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The Civil War in Alabama |
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Alabama 4th Cavalry Regiment was formed after Shiloh (April or May 1862) at Murfreesboro by consolidating four companies from the 3rd (Forrest's Old) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, six companies of the Alabama 4th Cavalry Battalion, and the 15th Tennessee 15th Cavalry Battalion (Russell's Rangers). At Murfreesboro, Tennessee in Dec. 1862, four companies of the original battalion with which Gen. Forrest entered the service, were united with the six companies of the Fourth Alabama battalion, and the regiment organized.
Members were from the counties of Madison, Wilcox, Monroe, Cherokee, Jackson, Marshall, and Lawrence.
OFFICERS:
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Colonel:
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· Alfred A. Russell
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· J.M. Hambrick
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· F.M. Taylor
ASSIGNMENTS:
Assigned to General J. T. Morgan's and W. W. Allen's Brigade.
Lexington
Trenton
Jackson
Parker's Cross Roads
Chickamauga
Knoxville
Atlanta Campaign
Skirmished in the Tennessee Valley
ROSTERS:
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The Alabama 4th Cavalry Regiment was formed after Shiloh by consolidating four companies from the 3rd (Forrest's Old) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, six companies of the , and the Russell Rangers or 15th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. Its members were from the counties of Madison, Wilcox, Monroe, Cherokee, Jackson, Marshall, and Lawrence.
The four companies that had been with Forrest for 15 months, had fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and numerous other engagements.
Its members were from the counties of Madison, Wilcox, Monroe, Cherokee, Jackson, Marshall, and Lawrence.
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REF: http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/rodes.html#6th
http://www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/alamilor/mil_org.html
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