3rd Alabama Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

July 1, 1862 - Organized at Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
? - Mustered into Confederate Service for duration of 3 years or the war
? - 7th Alabama Cavalry / Companies H and I attached as Companies D and H
October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
June 27, 1863 - Shelbyville
September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
October 1-9, 1863 - Wheeler's Sequatchie Raid
November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
December 10, 1863 - Russellville
December 29, 1863 - Mossy Creek
May-September - The Atlanta Campaign
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
November-December 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
- November 21, 1864 - Macon
February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
- February 11, 1865 - Aiken
- March 13, 1865 - Fayetteville
- March 19-20, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 12, 1865 - Raleigh
- April 15, 1865 - Chapel Hill
April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

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-December 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)
Army of Tennessee / Wheeler'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 of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (November 1864-February 1865)
Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (February-April 1865)
Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (April 1865)

COMPANY H

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3rd Alabama Cavalry / Company H (Officers)
Rank	Name	City/Town	Commission From
Captain	[[]]	?, PA	?
Jessie Cox, Captain (Original Captain)
S.D.Olliver, 1st Lieutenant.
A.Y.Smith, 2nd Lieutenant
Adam Felder, 3rd Lieutenant.
Wm. Montgomery, Brevet 2nd Lieutenant.
T.J.Ormsby, 1st Sargeant.
R.M.Moncrief, 2nd Sargeant.
E.W.Parker, 3rd Sargeant.
J.L.Wainright, 4th Sargeant.
W.F.Mims, 5th Sargeant.
W.L.Knox, 1st Corporal.
John Cotton, 2nd Corporal.
George W. Ward, 3rd Corporal.
J.M.Hall, 4th Corporal.
A.S.McKeithen, Surgeon.
Norman Knox, Buglar.
H.F.Debardeleben, Ensign and Commissary.
Wm. Patterson, Farrior.

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3rd Alabama Cavalry / Company H (Enlisted Men)
Rank	Name	City/Town	Enlistment Date
Private	[[]]	?, AL	?
ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION
Wm. Booth
D.B.Booth
B.H.Booth
Jesse H. Booth
Britton Boon
Lucien Brown
Hiram Brown
W.N.Bush
Geo.O.Brosnaham
Mack Brewer
I.H.Cox
Thomas Carter
Adom Cloninger
John Cook
A.P.Debardeleben
R.K.Debardeleben
Geo.W.Durbin
Warren Deavenport
Thomas Flynn
Henry Fralick
W.A.Graham
W.T.Goodson
W.T.Goodwin
Thomas Graves
Robert Graves
Y.P.Gordon
Robt. Goodson
W.A.Goodson
J.M.Hill
T.B.Hill
A.Henchon
David Harold
T.J.Hamilton
John Harris
B.F.Haynie
James Haynie
Mathew Hale
Geo.W.Hale
Henry A. Hale
Charles Herron
Julian Johnson
J.H.Jarrett
Harper James
Henry Kelly
H.J.Livingston
John Montgomery
A. McGruder
S.Mims
A.D.Mims
D.C.McCord
O.H.McWilliams
A.T.Mitchell
A.C.Oats
S.H.Pearce
John Pearce
A.D.Pope
W.T.Rice
C.P.Riggs
E.A.Reese
Littleton Reese
Robert Roper
John Lewis Raulinson/Rawlinson
James Raulinson
C.W.Smith
W.J.Smith
Sidney Smith
T.W.Smith
John Stolenaker
Alison Scrogin
G.W.Sears
E.C.Stewart
Robert Ward
Wm. White
M.S.Wadsworth
W.W.Wadsworth
John Wainright
Thomas Williams
John Wood
Jasper N. Thompson
Clinton Thompson
Sandy House (Black Cook)
Woodson Pope (Black Cook)
RECRUITS FROM ALABAMA
W.J.Boon
Jas.H.Booth
G.W.Dismukes
Jas. T. DeJarnette
Thomas Dutton
Henry DuBose
T.J.Elliott
Henry Lewis Golson
George DeRamus
Eli DeRamus
W.Y.House
Hugh Parks
John Parks
William Patton(nephew of Gov. Patton)
Joe S. Reese
T.W.Sadler
Joseph A. Smith
A.G.Stewart
RECRUITS FROM TENNESSEE
Calvin Blair
James Summer
Thomas Starnes
John Russell
John Duffie
John Garner
Nathan Garner
Wm. Hinton
Thomas Oakley
John Hathaway

The book says they were initially attached to the 7th Ala. Infantry, and were armed with sabres and Colt Navy pistols. In April or May of 1863, the company was finally assigned to a Cav. regiment, and from then on was known as Co."H", James H. Hagood's 3rd Ala. Cav., Gen Wm. Allen's Brigade, Gen. Joe Wheeler's Cav. Corps.(later Joe Robins of Wilcox was commissioned Colonel of the Regiment). At this time it says; "Our arms consisted of pistols and clumsy muskets. sabres were abandoned as a useless weapon to carry with Enfield "Artillery."
All of the members of the original Prattville Dragoons did not go with the unit to the 3rd Alabama Cavalry. About a dozen, including 3rd Lt. Adam Felder and Clinton Thompson went to Co. K, 53rd Alabama Cavalry. Felder became Captain of Co. K, and Thompson was killed at Thompson's Station, TN on March 3, 1865 while serving with the 53rd.
The company was also reorganized with the following changes:

1. James M. Hill, Captain. 2. Wilbur F. Mims, 1st Lt(later Capt.). 3. Robt.M.Mims, 2nd Lt. 4. Robt.M.Moncrief, 2nd Lt.. 5. Shadrach Mims, 3rd. Lt..

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