11th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army May 2024 January 2024 January 2024 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment 11th Alabama Infantry flag.jpg Flag of Company E, 11th Alabama Infantry June 17, 1861, to April 1865 Confederate States of America CSA Infantry Battle of Seven PinesSeven Days BattlesSecond Battle of ManassasBattle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBattle of ChancellorsvilleGettysburgSiege of Petersburg 300px|thumb|Soldiers in the 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment The 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Service The 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Lynchburg, Virginia, on June 17, 1861. Some of the companies making up the regiment had been already in service for several months at the time of mustering.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 The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House. The colors of the 11th Alabama Infantry were captured at the Battle of Antietam by the 57th New York Volunteers and was later one of 19 captured rebel flags stored in General McClellan's tent before being delivered to the U.S. War Department in October 1862. Total strength and casualties The 11th mustered 1192 men during its existence. The regiment suffered approximately 270 killed in action or mortally wounded and 200 men who died of disease, for a total of approximately 470 fatalities. An additional 170 men were discharged from the regiment and 80 were transferred to other units. Commanders Colonel Sydenham Moore Colonel John C. C. Sanders Colonel George Edward Tayloe See also List of Confederate units from Alabama Notes Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama Category:1861 establishments in Alabama Category:Military units and formations established in 1861