The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was formed in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 14, 1861.[1] The unit fought its first battle at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862. The Army of Tennessee fought most of its battles with the 19th engaged. The regiment surrendered at Salisbury, North Carolina, at the end of the war.
Private Parris P. Casey of Company I, "Cherokee Rangers," 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment, with bayoneted musket. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs in the Library of Congress