Letter from Thomas Garrett Requesting Infomation on 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, Montgomery, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/montgomery/military/tggarrett.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file is copyrighted and contributed by: Delilah Evans ==================================================================== April 2002 Pike Road, Ala. Dec. 12, 1910 Dear Sir and Comrad: I write to request you to let me know to whom I can write in Columbus to gain information about Capt. Robt. Lockhart's Co. of Infantry which was originally attached to the 3rd Bat. Of Hilliard's Ala. Legion, Jach Thorington Col. J. W. A. Sanford Lt. Col. Hatch Cook Maj. After Chickamauga it was a part of the 60th Ala. Infantry Regt. The Co. was raised in Columbus, Ga. and adjacent Ala. Territory. Please do what you can for me in this as a history of the Regt. and Brigade (Gracies's) is being written and each company will be remembered - hence my desire for information. Let me hear from you with as little delay as possible please. Faithfully Yours Thos. G. Garrett 60th Ala. Infantry Gracie's Brigade The following information was added by Carolyn Golowka: Within the Legion, the 1st Infantry Battalion was organized with 7 companies at Montgomery, AL, on June 26, 1862. Four companies from the 1st Infantry Battalion consolidated with the 3rd Infantry Battalion, Hillard's Legion, to make six companies. They were designated the 60th Infantry Regiment at Charleston, TN, on November 25, 1863. Upon the dissolution of Hilliard's Legion in November 1863, Co. "A" of the 3rd Battalion became Co. "E"; Co. "B" became Co. "A"; Co. C. Became Co. "B"; Co. "D" became Co. "C"; Co. "E" became Co. "G"; and Co. "F" became Co. "D", all of the 60th Alabama Infantry. 3rd Battalion field and staff officers were Lt. Co. John William Augustine Sanford and Major Hatch Cook. Col. Jack Thorington, who was mentioned in the above letter, was an officer along with Maj. (later Lt. Col.) John H. Holt with the remaining companies that made up the 1st Infantry Battalion and they became known as the 23rd Sharpshooters Battalion. This unit was assigned to the 4th Brigade, McCown's Division, Dept. of East Tennessee (Oct. - Nov. 1862); 5th Brigade, Heth's Division, Dept. of East Tennessee (Nov. 62). Palmer's Brigade, Dept. of East Tennessee (Dec. 1862 - Mar. 1863); Gracies's Brigade, Dept. of East Tennessee (April - Sept 1863); Gracie's Brigade, Presto's Division, Buckner's Corps, Army of Tennessee (Sept. - Oct. 1863); and Gracie's Brigade, Buckner's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (Oct. - Nov. 1863). The Battalion fought at Chickamauga (Sept. 19-20, 1863) and at the Siege of Chattanooga (Sept. - Nov. 1863). The assignments for the 3rd Battalion were the same as those noted above for the 1st Battalion except for the period from Dec. 1862 - Mar. 1863 when it was assigned to Knoxville and the Dept. of East Tennessee. Otherwise all assignments were the same. More about Hilliad's Legion can be found at: http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/hilliard.html