CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Alabama Reserve (63rd Regiment Infantry)
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2nd Reserve Regiment [also called 63rd Regiment] was organized in July, 1864, at
Montgomery, Alabama. Many of the enlisted men were between the ages of sixteen and eighteen
and were from the southernmost counties of the state. It served at Mobile assigned to General
Liddell's, then B.M. Thomas' Brigade, District of the Gulf. The unit suffered severe losses in the
battles of Fort Gaines, Spanish Fort, and Fort Blakely. With less than 100 men, it
surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. It was
commanded by Colonel Olin F. Rice, Lieutenant Colonel Junius A. Law, and Major John H.
Echols.
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