Robert K. Byrd

{{short description|American soldier and politician}}

{{short description|American soldier and politician}}

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|name = Robert K. Byrd

|name = Robert K. Byrd

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|office = Member of the
[[Tennessee Senate]]
from the Fifth District

|office = Member of the
[[Tennessee Senate]]
from the Fifth District

|term_start = January 6, 1879

|term_start = January 6, 1879

|term_end = January 2, 1881

|term_end = January 2, 1881

|predecessor = L.M. Wester

|predecessor = L.M. Wester

|successor = L.T. Smith

|successor = L.T. Smith

|birth_date = {{birth date|1823|11|04}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1823|11|04}}

|birth_place = [[Roane County, Tennessee]], U.S.

|birth_place = [[Roane County, Tennessee]], U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1885|05|02|1823|11|04}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|1885|05|02|1823|11|04}}

|death_place = Roane County, Tennessee, U.S.

|death_place = Roane County, Tennessee, U.S.

|resting_place = Bethel Cemetery
[[Kingston, Tennessee]]

|resting_place = Bethel Cemetery
[[Kingston, Tennessee]]

|profession = Planter

|profession = Planter

|spouse = Mary Lea

|spouse = Mary Lea

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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]

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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]

|allegiance = {{flagicon|United States of America|1865}} [[United States|United States of America]]

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|branch = {{army|USA}}

|service_years = September 1, 1861 – September 17, 1864

|allegiance= {{flagicon|United States of America|1865}} [[United States|United States of America]]

|rank = [[File:Union Army colonel rank insignia.png|35px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]

|branch={{army|USA}}

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|serviceyears= September 1, 1861 – September 17, 1864

|commands = [[1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Union)|1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry]]

|rank= [[File:Union Army colonel rank insignia.png|35px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]

|battles = [[Mexican-American War]]
[[American Civil War]]
{{*}}[[Battle of Mill Springs|Mill Springs]] (1862)
{{*}}[[Battle of Stones River|Stones River]] (1862–3)
{{*}}[[Knoxville Campaign]] (1863)
{{*}}[[Atlanta campaign]] (1864)

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|commands= [[1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Union)|1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry]]

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|battles= [[Mexican-American War]]
[[American Civil War]]
{{*}}[[Battle of Mill Springs|Mill Springs]] (1862)
{{*}}[[Battle of Stones River|Stones River]] (1862–3)
{{*}}[[Knoxville Campaign]] (1863)
{{*}}[[Atlanta campaign]] (1864)

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'''Robert King Byrd''' (November 4, 1823 – May 2, 1885) was an American soldier and politician. A [[Southern Unionist]], he commanded the Union Army's [[1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Union)|First Tennessee Infantry]] during the Civil War, and saw action at [[Battle of the Cumberland Gap (June 1862)|Cumberland Gap]], [[Battle of Stones River|Stones River]], and in the [[Knoxville Campaign|Knoxville]] and [[Atlanta Campaign|Atlanta]] campaigns. He represented his native [[Roane County, Tennessee|Roane County]] at the pro-Union [[East Tennessee Convention]] on the eve of the war in 1861, and at the Nashville convention that reorganized the Tennessee state government toward the end of the war in January 1865.

'''Robert King Byrd''' (November 4, 1823 – May 2, 1885) was an American soldier and politician. A [[Southern Unionist]], he commanded the Union Army's [[1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Union)|First Tennessee Infantry]] during the Civil War, and saw action at [[Battle of the Cumberland Gap (June 1862)|Cumberland Gap]], [[Battle of Stones River|Stones River]], and in the [[Knoxville Campaign|Knoxville]] and [[Atlanta Campaign|Atlanta]] campaigns. He represented his native [[Roane County, Tennessee|Roane County]] at the pro-Union [[East Tennessee Convention]] on the eve of the war in 1861, and at the Nashville convention that reorganized the Tennessee state government toward the end of the war in January 1865.