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Rodes Alabama Brigade

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  • Robert Emmett Rodes was born in Lynchburg, VA

  • He graduated with distinction from the Virginia Military Institute

    he was appointed an assistant professor there until 1851 when he resigned
  • Rodes volunteers and becomes Colonel in the 5th Alabama

    Rodes volunteers and becomes Colonel in the 5th Alabama

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    Rodes Brigade Battles

    fought at Seven Pines, Gaines' Mill, and Malvern Hill where they suffered 50% casualties,at Sharpsburg, his brigade helped hold the Confederate center at the Bloody Lane,Rodes led Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson's flank attack at Chancellorsville which won him a promotion to Major General

  • Rodes Brigade fights at Gettysburg

    Suffers many casualities

  • Rodes Dies at Winchester Virginia

    He was killed while trying to direct a counterattack