The 15th Alabama Infantry mustered 1,633 men during the Civil War, of whom 260 were killed in action and 440 died of disease.
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Organized eleven companies at Fort Mitchell, Alabama, under Colonel James Cantey |
June - July 1 |
Sent to east Tennessee, then Virginia, where it was attached to Crittenden (later Trimble's) Brigade. General Zollicoffer's report states that of the 900 men of the 15th at Knoxville, "only 300 are fit for duty" |
August |
Moved by train to Richmond |
August 21 |
Moved by train to Manassas |
August -
November |
The regiment suffered heavily from a measles epidemic that left over 200 dead. |
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Attached to Jackson's Division for the Valley Campaign |
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May 23 |
Battle of Front Royal |
May 25 |
Battle of Winchester |
June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys
Captain Robert H. Hill, Lieutenants W. B. Mills and 7 enlisted men were killed and Lieutenants Brainard, A. A. Mcintosh, W. T. Berry and 30 enlisted men were wounded out of 425 engaged, General Trimble's report states, "To Colonel Cantey for his skillful retreat from picket, and prompt flank maneuver, I think special praise is due." |
June 27 -28 |
First Battle of Cold Harbor
Captains Peter V. Guerry and George Y. Malone, Lieutenant A. Mcintosh and 34 other men were killed, Captain Weams was mortally wounded, and Captain Lee E. Bryan and 110 other men were wounded out of 412 men engaged. |
July 1 |
Battle of Malvern Hill |
July 16 |
Adjutant Locke Weems dies in service |
August 22 |
Hazel River
The regiment lost 4 killed and 15 wounded |
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Manassas Junction
The regiment lost 6 killed and 20 wounded |
August 29 - 30 |
Second Battle of Manasses
The regiment lost 20 killed and Captain Richard E. Wright and 91 other men wounded out of 440 engaged, including |
September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly
The regiment lost 4 killed and 14 wounded |
September 12 - 15 |
Siege of Harpers Ferry |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)
The regiment was commanded by Captain I. B. Feagin. It lost 9 killed and 75 wounded of the 300 men engaged. |
September 19 |
Boteler's Ford
Captain Feagin seriously wounded. Col. James A. Walker's report says: "Captain Feagin, commanding the Fifteenth Alabama regiment, behaved with a gallantry consistent with his high reputation for courage and that of the regiment he commanded." |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Commanded by Colonel Cantey, the regiment lost one man killed and 34 wounded,. |
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January 19 |
Transferred to Law's Alabama Brigade in Hood's Division of Longstreet's Corps per Lee's Special Orders No. 19 |
April 11 - May 6 |
Suffolk Campaign
The regiment lost 4 klled and 18 wounded |
May 1 |
Issac Feagin promoted to lieutenant colonel |
July 1 - 3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Captains J. H. Allison, Henry C. Brainard and James H. Ellison and 28 enlisted men were killed, Lieutenant John C. Oates was mortally wounded, Lt. Colonel Isaac Ball Feagin, Lieutenant William J. Bethune and 47 enlisted men were wounded, and 90 men missing out of 499 men engaged.
From Colonel Oates' report: "Lieutenant-Colonel Feagin, a most excellent and gallant officer, received a severe wound, which caused him to lose his leg, the heroic Capt. Ellison had fallen, while Capt. Brainard, one of the bravest and best officers in the regiment, fell ... Lieut. John A. Oates, my beloved brother, was pierced through with eight bullets and fell mortally wounded" Private A. Kennedy of Company B, and William Trimmer of Company G, were killed; and Private G. E. Spencer, Company D, severely wounded. Loss was 17 killed and 54 wounded and brought off of field, and 90 missing: 8 officers were killed." |
September 20 |
Battle of Chickamauga
The regiment lost 19 kiled and 123 wounded out of 425 engaged |
October 27 -28 |
Brown's Ferry and Lookout Valley
The regiment lost 15 killed and 40 wounded, including Colonel Oates |
November 17 -
Decembe 4 |
Siege of Knoxville
Captains Frank Park and 5 enlisted men were killed, 21 men were wounded, wounded, and Captain William N. Richardson was captured |
December 14 |
Bean's Station |
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May 5 - 7
and 8 - 12 |
Battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania
The regiment lost 18 killed and 48 wounded out of 450 engaged, including Major Alexander A. Lowther, wounded |
May 30
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June 1-12 |
Hanover Court House and Second Battle of Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 6 killed and 16 wounded |
July |
Colonel Oates transferred to the 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Major Lowther becomes colonel. Captain Glover was killed and Captain G. A. C. Mathews was wounded. |
August 14 - 18 |
Deep Bottom
The regiment lost one third of the 275 men engaged |
August 16 |
Fussel's Mill
Captains Blanton Abram, Hill and 12 enlisted men were killed and Colonel Alexander A. Lowther, Captain W. H. Stricklan and 90 enlisted men were wounded |
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April 9, 1865 |
Surrendered 17 officers and 170 men at Appomattox under Captain Eli Daniel Clower |
When the regiment was issued a new flag in 1862 Colonel Lowther kept the old flag and passed it on to his daughter. This flag is now in the posession of the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
