60th Alabama Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	60th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Dates:	November 25, 1863 to April 9, 1865
Type:	Infantry
Size:	Regiment
Battles:	American Civil War Siege of Knoxville Battle of Bean's Station Battle of Dandridge Battle of Chester Station Battle of Drewry's Bluff Siege of Petersburg Battle of the Crater Battle of Hatcher's Run Battle of White Oak Road Battle of Appomattox Court House
Notable Commanders:	Col. John W. A. Sanford

The 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed on November 25, 1863 at Charleston, Tennessee by consolidating four companies of the 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion.^[1]

The regiment served in Gracie's Alabama Brigade in the Department of East Tennessee and later the Army of Northern Virginia.

The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.

See also

• List of Alabama Civil War Confederate units

Notes

1. Sifakis p.131

References

• Lewellyn A. Shaver History of the Sixtieth Alabama Regiment, Gracie's Alabama Brigade
• Stewart Sifakis. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. Facts on File, NY 1992