14th Regiment Alabama Infantry

14th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry (Confederate)

Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse)
Active August 1, 1861, to April 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance CSA
Branch Infantry
Engagements 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 Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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

The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

Total strength and casualties

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

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/wilcox.html Wilcox's Brigade website

References


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