7th Alabama Cavalry

Hugar was born 11 May 1823 in Marion Co. SC. He was a Baptist Minister. In 1860 he is in Wilcox County Ala. He has one card in his archival file and it does not give date of enlistment or Company designation. The unit was formed in July 1863 and served in the Pensacola Fla area until the Fall of 1864 when it reported to Corinth, Miss under the command of Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest. He served until the end of the invasion.

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He was born on 10 Aug 1832 and died on 20 Aug 1904 and is buried in Poplar Creek Cemetery #1 in Limestone,Co. Alabama.

Captured at Shelbyville, TN on 27 June 1863. Sent to Louisville, KY on 3 July 1863. Forwarded to Camp Chase, OH on 6 July 1863. Transferred to Fort Delaware, DE on 14 July 1863. Died as a prisoner on 14 October 1863 at Fort Delaware, DE. Buried at Finn's Point National Cemetery

William, served three yrs in the 31st Ala. Infantry. Captured at Vicksburg, Ms. in July 1863. Held five days, and was released. He then join the 7th Ala. Cavaly. He was very true to his Confederate State and Country.

John was born 12 Nov 1846 in Greene County, Alabama. He lied about his age and enlisted 20 Jun 1863, enlisted by Capt. D.P. Scarborough for the war. He was discharged 31 Oct 1863 for being a minor and having enlisted without his parents' permission. When he was 80 years old, he applied for a pension on 9 Feb 1917. In his application and later in his obit he said he served in the 16th Ala. Cavalry [ CSA records do not show a 16th Ala. Cavalry, if one was formed near the end of the war, it was not recognized or authorized by the govt.] He would have turned 17 just as the war was ending.

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George W Foster served with the 7th Alabama Regiment, Co E, Cavalry. According to the Lauderdale Co AL 1907 Tax Assessor he was captured in 1864 and never returned to service. I have been trying to determine where he would have been in prison at. I believe this unit was also merged with the Malone 9th.

The oldest son of Capt. R. L. & Sarah Maria Cheseborough Bowling. He enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private at the age of 17. Although not a cadet, he was assigned to a company of cadets from the University of Alabama. He served in Troop F, 7th Alabama Cavalry, Colonel Rucker’s Escort, Chalmers Division, Gen. Bedford Forrest’s Cavalry. He was captured during the retreat after the Battle of Nashville near Franklin, TN on December 18, 1864. He fell from his horse with typhoid fever during this retreat & was taken in & cared for by a family named Baugh. The Union Army allowed him to remain under their care while he was convalescent. In March, 1865 he was sent to the Federal Prison at Camp Chase, Ohio where he joined some old friends from Washington County. These friends were Gibeon J. Sullivan & Elijah H. Bailey of Wilson’s Guards, who had been captured during the Battle of Nashville. It has been told that during T. C. Bowling’s first night in prison, lice started climbing on him & he tried to knock them off. Mr. Sullivan said, “Let ‘em cover you, Theodore, let ‘em cover you.”, because he had seen other prisoners go crazy trying to keep the lice off. In June 1865, after the Civil War was over, he was released from prison along with his friends. Theodore made the long trip home mostly on foot with Sullivan & Bailey. Mr. Sullivan took special care of young T. C. Bowling in prison & on the trip home, carrying him across streams along the way. It is doubtful that Theodore, weakened from typhoid & imprisonment, would have survived the journey home without Mr. Sullivan’s help. T. C. Bowling married Virginia Williams from St. Stephens & became a circuit riding Methodist preacher on the Escatawba & Washington county circuits. In 1844 he was elected Treasurer of Washington County, Alabama & had to give up circuit riding. While employed in this capacity, the office of County Superintendent of Education was attached to the Treasure’s office. He served both of these positions for 14 years. He resigned as Superintendent of Education in 1899 after being defeated in the county treasurer election. During the last few years of his office, he opened a mercantile store in Leroy, Alabama & established a Post Office beside his home in 1896. He named to Post Office “Leroy”, after his father. He served as Postmaster there until his death in 1906. In 1900, he & Mr. Daniel D. Powell of Carson, Alabama built a one room school house halfway between their residences in Leroy. They originally named it Pine Grove School, but it eventually became what is now known as Leroy High School.

Tate Randolph Driesbach was my great-uncle. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Nashville in 1864 and died at Camp Chase feb 14. 1865

1844-1922 Enlisted on 22 July 1863 in Montgomery. Paroled on 21 May 1865.

William George Riley is my Great Grandfather. His son Frank Leslie Riley is my Grandfather. My father is James Autrey Riley. William George Riley served four years of the conflict and passed away at Evergreen, Alabama, at age 98. Buried in the Evergreen Historical Cemetery.

Andrew was born in Conecuh Co. Alabama 11 Mar 1845. He enlisted in Co G 7th Regiment Cavalry at Pollard, Ala on 25 Aug 1863. Enlisted for the war by Britton C Tarver. He has 7 cards in his archival file. CMR Nov- Dec 1863 states he is absent wounded. 18 Dec 1863 he is assigned to Dog River Factory 5 miles from Mobile, Ala. 10 Jan 1864 finds him in the Ross Hospital at Mobile, Ala suffering from Rubeola and discharged to duty 27 Jan 1864. In the Fall of 1864 he is assigned to Rucker's Brigade assigned to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. His unit surrendered 14 May 1865 at Gainsville. He married Mary Cordelia Bennett in 1874 and is buried at Herbert Cem. Old Town, Conecuh Co. Ala.

John enlisted 25 July 1863 in Carrollton, Pickens Co. Ala. enlisted by Lieut. R T Johnson. His pay is $7.50 per month and 40 cents per day for use of his horse. He fought at Corinth under General Nathan Bedford Forrest [ Ruckers Brigade] He died in the CSA Hosp. at Greenville, Alabama of pneumonia 7 Aug 1864.

'Fate' Matlock was enlisted as a private in 7th Alabama Cavalry, Company I. He was taken prisoner at Limestone Co. Alabama on 23 December 1863, transferred to Louisville, KY 'for exchange' on 30 December and from there to Rock Island, Illinois on 31 December where he was in barracks #46, registration #633. He died there on 27 Jan 1864 and is buried at Rock Island Confederate Prison in grave #286. Prisoner documents list his as being with Company G, although his gravestone says Company I.

1827-1893 Enlisted 26 May 1863. Died in Gregg Co., Texas