18th Alabama Infantry
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- September 4, 1861 - Organized at Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Chattanooga Siege
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 5-11, 1864 - Dalton
- May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
- May 19-22, 1864 - Cassville
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- May 27, 1864 - Pickett's Mills
- June 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- June 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- September 2-5, 1864 - Lovejoy's Station
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin (not engaged)
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Meridian, Lauderdale County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #1 / Walker's Brigade (September-October 1861)
- Department of Alabama and West Florida / District of Alabama (October 1861-January 1862)
- Department of Alabama and West Florida / Army of Mobile (January-February 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Grand Division / 2nd Division / 2nd Brigade (March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Jackson's Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Jackson's Brigade (June-July 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Division / Jackson's Brigade (July 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Gulf / Army of Mobile (July 1862-April 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Western Division / Cumming's Brigade (April 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's Division / Clayton's Brigade (April-September 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Buckner's Corps / Stewart's Division / Clayton's Brigade (September-October 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / Clayton's/Holtzclaw's Brigade (October 1863-January 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Holtzclaw's Brigade (January-April 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Holtzclaw's Brigade (April-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Edward C. Bullock (Major)
- James T. Holtzclaw (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Peter F. Hunley (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Richard F. Inge (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William M. Moxley (Major)
- Shep. Ruffin (Major)
- Eli S. Shorter (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- James Strawbridge (Colonel) (Temporary Assignment)
- Bryan Thomas (Major) (Temporary Assignment)
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 81-82)