List of Texas Civil War Confederate units explained

This is a list of Texas American Civil War Confederate Units. The Texas Union Army units are listed separately.

Confederate States Army

Major Formations

Infantry

Cavalry

Brigades

Organized OCTOBER 23, 1862 in Mississippi with 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 27th Texas Cavalry Regiments. Temporary commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Griffith while Colonel Whitfield and Lieutenant Colonel Ross were on convalescence leave.

Regiments

State service, March 4, 1861 - mid-April 1861.Confederate service, mid-April 1861 - mid-April 1862 as the First Regiment, Texas Mounted Riflemen, also known as the First Texas Mounted Rifles (mustered out at the expiration of the enlistment period). Some of the men returned to frontier service, but most enlisted in the Eighth Texas Cavalry Battalion, which later became part of the First Texas Cavalry Regiment (Buchel's).[1] [2]

The Frontier Regiment (McCord's) was transferred to Confederate service on March 1, 1864 under this designation (see below).

Battalions

Formed in mid-April 1862, from men mustered out of 1st (McCulloch's) Mounted Riflemen; later part of the 1st Cavalry regiment.[3] [2]

Partisan Rangers

Organized in June 1862 by Walter P. Lane; disbanded after the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865.[4]

Began to be organized in October 1862, by B. Warren Stone, Jr.; operational in March 1863. Disbanded after the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865.[5]

Organized February 6, 1863, through the merger of 10th Cavalry Battalion (see below) with two independent companies and Randolph's First Battalion Texas Partisan Rangers. Disbanded on May 15, 1865.

Organized October 23, 1862 by Leonidas M. Martin to act as "Police Guards" in Cooke County. Merged with other units to form the Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers (see above), February 6, 1863.[6]

Artillery

Light Artillery

Heavy Artillery

State Troops

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillery

Frontier

Organized March 1, 1864, as a replacement for the Frontier Regiment (McCord's) (see below), transferred to Confederate service. The Frontier Organization contained all men liable for military service living in the 59 frontier counties. They were formed into three districts of together 4,000 men (one-fourth of the men, on a rotation basis, in service at any one time). The organization was in operation several months after the end of the war.[7]

Misc

Cavalry

A temporary field organization under William Saufley; formed in January 1864, for the defense of Galveston. Disbanded in March 1864; the companies returning to duty with their regiments.[8]

Mustered into service for three years in February 1863 as a replacement for the disbanded Frontier Regiment (Norris'). The new regiment was officially called the Mounted Regiment of Texas State Troops, later Mounted Regiment, Texas State Troops. The regiment was transferred to Confederate service on March 1, 1864 as the 46th Texas Cavalry (see above).[9] [10]

Authorized by the Legislature on December 21, 1861 as a replacement for 1st (McCulloch's) Mounted Riflemen in frontier defense. Mustered into State service for one year in March and April 1862. Disbanded at the end of January 1863, by order of Governor Lubbock. It was replaced by a reorganized Frontier Regiment (McCord's).[9]

Infantry

Artillery

See also

References

Citations

Notes and References

  1. Estes, Claud (1912). List of field officers, regiments and battalions in the Confederate States Army 1861-1865. Macon, Georgia, part 2, p. 60.
  2. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkf03 Smith, David Paul. "First Regiment Texas Mounted Riflemen." Handbook of Texas Online.
  3. Estes 1912 op.cit., p. 62.
  4. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkf15 Matthews, James. "First Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online.
  5. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qks09 Mathews, James. "Second Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online.
  6. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkf06 Grear, Charles D. "Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online.
  7. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkf02. Smith, David Paul. "Frontier Organization." Handbook of Texas Online.
  8. https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qks18 Mathews, Jamers. "Saufley's Scouting Battalion." Handbook of Texas Online.
  9. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qjf01 Dunnam, Robert. "Frontier Regiment." Handbook of Texas Online.
  10. Ivey, Darren L. (2010). The Texas Rangers. McFarland & Co. Inc., p. 118.