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33rd Alabama at Franklin Commanded by Mark P. Lowrey (1828-1885) at Franklin Part of Lowrey's Brigade at Franklin, took heavy casualties at Spring Hill Lowrey, a native Tennessean, moved to MS in his early teens. A Mexican War veteran. Lowrey was a Baptist minister, age 35 at Franklin. He helped raise the 32nd MS Infantry and became a BG in 1863. Commanded these units at Franklin: 16th, 33rd and 45th Alabama; 5th, 8th and 32nd MS; 3rd MS battalion
The 33rd at Franklin, fighting near the Carter cotton gin In Cleburne's Division; behind Granbury and Govan just east of Columbia Pike. Filled the salient between Cotton Gin and Columbia Pike. Lowrey claimed that his men suffered half their casualties before they ever got to the Federal line, I surmise due to artillery from 1st KY and 104th Ohio. Many of the 33rd engaged in hand to hand fighting by Battery A, 1st Kentucky Artillery (see below).
The 12th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.) engaged with the 33rd AL. Capt John Brown (12th KY) captured the 33rd's colors. BG Lowrey rode to within 30 yards of the Federal line (present location of Cleburne Park, see below) until he had his horse shot out from him.
Casualties at Franklin Eight identified 33rd men are buried at McGavock Confederate Cemetery 129 AL men died at Franklin; 424 MS boys died Granbury (K) lost 49 men, Govan 43, but Lowrey lost 82 men and they were behind Granbury/Govan
Description of action
Our first line captured the first line of the Federal works, a temporary. You claim that in your front the two lines of works were half a mile apart. In our front I think they were about one hundred yards apart. Our orders were not to stop at the first work, but to cross over the second line. A few of us obeyed orders. How many poor fellows never reached the second line.[Private Andrew Jackson Batchelor, Co. K, 33rd Alabama, Lowreys Brigade] I could not see their works until within a few yards of them, the smoke was so dense. When I reached the ditch, it was filled with dead and wounded Confederates. I walked over on dead men. There were five or six of us near our colors, but all fell in the ditch but myself. Our colors were just over the works. I ran up on the works at the corner of the old ginhouse. I threw my gun down on the works at the corner of the ginhouse. Just then I was jerked over the works.[Private Andrew Jackson Batchelor, Co. K, 33rd Alabama, Lowreys Brigade]
The 33rd Alabama Infantry (Lowreys Brigade) at Franklin Confederate Order of Battle at Franklin
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D, 104th Ohio] A sheet of fire was poured into our very faces...(and) the terrible avalanche of shot and shell laid low those brave and gallant heroes... [Sam R. Watkins, Co. H, 1st Tennessee] A few rods from our front line General Pat Cleburne fell, pierced by seventeen rifle balls. Finding that they could not take our line, they lay down in the ditch in front, where some of them crawled to the embrasures and began to shoot down the gunners. Noticing this, John Hunt, of company D, crawled under one of the guns, from whence he picked them off as soon as they showed their heads in the embrasure. Lieutenant Wm. F. Kemble, of Company C, was conspicuous for his bravery, throwing axes, hatchets and anything that came to hand into the seething mass of rebels in front, till a rebel bullet laid him cold in death. Remember Utoy Creek was our battle cry on that eventful day, and well did the men of the 1st brigade avenge themselves on the enemies. For half an hour we kept up this terrible fire, much of the time amid smoke so dense that we could distinguish nothing at the distance of a rod. [Private Nelson A. Pinney, Co. D, 104th Ohio] Private Andrew Jackson Batchelor, 33rd Alabama, related his account of the battle: I could not see their works until within a few yards of them, the smoke was so dense. When I reached the ditch, it was filled with dead and wounded Confederates. I walked over on dead men. There were five or six of us near our colors, but all fell in the ditch but myself. Our colors were just over the works. I ran up on the works at the corner of the old ginhouse. I threw my gun down on the works at the corner of the ginhouse. Just then I was jerked over the works. [Private Andrew Jackson Batchelor, Co. K, 33rd Alabama, Lowreys Brigade] Private Nelson A. Pinney, 104th Ohio, related his account of this part of the battle: The smoke had lifted but little when we could see rags upon bayonets from the ditch in front, and could hear them calling out, For Gods sake, dont shoot, and well give up and come in. Of course, over a thousand were captured by our brigade, of whom two hundred survivors of the 16th Alabama, and as many more of the others commands, fell into the hands of the 104th (Ohio Volunteer Infantry), as well as eleven rebel battle flags. But it was not by any means a bloodless victory for us. The 104th had sixty killed and wounded, besides, perhaps a dozen of our skirmishers taken prisoners. Just at dusk [about 5:00 p.m.] the 104th was ordered to make a reconnaissance in front of the lines. Clambering over the works we formed in a line outside and moved on our slow and tedious way along the ground over which the rebels came in their headlong charge. The sights and sounds which greeted us as we grouped along were enough to shock a heart of stone. Along the front of our line the dead and dying lay piled up promiscuously in the ditch, sometimes eight feet deep, while as we passed over the ground we were often obliged to pick our way most carefully along, to avoid tramping on the bodies with which the ground was strewn. On every hand the wounded men would cry for mercy: O, for God s sake, give me water . Don t kill me for God s sake, as though they thought we might be brutal enough to harm a dying man. We found no enemy in front except these fallen ones, so we returned to our place on the line. [Private Nelson A. Pinney, Co. D, 104th Ohio] Union and Confederate troops, Mississippians, Ohioans, Illinoisans, Indianians, fought hand-to-hand in the dark for possession of the parapets and their flags...The ditch in front of the works was a mass of gray and brown bodies, a blur of faces and claw like hands. Here and there the dead were piled four and five deep. Dead men who had no more room to fall
stood upright in the pile still holding their rifles with their faces still set toward the vanished foe. [Steven Cone, reenactor, Company K, 46th Tennessee] The Medal of Honor was awarded to Private John H. Ricksecker, Company E, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry for capturing the 16th Alabama Infantry Regiments battle flag near Carters Cotton Gin. This was in the vicinity of where many surviving members of the 16th Alabama had surrendered, probably along with members of the Mississippi 5th, 8th and 32nd Regiments and 3rd Battalion. The commanding officer losses in Lowrey's Brigade and Cleburne's Division, were: Cleburnes Division: Maj.-Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne, commanding, killed in first major assault in vicinity of where Gen. Granbury was killed, two horses also killed Lowrey's Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Mark P. Lowrey, commanding, survived, horse wounded, assumed division command until Brig.-Gen. James A. Smiths arrival 16th Alabama, Col. F.A. Ashford, killed 33rd Alabama, Col. R.F. Crittenden, missing 45th Alabama, Lieut. Col. R.H. Abercrombie, wounded 3rd Battl. & 5th Regt. Mississippi (Consolidated), Col. John Weir, wounded 8th & 32nd Regts. Mississippi (Consolidated), Col. W.H.H. Tison, wounded Granburys Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Hiram B. Granbury, commanding, killed Govans Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Daniel C. Govan, commanding, survived
History of the 33rd Alabama Infantry The 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment was officially organized and outfitted at Pensacola, Florida in April 1862. After dismounting heavy artillery from obsolete Fort McRee, the regiment was sent to Corinth, Mississippi, arriving just after the Battle of Shiloh. Its baptism under fire occurred at Perryville, Kentucky in October of 1862 where it captured a battery, but suffered heavy casualties, including every field officer. The next month the Army of Tennessee was organized, and the history of this great army is the history of the 33rd. The regiment was placed in General Patrick Cleburnes Division, and contributed to his reputation of possessing the best assault troops in the Army of Tennessee. The 33rd drove the enemy before it in Hardees dawn assault at Murfreesboro; it prevailed against the 6th Indiana (the Federal unit we portray) at Chickamauga; it helped hold the flank at Missionary Ridge; it helped bring the Federal pursuit to a bloody end at Ringgold Gap; it piled up the enemy dead at Picketts Mill and Kennesaw Mountain; it suffered through forced marches in stifling heat; and it charged the numerically superior enemies breastworks in several battles before Atlanta. The colors of the 33rd, which was one of five different flags carried during the war, waved proudly over all these many battlefields, always with honor, until it was captured amid fierce fighting with gun butts and bayonets at the bloody Battle of Franklin, Tennessee on November 30, 1864. Afterward, and before the Battle of Nashville, the remnants of the 33rd were consolidated with other decimated Alabama regiments to continue the struggle for independence. Only a hand full were left to face the unbearable reality of surrender in North Carolina in 1865. In fact, it is believed that the 33rd Alabama did not participate in General Johnstons official surrender, but simply disbanded and went home. Organization The 33rd was organized at Pensacola, Florida on April 23, 1862. The 18th Infantry Battalion was merged into the 33rd in January, 1863. The 33rd was consolidated with the 16th and 45th Infantry regiments from January to April, 1865. The 33rd was last consolidated with the 1st, 16th, and 45th infantry regiments at Smithfield, North Carolina on April 8, 1865 while serving under the command of General Joseph Johnston. The 33rd disbanded before the official surrender, and was, therefore, not present when General Johnston surrendered his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865.
Assignments Hawthorn's Brigade, 3rd Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (June - July 1862) Hawthorn's Brigade, Hardees' Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (July 1862) Wood's Brigade, Hardee's Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (August 1862) Wood's - Lowery's Brigade, Buckner's - Cleburne's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1862 - November 1863) Lowery's Brigade, Cleburne's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1863 - April 1865) Battles Munfordville (September 17, 1862) Perryville (October 8, 1862) Murfreesboro (December 31, 1862 - January 3, 1863) Chickamauga (September 19 - 20, 1863) Chattanooga Siege (September - November 1863) Chattanooga (November 23 25, 1863) Ringgold Gap (November 27, 1863) Atlanta Campaign (May - September 1864) New Hope Church (May 25 - June 4, 1864) Kennesaw Mountain (June 27, 1864) Atlanta Siege (July - September 1864) Atlanta (July 22, 1864) Ezra Church (July 28, 1864) Jonesboro (August 31 - September 1, 1864) Franklin (November 30, 1864) Nashville (December 15 - 16, 1864) Carolinas Campaign (February - April 1865) 10
The Thirty-third, organized at Pensacola, in April, 1862, was sent to Corinth soon after the battle of Shiloh. It took part in the Kentucky campaign at the capture of Munfordville, September 17th, and suffered heavy loss at Perryville, October 8th. It was greatly distinguished at Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863. The brilliant record of the regiment was again established at Chickamauga, September 19th and 20th, where it lost 133 men. The Eighteenth battalion, Major Gibson, had been attached to the regiment and amalgamated with it, so that henceforth their history is identical, and in this battle perished the gallant leader of the battalion. The roll of honor of the organization is a long and creditable one. The regiment was at Lookout Mountain, November 24th, Missionary Ridge, November 25th, and Ringgold, November 27th. Worn, weary, many of the men barefooted, the regiment never lost its spirit, but fought on to the end with the same undaunted bravery. It wintered in Dalton and took part in all the battles and skirmishes from there to Chattanooga, always in the front. Its gallant Colonel Adams was killed at Atlanta, July 22, 1864. With Hood in Tennessee, the regiment lost heavily, its strength of 285 men being reduced to less than 80. T he regiment was transferred to North Carolina and surrendered at Smithfield. Adjutant Stalworth died at Tupelo; Adjt. A. M. Moore and Capt. William S. Sims were killed at Chickamauga; Capt. William E. Dodson at Kenesaw; Capt. J. D. McKee at Perryville; Capts. John C. Norman and W. E. Cooper in a railroad accident. Among the field officers were Col. Samuel Adams, killed at Atlanta, and Col. Robert Crittenden; Lieut.Cols. Daniel H. Horn, and James H. Dunklin, who was wounded at Chickamauga. Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 160
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Stone's
River
after
battle
report:
Report
of
Col.
Samuel
Adams,
Thirty-third
Alabama
Infantry.
ESTILL
SPRINGS,
TENN.,
January
7,
1863.
SIR:
In
obedience
to
circular
of
this
date,
headquarters
Wood's
brigade,
I
have
the
honor
to
report
that
on
24th
ultimo
I
arrived
at
Triune,
Tenn.,
at
which
place
my
regiment
was
encamped,
doing
outpost
duty.
On
26th
of
same
month
I
resumed
command
of
it.
At
1
p.m.
on
that
day
may
regiment
was
ordered
forward
to
meet
the
advance
of
the
enemy.
The
regiment,
in
accordance
with
orders,
moved
forward
about
2
miles
from
Triune
and
halted
until
about
4
p.m.,
when
it
was
ordered
to
form
line
of
battle
about
half
a
mile
in
rear
of
Triune,
in
which
position
it
remained
until
4
a.m.,
December
27,
when
it
was
ordered
to
form
line
of
battle
on
the
road
leading
from
Triune
to
Murfreesborough,
about
300
yards
form
the
village.
At
this
place
until
about
9
a.m.,
when
it
was
ordered
to
move
across
the
bridge
on
the
turnpike
road
leading
to
Shelbyville,
about
2
miles
from
Triune,
and
form
line
of
battle
on
the
range
of
hills
immediately
south
of
it.
At
this
place
it
remained
until
3
a.m.,
when
it
was
ordered
by
Gen.
Wood
to
fall
back
in
rear
of
his
brigade
on
the
Shelbyville
turnpike.
On
night
of
December
28,
it
encamped
about
1
miles
west
of
Murfreesborough.
On
December
29,
it
formed
line
of
battle
near
the
Nashville
turnpike,
about
1
1/2
miles
from
Murfreesborough,
about
1,000
yards
in
rear
of
the
line
formed
by
Gen.
Breckinridge's
command,
on
the
right
wing
of
the
enemy.
On
the
night
of
December
30,
it
moved
across
the
river
to
the
west
wing
of
the
army,
and
about
12
p.m.
encamped
on
the
banks
of
Stone's
River,
about
1
1/2
miles
from
Murfreesborough.
Early
on
the
morning
of
December
31,
it
was
ordered
forward,
and
about
sunset
attacked
the
enemy's
lines.
The
enemy
were
in
a
thick
cedar
thicket.
Going
down,
I
ordered
my
regiment
not
to
fire
until
the
enemy
could
be
plainly
seen.
The
Sixteenth
Alabama
Regiment,
which
was
on
the
right
of
my
regiment,
fired
two
or
three
rounds
before
the
enemy
in
front
of
my
regiment
could
be
seen.
When
I
first
saw
the
enemy
he
was
about
140
yards
off,
and
I
immediately
gave
the
command
to
my
regiment
to
fire.
In
about
ten
minutes
after
the
firing
commenced
the
enemy's
lines
in
front
of
my
regiment
commenced
giving
way.
I
immediately
ordered
my
regiment
forward,
which
order
it
promptly
obeyed,
running
at
a
rapid
pace
and
firing
as
it
advanced.
It
pursued
the
enemy
for
about
half
a
mile,
when
the
line
became
confused
by
the
regiments,
both
on
the
right
and
left,
pressing
toward
the
center;
it
was
halted
by
Gen.
Wood
and
formed.
After
being
formed
in
order,
it
moved
forward
about
half
a
mile,
when
it
was
within
200
yards
of
one
of
the
enemy's
batteries,
strongly
posted
in
an
open
field
immediately
in
my
front
line,
in
a
secure
position.
I
halted
the
regiment
until
I
ascertained
that
the
battery
could
not
attack,
and
then
moved
my
regiment
back
about
75
yards
to
support
one
of
our
batteries
on
the
right
of
my
regiment.
This
position
I
held
until
the
pieces
were
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removed, when I ordered my regiment to fall back for the purpose of supplying it with ammunition. About 12 m. my regiment, with the brigade, was, by order of Gen. Wood, moved forward for about half a mile, when the regiments on the right of my regiment opened fire; but I not being able to see the enemy, ordered my regiment to move forward. When it had advanced about 25 yards, the enemy, who had been lying down, rose and moved rapidly away. At this time my regiment, by my order, commenced firing. I pursued the enemy for about 400 yards to the edge of the wood. The enemy had taken a position in the open field too strong to be taken. On January 1, 1863, my regiment moved forward through an open field to a hospital, about 200 yards from the enemy's lines. In this position it remained about twenty minutes under the fire of the large and small arms of the enemy, and was then ordered by Gen. Wood back to its original position. On January 2, my regiment during the day remained in line of battle in the same position until about 11 a.m., when it was ordered to cross the river and form line of battle near its original position on the right wing of the army. In this position it remained until about 11 p.m., January 3, at which [time] it was ordered to fall back from Murfreesborough. For nine days my men were continually marching, in line of battle, or actually engaged in fighting; very frequently slept in the rain without tents, and during the whole time not of complaint was heard until they learned that they were to fall back from Murfreesborough. In this battle the regiment, with the exception of a very few men, acted very bravery. Many of them, when the regiment was moving forward, utterly regardless of their safety, were at all times far in advance of the line. When I ordered the regiment forward, it always promptly obeyed, and when it was retiring it as promptly obeyed the command "halt." In these engagements Capt. W. E. Dodson, commanding Company C, and Capt. Thomas Seay, commanding Company K, acted with much coolness and bravery, being in all forward movements in advance of the regiment, cheering their men forward. Near the close of December 31, 1862, Capt. Seay fell, severely wounded. Sergeant Maj. Mizell, at his own request, carried a gun into the action on 31st, and took position near the colors. He fell, mortally wounded, in the first charge, in advance of the regiment, cheering the men forward. Corpl. Isaac R. Smith, Company C; Sergeant Stewart, Company H; Private Byrd, Company I; Private Foster, Company E; Private Riley, Company D, each acted with much coolness and bravery during the engagements. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
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SAM. ADAMS, Col., Cmdg. Thirty-third Alabama Regt. Capt. O. S. PALMER, Assistant Adjutant-Gen. Source: Official Records PAGE 904-29 KY., MID. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND SW. VA. [CHAP. XXXII. [Series I. Vol. 20. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 29.]
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Chickamauga
after
battle
report:
Report
of
Col.
Samuel
Adams,
Thirty-third
Alabama
Infantry,
commanding
Thirty-third
Alabama
and
Gibson's
Battalion.
HDQRS.
THIRTY-THIRD
ALABAMA
REGT.,
Missionary
Ridge,
Tenn.,
October
8,
1863.
SIR:
I
have
the
honor
to
submit
the
following
report
of
the
part
that
my
command
acted
in
the
battle
of
the
Chickamauga,
on
September
19
and
20:
Mine
was
the
left
regiment
of
Wood's
brigade.
On
my
right
was
the
Sixteenth
Alabama
Regt.;
on
my
left
was
Deshler's
brigade.
Between
sundown
and
dark
on
the
evening
of
the
19th,
I
deployed,
in
accordance
with
an
order
from
Brig.-Gen.
Wood,
a
company
of
skirmishers
(Capt.
Hammett's
company)
about
150
yards
distant,
covering
my
front
and
connecting
with
a
similar
line
in
front
of
Sixteenth
Alabama
Regt.
Very
shortly
after
this
line
was
formed
I
received
an
order
from
Brig.-Gen.
Wood,
delivered
by
Capt.
Palmer,
assistant
adjutant-general
on
his
staff,
to
move
my
regiment
forward
and
keep
in
line
with
the
Sixteenth
Alabama
Regt.
Capt.
Palmer
also
stated
to
me
that
it
was
Maj.-Gen.
Cleburne's
order
that
if
a
battery
of
the
enemy
should
appear
in
my
front
I
should
immediately
charge
and
take
it.
Jackson's
brigade
was
in
line
of
battle
in
front
of
and
about
100
yards
from
my
line
of
skirmishers.
After
my
skirmishers
had
passed
Jackson's
brigade
about
75
yards,
they
engaged
the
skirmishers
of
the
enemy
and
immediately
drove
them
back.
After
my
regiment
had
passed
this
point
about
75
yards
it
engaged
the
enemy's
main
line.
At
this
point
the
Sixteenth
Alabama
Regt.
halted.
I
also
halted
my
regiment.
After
remaining
in
this
position
for
a
very
short
time--not
more,
I
think,
than
ten
minutes--I
moved
my
regiment
forward
and
the
enemy
fell
back
before
it.
After
moving
forward
175
or
200
yards
I
halted
my
regiment.
At
this
point
Deshler's
brigade
lapped
my
regiment
by
about
two
companies.
I
had
lost
my
connection
with
the
regiment
on
my
right.
A
part
of
Jackson's
brigade
had
followed
closely
in
my
rear
and
was
firing.
It
was
now
so
dark
that
his
object
could
be
distinguished
but
a
very
short
distance.
My
reason
for
halting
was
to
rectify
my
line
and
to
avoid
being
fired
into
by
the
Sixteenth
Alabama
Regt.
on
my
right
and
Jackson's
brigade
in
my
rear.
Shortly
after
halting
I
perceived
from
the
flash
of
the
arms
that
there
was
fire
in
my
front
directed
toward
the
enemy.
This,
I
afterward
learned
from
some
prisoners
taken
at
this
point,
was
one
of
the
enemy's
lines
firing
into
another.
While
I
was
investigating
this
matter
some
of
my
center
companies
fell
back
about
100
yards.
This
was
caused,
as
I
learned
from
the
officers
commanding
the
companies,
by
some
person
giving
the
command
to
"fall
back,"
and
stating
that
it
was
my
order.
I
immediately
brought
these
companies
again
forward
and
moved
my
regiment
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forward about 75 yards. Here I received an order from Brig.-Gen. Wood, by Capt. Palmer, to move my regiment to the right and connect with the Sixteenth Alabama Regt. After doing this I received an order from same officer to deploy a company as pickets, about 300 yards distant from my line, so as to cover my front and connect with a similar line in front of the regiment on my right. This line I afterward doubled, and rested for the night. My loss had been 3 killed and 33 wounded. I took 33 prisoners. On the morning of 20th, my position in the brigade was not changed. Deshler's brigade was on my left. About 10 a. m. I received an order from Brig.-Gen. Wood to move my regiment forward and keep it in line with the Sixteenth Alabama Regt. After advancing about a half mile obliquely, most of the time to the right in to the left, the Sixteenth Alabama Regt., under a heavy fire of grape and canister and shell, halted. Ten or 15 paces in advance of this position I moved my regiment before halting it. During most of the time that I remained in this position my regiment was under a very heavy fire of grape, canister, and shell. I had here 7 men wounded. After I had remained here an hour or an hour and a half, I received an order from Brig.-Gen. Wood to move forward and keep in line with Sixteenth Alabama Regt. Previous to this time Deshler's brigade had moved to the right. Brown's brigade was near me on the left. After moving forward about 200 yards I received a general volley of small-arms from the enemy's line. At this point the Sixteenth Alabama Regt. halted. On a line with it halted my regiment. Here my company of skirmishers that had covered my front in the whole advance came in, having driven the enemy's line of skirmishers back to the main line. Near my line in front was a fence covering my whole regiment except the right company. The enemy's line of battle was distant about 275 yards behind barricades. In this position I was subjected to a very severe enfilading fire from the right. In front a low hill protected me. Shortly after I halted, Brown's brigade came up on my left, and supporting it and very near in its rear was Clayton's brigade, the right regiment of which lapped my whole regiment. I moved forward my regiment with these two brigades about 100 yards to the crest of the hill in my front. At this point most of both brigades fell back, carrying with them many of my men. I continued to advance until I reached a house on the western side of the Chattanooga road, about 75 yards from the enemy's line. This house caught fire about the close of the engagement and burned down. At this point I found myself with but 60 or 70 of my own men and but very few, if any, of the other two brigades. With this squad of men and my colors I fell back to the ravine where I had previously halted. After I had remained here half an hour engaged in collecting my stragglers, I received an order from Brig.-Gen. Wood to rejoin the brigade, which was 700 or 800 yards farther in the rear. In this engagement I lost 16 killed and 133 [wounded].
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About an hour before sundown I was ordered by Brig.-Gen. Wood to support Semple's battery. In this position I remained until dark, and during this time I was not under fire. In both of these engagements both my men and officers, with a few exceptions, acted well. Some, both of officers and men, acted very gallantly. I desire to mention the names of Capt. Dodson, Company C, and Capt. Hammett, Company D, among those who were most distinguished for coolness and bravery. The adjutant of my regiment (A. M. Moore) was killed on the 19th, and Maj. J. H. Gibson, Gibson's battalion, was mortally wounded on 20th, and has since died. Both of these were brave and efficient officers, and in their death the country has sustained much loss. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, SAM. ADAMS, Col., Comdg. 33d Alabama Regt. and Gibson's Batt. [Capt.] O. S. PALMER, Assistant Adjutant-Gen. Source: Official Records PAGE 165-51 KY., SW. VA. TENN., MISS., N. ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. XLII. [Series I. Vol. 30. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 51.]
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Report
of
Col.
Samuel
Adams,
Thirty-third
Alabama
Infantry,
commanding
Thirty-third
Alabama
Infantry
and
Gibson's
battalion.
HDQRS.
THIRTY-THIRD
ALABAMA
REGIMENT,
Near
Tunnel
Hill,
Ga.,
December
3,
1863.
SIR:
I
respectfully
report
that
in
the
battle
of
Taylor's
Ridge,
November
27,
mine
was
next
to
the
left
regiment
of
Lowrey's
brigade.
On
my
left
was
Forty-fifth
Alabama
Regiment;
on
my
right
was
Thirty-second
and
Forty-fifth
Mississippi
Regiments.
About
8.30
a.m.
my
regiment
was
formed
in
line
of
battle
in
the
gap
east
of
Ringgold,
Ga.,
on
the
side
of
the
hill,
north
of
the
railroad
and
about
40
paces
from
it.
My
orders
from
Brig.-Gen.
Lowrey
were
to
follow
the
movements
of
the
regiment
on
my
right.
After
remaining
in
this
position
a
short
time,
I
moved
to
the
right,
following
the
movements
of
the
regiment
on
my
right
about
250
yards.
After
remaining
in
this
position
a
short
time,
I
moved
to
the
right
about
600
yards,
following
the
direction
of
the
ridge.
Immediately
after
halting,
my
regiment
was
formed
in
line
of
battle.
In
my
front,
near
the
foot
of
the
hill,
200
or
300
yards
distant,
the
enemy
had
a
strong
line
of
skirmishers.
A
column
of
the
enemy,
about
600
yards
distant,
was
moving
forward
to
make
an
attack,
inclining
to
my
right.
I
advanced
a
line
of
skirmishers,
about
50
yards,
to
engage
that
of
the
enemy.
As
the
attacking
column
inclined
to
the
right,
the
regiment
on
my
right
moved
in
that
direction,
and
I
followed
its
movements.
When
the
column
reached
the
base
of
the
ridge,
about
300
yards
distant,
I
moved
my
regiment
to
the
right
until
I
lapped
about
half
of
the
regiment
on
my
right,
as
is
seemed
at
that
time
that
the
main
attack
would
be
made
at
that
point.
The
vacant
space
on
my
left
I
covered
with
a
company
of
skirmishers.
The
attacking
column
still
inclined
to
the
right,
and,
after
advancing
a
short
distance
up
the
side
of
the
ridge,
broke
and
retired.
My
regiment
fired
but
2
or
3
rounds
at
the
main
line.
My
line
of
skirmishers,
placed
in
advance,
I
have
good
reason
to
believe
did
much
execution.
My
men
have
never
gone
into
a
fight
so
eagerly
as
they
did
in
this.
They
moved
with
the
greatest
promptness
to
any
position
that
they
were
ordered.
They
fired
with
the
greatest
deliberation.
I
lost
2
killed
and
9
wounded.
About
1
p.m.
I
received
an
order
from
Brig.-Gen.
Lowrey
to
follow
the
movements
of
the
regiment
on
my
right
and
retire
from
the
position.
I
had
several
men
engaged
in
the
fight
who
had
marched
from
Missionary
Ridge
to
that
place
entirely
barefooted.
Very
respectfully,
your
obedient
servant,
SAM.
ADAMS,
Col.,
Comdg.
33d
Alabama
Regt.
and
Gibson's
Battn.
Capt.
O.
S.
PALMER,
Assistant
Adjutant-Gen.
Source:
Official
Records
CHAP.
XLIII.]
THE
CHATTANOOGA-RINGGOLD
CAMPAIGN.
PAGE
770-55
[Series
I.
Vol.
31.
Part
II,
Reports.
Serial
No.
55.]
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Fannie Park Wallis (1842-1894) (daughter) Fannie Park married 17 May 1866 to Dr. James D. Wallis (1829-1904). Dr. J.D. Wallis was the son-in-law of Dr. J.S. Park of Franklin and is buried at Rest Haven Cemetery in the Park Lot. Wallis was surgeon, 1st TN Heavy Artillery.
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The Franklin home of Dr. J.S. Parks, corner of 3rd Ave and South Margin
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Present location on 3rd Ave and South Margin, where the original Parks home stood.
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Resources Alto Loftin Jackson [ed.] So mourns the dove : Letters of a Confederate Infantryman and his family. (New York : Exposition Press, 1965) Fort Delaware by Laura M. Lee and Brendan Mackie (Arcadia Publishing, 2010). Softcover, illustrations, bibliography. 128 pages. ISBN:978-0-7385-8590-1 $21.99] Heritage Foundation of Williamson County Tennessee archives found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefoundationfranklin/ L. B. Williams. A sketch of the 33rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment and its role in Cleburne's elite division of the Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865 (Auburn, AL : L.B. Williams, 1990) (revised ed., 1998) Web site - http://www.33rdalabama.org/33hist.htm
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Bigbie, Thomas Papers (1862-1864) - RG 10 [33rd Alabama Infantry, Company G] Bigbie enlisted in Co. G, 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, Army of Tennessee, in May 1862. He was captur Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, where he died October 17, 1864. Finding Aid: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/010.htm
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Emory University Rabb, Hezekiah; letters (photocopies with typescripts), from Rabb, to hiswife and family, May 24, 1862-June 26, 1864; 21 items. Rabb served in Company E of the 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment was stationed in Florida (May 1862), Tennessee (Wartrace and Chattanooga, February-November 1863), and Georgia (December 1863-June 1864). Also includes a copy of his service record and an extract from Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History telling about the involvement of the 33rd Alabama.
University of North Carolina University Libraries Milner Family papers, 1820-1920. Coll # 02420-z The Milner family included Willis Julian Milner (1842-1921), Confederate lieutenant with the 33rd Alabama Regiment and engineer of Birmingham, Ala. The collection chiefly includes writings and correspondence of Milner, including
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his autobiography and reminiscences of Confederate battles, life at his homes in Georgia and in Birmingham, Ala., and the building of a railroad, 1854-1860, from Montgomery, Ala., to Pensacola, Fla.; copies of letters to other Confederate veterans discussing the war; postwar speeches; and a short Civil War diary, 1862-1864. http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/Milner_Family.html Williams, L.B. A revised history of the 33rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Cleburne's elite division, Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865
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U.S. Army Military History Institute 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 20 Apr 2012 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment
Brewer, Willis. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama during the Civil War. Montgomery, AL: AL Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962. pp. 641-42. E551.4.B74. (Brief history and roster of officers). Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 8: Alabama. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. pp. 160-64. E484.C65.1987v8. (Brief unit history). Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. p. 24. E546.C78. (Concise summary of the regiment's service). Jackson, Alto L., editor. So Mourns the Dove: Letters of a Confederate Infantryman and his Family. [Martha & Benjamin Franklin Jackson] NY: Exposition, 1965. 92 p. E605.J22. Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. NY: Facts on File, 1992. p. 102. E551.S53. (Unit organizational history). The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive: Rabb, Hezekiah - MusickColl (Enlisted man's letters, May 24, 1862May 29, 1864)
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