Alan J. Pitts
Re: Co D, 8th Confederate Cav
Wed Jun 27 16:43:33 2001


Don't have muster rolls, but will share what I have:


Company “D” of Pickens County “McCaa Rangers”

B. B. McCaa. Formerly Captain, Company “B”, 2nd Mississippi-Alabama Cavalry Battalion. Reelected August 13, 1862. Wounded near LaVergne, Tennessee, January 1, 1863; died at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the following day.
A. B. Archibald. Promoted Captain [to rank January 2, 1863]. Captured at Shelbyville, Tennessee, June 27, 1863. Died of disease at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, February 6, 1864.
W. A. Ferguson. Captured at Shelbyville, Tennessee, June 27, 1863. Exchanged at Aiken’s Landing, Virginia, May 8, 1864. Promoted Captain [June 2, 1864,] to rank February 6, 1864. Surrendered at Columbus, Mississippi, May 17, 1865.

This mustered at Columbus, Mississippi, November 14, 1861, as Company “B” of the 4th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion. Officers and men later served as Company “B”, 2nd Mississippi-Alabama Cavalry Battalion.