36th Alabama Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• March 12, 1862 - Organized at Mount Vernon, Mobile County, Alabama
  • April 15, 1862 - Mustered into Confederate service
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• February 24, 1864 - Crow Valley
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 5-11, 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
  • May 14-15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
  • July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
  • August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin (not engaged)
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• April 2-8, 1865 - Spanish Fort
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Alabama and West Florida / Army of Mobile (May-June 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: Robert H. Smith (Colonel)
• Charles S. Henagan (Major)
• Thomas H. Herndon (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Louis T. Woodruff (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 105-106)