Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 7th Infantry Regiment (Confederate Regimental History Series) - Softcover

Rigdon, John C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514287161 ISBN 13: 9781514287163

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

The Alabama 7th Infantry Regiment was organized at Pensacola, 18 May 1861, with 8 infantry and 2 mounted companies. It remained on duty there until November.The regiment was ordered to Chattanooga in November, and then a month later, was sent to Bowling Green. The remainder of Gen. Bragg’s forces were ordered out of Florida on 27 FEB 1862. Gen. Bragg joined up with Gen. Beauregard's forces in Jackson, Tennessee. The 7th was in a temporary brigade under Col. S. A. M. Wood, and it was included in the Army of Tennessee around Corinth. The time of service of most of the companies expired after 12 months during the first week in April, 1862, and the regiment disbanded. However, the two mounted companies from Autauga and Lauderdale retained their organization and fought at Shiloh, as did other men from the regiment.The mounted companies became part of the 3rd Alabama Cavalry following Shiloh and the majority of the remaining men and officers joined other organizations. Companies Of The AL 7th Infantry RegimentThe 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment was composed of companies from the counties of Autauga, Barbour, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Dallas, Jackson, Lauderdale, Madison, Montgomery, Pike, and Wilcox.Company A - Chambers - James M. Jackson; resigned. Flavius J. Graham.Company B - Calhoun - Robert W. Draper.Company C - Cherokee - William H. Clare.Company D - Madison - Oliver B. Gaston. Company E - Barbour - P. Bludworth.Company F - Butler and Pike - William T. McCall.Company G - Jackson - J.B. Ragsdale; resigned. Flavius J. Graham.Company H - Wilcox and Dallas - Thomas G. Jenkins. (Mounted.)Company I - Montgomery and Autauga - Jesse J. Cox. (Mounted.)Company K - Lauderdale - William H. Price – Florence Guards

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About the Author:

John Rigdon has authored a number of books on the Civil War and is the manager of the web site, Research OnLine, (www.researchonline.net) the premier site for researching Civil War ancestors in the Civil War. His titles include the Historical Sketch and Roster Volumes (1100 plus titles) and a dozen volumes in the "We Fought" series focusing on particular battles and commanders. Additionally John works in translation of materials for Haitian Creole and several languages of West Africa including French, Mòoré, Bambara, and Dioula (Jula).

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1514287161
• ISBN 13: 9781514287163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154