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>Also recall that the Alabama boys fought the last battle of the Civil War >at Fort Blakely "after" Lee had signed on the dotted line at Appomattox >Courthouse.

Yes, and some people think we are still fighting that war. I fight only when fired upon.

I had several grandfathers involved in that altercation, with some being wounded. Every one of my grandfathers who were of age were called up or volunteered. One grandfather lost his kneecap at Chickamauga. Another grandfather went, along with 7 other brothers. One of his brothers died in a POW camp and another was wounded in the East Tennesee campaign. He was convalescing in Chattanooga when his wife traveled from central Alabama to care for him. She apparently drank from a bad well outside of Chattanooga and contracted typhoid fever. She infected him and they both died, leaving 4 children for relatives to raise.
The others all made it home in more or less acceptable health.

Alabama sent more men per capita to the CSArmy and suffered more casualties per capita than any other state.