Rich Saathoff
Blackford
Fri Aug 3 14:14:07 2001


Egene Blackford was not in command of the 5th Alabama Proper but in command of the corps of sharpshooters compaosed of detachments of the 5th Alabama Inf. and also I think other Regts. from the brigade. I have however seen comment of them just being detachments of the 5th Alabama but I find this suspect to compose a battalion out of a single regiment. I am looking for any references to this battalion in any other soldiers letters or diaries in Rode's/O'neils/Battle's Brigade. Below I posted a report of Maj. Blackford's report of the battle. There is an article in America's Civil war with an excerpt from his diary wich is relly cool. The link is also below.

http://www.thehistorynet.com/AmericasCivilWar/articles/2001/0701_1text.htm

Rich

http://library5.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?root=%2Fmoa%2Fwaro%2Fwaro0044%2F&tif=00599.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DANU4519-0044&coll=moa&frames=1&view=50