1st Alabama Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• November 12, 1861 (?) - Organized at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
• ? - Mustered into Confederate Service at ?
• April 3, 1862 - near Monterrey, Tennessee
• April 4, 1862 - near Pittsburg, Tennessee
• April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
• September 17, 1862 - Munfordville
• September 21, 1862 - Woodsonville
• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• November 1862 - Reduced to seven companies
• November 1862 - Companies (II) H/(II) I/(II) K/(II) L formed from 12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion (Partisan Rangers)
• November 5, 1862 - Nashville
• November 27, 1862 - near Lavergne, Tenessee
• December 27, 1862 - Stewart's Creek Bridge
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
  • Wheeler's Sequatchie Raid (October 1-9, 1863)
• November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• May-September - The Atlanta Campaign
  • June 1864 - Noonday Creek
  • June 9, 1864 - Big Shanty
  • June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • June 30, 1864 Companies detached at some point prior to this date, reformed 12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion (Partisan Rangers)
  • Original companies re-constituted at the same time
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• November-December 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Grand Division / 1st Corps / Walker's Brigade (March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Grand Division / Cavalry Brigade (March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Cavalry Brigade (March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Cavalry (April 1862)
• Department #2 / Beall's Cavalry Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Chalmers' Brigade (June 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi (Left Wing) / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade (August-September 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi (Right Wing) / Forrest's Cavalry Brigade (September 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi (Left Wing) / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade (October-November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade (November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Division / Wheeler's/Hagan's Brigade (December 1862-March 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's Division / Hagan's/Morgan's Brigade (March-November 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / Martin's Cavalry Corps / Martin's/Morgan's Division / Morgan's/Russell's Brigade (November 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 South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (November 1864-February 1865)
• Hampton's Cavalry Command / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (February-April 1865)
• Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: James H. Clanton (Colonel)
• David T. Blakely (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Thomas B. Brown (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Moses W. Hannon (Lieutenant Colonel)
• William W. Hundley (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Augustus H. Johnson (Major)

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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 27-29)