2nd Battalion - Hilliard's Alabama Legion (Infantry)

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 25, 1862 - Organized with 6 companies at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate service
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 25, 1863 - Four companies consolidated with 4th Battalion - Hilliard's Alabama Legion (Infantry) and designated as the 59th Alabama Infantry
  • Three companies re-designated 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of East Tennessee / McCown's Division / 4th Brigade (October-November 1862)
• Department of East Tennessee / Heth's Division / 5th Brigade (November 1862)
• Department of East Tennessee / Palmer's Brigade (December 1862-March 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / Gracie's Brigade (April-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Buckner's Corps / Preston's Division / Gracie's Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Buckner's Division / Gracie's Brigade (October-November 1863)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Bolling Hall (Jr.) (Colonel)
• William T. Stubblefield (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Shaver, Lewellyn A. A History of the Sixtieth Alabama Regiment, Gracie's Alabama Brigade, 1867 (reprinted).
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 129, 130)