[281] United States regiment and finally surrendered at Raleigh, N. C. Col. John T. Morgan was commissioned brigadier in November, 1863, and was for some time in command of a division and served with Generals Hood, Longstreet and Johnston. After the close of hostilities he returned to the profession of law, and in 1877 was sent to the United States Senate, of which body he has long been one of the most able and distinguished members. He was succeeded in command of the regiment by the gallant Lieut.-Col. J. D. Webb, who was mortally wounded near Decherd, Tenn., in July, 1863. Captain Battle was in command for a short time, and Capt. M. L. Kirkpatrick, who took command during the Chickamauga campaign, continued to lead the regiment until the close of the war.
Extracts from official war Records.
Vol. XVI, Part 1—（257) Mentioned by General Negley (Union) as in the neigborhood of Atlanta, fall of 1862. Vol. XVI, Part 2—（717) Telegram of July 2, 1862, secretary of war to Governor Shorter, Montgomery, says: ‘I will order the Fifty-first Alabama regiment to Chattanooga.’ （792) Telegram from Governor Shorter, September 2d, to secretary of war, asks for the Fifty-first regiment cavalry to be sent to the southern part of the State. (795) Regiment sent to south Alabama as requested, September 4th. （802) Ordered by Gen. Sam Jones to proceed to Bridgeport and report to General Maxey, September 8th. （857) Gen. Sam Jones says, September 20th: ‘Protection no longer needed in Alabama. Regiment ordered toward Nashville to cooperate with Forrest.’ （862) Sent to Tullahoma, September 21, 1862. （890) Ordered up near Nashville to cooperate with the troops there, in harassing the enemy and cutting off foraging parties, September 29th. （916-918) Ordered to Lavergne by General Jones, October 6th. （929) Ordered to report to General Forrest, about October 9th. Vol. XX, Part 1—（6) On the night of November, 1862, was placed by General Forrest to the right of the Murfreesboro pike with instructions to move forward on the
