The 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment mustered 1,719 men during the Civil War, of whom 300 were killed in action and 240 died of disease.
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May 5 |
Organized at Montgomery with Robet Rodes as its Colonel. Rodes had been captain of the Warrior Guards of Tuscaloosa, which became Company H |
May |
Duty at Pensacola, Florida |
June |
Ordered to Manassas, Virginia, becoming part of Ewell's Brigade |
October 21 |
Colonel Rodes is promoted to brigadier general, with the 5th as part of his brigade. Lt. Col. Jones takes over as Colonel of the regiment. |
December 28 |
Most of Company H organized into artillery battery. |
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March |
Moved to Yorktown |
May |
Regiment reenlists and is reorganized. Colonel Jones is replaced by Colonel Christopher Pegues. |
May 31- June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines
Lost 27 killed and 128 wounded of 660 men engaged, including Captain James V. Tutt was wounded and resigned |
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Battle of First Cold Harbor (Gaines' Mill)
Colonel Pegues and Captain George W. Reed were killed. Major E. L. Hobson takes command of the regiment. |
July 1 |
Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm)
Lost 15 killed and 58 wounded of the 225 engaged. |
September 15 - 17 |
Maryland Campaign
Lost 11 killed and 39 wounded at Bonesboro and Sharpsburg |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Regiment under the command of E. L. Hobson, now Lieutenant Colonel while Colonel Josephus Hall temporarily commands the brigade. 1 wounded. |
May 1-4 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
In the forefront of Jackson's flank attack, the regiment suffered 24 killed, 13 wounded and 121 missing, including Lt. Colonel Hobson, who was wounded, and Captain William Thomas Renfro, who was killed. The 5th lost its colors to the 111th Pennsylvania Regiment. They were returned by the U. S. War Department to the State of Alabama in 1905 and are in the possession of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Colonel Josephus Marion Hall commanding. 24 officers and 293 men engaged; losing 26 killed, 116 wounded, and 67 missing. |
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May 5 - 18 |
Battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania
Colonel Hall wounded and resigned, Captain N. R. E. Ferguson was killed |
June |
Battle of Cold Harbor
Caprain John M. Gilchrist killed |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester
Battle's Brigade, Ramseur's Division, Army of the Valley; Captain George W. Reed killed |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek
Colonel Hobson temporarily took over the brigade when Colonel Battle was wounded.. |
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January 31 |
Attached to Grimes' (formerly Rodes') Brigade, Second Army Corps |
April 9 |
Surrender at Appomattox of 4 officers and 53 men under Captain Thomas M. Riley. |
