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Alabama 32nd Infantry (Confederate)

4/18/62

Organized - Alabama 32nd Infantry - Alabama

12/31/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Henry Maury

Lieutenant ColonelHenry Maury

12/31/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Daniel W. Adams

Brigadier GeneralDaniel W. Adams

12/31/62

Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Stones River
Stones River

After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE

9/19/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Randall L. Gibson, and Major John C. Kimbell

9/19/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Daniel W. Adams

Brigadier GeneralDaniel W. Adams

9/19/63

Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia

Chickamauga
Chickamauga

After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE

11/30/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General James T. Holtzclaw

Brigadier GeneralJames T. Holtzclaw

11/30/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry D. Clayton Sr.

11/30/64

Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee

Franklin (1864)
Franklin (1864)

After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE

12/15/64

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Bushrod Jones

12/15/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry D. Clayton

Major GeneralHenry D. Clayton

12/15/64

Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville
Nashville

Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE

5/4/65

Mustered Out - Alabama 32nd Infantry - Alabama

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