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The battalion was subsequently cut off by the Germans, and attempts by the 141st Infantry's other two battalions to extricate it failed. [2] P-47 Thunderbolt fighters from the 405th Fighter Squadron , 371st Fighter Group , airdropped supplies to the 275 trapped soldiers, but conditions on the ground quickly deteriorated as the Germans continued ...
Initially, the battalion was designated as the Second Texas Infantry Regiment, as another regiment was fully formed in Galveston, Texas before. However, due to Wigfall's political connections to Jefferson Davis , his command was given the honor of being designated as the 1st Texas Infantry Regiment, a grievance the 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment ...
Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers: Unknown Unknown Victory [105] October 1847 Battle of Huamantla: Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers: Samuel Hamilton Walker: Unknown Victory [105] November 1847 Battle of Galaxara Pass: Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers: Unknown Unknown Victory [105] February 1848 Battle of Sequalteplan: Frontier Battalion ...
Private Benjamin W. Varnell of Co. B, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment with plumed had. 1st (McCulloch's) Mounted RiflemenState 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 enlistme
The Johnson-Grant venture, the first battle of the Texas Revolution in which the Mexican Army was the victor. From the Johnson forces, 20 Texans killed, 32 captured and 1 Mexican loss, 4 wounded. Johnson and 4 others escaped after capture and proceeded to Goliad. Johnson would survive the Texas Revolution. M Battle of Agua Dulce: Agua Dulce ...
The 9th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of Confederate States Army infantry volunteers organized in December 1861 that fought during the American Civil War.The regiment fought at Shiloh, Perryville, and Stones River in 1862, Chickamauga in 1863, the Atlanta Campaign, Allatoona, and Nashville in 1864, and Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley in 1865.
The 8th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In May 1862, the 8th Texas Infantry Battalion mustered into Confederate service in Refugio County, Texas, with three companies. A fourth company joined in June 1862, and a fifth company was added ...
The 21st Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was formed in spring 1864 by consolidating William Henry Griffin's 21st Texas Infantry Battalion and Ashley W. Spaight's 11th Texas Cavalry Battalion.