Romulus is an

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, United States.

History

Romulus is most likely named for

Romulus Romulus () was the legendary foundation of Rome, founder and King of Rome, first king of Ancient Rome, Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus ...

, one of the main characters in ancient Rome's foundation myth. A post office operated under the name Romulus from 1835 to 1913. During the American Civil War, Romulus was the site of a skirmish between Union forces under the command of Col.

John T. Croxton John Thomas Croxton (November 20, 1836 – April 16, 1874) was an attorney, a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War, and a postbellum U.S. diplomat. Early life and career Croxton was born near Paris, Kentucky, in rur ...

and

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forces under the command of Brigadier-General

William Wirt Adams William Wirt Adams (1819–1888) was a banker, planter, state legislator, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. Early life Adams was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, to Anna Weisiger Adams and Judge George Adams (a personal friend ...

. Croxton was leaving Northport after being dispatched from Brig-Gen. James H. Wilson's larger force after

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the University of Alabama on April 4, 1865. Adams was attempting to rendezvous with Lt. Gen.

Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821October 29, 1877) was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869. Before the war, Forrest amassed substantial wealt ...

in Marion when he learned that Croxton was in the area. The 6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment and the

2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 2nd Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 2nd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 2, 1861. It numbered 1,163 officers and enl ...

engaged with Adams' forces on April 6, 1865. Croxton lost 34 men and ambulance wagons and Adams forces lost an unrecorded number of men.

References

External links

Pictures of the site of the skirmish at Romulus
Unincorporated communities in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{TuscaloosaCountyAL-geo-stub