I carried into the fight:
Commissioned officers 26
Privates and non-commissioned officers 304
Total 330
Killed and wounded in the engagement of May 2:
Commissioned officers killed 1
Enlisted men killed 5
Total killed 6
Commissioned officers wounded 3
Enlisted men wounded 29
Total wounded 32
Chronology of Events Underline type= Union victory. Bold type= Confederate victory. Italic type= non-confrontational event or non-decisive battle. The War Begins 1861 January The South Secedes When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the delegates…
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…
There is no other legend quite like the Confederate fighting man. He reached the end of his haunted road long ago. He fought for a star-crossed cause and in the end he was beaten, but as he carried his slashed red battle flag into the dusky twilight of the Lost…