19th Alabama Infantry Regiment
19th Alabama Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | August 14, 1861 – April 1865 |
Country | Confederate States of America |
Branch | Confederate States Army |
Role | Infantry |
Engagements | American Civil War |
The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was formed in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 14, 1861.[1] The unit fought in the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862. The regiment surrendered at Salisbury, North Carolina, at the end of the war.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Private_Parris_P._Casey_of_Company_I%2C_%22Cherokee_Rangers%2C%22_19th_Alabama_Infantry_Regiment%2C_with_bayoneted_musket_LCCN2012646172.jpg/220px-Private_Parris_P._Casey_of_Company_I%2C_%22Cherokee_Rangers%2C%22_19th_Alabama_Infantry_Regiment%2C_with_bayoneted_musket_LCCN2012646172.jpg)
Private Parris P. Casey of Company I, "Cherokee Rangers," 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment, with bayoneted musket. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs in the Library of Congress
Total strength and casualties[]
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Commanders[]
- Colonel Joseph Wheeler
- Colonel
See also[]
- Alabama Civil War Confederate Units
- Alabama in the American Civil War
Notes[]
- ^ http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/gardner.html Gardner's Brigade website
- ^ "Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs". Library of Congress. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
References[]
Categories:
- Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama
- 1861 establishments in Alabama
- Military units and formations established in 1861
- Alabama stubs
- American Civil War unit and formation stubs