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J. L. Frazier enlisted as a Private in Captain Truss' Company E of Cavalry, Barbiere's Battalion Cavalry, September 4, 1863 at Elyton, Alabama, recorded present on the October 31 and Nov/Dec 1863 muster rolls, no further records [Note: These appear to be the only two muster rolls extant for this organization]

Barbiere's Battalion Alabama Cavalry appears to have been formed of independent companies which had been organized for local defense and were serving with the Alabama Reserves

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Barbiere's AL Cavalry Battalion
Organized:
Mustered Out: 5/4/65 at Citronelle, AL

Barbiere's reserve cavalry consisted of six companies under the
command of Maj. Joseph Barbiere, and served principally in
central Alabama during the fall and winter.

Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 303

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Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion, Local Defense Troops [Alabama Reserves]

Major Joseph Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion was organized in 1864 from several independent companies which had themselves been created as supporting forces for the Conscript Reserves. The battalion served principally in central Alabama during the fall and winter, 1864-1865, and it was first assigned (1 Nov 64) to Armistead's Cavalry Brigade, District of Central Alabama, until January 1865. The unit was headquartered at Wilsonville, AL (Feb 65) and was reported as serving with the Alabama Reserves with six companies ("A"-"F"). It was assigned to, and included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana by Lt. Gen'l Richard Taylor at Citronelle, AL, on 4 May 1865. [http://history-sites.com/%7Ekjones/alcav.html#Barb-Cav-Bn]

Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion consisted of Companies "A"-"E" (probably Capt. John C. Brown's, Capt. J. M. Clifton's, Capt. Dawson's, Capt. Thomas J. Goldsby's, and and Capt. Thomas K. Truss' companies), "F" (Capt. Andrew W. Bowie's), and "G" (Capt. P. L. Griffitts)

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