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BATTLES OF THE WESTERN ARMY IN WHICH ALABAMA TROOPS WERE ENGAGED.

1861.

Santa Rosa, Fla., Oct. 9. Gen. R. H. Anderson, 1,000; loss 18 k, 39 w, 25 m.—Federal, Col. Harvey Brown, 500; loss 50 k, 20 m.

Alabama troops, 1st and 7th Inf.

Wild Cat, Ky., Oct. 21. Gen. Zollicoffer; loss 11 k, 42 w.—Federal, loss 5 k, 21 w, 40 m.

Alabama troops, 16th Inf.

Pensacola, Fort Pickens, Fla., Nov. 23. Gen. Bragg; loss 5 k, 23 w.—Federal, Lt. Slemmer, Capts. Ellison and McKean, the Niagara and Richmond 81st Art.; loss 5 k, 7 w.

Alabama troops, 7th, 17th, 19th, 29th Inf.; 1st. Inf. as Art.

Sacramento, Ky., Dec. 28. Col. B. Forrest; loss 2 k, 3 w.—Federal, Gen. Geo. H. Thomas; loss 65 k, 17 w, 18 m.

1862.

Mill Springs, Ky., Jan. 19. Gen. Zollicoffer, 4,000; loss 125 k, 309 w, 95 m.–Federal, Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, 4,000; loss 39 k, 207 w, 15 m.

Alabama troops, 16th Inf.; Ketchum's Batty.

Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 8. Gen. Wise and Com. Lynch; loss 23 k, 58 w, 2527 m.—Federal, Gen. Burnside and Com. Goldsborough, 7,500, 24 gunboats; loss 37 k, 214 w, 13 m.

Alabama troops, Montgomery True Blues Art.

Fort Donelson, Tenn., Feb. 14-16. Gen. Buckner, 17,000; loss 446 k, 1534 w, 13,829 m.—Federal, Gen. Grant and Com. Foote, 20,000, 6 gunboats; loss 500 k, 2108 w, 224 m.

Alabama troops, Garvin's Battn. ; 26th-50th, 27th Inf.

Near Shiloh, Tenn., April 4. Col. Clanton; loss 7 m.—Federal, loss 1 k, 1 m.

Alabama troops, 1st Cav.

Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 7. Gens. A. S. Johnson and Beauregard, 38,773; loss 1728 k, 8012 w, 959 m.—Federal, Gens. Grant and Buell, 70,863; loss 1754 k, 8408 w, 2885 m.

Alabama troops, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 22d, 25th, 26th-50th, 31st, 4th Batt. Inf.; Brewer's, Forrest's, Clanton's, Jenkins', Cav.; 1st, 3d, 53d Cav.; Ketchum's, Gage's, Lumsden's Battrs.

New Madrid or Island No. 10, Tenn., March 16 to April 8. Gen. McCown, 15 regts.; loss 17 k, 13 w, 2000 m.—Federal, Gen. Pope and Com. Foote, 33 regiments, 17 boats; loss 17 k, 34 w, 3 m.

Alabama troops, 1st, 54th Inf.

Huntsville, Ala., April 11. Total loss 200.—Federal, Gen. O. M. Mitchell, 8,000.

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