The 2nd Alabama was formed by headquarters personnel of the 1st Confederate Battalion so they would register under a name that could be easily and quickly found at large event registration tables. Its members are essentially independents; Battalion staff members simply do their assigned staff duties, while riflemen fall in with Battalion company members as needed. As such an organization, there are no dues, newsletters, rules, unit meetings, unit politics, mandatory events, or drills. However, the unit was recognized as a Battalion voting member, since it had sufficient members according to an previous umbrella organization regulation, and therefore gets the benefits of Battalion membership.
If interested in further information, please contact the unit commander at 610-644-6337.
If interested in information on the 1st Confederate Battalion, go to that organization's home page.
History of the Original Regiment
The Second Alabama Infantry Regiment (the "Magnolia Regiment") was composed of companies raised in Calhoun, Clarke, Franklin, Jackson, Mobile, Monroe, and Pickens counties, which flocked to the seaboard at the first call of the State and which enlisted for one year. They organized at Fort Morgan in April, 1861, and remained in garrison there until March 1862, serving as infantry and manning the heavy artillery. Ordered to Tennessee, the term of service expired at Fort Pillow and the regiment was disbanded there. Two or three companies joined other organizations, such as the 1st Confederate Battalion, almost intact, but most of the men distributed themselves among new regiments.
Field and staff officers: Col. Hary Maury (Mobile); Lt. Col. Hal C. Bradford (Jackson); Majors Phillander Morgan (Talladega; resigned); Daniel P. Forney (Calhoun); and Adjutant J. B. McClung (Madison).
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