| Summary: | This is a photograph of a tablet of the Confederate cadet troop, Company F 7th Alabama Cavalry Regiment, under the command of Captain Charles P. Storrs.
PRO VIRTUTE ET PATRIA
Capt. Charles P. Storrs cadet troop, Company F, 7th Alabama Cavalry Regiment,
C.S.A., organized in June 1863 under the leadership of Cadet Capt. Storrs, made up
of cadets from The University of Alabama and of patriotic young men from
Montgomery and vicinity; united with 7th Ala. Cav. Regt. as Co. F, July 22, 1863. First
stationed at Pollard and Mobile for coast defense, 1863-1864; in Oct. 1864 transferred
to command of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Army of Tennessee, and assigned to
Gen. E. W. Rucker as escort, serving as such until that gallant officer was
wounded in Dec. 1864; engaged at Johnsonville, Henryville, Mt. Pleasant, Columbia,
Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, 1864; aided in resisting the federal
invasion of Alabama; participated at Columbus, Ga., in the last battle of the war,
April 16, 1865; and laid down its arms at Gainesville, Ala., May 14, 1865.
“The unconquerable tenacity, the brilliant valor of these boys, who faced and fought all odds,
until their ranks were cut to pieces, excited general notice and praise.” – Jordan’s Campaigns of Forrest, 1868
Roster–officers
Captain, Charles Paddock Storrs+ 1st Lieut., Henry Clay Vaughan+ 2nd Lieut., Benjamin Fitzpatrick+
Jr. 2nd Lieuts., Francis Drayton Nabers+, James A. Craig+
Sergeants, Wm. Bell Whiting+, W. D. Hatch+, R. B. Waller+, W. H. Locke+, J. G. Winter+, Q.M. Sergt. H. S. McGowen+
Corporals, R. H. Jackson+, Wm. A. Walker+, C. P. Field+, R. H. Evins+, Napoleon Lockett+, Thomas Hudson
Privates
Adams, W. H. Davidson, George Griffin, Goodman G.+ Lowe, George J. Smith, B.
Alford, Julius S.+ Douglas, Wm.+ Hails, George W. McAdory, R. A.+ Smith, George
Anderson, L. Driesbach, Tate R.+ Hart, John S.+ McMillan, J. D.+ Taylor, W. K.
Barnett, Joel Elmore, Rush Hartwell, Charles Marks, Samuel B.+ Thorington, Jack
Bethea, A. Jack Evins, A. J. Hatch, Ben F.+ Metcalf, John Trimble, W. Ross+
Bolling, T. C. Farley, James H.+ Hatch, Drew Miller, A. A.+ Tyson, A. P.+
Boyd, Joe J. Farrar, H. K. High, De Witt C.+ Mitchell, C. White Underwood, J. B.
Brittan, Henry S. Fletcher, Matt Hogue, John J. Moore, A. B. Vaughan, Joseph L.
Caffey, Wm. Hooper+ Fletcher, Wm. Hooper, Wm. De B. Moore, W. J. Vernon, James B.+
Campbell, Archibald+ Forniss, John A. Howard, Mark+ Morrison, W. J. Walker, W. T.
Cantalou, John R.+ Foster, Young H.+ Hudson, Joseph Morrow, George M. Ware, A. S.
Clarke, Thomas D.+ Goldthwaite, George+ Hudson, Wm. H. Myers, Laurens O’B.+ Ware, J. E.
Corey, Graham, George L. Janney, Wm. Brown. Pitts, Thomas Watts, John W.+
Cox, Jesse J.+ Graves, E. Dedrick+ James, E. Lindsey Pollard, John S. Webb, Edward
Craig, Drew Greenwood, John C.+ Jones, T. K.+ Sayre, W. D. Westcott, Samuel T.+
Dargan, Moro+ Gregory, Fred C., Jr.+ Joseph, Leonce Shelby, Duncan Woodfin, Arthur
Long, W. Hal
+Cadet, U. of A.
Placed by survivors and friends in honor of the devoted service, signal valor and noble record
of this company, University of Alabama, May 30, 1916
For contact and permanent location information regarding this retired plaque, contact: Planroom, Campus Support Services, Building 1003, planroom@fa.ua.edu. The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.
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