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Company E, K
- Private James I.
Vardaman
Company K
- Private
Daniel Sanford Vardaman
- Private James I. Vardaman
- Private James J. Vardaman
- Private Thomas W.R. Vardaman
- Private Thomas W. Vardaman
- Musician Washington B. Vardaman
- Private William P. Vardaman
10th Regiment,
Alabama Infantry
was formed in June, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama, and moved to Virginia
a month later. The men were raised in the counties of Saint Clair,
Jefferson, Shelby, De Kalb, Calhoun, and Talladega. It fought under J.E.B. Stuart at
Dranesville,
then was assigned to General Wilcox's, Perrin's, Sanders', and W.H.
Forney's Brigade. The 10th was prominent in many battles of the Army of
Northern Virginia from
Williamsburg
to
Cold Harbor,
then was active in the
Petersburg
siege south of the James River and the
Appomattox
Campaign. It lost 15 killed, 45 wounded, and 6 missing at Dranesville,
and mustered a force of 550 men in April, 1862. The regiment sustained
129 casualties at
Gaines' Mill
and 83 at Frayser's Farm, and there were 10 killed and 53 wounded during
the Maryland Campaign. Of the 311 engaged in the Battle of
Gettysburg,
thirty-four percent were killed, wounded, or missing. About 30 were
disabled at
High Bridge,
and 11 officers and 214 men were present at the surrender. The field
officers were Colonels John H. Forney, William H. Forney, and John J.
Woodward; Lieutenant Colonels John H. Caldwell, Arthur S. Cunningham,
James B. Martin, James E. Shelley, and William T. Smith; and Majors Taul
Bradford, Lewis W. Johnson, and James D. Truss.
Information compiled by David Vardiman
from the
National Park Service's
Sailors and Soldiers surname search database and
Jack Vardaman's narrative. |
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