The 4th Alabama
Our History
May 1861, Georgia
Total mustered: 1,422.​
Casualties: 240, combat. 90-100, disease.
Command Surrendered: 21 officers, 202 men under Lt. Col. Scruggs​
Officers: Colonels P. D. Bowles Egbert J. Jones, and Evander M. Law; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas J. Goldsby, O. K. McLemore, and L. H. Scruggs; and Majors Ben Allston, T. K. Coleman, W. Mack Robbins, and Charles L. Scott.
Mustered in May of 1861 in Dalton, Georgia, the 4th Alabama entered combat at the 1st Battle of Manasses for which 37 enlisted men were killed and 206 wounded. The unit faced other significant conflicts such as the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Battle of Gettysburg. At Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on the 9th of April 1865, the 4th Alabama surrendered no less than 21 officers and 202 men. During the course of their existence, the unit mustered a total of 1,422 men, 240 of which would die in battle, and nearly 100 would succumb to disease.
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The telegraph lines are down, and we are anxiously awaiting word from the front.
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-Thomas Wallace Knox, Correspondent for the New York Herald. Acquitted on spy charges for publishing important information pertaining to the Vicksburg Campaign
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