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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.
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]
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 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. [2]
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 ...
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Cozzens, Peter, The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth , Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press , 1997, ISBN 0-8078-2320-1 .
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.
Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry; Company "A" 1st Confederate Cavalry: Cpt James Ruffin; Ross's Brigade BG Lawrence S. Ross. 1st Texas Legion: Col Edwin R. Hawkins; 3rd Texas Cavalry: Ltc Jiles S. Boggess; 6th Texas Cavalry: Ltc Peter F. Ross; 9th Texas Cavalry; Ferguson's Brigade BG Samuel W. Ferguson. 2nd Alabama Cavalry: Col John N. Carpenter