CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
36th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
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36th Infantry Regiment was organized at Mount Vernon, Alabama, in May, 1862, with
men from Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Fayette, Sumter, and Monroe counties. The unit was
involved in constructing the defenses at Oven and Choctaw Bluffs, then was stationed at Mobile
until April, 1863. Assigned to General Clayton's and later Holtzclaw's Brigade, it participated in
difficult campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. Transferred to the Department of
Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, it continued the fight at Spanish Fort. At the Battle of Chickamauga
it was reported that the regiment had 28 officers, 429 men, and 401 guns on September 19; and
20 officers, 338 men, and 316 guns on September 20. It sustained 147 casualties at Chattanooga, and mustered a force of 353
effectives in December, 1863, and about 300 in November, 1864. The unit lost 110 wounded and
captured at Spanish Fort, and few were included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. Its
commanders were Colonels Thomas H. Herndon, Robert H. Smith, and Lewis T. Woodruff; and
Major Charles S. Henagan.
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