Alabama 54th Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Alabama 54th Infantry Regiment [also called 50th Regiment] was organized in October, 1862, by adding four Alabama companies of Walker's 5th Confederate Regiment to the 4th Confederate Regiment. Its members were from Coffee, Macon, Choctaw, Limestone, Blount, Morgan, and De Kalb counties. The unit served in General Tilghman's and Buford's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and saw action at Fort Pemberton and Champion's Hill. After the siege of Jackson, it was assigned to A. Baker's, Gibson's, and Brantley's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 54th participated in the Atlanta Campaign, moved to Mobile, then returned to the army in North Carolina. During the Atlanta Campaign, May 7-June 2, it lost 12 killed and 49 wounded, and in the Battle of Atlanta more than half of the regiment was disabled. Few were included in the surrender on April 25, 1865. OFFICERS:
Colonels -- Alpheus Baker of Barbour; captured at Island Ten; wounded at Baker's Creek; promoted. John A. Minter.
Lieut. Colonels -- John A Minter of Coffee; captured at Island Ten; promoted. Thaddeus H. Shackelford.
Majors -- Thaddeus H. Shackelford of Mississippi; captured at Island Ten; promoted.
Adjutants -- Horace M. Smith of Barbour; died in service.
ASSIGNMENTS:
General Tilghman's and Buford's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
Assigned to A. Baker's, Gibson's, and Brantley's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.
SERVICE:
Island Ten
Fort Pemberton
Baker's Creek (Champion Hill)
Siege of Jackson
Atlanta Campaign
Resaca
Battle of Atlanta
Nashville
Franklin
Bentonville
ROSTER:
The roster of this regiment contains the names of 757 men.

Coffee -- I. T. Law; captured at Island Ten, and Atlanta.
Limestone -- Charles W. Raisler; captured at Island Ten, and Baker's Creek.
Chocta -- Jonas Griffin; captured at Island Ten; resigned. Charles C. McCall.
State of Mississippi -- A. J. Evans; captured at Island Ten; wounded near Atlanta.
Coffee -- Lewis J. Laird; captured at Island Ten; wounded at New Hope.
Chocta -- Joshua Morse; till re-organized. Wm. S. Smith.
Macon -- John H. Christian; captured at Island Ten.
Blount, Morgan, Limestone -- ....Whitfield; resigned. Porter Bibb; till reorganized. S. C. Twitty. Lieut. G. L. Brindley commanded.
State of Mississippi --..... Wright. Lieut. Carpenter Commanded.
DeKalb -- Thomas H. Withers; captured at Island Ten and Canton. Lieut. Appleton commanded.
SOURCE:
Brewer, William Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama During the Civil War
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Rigdon, John C. A Guide to Alabama Civil War Research, Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.