5th Alabama Cavalry
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- December 1862 - Organized at Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama by increasing the 22nd Alabama Cavalry Battalion to a regiment
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- December 12, 1862 - Cherokee Station and Little Bear Creek, Alabama
- September 19-20, 1862 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- September-October 1864 - Forrest's Middle Tennessee Raid
- March 22-24, 1865 - Wilson's Raid
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Tennessee / District of Northern Alabama (May-August 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Roddey's Brigade (August 1863-September 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / District of Northern Alabama (September 1864-March 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Roddey's Brigade (March-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Josiah Patterson (Colonel)
- James M. Warren (Lieutenant Colonel)
- R.F. Gibson (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. (Page 34)