CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
51st Regiment, Alabama Partisan Rangers
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51st Regiment Partisan Rangers was organized at Oxford, Alabama, in August, 1862. Its
members were from the counties of Calhoun, Pike, Talladega, Dallas, Saint Clair, Tuscaloosa,
Perry, Mobile, and Montgomery. It was assigned to Wheeler's command and served principally
in the brigades of W.W. Allen and J. Hagan. The unit took an active part in the conflicts at Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Chickamauga, Maryville, Knoxville, Decatur, and Jonesboro. Later it moved through
Tennessee, aided in the defense of Savannah, and was involved in the campaign of the Carolinas.
Its strength was greatly reduced when it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The regiment
was commanded by Colonel John T. Morgan, Lieutenant Colonels M.L. Kirkpatrick and James D.
Webb, and Majors James T. Dye and Henry B. Thompson.
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