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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 ...
It is sometimes incorrectly called the Stars and Bars, the name of the first national Confederate flag. [53] The "rebel flag" is considered by some to be a divisive and polarizing symbol in the United States, [54] [55] while its supporters maintain that it is a symbol of regional cultural pride. [56] [57]
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 ...
8th (Wade's) Confederate Cavalry (2nd Regiment, Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry) 10th Confederate Cavalry; 14th Confederate Cavalry; 15th Confederate Cavalry (1st Regiment, Alabama and Florida Cavalry) 16th Confederate Cavalry (12th Regiment Mississippi Cavalry, Armistead's Cavalry, Spence's Cavalry) 20th Confederate Cavalry (Lay's Regiment ...
The Alabama Brigade was established on 19 January 1862; consisting of five Alabama infantry regiments that were collected from three different brigades. [2] In November, the 44th Alabama regiment was added to this brigade. The Alabama brigade was reorganized a final time in January 1863; and the 15th, 47th, and 48th Alabama regiments were added.
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.
14th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Confederate) 22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment; 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion; 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment; 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment; 32nd Alabama Infantry Regiment; 33rd Alabama ...
Forrest's Cavalry Corps was part of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and commanded by Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Formed during the summer of 1862, it took part in the various battles in the Western Theater during the second half of the war.