CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
12th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry
- Overview:
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12th Cavalry Regiment was assembled during the summer of 1864. It was formed by
adding four companies to the seven of Hundley's 12th (1st) Battalion Partisan Rangers. Its
members were from the counties of Etowah, Jackson, Saint Clair, Marshall, Jefferson, De Kalb,
and Cherokee. The 12th Battalion had served in East Tennessee and fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. Assigned to W.W. Allen's
and Hagan's Brigade, the 12th Regiment saw action in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah,
and the campaign of the Carolinas. With about 125 men it disbanded the night before the Army of
Tennessee surrendered, April 25, 1865. The battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
William H. Hundley and Major Albert G. Bennett. Colonel Warren S. Resaca, Lieutenant Colonel
Marcellus Pointer, and Major Augustus J. Ingram commanded the regiment.
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