(Wade's) 8th Confederate States Cavalry
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- Also referred to as the 2nd Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry
- May 1862 - Organized by consolidation:
- (Buell's) 1st Alabama Cavalry Battalion (3 companies)
- (Brewer's) 2nd Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry Battalion (6 companies)
- Company F re-assigned from the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion / Company K
- June 14, 1862 - Skirmish near Baldwin at Clear Creek
- July 17, 1862 - Reorganized
- July 25-August 1, 1862 - Expedition from Holly Springs to Bolivar and Jackson (detachment)
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- January 31, 1863 - Middleton, Unionville, and Rover
- February 19, 1863 - Rover
- June-July 1863 -
The Tullahoma Campaign
- June 27, 1863 - Shelbyville
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- July-September, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- July 30, 1864 - Brown's Mill
- July-September, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- October 2, 1864 - Saltville
- November-December, 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign
- February-April, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- November 1862 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade
- November 1862-March 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Division / Wheeler's Brigade
- March-September 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's Division / Hagan's/Morgan's Brigade
- October 1863-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Kelly's Division / Wade's/Hume's/Allen's/Anderson's Brigade
- November 1864-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Kelly's/Allen's Division / Anderson's Brigade
- February-April 1865 - Hampton's Cavalry Command[1] / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Anderson's Brigade
- April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Anderson's Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Richard H. Brewer (Colonel)
- Jefferson Faulkner (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Joseph H. Field (Colonel)
- John S. Prather (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William B. Wade (Colonel)
- John T. Wright (Major)
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Notes
- ↑ Originally listed Corps
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 171-172)