The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from Alabama that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the only white Union regiment from Alabama, and it to
First Lieutenant Phillip A. Sternberg of Company B, 1st Alabama Cavalry
Streight's Raid
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Streight's Raid took place in northern Alabama during the American Civil War. It was led by Union Army Col. Abel D. Streight and opposed by the Confederate States Army of Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford For
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
…designated as Companies D & E of the 1st Middle Tennessee Cavalry, and they joined Union forces at the Battle of Stones River in late 1862 and during Streight's Raid in the spring of 1863. Later these companies became Companies I & K of the 1st Alabama. The regiment officially entered service in late 1862 after…
Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, C.S.A. (1820-1877)
Capture site of Col. Abel
Col. Abel D. Streight, U.S.A., (1828-1892)