5th Alabama Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

May 5, 1862 - Organized at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Mississippi
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
June 1, 1861 - (I) Company K became Alabama State Artillery Battery / Company A
July 17, 1861 - Fairfax Court House
July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
December 28, 1861 - (I) Company H became (Fowler's/Phelan's) Alabama Artillery Battery
April 27, 1862 - Reorganized
May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
- July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
May 1-4, 1862 - Chancellorsville
June 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
June 23, 1863 - Manassas Gap
October 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
The Overland 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 Lynchburg Campaign
- July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
- September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
- September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
- October 19, 1864 - Ceder Creek
- (from December 1864) - Siege of Petersburg (June 1864-April 1865)
- March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
- April 9, 1865 - Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia

DESIGNATIONS

Department of Alexandria (June 1861)
Army of the Potomac / Ewell's Brigade (June-July 1861)
Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Ewell's Brigade (July-October 1861)
Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Van Dorn's Division / Ewell's Brigade (October 1861)
Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Van Dorn's/D.H. Hill's Division / Ewell's/Rodes' Brigade (October 1861-March 1862)
Army of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / D.H. Hill's Division / Rodes' Brigade (March-September 1862)
Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / D.H. Hill's/Rodes' Division / Rodes'/Battle's Brigade (September 1862-June 1864)
Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Rodes'/Grimes' Division / Battle's Brigade (June-December 1864)
Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Grimes' Division / Battle's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

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