Active May 1861 to April 1865 Branch Infantry | Allegiance CSA | |
Country Confederate States of America Engagements Battle of Seven Pines
Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Boonsboro
Battle of Mine Run
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spottsylvania
Battle of Cold Harbor
Third Battle of Winchester
Siege of Petersburg Notable
commanders Colonel Cullen A. Battle | ||
The 3rd Regiment Alabama Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The 3rd Alabama consisted mainly of men from the Alabama counties of Autauga, Coosa, Lowndes, Macon, Mobile and Montgomery.
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Service
The 3rd Alabama was mustered in at Montgomery, Alabama in April 1861. And fought in some of The Civil War's most bloody battles, including Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg and The Wilderness. By war's end the regiment would surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Gettysburg
The 3rd Alabama mainly fought on the 1st day of battle on July 1, 1863 on the area of the battlefield known as Oak Ridge, specifically the Oak Hill portion of the ridge. A monument to the 3rd is located on Oak Hill under the name O'Neal's Brigade, and comprises the other Alabama regiments of the 5th, 6th, 12th and 26th infantry regiments.
Total strength and casualties
The 3rd had at the beginning of the war 1,651 men on its roll. Of those men, 260 were killed in battle, 119 in service, and 605 were discharged or transferred. The regiment lost heavily at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.