Publisher's Synopsis
The Alabama 49th Infantry regiment was originally mustered into service as the 31st (Hale's) Alabama Infantry, but its designation was changed in the spring of 1863. It is also called the 52nd Alabama Regiment. The 49th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Nashville, in January 1862 and attached to the Kentucky Brigade of General John C. Breckinridge. It took part in the Battle of Shiloh where it lost 113 killed and wounded. 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 defense of the place when it was bombarded in 1862. 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. Following the fall of Atlanta, Hood led his army to Tennessee in a vain attempt to cut off Sherman's supply lines. The 49th participated in the movement into Tennessee, and at Franklin and Nashville, its losses were again large. 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. Companies Of The Alabama 49th Infantry Regiment Co. A - Marshall -- Wm. H. Wright; resigned. Wm. H. Davidson; captured at Port Hudson, but escaped. Co. B - Dekalb -- W. G. Beason, captured at Port Hudson. Co. C - Jackson -- Wm. R Coffey; retired . W. S. Bruce; captured at Port Hudson, and died in prison. Co. D - Marshall -- James Fletcher; retired. W. H. Smith; captured at Port Hudson, but escaped. Co. E - Marshall -- Thomas B. Street; promoted. Lieut. Allen commanded. Co. F - Marshall -- J. S. Bain; resigned. F. A. Pogue; killed at Port Hudson (company consolidated). Co. G - DeKalb -- Wm. J. Haralson; resigned. T. J. Nicholson; captured at Port Hudson, but escaped. Co. H - 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. Co. I - Blount -- W. N. Crump; elected lieutenant colonel. ... Murphy; resigned. R. F. Campbell; captured at Pt. Hudson. Co. K - Madison -- John R. Gardner; killed at Shiloh. L. M. Peavy; resigned. Thos. J. Taylor; captured at Port Hudson.
