Confederate Regiment

6th Alabama Infantry

Organized: Montgomery, AL; mustered in 5/6/1861

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Col. John Brown Gordon
LCol. James N. Lightfoot

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

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #6: French's Division Hits the Sunken Road (9-10 am)
Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)

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 #54: Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
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
Tablet #55: Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM

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We have 75 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Corp	Brown, Willis	KIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Crawford, James M. H.	KIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Goode, Hugh M.	WIA 09/14
A	Lt	Hancock, Jesse Bowden	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Jones, John J.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Jones, Seaborn J.	KIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Register, John S.	MWIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Weems, Patrick Marion	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Tyson, Hiram P.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Burtis, James	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Chadwick, James	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Dugger, Christopher Columbus	KIA 09/14
D	Sgt	Smith, George W.	KIA 09/14
E	Lt	Bryant, John F.	MWIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Claywell, P. D.	KIA 09/17
E	Corp	Garrett, Conrad W.	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Hinkle, Thomas J.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hogan, E.	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Kaegi, John Rudolph	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McCain, Benjamin H.	KIA 09/14
E	Pvt	McManus, Frederick B.	KIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Staggers, William J.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Vickers, Benjamin Frank	KIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Wilson, Alexander P.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Downing, Chesley M.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Harrison, Robert N.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Kennon, Dixon H. L.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Lacy, Jacob B.	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Madden, John D.	WIA/POW 09/14
F	Lt	Pitts, Drayton	MWIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Ward, Thomas Jefferson	WIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Alexander, Robert Minter	WIA/POW 09/14
G	Pvt	Billingsley, William Napoleon	POW 09/14
G	Pvt	Carter, Henry H.	KIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Chavis, James P.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Davis, Richard F.	MWIA 09/00
G	Pvt	Dees, Noah C.	AWOL 09/17
G	Lt	Golson, Robert Gasper	MWIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Graham, William Marion	WIA/POW 09/14
G	Sgt	Hall, Thomas Warren	WIA/POW 09/14
G	Pvt	Herrmann, James T.	WIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Herrmann, William M.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Holley, Timothy	KIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Johnson, Edward M.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Jones, Samuel J.	MWIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Mabry, Solomon P.	MWIA 09/17
G	Lt	Perry, John D.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Poole, Adam Walter	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Reed, George Bailey	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Taylor, Benjamin C.	KIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Thompson, Thomas L.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Walker, Franklin T.G.
G	Pvt	Walker, William S.
G	Sgt	Whetstone, William David	POW 09/14
G	Pvt	Whetstone, Jr., Louis Myers	KIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Wiley, James H.	KIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Maxwell, Allan W.	WIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Doak, Robert J.	WIA/POW 09/17
I	Pvt	Hayes, William F.	KIA 09/17
I	Lt	Kimbrough, John J.	WIA/POW 09/17
I	Capt	Kimbrough, Julius A.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Portis, Benjamin Darius	WIA/POW 09/14
I	Pvt	Watkins, Cavin Harris	KIA 09/17
K	Capt	Culver, Isaac Franklin	WIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Ingraham, James E.	KIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Kincey, Stephen Gregory	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Smith, Hiram	KIA 09/17
L	Pvt	Jones, Charles E. T.	KIA 09/14
L	Lt	Scott, Asbury A.	WIA 09/14
M	Capt	Bowie, Milledge Langdon	WIA 09/17
M	Pvt	Broadnax, Thomas H.	KIA 09/14
M	Pvt	Hall, Samuel A.	KIA 09/17
M	Pvt	Hamric, Thomas H.	MWIA 09/00
F&S	Col	Gordon, John Brown	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Lightfoot, James Newell	WIA 09/17

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