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army corps, to December, 1863.
Total present, 337; Lieut.-Col. William C. Clifton commanding regiment, December 14, 1863.
No. 74—(640, et seq.) Assignment as above, Hood's corps, Atlanta campaign. August 31, 1864, Maj. Drewry H. Smith commanding regiment. (779,780) Report of Capt. A. J. Miller (commanding regiment), operations July 22d and 28th (Atlanta): ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Clifton was severely wounded.
Capt. T. J. Brannon, who has since been sick, was in command.’
No. 93—(664) Assignment as above, Johnson's division, Lee's corps, December 10, 1864.
The Fortieth Alabama infantry.
The Fortieth Alabama was organized at
Mobile in May, 1862.
It went to
Vicksburg by way of
Columbus, Miss., and was brigaded with the Thirty-seventh and Forty-second under
General Moore; was in
Featherstone's command in the
Steele's bayou expedition, March 16 to 22, 1863; was transferred to
Bragg's army, and appears to have served in detachment as sharpshooters for the greater part of the time of its service.
At
Vicksburg it suffered severely, and a large portion was captured.
Being paroled, it joined its command in
Tennessee in time to take part in the
battle of Chickamauga, September 19th and 20th, where it lost heavily, next fighting at
Lookout Mountain, November 24th, and at
Missionary Ridge, November 25th.
Gen. Alpheus Baker became its brigadier, and it wintered at
Dalton.
It took a prominent part in the
Atlanta campaign; at
Rocky Face, May 9 and 10, 1844;
Resaca, May 14th and 15th, and at New Hope church, May 25th, making gallant charges and earning a fine record, both collectively and individually, as will be seen in the extracts below.
In, midsummer, 1864, the brigade was transferred to
Mobile, and, under
General Maury, took part in the defense of
Mobile; but
Hood, who knew well the gallantry of these troops, clamored for their return, and in January, 1865, they were sent back to the army of Tennessee; and after skirmishing and fighting, last of