BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS RAISED IN ALABAMA DURING THE CIVIL WAR
BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
RAISED IN ALABAMA DURING THE CIVIL WAR
Reproduced from
Willis Brewer’s Alabama:
Her History, Resources
War Record, and Public Men
From 1540 to 1872
Alabama
INTRODUCTION
In 1962 the Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission reprinted pages 589-705 of Willis Brewer’s Alabama which contain brief historical sketches of the military organizations raised in Alabama for Confederate service. The limited number of copies ordered by the Centennial Commission failed to meet the demand for them while the Commission was in existence; nor has the demand diminished since the close of the Centennial years. In an effort to answer requests for the information which Mr. Brewer compiled, the Alabama State Department of Archives and History has undertaken again to make a limited number of the excE:rpts from Brewer’s Alabama available.
These brief sketches are not intended to be more than precisely that. No attempt has been made to annotate Brewer’s work for this printing; however, the Military Records Division of the Archives and History Department contains a vast amount of detailed official data on all Alabama military units. The National Archives in Washington, D. C. is also an important source of information concerning the military _participation of Alabama in the War Between the States. Research in both of these institutions can further enliven this phase of Alabama history.
ALABAMA:
HER HISTORY, RESOURCES,
WAR RECORD, .AND PUBLIC MEN.
lt~ROM 1540 TO 18 72.
BY W. BREWER.