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15th Alabama Infantry flag. The 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment was a Confederate volunteer infantry unit from the state of Alabama during the American Civil War.Recruited from six counties in the southeastern part of the state, it fought mostly with Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, though it also saw brief service with Braxton Bragg and the Army of Tennessee in late 1863 before ...
Marbury: Confederate Memorial Park. The site operated as the Old Soldiers Home for Confederate Veterans from 1902 to 1939. In 1964, the Alabama State Legislature established the memorial park, which now hosts a museum and archives [89] Miami: Robert E. Lee Park; Mountain Creek: Confederate Memorial Park [90] and Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home
5th Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 6th Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 7th Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 8th Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 8th Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 9th Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 10th Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 11th Alabama Cavalry Regiment (10th Regiment - Burtwell's) 12th Alabama Cavalry Regiment Col. Marcellus Pointer, 12th Alabama Cavalry ...
This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States and the Confederate States (Confederate States Army).
List of Alabama Union Civil War units [1] Name Formation Date Disbandment Date Location of Formation Later names/ titles Cavalry 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment: October 1862 20 October 1865 Huntsville, Alabama and Memphis, Tennessee: Infantry 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment (African Descent) 21 May 1863 31 December 1865 Corinth, Mississippi
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Confederate) 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment; 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment; 6th Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 9th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 14th Alabama Infantry ...
In 1863 Federal forces secured a foothold in northern Alabama in spite of spirited opposition from Confederate cavalry under General Nathan B. Forrest. A notable Confederate officer from Alabama was Col. William Calvin Oates. He was an instrumental commander during the attack at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Confederate Congress gave control over military operations, and authority for mustering state forces and volunteers to the president of the Confederate States of America on February 28, 1861 and March 6, 1861. By May 8, a provision authorizing enlistments for war was enacted, calling for 400,000 volunteers to serve for one or three years.