Download or read book Historical Sketch and Roster of the Alabama 3rd Cavalry Regiment written by John C. Rigdon and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Alabama Cavalry Regiment was organized at Tupelo, MS, 1 July 1862. The companies were from Autauga, Calhoun, Choctaw, Dallas, Mobile, Monroe, and Perry counties. The 3rd Cavalry was brigaded with the 1st, 4th, 9th, 12th, and 51st Alabama cavalry regiments, commanded first by General William Wirt Allen of Montgomery, subsequently by General James Hagan of Mobile. The 3rd fought in many of the early battles prior to Chattanooga, then fought in the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea, the Carolina's Campaign, and surrendered in North Carolina.