19th Alabama Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	19th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Dates:	August 14, 1861 – April 1865
Country:	Confederate States of America
Branch:	Confederate States Army
Role:	Infantry
Battles:	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Resaca Battle of Atlanta Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville

The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was formed in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 14, 1861.^[1] The unit fought its first battle at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862. The Army of Tennessee fought most of its battles with the 19th engaged. The regiment surrendered at Salisbury, North Carolina, at the end of the war.

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Commanders

• Colonel Joseph Wheeler
• Colonel Samuel King McSpadden

See also

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/gardner.html Gardner's Brigade website
2. Web site: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs . 1860 . Library of Congress . 30 January 2020.