2nd Alabama Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 1, 1862 - Organized at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
  • Mustered into Confederate Service for duration of 3 years or the war
• July 29, 1862 - Russellville (2 companies)
• April 17-May 2, 1863 - Grierson's Raid
• May 5, 1863 - King's Creek
• October 26, 1863 - Vincent's Crossroads near Bay Springs, Mississippi
• May-September - The Atlanta Campaign
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• November-December 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• May 1865 - Surrendered as part of Jefferson Davis' escort at Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / District of the Gulf / Detachment of Observation (October-November 1862)
• Department of the Gulf / Eastern Division (Cantey) (April-May 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Ferguson's Brigade (August-December 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Divison / Ferguson's Brigade (January 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Divison / Ferguson's Brigade (January-May 1864)
• Army of Mississippi / Jackson's Divison / Ferguson's Brigade (May-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Cavalry Divison / Ferguson's Brigade (July-October 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia / Wheeeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's/Young's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (December 1864-February 1865)
• Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeeler's Cavalry Corps / Young's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (February-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeeler's Cavalry Corps / Young's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (April 1865)
• Escort to President Jefferson Davis (April-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Fountain W. Hunter (Colonel)
• John M. Carpenter (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Richard W. Carter (Major)
• James Cunningham (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Richard G. Earle (Colonel)
• Matthew R. Marks (Major)
• Leroy Napier (Major) (temporary assignment)
• Josiah J. Pegues (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John P. West (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 29-30)