8th Alabama Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 18, 1861 - Organized for the war at Richmond, Virginia
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate service
• The Peninsula Campaign
  • April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
  • May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
  • May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
  • June 25-July 1, 1862 - Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
    • June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
    • June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harper's Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Antietam
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Chancellorsville
• July 1-3, 1863 - Gettysburg
• October 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• The Overland Campaign
  • May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
  • May 8-21, 1864 - Spotsylvania Courthouse
  • May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna
  • June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
  • June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
  • July 30, 1864 - The Crater
  • April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
    • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of the Peninsula (June-October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / Winston's Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
• Department of the Peninsula / McLaw's Division (January-February 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Pryor's Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Wilcox's Brigade (June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Wilcox's Brigade (June-August 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Wilcox's Division / Wilcox's Brigade (August-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Anderson's Division / Wilcox's Brigade (September 1862-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Anderson's/Mahone's Division / Wilcox's/Perrin's/Sanders'/Forney's Brigade (May 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: John A. Winston (Colonel)
• John P. Emrich (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• John W. Frazer (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Hilary A. Herbert (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Thomas E. Irby (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Duke Nall (Major)
• Young L. Royston (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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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 66-67)