5th Alabama Infantry Battalion
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- December 2, 1861 - Organized as the 8th Alabama Infantry Battalion with three companies near Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia for the duration of the war
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- February 8, 1862 - 1st Tennessee Infantry / Company K (Provisional Army) assigned as Company D
- April 1862 - Florida unit assigned as Company E
- April/May 1862 - Artillery unit assigned as Company F
- April 19, 1862 - Union occupation of Fredericksburg, Virginia
- June 10, 1862 - Companies E and F reassigned to 55th Virginia Infantry / Companies L and M[1]
The Peninsula Campaign
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 26, 1862 -
Engagement at Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia
(/Mechanicsville) - June 27, 1862 -
Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
- June 30, 1862 -
Engagement at Glendale, Virginia
(/Frayser's Farm)
- June 26, 1862 -
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
- August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 12-15, 1862 - Harper's Ferry
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam Virginia
- September 20, 1862 - Shepherdstown Ford
- October 22, 1862 - Battalion redesignated 5th Alabama Infantry Battalion
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- May 1-4, 1863 - Chancellorsville
- May 22, 1863 - Company D disbanded
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 14, 1863 - Falling Waters
- October 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
- November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
- May 5-6, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- April 9, 1865 - Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Whiting's Division / Wigfall's Brigade (December 1861-April 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / A.P. Hill's Division / Archer's (June-July 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / Archer's Brigade (July 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / Archer's Brigade (July 1862-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Heth's Division / Archer's Brigade (May-July 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Provost Guard (July 1863-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: F.B. Shepherd (Lieutenant Colonel) (temporary assignment)
- Albert S. Van de Graaff (Major)
- Henry H. Walker (Lieutenant Colonel) (temporary assignment)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ 55th Virginia homepage does not mention Company E
Sources
- Fulton, William Frierson Family Record and War Reminiscences (1919)
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 61-62, 66)
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 248)