CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
32nd Regiment, Alabama Infantry
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32nd Infantry Regiment was assembled at Mobile, Alabama, in April 1862, with companies
recruited in the counties of Clarke, Wilcox, Washington, Baldwin, Tuscaloosa, Monroe, Fayette,
and Mobile. It served under Generals D.W. Adams, Clayton, and Holtzclaw, Army of Tennessee,
and in November, 1863, was consolidated with the 58th Alabama Regiment. The 32nd
participated in the Battle of Murfreesboro, was active in the trenches of
Jackson, then fought with the
army from Chickamauga to Nashville. During Janaury, 1865, it
was transferred to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. It reported 105
casualtes at Murfreesboro and in January, 1863, had 196 men fit for duty. The 32nd/58th lost
257 at Chattanooga, totalled 325 men and 119 arms in December, 1863, and there were 240 fit
for duty in November, 1864. Many were lost at Spanish Fort and only a remnant
surrendered on May 4, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Alexander McKinstry; Lieutenant
Colonel Henry Maury; and Majors Thomas P. Ashe, Thomas S. Easton, and John C. Kimbell.
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