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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
44th Infantry Regiment was organized at Selma, Alabama, in May, 1862, and reached Richmond, Virginia, on July 1. Its companies were raised in the counties of Lowndes, Dallas, De Kalb, Shelby, Wilcox, Bibb, Randolph, and Calhoun.The unit surrendered with 17 officers and 192 men at Appomattox.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | |||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
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The list of companies with their counties and muster rolls is found on [http://history-sites.com/~kjones/lawsbrig.html#44th history-sites.com] web site. | The list of companies with their counties and muster rolls is found on [http://history-sites.com/~kjones/lawsbrig.html#44th history-sites.com] web site. | ||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Solidiers and Sailors database] lists 2,250 men on its roster for this unit. | The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Solidiers and Sailors database] lists 2,250 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=CAL0044RI Roster]. | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
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*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | ||
*Boyd, Charles E. ''Devil's Den | *Boyd, Charles E. ''Devil's Den : a history of the 44th Alababma [sic] Volunteer Infantry Regiment Confederate States Army (1862-1865)''. ([Alabama: C.E. Goyd], c1987), {{FHL|464061|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 M2bc}} | ||
*Garrett, J.J. "Forty-Fourth Alabama Regiment," ''Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society,'' Vol. 2 (1898):34-38. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/575085-transactions-of-the-alabama-historical-society-v-2-1897-1898?offset=10 FamilySearch Digital Library] - free. | *Garrett, J.J. "Forty-Fourth Alabama Regiment," ''Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society,'' Vol. 2 (1898):34-38. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/575085-transactions-of-the-alabama-historical-society-v-2-1897-1898?offset=10 FamilySearch Digital Library] - free. | ||
*Little, Robert Henry. ''A year of starvation amid plenty, or, How a Confederate soldier suffered from hunger and cruelty in a prison of war during the awful days of the sixties ( 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment)''. (Bethesda, Maryland | *Little, Robert Henry. ''A year of starvation amid plenty, or, How a Confederate soldier suffered from hunger and cruelty in a prison of war during the awful days of the sixties ( 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment)''. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990), {{FHL|464061|item|disp=FHL fiche 6082306}} | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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