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Hilliard's Legion
Hilliard's Legion or Hilliard's Alabama Legion was a Confederate unit which fought in the American Civil War. Unlike most Civil War formations, it was a combined arms force, with infantry, cavalry and artillery components. History On April 24, 1862, Henry Washington Hilliard was made a colonel and authorized to raise a legion, consisting of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions (infantry), 4th Battalion (artillery) and 5th Battalion (cavalry). It was organized in Montgomery, Alabama, on June 25 of that year, with a strength of almost 3000 men. The cavalry battalion eventually was detached and assigned to the 10th Confederate Cavalry Regiment; and Company C, 4th Artillery Battalion, was separated as the Barbour Light Artillery. The Legion was sent to eastern Tennessee to participate in the ultimately successful siege of Cumberland Gap. Hilliard resigned on December 1, 1862. Lieutenant Colonel Jack Thorington, commander of the 1st Battalion, was promoted to colonel and placed in charg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland Gap
The Cumberland Gap is a pass through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains, near the junction of the U.S. states of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. It is famous in American colonial history for its role as a key passageway through the lower central Appalachians. Long used by Native American nations, the Cumberland Gap was brought to the attention of settlers in 1750 by Thomas Walker, a Virginia physician and explorer. The path was used by a team of frontiersmen led by Daniel Boone, making it accessible to pioneers who used it to journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee. It was an important part of the Wilderness Road and is now part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Geography The Cumberland Gap is one of many passes in the Appalachian Mountains, but the only one in the continuous Cumberland Mountain ridgeline. It lies within Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and is located on the border of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Cumberland Gap (1862)
The June 1862 capture of the Cumberland Gap was a Union victory during the American Civil War leading to Union occupation of the Cumberland Gap for three months. Background The Confederates held a long line of fortifications across Kentucky, Tennessee and into Missouri under Albert Sidney Johnston. The center of Johnston's defenses was Bowling Green, KY with the left flank anchored at Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River and the right held by Brig. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer at the Cumberland Gap. In early 1862 the Union Army had met with great success in the Western Theater. A string of victories at Mill Springs, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island No. 10, and Shiloh had broken the Confederate defenses at several key points, and both Zollicoffer and Johnston had died in action (at Mill Springs and Shiloh respectively). Opposing Forces Union *7th Division, Army of the Ohio - Brig. Gen. George W. Morgan **24th Brigade - Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Carter **25th Brigade - Brig. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Units And Formations Of The Confederate States Army From Alabama
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List Of American Civil War Legions
This is a list of American Civil War legions, legions being defined as combined arms units of infantry and cavalry and, not always, artillery. The popularity of this type of unit had declined by the time of the American Civil War owing to the difficulty of organizing and maintaining its disparate elements; nevertheless, the Confederate Congress authorized the raising of at least ten legions. Units called legions for other reasons are also included. Confederate legions *Cherokee Legion, a short-lived unit of the Georgia State Guard organized in 1863. It consisted of one battalion of infantry and one battalion of cavalry. *Cobb's Legion or Georgia Legion, raised in the summer of 1861 by Colonel Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb *Floyd Legion, a short-lived unit of the Georgia State Guard organized in 1863. It consisted of one battalion of infantry and one battalion of cavalry as well as an artillery battery. *Hampton's Legion, raised in the summer of 1861 by Wade Hampton III *Hilliard's Legion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Alabama Civil War Confederate Units
{{Short description, none This is a list of Alabama Civil War Confederate Units. Infantry * Alabama Brigade * 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment ** Perote Guards (Company D) * 2nd Alabama Infantry Regiment * 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment * 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment * 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment * 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment *7th Alabama Infantry Regiment * 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment * 9th Alabama Infantry Regiment *10th Alabama Infantry Regiment *11th Alabama Infantry Regiment * 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment *13th Alabama Infantry Regiment * 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment *15th Alabama Infantry Regiment * 16th Alabama Infantry Regiment *17th Alabama Infantry Regiment *18th Alabama Infantry Regiment *19th Alabama Infantry Regiment *20th Alabama Infantry Regiment *21st Alabama Infantry Regiment *22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment *23rd Alabama Infantry Regiment *24th Alabama Infantry Regiment *25th Alabama Infantry Regiment *26th Alabama Infantry Regiment * 27th Alabama Infantry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters
The 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion was a sharpshooter battalion of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The battalion was formed on November 25, 1863 at Charleston, Tennessee from three companies of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion.Sifakis p.89 Service The 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion served in Gracie's Alabama Brigade in the Department of East Tennessee in late 1863, before being transferred to the Department of Richmond in time for the Bermuda Hundred Campaign . It later served with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Siege of Petersburg to the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. See also *List of Alabama Civil War Confederate units {{Short description, none This is a list of Alabama Civil War Confederate Units. Infantry * Alabama Brigade * 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment ** Perote Guards (Company D) * 2nd Alabama Infantry Regiment * 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment * 4th Alabama ... Notes Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60th Alabama Infantry Regiment
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.Sifakis p.131 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 *List of Alabama Civil War Confederate units {{Short description, none This is a list of Alabama Civil War Confederate Units. Infantry * Alabama Brigade * 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment ** Perote Guards (Company D) * 2nd Alabama Infantry Regiment * 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment * 4th Alabama ... Notes References * Lewellyn A. Shaver History of the Sixtieth Alabama Regiment, Gracie's Alabama Brigade * Stewart Sifakis. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. Facts on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
59th Alabama Infantry Regiment
The 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Organization The regiment was formed on November 25, 1863 at Charleston, Tennessee by consolidating the 2nd Infantry and the 4th Artillery Battalions, Hilliard's Legion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion. Service The regiment served in Archibald Gracie III, Gracie's Alabama Brigade in the Department of East Tennessee participating in Longstreets Knoxville Campaign and later the Army of Northern Virginia in the Siege of Petersburg. During the latter campaign, the Regiment lost its battle flag during the Battle of Hatcher's Run in February 1865, but the regiment went on to surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Staff officers * Colonel Bolling Hall III. * Lieut. Colonel John D. McLennan * Lieut. Colonel Geo. W. Huguley * Major Geo. W. Huguley * Major Lewis H. Crumpler * Lt. Crenshaw Hall, adjutant Field officers * John C. Hendrix * S. E. A. Reave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Gracie III
Archibald Gracie III (December 1, 1832 – December 2, 1864) was a career United States Army officer, businessman, and a graduate of West Point. He is well known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War and for his death during the Siege of Petersburg. Early life Archibald Gracie III was born on December 1, 1832 to Archibald Gracie II (1795–1865), who married Elizabeth Davidson Bethune (d. 1864). He was born into a wealthy New York City family with interests in exporting cotton from Mobile, Alabama.Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, ''History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography'', ''s.v.'' "Gracie, Archibald" reports that his mother was "a Miss Bethune, of Charleston, S.C."; "Bethune" was also a prominent family in New York. After his elementary education, Gracie traveled to Germany for five years of further studying at the University of Heidelberg.Gerard A. Patterson's ''Rebels from West Point: The 306 U.S. Military Academy Gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbour Alabama Light Artillery
The Barbour Alabama Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery from Alabama serving in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The battery was also known as Kolb's Battery. Organization and service The Barbour Alabama Light Artillery Battery was organized as Company C, 4th Artillery Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion in April 1862 and entered Confederate service at Eufaula, Alabama later that month. It served in the Department of East Tennessee as part of Hilliard's Alabama Legion, but was soon separated as was common for artillery units in Legions serving in the Confederacy. It was part of the Reserve Artillery Battalion of Buckner's Division in the Army of Tennessee from August to November 1863. Armed with two 6 pound and two 12 pound smoothbores on March 29, 1864 before the Atlanta Campaign and served in William's Artillery Battalion until September 1864. Assigned to Storr's Artillery Battalion, French Division, Stewart's Corps during Hoods Tennes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 19–20, 1863, between United States, U.S. and Confederate States of America, Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union Army, Union offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia, the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, Western Theater, and involved the second-highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle was fought between the Army of the Cumberland under major general (United States), Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and the Confederate States Army, Confederate Army of Tennessee under General (CSA), Gen. Braxton Bragg, and was named for Chickamauga Creek. The West Chickamauga Creek meanders near and forms the southeast boundary of the battle area and the park in northwest Georgia. (The South Chickamauga ultimately fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properties with various title designations. The U.S. Congress created the agency on August 25, 1916, through the National Park Service Organic Act. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., within the main headquarters of the Department of the Interior. The NPS employs approximately 20,000 people in 423 individual units covering over 85 million acres in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories. As of 2019, they had more than 279,000 volunteers. The agency is charged with a dual role of preserving the ecological and historical integrity of the places entrusted to its management while also making them available and accessible for public use and enjoyment. History Yellowstone National Park was created as the first national par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
