4th Alabama Infantry Regiment

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Rosa_Island_(1861)
gptkb:The_4th_Alabama_Monument
gptkbp:active_years 1861-1865
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkb:Army_of_Tennessee
gptkbp:battle_honors gptkb:Vicksburg
gptkb:Atlanta
gptkb:Nashville
gptkb:Franklin
gptkbp:casualties High casualty rate
Few survivors by 1865
gptkbp:color Red and white
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_John_M._Mc_Culloch
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Chickamauga
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh
gptkb:Battle_of_Chattanooga
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Montgomery,_Alabama
gptkbp:has_ability gptkb:television_series
gptkb:300
gptkbp:historical_analysis Subject of various historical studies
Documented in Civil War archives
Featured in books about the Civil War
gptkbp:historical_significance Participated in major battles of the Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment
gptkbp:legacy Memorials in Alabama
gptkbp:motto “ Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
gptkbp:nickname The Fourth Alabama
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_A._Mc_Donald
gptkb:General_John_B._Gordon
gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Culloch
Colonel William C. Oates
Major John H. Forney
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:recruitment 1861
gptkbp:reform 1862
1864
gptkbp:retirement_year Reunions held annually
Memorials established in their honor
Many members joined the KKK
Some members became politicians
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:service_history Fought in the Eastern Theater
Fought in the Western Theater
gptkbp:service_years Voluntary enlistment
gptkbp:size gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:state gptkb:Alabama