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 Alabama seceded from the United States January 11, 1861. Though Alabama did not have any major battles within its borders, it did contribute about 120,000 white men to the Confederate armed forces. Most served with others from their local areas. Unknown numbers of slaves were pressed into service to build or repair roads, railroads, and defenses, while others took care of the cooking and cleaning for the armies. About 10,000 slaves escaped and joined the Union forces as well as about 2700 white men who remained loyal to the Union.<ref name="wikipedia">Wikipedia.com, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_in_the_American_Civil_War Alabama in the American Civil War], (accessed 19 March 2011).</ref><br>
 For more information about Alabama in the Civil War, see the Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_in_the_American_Civil_War Alabama in the American Civil War].
-==== Battles ====
+==== Battles  ====
 Civil War battles were fought in Alabama. The following have information about these battles:
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 *[http://www.civilwaralbum.com/ Civil War Album] site has modern photos of places or things relating to the battles. It can be searched.
-=== Alabama Military Units  ===
+=== Alabama Military Units<br>  ===
-Many units were numbered, however, many were named instead. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and other units.
+Many units were numbered, however, many were named instead. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and other units. <br>
 The information in the lists of Alabama Military Units comes from the [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site. That web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.
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 <center>'''Alabama Units by Number or by Name'''</center><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 30px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"></div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">'''''Confed. Units'''''</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Units 1st through 6th|1st-6th]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Units 7th through 30th|7th-30th]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Units 31st through 105th|31st- 105th]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Units A through G|A-G]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Units H through M|H-M]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Units N-Z|N-Z]]</div><div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><br><center>'''Alabama Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 30px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"></div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">'''''Confed. Units'''''</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Reserve Units|Reserves]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Confederate Local Units|Local Units]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Other Confederate Units|Other]]</div><br>
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-<center>'''Alabama Union Units'''</center><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 223px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"></div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Union Units|Units]]<div style="float: left; width: 100%;"></div></div></div>
+<center>'''Alabama Union Units'''</center><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 223px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"></div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Alabama Civil War Union Units|Units]]<div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><br></div></div></div><div></div>
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 === Sources and Resources  ===
 Alabama soldiers served in both the Union and Confederate armies. Indexes and compiled military service records for both armies are available on microfilm.
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+==== General Information  ====
 *Jones, Ken. ''The Civil War in Alabama''. [Internet site]. N.p., 1997. 19 November 1999. [cited 17 March 2000]. Available at [http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/alabama.html www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/alabama.html]. This site lists a yearly account of people, events, and battles in the Civil War and includes links to other web sites about these events. <br>
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 *'''[http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/search.cfm Alabama Department of Archives and History Civil War Service Database]'''may be searched alphabetically amd lists the name, branch, regiment, company unit and unit name.<br>
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+==== Union  ====
 ===== Service Records  =====
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 *United States. Record and Pension Office. ''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0276. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1959. (Family History Library {{FHL|36042|title-id|disp=films 1276611–20}}.) The records are arranged alphabetically.
-===== Pension Records =====
+===== Pension Records  =====
 *'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]].<br>
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 *United States. Veteran’s Administration. ''General Index to Pension Files, 1861–1934.'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, T0288. Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration Publications Service, 1953. (Family History Library {{FHL|184124|title-id|disp=films beginning with 540757–1300}}.)
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 ===== Service Records  =====
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 *[[Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] describes this record collection with a link to the online database.
-===== Pension Records =====
+===== Pension Records  =====
 *Alabama Pension Commission (Alabama). ''Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880–1930s''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987. (On 276 Family History Library {{FHL|630229|title-id|disp=films beginning with 1502476}}.) The soldiers’ or sailors’ applications are in alphabetical order and contain: name, rank, company, regiment, date and place wounded, post office address, occupation, taxable property, affidavits of witnesses, a schedule of property (number of acres), and a list of personal property (items and value).<br>
 After 23 September 1919, a more detailed form called for the soldier’s exact age; how long he had lived in the state; when he had married; names, ages, and occupations of living children; and where the veteran was last registered to vote. <br>
 A veteran’s widow who applied for a pension after 1914 used a reclassification form that asked for her exact birth date. Beginning in 1920, the pension applications contain more information such as the widow’s name, post office, number on pension roll, with whom she was living, where and when she was born (month, day, year), the name of her father, his address, and when and where he died. She also had to give the name of her husband, when he moved to Alabama, when he enlisted, a list of his property and yearly income, and when and where they married. She also had to state whether she was living with the veteran, divorced, or widowed. If applicable she provided information about when and where he died or if he lived in another state. <br>
 In 1907, 1921, and 1927, the state prepared lists of Confederate veteran pensioners. Additional Confederate pension records are:
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 *United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Case Files of Applications from Former Confederates for Presidential Pardons ("Amnesty Papers").'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1003. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1976. (Family History Library {{FHL|573048|title-id|disp=films 1578739–50}} for Alabama.) Film 1578739 has a name index. These handwritten applications from 1865 to 1867 contain names of persons applying for pardon, the county of residence, date of application, a list of property owned and its value, and often their age and occupation. Sometimes the applications include their state of birth and whether they were married ( spouse’s name not given). A few African-Americans in Alabama took this loyalty oath. The Alabama pardon applications are in alphabetical order.
 Some of these records have been published and are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- MILITARY RECORDS
 ==== Histories of Alabama Military Units  ====
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 ==== Southern Claims Commission  ====
 If a Union sympathizer in Alabama claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Alabama counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]].
 === References  ===
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 [[Category:Alabama_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]