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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 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the "Lone Star"— was an armored division of the Texas Army National Guard during the Cold War. Active from 1947, the division formed part of the Texas Army National Guard together with the 36th Infantry Division. It was called up for active duty between 1961 and 1962 during the Berlin Crisis. In 1968 ...
A unit of the 36th Infantry Division, the 72nd Brigade included the 3rd and 4th Texas Infantry Regiments. These regiments served on the Mexico–United States border during the Pancho Villa Expedition, and then were organized and federalized for World War I as the 133rd Machine Gun Battalion, and 143rd and 144th Infantry Regiments. [1]
The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division is an Armored Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bliss, TX. [1]First organized in 1942, as Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division, the unit has fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II, [2] as well as 4 tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Texas Brigade was lightly engaged at the Battle of Seven Pines on 31 May–1 June, losing only 13 men wounded. [3] The Texas Brigade consisted of the 1st Texas, 4th Texas, 5th Texas, and 18th Georgia Regiments and Hampton's Legion. During the Seven Days Battles, the brigade's losses were 92 killed, 526 wounded, and five missing. [4]
On July 2, 1863, Brigadier General Jerome Robertson and his Texas Brigade arrived at Gettysburg around 9:00 a.m. Among the regiments under the command of Robertson was the 1st Texas Infantry. The 1st Texas fought hard during its time at Gettysburg and achieved much for fighting with lesser numbers than the enemy. Lieutenant Colonel Phillip A ...
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.
The lineage of the 133rd Field Artillery Regiment is carried by 1st Battalion, a unit of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team; 3rd Battalion, a unit of the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (both brigades of the 36th Infantry Division); and 4th Battalion, a unit of the 45th Field Artillery Brigade administratively attached to the 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade. 1-133 is ...