The 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an
infantry regiment
Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadl ...
that served in the
Confederate Army
The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fi ...
during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
.
Service
The 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama. Named for Continental Army major general Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River on the Gulf Coastal Plain. The population was 2 ...
on June 4, 1861.
[ Wilcox's Brigade website] The regiment surrendered at
Appomattox Court House.
The 10th mustered 1,429 men during its existence. It suffered approximately 300 killed in action or mortally wounded and 180 men who died of disease, for a total of approximately 470 fatalities. An additional 249 men were discharged or transferred from the regiment.
Commanders
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Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
John Horace Forney
* Colonel
John Jefferson Woodward
* Colonel
William Henry Forney
* Colonel
William Thomas Smith
See also
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Alabama Civil War Confederate Units
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Alabama in the American Civil War
Alabama was central to the American Civil War, Civil War, with the secession convention at Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery, the birthplace of the Confederate States of America, Confederacy, inviting other slaveholding states to form a souther ...
References
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Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama
1861 establishments in Alabama
Military units and formations established in 1861