10th Alabama Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	10th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Dates:	June 4, 1861 – April 1865
Allegiance:	Alabama
Type:	Infantry
Size:	Regiment
Nickname:	Alexandria Rifles
Battles:	American Civil War Battle of Dranesville Siege of Yorktown (1862) Battle of Williamsburg Battle of Seven Pines Battle of Gaines' Mill Battle of White Oak Swamp Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of North Anna Siege of Petersburg

The 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Montgomery, Alabama on June 4, 1861.^[1] The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House.^[2] The 10th mustered 1,429 men during its existence. It suffered approximately 300 killed in action or mortally wounded and 180 men who died of disease, for a total of approximately 470 fatalities. An additional 249 men were discharged or transferred from the regiment.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel John Horace Forney
• Colonel John Jefferson Woodward
• Colonel William Henry Forney
• Colonel William Thomas Smith

See also

• Alabama Civil War Confederate Units
• Alabama in the American Civil War

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wilcox' Brigade . 2008-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080602060737/http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/wilcox.html . 2008-06-02 . Wilcox's Brigade website
2. Web site: 10th Alabama Volunteers. Historical Marker Database. 25 September 2015.