12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion (Partisan Rangers)

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the:
  • 1st Alabama Cavalry Battalion
  • 12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion

• September 12, 1862 - Organized prior to this date with 4 companies
• ? - Mustered into Confederate Service at ?
• November 1862 - Assigned to 1st Alabama Cavalry
• March-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 17, 1864 - Rome
• June 30, 1864 - Reconstituted with the original four companies prior to this date
• Companies E/F/G assigned in 1864
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
  • July-September 1864 -Siege of Atlanta
  • July 1864 - Campbellton
  • July 31, 1864 - Sunshine Church
• November-December 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
• January 1865 - Increased to a regiment and re-designated as the 12th Alabama Cavalry
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade (November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's/Allen's Division / Allen's/Hagan's Brigade (June-November 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (November 1864-January 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William H. Hundley (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Albert G. Bennett (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 27, 39)