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Muster In: May 7, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Pinckney D. Bowles
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Lt. Colonel Lawrence H. Scruggs
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Law’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Law’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles12:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
- Fort Gilmer (September 29-30, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 4th AL: From Huntsville to Appomattox: R.T. Coles’s History of 4th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A., Army of Northern Virginia
- 4th AL: Reuben Vaughan Kidd: Soldier of the Confederacy
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 4th AL: From Huntsville to Appomattox: R.T. Coles’s History of 4th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A., Army of Northern Virginia
- 4th AL: Reuben Vaughan Kidd: Soldier of the Confederacy
- 4th Alabama Infantry
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 59-60 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 59-60 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 46): Pay receipt for January to March 1864 received June 28 , 1864 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 47): Written acknowledgement of pay receipt for January to March 1864 received June 28 , 1864: This letter appears to have been written by Bowles on June 28, 1864, inferring but not proving Bowles was present with his regiment in late June. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 46): Pay receipt for January to March 1864 received June 28 , 1864 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 47): Written acknowledgement of pay receipt for January to March 1864 received June 28 , 1864: This letter appears to have been written by Bowles on June 28, 1864, inferring but not proving Bowles was present with his regiment in late June. ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 33): Requisition of Forage from July 1 to 31, 1864 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 18): Field and Staff Muster Roll for July + August, 1864: Bowles was commanding the Brigade at least at the end of August 1864 when the muster roll was compiled. ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 31): Requisition of Forage from August 1 to 31, 1864 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 59-60 ↩
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