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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.
Corinth is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Texas, United States. Corinth is located on County Road 118, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Giddings. [1] By 1900, Corinth had a school called Corinthian, which was also used as a church. The school closed in the early 1950s, and by 2000 all that remained of the community was the church and ...
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]
9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: William B. Sims: Victory December 1861 Battle of Chusto-Talasah: 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: William B. Sims: Victory December 1861 Battle of Chustenahlah: 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment: Julius A. Andrews: Victory February 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson: 7th Texas Infantry Regiment: John Gregg: Loss April 1862 Battle of ...
The brigade was composed of the 3rd Texas, 6th Texas, 9th Texas, 27th Texas Cavalry regiments, and the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Battery. Together with Brig. Gen. Robert V. Richardson 's brigade, they battled Union forces along the Yazoo River in February and fought in the Battle of Yazoo City on March 5, 1864.
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; Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regiment - Col Wirt Adams
The city of Corinth grew as a railroad town in the 1850s around the railroad crossing point of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad (opened 1857) and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad (opened 1861). This railroad junction, whose planning began in the mid-1850s, made Corinth a key economic junction point in the southern United States, and made it of ...
The following units [1] and commanders of the Confederate Army fought at the Siege of Corinth (29 Apr-30 May 1862) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the Official Records of the American Civil War as they appeared on June 30, 1862.