History of the Eighth Alabama Regiment, CSA by Hilary Abner Herbert

History of the Eighth Alabama Regiment, CSA by Hilary Abner Herbert

Hilary Abner Herbert

1834-1919

Hilary Abner Herbert was born in Laurensville, S.C., but moved to Alabama at twelve years old. He pursued higher education at the University of Alabama and the University of Virginia before being admitted to the Alabama bar in 1857. Herbert then practiced law in Greenville, Ala., from 1857 to 1872 and in Montgomery, Ala., from 1872 to 1876. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1877 to 1892 and then became Secretary of the Navy from 1893 to 1897. Afterwards, Herbert practiced law in Washington as senior partner in law firm Herbert and Micou until his death in 1919.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1977

History of the Eighth Alabama Regiment, CSA. Tuscaloosa, AL; Alabama State Department of Archives and History, 1977.

AL Book Collection

Herbert, Hilary Abner, “History of the Eighth Alabama Regiment, CSA by Hilary Abner Herbert,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24639.