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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
16th Infantry Regiment, assembled at Courtland, Alabama, in August, 1861, contained men from Russell, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Franklin, Cherokee, and Marion counties. On April 26, 1865, about 50 officers and men surrendered.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | 16th Infantry Regiment, assembled at Courtland, Alabama, in August, 1861, contained men from Russell, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Franklin, Cherokee, and Marion counties. On April 26, 1865, about 50 officers and men surrendered.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ 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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*Company K - many men from [[Marion County, Alabama#Military|Marion County]] | *Company K - many men from [[Marion County, Alabama#Military|Marion County]] | ||
The Companies with their counties and captains are found in James Edmonds Saunders' ''Early Settlers of Alabama'', (New Orleans: L Graham and Son, 1899). [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924102201641#page/n187/mode/2up Internet Archives] | The Companies with their counties and captains are found in James Edmonds Saunders' ''Early Settlers of Alabama'', (New Orleans: L Graham and Son, 1899). [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924102201641#page/n187/mode/2up Internet Archives] | ||
<br> The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 1,761 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=CAL0016RI Roster]. <br> | |||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 1,761 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=CAL0016RI Roster]. <br> | |||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
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=== References === | === References === | ||
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[[Category:Alabama_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | [[Category:Alabama_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | ||