Category: 12th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, United States Civil War

Categories: Alabama, United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War

12th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry 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.

Battalion Officers: Lieutenant Colonel William H Hundley and Major Albert G Bennett.

Regiment Officers: Colonel Warren S Resaca, Lieutenant Colonel Marcellus Pointer, and Major Augustus J Ingram.

References:

• Brewer's Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War

See: National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database.

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