51st Alabama Cavalry (Partisan Rangers)
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- Also referred to as:
- 1st Alabama Cavalry (Partisan Rangers)
- 51st Alabama Cavalry
- September 2, 1862 - Organized at ?
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service at ?
- December 1862 - Lavergne, Tennessee
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- January 31, 1863 - Middleton, Unionville, and Rover
- March 6, 1863 - Christiana, Tennessee
- June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- June 29, 1863 - near Dechard
- 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 19-20, 1864
The Atlanta Campaign- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- 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 Middle Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Brigade (October-November 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Brigade (November 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Division / Wheeler'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 Division / Morgan's Brigade (November 1863-February 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's Division / Morgan's/Allen's Brigade (February-November 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's/Allen's Division / Allen's/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 the Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John T. Morgan (Colonel)
- James T. Dye (Major)
- Milton L. Kilpatrick (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Henry B. Thompson (Major)
- James D. Webb (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 27, 42-43)
