The 22nd Alabama Regiment had moved from camps around Montgomery to Mobile in early November. Official Records, Ser. 1, Vol. 6, pp. 764-65, General Bragg writes on Nov. 5th. "Colonel Deas regiment and Colonel Beck's, already armed by private enterprise and by the State of Alabama, I have ordered to report to General Withers, at Mobile." The roll of regiments stationed at Mobile on Dec. 2nd included the 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd and 23rd plus the 1st Alabama Battalion. (p. 772)