This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/806.1 Message Board Post: The were two 8th Alabama Cavalry Regiments: one called Hatch's or Ball's, and the other called Livingston's. Co. "H" of Hatch's 8th Cavalry was led by Capt. James Harrison, and was recruited in of Greene, Perry and Marengo Counties. Co. "H" of Livingston's 8th Cavalry was led by Capt. F. A. Musgrove and was recruited in Walker County. The militia entry comes from the Alabama miscellaneous file, reel 508. 1st Lt. Charles Savary served 30 days in CSA service under Capt. W. M. L. Johnson. His company entered service Aug. 28, 1862, with 42 members and served at Gainesville, Ala. The other lieutenant was L. C. Davis. The ADAH record didn't state where the company was recruited.