CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
9th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry (Malone's)
- Overview:
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9th Cavalry Regiment [also called 7th Regiment] was organized near Tullahoma,
Tennessee, in May, 1863, by consolidating the 14th Alabama Partisan Rangers and the 2nd (19th)
Alabama Cavalry Battalion. The officers and men were from the counties of Limestone, De Kalb,
Madison, Morgan, Lauderdale, Cherokee, and Lawrence. Assigned to General J.T. Morgan's and
W.W. Allen's Brigade, it participated in the Battles of Chickamauga and Shelbyville, was with
Longstreet in East Tennessee, and fought in various conflicts around Atlanta. Later it was active in the defense
of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas. The regiment surrendered with the Army of
Tennessee, about 100 strong. Colonel J.C. Malone, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel Zach. Thomason,
and Major Eugene F. Falconnet were in command.
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