Company "B" of the 7th Alabama was the "Calhoun Grays". First organized at Sulpher Springs, Ala., March 23, 1861, as the "Sulpher Springs Grays," officers and men entered state service on March 26, 1861. They enrolled in Confederate service at Barrancas, Fla., April 7, 1861, and disbanded at Fort Pillow, near Memphis, Tenn., a year later. Many former members joined either Company "D", 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers, or Company "K" of the 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Capt. Moses Lee of the latter had been 1st Lt. of Company "B", 7th Alabama Infantry. His company, the "Moore Rifles", was accepted in Confederate service at Mount Polk, Ala., May 3, 1862. Sulpher Springs and Mount Polk are both a short distance northwest of Jacksonville in Calhoun County, Ala. -----Original Message----- From: TRich97@aol.com [mailto:TRich97@aol.com] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 9:56 PM To: AL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AL-Civil War] 7th Al Infantry My gr gr grandfather, Newton Rich, was in Co. B of the 7th Alabama Infantry. When the 7th disband in April 1862, he joined the 48th Alabama Infantry, Co K. He died at the battle of Gettysburg. Here is some of the information I have on the company. Hope it helps! The 7th Alabama Infantry was organized at Pensacola, Florida on May 18, 1861, with 8 infantry and 2 mounted companies. It was composed of companies that had rendezvoused there from the counties of Autauga, Barbour, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Dallas, Jackson, Lauderdale, Madison, Montgomery, Pike, and Wilcox. It remained on duty there until it was ordered to Chattanoga, TN in November of 1861. One month later, the 7th was sent to Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was in a temporary brigade under Col. Sterling A. M. Wood, and it fell back with the army to Corinth, Mississippi. The time of service of the companies expired after 12 months during the first week in April, 1862, and the regiment disband. However, the 2 mounted companies from Autauga and Lauderdale retained their organization and fought at Shiloh, as did other men from the regiment. The mounted companies then became part of the 3rd Alabama Cavalry, and the majority of the remaining men and officers joined other organizations. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237