Fifth Alabama Cavalry Regiment Confederate States
Army
by
Gene Cantrell
Preface
In writing this history of the Fifth
Alabama Cavalry, the author has attempted to be as accurate as
to place and date events occurred. The narrative style has been
used to make the story more readable. Since there is no living
eyewitness to the events here recorded, every effort has been
made, to research as many sources as were available, to insure
accuracy.'
Footnotes have been left out of the
text. This should make the text easy to read. The list of
reference materials is included as well as other appendage
material.
It is the hope of the author that this
material will help to keep alive the memory of his wife's Great
Grandfather, Samuel Addison Gardner Walker, who enlisted at
Allen Factory, Alabama, on September 9, 1862, and served until
the end of the war. He was in the battles around Selma, Alabama,
and was either captured there or surrendered at Danville, Morgan
County, Alabama at the end of April 1865.
Sherman, Texas
1996
Dedicated to my:
Children: Patricia, Thomas, Nancy, and James;
grand-children: Susan, Jennifer, Randy, John Thomas, Joseph, Katie, Kerrid,
Blair and Tate.
and to my wife Betty, whose Great-grandfather this book is about, for her
understanding during the writing of this book.
About the Author
Gene Cantrell, the author, was born in Hackleburg, Marion
County, Alabama. A member of a large extended family, he
heard stories about his Great-grandfather's wounding in the
Civil War. He was educated in the public schools of Hackleburg,
and attended Florence State Teachers College in
Florence, Alabama. He married Betty Evans in 1947. After a
short period in St. Louis, Missouri, he began a career in
1951, in the manufacture of cotton gin machinery. He is the
father of four children. The family moved to Sherman, Texas
in 1965. He retired as the President of a company in Lubbock,
Texas, in 1995. He has always been a history buff and on
retirement decided to research both his and Betty's
Great-grandfathers service in the Civil War. This book,
about the unit in which Betty's Great-grandfather served, is
a product of his effort.
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