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Henry Eustace McCulloch (December 6, 1816 – March 12, 1895) was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, a Texas Ranger, and a brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
It was first organized as a 10-company regiment by Colonel Henry Eustace McCulloch in April 1861 and named the 1st Texas Mounted Rifles. In early May 1861, the regiment secured the surrender of the small Federal garrison of San Antonio. Except from a skirmish with Native Americans in November 1861, the regiment took part in no more actions.
General McCulloch may refer to: Andrew McCulloch (British Army officer) (1876–1960), British Army major general; Benjamin McCulloch (1811–1862), Texas Militia major general and Confederate States Army brigadier general; Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816–1895), Confederate States Army brigadier general
Humphrey Marshall (general) James Green Martin; John Donelson Martin; John McCausland; William McComb; Benjamin McCulloch; Henry Eustace McCulloch; Peter A. S. McGlashan; Samuel McGowan (general) Evander McNair; Dandridge McRae; Hugh W. Mercer; William Miller (Confederate Army officer) John Creed Moore; John Hunt Morgan; John T. Morgan; Alfred ...
Brigadier General Henry Eustace McCulloch organized a Texas infantry division at the camp which consisted of four brigades, each with an attached artillery battery. While at Camp Nelson, 1,500 Confederate soldiers died from dysentery and other maladies due largely to tainted water. [ 3 ]
After Texas seceded from the United States in 1861 during the American Civil War, many Rangers enlisted individually to fight for the Confederacy, such as Walter P. Lane, George W. Baylor, Thomas S. Lubbock, Benjamin McCulloch, Henry Eustace McCulloch, John B. Jones, Leander H. McNelly and John Ford.
In October 1862, Henry Eustace McCulloch began organizing a Texas infantry division. On 1 January 1863, John George Walker assumed command of the division and led it until the end of the war. It was originally formed into four brigades, but the 4th Brigade was soon captured at the Battle of Arkansas Post.
Brigadier-General Benjamin McCulloch (November 11, 1811 – March 7, 1862) was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, a Texas Ranger, a major-general in the Texas militia and thereafter a major in the United States Army (United States Volunteers) during the Mexican–American War, sheriff of Sacramento County, a U.S. marshal, and a brigadier-general in the army of the Confederate States during the ...