19th Alabama Infantry Regiment

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19th Alabama Infantry Regiment
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Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse)
ActiveAugust 14, 1861 – April 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
Role Infantry
Engagements American Civil War

The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was formed in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 14, 1861. [1] The unit fought its first battle at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862. The Army of Tennessee fought most of its battles with the 19th engaged. The regiment surrendered at Salisbury, North Carolina, at the end of the war.

Private Parris P. Casey of Company I, "Cherokee Rangers," 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment, with bayoneted musket. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs in the Library of Congress Private Parris P. Casey of Company I, "Cherokee Rangers," 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment, with bayoneted musket LCCN2012646172.jpg
Private Parris P. Casey of Company I, "Cherokee Rangers," 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment, with bayoneted musket. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs in the Library of Congress

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Total strength and casualties

Commanders

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Notes

  1. http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/gardner.html Gardner's Brigade website
  2. "Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs". Library of Congress. 1860. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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