The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry

Author : James P. Faust
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786496126
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry written by James P. Faust and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the Civil War, volunteers from six counties in southeastern Alabama formed the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment. As part of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia--and briefly serving with Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee--the 15th Alabama was one of the Confederacy's most active regiments and fought in many of the war's key battles. Based on firsthand accounts, this volume chronicles the regiment's experiences from its organization in July 1861 through its surrender at Appomattox. Detailed firsthand accounts are given of the 15th's action at Shenandoah, Gettysburg, Chickamauga and Spotsylvania, along with intimate descriptions of camp life. Service records of each member are provided, including enlistment, hometown, battle wounds and, where applicable, cause of death.

Author : Peter Warren
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1449785913
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journey North written by Peter Warren and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Civil War still captivates our interest. As the war entered its third summer, the Confederate army met the Union army in July 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. During the second day of this three-day battle, some of the most brutal fighting occurred at Little Round Top. This story describes the bloody fighting that took place between the Union’s 20th Maine and the South’s 15th Alabama. It also describes how two fictional soldiers meet on Little Round Top and become friends. This meeting portrays those that often took place between opposing soldiers. They were random acts of compassion during a brutal war. These soldiers pushed aside their differences to become friends. In an act of kindness, one of these soldiers initiated their friendship, while the other cemented their friendship by a personal sacrifice he later made. It was a friendship that would last for years.

Author : John Rigdon
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781514356586
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 15th Infantry Regiment written by John Rigdon and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 15th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized at Fort Mitchell, Alabama, in August, 1861, with eleven companies. With over 900 men, the regiment was moved into East Tennessee and then Virginia. It joined the main army near Manassas and was brigaded with the 21st Georgia, 21st North Carolina, and 16th Mississippi Regiments under Maj. General G. B. Crittenden of Kentucky (Brig. General Isaac R. Trimble succeeded Crittenden in December). The 15th Alabama was placed in the Alabama Brigade under General Evander McIver Law (with the 4th, 44th, 47th and 48th Alabama regiments) on 19 January 1863. It fought throughout the war in Virginia except when it was transferred to the West with Braxton Bragg's army, fought at Chickamauga (19-20 September), where it lost 19 killed and 123 wounded, out of 425 engaged. In the fierce fights at Brown's Ferry (27 October) and Lookout Valley, the regiment lost 15 killed and 40 wounded. At Knoxville (17 November-4 December), 6 were killed and 21 wounded. The 15th surrendered 170 men at Appomattox. Of 1633 on the rolls, over 260 fell in battle, 440 died in the service, and 231 were transferred or discharged. Companies Of The Al 15th Infantry Regiment Co. "A," Cantey Rifles (Russell County) -- Alexander A. Lowther (promoted); Locke Weems (mortally wounded, Gaines' Mill); Francis Key Shaaf Co. "B," Midway Southern Guards (Barbour County) -- John Wilhite Lewis Daniel (promoted); Isaac Ball Feagin (promoted); Richard E. Wright (wounded, 2nd Manassas; retired, 8 Aug 1863); Noah B. Feagin Co. "C" (Macon County) -- Peter V. Guerry (KIA, 1st Cold Harbor); James H. Ellison (KIA, Gettysburg); LeGrand Co. "D," Fort Browder Roughs (Barbour County) -- Worthington (died in service); Blanton Aabram Hill (KIA, Fussell's Mill) Co. "E" (Dale County) -- Esau Brooks (resigned, 8 Feb 1862); William A. Edwards (resigned, 28 Aug 1863); G. A. C. Mathews (wounded, near Richmond; retired); Glover (KIA, Petersburg) Co. "F," Brundridge Guards (Pike County) -- Benjamin Hutchinson Lewis (resigned, 7 Feb 1862); George Y. Malone (wounded, 1st Cold Harbor; retired, 18 March 63); DeKalb Williams Co. "G" (Henry County) -- William Calvin Oates (promoted); Henry C. Brainard (KIA, Gettysburg); John C. Oates (mortally wounded, Gettysburg); D. B. Waddell Co. "H," Glenville Guards (Barbour and Dale Counties) -- William N. Richardson (captured, East Tennessee) Co. "I" (Pike County) -- Benjamin Gardner (resigned, 15 Dec 1861); Frank Park (KIA, Knoxville); W. H. Stricklan (wounded, Fussell's Mill) Co. "K," Eufaula City Guard (Barbour County) -- Henry C. Hart (resigned, 13 Sept 1862); William J. Bethune (wounded, Gettysburg); John E. Jones Co. "L" (Pike County) -- Robert H. Hill (KIA, Cross Keys); Lee E. Bryan (wounded, 1st Cold Harbor; retired, 28 March 1863); James J. Hatcher

Author : William Calvin Oates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.5I/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Between the Union and the Confederacy, and Its Lost Opportunities, with a History of the 15th Alabama Regiment and the Forty-eight Battles in which it was Engaged...the War Between the United States and Spain written by William Calvin Oates and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : L. B. Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Revised History of the 33rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Cleburne's Elite Division, Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865 written by L. B. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Tucker
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Storming Little Round Top written by Philip Tucker and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2002-09-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping story of a well-known battle told from the perspective of the "other" side--the Confederates who just barely lost the fight for Little Round Top at the battle of Gettysburg

Author : James P. Faust
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476618569
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry written by James P. Faust and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the Civil War, volunteers from six counties in southeastern Alabama formed the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment. As part of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia--and briefly serving with Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee--the 15th Alabama was one of the Confederacy's most active regiments and fought in many of the war's key battles. Based on firsthand accounts, this volume chronicles the regiment's experiences from its organization in July 1861 through its surrender at Appomattox. Detailed firsthand accounts are given of the 15th's action at Shenandoah, Gettysburg, Chickamauga and Spotsylvania, along with intimate descriptions of camp life. Service records of each member are provided, including enlistment, hometown, battle wounds and, where applicable, cause of death.

Author : William R. Morales
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936091119
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 41st ALABAMA Infantry Regiment Confederate States of America written by William R. Morales and published by . This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes photos, documents, maps, and bibliography. This book provides a comprehensive historical narrative chronicling the life and times of 1,550 men from five Alabama counties - Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Fayette, Greene and Perry - who fought with the 41st Alabama Regiment during the Civil War. Exceptionally well documented, over 450 never before published letters and scores of official documents provide graphic insights about the lives and times of Alabama citizen soldiers, their families and communities. The 41st engaged in over 40 combat situations, fighting with the Army of Tennessee in Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi, and eventually serving in the trenches in Petersburg alongside Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Of interest to Civil War researchers and genealogists, the service record of every soldier known to have served with the 41st is contained in the book.

Author : Edwin R. Root
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977314003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isn't This Glorious! written by Edwin R. Root and published by . This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a research standpoint the book is a tour de force. The authors have made liberal use of data culled from primary source materials found in repositories including Massachusetts libraries and historical societies, Gettysburg National Military Park records, and hundreds of soldiers' military and pension records from the National Archives. There is a plethora of photographs, and nine foldout maps are sewn into the binding. The book will be of interest to a wide range of audiences from Civil War scholars to general readers.

Author : Samuel L. Askew III
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782898492
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Analysis Of Unit Cohesion In The 42nd Alabama Infantry written by Samuel L. Askew III and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 16 May 1862, 904 soldiers formed ranks for the first time and unfurled the virgin colors of the 42nd Alabama Infantry Regiment. These 904 soldiers were a mixture of veterans, volunteers, conscripts, and substitutes. The regiment participated in nine western theater battles and their associated campaigns. These campaigns included Corinth, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, and Bentonville. Not one battle was a victory but the heat of battle forged a band of brothers tempered with time. The regiment cased its colors for the last time on 9 April 1865 in a desolate North Carolina field; only ninety-eight soldiers remained at the end of this bloody national struggle. This thesis will identify the timeless factors of cohesion within the 42nd Alabama. This thesis will further determine the most prominent of these factors, specifically within the remaining ninety eight soldiers. Finally, this thesis will explore the value of cohesion to the current military force. This thesis incorporated sources from the The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Confederate Veteran, The Southern Historical Papers, personal diaries and letters, census records, compiled service records, sources from the Alabama State Archives and the National Park Service. After the examination of numerous factors, to include discipline, leadership, and morale, the common factor that held the core members of the unit together until the end was the “original volunteer” soldiers of 1861. These soldiers formed the cohesive bond of the unit by instilling a common conviction and devotion to duty within the 42nd Alabama. The final analysis reinforces the value of the volunteer soldier and the worth of an “all-volunteer” force.