Alabama 44th Infantry (Confederate)
16/5/62
Organized - Alabama 44th Infantry - Alabama
28/8/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Derby
Lieutenant ColonelCharles A. Derby
28/8/62
Battle - Second Bull Run - Prince William County, Virginia
After the early summer collapse of the Union Peninsula Campaign offensive to capture Richmond, Robert E. Lee sought to move his army north and threaten Washington DC before Union forces could regroup.READ MORE
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Derby, and Major William F. Perry
Lieutenant ColonelCharles A. Derby
MajorWilliam F. Perry
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Ambrose R. Wright, Colonel Robert H. Jones, and Colonel William Gibson
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor, and Major General Richard H. Anderson
Brigadier GeneralRoger A. Pryor
Major GeneralRichard H. Anderson
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Derby
Lieutenant ColonelCharles A. Derby
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Ambrose R. Wright
Brigadier GeneralAmbrose R. Wright
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Robert H. Jones
ColonelRobert H. Jones
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Richard H. Anderson
Major GeneralRichard H. Anderson
13/12/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Derby
Lieutenant ColonelCharles A. Derby
13/12/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Evander M. Law
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
13/12/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John B. Hood
Major GeneralJohn B. Hood
13/12/62
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
11/4/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John H. Jones
Lieutenant ColonelJohn H. Jones
11/4/63
Battle - Siege of Suffolk - Suffolk, Virginia
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William F. Perry, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Jones, and Major George W. Cary
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Evander M. Law, and Colonel James L. Sheffield
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
ColonelJames L. Sheffield
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Evander M. Law, and Major General John Bell Hood
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
Major GeneralJohn Bell Hood
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William F. Perry
ColonelWilliam F. Perry
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John Bell Hood
Major GeneralJohn Bell Hood
1/7/63
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
19/9/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William F. Perry
ColonelWilliam F. Perry
19/9/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James Sheffield
ColonelJames Sheffield
19/9/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Evander M. Law
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
19/9/63
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
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
28/10/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Evander M. Law, and Colonel James L. Sheffield
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
ColonelJames L. Sheffield
28/10/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Micah Jenkins
Brigadier GeneralMicah Jenkins
28/10/63
Battle - Wauhatchie - Hamilton County, Tennessee
Wary of troops marching to the aid of the Federal army besieged at Chattanooga, General Braxton Bragg ordered General James Longstreet to take action against the force massing in Lookout Valley. In a rare nighttime attack, a division of Longstreet's corps attacked the Union rearguard near the crossroads of Wauhatchie. The brief fight was a bloody repulse for the Confederates, who were forced to withdraw. The Confederates had missed their last best chance to prevent supplies from reaching the Union Army of…READ MORE
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William F. Perry
ColonelWilliam F. Perry
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Charles W. Field
Major GeneralCharles W. Field
5/5/64
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
8/5/64
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
31/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Evander M. Law, and Colonel William F. Perry
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
ColonelWilliam F. Perry
31/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Evander M. Law
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
31/5/64
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
9/6/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William F. Perry
ColonelWilliam F. Perry
14/8/64
Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE
20/9/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Pinckney D. Bowles
ColonelPinckney D. Bowles
20/9/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
7/10/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Col. W. F. Perry
7/10/64
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
9/4/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
9/4/65
Mustered Out - Alabama 44th Infantry - Alabama
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