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Confederate Regiment

3rd Alabama Infantry

Organized: Montgomery, AL; mustered in 4/12/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox CH, VA April 1865

 

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  Col. Cullen A. Battle

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Jackson's Command
  Division - D. H. Hill's Division
  Brigade - Rodes' Brigade


Unit history

Not long after the Alabama legislature passed the ordinance of secession, the Third Alabama regiment was organized from the companies of the 2nd Regiment, and its officers elected were Jones M. Withers, of Mobile, colonel; Tennent Lomax, of Montgomery, lieutenant-colonel, and Cullen A. Battle, of Tuskegee, major. The Second battalion, under Major Battle, was ordered to Virginia, and early in April reported to Lieut.-Col. E. Kirby Smith, commanding at Lynchburg. Being joined a few days later by the other battalion, under Lomax, the regiment was mustered into the Confederate service, by Colonel Smith, about April 12, 1861.

The regiment was soon ordered to Norfolk, and during the Confederate occupation of that post, Colonel Withers was promoted and sent west, and Lomax became colonel, and Battle, lieutenant-colonel. The regiment was assigned to Mahone's brigade early in 1862, and in that command participated in the battle of Seven Pines, where Colonel Lomax was killed. Battle was now promoted colonel, and early in June his regiment was transferred to General Rodes' brigade.

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

In his report of the battles of Boonsboro and Sharpsburg, General Rodes wrote: "The men and officers behaved well, but Colonel Gordon's Sixth Alabama, Major Hobson's Fifth Alabama, and Colonel Battle's Third Alabama deserve special mention for admirable conduct during the whole fight.'' The Regiment was among those few defending Turner's Gap on South Mountain on September 14th, and in the fierce fighting in the Sunken Road during the midday of the 17th.

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #332: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 14 Sep, 10 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #384: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 14 Sep, 10 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #338: Rodes' Brigade, D. H. Hill's Division - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 17 Sep, 1 PM
Tablet #333: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 1 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #385: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

After the Sharpsburg Campaign

The Regiment continued in all the campaigns of the ANV until assigned to Early's forces in the Valley late in 1864.

Placed in the trenches at Petersburg, the 3rd dwindled away by attrition until only about 40 men surrendered at Appomattox. Of 1651 names on the roll, about 260 were lost in battle, 119 died in the service, and 605 were discharged or transferred.

We have 71 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtChidsey, Strong MinorWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
APvtDennis, Thomas WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
APvtDunlevy, A. F.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
ASgtHurxthal, John W.        We have some details for this person
ASgtLedyard, William NathanielWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
ACorpSoto, John A.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ASgtStewart, James GlennWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtWheeler, Josiah WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
ACaptWitherspoon, Thomas CaseyPOW   09/14     We have some details for this person
APvtWoodcock, Andrew B.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtBrennan, Martin POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtBullis, Halsted C.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtCarver, Jr., Thomas JeffersonWIA   09/14     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
BPvtCooke, James JarvisKIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BSgtGeorge, Winfield S.POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
BPvtHall, Alexander P.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtHall, Benjamin R.WIA   09/18     We have some details for this person
BLtJohnston, Henry C.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
BPvtLewis, John C.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
BPvtRandall, James FitzsimmonsPOW   09/17     We have some details for this person
BLtRobbins, Arthur FerrisWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtRondeau, Henry W.POW   09/18     We have some details for this person
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BCaptSimpson, John RichardWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtSturdivant, Norwood KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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CSgtDavis, Joseph L.MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
CPvtEllis, Alexander WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CLtHoward, John JacksonWIA/POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
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CPvtNeedham, Willam JamesKIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
CPvtSummerville, James W.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
CPvtSwearengen, William N.POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
CSgtTate, James MadisonWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
CPvtTurk, Thomas LabonPOW   09/14     We have some details for this person
CPvtWimberly, Ezekial AbnerPOW   09/14     We have some details for this person
CPvtWright, Benjamin F.POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
DPvtBagby, Jonathan Thomas        We have some details for this person
DPvtBaker, Alexander H.        We have some details for this person
DCorpEley, Josiah E.        We have some details for this person
DPvtHardman, William JoelWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
DPvtJohnson, Thomas Lancaster        We have some details for this person
DPvtKnowles, George W.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
DCaptPowell, Richard Holmes        We have some details for this person
DLtRandle, Edmund TroupWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
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DPvtYarrington, Thomas LowryWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
EPvtBagby, John HampdenWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
ECaptChester, John Wood        We have some details for this person
ECorpEllison, George H.        We have some details for this person
EPvtReynolds, Hugh MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
FPvtCostello, Peter WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
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GCaptBonham, Malachi Ford        We have some details for this person
GSgtRuff, Newman M.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
HSgtCrocheron, James A.WIA/POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
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HCaptRobinson, Cornelius         We have some details for this person
HPvtTaylor, D. J.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
ISgtDavis, Joseph A.MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
ILtHavis, W. C.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
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IPvtNickles, John T.MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
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KSgtChildress, Jefferson Van DykePOW   09/14     We have some details for this person
KLtLake, John JemisonKIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
KPvtRyder, Corbet A.WIA/POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
F&SColBattle, Cullen Andrews        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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