42nd Alabama Infantry
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- May 16, 1862 - Organized at Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
- May 16 - Mustered into Confederate service for 3 years or the war
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- February 3-April 10, 1863 - vs. the Yazoo Pass Expedition
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- Paroled here later this month
- November 1863 - Declared exchanged
- November 23-25,25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- 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
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade (September-October 1862)
- Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade (October 1862-January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's/Forney's Division / Moore's Brigade (January-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forney's Division / Moore's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cheatham's Division / Moore's Brigade (November 1863-February 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / Moore's/Baker's Brigade (February 1864-September 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Baker's Brigade (September-October 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Liddell's Division / Baker's Brigade (October 1864-January 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Clayton's Division / Baker's Brigade (January-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John W. Portis (Colonel)
- W.C. Fergus (Major)
- Thomas C. Lanier (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 107, 112-113)