60th ALABAMA REGIMENT
Organized by the consolidation of the 3rd Regiment and 4 companies of the 1st Infantry Battalions, Hilliard's Legion at Charleston,TN: November 25, 1863First Commander: Colonel John W. A. SANFORD
Field Officers: Major Hatch COOK
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel S. TROY (March 25, 1865, while bearing the colors of the 59th AL in front of the charge, was shot down and captured by a soldier of 124th New York.
Assigned to Gracie's Brigade, Department of East Tennessee and passed through the trails and periods of the winter campaign in east Tennessee.
Accompanied Gen. Longstreet in the spring of 1864 to Virginia. Assigned to Department of North Carolina and Virginia, and then to Department of Richmond. Lost heavily in Drewry's Bluff, where the regiment was complimented on the field by Gen Gracie.
In fall of 1864, assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia until the end of the war.
Battles
The 60th entered the "Trenches" on July 9, 1864 and came out Mar 14, 1865--8 months later. They were engaged in ceaseless battle during those months.
The Trench was a wide ditch running parallel with the line of the enemy, and then other ditches ran back from this in various directions. Small "dug-outs" (10ft x 8ft x5ft deep--each holding 3-8 men) covered with pine logs, were where the men lived.
Additional Reading:
This site gives you the detailed history of the 60th Regiment
Not identified by Company: Tillman Hollie Jacobs served in the 60th Regiment Volunteer Infantry, A1 Company. I have a copy of the order form for a grave marker sent by the Dept. of the Army, Office of the Chief of Support Services, Washington, D.C.: TILLMAN H. JACOBS / GEORGIA / PVT 2 REGT CONF ENGR TRPS / CONFEDERATE STATE ARMY / 1836 - 1911 Researcher: Jerlil@aol.com
Company A, 60th AL Regiment
(Pike Co) See also 3rd Battn, Co B Hilliard's
Company B, 60th Al Regiment
See also 3rd Battn, Co C Hilliard'sCompany C, 60th AL Regiment
See also 3rd Battn, Co D Hilliard'sElisted at the age of 15, Henry Co., Ala. He served and was honorably discharged. He returned home after the war and is buried at(old) Union Cemetery, near Abbeville, Ala.
Sept 30, 1864 Obituary
Seldom are we called to mourn the loss of one so beloved by all who knew
him, as our young friend, Thomas A. Rushing, who fell in the trenches
before Petersburg, Va., on the 11 Aug., 1864, in the 26th year of his
age. He was a member of Co. C, (Delilah Dabney Guards) of the 60th Ala.
Regt., with which company he had served faithfully through the campaigns
of nearly 3 years, during which time he was never know to be form his
post of duty. As a soldier he was brave, as a man he was amiable and
generous - and in his death the Company has lost one of its noblest
defenders, and his family a kind and affectionate relative. His many
noble qualities had won for him scores of friends in whose hearts his
amiable disposition and impeachable character will long be remembered.
Our young friend has gone, and hour hearts are made sad, but when we
draw around the familiar hearth and gaze in mute sorrow, let us remember
that the link thus broken adds to the new one forming for all God’s
chosen people, and that our great loss is his eternal gain. The deceased
has left a darling wife and many relatives and friends to mourn his
untimely death, to whom we offer our most sincere condolence in their
sad bereavement. Comrades.(Researcher: Bridgesrd@worldnet.att.net) Ron Bridges
Company D, 60th Al Regiment
See also Co. F - Hilliard'sCompany E, 60th AL Regiment - (Pike Co, AL)
Company F, 60th AL Regiment
See also Co A - Hilliard's aboveCompany G, 60th AL Regiment
Company H, 60th AL Regiment
See Co B - Hilliard'sCompany I, 60th AL Regiment
See 1st Battalion, Co D - Hilliard's above.Company K, 60th AL Regiment
Other Teamsters. Companies unknown. 60th AL Regiment
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