CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
14th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
- Overview:
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14th Infantry Regiment was organized at Auburn, Alabama, in July, 1861, with men from
Montgomery and Auburn, and the counties of Chambers, Jackson, Randolph, and Tallapoosa. It
remained in camp at Huntsville until October, then moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia. Later it was sent to Richmond to rest after suffering from camp
diseases. Many suffered from measles. The 14th was assigned to General Pryor's, Wilcox's,
Perrin's, Sanders', and W.H. Forney's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in
many battles from Williamsburg
to Cold Harbor, took an active
part in the Petersburg siege south
of the James River, then saw action in the Appomattox Campaign. In Apirl, 1862, it
contained 700 effectives, and reported 335 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles and 47 at Second Manassas. It lost 151 at Chancellorsville, and of the 316
engaged at Gettysburg, fifteen
percent were disabled. The regiment surrendered with 11 officers and 180 men. Its field officers
were Colonels T.J. Judge, Lucius Pinckard, and Alfred C. Wood; Lieutenant Colonels D.W.
Baine and James A. Broome; and Majors M.P. Ferrell, Robert A. McCord, Owen K. McLemore,
and George W. Taylor.
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