3rd Alabama Cavalry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* Also referred to as the Prattville Dragoons
* July 1, 1862 - Organized at Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
* ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for duration of 3 years or the war
* ? - 7th Alabama Cavalry / Companies H and I attached as Companies D and H
* October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
* December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
* June 27, 1863 - Shelbyville
* September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
* October 1-9, 1863 - Wheeler's Sequatchie Raid 
* November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
* December 10, 1863 - Russellville
* December 29, 1863 - Mossy Creek
* May-September - The Atlanta Campaign
** July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
** July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
* November-December 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
** November 21, 1864 - Macon
* February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** February 11, 1865 - Aiken
** March 13, 1865 - Fayetteville
** March 19-20, 1865 - Bentonville
** April 12, 1865 - Raleigh
** April 15, 1865 - Chapel Hill
* April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi (Left Wing) / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade (October-November 1862)
* Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade (November-December 1862)
* Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Division / Wheeler's/Hagan's Brigade (December 1862-March 1863)
* Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's Division / Hagan's/Morgan's Brigade (March-November 1863)
* Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's/Morgan's Division / Morgan's/Russell's Brigade (November 1863-February 1864)
* Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's/Morgan's/Allen's Division / Morgan's/Allen's/Hagan's Brigade (April-November 1864)
* Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (November 1864-February 1865)
* Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (February-April 1865)
* Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Hagan's Brigade (April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: James Hagan (Colonel)
* John D. Farish (Major)
* Frank Y. Gaines (Major)
* Tyirie A. Mauldin (Lieutenant Colonel)
* Josiah Robins (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* John D. Farish (Major)
COMPANY H
* The book says they were initially attached to the 7th Ala. Infantry, and were armed with sabres and Colt Navy pistols. In April or May of 1863, the company was finally assigned to a Cav. regiment, and from then on was known as Co."H", James H. Hagood's 3rd Ala. Cav., Gen Wm. Allen's Brigade, Gen. Joe Wheeler's Cav. Corps.(later Joe Robins of Wilcox was commissioned Colonel of the Regiment). At this time it says; "Our arms consisted of pistols and clumsy muskets. sabres were abandoned as a useless weapon to carry with Enfield "Artillery." 
* All of the members of the original Prattville Dragoons did not go with the unit to the 3rd Alabama Cavalry. About a dozen, including 3rd Lt. Adam Felder and Clinton Thompson went to Co. K, 53rd Alabama Cavalry. Felder became Captain of Co. K, and Thompson was killed at Thompson's Station, TN on March 3, 1865 while serving with the 53rd.
* The company was also reorganized with the following changes: 
1. James M. Hill, Captain. 
2. Wilbur F. Mims, 1st Lt(later Capt.). 
3. Robt.M.Mims, 2nd Lt. 
4. Robt.M.Moncrief, 2nd Lt.. 
5. Shadrach Mims, 3rd. Lt..
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Mims, Wilbur F. War History of the Prattville Dragoons. (Amazon)
* (Pages 30-31)
* Sons of Confederate Veterans - The Prattville Dragoons (Blogspot)
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