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Copyright, 1899,
by Confederate Publishing Company.
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CHAPTER I. Introductory—The First Spanish Occupation of Alabama—Battles Fought by De Soto—Settlement at Mobile—French and Spanish wars—English Control—Indian Wars—War of 1812–Seminole and Florida Wars —Alabamians in the War with Mexico ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 3
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CHAPTER II.
Secession and Its Causes—The Slavery Question—Alabama's Declaration Prior to the Nomination of Lincoln—The Charleston Convention—Result of the Election—Hope of Peaceable Secession—Expressions of Adams and Webster—Greeley Opposed to Coercion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 16
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CHAPTER III.
The State Convention—Variance of Opinion on Secession—Adoption of the Ordinance of Secession—Organization of Military Forces–Campaigns and Battles in Alabama—Some of Alabama's Distinguished Soldiers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 34
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CHAPTER IV.
The Alabama Infantry Regiments—Brief History of Each Organization–Their Service as Shown by the Official Records ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 52
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CHAPTER V.
The Alabama Cavalry Commands—Regiments, Battalions and Detached Companies—References to Their Services in the Official Records ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 249
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CHAPTER VI.
Batteries Composed of Alabama Troops—Their Organization and Officers—Records from the Official Reports ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 309
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BIOGRAPHICAL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 383
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Alabama, Map of ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | Between pages 382 and 383
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Allen, William W. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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Baker, Alpheus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Battle, Cullen A. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Bowles, Pinckney D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Bulger, Michael J. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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Cantey, James ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Clanton, James H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Clayton, Henry D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Deas, Zachariah C. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Deshler, James ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Forney, John H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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Forney, William H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Fry, Birkett D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Garrott, Isham W. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Gorgas, Josiah ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Gracie, Archibald ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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Hagan, James ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Holtzclaw, James T. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Johnston, George D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Law, Evander M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Leadbetter, Danville ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Mobile, Map of the Defenses of ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 45
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Moody, Young M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Morgan, John T. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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O'Neal, Edward A. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 460
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Perry, William F. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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Pettus, Edmond W. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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Roddey, Phillip D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Rodes, Robert E. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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Sanders. John C. C. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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Shelley, Charles M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400, 444
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Tracy, Edward D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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Wheeler, Joseph ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 1
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Withers, Jones M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 392
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Wood, S. A. M. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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CHAPTER I. Civil Action of the State in Seceding from the
Federal Union—Review of the Reasons for Secession–Legislature Provides for Convention–Proceedings of the Same ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 3
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CHAPTER II. Purchase of Arms—Organization of State Troops—Jefferson Davis Commander-in-Chief–Troops at Corinth—First Hostilities on the Mississippi ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 10
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CHAPTER III. Mississippi Troops Without the State, 1861—At Pensacola—Fight at Santa Rosa Island—The Regiments in Virginia—Their Service at First Manassas and Leesburg ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 19
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CHAPTER IV. Defense of the Mississippi River—Albert Sidney Johnston's Army—State Troops in Kentucky—Battle of
Belmont—Fishing Creek—Fort Henry—Fort Donelson—Reorganization at Corinth—Battle of Shiloh ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 31
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CHAPTER V. Siege of Corinth—Engagements at Farmington
and Serratt's House—Evacuation of Corinth—Affair at Booneville–Organization at Tupelo—Patriotism of the People—Bragg Moves to Chattanooga ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 52
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CHAPTER VI. Blockade of the Mississippi River—Ship Island—Biloxi and Pass Christian—Fall of New Orleans—First Attack on Vicksburg—Exploits of the Ram Arkansas—Battle of Baton Rouge ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 67
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CHAPTER VII. Campaigns of Price and Van Dorn—Battle of Iuka—Mississippi Commands in Van Dorn's Army—Battle of Corinth—Hatchie Bridge—Grant's Campaign on the Central Railroad—Invasion from Arkansas—Forrest in West Tennessee—Van Dorn at Holly Springs—President Davis Visits Mississippi—Sherman Defeated at Chickasaw Bayou. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 83
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CHAPTER VIII. Service of Mississippians Without the State
in 1862—Munfordville—Perryville—Murfreesboro—Yorktown—Seven Pines–Shenandoah Valley—Seven Days' Battles—Second Manassas—Harper's Ferry—Sharpsburg—Fredericksburg ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 108
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CHAPTER IX. Operations in Mississippi—January to July, 1863—Federal Forces at Young's Point—Expeditions North of Vicksburg — Organization of Confederate Forces—Grierson's Raid—Grant at Bruinsburg–Battles of Fort Gibson and Raymond—Plans of Johnston and Pemberton—Battle of Baker's Creek—Big Black Bridge—Siege of Vicksburg—Pemberton's Capitulation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 122
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CHAPTER X. Operations in Mississippi—July to December, 1863—Siege of Jackson—Minor Operations in the State—Service of Mississippians Outside the State—Battle of Chickamauga—Knoxville—Chancellorsville—Missionary Ridge—Ringgold—Gettysburg ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 161
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CHAPTER XI. Events of 1864—Federal Plans of Campaign—Organization under General Polk—Sherman's Meridian Expedition–Federal Defeat at Sakatonchee Creek and Okolona—Destruction of Meridian—Forrest in West Tennessee–Organization under Gen. S. D. Lee—Victory at Tishamingo Creek–Battle of Harrisburg–Raid to Memphis–Raid on the Tennessee River–Minor Operations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 186 |
CHAPTER XII. Mississippi Commands Without the State, 1864—Atlanta Campaign—Nashville Campaign—Eastern Virginia Campaign—Shenandoah Valley Campaign ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 211
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CHAPTER XIII. Events of 1865—Forrest in Command—Deplorable Suffering of the People—Cavalry Organizations—Battle of Selma—General Taylor at Meridian—Mississippians in Virginia and the Carolinas—Capitulation of General Taylor—Summary of Mississippi's Contribution of Soldiers—Inauguration of Governor Humphreys ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 223
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BIOGRAPHICAL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 233
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ILLUSTRATIONS—MISSISSIPPI.
Adams, Wirt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Alcorn, James L. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Baker's Creek, Battlefield of (Map) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 144
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Baldwin, William E. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Barksdale, William ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Benton, Samuel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Brandon, William L. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Brantly, William F. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Chalmers, James R. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Clark, Charles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Cooper, Douglas H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Davis, Joseph R. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Davis, Reuben ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Featherston, Winfield S. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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French, Samuel G. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Griffith, Richard ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Gholson, Samuel J. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Harris, Nathaniel H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Harrisburg, Battlefield of (Map) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 201
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Hooker, Charles E. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 1
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Humphreys, Benjamin G. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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Lowrey, Mark P. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Lowry, Robert ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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Martin, Will T. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 236
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Mississippi, Map of ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 232
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Posey, Carnot ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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Sears, Claudius W. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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Sharp, Jacob H. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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Smith, James A. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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Starke, Peter B. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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Tucker, William F. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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Van Dorn, Earl ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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Vicksburg Campaign, Map of ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 160
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Walthall, Edward C. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 273
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