History of the 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment The 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment was enlisted 17 June 1861 at Lynchburg, VA, with 972 men, rank and file, though several of the companies had been in camp for 2 or 3 months. The companies were raised in Bibb, Clarke, Fayette, Greene, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, and Washington counties. Proceeding to VA, it reached Winchester in July and was brigaded under Gen'l Edmund Kirby Smith of FL. It remained between Alexandria and Centreville, and near Manassas, until the army moved over to Yorktown. Gen'l John H. Forney of Calhoon had been in temporary command of the brigade, and was succeeded during the winter by Gen'l Cadmus Wilcox. The regiment fell back to Richmond and was first under fire at Seven Pines, were it lost 9 k and 49 w. It charged the enemy in a strong position at Gains' Mill, and lost 27 k and 129 w. But it was Fraziers' farm 3 days later that the 11th  and other regiments of the brigade charge across an open field and engaged in a bloody struggle over the enemies' batteries, wherein the bayonet was the chief weapon, and it lost the commanding officers and 8 companies and a total of 182 k and w. The regiment was under fire a 2nd Manassas and lost 25 k and w. It was a part of the investing force at Harpers Ferry and hastened to Sharpsburg where it was engaged with a loss of 35 k and w. It wintered on the Rappahannock and was exposed at Fredericksburg where casualties were 12 k and w. As part of Wilcox's Brigade, it fought Union General John Sedgwick at Salem, where it lost 117 k and w. With the army, it moved into PA and was badly cut up at Gettysburg. The command wintered near Orange Courthouse, 1863-64 and tried to gather strength. At the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, the regiment was in close quarters against the enemy and lost about 65 men. Gen'l John Sanders of Greene was now in command of the brigade. From The Wilderness to Petersburg, almost constant skirmishing occurred, and from 22-30 June, the loss was about 80 k and w. The 11th was in a column that retook the broken line at The Crater, losing about 40 men, and from 16 Aug. to 17 Oct., which includes the effort to retake the Weldon Railroad, the loss in k and w, and captured was 76. It fought at Burgess' Mill, with a severe loss, and was sternly confronting the foe at Appomattox when astounded by the news of surrender. There were only about 125 of the regiment present there for duty, Capt. M.L. Stewart of Pickens commanding. Of 1192 names on its muster roll, over 270 fell in battle, about 200 died of disease, 170 were discharged, and 80 were transferred.