Calhoun County, Alabama
Resources

Calhoun County was created by legislative act on December 18, 1832. The county was initially named Benton County in honor of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton, an arch defender of westward expansion and slavery. After Benton declared himself an opponent of slavery in the 1850s, Alabama supporters of slavery voted to change the county's name to Calhoun in honor of radical secessionist John C. Calhoun.

Thirty-eight military units were formed in Calhoun County. I know of no first hand accounts or regimental histories for these units. A total of 908 men from Calhoun County died in the war. Their names are engraved on the monument at the Janney Furnace.

Military Units Formed in Calhoun County

Alabama 1st Infantry Regiment Reserves, Company B "Tom Watts Cadets"

Alabama 1st Cavalry Regiment, Company E "J. Powell's Dragoons"

Alabama 1st Cavalry Regiment, Company G "Pope Walker Rangers"

Alabama 2nd Infantry Battalion, Company A

Alabama 2nd Infantry Regiment, Company A "Calhoun Guards"

Alabama 3rd Cavalry Regiment Company G "Floyd Bush Rangers"

Alabama 4th Cavalry Regiment (Russell's)Company A "Pope Walker Rangers"

Alabama 4th Artillery Battalion, Company C "Barbour Artillery"

Alabama 4th Infantry Battalion, Company C "Oxford Rifles"

Alabama 5th Infantry Battalion, Company B "Calhoun Sharpshooters (Bush Sharpshooters)"

Alabama 5th Infantry Battalion, Company C "White Plains Rangers"

Alabama 7th Infantry Regiment, Company B "Calhoun Greys"

Alabama 10th Infantry Regiment, Company D "Alexandria Rifles"

Alabama 10th Infantry Regiment, Company G "Pope Walker Guards"

Alabama 10th Infantry Regiment, Company H "Choccolocco Rifles"

Alabama 12th Cavalry Regiment, Company E "Jim Powell Dragoons"

15th Confederate Cavalry, Company C "Baldwin Rangers"

15th Confederate Cavalry, Company H "John W. Murrell's Company / Dorance Rangers"

Alabama 19th Infantry Regiment, Company D "Jabe Curry Guards"

Alabama 21st Infantry Regiment, Company F "Baldwin Blues"

Alabama 22nd Infantry Regiment, Company E "Calhoun Boys"

Alabama 23rd Infantry Regiment, Company I "Mountain Guards"

Alabama 25th Infantry Regiment, Company I "Coast Guard"

Alabama 25th Infantry Regiment, Company K "Rabby's Coast Guard"

Alabama 26th Infantry Regiment, Company A "The Beauregards"

Alabama 29th Infantry Regiment, Company D "Weaver Guards"

Alabama 30th Infantry Regiment, Company B "Sallie Walker Boys"

Alabama 32nd Infantry Regiment, Company C

Alabama 48th Infantry Regiment, Company K "Moore's Rifles"

Alabama 48th Infantry Regiment, Company I "Newman Pounds Guards"

Alabama 50th Infantry Regiment, Company A "Calhoun Beauregards

Alabama 51st Regiment Partisan Rangers, Company D "Dudley Snow's Rangers"

Alabama 55th Infantry Regiment, Company C "Oxford Rifles"

Alabama Infantry Independent Company "Baldwin Star Rangers"

Alabama Coast Guard, Company A

Calhoun Independent Co., Alabama Cavalry Calhoun Cavalry

Calhoun Independent Co., Alabama Infantry Calhoun Guards

Calhoun Independent Co., Alabama Infantry Calhoun Rangers

Twenty-one Historical Sketch and Roster volumes are available for researching the men of Calhoun County, Alabama in the Civil War.

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 1st Cavalry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 2nd Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 3rd Cavalry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 4th Cavalry Regiment (Russell's)

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 7th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 10th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 12th Cavalry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the 15th Confederate Cavalry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 19th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 21st Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 22nd Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 23rd Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 25th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 26th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 29th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 32nd Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 39th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 48th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 50th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 51st Regiment Partisan Rangers

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 55th Infantry Regiment

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