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You may procure his records through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above. Note, he served in two separate organizations.

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Christopher C. Lackey

Enlisted as a Private
"A" Co. AL 2nd Infantry

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

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Christopher C. Lackey, Private, Company A, 2nd Regiment Alabama Volunteers, enlisted May 7, 1861, at Fort Morgan by Lt. F. A. Shoup for 12 months, last recorded present on the March & April, 1862 muster roll, no further records

The 2nd Regiment Alabama Infantry appears to have been disbanded about March, 1862, and a number of men of this company re-enlisted in Company E, 1st Battalion Confederate Infantry, and in Company A, 51st Regiment Alabama Partisan Rangers

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Christopher C. Lackey, Private, Capt. Hames' Company of Cavalry,* enlisted May 7, 1862 at Fort Pillow by Capt. Wm. M. Hames for 3 years or the war, on furlough June 12 to July 20, 1862, recorded on December 31, 1863 as "Curer [sic, Courier] for Gen'l Bragg," captured at Broomtown Valley, Georgia June 13, 1864/Lafayette, Ga., June 15, arrived Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana prison camp July 1, 1864, forwarded to City Point, Virginia for exchange March 4, 1865, admitted to Receiving and Wayside Hospital, General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, Virginia March 11, 1865, discharged to Camp Lee, March 12, furloughed for 30 days, n.d., no further records

* This company subsequently became Company A, 51st Regiment Alabama Partisan Rangers

M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama

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THE SECOND ALABAMA INFANTRY.
One Year

The Second Alabama, under Col. Harry Maury, formed the garrison
of Fort Morgan until the spring of 1862; besides serving as
infantry it was thoroughly drilled as heavy artillery and
manned the guns of the fort.

It also served at Fort Pillow, and at the end of a year's
service it disbanded, the officers and men joining other
organizations.

EXTRACTS FROM OFFICIAL WAR RECORDS.

Vol. VI-(819) Army of Mobile, Gen. J. M. Withers; department of
Alabama and West Florida, General Bragg, February I, 1862.
Vol. VII-(915) Ordered to proceed to Fort Pillow under the
command of General Withers. Memorandum of General Beauregard,
at Jackson, Tenn., March 3, 1863.
Vol. XI, Part I --(267) E. J. Allen, U. S. A., March 29, 1862,
said: "Second Alabama infantry, 1,050 men, was 3 miles from
Yorktown on the road to Hampton. " (Error; probably Third.)
No. 66-(III) General Ashboth, U. S. A., at Barrancas, June 3,
1864, says: "At Pollard are only 5 companies of the Second
Alabama infantry." (Error.)

Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 56

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THE FIFTY-FIRST ALABAMA CAVALRY

The Fifty-first Alabama cavalry regiment, known as Partisan
Rangers, was recruited by Col. John T. Morgan, who had entered
the war as a major of infantry, served for a time in Virginia,
and returned home to raise a mounted regiment.

It was sent to Alabama, served for a time in Tennessee, fought
at Lavergne with General Forrest; was then attached to
Wheeler's cavalry, and was brigaded under Morgan, Hagan and
Allen.

It took part in the Sequatchie raid, and was part of the force
which captured 400 Federals at Maysville, and took part in the
investment of Knoxville. It took a gallant part in the
Stone's River and Chickamauga campaigns; was on Johnston's
flank during the retreat to Dalton, fighting almost daily for
three months, and lost heavily at Decatur and Jonesboro.

It moved through Tennessee, and harassed General Sherman's
forces very effectually in the Carolinas.

About a week before the close of hostilities, it fought and
captured a portion of the First Alabama United States regiment
and finally surrendered at Raleigh, N. C.

Col. John T. Morgan was commissioned brigadier in November,
1863, and was for some time in command of a division and
served with Generals Hood, Longstreet and Johnston. After the
close of hostilities he returned to the profession of law, and
in 1877 was sent to the United States Senate, of which body he
has long been one of the most able and distinguished members.

He was succeeded in command of the regiment by the gallant
Lieut.-Col. J. D. Webb, who was mortally wounded near Decherd,
Tenn., in July, 1863. Captain Battle was in command for a
short time, and Capt. M. L. Kirkpatrick, who took command
during the Chickamauga campaign, continued to lead the
regiment until the close of the war.

Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 280

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