1st Alabama Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army the Confederate regiment the Union regiment 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment (Colored) January 2024 January 2024 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment 1861–1865 Confederate States of America CSA Infantry American Civil War thumb|1st Alabama Infantry flag The 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment was a Confederate volunteer infantry unit from the state of Alabama during the American Civil War. Organization The 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Pensacola, Florida about the 1st of April 1, 1861 by the election of regimental officers. The soldiers were from the counties of Tallapoosa, Pike, Lowndes, Wilcox, Talladega, Barbour, and Macon. History For a year the regiment staffed the batteries at Pensacola, then moved to Missouri with 1,000 soldiers, where all but a detachment were captured at the Battle of Island Number Ten. The prisoners were exchanged during September, 1862, and it was soon ordered to Port Hudson. Here the unit endured many hardships, and on July 9, 1863 nearly 500 soldiers were captured. Exchanged and reorganized with 610 effectives, the 1st joined the Army of Tennessee and served in General Quarles' and Shelley's Brigade. It took an active part in the Atlanta and Tennessee Campaigns, and ended the war in North Carolina. Its casualties were high at Peach Tree Creek and were again heavy at Franklin and Nashville. Less than 100 had surrendered by April, 1865. One of their companies, Company D, was also known as Perote Guards. Field Officers The field officers were Colonels Henry D. Clayton and I. G. W. Steedman, Lieutenant Colonel Michael B. Locke, and Majors S. L. Knox and Jere N. Williams. References First Alabama Infantry Regiment http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/1stinf.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081120155643/http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/1stinf.html dead November 20, 2008 Alabama Archives 15 July 2017 1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CAL0001RI National Park Service 15 July 2017 Thrasher, Christopher David. Suffering in the Army of Tennessee: A Social History of the Confederate Army of the Heartland from the Battles for Atlanta to the Retreat from Nashville. 2021. See also List of Confederate units from Alabama Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama Category:1861 establishments in Alabama Category:Military units and formations established in 1861