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Muster In: August 7, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Lucius Pinckard
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Captain Elias Folk
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Captain Simeon G. Perry
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Captain John A. Terrell
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Captain Elias Folk4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
- Commander: Captain Elias Folk6
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army12
- Commander: Captain Simeon G. Perry13
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army14,15
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army18
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army21,22
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Forney’s Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army26,27,28,29
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Forney’s Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army36,37
- Commander: Captain John A. Terrell38
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles39:
- Siege of Petersburg (June 1864-April 1865)
Bibliography:
Petersburg Campaign Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Confederate Casualties at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road: June 21-23, 1864
- Confederate Casualties at the Crater: July 30, 1864
- Confederate Casualties During the Wilson-Kautz Raid: June 22-July 2, 1864
- NP: July 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Situation at Petersburg, June 29
- NP: July 2, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Situation at Petersburg, June 28-30
- NP: November 15, 1896 Birmingham Age-Herald: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
- NP: October 22, 1905 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Confederate Third Corps
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Epilogue and Order of Battle
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 74-75 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 74-75 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 111 ↩
- Per regimental historian David White, Folk was generally in command of the 14th Alabama from May 12, 1864 until his death at the Battle of the Crater on July 3o, 1864. David mentioned that there may have been times where he was absent and not in command due to illness or furlough. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 111 ↩
- Per regimental historian David White, Folk was generally in command of the 14th Alabama from May 12, 1864 until his death at the Battle of the Crater on July 3o, 1864. David mentioned that there may have been times where he was absent and not in command due to illness or furlough. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 121 ↩
- Bernard, George S. War Talks of Confederate Veterans (Peterburg, VA: Fenn and Owen, Publishers: 1892), p. 331. Hat tip to David White, an expert on the 14th Alabama who is working on a regimental history of the unit, for identifying Folk as the commander of the regiment and for pointing out this source. ↩
- “Graphic Account Battle of Crater.” Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 22, 1905 p. 16, col. 1-6: “This brigade was composed of the Eighth Alabama, Captain W. W. Mordecai, commanding; Ninth Alabama, Colonel J. H. King, commanding; Tenth Alabama, Captain W. L. Brewster, commanding; Eleventh Alabama, Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Tayloe, commanding; Fourteenth Alabama, Captain Elias Folk, commanding.” ↩
- Per regimental historian David White. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 121 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 130 ↩
- Per regimental historian David White, Perry assumed command of the 14th on July 30, 1864 after Captain Folk was killed at the Battle of the Crater. David mentioned that while Perry was generally in command from July 30, 1864 to around January 25, 1865, there may have been times where he was absent and not in command due to illness or furlough. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 139 ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1312. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 139 ↩
- Per regimental historian David White, Perry assumed command of the 14th on July 30, 1864 after Captain Folk was killed at the Battle of the Crater. David mentioned that while Perry generally in command from July 30, 1864 to around January 25, 1865, there may have been times where he was absent and not in command due to illness or furlough. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 149 ↩
- Per regimental historian David White, Perry assumed command of the 14th on July 30, 1864 after Captain Folk was killed at the Battle of the Crater. David mentioned that while Perry generally in command from July 30, 1864 to around January 25, 1865, there may have been times where he was absent and not in command due to illness or furlough. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 149 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 157 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 166 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 157 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 166 ↩
- Per regimental historian David White, Perry assumed command of the 14th on July 30, 1864 after Captain Folk was killed at the Battle of the Crater. David mentioned that while Perry generally in command from July 30, 1864 to around January 25, 1865, there may have been times where he was absent and not in command due to illness or furlough. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 175 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1174: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there. They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave. I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 185 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1272: “Organization of the Infantry and Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from February 28, 1865. However, leaders listed are from January. I’ve chosen to ignore the leaders and just use this source for the organization of the order of battle. ↩
- Per regimental historian David White: “Captain Perry departed on furlough in late January, and no records are found to indicate he ever returned to the regiment. Captain John A. Terrell assumed command of the 14th Alabama upon Perry’s departure on furlough, and generally remained in command of the regiment for the remainder of the war.” ↩
- Per brigade historian David White, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 762 (William H. Forney, 10th Alabama, Fold3.com Page 99): “Letter recommending Colonel Forney for promotion to Brigadier General.” Multiple officers signed this letter, including Perry, and he indicated he was commanding the regiment on January 18, 1865. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 175 ↩
- Sibley lists Pinckard as being present in January 1865. However, per regimental historian David White: “I find no records to indicate that Colonel Pinckard (wounded and captured at Gettysburg) ever returned to the regiment after being released from captivity in 1864.” ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 185 ↩
- Per regimental historian David White, Terrell assumed command of the 14th around January 25, 1865 when Captain Perry went on a furlough. David mentioned that while Terrell was generally in command from around January 25, 1865 to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, there may have been times where he was absent and not in command due to illness or furlough. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 194 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 203 ↩
- Per regimental historian David White, Terrell assumed command of the 14th around January 25, 1865 when Captain Perry went on a furlough. David mentioned that while Terrell was generally in command from around January 25, 1865 to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, there may have been times where he was absent and not in command due to illness or furlough. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 74-75 ↩
My 2nd great grandfather was in Company I of the 14th, serving under Elias Folke. Folke sent a letter to his wife when he died of fever, following wounding at Gaines’ Mill. Folke was killed at The Crater.
Mr. Phillips. I am researching the 14th Alabama, and I am very interested in obtaining a copy of Captain Folk’s letter (or a transcription of the letter) to your ancestor when Private James H. Phillips, Company I, died in 1862. Please contact me at ddwhite14040@verizon.net. Thank you.
David White,
Manassas, Virginia