(Forrest's) 4th Alabama Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as Forrest's (Alabama) Cavalry

• June 1, 1863 (?) - Organized by the increase of (Julian's) Alabama Cavalry Battalion to a regiment
• ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• June 10, 1864 - Brice's Crossorads
• July 11, 1864 - Broken up with:
  • Four Tennessee companies transferred to the 18th Tennessee Cavalry
  • Four Alabama companies transferred to (Warren's) Alabama Cavalry Battalion
  • One Alabama company transferred to (Moreland's) Alabama Cavalry Battalion

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Tennessee / District of Northern Alabama (June-August 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Roddey's Brigade (August-September 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps (November 1863-January 1864)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Chalmers' Division / J.E. Forrest's Brigade (January 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Chalmers' Division / J.E. Forrest's Brigade (January-February 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Thompson's/Crossland's Brigade (February-July 1864)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Jeffrey E. Forrest (Colonel)
• Dew M. Wisdom (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 32, 46)