HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Alabama 8th (Hatch's / Ball'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. It joined General Pillow at Blue Mountain, then was assigned to C. G. Armistead's Brigade, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
FIELD OFFICERS:
Colonel:
Elias P. Ball
Lieutenant Colonel:
Lemuel D. Hatch
Majors:
William T. Poe
Richard H. Redwood
Adjutant:
J. Catlin Cade
BATTLES:
Lafayette, GA
Rome, GA
Pollard, FL
Skirmishes in North Florida
COMPANIES:
Tuskaloosa -- W. T. Poe.
Tuskaloosa -- L. N. Cole.
Sumter -- James V. Tutt.
Dallas -- M. M. Burke.
Greene -- G. G. Perrin; killed at Pine-barren Creek. Brett Randolph.
Marengo -- E. Charles England.
Tuskaloosa -- W. H. Lawrence; killed at Rome. E. W. Owen.
Chocta -- Eugene C. Rhodes; captured at LaFayette.
Greene -- James Harrison; captured at Lafayette.
Fayette -- W. H. Whitley. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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