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The Texas Brigade (also known as Hood's Brigade) was an infantry formation of the Confederate Army that distinguished itself in the American Civil War. Along with the Stonewall Brigade , they were considered the Army of Northern Virginia's shock troops .
The 29th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Newspaper publisher Charles DeMorse formed the regiment at Clarksville, Texas , in July 1862 and became its colonel .
The 24th and 25th Consolidated Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit that originally consisted of two regiments of mounted volunteers that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. However, by the time the two regiments were consolidated, they fought as infantry.
The Federals quickly learned how effective the Pattern 1853 Enfield were in the hands of the Texans and Georgians of the Texas Brigade. By May 3, 1862, the Confederate forces pulled back from Yorktown and retreat towards Richmond, the Texas Brigade was detailed as the rearguard of William H.C. Whiting's Division.
For much of the war, the regiment fought in Mathew Ector's Texas brigade in the Army of Tennessee. In the Battle of Stones River on 31 December 1862 – 2 January 1863, the brigade was commanded by Mathew Ector. The brigade no longer included the 31st Arkansas. [9] Douglas's Texas Battery was attached to the brigade. [10]
Texas Civil War veterans received a pension check from Austin for $100 every month if they were unmarried, $150 if they were married. (Union veterans were pensioned by the U.S. Congress.) The ...
The Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement, which has been open since 2006 and displays Union and Confederate artifacts, is taking back its decision to close its doors at the end of 2023.
The regiment became part of a brigade led by Hamilton Bee that was headquartered at Brownsville, Texas, and guarded the Texas Gulf Coast. [2] In 1864, the brigade transferred to Louisiana and fought at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Blair's Landing in the Red River Campaign. The regiment was dismounted to serve as infantry in February 1865 and ...