56th Alabama Cavalry (Partisan Rangers)
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- Also referred to as 56th Alabama Cavalry
- June 9, 1863 - Organized by consolidation of:
- 13th Alabama Cavalry Battalion (Partisan Rangers)
- 15th Alabama Cavalry Battalion (Partisan Rangers)
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- November-December 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station. Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Ferguson's Cavalry Brigade (August 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Ferguson's Brigade (November-December 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (January 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (January-May 1864)
- Army of Mississippi / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Ferguson's Brigade (May-July 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Ferguson's Brigade (July-October 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's/Young's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (December 1864-February 1865)
- Hampton's Cavalry Command / Young's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (February-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Young's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William Boyles (Colonel)
- Arthur W. DeBardeleban (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William A. Hewlett (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William Martin (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 44-45)