CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry
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1st Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Pensacola, Florida, in March, 1861.
The men were from the counties of Tallapoosa, Pike, Lowndes, Wilcox, Talladega, Barbour, and
Macon. For a year it manned the batteries at Pensacola, then with 1,000 men moved to Missouri
where all but a detachment were captured at Island No. 10. The prisoners were
exchanged during September, 1862, and it was soon ordered to Port Hudson. Here the unit endured many
hardships, and nearly 500 were captured on July 9, 1863. 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 surrendered in
April, 1865. 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.
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