CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
35th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
- Overview:
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35th Infantry Regiment was formed at La Grange, Alabama, in April, 1862, with men from
Lauderdale, Franklin, Limestone, Madison, and Lawrence counties. It went to Louisiana and
under the command of General Breckinridge was active at Baton Rouge and Port Hudson. Later the unit fought with
General Rust at Corinth and
General Buford at Champion's
Hill and Jackson. Early in
1864 it joined the Army of Tennessee and was assigned to Scott's and Shelley's Brigade. The
35th participated in the Atlanta
Campaign, moved with Hood to Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina. It was
organized with about 750 men, lost 4 killed, and 21 wounded at Baton Rouge, and sustained heavy casualtes
at Atlanta and Franklin. Only 55 officers and men
surrendered in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Edward Goodwin, Samuel S. Ives,
and James W. Robertson; Lieutenant Colonel William H. Hunt; and Major A.E. Ashford.
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