Twelfth Alabama Regiment by Robert Emory Park

Twelfth Alabama Regiment by Robert Emory Park

Robert Emory Park

1843-1909

Robert Emory Park was born in LaGrange, Georgia. He attended Greenville Academy and Brownwood Institute in LaGrange before attending Emory University and Alabama A&M College (Auburn). He was awarded honorary degrees by both Emory and Auburn. Park served as a captain in the 12th Alabama Regiment of the Confederate Army. On September 19, 1864, he was wounded and captured. After the war, Park briefly taught at Tuskegee High School and then became principal of the Lucas Institute at Mt. Meigs. Later, he became principal of La Grange High School. After moving to Macon, Georgia, in 1872, Park worked as an agent for a publishing firm. He was elected Georgia State Treasurer in 1900 and served until his death in 1909.

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

1906

Twelfth Alabama Regiment. Richmond, VA; William Ellis Jones, 1906.

AL Book Collection

Park, Robert Emory, “Twelfth Alabama Regiment by Robert Emory Park,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24717.