I hope that this partial list will help players add color to their gaming units. I will provide additional unit nicknames as I locate more information. The sources vary in completeness from one county to another. Some units did not have nicknames but were known by their company's captain.

An interesting point is that as late as 1863 (based on the Henry Woods letters B/12 Al Inf Rgt) enlisted units not only elected company Captains but also elected Majors and even Lt Colonels depending approval of the Colonel or Brigadier general. If the Brigade Commander refused to promote the elected man then the unit would vote on a different candidate. Also some letters indicate that units of drafted men did not get to elect officers but this is not conclusive.

Several companies recruited from several counties. Many "Battalions" were raised for home defense, though some served in the Mobile and North Alabama areas or were merged to form active regiments. Based on the Alabama Archives, which can be accessed by anybody, there were 63 Alabama Infantry Regiments (1-65 with no #52 or #64 )(However, I found references to a company belonging to a #52 Rgt, but I am not sure that the Ala company served in an Alabama Rgt.) and 14 Cavalry Regiments (1-12 with two #9 and one no number). There were several Legions with the most famous being Hilliards which was broken up to form several regiments.

The archives lists most of the units with nicknames as Independent or miltia companies. I have cross referenced with several sources to identify the regiment to which many of the nicknamed companies belonged. If an entry has a (?) then there is conflicting data but this is the best estimate. If an entry has a (#), then several separate companies have been identified as using the same nickname. If a company changed letter IDs, then I have tried to list them as well as changes in regiment assignments.

The note (Mil) indicates militia and (Ind) indicates independent. Independent companies were used mainly for Home defense and as garrison troops. They were responsible for engaging Union raiders as well as policing for local deserters and marauders. The most common nickname was Guards with 156 companies followed by Rifles with 71 units. Other popular nicknames were the Rangers with 37 units, Greys/Grays with 29 units, Blues with 24 units, Volunteers with 22 units and the Sharpshooters with 15 units. Several other nicknames were used but by less than ten units. These numbers do not include cavalry or artillery units. Seldom did an entire regiment adopt a nickname but there is reference to a Regiment being referred to as the Magnolia regiment.

When doing research, several contemporary and early record keeping practices contributed to confusing exact unit idenification. Company letter identification in a regiment might shift or the company may be transferred to a new regiment. When forming a new regiment, occasionally the entire company would go and at other times a cadre would go and take the old company nickname with them, thus producing in records two units with the same nickname.

Sometimes a unit with two parts to a nickname, such as Independent Rifles, was referred to as Independents in some letters, Rifles in others and Independent Rifles in even others. Sometimes two groups with different nicknames would combine to meet the minimum strength requirement for a company. The common nicknames resulted in units further distinguishing themselves by extra tags. These tags might include community, county, commander or unit financier names.

Letters and county histories comment that by 1862 the glamour of going to war had faded and fewer units adopted nicknames. This was especially true of companies consisting of a majority of draftees. Home Guard, the name for militia units adopted by Alabama in 1863, continued to use nicknames. Choctaw and Cherokee refer to the county not the ethnic background of the company's troops.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A-C / 1	Pike	Perote Guards	A / 1	Tallapoosa	Tallapoosa Rifles
B / 1	Barbour	Eufaula Rifles	D / 1	Red	Eagles
E / 1	Pike	Rough & Ready Pioneers	F / 1	Barbour	Clayton Guards
I / 1	Wilcox	Wilcox True Blues	I / 1	Dale ?	Dale Avengers
K / 1	Lowndes	Gds of Sunny South	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 2	Calhoun	Calhoun Guards	B / 2	Pickens	Lane Guards
C-G / 2	Monroe	Claiborne Guards	D / 2	Clarke	Clarke Rangers
D / 2	Clarke	Suggsville Greys	E / 2	Tuscumbia	Blues
E / 2	Franklin	Blues	F / 2(A/9)	Mobile	South AL Rangers
G / 2(H/14)	Tallapoosa	Jackson Avengers	G / 2	Wheeler	Rifles
I / 2	Mobile	Mob. Scotch Gds	K / 2	Jackson	Rifles

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A /3(K/21)	Mobile	Mobile Cadets	.	.	.
B /3(G/24)	Mobile	Gulf City Gds	C / 3	Macon	Tuskegee Light Inf
D / 3	Macon	Southern Rifles	E /3(A/21)	Washington	Wash. Light Inf
F / 3	Montgomery	Metropolitan Gd	G / 3	Lomax	Sharpshooters
G / 3	Montgomery	Mont. True Blues /Lgt Arty/ Free Blues	.	.	.
H / 3	Lowndes	The Beauregards	I / 3	Coosa	Wetumpka Light Gds
K / 3	Walker?	Walker Guards	K /3(E/21)	Mobile	Mob. Rifle Co
L / 3	-	Dixie Eagles	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 4	Dallas	Governors Guard	B / 4	Macon	Ala/Tuskegee Zouaves
C / 4	Dallas	Magnolia Cadets	C / 4	Perry	Wyatt Guard
D / 4	Perry	Canebrake Rifles(Gds)	D / 4	Autauga	Prattville Greys
E / 4	Conecuh	Conecuh Guards	F / 4	Madison	Huntsville Guards
G / 4	Perry	Marion Light Infantry	G / 4	Perry	Marion Rifles
H / 4	Lauderdale	Lauderdale Guards	I / 4	Madison	North Alabamians
K / 4	Larkinsville	Guards	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 5	Clarke	Grove Hill Guards	A / 5	Greensborough	Gds
A/5(Arty)	Tuscaloosa	Warrior Guards	B / 5	Calhoun	Sharpshooters
B / 5	Sumter	Livingston Rifles	C / 5	Pickens	Pickensville Blues
E / 5	Talladega	Talla. Artillery	F / 5	Sumter	Sumter Rifle Gds
G / 5	Dallas	Cahaba Rifles	K / 5	Barbour	Barbour Greys

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 6	Henry	Henry Greys	B / 6	Macon-Tallap	Loachapoka Rifles
B / 6	Marshall	Marsh. Mountaineers	C / 6	Marshall	Mountain Guards(1)
D / 6	Henry-Mont.	Independent Rifles	G / 6	Montgomery	Montgomery Greys
G / 6	Autauga	Autauga Rifles	H / 6	Henry-Russell	Opelika Volunteers
I / 6	Henry	Racoon Roughs/Russell Vol	K / 6	Henry	Henry Blues
L / 6	Henry	Sam Rice Guards	M / 6	Henry	Autauga Guards

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 7	Chambers	Lafayette Guards	B / 7	Calhoun	Calhoun Greys
C / 7(H/48)	Cherokee	Cherokee Greys	D / 7	Madison	Madison Rifles
E / 7	Mobile	Hamp Smith Rifles	K / 7	Lauderdale	Florence Guards

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 8	Perry	Alabama Rangers	B / 8	Coosa	Governor's Guard
C / 8	.	Stephen's Guard	D / 8	Dallas	Selma Indep Blues
E / 8	Mobile ?	Hamp Smith Gds	F / 8	Butler	Greenville Guards
G-H / 8	Mobile	German Fusiliers	H / 8	Mobile	Independent Scouts
I / 8	.	Emerald GD(Irish)	K / 8	Perry	Southern Guards

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 9	Marshall	The Marshall Boys	A / 9	Mobile	Beauregard Rifles
B / 9	Montgomery	Railroad Guards	C / 9	.	ALA Volunteers
C / 9	Pope	Walker Guards(1)	D / 9	Lauderdale	Lauderdale Rifles
E / 9	Decatur	Sons of Liberty	F / 9	Limestone	Limestone Troopers
G / 9	Butler	Jeff Davis Rangers	H / 9	Limestone	Limestone Grays
I / 9	Pickens	Calhoun Guards	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 10	St Clair	Ashville Guards	B / 10	Jefferson	Jefferson Volunteers
D / 10	Calhoun	Alexandria Rifles	F / 10	Coosa	Valley Gds/Blues
E / 10	Talladega	Tallad Davis Rifles/Blues	G /10	Calhoun Pope	Walker Gds(2)
H / 10	Calhoun	Choccolocco Rifles	I-L / 10	DeKalb	Yancey Guards
K / 10	Talladega	Ft Williams Rifles	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A/11(C/21)	Marengo	Marengo Rifles	B / 11	Greene	Greene Cty Grays
? / 11	Coosa	Valley Blues	C / 11	.	Confederate Gds (1)
D / 11	Canebrake	Legion	E / 11	Washington	Wash. Sharpshooters
E / 11	Washington	Yancey Rifles	F / 11	Bibb	Bibb Grays
G / 11	Tuscaloosa	Northport/Tusc Rifles	H / 11	Pickens	Pickens Gds
K / 11	.	Independent Vol.	I / 11	.	Fayette & Pickens Rifles

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 12	Mobile	Garde Layfayette	B / 12	Coosa	Coosa Indep. Vol.
C / 12	Mobile	Independent Rifles	D / 12	Coffee	Coffee Rangers
E / 12	DeKalb	DeK. Invincibles	F / 12	Macon	Macon Confederates
G / 12	North	ALA Sharpshooters	G / 12	Jackson	Paint Rock Sharpshters
G / 12	Woodville	Sharpshooters	H / 12	Denolia	Rifles
H / 12	Magnolia	Rifles	I / 12	Mobile	Southern Foresters
K / 12	-	Tom Watts Rebels	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 13	Wilcox	Camden Rifles	B / 13	South	Stars
C / 13	Coosa	Ala Borderers	D / 13	Randolph	Rand. Mountaineers
E / 13	Randolph	Randolph Rangers	D-F /13	Randolph	Wedowee Vol.
F / 13	Tallapoosa	Tallapoosa/Tallassee Gds	G / 13	Yancey	Guards
H / 13	Coosa	Coosa Mountaineers	H / 13	Coosa	Coosa Mtd Gds
I / 13	Randolph	Roanoke Invincibles	K / 13	Stephens	Guards

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 14	Chambers	Cusetta Greys	B / 14	Lowndes	Moore Guards
C / 14	Chambers	Tom Watts Greys	D / 14	Chambers	Yancey Greys
E / 14	Chambers	Gilmore Greys	F / 14	Macon	Billy Gilmore Greys
G / 14	Tallapoosa	Hillabee True Blues	H / 14	Jackson	Avengers (2)
I / 14	Talladega	Hillabee Rifles	? / 14	Randolph	Louina Guards
L / 14	-	Texas Invincibles ?	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 15	Canty	Rifles	C/ 15	Ft Browder	Roughs
B / 15	Barbour	Midway Southern Gds	E / 15	Dale	Dale Beauregards
F / 15	Pike	Brundidge Guards	G / 15	Henry	Henry Pioneers
H / 15	Glenville	Guards	I / 15	Pike	Quitman Gds
J-K / 15	Barbour	Eufaula Zouaves	K / 15	Barbour	Eufaula City Gd
L / 15	Pike	Pike Sharpshooters	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 16	Franklin	Sons of Dixie	A / 16	Franklin	Pope Walker Grays
B / 16	.	Mountain Rangers(1)	D /16 (K/55)	Cherokee	Snodgrass Guards
H / 16	Russell ?	Russell Valley War Hornets/Gds	K-L-A/16	Henry	Columbia Blues

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 17	Bartow	Rangers/Avengers	A / 17	Pinto	Battery ?
D / 17	Coosa	Cochran Greys/Rangers	E / 17	Randolph	Dowdell Rangers
F / 17	Montgomery	Winter Greys	K / 17	Butler	Butler True Blues

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A/ 18	Coffee	Bullock Guards	B-D / 18	Coosa	Coosa Farmers
B/18(C/42)	Covington	McCulloch's Avengers	B / 18	Covington	Covington Hunters
C / 18	Shelby	Cahaba Valley Boys/Rangers	D / 18	-	Moore's Sharpshooters
E / 18	-	Confederate Stars	F / 18	-	Tom Watts Rifles
G / 18	Yancey	Guards/Rangers	H / 18	A.B. Moore	Invincibles
I / 18	Shelby	Curry Guards	K / 18	-	Confederate Blues

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 19	Pickens	Pick. Rough and Readies	B / 19	Blount	Blo. Continentals
D / 19	Cherokee	Curry Guards	D / 19	Coosa	River Gds
E / 19	Cherokee	Cherokee Guards	F / 19	Cherokee	Davis Guards (1)
G / 19	Cherokee	Mountaineers	H / 19	Cherokee	The Cherokees
A-I / 19	Cherokee	Cherokee Rangers	K / 19	Blount	Blount Guards

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 20	-	Brook's Lgt Inf	B / 20	Dallas	Phoenix Reds
C / 20	Jefferson	Jefferson Rifles	D / 20	Bibb	Bibb Rangers
D / 20	Black	Warriors	E / 20	Greene	Greene Grays (2)
F / 20	Perry	Perry Cty Boys	G / 20	Bibb	Cahaba Valley Gds
H / 20	-	Perry & Bibb Liners	I / 20	Planters	Guard

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
B / 21	Montgomery	Mont. Guards	C / 21	Witherspoon	Gd Rifles
C / 21	Marengo	Marengo Rifles	D / 21	Mobile	Battle Guards
E / 21	Mobile	Mob./Chamberlain Rifles	E/ 21	Mobile	Woodruff Rifles
F / 21	Baldwin	Baldwin Rifles	G / 21	Mobile	Spanish Guards
G / 21	Southern	Star Gds	G-H / 21	Swanson	Guards
H / 21	Mobile?	French Guards	I / 21	United	Rangers
I / 21	Independence	Rifles	K / 21	Mobile	Mobile Cadets

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
B / 22	Clarke	Frank Lyon Guards	C / 22	Choctaw	Choctaw Warriors
C / 22	Brownrigg	Warriors	D / 22	Cherokee	Beauregards
E / 22	Calhoun	Calhoun Boys	F / 22	Randolph ?(2)	Dowdell Rangers
G / 22	Randolph	Randolph Spartans	H / 22	Sam	Cooper Rifles
I / 22	Pike	Pike Grays	? / 22	Choctaw	Warlock Guards

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
D / 23	Conecuh	Cary Rifles	F / 23	Conecuh	Sharpshooters

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
B / 24	Emmett	Guards	C / 24	Dixie	Boys (1)
E-G / 24	Clarke	Dickinson Guards(1)	G / 24	Mobile ?	Gulf City Garrison Gds
I / 24	Greene	Confederate Guards	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 25	Covington	Andalusia Beauregards	B / 25	Pike	Pike Guards
C / 25	Shelby	Shelby Confederates	D / 25	St Clair	Ashville Blues
E / 25	Pickens	Pickens Tigers	F / 25	J.J. Heflin	Highlanders
G / 25	Hillabee	Highlanders	H / 25	Lawler	Invincibles
I / 25	Calhoun	Mountain Guards (2)	.	.	.
K / 25	Coffee	Little Geo Mathews Friends	K / 25	Coast	Guard Co #1

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 26	Calhoun	Beauregards (1)	F / 26 (56)	Tuscaloosa	Tusca. Mountaineers
G / 26	Jemison	Guards	H / 26	.	Sons of '76
I / 26	Sipsey	Guards	K / 26	Looxapalia	Guards

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
B / 27	-	Confederate Sentinels	F / 27	New Market	Rebels

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
F / 28	Walker ?	Walker Legion	I / 28	Dallas	Dallas Warriors

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 29	Walker ?	Reynolds Guards	B / 29	Blount	Blount Hornets
D / 29	Calhoun ?	Weaver Guards	D / 29	Bibb	Bibb Rifles
E / 29	Philip	Weaver Gds	F / 29	Tiger	Boys
G / 29	Barbour	Seals Guards	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
B / 30	Calhoun	Sallie Walker Boys	B / 31	Cherokee	Rall's Rifles
A / 32	Washington	Wilson Guards	.	.	.
G / 32	Clarke	Dickinson Guards (2)	E / 32	Clarke	Bigbee Tigers
F / 33	Covington & Coffee	Greys	H / 33	Montgomery	Davis Rangers
I / 34	Shorter	Guards	G / 37	Chambers	Wiche Jackson Blues
A / 38	Clarke	Eliza Finn's Guards	C / 38	Choctaw	Dixie Rifles
D / 38	Clarke	Ala Invincibles	E / 38	Conecuh	Miller Guards
I / 38	Clarke	Alabama Grays	.	.	.
A / 39	Henry	Orion Grays	C / 39	Henry	Pea River Rifles
K / 39	Henry	Mitchell Volunteers	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
B / 40	Pickens	Pickens Planters	C-E / 42	Conecuh	McCulloch Avengers
A / 44	J.M.Calhoun	Gds	B / 44	Bibb	Scottsville Guards
E / 44	Sallie Ratcliffe	Guards	G / 44	Dallas	Washin. Smith Gds
H / 44	Bibb	Dawson Warren ?	.	.	.
A / 45	Barbour	Barbour Yankee Hunters	B / 45	Dixie	Sledge Guards
I / 45	Randolph ?	Randolph Volunteers	A / 46	Coosa	Southern Defenders
B / 46	Coosa	Coosa Rangers	C / 46	J.G.Shorter	Aides
B / 47	Tallapoosa	Tallap.Tigers/Lgt Inf	C / 47	Jeff	Holley Guards
I / 47	Chambers	Chambers Infantry	K / 47	Goldthwaite	Grays
A / 48	Jackson ?	Jackson Boys	B / 48	De Kalb	Wills Valley Gds
C / 48	Mountain	Rangers(2)	D / 48	Sheffield	Guards
D / 48	-	Jacksonians	F / 48	-	Jeff Davis Boys
G / 48	Cherokee	Elisha King Guards	H / 48	Cherokee	Chero Grays/Gds
I / 48	Lee ?	Lee County Guards	I / 48	Chalhoun	Newman Pounds Gds
/ 48	Calhoun	Moore's Rifles	.	.	.
A / 49	Oleander	Guards(1)	C / 49	Jackson ?	Jackson Lions
D-G / 49	De Kalb	DeKalb Rifles (1)	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
A / 50	Calhoun	Calhoun Beauregards (2)	C / 50	Jackson ?	Paint Rock Rifles
E / 50	Limestone	Limestone Rebels	B / 51	-	Thompson's Artillery
F / 52	Oleander	Guards(2)	F / 53	Wilcox	Ala Mtd Rifles
B / 54	Confederate	Bricks	C / 54	Choctaw	Griffin Rifles
D / 54	Chuckatoochee ?	Riflemen	E / 54	Gulf	Rangers
F / 54	Choctaw	Andy Moore's Guards	G-K /54	DeKalb	Dekalb Rifles (2)
H / 54	Mississippi	Devils	I / 54	-	ALA Hickories
B / 55	Cherokee	Cher. Davis Guards(2)	C / 55	Calhoun	Oxford Rifles
D / 55	Jackson	Jackson Hornets	G / 55	Jeff	Davis Gds
A / 57	Clanton	Rifles	I / 58	Calhoun?	St Clair Sharpshooters
G / 59	Siler	Guards	.	.	.

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
B / 60	Coosa	Rebecca William's Rifles	? / 61	Randolph	Rand. Beauregards
C / 62	Bridge	Guard	D / 62	Stonewall	Cadets
I / 62	Dallas	Rosser Reserves	F / 65	Conecuh	Conecuh Reserves

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	Com/Rgt	County	Nickname
D / 3 Bn (H/26)	-	Sons of '76	.	.	.
A / 4 Bn	Cherokee	Chero. Davis Gds(2)	B / 4 Bn	Shorter	Guards
C / 4 Bn	Dixie	Boys	D / 4 Bn	-	Sumter-Shorter Gds (Mil)
A / 5 Bn	Sumter	North Sumter Rifles	B / 5 Bn	Calhoun	Cal. Sharpshooter
B / 5 Bn	Bush	Sharpshooters	C / 5 Bn	Calhoun	White Plains Rangers
D / 5 Bn	Daniel Boone	Rifles	E / 5 Bn	Howell	Guards
I / 9 Bn(I/58)	St Clair	St Clair Sharpshooters	.	.	.
16 Sharpshooters	Marshall	Mar. Mountaineers	E / 25 GA	Henry	Henry Light Infantry
E / 25 GA	Henry	Irwin's Invincibles	.	.	.

Cavalry and Other Mounted Companies

Com / Rgt	County	Nickname	County	Nickname
K / 1 Cav	Montgomery	Mounted Rifles	Montgomery	Line Creek Gds (1 AL Cav)
G / 2 Cav	Coosa	Knox's Dragoons	Dallas	Summerfield Huzzars
H / 3 Cav	Autauga	Prattville Dragoons	Sumter	Sumter Mtd Gds(Ind Cav)
F / 8 Cav	Marshall	The Marshall Boys	?	Shelby West's Mtd Infantry
K / 8 Cav	Chambers	Goldwaithes Rangers	Russell	Uchee Hussars
A / 10 Cav	Chambers	Clopton's Rangers	Shelby	Shelby Cavalry Gd
C / 3 Cav	Choctaw	Ruffin's Dragoons	Baldwin	Baldwin Rangers (Cav)

Cty	Nickname	Cty	Nickname
Mobile	ALA Lgt Dragoons	Dallas	Pleasant Hill Cav
Lowndes	Planters Cav	Lowndes	Farmerville Cav
Lowndes	ALA Defenders	Calhoun	Bush's Mtd Gunmen
Marengo	Marengo Mtd Gds	Marengo	Marengo Troop(Mtd?)
Henry	Hen. Mtd Rifles	Choctaw	Choctaw Mtd Men
Coosa	Wetumpka Lgt Drgns	Dallas	Dallas Lgt Drgns
Talladega	Ft Williams Cav	Lauderdale	Laud. Dragoons

Companies Whose Regiment has not been Identified or Independent