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The 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.The regiment fought at Round Mountain and Bird Creek (Chusto-Talasah) in 1861, Pea Ridge, Siege of Corinth, Second Corinth, Hatchie's Bridge and the Holly Springs Raid in 1862, and in the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, and Murfreesboro in 1864.
[a] Rio Grande's supporting cast features Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, the Western singing group the Sons of the Pioneers and Stan Jones. In the film, Yorke leads a cavalry regiment at the border of Texas and Mexico.
The battle scene had a cast of 300, including Mexican cowboys and former troopers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry. This was a major undertaking for the young film industry of the time. [3] The film was initially successful; the Lincoln Motion Picture Company created multiple print runs of the film to meet demand.
Dudley William Jones (1840–1869) was a Texan cavalry officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [1] [2] Rising to the rank of colonel, he commanded the 9th Texas Cavalry in two successful engagements: at Thompson's Station, Tennessee, on March 5, 1863; and at Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, in July 1864. [1]
8th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Terry's Texas Rangers) Benjamin Franklin Terry: Loss March 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge: 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: William B. Sims: Loss April–May 1862 Siege of Corinth: 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: William B. Sims: Loss May 1862 Battle of Eltham's Landing: Texas Brigade: John Bell Hood: Inconclusive May 1862 Battle ...
Thorn intends to recommend the four soldiers for the Medal of Honor. He is ordered to take along Mrs. Geary, who is charged with "giving aid and comfort to the enemy." Private Andrew Hetherington, nominated by Thorn for a medal after an earlier battle, rides with them to the expedition's base at the Texas town of Cordura.
3rd Arkansas Cavalry (dismounted) 6th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Col Lawrence S. Ross (w) 9th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) Stirman's Arkansas Sharpshooters - Col Erasmus J. Stirman; McNally's (Arkansas) Battery - Lt Frank A. Moore; Cavalry Brigade BG Frank C. Armstrong. 2nd Arkansas (Slemons') Cavalry - Col William F. Slemons
The screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin was loosely based on the Harold Sinclair (1907-1966) 1956 novel of historical fiction of the same name, a fictionalized version of the famous Grierson's Raid by Federal cavalry in April–May 1863 riding southward through Mississippi and around the Mississippi River fortress of Vicksburg during ...