This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/749.1 Message Board Post: This company was called the "Saint Clair Greys". Officers and men enlisted at Ashville, Ala., March 1, 1862, for twelve months in Confederate service. As Levi Lloyd’s Company “G” of the 9th Alabama Infantry Battalion, they joined with Company “A” to form Company “L” of the 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment from April 28, 1862, until March 2, 1863. The 18th Alabama was on duty at Mobile from late July 1862 until April of 1863. The 9th Alabama Infantry Battalion, AKA Blount's 5th Battalion, has a unique history among other Alabama Confederate units. As far as I know, it's the only Confederate command of battalion/regimental size to be disbanded and then reconstituted. In the interim officers and men were assigned to various companies of the 18th Alabama. If you're looking for a soldier who served in the 58th Alabama/9th Alabama Battalion, he probably has entries with the 18th Alabama as well. If this isn't confusing enough, on Nov. 23, 1863, the 58th Alabama was merged with the 32nd Alabama. This action took place because both regiments were understrength. Co. "G" was combined with Co. "E" of the 58th to form consolidated Co. "G" of the 32nd/58th Alabama. If I ever teach a course in Alabama Confederate units, my final exam may include a bonus essay question about this command. To get full credit, students will have to list all its organizational changes, dates and reasons for them, as well as brigade assignments. I suspect few people will attempt this! To answer your question, about twenty years ago I was asked to research the 58th Alabama from beginning to end. I've lost my copy of this paper but recall most of the particulars. As the 9th Alabama Battalion, this command fought in its first action at Hoover's Gap, Tenn., June 24, 1863. Its last action took place at Spanish Fort, Ala., Apr. 9, 1865, the 32nd/58th Alabama stacking muskets at Meridian, Miss., May 10, 1865. Probably the most harrowing moments for many veterans involved walking down from Lookout Mountain on the night of Nov. 24-25, 1863. Orders to leave the mountain came about midnight, and a total eclipse of the moon left everyone in total darkness. Federal soldiers nearby would shoot at any sound, and a wrong step in the dark might lead off the edge of a cliff. Each man tried to keep a hand on the man in front to prevent that from happening. The best book on the regiment is "Diary of a Confederate soldier: John Washington Inzer, 1834-1928", Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, c1977.