From Huntsville to Appomattox: R. T. Coles's History of 4th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C. S. A. , Army of Northern VirginiaCole was adjutant of the Alabama Volunteer Infantry, one of the few Confederate regiments to see action in both the western and eastern theaters of the Civil War. After the war he refreshed and augmented his memory with other accounts to document both the military and the human aspects of the regiment's campaigns. End notes identify people and events and refer to other sources. This is the first full publication. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. |
Contents
HISTORY OF 4TH REGIMENT ALABAMA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY | 1 |
The First Manassas CampaignJuly 18 to July 23 1861 | 18 |
From Manassas to the Peninsula CampaignJuly 23 1861 | 30 |
Peninsula Campaign and Battle of Seven PinesMarch 11 | 37 |
Seven Days BattleJune 12 to July 8 1862 | 44 |
The Second Battle of Manassas July 8 to August 31 1862 | 50 |
Maryland CampaignAugust 31 to September 18 1862 | 60 |
From Sharpsburg to FredericksburgSeptember 18 | 72 |
From Falling Waters to FredericksburgJuly 14 | 130 |
Appendix A Letter of Captain Edward D Tracy | 199 |
Chapters of Unwritten History by P D Bowles | 214 |
2283 | 260 |
76 | 273 |
96 | 290 |
Bibliography | 305 |
| 310 | |
The Siege of SuffolkFebruary 18 to May 5 1863 | 89 |
Incidents on the Rappahannock and RapidanMay 5 | 96 |
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