60th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Appearance
60th Alabama Infantry Regiment | |
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![]() ![]() Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse) | |
Active | November 25, 1863 to April 9, 1865 |
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Type | Infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Engagements | American Civil War |
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Notable commanders | Col. John W. A. Sanford |
The 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed on November 25, 1863 at Charleston, Tennessee by consolidating four companies of the 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion.[1]
The regiment served in Gracie's Alabama Brigade in the Department of East Tennessee and later the Army of Northern Virginia.
The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Sifakis p.131
References
[edit]- Lewellyn A. Shaver History of the Sixtieth Alabama Regiment, Gracie's Alabama Brigade
- Stewart Sifakis. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. Facts on File, NY 1992 ISBN 0-8160-2287-9