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3rd
Batt’n Hilliard’s Legion,
Alabama
Company C
- Private James
M. Vardeman
5th Batt’n Hilliard’s Legion,
Alabama
Company C,E
Company C
- Musician James Mathis
Vardeman
Hilliard's Legion,
Alabama Volunteers
organized at
Montgomery, Alabama, in June, 1862, contained almost 3,000 men. It was
composed of five battalions, but one mounted battalion soon became part
of the 10th Confederate Cavalry Regiment. Its artillery arm was detached
and redesignated the Barbour Light Artillery. The legion was assigned to
General Gracie's Brigade, served at Cumberland Gap, then fought at
Chickamauga
where it lost forty-five percent of the 902 engaged. In November, 1863,
it was dissolved. Parts of the 1st and 3rd Battalions formed the 60th
Alabama Regiment, and the 2nd and 4th Battalions became the 59th Alabama
Regiment. Three companies of the 1st Battalion formed the 23rd Alabama
Battalion Sharpshooters. Its colonels were Henry W. Hillard and Jack
Thorington. The 1st Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonels John
H. Holt and Jack Thorington, and Major Daniel S. Troy; the 2nd Battalion
by Lieutenant Colonel Bolling Hall, Jr. and Major William T.
Stubblefield; the 3rd Battalion by Lieutenant Colonel John W.A. Sanford
and Major Hatch Cook; and the 4th Battalion by Majors John D. McLennen
and William N. Reeves.
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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