The Civil War in Alabama

Battles in Alabama in 1863

This information is excerpted from Frederick Dyers Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The losses listed in each encounter are for the Federal troops.

Feb. 22 Skirmish, Glendale MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
Feb. 22 Action, Tuscumbia ALABAMA--1st Cavalry. KANSAS--7th Cavalry. OHIO--5th Cavalry (3d Battalion). March 25 Affairs, Florence U.S. Gunboats.
April 6 Skirmish, Town Creek (No Reports.)
April 14 Skirmish, Burnsville ALABAMA--1st Cavalry. ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 9th Mounted Infantry. MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
April 16-17 Skirmishes, Barton Station ALABAMA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
April 17 Skirmish, Dickson ALABAMA--1st Cavalry.
ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 9th Mounted Infantry.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry; Battery "I," 1st Light Arty.
April 17 Skirmishes, Great Bear Creek, Cherokee Station and Lundy's Lane ALABAMA--1st Cavalry.
ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; Battery "H.
" 1st Light Arty.
; 7th, 9th (Mounted), 50th and 57th Infantry.
IOWA--39th Infantry.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry; Battery "I," 1st Light Arty.
OHIO--81st Infantry.
Union loss, 4 killed, 19 wounded.
59 missing.
Total, 82.
April 19 Skirmish, Dickson's Station ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 9th Mounted Infantry.
MISSOURI---10th Cavalry.
April 22 Action, Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia ALABAMA--1st Cavalry.
ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; Battery "H," 1st Light Arty.
; 7th, 9th (Mounted), 12th, 50th, 52d.
57th and 122d Infantry.
INDIANA--66th Infantry.
IOWA--39th Infantry.
MICHIGAN--Battery "C," 1st Ligh t Arty.
KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry; Batteries "D," "H" and "I," 1st Light Arty.
OHIO--27th, 39th, 43d, 63d and 81st Infantry.
April 23 Skirmish.
Dickson's Station KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
April 23 Action, Tuscumbia ALABAMA---1st Cavalry.
ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; Battery "H.
" 1st Light Arty.
; 7th, 9th (Mounted).
12th, 50th, 52d, 57th and 122d Infantry.
INDIANA--66th Infantry.
KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
MICHIGAN--Battery "C," 1st Light Arty.
M\ISSO URI--10th Cavalry; Batteries "D," "H" and "I," 1st Light Arty.
OHIO--27th.
39th, 43d, 63d and 81st Infantry.
IOWA--39th Infantry.
April 23 Skirmish, Florence ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 9th Mounted Infantry.
MISSOURI--Battery "H," 1st Light Arty.
(Section).
April 23 Skirmish, Leighton KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
April 25 Skirmish, London Lane MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
April 26-May 3.
.
.
Raid from Tuscumbia toward Rome, Ga.
(Streight's) ILLINOIS--80th Infantry, INDIANA--51st and 73d Infantry.
OHIO--3d Infantry.
TENNESSEE--1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
Union loss.
12 killed, 69 wounded, 1,466 captured and missing.
Total.
1 ,547.
April 27 Skirmish, Town Creek ILLINOIS--52d Infantry.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
April 27 Skirmish, Day's Gap TENNESSEE--1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
April 27 Action, Town Creek ALABAMA--1st Cavalry.
ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 7th, 9th (Mounted).
12th, 50th, 52d.
57th and 122d Infantry.
INDIANA---66th Infantry.
IOWA--39th Infantry.
KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
MICHIGAN--Battery "C," 1st Light Arty.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry; Batteries "D," "H" and "I," 1st Light Arty.
OHIO--27th, 39th, 43d, 63d and 81st Infantry.
April 30 Action, Sand Mountain ILLINOlS--80th Infantry.
INDIANA--51st and 73d Infantry.
OHIO---3d Infantry.
TENNESSEE--1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
April 30 Action, Crooked Creek and Hog Mountain.
.
ILLINOIS--80th Infantry.
INDIANA--51st and 73d Infantry.
OHIO--3d Infantry.
TENNESSEE--1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
Union loss, 3 killed, 23 wounded.
Total.
26.
May 1 Skirmish, Blountsville ILLINOIS--80th Infantry.
INDIANA--51st and 73d Infantry.
OHIO--3d Infantry.
TENNESSEE--1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
May 1 Action, East Branch Big Warrior River.
.
ILLINOIS--80th Infantry.
INDIANA--51st and 73d Infantry.
OHIO---3d Infantry.
TENNESSEE, 1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
May 2 Action, Blount's Plantation ILLINOIS--80th Infantry.
INDIANA--51st and 73d Infantry.
OHIO---3d Infantry.
TENNESSEE--1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
1863.
May 2 Skirmish, Black Warrior Creek, near Gadsden ILLINOIS--80th Infantry.
INDIANA--51st and 73d Infantry.
OHIO---3d Infantry.
TENNESSEE--1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
May 2 Skirmish near Centre May 2-8 Exp.
from Burnsville to Tupelo, Miss ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 9th Mounted Infantry.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
May 3 Action, Gaylesville INDIANA--51st Infantry.
May 3 Action, Cedar Bluffs ILLINOIS---80th Infantry.
INDIANA--51st and 73d Infantry.
OHIO--3d Infantry.
TENNESSEE--1st Middle Cavalry (2 Cos.
).
May 28 Action, Florence ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 9th Mounted Infantry.
KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
MISSOURI--10th Cavalry.
Union loss.
1 killed, 7 wounded, 10 missing.
Total, 18.
July 18-22 Expedition to Huntsville ILLINOIS---Chicago Board of Trade Battery Light Arty.
INDIANA--2d, 3d and 4th Cavalry.
IOWA--5th Cavalry.
KENTUCKY--2d, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry.
MICHIGAN--2d and 4th Cavalry.
OHIO--1st, 3d, 4th and 10th Cavalry; B attery "D," 1st Light Arty.
PENNSYLVANIA--7th and 9th Cavalry.
TENNESSEE--2d and 5th Cavalry.
WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.
UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry.
July 29 Skirmish near Bridgeport (No Reports.
) Aug.
-- Reconn.
from Stevenson to Cross Island, PENNSYLYANIA--15th Cavalry (Co.
"A").
Mouth of Cow Creek Aug.
21 Skirmish, Maysville KENTUCKY--4th Cavalry.
Aug.
24 Skirmish, Gunter's Landing, near Port Deposit (No Reports.
) Aug.
27 Skirmish near Bridgeport (No Reports.
) Aug.
28 Skirmish, Maysville KENTUCKY--4th Cavalry.
Aug.
28-31 Reconn.
from Stevenson to Trenton, Ga.
.
.
OHIO--1st Cavalry.
Aug.
29 Skirmish, Caperton's Ferry ILLINOIS--25th and 35th Infantry.
KANSAS--8th Infantry.
WISCONSIN--15th Infantry.
Aug.
31 Skirmish, Wills Valley (No Reports.
) Sept.
1 Skirmish, Wills Creek, Davis Gap, Taps Gap and Neal's Gap (No Reports.
) Sept.
5 Reconn.
from Winston's Gap into Broomtown Valley OHIO--1st and 3d Cavalry.
Sept.
5 Skirmish, Lebanon TENNESSEE--1st Cavalry.
Sept.
5 Affairs, Rawlingsville MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry.
TENNESSEE--1st Cavalry.
(Destruction of Salt Works.
) Sept.
7 Skirmish, Stevenson PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry.
Sept.
8 Skirmish, Winston's Gap (No Reports.
) Sept.
17 Skirmish, Neal's Gap KENTUCKY--2d Cavalry.
Sept.
26 Action, Hunt's Mills, near Larkinsville ALABAMA and TENNESSEE--1st Vidette Cavalry.
Oct.
12 Skirmish, Bucktown Tavern PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry.
TENNESSEE--1st East Cavalry.
Oct.
12 Affair, Fort Morgan Naval Attack on Blockade Runner.
Oct.
13 Skirmish, Maysville WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.
Oct.
20 Reconn.
from Bridgeport to Trenton ILLINOIS--82d Infantry.
NEW YORK--45th and 143d Infantry (Detachments).
Oct.
20-29 Operations on Memphis & Charleston R.
R in Alabama.
ILLINOIS--Batteries "A," "B," "F," "H," "I," and "L," 1st Light Arty.
; Cogswell's Indpt.
Battery Light Arty.
; 13th, 26th, 40th, 48th, 55th, 56th, 63d, 90th, 93d, 103d, 116th and 127th Infantry .
INDIANA--12th, 48th, 59th, 83d, 97th, 99th and 100th Infantry.
IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.
; 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th.
10th, 17th, 25th, 26th, 20th and 31st Infantry.
MICHIGAN--15th Infantry.
MISSOURI--Battery "D," 1st Light Arty.
; Landgraeber's "F," 2d Ligh t Arty.
; 3d, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th.
12th, 17th, 24th (Co.
"F"), 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st and 32d Infantry.
MINNESOTA--4th Infantry.
OHIO--5th Cavalry; 4th Indpt.
Battery Light Arty.
: 30th.
37th, 46th, 47th, 54th, 57th, 72d, 76th, 80th and 95th Infantry.
WEST VIRGINIA--4th Infantry.
WISCONSIN--6th and 12th Indpt.
Batteries Light Arty.
; 18th Infantry.
UNITED STATES --3d Cavalry; 13th Infantry.
Oct.
20 Skirmishes, Barton Station, Cane Creek and Dickson's Station OHIO--5th Cavalry.
MISSOURI--Landgraeber's Battery "F," 2d Light Arty.
UNITED STATES-3d Cavalry.
Union loss, 1 killed, 4 wounded.
Total, 4.
Oct.
21 Action, Cherokee Station ILLINOIS--13th Infantry.
INDIANA--83d Infantry.
IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.
; 4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 30th and 31st Infantry.
MISSOURI--Landgraeber's Battery "F," 2d Light Arty.
; 3d, 12th.
17th, 27th.
29th, 31st and 32d Infantry.
OHIO---5th Cavalry; 4th Indpt.
Battery Light Arty.
: 76th Infantry.
UNITED STATES--3d Cavalry.
Union loss.
7 killed.
28 wounded.
Total, 35.
Oct.
24-25 Skirmishes, Tuscumbia and Barton Station.
ILLINOIS--13th Infantry.
MISSOURI--3d.
12th, 17th, 27th, 29th, 31st and 32d Infantry.
OHIO--76th Infantry.
Oct.
26 Skirmish, Cane Creek IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.
; 4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 31st and 32d Infantry.
MISSOURI--Landgraeber's Battery "F'," 2d Light Arty.
OHIO---5th Cavalry; 4th Indpt.
Battery Light Arty.
UNITED STATES--3d Cavalry.
Union loss.
2 kille d, 6 wounded.
Total, 8.
Oct.
27 Engagement, Little Bear Creek, Tuscumbia ILLINOIS--Batteries "A," "B" and "H," 1st Light Arty.
; 13th, 55th, 116th and 127th Infantry.
INDIANA--83d Infantry IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.
; 4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 30th, 31st and 32d Infantry.
MISSOURI- -Landgraeber's Battery "F," 2d Light Arty.
; 3d, 6th.
8th, 12th, 17th, 27th, 29th, 31st and 32d Infantry.
OHIO--- 5th Cavalry: 4th Indpt.
Battery Light Arty.
; 30th, 37th, 47th, 54th.
57th and 76th Infantry.
WEST VIRGINIA-- 4th Infantry.
UNITED STATES--3d C avalry; 13th Infantry.
Oct.
29 Engagement, Cherokee Station IOWA--4th, 9th and 31st Infantry.
OHIO---5th Cavalry.
Oct.
31 Skirmish, Barton Station OHIO---5th Cavalry.
Nov.
4 Skirmish, Maysville OHIO--4th Cavalry.
Nov.
14-17 Exp.
from Maysville to Whitesburg and Decatur INDIANA--17th and 72d Mounted Infantry (Detachments).
IOWA--5th Cavalry (Detachment).
UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry (Detachment).
1863.
Nov.
20 Skirmish, Paint Rock OHIO---46th Infantry.
Dec.
26 Skirmish, Sand Mountain ALABAMA and TENNESSEE---1st Vidette Cavalry.

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