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The 2nd Regiment, Texas Infantry was an infantry regiment from Texas that served with Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. The regiment was organized by the then Captain John Creed Moore who would become the regiment's 1st Colonel. Many of the men were from Houston and Galveston. [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
Flag of Waul's Legion. Waul's Legion was a combined arms force from Texas that fought for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.Raised in the spring of 1862 at the Glenblythe Plantation near Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas by Brigadier General Thomas Neville Waul, the legion originally consisted of twelve infantry companies, six cavalry companies, and a six-gun ...
The 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer cavalry unit from Texas that fought in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The unit was organized in May 1861 as the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles. In early 1862, the regiment took part in the unsuccessful New Mexico Campaign before retreating to Texas.
William Peleg Rogers (December 17, 1819 – October 4, 1862) was a Texan lawyer and political activist and a Confederate army officer.. After service in the Mexican War, he strongly supported the cause of secession from the Union, and became colonel of the 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army, at the outset of the Civil War.
From then until December 1864 the entire regiment consisted of just Company C. On 18 April 1869 the 2nd Infantry was consolidated with the 16th Infantry and the consolidated unit was designated as the 2nd Infantry. The 2nd Infantry bears nine battle honors from the Southern Campaign through its 1869 consolidation with the 16th Infantry.
Private Thomas F. Bates of D Company, 6th Texas Infantry Pvt. William J. Oliphant, Co. G, 6th Texas Infantry Pvt. Jeptha Wilson, 6th Texas Infantry. The 6th Texas Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Texas that served in the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War.
F Company was an infantry company in the United States Army's 78th "Lightning" Division's second battalion of the 310th Infantry Regiment. The company was called Fox, which was the sixth letter in the phonetic alphabet used during World War II. The Company participated in three major campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe ...