CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery
- Overview:
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1st Artillery Battalion, organized at Fort Morgan, Alabama, in February, 1861, entered
Confederate service in March. Containing six companies, members of the unit were recruited in
the cities of Mobile, Selma, and Montgomery. It served in or near Mobile throughout the war and
was placed under the command of Generals Shoup, Higgins, and Page. During August, 1864,
more than 400 men were captured when Fort Gaines and Morgan fell, but a
detachment continued the fight at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. In March, 1865, a small number moved to Choctaw Bluff and were included in the
surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were
Lieutenant Colonels Robert C. Forsyth and James T. Gee, and Major J.M. Cary.
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