14th Alabama Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	14th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Dates:	August 1, 1861, to April 1865
Type:	Infantry

The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Richmond, Virginia, on August 1, 1861.^[1]

During one of the first battles that the 14th fought in, at Glendale, the unit was sent in as a vanguard against Union positions and suffered considerable casualties.^[2]

The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

Total strength and casualties

The 14th mustered 1,317 men during its existence. It suffered approximately 250 killed in action or mortally wounded and 350 men who died of disease, for a total of approximately 600 fatalities. An additional 159 men were discharged or transferred from the regiment.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Thomas James Judge
• Colonel Alfred Campbell Wood
• Colonel Lucius Pinkard

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. Book: Waters . Zack C. . A small but spartan band : the Florida brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia . 2013 . University Alabama Press . Tuscaloosa, AL. . 9780817357740 . 22.