CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
3rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry
- Overview:
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3rd Infantry Regiment was organized by Colonel J.M. Withers in April, 1861, at
Montgomery, Alabama. Men of this unit were recruited in the cities of Mobile and Montgomery,
and the counties of Man, Lowndes, Coosa, and Autuaga. The first Alabama command sent to
Virginia, it was mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg and totalled 1,000 men. It served
in the Department of Norfolk, then was assigned to Rodes', O'Neal's, and Battle's Brigade, Army
of Northern Virginia. The unit fought in many battles from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, moved with Early to the
Shenandoah Valley, and was active in the campaign that ended at Appomattox. It lost 38 killed and 122
wounded at Seven Pines and
sustained fifty-seven percent casualties of the 345 engaged at Malvern Hill. The regiment reported 138
casualties at Chancellorsville, 91
at Gettysburg, and 5 at Mine Run. In April, 1865, it surrendered
with 9 officers and 93 men. The field officers were Colonels Cullen A. Battle, Chares Forsyth,
Tennent Lomox, and Jones M. Withers; Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Sands; and Major Richard
H. Powell.
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