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14th Alabama Infantry Regiment

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14th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse)
ActiveAugust 1, 1861, to April 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Glendale
Battle of Mechanicsville
Battle of Malvern Hill
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Siege of Petersburg

The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Richmond, Virginia, on August 1, 1861.[1]

During one of the first battles that the 14th fought in, at Glendale, the unit was sent in as a vanguard against Union positions and suffered considerable casualties.[2]

The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

Total strength and casualties

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The 14th mustered 1,317 men during its existence. It suffered approximately 250 killed in action or mortally wounded and 350 men who died of disease, for a total of approximately 600 fatalities. An additional 159 men were discharged or transferred from the regiment.[1]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Wilcox' Brigade". Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2008. Wilcox's Brigade website
  2. ^ Waters, Zack C. (2013). A small but spartan band : the Florida brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Tuscaloosa, AL.: University Alabama Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780817357740.