CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
8th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry (Hatch's)
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8th (Hatch's) Cavalry Regiment was organized at Newbern, Alabama, in April, 1864, by
adding one company to the nine of Hatch's Battalion that had entered Confederate service the
previous winter. The men were form Sumter, Dallas, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Marengo, Choctaw,
and Fayette counties. It joined General Pillow at Blue Mountain, then was assigned to C.G.
Armistead's Brigade, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The unit fought
at Lafayette, Georgia, and sustained 105 casualties. Later it moved to Selma, served at Talladega,
and in September totalled 241 effectives. It went on to confront the Federals in Florida and
Alabama, and on May 14, 1865, surrendered at Gainesville. Its commanders were Colonels
Charles P. Ball and Lemuel D. Hatch, and Majors William T. Poe and Richard H.
Redwood.
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