JOHN HALL ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY D, 24TH ALABAMA INFANTRY OCTOBER 29, 1861 AT MOBILE, ALABAMA BY MAJ. GOODWIN FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS, LEFT SICK IN KENTUCKY SEPTEMBER 1862 BY AUTHORITY OF DR. [WM. H.] HAWKINS [REGIMENTAL SURGEON], DIED OF DISEASE OCTOBER 27, 1862 AT CUMBERLAND GAP, LAST PAID ON JUNE 30, 1862, NO FURTHER RECORDS
M311: COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE STATE OF ALABAMA
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10 21 1862 [Tuesday]
The combined rebel armies under Generals Bragg and E. Kirby Smith, reached Tennessee on their retreat from Kentucky this day. A correspondent, who accompanied the army, thus writes to the Sun, a rebel paper at Columbia, Tenn.: “The combined armies of Generals Bragg and Kirby Smith, including the forces of McCown, Stephenson, and Marshall, began their retrograde movement on the thirtheenth instant, from Dick’s River, not far from Harrodsburgh, Ky., General Bragg’s force leading and passing out of the State ahead of General Smith. Many of the men are worn out with almost constant marching, by day and by night, pinched a great portion of the time by hunger and thirst, and having to subsist a good portion of the time on parched corn, pumpkins, etc., and drinking frequently water from holes. How different the feelings of officers and men of these armies now compared with what they were upon their entrance into Kentucky two months since! It is unnedessary for me to say here that the expedition of the confederate forces into Kentucky, has resulted in miserable failure.” - Columbia Sun. [Rebelion Record, V6, Diary, p. 7]
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THE TWENTY-FOURTH ALABAMA INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Mobile in August, 1861.
In April it was ordered to Corinth, and was under fire at
Farmington, May 9th, and Blackland, June 4, 1862. It was in the
Kentucky campaign, but did not become engaged; lost heavily at
Murfreesboro, and was distinguished at Chickamauga, where it lost
over 30 per cent of its number, and at Missionary Ridge.