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G.W. Ridley Roll of Honor
| Muster Rolls Company C 18th Div |
| Census for Alabama service |
J.B Ridley
| GW Ridley and wife Mary Ellen |
| George Washington Ridley 1845-1917 served in the 18th Alabama |
John Dame
1752-1805
1752-1805
The regiment was organized at Auburn, Sept. 4, 1861, with the field officers appointed by President Davis. A few
weeks later, it went to Mobile, by way of Huntsville, and was there brigaded under Gen. Gladden of Louisiana, with
the Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-second, and Twenty-fifth Alabama regiments,
Withers' division. Ordered to Corinth in March 1862, the regiment and brigaded under
Gen. J.K. Jackson of Georgia, with the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Alabama regiments
. The Eighteenth fought the first day at Shiloh, and lost 125 killed and wounded out of
420 men engaged. It was detailed to escort the brigade of Gen. Prentiss, which it had
largely aided to capture, to the rear, and did not take part the second day. After the
battle, the regiment was without field officers, it was for a short time under the officers
detailed for the purpose. It was under fire at Blackland, and soon after was sent to Mobile.
There the Eighteenth remained till April 1863, when it rejoined the army of Tennessee, in
a brigade with the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-eight Alabama regiments, and the Ninth Alabama
battalion (the latter being soon after raised to the Fifty-eighth regiment, and consolidated
subsequently with the Thirty-second Alabama),
commanded successively by Generals
Cummings of Georgia, Clayton of Barbour, Holtzclaw
of Montgomery, and Colonel Bush Jones of Perry. At Chicamauga the
Eighteenth was terribly mutilated, losing 22 out of 36
officers, and 300 out of 500 men, killed and wounded. At Mission Ridge the
Eighteenth was engaged, and lost about 90 men, principally captured. Having
wintered at Dalton, it began the Dalton-Atlanta campaign with 500 effective
men, and fought all the way down to Jonesboro, losing constantly in killed and
wounded, but with no severe loss at any one place. It lost very nearly half its number
during the campaign, and rendered effective service. The regiment went with Gen. Hood into Tennessee, and lost
about 100 at Franklin,
principally captured. When the army moved to the Carolinas in February
1865, the regiment was ordered to Mobile, and placed in the field works
at Spanish Fort. It participated prominently in the siege of that place
several weeks later, with some loss, and escaped when the defences
were evacuated. It surrendered at Meridian, Miss., May 4, 1865.
weeks later, it went to Mobile, by way of Huntsville, and was there brigaded under Gen. Gladden of Louisiana, with
the Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-second, and Twenty-fifth Alabama regiments,
Withers' division. Ordered to Corinth in March 1862, the regiment and brigaded under
Gen. J.K. Jackson of Georgia, with the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Alabama regiments
. The Eighteenth fought the first day at Shiloh, and lost 125 killed and wounded out of
420 men engaged. It was detailed to escort the brigade of Gen. Prentiss, which it had
largely aided to capture, to the rear, and did not take part the second day. After the
battle, the regiment was without field officers, it was for a short time under the officers
detailed for the purpose. It was under fire at Blackland, and soon after was sent to Mobile.
There the Eighteenth remained till April 1863, when it rejoined the army of Tennessee, in
a brigade with the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-eight Alabama regiments, and the Ninth Alabama
battalion (the latter being soon after raised to the Fifty-eighth regiment, and consolidated
subsequently with the Thirty-second Alabama),
commanded successively by Generals
Cummings of Georgia, Clayton of Barbour, Holtzclaw
of Montgomery, and Colonel Bush Jones of Perry. At Chicamauga the
Eighteenth was terribly mutilated, losing 22 out of 36
officers, and 300 out of 500 men, killed and wounded. At Mission Ridge the
Eighteenth was engaged, and lost about 90 men, principally captured. Having
wintered at Dalton, it began the Dalton-Atlanta campaign with 500 effective
men, and fought all the way down to Jonesboro, losing constantly in killed and
wounded, but with no severe loss at any one place. It lost very nearly half its number
during the campaign, and rendered effective service. The regiment went with Gen. Hood into Tennessee, and lost
about 100 at Franklin,
principally captured. When the army moved to the Carolinas in February
1865, the regiment was ordered to Mobile, and placed in the field works
at Spanish Fort. It participated prominently in the siege of that place
several weeks later, with some loss, and escaped when the defences
were evacuated. It surrendered at Meridian, Miss., May 4, 1865.
| Clayton's (Holtzclaws) Brigade 1862-1865 Eighteenth Alabama Infantry Regiment |
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| The Ridley history as told by Jerry (bear) Ridley Alabama resident |
| John Bunyon Ridley 1848-1929 served 18th Vol Alabama |
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