CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
4th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry (Russell's)
- Overview:
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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. Its members were from the counties of Madison, Wilcox, Monroe, Cherokee, Jackson,
Marshall, and Lawrence. 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. Later it skirmished in the Tennessee Valley and served under General Chalmers in
Alabama. Assigned to Forrest's Corps, it was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. The
field officers were Colonel Alfred A. Russell, Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Hambrick, and Major F.M.
Taylor.
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