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  Confederate Military History: a library of Confederate States history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South (Vol. 7)
  One of 12 volumes CONTENTS—ALABAMA. CHAPTER I. Introductory—The First Spanish Occupation of Alabama—Battles Fought by De Soto—Settlement at Mobile—French and Spanish wars—English Control—Indian Wars—War of 1812–Seminole and Florida Wars —Alabamians in the War with Mexico ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 CHAPTER II. Secession and Its Causes—The Slavery Question—Alabama's Declaration Prior to the Nomination of Lincoln—The Charleston Convention—Result of the Election—Hope of Peaceable Secession—Expressions of Adams and Webster—Greeley Opposed to Coercion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 CHAPTER III. The State Convention—Variance of Opinion on Secession—Adoption of the Ordinance of Secession—Organization of Military Forces–Campaigns and Battles in Alabama—Some of Alabama's Distinguished Soldiers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 34 CHAPTER IV. The Alabama Infantry Regiments—Brief History of Each Organization–Their Service as Shown by the Official Records ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 52 CHAPTER V. The Alabama Cavalry Commands—Regiments, Battalions and Detached Companies—References to Their Services in the Official Records ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 249 CHAPTER VI. Batteries Composed of Alabama Troops—Their Organization and Officers—Records from the Official Reports ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 309 BIOGRAPHICAL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 383 ILLUSTRATIONS—ALABAMA. Alabama, Map of ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Between pages 382 and 383 Allen, William W. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 Baker, Alpheus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Battle, Cullen A. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Bowles, Pinckney D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Bulger, Michael J. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 Cantey, James ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Clanton, James H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Clayton, Henry D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Deas, Zachariah C. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Deshler, James ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Forney, John H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 Forney, William H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Fry, Birkett D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Garrott, Isham W. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Gorgas, Josiah ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Gracie, Archibald ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 Hagan, James ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Holtzclaw, James T. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Johnston, George D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Law, Evander M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Leadbetter, Danville ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Mobile, Map of the Defenses of ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 45 Moody, Young M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Morgan, John T. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 O'Neal, Edward A. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 460 Perry, William F. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400 Pettus, Edmond W. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 Roddey, Phillip D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Rodes, Robert E. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 Sanders. John C. C. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 Shelley, Charles M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400, 444 Tracy, Edward D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 Wheeler, Joseph ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Withers, Jones M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392 Wood, S. A. M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412 CONTENTS—MISSISSIPPI. CHAPTER I. Civil Action of the State in Seceding from the Federal Union—Review of the Reasons for Secession–Legislature Provides for Convention–Proceedings of the Same ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 CHAPTER II. Purchase of Arms—Organization of State Troops—Jefferson Davis Commander-in-Chief–Troops at Corinth—First Hostilities on the Mississippi ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 CHAPTER III. Mississippi Troops Without the State, 1861—At Pensacola—Fight at Santa Rosa Island—The Regiments in Virginia—Their Service at First Manassas and Leesburg ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER IV. Defense of the Mississippi River—Albert Sidney Johnston's Army—State Troops in Kentucky—Battle of Belmont—Fishing Creek—Fort Henry—Fort Donelson—Reorganization at Corinth—Battle of Shiloh ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 CHAPTER V. Siege of Corinth—Engagements at Farmington and Serratt's House—Evacuation of Corinth—Affair at Booneville–Organization at Tupelo—Patriotism of the People—Bragg Moves to Chattanooga ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 52 CHAPTER VI. Blockade of the Mississippi River—Ship Island—Biloxi and Pass Christian—Fall of New Orleans—First Attack on Vicksburg—Exploits of the Ram Arkansas—Battle of Baton Rouge ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 67 CHAPTER VII. Campaigns of Price and Van Dorn—Battle of Iuka—Mississippi Commands in Van Dorn's Army—Battle of Corinth—Hatchie Bridge—Grant's Campaign on the Central Railroad—Invasion from Arkansas—Forrest in West Tennessee—Van Dorn at Holly Springs—President Davis Visits Mississippi—Sherman Defeated at Chickasaw Bayou. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 83 CHAPTER VIII. Service of Mississippians Without the State in 1862—Munfordville—Perryville—Murfreesboro—Yorktown—Seven Pines–Shenandoah Valley—Seven Days' Battles—Second Manassas—Harper's Ferry—Sharpsburg—Fredericksburg ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 108 CHAPTER IX. Operations in Mississippi—January to July, 1863—Federal Forces at Young's Point—Expeditions North of Vicksburg — Organization of Confederate Forces—Grierson's Raid—Grant at Bruinsburg–Battles of Fort Gibson and Raymond—Plans of Johnston and Pemberton—Battle of Baker's Creek—Big Black Bridge—Siege of Vicksburg—Pemberton's Capitulation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 122 CHAPTER X. Operations in Mississippi—July to December, 1863—Siege of Jackson—Minor Operations in the State—Service of Mississippians Outside the State—Battle of Chickamauga—Knoxville—Chancellorsville—Missionary Ridge—Ringgold—Gettysburg ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 161 CHAPTER XI. Events of 1864—Federal Plans of Campaign—Organization under General Polk—Sherman's Meridian Expedition–Federal Defeat at Sakatonchee Creek and Okolona—Destruction of Meridian—Forrest in West Tennessee–Organization under Gen. S. D. Lee—Victory at Tishamingo Creek–Battle of Harrisburg–Raid to Memphis–Raid on the Tennessee River–Minor Operations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 186 CHAPTER XII. Mississippi Commands Without the State, 1864—Atlanta Campaign—Nashville Campaign—Eastern Virginia Campaign—Shenandoah Valley Campaign ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 211 CHAPTER XIII. Events of 1865—Forrest in Command—Deplorable Suffering of the People—Cavalry Organizations—Battle of Selma—General Taylor at Meridian—Mississippians in Virginia and the Carolinas—Capitulation of General Taylor—Summary of Mississippi's Contribution of Soldiers—Inauguration of Governor Humphreys ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 223 BIOGRAPHICAL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 233 —————— ILLUSTRATIONS—MISSISSIPPI. Adams, Wirt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Alcorn, James L. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Baker's Creek, Battlefield of (Map) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 144 Baldwin, William E. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Barksdale, William ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Benton, Samuel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Brandon, William L. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Brantly, William F. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Chalmers, James R. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Clark, Charles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Cooper, Douglas H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Davis, Joseph R. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Davis, Reuben ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Featherston, Winfield S. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 French, Samuel G. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Griffith, Richard ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Gholson, Samuel J. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Harris, Nathaniel H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Harrisburg, Battlefield of (Map) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 201 Hooker, Charles E. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Humphreys, Benjamin G. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Lowrey, Mark P. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Lowry, Robert ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273 Martin, Will T. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236 Mississippi, Map of ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 232 Posey, Carnot ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273 Sears, Claudius W. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273 Sharp, Jacob H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273 Smith, James A. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273 Starke, Peter B. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273 Tucker, William F. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273 Van Dorn, Earl ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273 Vicksburg Campaign, Map of ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 160 Walthall, Edward C. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273
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  Reminiscences of the Civil War
  Colonel, 6th Alabama Infantry at Sharpsburg
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  History of the Fourteenth regiment Alabama vols. with a list of the names of every man that ever belonged to the regiment
  14th Alabama Infantry Regiment
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  Gordon, Hon. John B. of Georgia. Senator (also General - Confederate Army)
  Colonel John Brown Gordon (1832 - 1904) Home State: Alabama Education: University of Georgia Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 6th Alabama Infantry On the Campaign-He was Colonel in command of the 6th Alabama Regiment and saw furious combat in the Sunken road as part of Rodes' Brigade of D. H. Hill's Division in Jackson's Command. He was wounded 4 times, but remained in the fighting til he was shot in the face. He feels he would have drowned in his own blood, face-down in his cap, if not for a bullet hole in it. He was relieved by LCol. J. N. Lightfoot.
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  Sketch of the Twelfth Alabama Infantry of Battle's Brigade, Rodes' Division, Early's Corps, of the Army of Northern Virginia
  12th Alabama Infantry Regiment
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  The war between the Union and the Confederacy : and its lost opportunities : with a history of the 15th Alabama Regiment and the forty-eight battles in which it was engaged ... the war between the United States and Spain
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  General Gordon, Reminiscences of the civil war
  A personal narrative of the American Civil War experiences of John B. Gordon. Gordon served as the Colonel in command of the 6th Alabama Regiment and saw furious combat in the Sunken road as part of Rodes' Brigade of D. H. Hill's Division in Jackson's Command.
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  Two Boys in the Civil War and After
  Fifteenth Alabama regiment and Second Georgia Regiment