2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment

2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment
2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment
Active	1862–1865
Disbanded	May 5, 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Alabama
Branch	Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Ferguson's Brigade
Facings	Yellow
Battles	American Civil War Battle of Okolona; Battle of Rocky Face Ridge; Battle of New Hope Church; Battle of Peachtree Creek; Battle of Atlanta; Battle of Jonesborough; Battle of Lovejoy's Station; Battle of Ladiga; Siege of Savannah; Carolinas Campaign; ;
Commanders
Commanding officers	Col. F. Winston Hunter (1862–63); Col. Richard G. Earle (1863–64); Lieut. Col. John N. Carpenter (acting) (1864–65);

The 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was commanded by Colonel F. Winston Hunter from its organization in 1862 until 1863 when he was court-martialed and dismissed from the service, Colonel Richard G. Earle from 1863 until 1864 when he was killed in the Atlanta Campaign, and Lieutenant Colonel John N. Carpenter until the regiment disbanded in May 1865.