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No. 89—（1238) Assignment as above, November 30, 1864; Lieut.-Col. John A. Jones commanding regiment.
No. 95—（1268) In Perry's (late Law's) brigade, Lee's army, Field's division, Longstreet's corps, Appomattox campaign.
（1277) Lieut.-Col. John A. Jones commanding regiment.
Perry's brigade paroled at Appomattox, April 9, 1865.
The Forty-Fifth Alabama infantry.
The Forty-fifth regiment was organized at
Auburn in May, 1862, and was sent immediately to
Mississippi.
At
Tupelo it suffered very much from diseases incident to camp life, losing a number of its men. It was at first brigaded under
Col. A. Reichard, the other regiments of the brigade being from
Louisiana.
This organization was of short duration.
In
Walthall's brigade, commanded by
Gen. Patton Anderson, the regiment went into
Kentucky, charged a battery at
Perryville, October 8th, and met with severe loss.
At
Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, the casualties were numerous.
Brigaded under
General Wood early in 1863, the regiment remained with the army at
Tullahoma until midsummer.
General Lowrey was in command of this brigade at
Chickamauga, September 19th and 20th, where the loss of the regiment was very heavy.
It fought again at
Missionary Ridge, November 5th, and at Ringgold gap, November 27, 1863.
The next year found the regiment in the thick of the fights in the
Dalton-
Atlanta campaign; at
Resaca, May 14 and 15, 1864; New Hope church, May 25th, and at
Decatur and
Atlanta, July 20th to 26th.
On July 22d was perhaps the most terrific experience, for the fight was hand to hand.
The color-bearers of the contending forces flaunted their flags into each other's faces.
The regiment color-bearer was killed, and
Colonel Lampley and
Major Freeman wounded and captured.
Again the regiment fought, at
Jonesboro, August 31st and September 1st.
It opened the
battle at Franklin, November 30th, where it suffered fearfully, by
