CAPTAIN HENRY C. PEEK

Henry C. Peek was a Captain in Company H (called the lost company) of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USA.

War of the Rebellion
Series I-Vol XLVII
Part 1 Reports; page 897

Headquarters First Alabama Volunteer Cavalry
Faison's Depot, N.C.,
March 28, 1865

Captain Peek deserves special mention for his gallant daring and coolness during this struggle. The loss of the regiment in the affairs was 4 men killed, 27 wounded, and 41 missing.

S. Tramel
Major First Alabama
Volunteer Cavalry, 
Comdg. Regiment

Lieut. J.N. Lukins
A.A.A.G., 3d Brig., Div., Mil. Div. of the Miss.

Hdgrs. Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps
Savannah, GA, January 15, 1865

...At 3 a.m. of the morning of the 10th Captain Peek, of the First Alabama Cavalry, brought in some prisoners belonging to Walthall's and Loring's division, of Stewart, Corps. The captain, having gallantly assaulted the enemy's outpost, drove them into their reserve; they in turn fell back into the main body, creating great commotion and confusion, under cover of which the captain made his escape, bringing with him quite a squad of prisoners, from whom I obtained positive information of the locality of Hood's different corpse. They, however, could give no decided opinion of Hood's object or destination. It was evident that he did not intend attacking Rome, as his heads of column had crossed the road leading into Rome, and were directed on the Coosa River, over which the prisoners thought Hood was effecting a crossing.

Extracted by: Johnnie L.T.N. Potter
Submitted by: Glenda McWhirter Todd