Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 10th Infantry Regiment John C. Rigdon Author

The Alabama 10th Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, 4 June 1861, with men recruited from Calhoun, De Kalb, Jefferson, Saint Clair, Shelby, and Talladega counties. It went to Virginia a month later. When it arrived at Winchester, it was br... Read more

The Alabama 10th Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, 4 June 1861, with men recruited from Calhoun, De Kalb, Jefferson, Saint Clair, Shelby, and Talladega counties. It went to Virginia a month later. When it arrived at Winchester, it was brigaded under General Edmund Kirby Smith with the 9th and 11th Alabama, 19th Mississippi, and 38th Virginia regiments. At Appomattox the regiment surrendered 10 commissioned officers and 208 men. Of the 1429 names on the muster rolls, nearly 300 were killed or mortally wounded. Another 180 died of disease and 249 were discharged or transferred. COMPANIES OF THE AL 10th INFANTRY REGIMENT Co. A, Ashville Guards (St. Clair): John H. Caldwell (promoted); Wilson L. Brewster (resigned, 2 June 64); Samuel A. Wyatt (resigned); Leroy F. Box Co. B, Jefferson Volunteers (Jefferson): Alberto Martin (wounded, 2nd Manassas; resigned, 18 June 63); William A. McMillion (wounded, Gettysburg; resigned, 22 March 65); Thomas J. Hickman (wounded, High Bridge) Co. C, Cahaba Valley Boys (Shelby): Rufus W. Cobb (resigned, 11 June 62); William M. Lee (KIA, Gaines' Mill); Andrew M. Moore (died in service, 6 Sept 64); Lt. John T. Wilson Co. D, Alexandria Rifle Company (Calhoun): Franklin C. Woodruff (resigned, 14 July 62); Richard C. Rogan (resigned, 9 May 64); Franklin M. Allen (resigned); Lt. Thomas H. Martin Co. E, Talladega Davis Blues (Talladega): John J. Woodward (promoted); Walter Cook (KIA, Salem Church, 21 May 63); James E. Shelley (promoted); Louis W. Johnson (promoted); William W. Draper Co. F (St. Clair): James Davis Truss (promoted); William T. Smith (wounded, Spotsylvania, Petersburg; promoted); B. F. Sides Co. G, Pope Walker Guards (Calhoun): James B. Martin; William H. Forney (wounded, Drainesville; promoted); George C. Whatley (KIA, Sharpsburg); James B. Farmer (wounded, Gaines' Mill; resigned, 28 Nov 64); John A. Cobb (wounded, The Wilderness; resigned); James M. Renfro (wounded, Reams' Station); Lt. Thomas J. Walker Co. H (Calhoun): Woodford R. Hanna (resigned, 26 July 62); Francis Pickens Black (KIA, 1st Cold Harbor); A. T. Martin Co. I (DeKalb): Abner A. Hughes (promoted to colonel, 48th AL Regt); Caleb W. Brewton (resigned, 30 Nov 64); Robert W. Cowan (KIA, Gaines' Mill); Lemuel E. Hamlin (wounded, Sharpsburg; retired, 5 Nov 64); Simson G. Yeargain (wounded, Gettysburg); Lt. Thomas Christian Co. K (Talladega): John C. McKenzie (wounded, Frazier's Farm; resigned, 20 Dec 62); John Oden (wounded, Sharpsburg; resigned, 20 June 63); Motte C. Calhoun (resigned 19 Aug 63); Henry N. Coleman (KIA, Petersburg); Simon J. Morriss Less