47th Alabama Infantry
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- May 20, 1862 - Organized at Loachapoka, Lee County, Alabama
- May 20 - Mustered into Confederate service for a 3 year term
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 17, 1862 - Antietam
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- March 30-April 14, 1863 - Washington, North Carolina
- April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 - Gettysburg
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia]]
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- October 28-29, 1863 - Wauhatchie
- November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 - Spotsylvania Court House
- May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- September 29-30, 1864 - Fort Harrison
- September 29-30, 1864 - Fort Gilmer
- April 9, 1865 - Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Jackson's Division / Taliaferro's Brigade (July 1862-January 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / Law's Brigade (January 1863-February 1863)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hood's Division / Law's Brigade (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Hood's Division / Law's Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / Law's Brigade (May-September 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Corps / Hood's Division / Law's Brigade (September-November 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Hood's/Field's Division / Law's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Field's Division / Law's/Perry's Brigade (April 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: James M. Oliver (Colonel)
- Michael J. Bugler (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- James M. Campbell (Major)
- James W. Jackson (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- John Y. Johnston (Major)
- Leigh R. Terrell (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Botsford, T.F. Memories of the War of Secession].
- Botsford, T.F. A Sketch of the Forty-seventh Alabama Regiment Volunteers, C.S.A.].
- Burton, Joseph Q. [Historical Sketches of the Forty-seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.
Memories of the War of Secession]].
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 117-118)