APRIL 27-MAY 6, 1863.–The Chancellorsville Campaign. No. 368.–Reports of Brig. Gen. R. E. Rodes, C. S. Army, commanding D. H. Hill’s division. Extract In the meantime the residue of Rodes’, Iverson’s, and Pender’s troops, moving forward to the left of Hall and Christie, were met and repulsed by the enemy,…
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Sharpsburg
SEPTEMBER 3-20, 1862.-The Maryland Campaign. No. 293.–Report of Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hill, C. S. Army, commanding division, of operations July 23-September 17. Affairs were now very serious on our left. A division of Yankees was advancing in handsome style against Rodes. I had every possible gun turned upon the…
Gaines Mill
PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN–SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES No. 263. — Report of Col. B. B. Gayle, Twelfth Alabama Infantry, of the battle of Gaines’ Mill. HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH ALABAMA REGIMENT. About 2 o’clock on the morning of June 26 the Twelfth Alabama Regiment, in conjunction with the others of General Rodes’ brigade, left…
Seven Days Battle
PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN–SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES No. 227. — Report of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, C. S. Army, commanding Second Corps, of the battle of Gaines’ Mill, engagement at White Oak Swamp Bridge, and battle of Malvern Hill. Extract The four brigades of Jackson’s division did not act together during the…
Seven Pines
MAY 31- JUNE 1, 1862– Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, Va. No. 114. — Reports of Brig. Gen. R. E. Rodes, C. S. Army, commanding brigade. RICHMOND, VA., June 7, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of the Third Brigade,…
2nd Alabama Cavalry
THE SECOND ALABAMA CAVALRY. The Second Alabama cavalry was organized at Montgomery in May, 1862; was in north Alabama for a short time and was then sent to Florida, where it was employed for a time; sent to Jackson, Miss., in April, 1863, and fought Grierson; was employed in…
Hilliard’s Legion
HILLIARD’S LEGION. Hilliard’s Legion was organized at Montgomery, June, 1862, and consisted of five battalions; one of these, a mounted battalion, was early detached and became part of the Tenth Confederate cavalry. The Legion proceeded to Montgomery nearly 3,000 strong, under the command of Col. H. W. Hilliard, and…
Reserve Regiments
RESERVE REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS INFANTRY. SIXTY-SECOND, SIXTY-THIRD AND SIXTY-FIFTH REGIMENTS. There were about nine regiments and three battalions of reserves, composed for the most part of very young men, about two regiments being made up of old men, and they were organized principally for the defense of Mobile and…
12th Alabama – Official Records
THE TWELFTH ALABAMA INFANTRY. The Twelfth Alabama infantry was organized at Richmond, July, 1861, formed a part of General Ewell’s brigade, and was afterward under General Rodes. It fought at ‘Yorktown, April 5 to May 3, 1862; Williamsburg, May 5th; Seven Pines, May 31st to June 1st, where it…
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh, also called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. The name Shiloh was taken from that of a meetinghouse, 5 km (3 mi) from Pittsburg Landing, that is on the Tennessee River, 14 km (9 mi) north of Savannah, Tennessee. Here on April 6, 1862, a Confederate army of…