30th Alabama Infantry

A Digital Copy of the History of the Thirtieth Alabama Volunteer Infantry

Archive.org now offers digitized copies of the Alabama Historical Quarterly, a magazine published by the Alabama Department of Archives and History in 1930, then from 1940 to 1982.

The Spring 1947 issue contains a history of the 30th Alabama Volunteer Infantry written by Colonel William Milner Kelly using his letters and diaries from the Civil War.

Click this link to access the History of the 30th Alabama Volunteers.

 

30th Alabama Infantry Tablet

NPS Photo

Iron tablet located on Confederate Avenue south of the railroad. During the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, the regiment was assigned to Brig. Gen. Edward D. Tracy's Brigade of Maj. Gen'ls. Martin Luther Smith's (until 30 Dec 1862) and Carter L. Steven's 2d Military District in Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and commanded by Col. Charles M. Shelley.

This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Edward D. Tracy's (killed in action 1 May 1863) and Col. Isham W. Garrott's (killed in action 17 June 1863) Brigade of Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen's Confederate Forces at the Battle of Port Gibson, MS. Later the regiment was attached to Brig. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee's (assumed command 3 May 1863) 2d Brigade (Battle of Champion Hill, thereafter reorganized as the 3d Brigade) of Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Col. Charles M. Shelley and Capt. John C. Francis. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 226; Volume II, pages 406 and 644 and Volume III, pages 778, 872 and 964.]