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Rh Same assignment, Colonel Forsyth commanding brigade, December 31, 1864.

No. 90—(564) In Battle's brigade, Ramseur's division, Gen. J. A. Early. Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864. (1002) Army of the Valley district, August 20, 1864. (10 1 3) With Second army corps, army of Northern Virginia, Gen. J. A. Early. No. 95—(1270) Same assignment, Capt. Cornelius Robinson, Jr., in command, Appomattox campaign. No. 96—(1172) Same assignment, January 31, 1865. (1181) Same assignment, commanded by Capt. Benjamin F. K. Melton. (1270) Same assignment, February 28, 1865.

The Fourth Alabama regiment, commanded by Col. Egbert J. Jones, was organized at Dalton, Ga., May, 1861, and immediately proceeded to Virginia. It fought with great distinction at Manassas, Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, Second Manassas, Boonesboro, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, battles around Richmond and Petersburg. When General Lee surrendered at Appomattox, the regiment numbered but 202 men.

Among the many officers who were killed in these battles were Col. Egbert J. Jones and Captain Lindsay, both of whom fell at Manassas; Capt. G. B. Martin at Seven Pines; William Lee at Malvern Hill; Lieut. C. C. Ferris at Second Manassas; Capt. J. Sullivan at Sharpsburg; Colonel McLemore at Boonesboro; Capt. J. Keith at Fredericksburg; Capt. W. W. Leftwich at Gettysburg; Major Coleman at Chickamauga; Captain Kidd at Chickamauga; Capt Bayless C. Brown at The Wilderness; Capt. H. Armistead at Gaines' Mill; Capt Alfred C. Price at Gaines' Mill, and Capt. A. Murray at Petersburg.

Vol. I—(470) Referred to in letter from S. A. M.