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. In July, 1863, two additional companies were added and the Fifty-eighth Alabama was formed. Consolidated with the Eighth Tennessee, under Col. Bushrod Jones, it was placed in Bate's brigade and took part in the battle of Chickamauga. On the first day of this great conflict it assisted in the capture of four pieces of artillery; and on the second day it was in the desperate charge which broke the enemy's line, losing in the battle 148 out of 254 men engaged. This regiment was one of the m and bearing of both officers and men as deserving the highest praise. I saw none who failed to do his whole duty. Loss, 3 killed, 58 wounded, on first day. The bearing of the regiment in the second day's fight was even more gallant than on the first. Lieut. W. H. Rader, Company F, was the only officer killed. He fell, gallantly leading his men in the charge. Lieutenant-Colonel Inzer and Major Thornton, as on the first day, were eminently and conspicuously brave. Captain Harrell and Lieute
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XXIII, Part 2—（735, 942, 958) In Deas' brigade, Withers' division, Polk's army corps, April to August, 1863, Col. S. K. McSpadden commanding regiment. No. 51—（15) Assignment as above, September 19-20, 1863, battle of Chickamauga. （333-335) Report of Colonel McSpadden says: While I cannot specify the many acts of gallantry and daring exhibited by the different officers and men under my command, there was one instance of valor and daring so extraordinary as to demand my attention. On the second charge in the evening, when the troops on my right began to waver, Capt. Hugh L. Houston, Company B, sprang to his colors, and, rushing with them to within 30 steps of the enemy's cannon, gallantly waved them and urged the men to follow their country's banner. Loss, 34 killed and 158 wounded. Lieut. Joseph B. High, Company H, a good man, a consistent Christian, fell while gallantly leading his company. No. 56—（617, 805, 825, 886) Aggregate present and absent, 734, December 14, 186
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year later, gave him that amount of Confederate bonds. At Shiloh he led his regiment until General Gladden, brigade commander, and Col. Wirt Adams were borne wounded from the field, on the first day, when he took command of the brigade. On the second day, after having had two horses shot under him, he was severely wounded. He was well again in time to lead his regiment through the Kentucky campaign, being present in the affairs at Munfordville and at Salt river. In that campaign the brigadehe served efficiently at Nashville. His brigade was one of those selected for the famous rear-guard of infantry, under Walthall, during the retreat. In 1865 he was in the campaign of the Carolinas, still commanding Quarles' old brigade. On the second day of the battle of Bentonville he took command of Walthall's division and led it until the reorganization at Goldsboro, just before the surrender at Durham's Station, near Raleigh. When the surrender occurred he was on his way west to join Ge
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ll was made lieutenant-colonel after consolidation. Extracts from official war Records. Vol. XVII, Part —（375) Moore's brigade, Maury's division, army of Tennessee, General Van Dorn, October, 1862. （383) Casualties, battle of Corinth, October 3d to 5th, 11 officers wounded. (397-400) Report of Gen. John C. Moore of engagements at Corinth and at Hatchie bridge, October 5th, mentions Forty-second Alabama, Col. John W. Portis, belonging to brigade. Regiment subjected to heavy fire on the 3d, though their loss in killed and wounded was but 8 or 10, including 1 officer. Corp. J. A. Goring, color-bearer of the Forty-second, deserves particular notice. Though shot down once, he gallantly bore the flag through the fight on the 4th. No. 37—（327) Moore's brigade, army of Vicksburg, General Pemberton. （329) Lieut. Capers W. Bodie killed during the siege of Vicksburg. （362) Mentioned by General Forney, May 24, 1863. （369) Casualties, 8 killed and 19 wounded, May 17 to Jul
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e came in at the right place at the right time and in the right way. General Ewell also mentioned the movement in complimentary terms. Colonel Battle was promoted brigadier-general on the field and assigned to command of Rodes' brigade. On the third day at Gettysburg he attacked the enemy at 4:30 in the morning by order of General Ewell, who stated that General Longstreet would go in on the right at the same time. Battle's brigade was one of the first to encounter Grant in the Wilderness. command of the division in the famous assault on the Federal position on Round Top, a movement which he protested against before it was ordered, but carried out with a skillful hand ling of his valiant men, who lost 2,000 of their number. On the third day his prompt dispositions defeated the flank attack of Federal cavalry. At Chickamauga Hood was again wounded, losing a leg, and again the command of the division fell upon Law, who led it with such intrepidity that General Longstreet sent a n
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October 3d to 5th, 11 officers wounded. (397-400) Report of Gen. John C. Moore of engagements at Corinth and at Hatchie bridge, October 5th, mentions Forty-second Alabama, Col. John W. Portis, belonging to brigade. Regiment subjected to heavy fire on the 3d, though their loss in killed and wounded was but 8 or 10, including 1 officer. Corp. J. A. Goring, color-bearer of the Forty-second, deserves particular notice. Though shot down once, he gallantly bore the flag through the fight on the 4th. No. 37—（327) Moore's brigade, army of Vicksburg, General Pemberton. （329) Lieut. Capers W. Bodie killed during the siege of Vicksburg. （362) Mentioned by General Forney, May 24, 1863. （369) Casualties, 8 killed and 19 wounded, May 17 to July 4, 1863, siege of Vicksburg. （381-383) Highly commended in General Moore's report of siege. (383) Lieut.-Col. Thomas C. Lanier coincides with other regimental leaders that the men are not able to make a successful evacuation. (385) Mentioned
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pt. L. E. Locke were captured near Florence, and Capt. W. R. Davis near Rome. Extracts from official war Records. Jenkins' battalion, Alabama cavalry, called First Alabama battalion, merged into the Fifty-third Alabama cavalry: Vol. X, Part 1—（382) Mentioned, belonging to Polk's corps, April, 1862. （471) Mentioned by Gen. Daniel Ruggles, Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862. （527) Mentioned by Capt. William Ketchum. （529) Report of Maj. T. F. Jenkins, Shiloh. Number of men engaged on the 6th, 52; on the 7th, 47; 2 killed and 6 wounded. (530) Report of Capt. J. J. Cox of Prattville dragoons, Jenkins' battalion. Fifty-third Alabama infantry, mounted, Partisan Rangers: Vol. Xv—（903) Troops in the district of the Gulf, J. W. W. Mackall. Present for duty, 517; headquarters Mobile, December 20, 1862. Vol. XXIII, Part 1—（119) Jenkins' squadron, 2 killed and 12 wounded, engagement at Thompson's Station, Tenn., March, 1863. （195) Colonel Dibrell's report of affair at
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were captured near Florence, and Capt. W. R. Davis near Rome. Extracts from official war Records. Jenkins' battalion, Alabama cavalry, called First Alabama battalion, merged into the Fifty-third Alabama cavalry: Vol. X, Part 1—（382) Mentioned, belonging to Polk's corps, April, 1862. （471) Mentioned by Gen. Daniel Ruggles, Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862. （527) Mentioned by Capt. William Ketchum. （529) Report of Maj. T. F. Jenkins, Shiloh. Number of men engaged on the 6th, 52; on the 7th, 47; 2 killed and 6 wounded. (530) Report of Capt. J. J. Cox of Prattville dragoons, Jenkins' battalion. Fifty-third Alabama infantry, mounted, Partisan Rangers: Vol. Xv—（903) Troops in the district of the Gulf, J. W. W. Mackall. Present for duty, 517; headquarters Mobile, December 20, 1862. Vol. XXIII, Part 1—（119) Jenkins' squadron, 2 killed and 12 wounded, engagement at Thompson's Station, Tenn., March, 1863. （195) Colonel Dibrell's report of affair at Florence, March
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leston railroad, May 13th. （582) Captain Falkner's company placed at intersection of roads from Iuka to Jacinto, June 4, 1862. Vol. XVII, Part 2—（63) Attacked Colonel Sheridan, July 1, 1862; Asboth. (66) Mentioned by Colonel Sheridan, 200 strong, July 2d. （606) Tupelo, June 17th: The general commanding takes pleasure in calling the attention of the armies of this department to the gallant conduct of Capt. B. B. McCaa and his command, of Brewer's cavalry regiment, on the morning of the 14th inst., when, by a bold and dashing charge, he put to flight a superior force of the enemy's cavalry. In this affair Private John Graham was especially, distinguished, and will be .rewarded with a badge of honor on some suitable occasion. This success should teach our cavalry forces what they can accomplish by bravery and daring, and should incite them to like deeds of valor. By command of General Beauregard, general orders, No. 74. Capt. A. W. Bowie's company, Alabama cavalry: No. 75—
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rs of every brigade gained the ditch and there continued the struggle, with but the earthwork separating them from the enemy, until late in the night. In this famous assault Shelley's brigade lost 432 killed and wounded out of 1,100 engaged, but the intrepid commander escaped unhurt, though his horse was shot under him and his clothing pierced by seven balls. At the battle of Nashville, Shelley and his brigade were again distinguished in manful struggle in line on the Hillsboro pike on the 15th, and on the Granny White pike on the 16th. Early in 1865 he was on duty with a fraction of his command at Augusta, Ga., and in April Beauregard reported him at Danville. On April 9th the decimated Alabama regiments of Scott's, Quarles' and Lowrey's brigades were united under his command. These were the consolidated Sixteenth, Thirty-third and Forty-fifth regiments, Colonel Abercrombie; Seventeenth, Colonel Holcombe and consolidated Twenty-seventh, Thirty-fifth, Forty-ninth, Fifty-fifth and
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