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was made a colonel and authorized to raise a legion, consisting of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions (infantry), 4th Battalion (artillery) and 5th Battalion (cavalry). It was organized in Montgomery, Alabama, on June 25 of that year, with a strength of almost 3000 men. The cavalry battalion eventually
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was detached and assigned to the 10th Confederate Cavalry Regiment; and Company C, 4th Artillery Battalion, was separated as the
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On November 25, the Legion was disbanded at Charleston, Tennessee, and the remaining men reassigned to the
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Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992, p. 12
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Charles Horton Morgan who enlisted as a private in Co. A, 1st Battalion, Hilliard's Legion
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This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a
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A history of the Sixtieth Alabama regiment: Gracie's Alabama brigade
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Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama
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The Legion was sent to eastern Tennessee to participate in the
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force, with infantry, cavalry and artillery components.
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Confederate States of America
Alabama
Confederate States Army
Cumberland Gap
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Chattanooga

Confederate
American Civil War
combined arms
Henry Washington Hilliard
Barbour Light Artillery
ultimately successful siege
Cumberland Gap
Gracie
Battle of Chickamauga
59th
60th Alabama Regiments
59th Alabama
60th Alabama
23rd Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters
List of Alabama Civil War Confederate units
List of American Civil War legions
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