The 49th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Also Known As the31st (Hale's) Alabama Infantry Regiment or 52nd Alabama Infantry Regiment
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Brief History
The 49th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Nashville, in January 1862 with men from Blount, Colbert, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan counties, and attached to the Kentucky Brigade of Gen'l John C. Breckinridge. It took part in the Battle of Shiloh where it lost 113 k and w. A few weeks later, the unit was reorganized as the 49th Regiment on 8 May 1862 and was sent to Vicksburg, with Breckinridge's Brigade, and was engaged in the defence of the place when it was bombarded in 1862. On 6 Aug., the regiment fought at Baton Rouge with a loss of 45 k and w. Joining the army of Gen'l Earl Van Dorn, the 49th was engaged in the assault on Corinth and suffered very severely there. Consolidated with the 27th Infantry and 6th Battalion from October 1862 through January 1863, the regiment was ordered to Port Hudson to pass the winter. The regiment was brigaded with the 27th and 35th Alabama, and two Mississippi regiments under Gen'l Abraham Buford, who was soon succeeded by Gen'l William Beall. The 49th shared the dangers and hardships of the 42 days siege of Port Hudson, losing 55 men k and w with the reminder captured, 8 July 1863. Exchanged three months later, the 49th was re-organized at Cahaba and attached to the brigade of Gen'l Thomas M. Scott of Louisiana, with the 12th Louisiana, and 27th, 35th, 55th, and 57th Alabama regments. Joining the main army at Dalton, the brigade was assigned to William W. Loring's Division, Alexander P. Stewart's Corps. Having wintered at Dalton, the 49th participated in the Dalton-Atlanta Campaign, doing much arduous service, but losing inconsiderably. Around Atlanta, it was again fully engaged and suffered severely. It moved with Gen'l John Bell Hood into Tennessee and came out of the battles of Franklin and Nashville with a long list of casualties and captured men. Transferred to the Carolinas, the 49th took part in the operations there. Reduced to a skeleton and consolidated with the 27th, 35th, 55th and 57th Regiments, it was surrendered at Smithfield, NC, 9 April 1865
Field and Staff
- Colonels Smith D. Hale of Madison; retired. Jeptha Edwards of DeKalb; captured at Port Hudson.
- Lieut. Colonels M. Gilbreath of Marshall; resigned. W. N. Crump of Blount; retired. John D. Weeden of Madison; wounded and captured at Nashville.
- Majors B. Johnston of Marshall; retired. John D. Weeden; promoted. Thomas B. Street of Marshall; captured at Port Hudson.
- Adjutants John D. Weeden; promoted. C. E. Merrill of Dallas; wounded at Corinth and Franklin
Companies and the Counties from Which they Came
- Marshall -- Wm. H. Wright; resigned. Wm. H. Davidson; captured at Port Hudson, but escaped.
- Dekalb -- W. G. Beason, captured at Port Hudson.
- Jackson -- Wm. R Coffey; retired . W. S. Bruce; captured at Port Hudson, and died in prison.
- Marshall -- James Fletcher; retired. W. H. Smith; captured at Port Hudson, but escaped.
- Marshall -- Thomas B. Street; promoted. Lieut. Allen commanded.
- Marshall -- J. S. Bain; resigned. F. A. Pogue; killed at Port Hudson (company consolidated).
- DeKalb -- Wm. J. Haralson; resigned. T. J. Nicholson; captured at Port Hudson, but escaped.
- Madison -- J. D. Wann; retired. G. C. Ledbetter; died in the service. John D. Rivers; killed at Port Hudson. W. M. Maples; wounded at Nashville.
- Blount -- W. N. Crump; elected lieutenant colonel. ... Murphy; resigned. R. F. Campbell; captured at Pt. Hudson.
- Madison -- John R. Gardner; killed at Shiloh. L. M. Peavy; resigned. Thos. J. Taylor; captured at Port Hudson
Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements
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