Romulus is an

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, United States.

History

Romulus is most likely named for

Romulus Romulus (, ) was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus and his contemporaries. Although many of th ...

, one of the main characters in

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. A post office operated under the name Romulus from 1835 to 1913. During the

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, Romulus was the site of a skirmish between Union forces under the command of Col.

John T. Croxton John Thomas Croxton (November 20, 1836 – April 16, 1874) was an attorney, a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War, and a Reconstruction era U.S. diplomat. Early life and career Croxton was born near Paris, Kentucky ...

and

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forces under the command of Brigadier-General

William Wirt Adams William Wirt Adams (1819–1888) was a banker, planter, state legislator, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. Early life Adams was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, to Anna Weisiger Adams and Judge George Adams (a personal frien ...

. Croxton was leaving Northport after being dispatched from Brig-Gen. James H. Wilson's larger force after

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the

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on April 4, 1865. Adams was attempting to rendezvous with Lt. Gen.

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when he learned that Croxton was in the area. The 6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment engaged with Adams' forces on April 6, 1865. Croxton lost 34 men and ambulance wagons and Adams forces lost an unrecorded number of men.

References

External links

Pictures of the site of the skirmish at Romulus
Unincorporated communities in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{TuscaloosaCountyAL-geo-stub