54th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

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Brief History

54th Infantry Regiment [also called 50th Regiment] was organized in October, 1862, by adding four Alabama companies of Walker's 5th Confederate Regiment to the 4th Confederate Regiment. Its members were from Coffee, Macon, Choctaw, Limestone, Blount, Morgan, and De Kalb counties. Few were included in the surrender on April 25, 1865.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Companies by County:

• Company A
• Company B "Confederate Bricks" - many men from Limestone County
• Company C "Choctaw Griffin Rifles" - many men from Choctaw County
• Company D "Chuckatoochee Riflemen" - many men from Mississippi
• Company E "Gulf Rangers" - many men from Coffee County
• Company F "Andy Moore's Guards" - many men from Choctaw County
• Company G "DeKalb Rifles" - many men from DeKalb County
• Company H "Mississippi Devils" - many men from Blount County, Morgan County and Limestone County
• Company I "Alabama Hickories" - many men from Mississippi
• Company K "DeKalb Rifles" - many men from DeKalb County

Other Sources

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Alabama in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).
  

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• Alabama in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Alabama, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.

• 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.