53rd Alabama Cavalry (Partisan Rangers)
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- Also referred to as 53rd Alabama Cavalry
- November 5, 1862 - Organized by the increasing of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Battalion to a regiment
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- December 12, 1862 - Cherokee Station and Little Bear Creek, Alabama
- March 5, 1863 - Thompson's Station, Alabama
- March 25, 1863 - Florence, Alabama
- March 25, 1863 - Brentwood
- April 1863 - Town Creek
- April-May 1863 - Streight's Raid
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 31, 1864 - Jonesboro
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station. Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / District of the Gulf (December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Armstrong's Brigade (February 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Van Dorn's Cavalry Division / Armstrong's Brigade (February-March 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Armstrong's Brigade (March 1863)
- Department #2 / District of Northern Alabama (July-August 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Roddey's Brigade (August 1863-April 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Hannon's Brigade (April-November 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Hannon's Brigade (November 1864-January 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hannon's Brigade (January-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)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Moses W. Hannon (Colonel)
- John F. Gaines (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Thomas F. Jenkins (Major)
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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 43-44)