1863, but was made up of units that were veterans of previous campaigns, including the 1st and 3rd, who had fought together since December 1862.

On November 12, 1863, General Braxton Bragg issued his Special Orders No. 294, in an attempt to reorganize his army. It was this order that created the Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee. The brigade was to be led by "the Senior Colonel," who was William Scott Dilworth of the 3rd Florida. However, Dilworth had fallen ill following the Battle of Chickamauga and was on a forty-day furlough. Instead, the leadership of the Florida Brigade fell to Colonel Jesse J. Finley.