List of Confederate units from Alabama

This is a list of Alabama Civil War Confederate Units which fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War, including Alabama state forces that were under local control.[1][2] The list of Alabama Union units is given separately.

Unofficial Alabama state flag flown at the advent of secession. January 1861.

Confederate army

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Infantry

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Sharpshooters

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Cavalry

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  • 1st Cavalry
  • 2nd Cavalry
  • 3rd Cavalry
  • 4th Cavalry (Roddey's)
  • 4th Cavalry (Russell's)
  • 5th Cavalry
  • 6th Cavalry
  • 7th Cavalry
  • 8th Cavalry (Hatch's)
  • 8th Cavalry (Livingston's)
  • 9th Cavalry
  • 10th Cavalry
  • 11th Cavalry (also 10th Regiment - Burtwell's)
  • 12th Cavalry
  • 53rd Cavalry
  • 56th Cavalry
  • Forrest's Cavalry (transferred to 13th Tennessee)
  • Moreland's Cavalry
  • 2nd Cavalry Battalion (see 9th Cavalry)
  • 4th Cavalry Battalion
  • 11th Cavalry Battalion
  • 14th Cavalry Battalion (see 9th Cavalry)
  • 18th Cavalry Battalion (Spann's Independent Scouts)
  • 19th Cavalry Battalion (see 9th Cavalry)
  • 22nd Cavalry Battalion
  • 24th Cavalry Battalion
  • 25th Cavalry Battalion (Milus E. "Bushwhacker" Johnston's Partisan Rangers)
  • Beall's Cavalry Battalion
  • Brewer's Cavalry Battalion
  • Julian's Cavalry Battalion
  • Lewis' (Harrell's) Cavalry Battalion
  • Murphy's Cavalry Battalion
  • Musgrove's Cavalry Battalion
  • Stewart's Cavalry Battalion

Partisan rangers

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  • 1st Battalion, Partisan Rangers (see 18th Battalion Partisan Rangers)
  • 12th Battalion, Partisan Rangers (see 12th Cavalry)
  • 13th Battalion, Partisan Rangers (see 56th Cavalry)
  • 14th Battalion, Partisan Rangers (see 9th Cavalry)
  • 15th Battalion, Partisan Rangers (see 56th Partisan Rangers)
  • 18th Battalion Partisan Rangers
  • 51st Partisan Rangers
  • 53rd Partisan Rangers (see 53rd Cavalry)
  • 56th Partisan Rangers (see 56th Cavalry)

Artillery

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  • 1st Battalion Artillery
  • 2nd Battalion Light Artillery
  • 20th Battalion Artillery
  • State Artillery Battery (Ketchum's - Garrity's)
  • Barbour Light Artillery (Kolb's Battery)
  • Eufaula Artillery Battery
  • Fowler's Artillery Battery (Phelan's)
  • Gid. Nelson Artillery Battery
  • Hardaway's Artillery Battery (Hurt's)
  • Jeff. Davis Artillery Battery
  • Lee's Battery, Light Artillery
  • McWhorter's Artillery Battery (Clanton's)
  • Marks Artillery Battery (Semple's-Goldthwaite's)
  • Seawell's Battery (Mohawk Artillery)
  • Tarrant's Artillery Battery
  • Truehart's Artillery Battalion
  • Ward's Artillery Battery (Cruse's)

Local organizations

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Militia

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  • 1st Regiment Militia
  • 2nd Regiment Militia
  • 3rd Regiment Militia
  • 4th Regiment Militia
  • 48th Militia
  • 89th Militia
  • 94th Militia
  • 95th Militia

Reserves

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  • 1st Reserves (Swanson Guards / Lockhart's Battalion) (62nd Infantry)
  • 2nd Reserves (63rd Infantry)
  • 3rd Reserves
  • 4th Reserves (65th Infantry)
  • 3rd Battalion Reserves
  • Barbiere's Battalion Cavalry Reserves
  • Hardie's Battalion, Cavalry Reserves
  • Ready's Battalion, Reserves

Miscellaneous

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  • 1st Mobile Infantry (Local Defense)
  • 1st Battalion, Cadets
  • 1st Conscripts
  • 1st Mobile Volunteers
  • Bay Batteries
  • Exchange Battalion
  • Fire Battalion of Mobile
  • Foster's Regiment
  • Gracie's Special Infantry Battalion
  • Hilliard's Legion
  • Mobile City Troop
  • Montgomery Guards

See also

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References

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  1. Estes, Claud (1912). List of Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865. Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Company. p. 1-7.
  2. Phillips, Geraldine N. (1973). Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations. United States. National Archives and Records Service. pp. 3–5.
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