Jim Martin
Alabama Units at Gettysburg
Tue Jul 3 10:40:31 2001


Most everyone on this message board knows this information; however, today is the 138th anniversary of the third-day at Gettysburg, so I thought I'd post this to remind all of us of the contribution of Alabama's brave sons at this historic battle.

ALABAMA UNITS AT GETTYSBURG – JULY 1-3, 1863

THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
General Robert E. Lee


FIRST ARMY CORPS
Lt. General James Longstreet

HOOD'S DIVISION- Maj. General John B. Hood; Brig. General Evander M. Law

Law's Brigade- Brig. General Evander M. Law; Col. James L. Sheffield
4th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. Lawrence H. Scruggs
15th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. William C. Oates; Capt. B. A. Hill
44th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. William F. Perry
47th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. James W. Jackson; Lt. Col. J. M. Bulger; Maj. J. M. Campbell
48th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. James L. Sheffield; Capt. T. J. Eubanks


SECOND ARMY CORPS
Lt. General Richard S. Ewell

RODES' DIVISION - Maj. General Robert E. Rodes

O'Neal's Brigade- Colonel Edward A. O'Neal
3rd Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. Cullin A. Battle
5th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. Josephus M. Hall
6th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. James N. Lightfoot; Capt. M. L. Bowie
12th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. Samuel B. Pickens
26th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Lt. Col. John C. Goodgame

Artillery Battalion- Lt. Col. Thomas H. Carter
Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery- Capt. William J. Reese

THIRD ARMY CORPS
Lt. General Ambrose P. Hill)

ANDERSON'S DIVISION- Maj. General Richard H. Anderson

Wilcox's Brigade- Brig. General Cadmus M. Wilcox
8th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Lt. Col. Hilary A. Herbert
9th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Capt. J. Horace King
10th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. William H. Forney; Lt. Col. James E. Shelley
11th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. John C. C. Sanders; Lt. Col. George E. Tayloe
14th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. Lucius Pinckard; Lt. Col. James A. Broome

HETH'S DIVISION- Maj. General Henry Heth; Brig. General James J. Pettigrew

Archer's Brigade- Brig. General James J. Archer; Colonel Birkett D. Fry; Lt. Colonel Samuel G. Shepherd
5th Alabama Inf. Battalion- Maj. A. S. Van De Graaf
13th Alabama Inf. Regt.- Col. Birkett D. Fry

CAVALRY DIVISION - Maj. General James E. B. Stuart

Hampton's Brigade- Brig. General Wade Hampton; Colonel Laurence S. Baker
Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion- Col. Joseph F. Waring (2 Alabama Companies)