HISTORY OF THE 48th ALABAMA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT C.S.A.

Description: HISTORY OF THE 48th ALABAMA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT BY SERGEANT JOHN DYKES TAYLOR EDITED BY STANLEY HOOLE With a Partial Roster of the Regiment FINE CONDITION Brand New, Clean, Tight Pamphlet Excellent History of the 14th Alabama; Written During the Civil War ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1902, THIS IS A 1985 REPRINT BY MORNINGSIDE OUT-OF-PRINT - LAST COPY Sergeant John Dykes Taylor’s History of the 48th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. was written about 1880 or 1885, when he was in his mid-fifties and living in Guntersville, Marshall Country, Alabama. In 1901, thirteen years after his death, the manuscript was found in the Alabama State Department of Archives and History, among the miscellaneous papers of James Lawrence Sheffield who had served as colonel of the famous Regiment. The regiment was formed in Auburn, Alabama on May 22, 1862 from men recruited from Blount, Calhoun, Colbert, Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson, and Marshall counties. A few weeks later it reached Virginia and was attached to Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro's Brigade, Major General Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson's Division, with the 47th Alabama, and three Virginia regiments. The 48th Alabama's first combat was at Cedar Run (August 9, 1862) where they suffered severe loss; at the Second Battle of Manassas, it again suffered severely. The regiment was part of the investing force at Harper's Ferry, and it took significant losses at Sharpsburg. During the winter, the 48th was placed in the Alabama Brigade of Brigadier General Evander Law (with the 4th, 15th, 44th, and 47th Alabama Regiments), General Hood's Division of General Longstreet's Corps. The regiment was under fire at Fredericksburg, and it fought with only slight losses at Suffolk. The 48th Alabama Regiment moved into Pennsylvania and fought hard in the assaults at Gettysburg. Ten weeks later, as a part of Longstreet's Corps, the regiment was engaged at Chickamauga (September 20th). It was engaged at Lookout Valley and at Knoxville; and it passed the winter in East Tennessee. It rejoined the main Army of Northern Virginia at The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864). The 48th performed ably, but lost heavily there. From that time to the end of the war, at Hanover Junction, the Second Battle of Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, Petersburg, Fussell's Mill, Fort Harrison, Darbytown Road, Williamsburg Road, and Farmville, the 48th was almost constantly on active duty. During the last half of 1864. The 48th Alabama surrendered at Appomattox Court House. This is the tremendous story of this hard fighting unit that saw action in many of the most important battles of the wary. This is a brand new, unread, pristine condition booklet. It has no shortcomings. This booklet is in excellent condition. It is clean and tight. It has no writing, smudging or foxing and the pages are in great condition. Both the interior and the exterior wrap are in fine condition. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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