Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 4th Cavalry Regiment (Roddey's)

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 4th Cavalry Regiment (Roddey's) PDF

Author: John C. Rigdon

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-05

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9781514234877

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Prior to, and shortly after the battle of Shiloh in April of 1862, there were many independent cavalry companies that had been raised in Alabama to meet the manpower demands of the Confederate States Army. Colonel Philip Dale Roddey was responsible for the creation of the 4th Alabama Cavalry (Roddey's) Regiment by organizing a group of these independent companies that had been raised out of Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion, and Walker Counties. After organization at Tuscumbia in October 1862, the regiment was sent to middle Tennessee. It wintered near the army, but in the early spring was sent to the Tennessee Valley. On Forrest's Athens and Pulaski raid, the Fourth bore the brunt of two or three fights, and was badly cut up. It bore the leading part in Gen. Roddey's movements, repelling raids, picketing the front, and making a number of daring attacks, such as that at Barton's and the one at Florence. When Wilson crossed the mountains, the regiment was in his front, and fought nearly all the way from Montevallo to Selma. The larger portion of the Fourth was captured at Selma, and the remnant laid down its arms at Pond Spring. Captains, and Counties from Which the Companies Came. Franklin -- Jas. Williams; killed at Courtland. C. J. Hyatt. Lauderdale -- Joseph H. Sloss; transferred. Thos. Williams; wounded near Bainbridge; killed near Huntsville. J. M. Weems. Lauderdale -- Wm. H. Welsh. Franklin -- W. R. Julian; till re-organized. John A. Steele. Lawrence -- J. H. Shackelford; transferred. Ward McDonald. Franklin -- John Newsom; transferred. John C. Nelson; wounded and captured. Franklin -- Jere. Daily; till re-organized. Edw. J. Odum. Walker -- E. Kelly; wounded. Lawrence -- Philip Thirlkill; transferred. .... Maguire.

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 4th Cavalry Regiment (Russell's)

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 4th Cavalry Regiment (Russell's) PDF

Author: John Rigdon

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-08

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781514261842

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The Alabama 4th (Russell's) Cavalry Regiment was formed at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in December, 1862, by consolidating four companies from the 3rd (Forrest's Old) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, six companies of the 4th Alabama Battalion, and the Russell Rangers or 15th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. At Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 1862, four companies of the original battalion with which Gen. Forrest entered the service, were united with the six companies of the Fourth Alabama battalion, and the regiment organized. Its members were from the counties of Madison, Wilcox, Monroe, Cherokee, Jackson, Marshall, and Lawrence. The four companies that had been with Forrest for 15 months, had fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and numerous other engagements. The regiment was assigned to General J.T. Morgan's and W.W. Allen's Brigade. It participated in the Battles of Lexington, Trenton, Jackson, Parker's Cross Roads, and Chickamauga, then was involved in the Knoxville and Atlanta Campaigns.

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 3rd Cavalry Regiment

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 3rd Cavalry Regiment PDF

Author: John C. Rigdon

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Published: 2021-04-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781667147956

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The Third Alabama Cavalry Regiment was organized at Tupelo, MS, 1 July 1862. The companies were from Autauga, Calhoun, Choctaw, Dallas, Mobile, Monroe, and Perry counties. The 3rd Cavalry was brigaded with the 1st, 4th, 9th, 12th, and 51st Alabama cavalry regiments, commanded first by General William Wirt Allen of Montgomery, subsequently by General James Hagan of Mobile. The 3rd fought in many of the early battles prior to Chattanooga, then fought in the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea, the Carolina's Campaign, and surrendered in North Carolina.

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 12th Cavalry Regiment

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 12th Cavalry Regiment PDF

Author: John Rigdon

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-13

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781514329382

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The nucleus of the 12th Alabama Cavalry Regiment (with men recruited from Cherokee, De Kalb, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, and St. Clair counties) was a battalion recruited by Lt. Col. William H. Hundley of Madison, and Major Albert G. Bennett of St. Clair. This battalion operated in East Tennessee for some months, and it was consolidated with the 1st Alabama while the army lay at Murfreesboro. It fought thus at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, and through General James Longstreet's East Tennessee Campaign. Soon after the latter operations, four companies were added, and the regiment thus formed took the name of the 12th Alabama. Attached to Hagan's Brigade, the regiment took part in the retrograde movement from Dalton, and was engaged in numerous encounters. At Averysboro and the attack on Kilpatrick, and other places, the regiment fought until the end. It disbanded the night before the surrender -- about 125 present -- on 25 April 1865. The companies were from Jefferson (two), Captains Musgrove, killed at Fayetteville; and W. A. White. St. Clair, Capt. A. D. Bennett. Jackson, Capt. Wharton. Blount, Capt. Donaldson, resigned, Capt. Weaver, killed at Bentonville. Calhoun, Capt. Scurry. Madison, Capt. Shepherd. Cherokee, Capt. Wm. Lokey, resigned; James Maxwell. State of Georgia, Capt. McKinney. State of' Tennessee, Capt. Saunders; company detached.

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 4th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 4th Infantry Regiment PDF

Author: John Rigdon

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-06

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9781514248652

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The Alabama 4th Infantry regiment was organized at Dalton, Georgia, May 2, 1861, and proceeded at once to Virginia. Mustered into service for twelve months at Lynchburg, May 7, it proceeded to Harper's Ferry. It soon after fell back to Winchester, where it became part of Gen. B. E. Bee's Brigade - of which the 2nd and 11th Mississippi, 1st Tennessee, and 6th North Carolina were the other regiments. Following Bee's death, the 4th served for a short time under Gen. W. H. T. Whiting, then was assigned to Law's Brigade which consisted of the Fourth, Fifteenth, Forty-fourth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eight Alabama regiments. Battles of the AL 4th Infantry Regiment Malvern Hill 1 July 1862 Hazel River & Manassas Junction 22 August 1862 2nd Battle Of Manassas 30 August 1862 Chantilly 1 September 1862 Investment of Harper's Ferry Sharpsburg 17 September 1862 Fredricksburg 15 December 1862 Suffolk May 1863 Gettysburg 1863 Battle Mountain Chickamauga 19-20 September 1863 Brown's Ferry & Lookout Valley 27 October 1863 Knoxville 17 Nov.- 4 Dec. 1863 Bean's Station 14 December 1863 The Wilderness (5-7 May) Spottsylvania (8-18 May) Hanover Court House (30 May) 2nd Battle Of Cold Harbor (1-12 June) Petersburg Defense Deep Bottom (14-18 August) Fussell's Mill Appomattox. Companies Of The AL 4th Infantry Regiment Co. "A," Governor's Guard (Dallas County) -- Thomas J. Goldsby (promoted); Reuben Vaughan Kidd (KIA, Chickamauga); Jason M. West (wounded, Hanover Junction) Co. "B" (Macon County) -- Thomas B. Dryer (dropped, 21 April 1862); E. Jones Glass (resigned, 10 March 1863); Bayless C. Brown (KIA, The Wilderness) Co. "C" (Dallas County) -- N. H. R. Dawson (dropped, 21 April 1862); Alfred C. Price (KIA, Gaines' Mill [died, 7 July 1862]); Major D. Sterrett (wounded, Malvern Hill; retired, 24 Jan 1863); Frank C. Robbins (wounded, 1st Cold Harbor, Knoxville; captured, Knoxville) Co. "D," Canebrake Rifle Guards (Perry and Marengo counties) -- Richard Clarke (dropped, 21 April 1862); Thomas K. Coleman (promoted); James Taylor Jones (wounded, The Wilderness) Co. "E," Conecuh Guards (Conecuh County) -- Pinckney Downie Bowles (promoted, 22 Aug 1862); William Lee (KIA, Malvern Hill); James W. Darley (wounded, The Wilderness); Archibald D. McInnis Co. "F" (Madison County) -- Gustavus B. Martin (KIA, Seven Pines); W. W. Leftwich (KIA, Gettysburg); James H. Brown (wounded, The Wilderness) Co. "G," Marion Light Infantry (Perry County) -- Porter King (dropped, 21 April 1862); William Mack Robbins (promoted, 3 Oct 1863); Henry H. Moseley (wounded, Knoxville, and captured); Martin T. Billingsley (KIA, Chickamauga) Co. "H," Lauderdale Volunteer Dragoons (Lauderdale County) -- Robert McFarland (dropped, 21 April 1862); Hesley Armistead (KIA, 1st Cold Harbor); William F. Karsner Co. "I," North Alabamians (Madison County) -- Edward Dorr Tracy (transferred to 12th AL Re> promoted); Lawrence Houston Scruggs (wounded, Malvern Hill, Sharpsburg; promoted, 30 Sept 1862); Watkins Harris (dropped, 6 June 1864) Co. "K," Larkinsville Guards (Jackson County) -- Lewis E. Lindsay (KIA, 1st Manassas); John D. Ogilvie (died in service, 27 April 1864); James H. Young (declined, 21 April 1862); W. H. Robinson (wounded, 1st Cold Harbor, and retired); James Sullivan (KIA, Sharpsburg); James H. Keith (KIA, Fredericksburg); William H. Robinson (resigned, 28 July 1861); A. C. Murray (resigned, 28 July 1861); Robert P. Jones (retired, 24 Feb 1865)

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 4th Infantry Regiment Reserves

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 4th Infantry Regiment Reserves PDF

Author: John Rigdon

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-06

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781514248836

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The Alabama 4th Infantry Regiment Reserves [also called 65th Regiment] was organized at Mobile, Alabama, during the fall of 1864 by consolidating the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Alabama Reserve Battalions. The Alabama 4th Reserve Regiment was consolidated with 3rd Alabama Infantry Battalion, Reserves, March 1865; unit designated Alabama 65th Infantry. The men, between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, were from Mobile and the counties of Conecuh, Macon, Coosa, and Dale. It was assigned to the District of the Gulf and became part of the garrison at Mobile. In December the regiment moved to East Mississippi but after a few weeks was ordered to Montgomery. With a force of about 300 effectives it saw action at Girard where several were killed or wounded, but most were captured. Its few remaining members were included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 53rd Cavalry Regiment

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 53rd Cavalry Regiment PDF

Author: John Rigdon

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781514885215

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The 53rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Partisan Rangers, was organized by increasing the 1st Cavalry Battalion to regimental size at Montgomery on 5 November 1862. When Union General William T. Sherman reached Atlanta, the 53rd was the principal force engaged in the daring raid in his rear, whereby a valuable train was destroyed. It was then at the heels of Sherman as he devastated Georgia and the Carolinas, and it took part in the last operations of the war in that quarter. It surrendered a small number with General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, NC, on 26 April 1865. The companies of the Alabama 53rd Cavalry were formed from Autauga, Coffee, Coosa, Dale, Dallas, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Macon, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Tallapoosa and Wilcox counties.

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 7th Cavalry Regiment

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 7th Cavalry Regiment PDF

Author: John Rigdon

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-09

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781514272701

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The Alabama 7th Cavalry regiment was organized at Newbern, 22 July 1863, raised as part of the brigade of General James H. Clanton. Ordered to Pollard, the regiment remained in that vicinity for nearly a year under the command of Gen. Clanton. The regiment served in the vicinity of Mobile and Pensacola before reporting to Forrest at Corinth in September 1864. The Seventh participated in the Johnsonville Expedition and the Nashville Campaign. On the last day of the Battle of Nashville, the Seventh held back the U.S. cavalry at Brentwood and was then part of the rearguard for the duration of the retreat. Only sixty-four men reached Corinth. Companies Of The AL 7th Cavalry Regiment Recruits came from Greene, Montgomery, Pickens, Randolph, and Shelby counties. Company A - Randolph -- F. C. Randolph; promoted. W. F. M'clintock. Company B - Montgomery -- E. D. Ledyard. Company C - Montgomery -- Britton C. Tarver. Company D - (Cadets) -- Charles P. Storrs; wounded at Columbia. Company E - Shelby -- L. H. Mottier. Company F - Montgomery -- A. H. Bright. Company G - Randolph -- O. P. Knight. Company H - Pickens -- S. V. Ferguson. Company I - Greene -- D. P. Scarborough. Company K - Montgomery -- Dalton Yancey.

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Alabama 38th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Alabama 38th Infantry Regiment PDF

Author: John C. Rigdon

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Published: 2022-07-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781387794232

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The Alabama 38th Infantry Regiment was organized at Mobile in May 1862, and remained at the defenses in the vicinity of that city till February 1863. It then proceeded to Tullahoma, and was there placed in the brigade of Gen. Clayton of Barbour, with the Eighteenth, Thirty-sixth, and Fifty-eighth of Alabama regiments. The regiment was first under fire with slight loss at Hoover's Gap, and lost nearly half the regiment killed and wounded at Chickamauga. At Missionary Ridge the Thirty-eighth was again hotly engaged at close quarters, and a large number were captured. It wintered at Dalton, and bore its share in the operations of the Dalton-Atlanta campaign, losing severely, particularly at Resaca and Atlanta. From Marietta to the close, Gen. Holtzclaw of Montgomery commanded the brigade. It fought around the latter city, and at Jonesboro. During the Tennessee campaign of Gen. Hood, the regiment felt the blight of the December frost at Nashville, and was in the rear of the retreat. Placed in the defenses at Mobile, the regiment went through the fiery ordeal at Spanish Fort, where it again suffered severely. With the army, it was surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi, about 80 strong.

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