(Russell's) 4th Alabama Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• November 23, 1862 - Organized at Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee by consolidation of:
  • 15th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
  • Four companies of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry
• ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• December 11, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Forrest's West Tennessee Raid
• December 20-21, 1862 - Spring Creek
• December 31, 1862 - Parker's Crossroads
• March 4, 1863 - Unionville, Tennessee
• March 13, 1863 - Rover, Tennessee
• June 1863 - The Tullahoma Campaign
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• October 1-9, 1863 - Wheeler's Sequatchie Raid
• November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
  • July 31, 1864 - Sunshine Church
• January 19, 1865-May 4, 1865 - Field consolidation with the 7th Alabama Cavalry
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's Division / Russell's Brigade (July-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Martin's Division / Morgan's Brigade (October-November 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / Cavalry Corps / Martin's/Morgan's Division / Morgan's/Russell's Brigade (December 1863-February 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's/Morgan's/Allen's Division / Morgan's/Allen's/Hagan's Brigade (April-November 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / District of Northern Alabama (November 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Chalmers' Division (January-February 1865)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division (February-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Alfred A. Russell (Colonel)
• Joseph M. Hambrick (Lieutenant Colonel)
• F.M. Taylor (Major)

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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 33-34)