According to the 1860 U.S.
census, Alabama had a free population of 529,121 and an additional slave
population of 435,080.
Alabama was not the scene of
many major military operations, yet the state contributed approximately 120,000
men to the Confederate service; practically all the state's white population
capable of bearing arms. Most were recruited locally and served with men they
knew, which built esprit and strengthened ties to home. A compilation made from
the official rosters of the Confederate Armies as they stood at various battles,
and at various dates covering the entire period of the war, shows that Alabama
kept the following number of organizations in almost continuous service in the
field: 55 regiments of infantry, and 11 battalions of infantry; 5 regiments of
cavalry; 3 regiments of partisan rangers; and 16 batteries of light
artillery.
Alabama was the battlefield
for the following principal battles: Battle of Athens, Battle of Day's Gap,
Battle of Decatur, Battle of Fort Blakely, Battle of Mobile Bay, Battle of
Newton, Battle of Selma, and Battle of Spanish Fort. Continue to Alabama Civil War History
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