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The 1st Texas Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Ragged Old First," was an infantry regiment raised in Texas for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia .
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 141st Infantry Regiment ("1st Texas Infantry" [1]) is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.The lineage of the 141st includes units tracing origins to the Texas Revolution, such as Company A, First Texas, 1836, and other infantry companies of the First Texas formed in the 1870s and 1880s.
East Texas gave the most support to secession, and the only east Texas counties in which significant numbers of people opposed secession were Angelina County, Fannin County, and Lamar County, although these counties supplied many men to Texas regiments, including the 9th Texas Infantry Regiment; the 1st Texas Partisan Rangers; 3rd, 4th, 9th ...
0–9. 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment; 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade) 1st Texas Field Battery; 1st Texas Infantry Regiment; 1st Texas Partisan Rangers
Walker ordered Edgar's Battery and the 18th Texas Infantry Regiment led by Colonel D. B. Culbertson to defend a position behind Roundaway Bayou and hold off the Federals while the division's wagon train made its escape. When the leading Union troops got within 150 yd (137 m), the 18th Texas and the battery opened fire, causing their closest ...
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.
In April 1862, the unit was reduced to five companies and renamed the 8th Texas Cavalry Battalion. [1] On 2 May 1862, William Overall Yager 's 3rd Texas Cavalry Battalion was consolidated with the 8th Cavalry Battalion to form a new 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment under Colonel Augustus Buchel , [ 2 ] a German soldier of fortune who emigrated to ...