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SIXTY-SECOND, SIXTY-THIRD
AND SIXTY-FIFTH REGIMENTS
Organized: on 3/1/65
Mustered Out: 5/4/65 at Citronelle, AL
There were about nine regiments and three battalions of
reserves, composed for the most part of very young men, about
two regiments being made up of old men, and they were organized
principally for the defense of Mobile and the bay forts.
Some of these were, in 1864, consolidated under the command of
Col. Daniel Huger, of the First reserve regiment, and the new
regiment was known as the Sixty-second Alabama.
Others, under Col. Olin F Rice, of the Second reserve regiment,
were known as the Sixty-third. The First battalion, also
called the Fourth reserve regiment, was consolidated with the
Third and Fourth battalions under Lieut.-Col. E. M. Underhill,
and called the Sixty-fifth Alabama; it was employed mainly in
the defenses of Mobile, though a detachment was sent to
Montgomery in April, 1865, and retired before Wilson's army to
Girard, where it fought with severe loss and was captured.
The Sixty-second and Sixty-third fought in General Thomas'
brigade at Fort Gaines and Spanish Fort, losing a large number
in killed and wounded. Relieved at Spanish Fort by Holtzclaw's
brigade, they were sent to Blakely, where, after enduring the
privations and perils of the siege of Blakely, they were
captured, and were exchanged a few days before the final
surrender of the department of the Gulf.
Captain Johnson, of the Sixty-third, was killed, and Captain
Ward, of the Sixty second, wounded, at Spanish Fort. Capt. J
W. Pitts, who assisted in the defense of Talladega during
Rousseau's raid, became major of the Sixty-second. This
regiment, composed wholly of young men, was especially
complimented by General Liddell for gallant conduct at Spanish
Fort.
Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 231
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There were three William M. Youngs who enlisted in other units
William M. Young, Private, Company F, 20th Regiment Alabama Infantry, enlisted September 16, 1861 in Perry County, Alabama by Lt. Shapard for the war, captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, paroled July 8, 1864, no further records
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William M. Young, Private, Company K, 24th Regiment Alabama Infantry, enlisted April 15, 1862 at Salem, by Capt. Crowder for the war, paroled at Greensboro, N. C., May 1, 1865, no other records
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William M. Young, Private, Company E, 43rd Regiment Alabama Infantry, enlisted September 16, 1864 in Marenga County, Alabama by J. R. Jordon for 3 years, furloughed for 60 days from Howard's Grove hospital, Richmond, Va.. October 29, 1864, issued passport for Dallas County, Alabama,
wounded and in hospital at Petersburg February 1, 1865, captured at Farmville and admitted U. S. Hospital, Farmville, Va. April 7, 1865, gunshot wound left arm, paroled April, 1865
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama