1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
Summary of Engagements
08/14/61 Regiment mustered in at Huntsville Alabama
08/14/61 Staff Officers
Col. Joseph Wheeler promoted to Brigadier General; transferred
to Cavalry
Col. Samuel K. McSpadden captured, Resaca
Lieut. Col. Edward D. Tracy (of Madison) promoted to Brigadier
General
Lieut. Col. Samuel K. McSpadden promoted to Col.
Lieut. Col. George Kimbrough promoted to Col.
Lieut. Col. Nich Davis raised 26th Alabama Regiment
Maj. Samuel K. McSpadden promoted to Lieut. Col.
Maj. George Kimbrough promoted to Lieut. Col.
Maj. Solomon Palmer
Maj. James A. Savage
Adj. Clifton Walker (of Madison) wounded Shiloh
Adj. C. G. Hale wounded Murfreesboro
Adj. William T. Bell
Capt. James A. Savage promoted to Maj.
08/14/61 Camped at Adam Hall's place, Huntsville
08/21/61 Moved to Camp Jones, Huntsville
09/14/61 Made part of Gen. Leroy. P. Walker's Brigade with
the 14th, 17th and 18th Ala. Regiments
09/25/61 Moved to Camp Bradford (Blue Springs), Huntsville
11/11/61 Depart for Camp Moore on the Dog River, below
Mobile, winter quartered at Camp Memmemger.
12/01/61 Gen. Walker, at Pensacola, assigned to Gen. Withers.
1862
01/02/62 19th Ala. finally receives arms
01/27/62 Brig. Gen. Walker relieved at Mobile, assigned
command at Montgomery, Ala
02/01/62 The 19th is reassigned under Gen. Withers' command
at Mobile.
02/13/62 Left Camp Memminger, Mobile to navy yard 8 miles
south of Pensacola, Fla
03/09/62 Reassigned to the Army of the Mississippi,
under Gen. A. H. Gladden. Brigaded with 1st Alabama Battalion
and the 25th Regiment.
03/30/62 Moved to Advanced Camp, McNary County, Tenn.
04/6-7/62 Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing), Tenn.
In Army of the Mississippi, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston commander,
killed 1st day, replaced by Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, in the 2nd Corp, Gen. Braxton Bragg commander, in the 2nd Division, Gen. Withers commander, in the 3rd brigade, Gen. J. K. Jackson commander.
Associate commands: 17th and 18th Alabama Regiments, an Alabama battalion, an Arkansas battalion, the 2nd Texas, and Girardy's Battery.
In this fearful, bloody battle the regiment received it's first
baptism of blood and lost 219 killed and wounded, amounting to
1/3 of its aggregate strength. The 19th captured a stand of colors
during this battle.
04/09/62 Under Gen. John C. Breckenridge at Mickey's, Tenn.
04/28/62 Under Gen. Frank Gardner at Corinth, Miss., Brigade
with 22nd, 25th, and 26th Alabama Regiments, 1st Louisiana Regiment,
and Robertson's Battery.
05/10/62 Skirmish: Farmington, Miss. - Under
Col. Wheeler with part of 19th and 22nd Ala. Regiments.
05/28-29/62 Skirmish: Bridge Creek, Miss. - Under
Col. Wheeler commanding 1st Brigade with detachments of 19th,
21st, and 26th Ala. Regiments with about 200 men from some Miss.
Regiments.
06/30/62 Under Gen. Withers' reserve corp at Saltilo, Miss. in the 1st Brigade, Gen. Frank Gardner commander, Brigaded with 22nd, 25th and 39th Alabama Regiments, a company of sharpshooters, and Robertson's Battery.
07/27/62 Start move to Chattanooga, Tenn.
08/08/62 Arrived at Chattanooga, Tenn.
08/29/62 Gen. Bragg moves toward Kentucky. Gen. Zachariah
C. Deas takes command of the brigade; Gen. Gardner being ordered
to Port Hudson before the Kentucky campaign began.
09/17/62 Battle of Munfordsville, Ky. - Deas'
brigade aided in capture of this town.
10/28/62 Back in Tennessee after Kentucky Campaign, camped
near Knoxville.
11/13/62 Gen. Bragg , intending on joining forces with
Gen. Breckenridge, pushes his forces toward Murfreesboro, Tenn.
11/14/62 Gen. Bragg positions his forces at Tullahoma,
Tenn.
12/12/62 19th Ala. found camped near Murfreesboro, Tenn.
12/30/62 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River), Tenn.
Gen. Deas not present. The 19th is under the command of Col. John
Q. Loomis (wounded on 31st) then under Col. John G. Coltart, brigade
commander. Highly commended by Gen. Cheatham & Gen. Withers.
1863
01/01-03/63 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River), Tenn.
Battle ends. The Army of Tennessee retreats.
01/18/63 Camped near Shelbyville, Tenn. (Duck River)
04/01/63 Camped at Tullahoma, Tenn., Gen. Deas brigade
commander, Col. McSpadden commander of 19th
06/23/63 Start Move to Chattanooga, Tenn.
07/04/63 Arrive at Chattanooga, Tenn.
07/31/63 Col. J. G. Coltart, brigade commander; Col. McSpadden, commander of 19th.
09/19/63 In Gen. Polk's Corp, Gen. Thomas C. Hindman's
division
09/19-20/63 Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. Under
Gen. Longstreet, in Deas' brigade on the right of Gen. Longstreet's
line
11/24-26/63 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Ga.
12/31/63 Lieut. Col. George R. Kimbrough, commander of
Regiment in winter quarters with Deas' brigade, 2 miles south
of Dalton, Ga. next to Gen. Stevenson's division.
1864
03/01/64 Gen. Joseph E. Johnston replaces Gen. Bragg as
commander of the Army of Tennessee
04/30/64 The 19th is in Hood's Corp., Hindman's Division,
Deas' Brigade, under Col. McSpadden
05/8-12/64 Skirmish: Rocky Face Line, Ga.
little engagement
05/14-15/64 Battle of Resaca, Ga.
05/19/64 19th found in camp at Cassville, Ga.
05/25-06/04/64 Battle of New Hope, Ga. 19th found
in Hardee's command on the right of the road, Hood in center,
and Polk on the left.
06/08/64 19th found at Marietta, Ga.
06/15/64 Skirmish: Noonday Creek, Ga.
06/16/64 Skirmish: Alabama Hill, Ga. near Marietta
Ga.
06/27/64 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.
06/30/64 Col. J. G. Coltart, brigade commander. Lieut. Col. George R. Kimbrough commander of 19th after Col. McSpadden's capture at Resaca
07/04/64 Gen. Johnston pulls back to Chatahoochee River.
07/08/64 Gen. Johnston moves south of Chatahoochee River.
07/18/64 Gen. John Bell Hood replaces Gen. Joe Johnston
at commander of the Army of Tennessee.
07/20/64 Gen. Hardee attacks Gen. Thomas's Army of the
Cumberland after crossing Peachtree Creek.
07/19/64 Moved to trenches around Atlanta.
07/21/64 Gen. Hood sends Gen. Hardee towards Gen. McPherson's
Army of the Tennessee near Decatur, Ga.
07/22/64 Skirmish at Augusta Railroad, Ga.
Gen. Hood tries to turn the union's left along this railroad
north of Atlanta. The 19th is part of a brigade that captures
two stands of colors.
07/23-28/64 Atlanta, Ga. Constant skirmishing
and cannonading in the trenches.
07/28/64 Battle of Lick Skillet Road (Ezra Church), Ga.
near Poor House
Gen. John C. Brown, division commander. In Gen. George. D. Johnston's brigade (formerly Deas') on the right, with Gen. Brantly on the left, Gen. Sharp in the center,
and Gen. Manigault in reserve.
Gen. Johnston wounded, replaced by Col. Coltart wounded, replaced
by Col. B. R. Hart of the 22nd Ala. Regt. wounded, replaced
by Lieut. Col. H. T. Toulmin.
19th's colors captured after being planted on Union breastworks.
07/30/64 Gen. Patton Anderson commands Gen. Hindman's division;
the 19th is in Deas' brigade
07/31/64 Gen. George D. Johnston, brigade commander; Lieut. Col. Harry L. Toulmin commander of 19th.
08/12/64 Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commander of the Corp.
08/13-27/64 Battles of Atlanta, Ga. Constant
skirmishing and cannonading in the trenches.
08/30/64 Gen. Hardee takes command of his and Gen. S. D.
Lee's Corp.
08/31/64 Battle of Jonesborough, Ga. Gen. Anderson
replaces Gen. Hindman. The front line of the division consist
of Sharp, Deas, and Brantly with Manigault in reserve. The 19th
is in Gen. Deas' brigade, Lieut. Col. Kimbrough commanding the regiment. Gen. Lee's corp, with Gen. Deas' brigade & 19th move back to Atlanta
09/01/64 Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson takes command of Gen.
Patton Anderson's division
09/02-03/64 Fall back to Lovejoy Station
09/12-14/64 Gen. Hood's army moved to Palmetto, Ga. where
President Davis reviews the troops.
10/02/64 Start of Nashville campaign.
Route: Dalton, Resaca, Lafayette, Summerville, Ga.; Gayesville,
Gadsden, Summit, Danville & Florence, Ala. Camped at Shoal
Creek, near Florence, Ala.
10/30/64 Two brigades of Johnson's division (including
the 19th) attack Gen. John T. Croxton's Federal troops near
Brainbridge driving the federal from the Huntsville and Florence
road near Judge Posey's.
11/05/64 Gen. Croxton attacked again at Shoal Creek and
forced to retire.
11/20-27/64 March resumes for Columbia, Tenn. via: Pulaski,
Spring Hill, then to Franklin, Tenn.
11/29/64 Gen. Hood crosses Duck River with Gen. Cheatham's
and Stewart's Corp and Gen. Johnson's division, including the
19th Ala., of Lee's Corp. Command bivouacked along the pike, letting
Gen. Schofield's army pass to Franklin.
11/30/64 Battle of Franklin, Tenn.
The 19th is in Johnson's division on the left, in Deas' brigade,
under Col. Kimbrough. Gen. S. D. Lee reports, " The brigades
of Sharp, Brantly (Both Mississippians) and Deas (Alabamians)
particularly distinguished themselves. Their dead were mostly
in the trenches and on the works of the enemy, where they nobly
fell in desperate hand-to-hand conflict."
12/02/64 Nashville reached. Lee's corp is in the center
across the Franklin Pike.
12/15-16/64 Battle of Nashville, Tenn.
On the 15th, the 19th Ala. is in Deas' brigade. With the division
it moves from right to left to support Gen. A. P. Stewart,
who is being attacked by Gen. George H. Thomas.
On the 16th, Gen. Johnson with the 19th Ala. is on the left of
Gen. Stevenson, who is left of Lee's corp which is across the
Franklin Pike. Gen. Johnson captured with part of his command.
Hood's army is routed and retreats via Franklin, Columbia, Pulaski
to Brainbridge.
12/27-28/64 The retreating army crosses the Tennessee River.
1865
01/06/65 Army arrives in Tupelo, Miss.
01/20/65 Start of move from Tupelo, Miss. to the Carolinas,
via: Mobile, Montgomery, Ala., Columbus, Macon, Augusta, Ga.,
thence to Columbia, SC
01/30/65 Deas brigade, at Green's Cut, is reassigned to
Gen. G. W. Smith, by order of Gen. D. H. Hill.
02/05/65 The 19th is at Binnaker's Bridge near Branchville,
SC
02/07/65 The 19th is relieved from Binnaker's bridge by
Col. Johnson, who is commanding Stovall's brigade. They are
moved to Holman's Bridge.
02/09/65 Deas moves HQ to Duncan's Bridge.
02/10/65 Deas moves to where the Columbia Rd. crosses the
North Edisto river.
02/23/65 Lee's corps, commanded by Gen. Stevenson, is near
Charlotte, NC
03/08-10/65 Kingston, NC Gen. Hill is in
command of Lee's corps, Col. Coltart in command of Hill's
division (formerly Johnson's) and Col. Toulmin in command of Deas'
brigade.
On the night of the 10th the army falls back through Goldsboro
to Bentonville, NC
03/19-20/65 Battle of Bentonville, NC, Deas'
brigade (commanded by Col. Toulmin), with Palmer's, Stovall's,
and Jackson's constitutes the first-line.
03/22/65 The army falls back to Smithfield, NC
03/31/65 The 19th is commanded by Maj. Solomon Palmer.
04/09/65 Army reorganized. The 19th and 40th Ala. are consolidated,
with M. L. Woods as Col. and Ezekiel S. Gulley as Lieut. Col.
Attached to Brigadier Gen. E.W. Pettus' brigade.
04/09/65 Gen. R. E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern
Virginia.
04/10/65 Army of Tennessee moves from Smithfield to Raleigh, then Gen.
Pettus' brigade was sent to Greensborough, NC to protect President
Davis and the cabinet.
04/12/65 Gen. Pettus sent to Salisbury by rail to stop
an enemy raid on stores there, driving the enemy off. The
19th and 40th Ala. (consolidated) was sent to guard the town, where
Col. Kyle was made commandant.
04/17/65 Negotiations begin for the surrender of Army of
Tennessee under Gen. Johnston to Gen. Sherman.
04/19/65 Suspension of arms agreement reached.
04/26/65 Surrender terms agreed upon.
05/04/65 Brigade started the move from Salisbury to Charlotte,
NC, and thence to Union Point, Ga.
At Union Point, GA, the brigade was disbanded, ending the career
of the 19th Alabama Regiment.
After four years of untold sacrifices, patient endurance, and heroic struggle, under the most trying conditions in all history of the time, their army, without resources, but still devoted patriots, yielded to vastly overwhelming numbers of the Northern Army.
Shiloh, Tenn.
Farmington, Miss.
Bridge Creek, Miss.
Munfordsville, Ky.
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Chickamauga, Ga.
Missionary Ridge, Ga
Rocky Face Line, Ga.
Resaca, Ga.
New Hope, Ga
Noonday Creek, Ga.
Alabama Hill, Ga.
Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.
Augusta Railroad, Ga
Atlanta, Ga.
Lick Skillet Road (Ezra Church), Ga
Atlanta, Ga.
Jonesborough, Ga..
Franklin, Tenn.
Nashville, Tenn.
Kingston, N.C.
Bentonville, N.C.
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