49th Alabama Infantry
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- Also referred to as:
- 52nd Alabama Infantry
- (Hale's) 31st Alabama Infantry (in the field)
- January 30, 1862 - Organized as 52nd Alabama Infantry at Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 8, 1862 - Reorganized as 49th Alabama Infantry
- May 18-27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
- August 5, 1862 - Baton Rouge
- October 1862-January 1863 - Field Consolidation with:
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- March 14, 1863 - Port Hudson Bombardment
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson
- July 8, 1863 - Surrendered at Port Hudson, Louisiana
- April 1864 - Paroled
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- July 1864-April 9, 1865 - Field Consolidation with:
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- 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
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign - April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina to form the 27th (Consolidated) Alabama Infantry with the following units:
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Reserve / Breckinridge's Brigade (February-March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Trabue's/Hawes' Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckinridge's Command / Hawes' Brigade (June-July 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Lovell's Division / Rust's Brigade (October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Maury's Division / ? Brigade (October-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / 1st Corps / Rust's Division / ? Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Beall's Brigade (January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Buford's Brigade (March-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Beall's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Post of Cahaba (January 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Post of Cahaba (January-May 1864)
- Army of Mississippi / Loring's Division / Scott's Brigade (May-July 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Loring's Division / Scott's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Smith D. Hale (Colonel)
- William N. Crump (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Jeptha Edwards (Colonel)
- Montgomery Gilbreath (Lieutenant Colonel)
- B.C. Johnson (Major)
- Thomas A. Street (Major)
- John D. Weeden (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 96, 100, 119-122)
