50th Alabama Infantry
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- April 3, 1862 - Organized as (Coltart's) 26th Alabama Infantry by consolidation at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi:
- 2nd Alabama Infantry Battalion
- (Golladay's) 5th Alabama Infantry Battalion
- Per Department #2 / 2nd Corps / Special Order #27
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- Early-Summer 1863 - Field consolidation with 39th Alabama Infantry
- June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- June 6, 1863 - Designation changed to 50th Alabama Infantry per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #135
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia - September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign - May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- March 7-10, 1865 - Kinston
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina and redesignated 22nd (Consolidated) Alabama Infantry with the following units:
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Gladden's/Gardner's Brigade (April-June 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Gardner's Brigade (June-July 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Division / Gardner's Brigade (July-August 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Right Wing / Withers' Division / Gardner's Brigade (August-November 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Withers'/Hindman's Division / Gardner's/Deas' Brigade (November 1862-November 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Hindman's/Anderson's/Johnson's/D.H. Hill's Division / Deas' Brigade (November 1863-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John G. Coltart (Colonel)
- George W. Arnold (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William D. Chadwick (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Newton N. Clements (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Thomas H. Gilbert (Major)
- Andrew D. Gwynne (Major)
- John C. Hutto (Major)
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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 54, 62, 87, 89, 92, 94, 121-122)
