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4th Alabama Calvary Regiment (Russell's), CSA
4th (Russell's) Cavalry Regiment was formed at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in
December, 1862, by consolidating four companies from the 3rd (Forrest's Old)
Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, six companies of the 4th Alabama Battalion, and the
Russell Rangers or 15th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. Its members were from the
counties of Madison, Wilcox, Monroe, Cherokee, Jackson, Marshall, and Lawrence.
The regiment was assigned to General J.T. Morgan's and W.W. Allen's Brigade. It
participated in the Battles of
Lexington, Trenton,
Jackson,
Parker's Cross Roads,
and Chickamauga
, then was involved in the Knoxville and
Atlanta Campaigns.
Later it skirmished in the Tennessee Valley and served under General Chalmers in
Alabama. Assigned to Forrest's Corps, it was included in the surrender on May 4,
1865. The field officers were Colonel Alfred A. Russell, Lieutenant Colonel J.
M. Hambrick, and Major F. M. Taylor.
Partial Roster
Company I
James Henry Turner (1841-1902), Private. Son of Henry M. Turner and Mary Ramsey, husband of Mary Elminey Capps. After the war James served as Constable of Marshall County, Alabama. He is buried in Blackarby Cemetery, Little River County, Arkansas.