18th Regiment Alabama Infantry

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18th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry (Confederate)

Alabama state flag
Active September 4, 1861 to May 4, 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance CSA Dixie
Branch Infantry
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Engagements Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Jonesboro
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville

The 18th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

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[edit] Service

The 18th Alabama was mustered in at Auburn, Alabama on September 4, 1861.[1]

The regiment surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi on May 4, 1865.


[edit] Total strength and casualties

[edit] Commanders

  • Colonel Edward Courtney Bullock
  • Colonel James Thadeus Holtzclaw
  • Colonel Eli Sims Shorter
  • Colonel James Strawbridge (Confederate Officer)

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/clayton.html Clayton's's Brigade website

[edit] References

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