The 48th mustered 1,100 men, losing over 150 killed in action and another 165 to disease during the Civil War.
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May 22 |
Organized for three years serice at Auburn, Alabama, under Colonel James Lawrence Sheffield |
June |
Sent to Virginia, where it was attached to Taliaferro's Brigade of Jackson's Division. |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Run
The regiment lost 12 men killed, Captain David R. King mortally wounded (died November 26) and Major Enoch Aldridge, Captain Reuben Ellise, Adjutant Thomas B. Harris and 57 other men wounded |
August 30 |
Second Battle of Manasses
Captain Moses Lee was killed, and 49 other men became casualties |
September 15 |
Siege of Harpers Ferry |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)
Captain Robert C. Golightly and 9 other men were killed and 33 men were wounded |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Captain C. B. St. John commanded the regiment |
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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 |
Aptil 27 |
Captain Samuel A. Cox died in service |
April 11 - May 6 |
Suffolk Campaign |
July 1 - 3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Suffered 8 killed and 67 wounded out of 374 men engaged. Colonel Sheffield's report states, "Lieuts. F. M. Burk and R. L. Ewing, and Captains Eubanks and Edwards are especially noticed for their gallantry. Lieut.-Col. W. M. Hardwick and Maj. C. B. St. John were efficient until wounded." |
September 20 |
Battle of Chickamauga
Lieutenant Colonel Hardwick in command |
October 28 |
Lookout Valley
Captain T. J. Eubanks was killed and 3 other men were killed or mortally wounded |
November |
Siege of Knoxville |
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May 5 - 6 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Adjutant H. S. Figuera and 10 other men were killed, 30 men were wounded, and 8 men missing |
May 7 - 12 |
Battle of Spottsylvania |
July - December |
Captain J. N. D'Armand and 8 other men were killed and 24 wounded in the last half of the year.
Colonel William Oates transfers from the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment and takes command. |
August 16 |
Battle of Fussel's Mill
Colonel Oates was badly wounded, losing his right arm. |
November |
On north side of James River in Law's (then Perry's) Brigade, Major John W. Wigginton in command |
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April 9, 1865 |
Surrendered at Appomattox 14 officers and 122 men. The flag which the regiment surrendered was returned to the State of Alabama in 1905 and is in the property of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. |
