10th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army
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The 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
ActiveJune 4, 1861 – April 1865
Country
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of AmericaAllegiance
Alabama
AlabamaBranch
Confederate States Army
Confederate States Army| 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment | |
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Flag of the 10th Alabama | |
| Active | June 4, 1861 – April 1865 |
| Country | Confederate States of America |
| Allegiance | Alabama |
| Branch | Confederate States Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Nickname | Alexandria Rifles |
| Engagements | American Civil War
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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[2]
- Colonel John Jefferson Woodward[2]
- Colonel William Henry Forney[2]
- Colonel William Thomas Smith
