6th Alabama Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 6, 1861 - Organized at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate service
• July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
• April 28, 1862 - Reorganized
• The Peninsula Campaign
  • 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 - Antietam
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Chancellorsville
• July 1-3, 1863 - Gettysburg
• July 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 - The Lynchburg Campign
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg (from December 1864)
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
  • April 9, 1865 - Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Alexandria (May-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 / D.H. Hill's Division / Rodes' Brigade (March-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 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)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: John J. Seibels (Colonel)
• Benjamin F. Baker (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Isaac F. Culver (Major)
• Augustus M. Gordon (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John B. Gordon (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• George W. Hooper (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• James N. Lightfoot (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Samuel P. Nesmith (Major)
• Walter H. Weems (Major)
• James J. Willingham (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 64-65)