List of Texas Civil War Confederate units

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

Contents

Confederate States Army

Major Formations

Infantry

  • Company A (Marion Guards)
  • Company B (Livingston Guards)
  • Company C (Palmer Guards)
  • Company D (Star Rifles)
  • Company E (Corsicana Invincibles; Marshall Guards)
  • Company F (Woodsville Rifles)
  • Company G (Anderson Co. Guards; Reagan Guards)
  • Company H (Texas Guards)
  • Company I (Crockett Southerns)
  • Company K (Daniel Boone Rifles; Texas Invincibles)
  • Company L (Lone Star Rifles)
  • Company M (Sumter Light Infantry)
  • Company A (San Jacinto Guards)
  • Company B (Confederate Guards)
  • Company C (Bayland Guards)
  • Company D (Confederate Grays)
  • Company E
  • Company F (Mounted Riflemen)
  • Company G (Burleson Guards)
  • Company H (Lexington Grays)
  • Company I (Gonzales Invincibles; Wilson Rifles)
  • Company A (Gillespie Rifles)
  • Company B
  • Company C (Lone Star Defenders)
  • Company A (Waco Guards)
  • Company B (Johnson Guards)
  • Company C
  • Company E (Cherokee Rifles)
  • Company A (Van Dorn Guards)
  • Company B (Ruess Battery)
  • Company A (German Citizen Guards)
  • Company B (Galveston Guards; German Citizen Guards)
  • Company C (German Citizen Guards)
  • Company D (Cypress Rifles)
  • Company A (Grimes Boys)
  • Company B
  • Company C (Alvarado Rifles)
  • Company D (Wilson's Guards)
  • Company E
  • Company F
  • Company G (Labadie Rifles)
  • Company H (Coryell Yankee Hunters)
  • Company I
  • Company K
  • Company A (Engledow's Texas Rebels)
  • Company D (Titus Hunters)
  • Company A (Lavaca County)
  • Company B (Nacogdoches County)
  • Company C (Robertson County)
  • Company D (Grimes County)
  • Company E (Tarrent County)
  • Company F (Milam County)
  • Company G (Grime County)
  • Company I (Freestone County)
  • Company K (Hill County)
  • Company A (Austin Grays)
  • Company B (Perkins' 1st Company; Austin Grays)
  • Company D (Moseley's Battery)
  • Company E
  • Company G (Brazoria Rangers)
  • Company H (Field Battery)
  • Company D
  • Company E (Navarro Countians)
  • Company G (Fouty's Company)
  • Company A (Sabine Pass Guard)
  • Company B
  • Company C
  • Company D
  • Company E
  • Company F
  • Company F

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

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Private Benjamin W. Varnell of Co. B, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment with plumed had

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]

  • Company H (Rusk Co. Volunteers)
  • Company B (German Company; Gidding's Battalion; Carrington's Company)
  • Company E (Texas Rangers)
  • Company F (Mounted Riflemen; W.P. Lane Rangers)
  • Company K
  • Coopwood's Spy Company (attached)
  • Company A Harrison County (The Texas Hunters)
  • Company B Rusk County
  • Company C Cherokee County (Lone Star Defenders)
  • Company D Hunt County
  • Company E Shelby County
  • Company F Kaufman County
  • Company G Marion County (Dead Shot Rangers)
  • Company H Upshur County
  • Company I Cass County
  • Company K (Flora Legion)
  • Company A
  • Company B (Davis Guards; Dockwallopers)
  • Company C (Victoria Volunteers; Victoria Invincibles)
  • Company D (San Andres Light Horse Company)
  • Company E (Milam Co. Guards)
  • Company I (Killough's Volunteer Company, Fayette County)
  • Company A Kaufman County (Rockwall cavalry)
  • Company B Kaufman County (Rockwall Cavalry)
  • Company C Dallas County
  • Company D Greyson County (Bear Skins)
  • Company E Van Zandt County (Wide Awakes)
  • Company F Dallas County (Lancaster Guards)
  • Company G McLennon County
  • Company H Bell County (Bob Whites)
  • Company I Henderson County (Titus Greys)
  • Company K Collin County (Mounted Riflemen)
  • 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment (7th Mounted Volunteers; 3rd Regiment, Sibley's Brigade)
    Private Simeon J. Crews of Co. F, 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment, with cut down saber and revolver Private Simeon J. Crews of Co. F, 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment, with cut down saber and revolver LOC 9160207110.jpg
    Private Simeon J. Crews of Co. F, 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment, with cut down saber and revolver
  • Company A
  • Company B (Comal Co.; Hoffmann's Company; German Company)
  • Company C (Williamson Co. Grays)
  • Company D (Angelina Troop)
  • Company E (Trinity Co. Cavalry)
  • Company F (New Salem Invincibles)
  • Company I (Anderson Co. Company of Cavalry)
  • Company B (Mounted Rangers)
  • Company F (Lone Star Rangers)
  • Company K (Tom Lubbock Guards)
  • Company L (Wharton Guards)
  • Company A Tarrent County (Volunteers)
  • Company B Fannon County (Red River Boys)
  • Company C Grayson County
  • Company D Tarrent County
  • Company E San Augustine County (Cypress Rangers)
  • Company F Titus Xounty
  • Company G Hopkins County
  • Company H Dallas County (Sharpshooters)
  • Company I Titus County (Titus Grays)
  • Company K Hopkins County
  • Company B (Wood Co. Rebels)
  • Company B (Holford Cavalry)
  • Company E (Red River Dixie Boys)
  • Company G (Dreadnaughts)
  • Company G
  • 17th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Moore's Regiment; 1st Infantry, Consolidated)
  • Company K (Clough Rangers)
  • 17th (Consolidated) Dismounted Cavalry
  • 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Darnell's Regiment; 1st Infantry, Consolidated)
  • 19th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Burford's Regiment)
  • Company F
  • Company G
  • Company I
  • Company B (Caldwell Co. Rangers)
  • Company G
  • Company H
  • Company D (Stephens Cavalry)
  • Company B (Caldwell Co. Rangers)
  • Company A (Moore's Rebels)
  • Company B (Caldwell Co. Rangers)
  • Company C (Moore's Rangers)
  • Company E (Hebert Rangers)
  • Company G (Galveston Videttes)
  • Company H (Debray's Rangers)
  • Company A (Texas Fencibles; Titus Invincibles)
  • Company B Arkansas Company, (Transferred to Stirman's Sharpshooter Regiment July 23 1862, Permanent)
  • Company C (J.P. Henderson Rangers)
  • Company D (Whitfield Rifles)
  • Company E (Lone Star Rangers)
  • Company F
  • Company G
  • Company H
  • Company I (Titus Rangers)
  • Company K
  • Company M
  • Company N
  • Company L
  • Company G (Lamar Cavalry)
  • Company K
  • Company A (Columbia Blues)
  • Company G (Brazoria Rangers)
  • Hargrove's Company (Hood's Guerillas)
  • Company A
  • 46th Texas Cavalry Regiment

The Frontier Regiment (McCord's) was transferred to Confederate service on March 1, 1864 under this designation (see below). [3]

Battalions

  • 1st Cavalry Battalion (Crump's, see 32nd Texas Cavalry)
  • 3rd Cavalry Battalion (Yager's Mounted Rifles; 1st Cavalry)
  • 4th Cavalry Battalion (Whitfield's, see 27th Texas Cavalry)
  • 6th Cavalry Battalion (Gould's Battalion)
  • 7th Cavalry Battalion (26th Cavalry)
  • 8th Cavalry Battalion (Taylor's Mounted Rifles; 1st Cavalry)

Formed in mid-April 1862, from men mustered out of 1st (McCulloch's) Mounted Riflemen; later part of the 1st Cavalry regiment. [4] [2]

  • 12th Cavalry Battalion (35th Cavalry)
  • 13th Cavalry Battalion
  • 14th Cavalry Battalion (33rd Cavalry)
  • Border's Cavalry Regiment of Cadets
  • Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion (C. L. Morgan's Battalion)

Partisan Rangers

Organized in June 1862 by Walter P. Lane; disbanded after the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865. [5]

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. [6]

  • Company K
  • 5th Cavalry (Partisan Rangers)

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. [7]

  • 30th Cavalry (Gurley's 1st Partisan Rangers)
  • Company K (Dixie Boys)
  • 33rd Cavalry (Benavides' Cavalry Regiment(Duff's Partisan Rangers, 14th Cavalry Battalion)
  • 34th Cavalry (Alexander's 2nd Partisan Rangers)
  • 9th Cavalry Battalion (Partisan Rangers, 5th Partisan Rangers)
  • 10th Cavalry Battalion (5th Partisan Rangers)

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. [7]

Artillery

Light Artillery

  • 4th (Shea's) Battalion, Artillery
  • 1st Texas Field Battery (Edgar's Company, Light Artillery)
  • 2nd Texas Field Battery (McMahan's Company)
  • 4th Texas Field Battery (Mechling's Company; Van Dorn Light Artillery)
  • 5th Texas Field Battery (Creuzbauer's Company)
  • 6th Texas Field Battery
  • 7th Texas Field Battery (Moseley's Company, Light Artillery)
  • 8th Texas Field Battery (Dege's Light Artillery Battalion)
  • 9th Texas Field Battery (Daniel's Company; Lamar Artillery)
  • 10th Texas Field Battery (Pratt's/Hynson's Company; Sewart Artillery)
  • 11th Texas Field Battery (Howell's Company, Light Artillery)
  • Val Verde Texas Battery (12th Texas Battery, Sayers/Nettles Company)
  • 13th Texas Field Battery (Wilson's/Gonzales'/Hughes's Company, Light Artillery)
  • 14th Texas Field Battery (Dashiell's Company)
  • 15th Texas Field Battery (Nichols's Company)
  • 16th Texas Field Battery (Gibson's Company)
  • 17th Texas Field Battery (Krumbhaar's/Stafford's Company; Texas Guards Artillery)
  • Douglas's Texas Battery (Good's Battery; Dallas Light Artillery)

Heavy Artillery

  • 1st Heavy Artillery (Cook's Regiment)
  • Company C (Houston Turner Rifles)
  • Company F (Jeff Davis Guards; Houston's Rough & Ready Company)
  • Company H (Catching's Company)

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. [8]

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. [9]

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). [10] [3]

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). [10]

Infantry

Artillery

See also

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References

Citations

  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. 1 2 Smith, David Paul. "First Regiment Texas Mounted Riflemen." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 06, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Ivey, Darren L. (2010). The Texas Rangers. McFarland & Co. Inc., p. 118.
  4. ↑ Estes 1912 op.cit., p. 62.
  5. ↑ Matthews, James. "First Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 08, 2020.
  6. ↑ Mathews, James. "Second Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 08, 2020.
  7. 1 2 Grear, Charles D. "Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 08, 2020.
  8. ↑ Smith, David Paul. "Frontier Organization." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 06, 2020.
  9. ↑ Mathews, Jamers. "Saufley's Scouting Battalion." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 08, 2020.
  10. 1 2 Dunnam, Robert. "Frontier Regiment." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 06, 2020.
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