[1] The soldiers were from the counties of Tallapoosa, Pike, Lowndes, Wilcox, Talladega, Barbour, and Macon.

[2] For a year the regiment staffed the batteries at Pensacola, then moved to Missouri with 1,000 soldiers, where all but a detachment were captured at the Battle of Island Number Ten.

Exchanged and reorganized with 610 effectives, the 1st joined the Army of Tennessee and served in General Quarles' and Shelley's Brigade.

It took an active part in the Atlanta and Tennessee Campaigns, and ended the war in North Carolina.

Its casualties were high at Peach Tree Creek and were again heavy at Franklin and Nashville.