(Ball's/Hatch's) 8th Alabama Cavalry
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- Also referred to as the (Ball's/Hatch's) 9th Alabama Cavalry
- April 26, 1864 - Organized by the increase of (Hatch's) Alabama Cavalry Battalion (local defense troops, 6 months) to a regiment at Newbern, Hale County, Alabama
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- June 24, 1864 - Lafayette
- August 14, 1864 - Ten Islands
- March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / District of Central and Northern Alabama / Armistead's Brigade (August-September 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / District of Central Alabama / Armistead's Brigade (September-December 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Armistead's Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / Armistead's Brigade (April-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Elias P. Ball (Colonel)
- John L. Chancellor (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Lemuel D. Hatch (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William T. Poe (Major)
- Richard H. Redwood (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 36, 38)
