The 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an

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. 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

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'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.

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* 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 Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama 1863 establishments in Tennessee 1865 disestablishments in Virginia Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub

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