4th Alabama Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 2, 1861 - Organized at Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia
• May 7, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Virginia
• July 21, 1861 - Bull Run
• The Peninsula Campaign
  • May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
  • June 25-July 1, 1862 - Seven Days Battles before Richmond
  • June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
  • July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
  • August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• March 30-April 14, 1863 - Washington, North Carolina
• April-May 1863 - The Suffolk Campaign
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• October 28-29, 1863 - Wauhatchie
• November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• The Peninsula Campaign
  • 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
      • Fort Gilmer
• April 9, 1865 - Battle and surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Shenandoah (May-June 1861)
• Army of the Shenandoah / Bee's Brigade (June-July 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / 2nd Corps / Bee's/Whiting's Brigade (July-October 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / G.W. Smith's/Whiting's Division / Whiting's Brigade (October 1861-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Whiting's Division / Whiting's/Law's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Whiting's/Hood's Division / Whiting's/Law's Brigade (July 1862-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: Egbert J. Jones (Colonel)
• Benjamin Allston (Major, temporary assignment)
• Pickney D. Bowles (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Thomas K. Coleman (Major)
• Thomas J. Goldsby (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Evander McIvor Law (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Owen McLemore (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William M. Robbins (Major, acting)
• Charles L. Scott (Colonel)
• Lawrence H. Scruggs (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

Field and Staff Officers

Company A

Company B

Company C

Company E

Company F

Company G

Company H

Company I

Company K

Regiment Statistical Information

• Of 1422 men on its rolls, about 240 perished in battle, nearly 100 died of disease, and 408 were discharged or transferred

Legacy

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Sources

• Brewer, Willis, Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872 (Pages 594-596)
• Pierrepont, Alice V.D. Reuben Vaughan Kidd, Soldier of the Confederacy.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 59-60)