167th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 167th Infantry Regiment (nicknamed "4th Alabama") is an infantry regiment of the Alabama National Guard. History The 167th Infantry Regiment traces its lineage to 1836. During the early nineteenth century, it served primarily as state troops but was called into federal service during the Seminole Wars and the Mexican–American War. During the American Civil War, it mustered on the side of the Confederacy at Dalton, Georgia and fought as part of the Alabama Brigade in the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. The unit surrendered in Appomattox on April 12, 1865 with 202 men. A total of 1,422 men had served with it over the course of the war. Approximately 240 died in battle and 100 of disease. It was known as the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment when state militias were reorganized as National Guard troops in 1898 and 1899. In 1916, the unit was stationed along the Mexican border to guard against Pancho Villa's bandits. Its efforts were not entirely effective, but the experience conditioned the troops for future combat in World War I. In preparation for the upcoming war, the 4th Alabama was recalled to Montgomery