Hilary A. Herbert wrote: "From this point the regiment returned to Petersburg, and our Brigade, relieving Finegan's, was stationed near Battery No. 27, where it remained until October 27, when at the battle of Burgess Mills it was only slightly engaged and lost 7 men, wounded. After this fight it returned to its old position near Battery No. 30, where it stayed until November 7, when it was removed to the right of our lines in front of Petersburg, and there built huts for the winter." Source: History of the Eighth Alabama Volunteer Regiment, CSA, edited by Maurice S. Fortin, Alabama Historical Quarterly, Volume XXXIX, 1977, page 175.