14th Alabama Infantry Regiment

14th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse)
Active	August 1, 1861, to April 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Glendale Battle of Mechanicsville Battle of Malvern Hill Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Gettysburg Siege of Petersburg

The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Richmond, Virginia, on August 1, 1861.^[1]

During one of the first battles that the 14th fought in, at Glendale, the unit was sent in as a vanguard against Union positions and suffered considerable casualties.^[2]

The regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

Total strength and casualties

The 14th mustered 1,317 men during its existence. It suffered approximately 250 killed in action or mortally wounded and 350 men who died of disease, for a total of approximately 600 fatalities. An additional 159 men were discharged or transferred from the regiment.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Thomas James Judge
• Colonel Alfred Campbell Wood
• Colonel Lucius Pinkard

See also

• Alabama Civil War Confederate Units
• Alabama in the American Civil War

Notes

1. "Wilcox' Brigade". Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2008. Wilcox's Brigade website
2. Waters, Zack C. (2013). A small but spartan band : the Florida brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Tuscaloosa, AL.: University Alabama Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780817357740.