Alabama 55th Volunteer Infantry (Confederate)
1863-02-23
Organized - Alabama 55th Volunteer Infantry - Alabama
1863-05-16
Battle - Champion Hill - Hinds County, Mississippi
The Battle of Champion Hill was the largest and bloodiest action of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.READ MORE
1864-07-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas M. Scott
Brigadier GeneralThomas M. Scott
1864-07-20
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Company B 7th Tennessee Cavalry: Cpt James P. Russell, undefined Escort, and Major General William W. Loring
1864-07-20
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John Snodgrass
ColonelJohn Snodgrass
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas M. Scott, and Colonel John Snodgrass
Brigadier GeneralThomas M. Scott
ColonelJohn Snodgrass
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William W. Loring
Major GeneralWilliam W. Loring
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas M. Scott
Brigadier GeneralThomas M. Scott
1864-11-30
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major James B. Dickey
MajorJames B. Dickey
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Snodgrass
ColonelJohn Snodgrass
1864-12-15
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
1865-04-09
Mustered Out - Alabama 55th Volunteer Infantry - Alabama
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