3rd Alabama Infantry
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- April 28, 1861 - Organized at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
- May 4, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Virginia
- January 1862 - (I) Company G detached and converted to (Montgomery) Alabama "True Blues" Artillery Battery at Norfolk, Virginia
- May-September 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- May 31-June 1, 1862 -
Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 27, 1862 -
Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
- July 1, 1862 -
Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
- May 31-June 1, 1862 -
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- April 9, 1865 - Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
- April-May 1863 -
The Chancellorsville Campaign
- May 1-4, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- May 1-4, 1863 -
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- May-June 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-6, 1864 - Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864 -
The Lynchburg Campaign
- July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
- September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
- September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
- October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- (from December 1864) June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Norfolk / Withers'/Mahone's Brigade (December 1861-April 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Huger's Division / Mahone's Brigade (April-June 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Rode's Brigade (June-September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / D.H. Hill's/Rodes' Division / Rode's/O'Neal's/Battle's Brigade (September 1862-June 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Rodes'/Ramseur's/Grimes' Division / Battle's Brigade (June-December 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Grimes' Division / Battle's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Jones M. Withers (Colonel)
- Cullen A. Battle (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Charles Forsyth (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Tennent Lomax (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Richard H. Powell (Major)
- Robert M. Sands (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Field and Staff Officers
Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Company E
Company F
(I) Company G
(II) Company G
Company H
Company I
Company K
Company L
Regiment Statistical Information
- Of 1651 names on its roll, about 260 perished in battle, 119 died in the service, and 605 were discharged or transferred
Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Brewer, Willis, Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872 (Pages 591-593)
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 56-57)
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/24438124?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- Hotze, Henry. Three Months in the Confederate Army