CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
5th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry
- Overview:
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5th Cavalry Regiment, organized at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in December, 1862, recruited its
men in Morgan, Lawrence, Fayette, Franklin, Lauderdale, Tuscaloosa, and Marion counties. It
was placed in General W.T. Martin's, then Roddey's Brigade, and took an active part in the
operations in East Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Later the unit transferred to the
Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana and fought at Brice's Cross Roads, Pond Spring, and Selma, where many were captured.
The small force that remained surrendered at Danville, Alabama, on May 6, 1865. Its field
officers were Colonel Josiah Patterson, Lieutenant Colonel James M. Warren, and Major R.F.
Gibson.
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