Company A
2nd Sergeant
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8th Confederate Cavalry
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Company A
Corporal
1829-unknown Transferred from Company A, 30th Ala Inf Regt in Feb 1864.
Company A
Private
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Company B
1st Lieutenant
Enlisted: 25 May 1861, Chambers County, Alabama; 27 Jun 1862: Promoted from Private to Second Lieutenant by order of Gen. Bragg; 14 Aug 1862: Elected to First Lieutenant, Commanding Co. B; 3 Jul 1864: Appointed Aid-de-Camp, on the Staff of Lt Gen. "Fighting Joe" Wheeler; KILLED IN ACTION: 6 SEP 1964 Shelbyville, TN.
Engaged the Foreigners at: Shiloh; Corinth; Perryville, and continuously interest to Tn; 2nd Murfreesboro; Chickamauga-Chattanooga; Daily from 1 May 1864
thru the Battles of Atlanta.m
Company D
Private
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Company E
Private
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Company E
Private
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Company H
Private
Originally part of Bell's Battalion, Alabama Mounted Volunteers, which was consolidated into the 8th Confederate Cavalry after the battle of Shiloh.
Enlisted as a Private on 5 February 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, NC on 26 April 1865.
Company K
Private
Enlisted company K. Lived in Chambers county, Alabama. Captured and remained at Fort Delaware as a prisoner until end of war. Haven't yet located official records of imprisonment.