8th Cavalry Regiment was formed in July, 1864, by
consolidating the six-company 19th Battalion
Mississippi Cavalry and four companies raised behind
Federal lines. The unit was often called the 19th
Regiment or Battalion. It was attached to R.
McCulloch's and Starke's Brigade, Department of
Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, and saw
action in Tennessee and Mississippi. During February,
1865, it was consolidated with the 6th Mississippi
Cavalry and surrendered in May. The field officers were
Colonel William L. Duff, Lieutenant Colonel William L.
Walker, and Major Thomas A. Mitchell.
Associated unit:
19th (Duff's) Cavalry Battalion was organized during
the late summer of 1863 with six companies. In October
the unit contained 206 officers and men. It served in
Slemons', Chalmers', and R. McCulloch's Brigade,
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and
skirmished in various conflicts in Mississippi. Only
July 19, 1864, it merged into the 8th Mississippi
Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff
and Major William L. Walker were in command. |
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