The Gadsden Spartans were a company of men who served in the Confederate Army from the State of Tennessee during the War for Southern Independence.
The Gadsden Spartans consisted of men from the area surrounding Gadsden, Madison County, in West Tennessee.
Gadsden became part of Crockett County Tennessee when this county formed in 1871/72.
The Gadsden Spartans became Company I of the Sixth Tennessee Infantry, Provisional Army of Tennessee on May 23 1861.
The Sixth Tennessee Infantry was accepted into Confederate service on August 12 1861.
The Sixth Tennessee Infantry was consolidated with the Ninth Tennessee Infantry in December 1862 to form the 6th/9th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry.
In the last re-organization of the Army of Tennessee on April 9 1865, the 6th/9th Tennessee became Company A of the 1st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry.
The regiment was surrendered with the Army of Tennessee on April 26 1865 at Durham Station North Carolina.
The men received their paroles on May 1 1865 at Greensboro N.C.
Those who remained then headed to their homes in West Tennessee.