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14th Alabama Infantry Regiment
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Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army
January 2024
January 2024
14th Alabama Infantry Regiment 100px 100px Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse) August 1, 1861, to April 1865 Confederate States of America CSA Infantry Battle of GlendaleBattle of MechanicsvilleBattle of Malvern HillSecond Battle of Bull RunBattle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBattle of GettysburgSiege of Petersburg
The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Richmond, Virginia, on August 1, 1861.http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/wilcox.html Wilcox' Brigade 2008-09-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080602060737/http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/wilcox.html 2008-06-02 Wilcox's Brigade website
During one of the first battles that the 14th fought in, at Glendale, the unit was sent in as a vanguard against Union positions and suffered considerable casualties.Waters Zack C. A small but spartan band : the Florida brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia 2013 University Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, AL. 9780817357740 22
The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
Total strength and casualties
The 14th mustered 1,317 men during its existence. It suffered approximately 250 killed in action or mortally wounded and 350 men who died of disease, for a total of approximately 600 fatalities. An additional 159 men were discharged or transferred from the regiment.
Commanders
Colonel Thomas J. Judge
Colonel Alfred Campbell Wood
Colonel Lucius Pinkard
See also
List of Confederate units from Alabama
Notes
Further reading
History of the Fourteenth regiment Alabama vols. with a list of the names of every man that ever belonged to the regiment
Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama
Category:1861 establishments in Alabama
Category:Military units and formations established in 1861