6th Regiment, Alabama Infantry - Confederate Army

Company K, J

• Private Ayres Augustus Vardaman

6th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

about 1,400 strong, was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, in May, 1861. Its twelve companies were recruited in the counties of Montgomery, Jackson, Autuaga, Lowndes, Russell, Macon, Henry, and Wilson. Ordered to Virginia, the unit was assigned to Rodes', O'Neal's, and Battle's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It was engaged in many conflicts from

to

moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at

In April, 1862, it contained 1,100 effectives. Subsequently, it lost fifty-nine percent of the 632 engaged at

and reported 156 casualties at

and 161 at

Of the 382 in the fight at

more than fifty percent were disabled. The regiment surrendered with 4 officers and 80 men. Its commanders were Colonels John B. Gordon and John L. Seibels; Lieutenant Colonels B.H. Baker, Augustus M. Gordon, George W. Hooper, J.N. Lightfoot, and J.J. Willingham; and Majors I.F. Culver, S. Perry Nesmith, and Walter H. Weems.

Information compiled by David Vardiman from the

National Park Service's Sailors and Soldiers surname search database

and