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The record is not clear when the 4th moved to Florida, so, I am unable to confirm the place of his death.
B. Harris Sapp, Captain, Company F, 4th Battalion Alabama Vols.* enlisted September 19, 1861 at Blount Spring, Ala., died December 17, 1863

* This company subsequently became Company F, 29th Regiment Alabama Infantry

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L. L. Price, Private, Company F, 4th Battalion Alabama Vols.,* enlisted December 1, 1861 for the war, died January 11, 1862, never paid

* This company subsequently became Company F, 29th Regiment Alabama Infantry

Note: A comrade, G. W. Blakefield, Private, Company F, enlisted December 1, 1861 at Blunt Springs, Blunt Co., Ala. by B .Harris Sapp for the duration of the war

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

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29th Alabama Infantry Regiment

The 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Pensacola in February, 1862, by the addition of two companies to the Fourth Alabama Battalion - a body of eight companies, which had been organized the autumn before at Montgomery. The regiment, recruited from Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Conecuh, Montgomery, Russell, Shelby, and Talladega counties, remained at Pensacola until it was evacuated, suffering much from diseases that usually afflict raw troops. It then lay between Pollard and Pensacola for over a year, when it was ordered to Mobile. The regiment was there from July 1863 to April 1864, except for a short time that it was at Pollard. The regiment joined the Army of Tennessee at Resaca with over 1,000 men, in time to initiate the Atlanta-Dalton campaign. It was brigaded with the 1st, 17th, and 26th Alabama, and 37th Mississippi regiments, commanded at different intervals by Col. Murphey of Montgomery, Gen'l O'Neal of Lauderdale, and Gen'l Shelley of Talladega. The 29th was engaged at the Battle of Resaca with a loss of about 100 k and w, out of 1100 men engaged. At New Hope Church, the loss was very heavy, and at Peach Tree Creek, the regiment was cut to pieces. On 28 July, near Atlanta, half of the regiment was killed and wounded in the fierce and protracted assault on the enemy's line. The 29th then moved into Tennessee with Gen'l John Bell Hood and lost very heavily in casualties at Franklin, and largely in casualties and prisoners at Nashville. A remnant of it moved into the Carolinas where it was engaged at Kinston and Bentonville with considerable loss. It was consolidated with the 1st and 17th Regiments early in 1865, and fewer than 90 men surrendered at Durham Station, Orange County, NC on 26 April 1865.

Field and Staff Officers: Cols. Jonathan R. F Tatnall (GA; transferred to the navy); John F. Conoley (Dallas); Lt. Cols. J. F. Conoley (promoted); Benjamin Morris (Barbour); Majors Benjamin Morris (promoted); Henry B. Turner (Talladega; wounded, Atlanta); Adjutants Lemuel D. Hatch (Greene; transferred); Benjamin H. Screws (Barbour; transferred to line); James Stephenson (Virginia)
http://history-sites.com/%7Ekjones/alinf.html#4th-Inf-Bn

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THE TWENTY-NINTH ALABAMA INFANTRY.

The Fourth Alabama battalion was organized during the fall of
1861, at Montgomery.

In February, 1862, two companies were added and the organization
became known as the Twenty-ninth Alabama. It was drilled in
artillery practice; remained at Pensacola until the evacuation;
was between Pollard and Pensacola and at Mobile for about a year,
in Cantey's brigade, which was transferred to the army of
Tennessee in the spring of 1864, and took part in the battle of
Resaca, May 13th, where it fought brilliantly.

At New Hope it lost heavily, and at Peachtree Creek it met with
fearful slaughter. At Atlanta, July 8th, again its loss was
terrible. It went with Hood to Tennessee, and was at Franklin
and Nashville; in both battles its loss was great.

Later it was transferred to the Carolinas, fought at Kinston and
Bentonville, and with less than 100 men surrendered at
Greensboro.

Capts. Berry G. Brown, John M. Hanna, Ulee W. Mills and J. C.
Hailey were killed at Atlanta; Capts. E. Orear and John Allen at
Franklin; Capt. Berry G. Brown at Nashville; Capts. William H.
Musgrove, B. F. Sapps, Hugh Latham and J. B. Lowell died in the
service.

The field officers were: Col. J. R. F. Tattnall, transferred to
the navy, and Col. John F. Conoly, Lieut.Col. Benjamin Morris,
and Maj. B. Turner, wounded at Atlanta.

Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 150

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Zorn, William A. Hold at all hazards : the story of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865. (Jesup, GA : W. A. Zorn, 1987)
http://books.google.com/books/about/Hold_at_all_hazards.html?id=sMEdAQAAMAAJ

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