40th Alabama Infantry Battalion [Sharpshooters]

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In the Greenville Expedition, the unit was attached to Lt. Col. Samuel W. Ferguson's Combat Team Ferguson, and commanded by Lt. Col. John H. Higley. Later the regiment was assigned to Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector's Brigade of Maj. Gen. William H.T. Walker's Division, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Relief, Department of the West and was commanded by Maj. T.O. Stone. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume II, page 128 and Volume III, page 1151.]

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