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59th Alabama Infantry Regiment

{{short description|Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army}}

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{{Infobox military unit

|unit_name= 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment

|image=100px 100px

|caption=Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse)

|dates= November 25, 1863 to April 9, 1865

|country= {{flag|Confederate States of America}}

|allegiance= {{Flag|Alabama|1861}}

|branch={{army|CSA}}

|type= Infantry

|equipment=

|battles=American Civil War

|notable_commanders= Col. Balling Hall III.

}}

File:59th Alabama Infantry Regiment Flag.jpg

File:Col. Bolling Hall, 59th Alabama Infantry.jpg

The 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Organization

The regiment was formed on November 25, 1863 at Charleston, Tennessee by consolidating the 2nd Infantry and the 4th Artillery Battalions, Hilliard's Alabama Legion.Stewart Sifakis. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992, p. 131

Service

The regiment served in Gracie's Alabama Brigade in the Department of East Tennessee participating in Longstreets Knoxville Campaign and later the Army of Northern Virginia in the Siege of Petersburg. During the latter campaign, the Regiment lost its battle flag during the Battle of Hatcher's Run in February 1865,Glenn Dedmondt. The Flags of Civil War Alabama. Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2001, p. 108 but the regiment went on to surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.

Staff officers

  • Colonel Bolling Hall III.
  • Lieut. Colonel John D. McLennan
  • Lieut. Colonel Geo. W. Huguley
  • Major Geo. W. Huguley
  • Major Lewis H. Crumpler
  • Lt. Crenshaw Hall, adjutant

Field officers

  • John C. Hendrix
  • S. E. A. Reaves
  • John F. Wise
  • CJohn E. Hall
  • W. Dillard
  • John Porter.
  • E. L. McIntyre
  • John A. Henley.
  • W. H. Stuckey
  • W. J. Peacock.
  • L. H. Crumpier
  • W.R. Davie
  • James Lang
  • R. Glasgow
  • Louis Harrell
  • H. H. Rutledge
  • Zach. Daniel
  • R. F. Manly
  • W. D. Walden
  • R. H. Gulledge.[https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/59thinf.html Fifty-Ninth Alabama Infantry Regiment], Alabama Department of Archives and History

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Burton, John Michael. Gracie's Alabama Volunteers: The History of the Fifty-Ninth Alabama Volunteer Regiment. Gretna, La.: Pelican Pub, 2003.
  • Dedmondt, Glenn. The Flags of Civil War Alabama. Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|1-56554-840-X}}
  • Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992 {{ISBN|0-8160-2287-9}}

External links

  • [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CAL0059RI 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry], NPS

Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama

Category:1863 establishments in Alabama

Category:Military units and formations established in 1863

Category:1865 disestablishments in Virginia

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

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