This regiment was known in the field as the 7th Alabama Cavalry. It was formed when Malone’s 19th and Thomason’s 14th Alabama Partisan Ranger Battalions merged on April 15, 1863. However, the Adjutant and Inspector General did not recognize the new regiment until September 5, 1864. By that date another regiment had received this designation, so this command was numbered the 9th Alabama Cavalry.

Company “F” was recruited in DeKalb County by Capt. Robert R. Davenport, formerly Captain of Company “B”, 19th Alabama Partisan Ranger Battalion. He was appointed acting Assistant Quartermaster (A.A.Q.M.) of the regiment on March 1, 1864, and resigned January 27, 1865, due to ill health.

Officers and men mustered at Valley Head, Alabama, September 21, 1862, as Company “B” of the 19th Alabama Partisan Ranger Battalion. Malone's Battalion was usually referred to as the 2nd Alabama Battalion.