60th Alabama Infantry Regiment
{{short description|Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army}}
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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment
|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
|size= Regiment
|equipment=
|battles= American Civil War
- Siege of Knoxville
- Battle of Bean's Station
- Battle of Dandridge
- Battle of Chester Station
- Battle of Drewry's Bluff
- Siege of Petersburg
- Battle of the Crater
- Battle of Hatcher's Run
- Battle of White Oak Road
- Battle of Appomattox Court House
|notable_commanders= Col. John W. A. Sanford
}}
The 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed on November 25, 1863 at Charleston, Tennessee by consolidating four companies of the 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion.Sifakis p.131
The regiment served in Gracie's Alabama Brigade in the Department of East Tennessee and later the Army of Northern Virginia.
The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
See also
Notes
References
- Lewellyn A. Shaver History of the Sixtieth Alabama Regiment, Gracie's Alabama Brigade
- Stewart Sifakis. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. Facts on File, NY 1992 {{ISBN|0-8160-2287-9}}
Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama
Category:1863 establishments in Tennessee
Category:1865 disestablishments in Virginia
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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