Gracie's Pride: The 43rd Alabama Infantry Volunteers [Hardcover]

Arthur E. Green (Author)

Book Description

The 43rd Alabama Infantry Volunteers were mustered into the Confederate States Volunteer Army in the spring of 1862. The companies moved from their homes throughout Alabama and formed their regiment in Mobile, Alabama. Archibald Gracie, a New Yorker by birth, European-educated, and a graduate of West Point, raised the regiment and served as their commander. General Gracie led the 43rd through their training and into war in Kentucky. They fought in Tennessee, the Battle of Chickamauga, and Virginia. They met the enemy along the river at Chester’s Station, Drewry’s Bluff, and Hatcher’s Run while protecting the Southern capital at Richmond. The regiment saw demoralizing service while in the trenches of the besieged city of Petersburg for almost eight months. General Gracie himself died upon the battlement in Petersburg, killed by enemy fire while he observed their positions. In the spring of 1865 they lost their regimental flag in an encounter at Hatcher’s Run. They were with Lee and the Confederate Northern Army of Virginia when they surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. The story of the 1,260 Alabama men that were once part of the regiment is told here with the unit history and soldiers’ individual military records.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Confederate men commanded by a New York-born general were a strange fighting combination. Archibald Gracie and the 43rd Alabama Infantry rendered service from Mobile Bay to Kentucky and Tennessee.

About the Author

Arthur E. Green, an Auburn University attendee and Alabama native, has spent years in bringing together this information. He is an active member of Southern genealogical and hereditary organizations. He is the author of the highly praised Southerners at War.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: Burd Street Press
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572492414
• ISBN-13: 978-1572492417
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,544,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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