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Re: 4th Alabama
Just recapping historical info on the 4th Alabama, up to the seige of Knoxville.
The 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Dalton, Georgia, on 2 May 1861 with troops from Conecuh, Dallas, Jackson, Lauderdale, Macon, Madison, Marengo, and Perry counties. Sent immediately to Virginia, they were mustered into service for twelve months at Lynchburg on 7 May and preceded to Harper's Ferry for training. They later were transferred to Winchester where they became a part of Brig. General Barnard E. Bee's Third Brigade, of which the 2nd and 11th Mississippi, the 1st Tennessee, and the 6th North Carolina were the other regiments. They were moved forward and participated in the 1st Battle of Manassas where the 4th Alabama took a prominent part, losing 38 killed and 208 wounded out of a total of about 750 engaged. They lost all of their field officers in that engagement, including General Bee, who gained fame for first calling Brig. General Thomas J. Jackson "Stonewall." Bee was succeeded by Brig. General W. H. C. Whiting.
The 4th spent the winter at Dumfries and re-enlisted for three years in January, 1862. They were reorganized in April and moved over to the vicinity of Norfolk. The regiment was engaged both days at the Battle of Seven Pines, losing 8 killed and 19 wounded. Two weeks later, the brigade was sent to the Shenandoah Valley only to return with Stonewall Jackson's corps against the Union flank. The unit was hotly engaged at Cold Harbor, losing 22 killed and 108 wounded out of 500 present; losses at Malvern Hill were slight.
The regiment moved northward with the Army of Northern Virginia and participated at the Second Battle of Manassas and lost 20 killed and 43 wounded. At Boonsboro the loss was slight, and at Sharpsburg, the loss was 8 killed and 43 wounded. After this campaign, Brig. General Evander McIver Law was assigned to command of the Alabama Brigade which was shortly after organized with the 4th, 15th, 44th, 47th and 48th Alabama regiments as its complement. They were placed together with the Texas Brigade and assigned to the division commanded by Major General John Bell Hood.
The 4th was engaged at Fredericksburg where it lost 5 k and 17 w. The regiment was detached with Lt. General James Longstreet to invest Suffolk in 1863, and it soon after took up the line of march for Pennsylvania where it was engaged in the assault at Gettysburg, losing 15 k and 72 w and MIA.
In the fall of 1863, the 4th moved with Longstreet's Corps via railroad and took part at the Battle of Chickamauga, with a loss of 14 k and 54 w out of about 300 engaged. It moved with the corps into east Tennessee, and in the attack on Knoxville lost 5 killed and 24 wounded.
The two companies portrayed at The Race to Knoxville, were commanded by the following Captains.
Co. "C" (Dallas County) N. H. R. Dawson (dropped, 21 April 1862); Alfred C. Price (KIA, Gaines' Mill [died, 7 July 1862]); Major D. Sterrett (wounded, Malvern Hill; retired, 24 Jan 1863); Frank C. Robbins (wounded, 1st Cold Harbor, Knoxville; captured, Knoxville)
Co. "G", Marion Light Infantry (Perry County) Porter King (dropped, 21 April 1862); William Mack Robbins (promoted, 3 Oct 1863); Henry H. Moseley (wounded, Knoxville, and captured); Martin T. Billingsley (KIA, Chickamauga)
Please notice that the two captains, of each company, were both wounded and caprtured at Knoxville.
I have some more info to post from O M Poe as well.
Cheers
Just recapping historical info on the 4th Alabama, up to the seige of Knoxville.
The 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Dalton, Georgia, on 2 May 1861 with troops from Conecuh, Dallas, Jackson, Lauderdale, Macon, Madison, Marengo, and Perry counties. Sent immediately to Virginia, they were mustered into service for twelve months at Lynchburg on 7 May and preceded to Harper's Ferry for training. They later were transferred to Winchester where they became a part of Brig. General Barnard E. Bee's Third Brigade, of which the 2nd and 11th Mississippi, the 1st Tennessee, and the 6th North Carolina were the other regiments. They were moved forward and participated in the 1st Battle of Manassas where the 4th Alabama took a prominent part, losing 38 killed and 208 wounded out of a total of about 750 engaged. They lost all of their field officers in that engagement, including General Bee, who gained fame for first calling Brig. General Thomas J. Jackson "Stonewall." Bee was succeeded by Brig. General W. H. C. Whiting.
The 4th spent the winter at Dumfries and re-enlisted for three years in January, 1862. They were reorganized in April and moved over to the vicinity of Norfolk. The regiment was engaged both days at the Battle of Seven Pines, losing 8 killed and 19 wounded. Two weeks later, the brigade was sent to the Shenandoah Valley only to return with Stonewall Jackson's corps against the Union flank. The unit was hotly engaged at Cold Harbor, losing 22 killed and 108 wounded out of 500 present; losses at Malvern Hill were slight.
The regiment moved northward with the Army of Northern Virginia and participated at the Second Battle of Manassas and lost 20 killed and 43 wounded. At Boonsboro the loss was slight, and at Sharpsburg, the loss was 8 killed and 43 wounded. After this campaign, Brig. General Evander McIver Law was assigned to command of the Alabama Brigade which was shortly after organized with the 4th, 15th, 44th, 47th and 48th Alabama regiments as its complement. They were placed together with the Texas Brigade and assigned to the division commanded by Major General John Bell Hood.
The 4th was engaged at Fredericksburg where it lost 5 k and 17 w. The regiment was detached with Lt. General James Longstreet to invest Suffolk in 1863, and it soon after took up the line of march for Pennsylvania where it was engaged in the assault at Gettysburg, losing 15 k and 72 w and MIA.
In the fall of 1863, the 4th moved with Longstreet's Corps via railroad and took part at the Battle of Chickamauga, with a loss of 14 k and 54 w out of about 300 engaged. It moved with the corps into east Tennessee, and in the attack on Knoxville lost 5 killed and 24 wounded.
The two companies portrayed at The Race to Knoxville, were commanded by the following Captains.
Co. "C" (Dallas County) N. H. R. Dawson (dropped, 21 April 1862); Alfred C. Price (KIA, Gaines' Mill [died, 7 July 1862]); Major D. Sterrett (wounded, Malvern Hill; retired, 24 Jan 1863); Frank C. Robbins (wounded, 1st Cold Harbor, Knoxville; captured, Knoxville)
Co. "G", Marion Light Infantry (Perry County) Porter King (dropped, 21 April 1862); William Mack Robbins (promoted, 3 Oct 1863); Henry H. Moseley (wounded, Knoxville, and captured); Martin T. Billingsley (KIA, Chickamauga)
Please notice that the two captains, of each company, were both wounded and caprtured at Knoxville.
I have some more info to post from O M Poe as well.
Cheers
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