{{short description|Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army}} {{Use American English|date=January 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment |image=[[Image:Flag of the Alabama Secession Convention (reproduction, obverse).svg|100px]] [[Image:Flag of Alabama (1861, reverse).svg|100px]] |caption=Flag of Alabama in 1861 (obverse and reverse) |dates= June 10, 1861, to April 1865 |country= {{flag|Confederate States of America}} |allegiance= |branch= {{army|CSA}} |type= [[Infantry]] |equipment= <!-- Culture and history --> |battles=[[Battle of Seven Pines]]<br>[[Battle of Williamsburg]]<br>[[Second Battle of Bull Run]]<br>[[Battle of Antietam]]<br>[[Battle of Fredericksburg]]<br>[[Battle of Chancellorsville]]<br>[[Battle of Gettysburg]]<br>[[Siege of Petersburg]]<br>[[Battle of Appomattox Court House]] |notable_commanders= Col. [[John Anthony Winston]]<br/>Col. [[Hilary A. Herbert]] }} [[File:Col. Hilary A. Herbert.jpg|thumb|left|Col. Hilary A. Herbert]] [[File:Private James Elias Pilgreen, Company K, 8th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A.jpg|thumb|Private James Elias Pilgreen, Company K, 8th Alabama Infantry]]
The '''8th Alabama Infantry Regiment''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] that served in the [[Confederate Army]] during the [[American Civil War]].
==Service==
The 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at [[Richmond, Virginia]], on June 10, 1861.<ref name="tarleton.edu">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090602133203/http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/wilcox.html Cadmus M. Wilcox Alabama Brigade: 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment]</ref>
The regiment surrendered at [[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park|Appomattox Court House]].
==Total strength and casualties== The 8th mustered 1377 men during its existence. It suffered approximately 300 killed in action or mortally wounded and 170 men who died of disease, for a total of approximately 470 fatalities. An additional 236 men were discharged or transferred from the regiment.<ref name="tarleton.edu"/>
==Commanders== * [[Colonel]] [[John Anthony Winston]] * Colonel [[Young Lea Royston]] * Colonel [[Hilary A. Herbert|Hilary Abner Herbert]]
==See also== *[[List of Confederate units from Alabama]]
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama]] [[Category:1861 establishments in Alabama]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1861]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1961]]
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