CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
Goldthwaite's Battery, Alabama Light Artillery
- Overview:
- Semple's-Goldthwaite's Battery completed its organization at Montgomery, Alabama, in March, 1862, with men from Montgomery. After serving at Mobile it was involved in the Kentucky Campaign and the Battle of Murfreesboro. Assigned to T.R. Hotchkiss' Battalion of Artillery, the battery participated in various conflicts of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. It was organized with 109 men, had 121 in December, 1863, and 82 fit for duty in April, 1864. It reported 2 killed at Perryville, 4 at Murfreesboro, 2 at Chickamauga, and 1 at Ringgold Gap. In 1865 the company was ordered to North Carolina, but surrendered at Augusta, Georgia. It was commanded by Captains Richard W. Goldthwaite and Henry C. Semple.
- Soldiers:
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