Alabama 8th Infantry (Confederate)

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Regiment mustered in on June 10th, 1861. Regiment mustered out of service on April 9th, 1865.

Notable Battles:

• Williamsburg fought on May 5th, 1862 near York County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, VIrginia
• Seven Pines fought on May 31st, 1862 - June 1st, 1862 near Henrico County, Virginia
• Skirmish at Mechanicsville, Virginia fought on June 26th, 1862
• Mechanicsville fought on June 26th, 1862 near Hanover Couunty, Virginia
• Second Bull Run fought on August 28th, 1862 - August 30th, 1862 near Prince William County, Virginia
• Antietam fought on September 17th, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland
• Fredericksburg fought on December 13th, 1862 near Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Chancellorsville fought on April 30th, 1863 - May 6th, 1863 near Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Gettysburg fought on July 1st, 1863 - July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Brigade Leader(s): Wilcox. Division Leader(s): Anderson, R. Corp: III Corps. 
  • Crushing Humphrey's Division fought on July 2nd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Plum Run fought on July 2nd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Pickett's Charge fought on July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Wilderness fought on May 5th, 1864 - May 7th, 1864 near Spotslyvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
• Spotsylvania Court House fought on May 8th, 1864 - May 21st, 1864 near Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Cold Harbor fought on May 31st, 1864 - June 12th, 1864 near Hanover Co; near Mechanicsville
• Jerusalem Plank Road fought on June 21st, 1864 - June 24th, 1864 near Petersburg, Virginia
• Crater fought on July 30th, 1864 near Petersburg
• Globe Tavern fought on August 18th, 1864 - August 21st, 1864 near Petersburg, Virginia
• Boydton Plank Road fought on October 27th, 1864 - October 28th, 1864 near Dinwiddie County, Virginia
• Appomattox Court House fought on April 9th, 1865

Regiment was made up of:

• Company A
• Company B
• Company C
• Company D
• Company E
• Company F
• Company G
• Company H
• Company I
• Company K
• Company F&S (Field and Staff)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• Aunspaugh, John H (Quartermaster Sergeant, 1861 - June 1861; Sergeant/Quartermaster Sergeant, June 1861 - April 1865)
• Baker, Benjamin H (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Buell, David (Quartermaster Sergeant/Ordnance Sergeant, 1861 - April 1865)
• Bussey, D J (Sergeant, 1861 - ?)
• Byrd, Wm M (Sergeant, May 1861 - June 1861; Sergeant Major, June 1861 - ?)
• Dunn, H H (Corporal/Second Lieutenant/Acting Quartermaster, May 1861 - ?)
• Emrich, John P (Captain/Major, 1861 - March 1861; Captain/Lieutenant Colonel, March 1861 - April 1865)
• Floyd, M C (Corporal, January 1861 - May 1861; Corporal, May 1861 - April 1865)
• Frazer, John W. (Lieutenant Colonel, ? - 1862; Colonel, 1862 - June 1863; Brigadier General/Colonel, June 1863 - ?)
• Frazer, John W. (Lieutenant Colonel, ? - June 1863; Brigadier General/Colonel/Lieutenant Colonel, June 1863 - ?)
• Garner, W L (Corporal, 1861 - ?)
• Harris, J P (Sergeant, May 1861 - June 1861; Sergeant Major, June 1861 - ?)
• Herbert, H H (Captain/Colonel/Corporal/First Lieutenant/Major/Sergeant, January 2001 - June 1861)
• Hern, A P (Sergeant, 1863 - ?)
• Hiller, A (First Sergeant/Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, 1864 - April 1865)
• Hippler, Adam (Junior Second Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, January 1861 - ?)
• Irby, Thomas E. (Colonel/Major, 1861 - June 1861; Major/Lieutenant Colonel, June 1861 - ?)
• Kelly, T A (Armorer/Second Lieutenant/Sergeant, 1861 - ?)
• Kidd, William H. (Musician, 1861 - ?)
• Kohler, Anton (First Lieutenant/Captain, January 1861 - ?)
• Krouse, C A (Corporal, June 1861 - ?)
• Lane, W H H (Corporal/First Sergeant, January 1861 - May 1861; Second Lieutenant/First Sergeant, May 1861 - ?)
• Lee, G W (Corporal)
• Lee, J M (Corporal)
• Livingston, L A (First Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant/Sergeant/Captain, January 2001 - ?)
• Livingston, Lewis A (#^%Captain, January 1861 - September 1863)
• Massey, William Elbert (Chaplain, February 1863 - April 1865)
• McCasker, M J (#Sergeant, 1862 - ?)
• McCaskill, W C (Sergeant)
• McKee, David (Second Lieutenant, 1861 - ?)
• Miller, J B (Corporal, January 1861 - May 1861; Sergeant, May 1861 - April 1865)
• Nall, Duke (Captain/Major, 1861 - June 1861; Captain/Major, June 1861 - ?)
• Nugent, M. (First Sergeant, January 1861 - April 1861; First Lieutenant, April 1861 - ?)
• Parker, Daniel (#Assistant Sergeant/Assistant Surgeon/Corporal, May 1861 - June 1861; Assistant Surgeon, June 1861 - ?)
• Parsons, J G (Second Lieutenant, 1861 - April 1865)
• Phelan, Thomas (Captain/First Sergeant, June 1862 - ?)
• Powers, John L (Sergeant, May 1861 - ?)
• Privett, G W (Acting Commissary Of Subsistence, 1865 - ?)
• Ragsdale, L P (First Lieutenant/ensign, 1861 - ?)
• Robinson, G.T.L. (Captain, May 1861 - November 1862; First Lieutenant, November 1862 - January 1864; Captain/First Lieutenant/First Sergeant, January 1864 - April 1865)
• Royston, Y T (Colonel/Surgeon, May 1861 - June 1861; Surgeon, June 1861 - April 1865)
• Royston, Young L. (Captain/Colonel/Corporal/Major, March 1862 - ?)
• Searcy, James R (Corporal, January 1861 - May 1861; Sergeant, May 1861 - ?)
• Shedden, Alexander (First Sergeant/First Lieutenant, January 1861 - ?)
• Shorter, George T (Captain/commissary Of Subsistence, 1861 - June 1861; Captain/Commissary Of Subsistence, June 1861 - ?)
• Stott, Ira M (Junior Second Lieutenant/Lieutenant, January 1861 - May 1861; Captain, May 1861 - ?)
• Thornton, D B (Second Lieutenant, 1861 - ?)
• Trueheart, Charles (Assistant Surgeon, June 1861 - ?)
• Williams, J H (Captain/Major, May 1861 - June 1861)
• Winston, John H (Colonel, 1861 - ?)
• Wright, John (Musician/Sergeant, 1861 - ?)