21st Alabama Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• April-September 1861 - Organized at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina
  • October 13, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate service for 12 months service
• April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
• April-June 1862 Corinth Campign
  • May 8, 1862 - Reorganized
  • May 10, 1862 - Farmington
• August 7-8, 1864 - Fort Gaines (six companies)
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• March 26-27, 1865 - Bay Minette Creek
• April 2-8, 1865 - Spanish Fort
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Meridian, Lauderdale County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Alabama and West Florida / Army of Mobile (January-March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Gladden's Brigade (March-April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Jackson's Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Jackson's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Gulf (July 1862-April 1863)
• Department of the Gulf / Western Division / Slaughter's/Cantey's Brigade (April 1862-August 1863)
• Department of the Gulf (2nd Battalion) / Western Division / Powell's Brigade (April 1862-August 1863)
• Department of the Gulf (1st Battalion) / Cantey's Brigade (August-October 1863)
• Department of the Gulf (2nd Battalion) / Powell's/Shoups'/Higgins' Brigade (August 1863-January 1864)
• (1stBattalion) / Shoups'/Higgins' Brigade (August 1863-January 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf (April-August 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (detachment) / District of the Gulf / Post of Mobile (Taylor's Command) (October-December 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (detachment) / District of the Gulf / Thomas' Brigade (March-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: James Crawford (Colonel)
• Charles D. Anderson (Colonel)
• Stewart W. Cayce (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Andrew J. Ingersoll (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles B. Johnston (Major)
• Franklin J. McCoy (Major)
• Charles S. Stewart (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Frederick Stewart (Major)
• James M. Williams (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Folmar, John Kent, ed. From That Terrible Field: The Letters of James M. Williams, Twenty-First Alabama Infantry Volunteers.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 86-87)