17th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army January 2024 January 2024 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment 100px 100px Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse) August 1861 to April 1865 Confederate States of America CSA Infantry Battle of ShilohBattle of NashvilleBattle of FranklinBattle of Bentonville Col. Thomas H. Watts thumb|left|upright|Colonel Virgil S. Murphy The 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Service The 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Montgomery, Alabama in August 1861 under Colonel Thomas H. Watts. Watts organized the 17th Infantry and led it at Pensacola and Corinth,Robson, Charles. Representative men of the South. Philadelphia: C. Robson & Co., 1880, p. 43 but resigned as its colonel to serve as the Confederacy's attorney general in President Jefferson Davis' cabinet.August 2022 The regiment surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina in April 1865. Total strength and casualties When regiment was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, it took 900 men hailing from Coosa, Lowndes, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Monroe, Butler, and Russell counties.Confederate Alabama Troops: 17th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, NPS The regiment sustained particularly heavy losses in 1864 after it joined the Army of Tennessee.Seventeenth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Alabama Archives Commanders Col. Thomas H. Watts Col. Virgil S. Murphy See also List of Confederate units from Alabama References Further reading Brewer, Willis. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama during the Civil War. Montgomery, Al.: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962, pp. 616–618. (Brief history and roster of officers). Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 8: Alabama. Wilmington, NC.: Broadfoot, 1987, pp. 111–113. (Brief unit history). Crute, Joseph H. Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987, p. 16. (Concise summary of the regiment's service). Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992, pp. 80–81. (Unit organizational history). Thompson, Illene D. and Wilbur E. The Seventeenth Alabama Infantry: A Regimental History and Roster. Bowie, MD: Heritage, 2001. External links State of Alabama Archives page for 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment Roster of the Company C, 17th Alabama Infantry 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