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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.
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 Shiloh: 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 ...
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]
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
Although Texas seceded in 1861, there was a pro-Union minority within the state that organized several units for the Union Army. It is estimated that some 2,000 Texans served the Union during the war. 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (merged with 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment in 1864) [1] 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (1865)
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.
Montrose, an antebellum mansion in Holly Springs, was built in 1858.. Van Dorn left Grenada on December 16 with 3,500 cavalrymen in three brigades. [5] Colonel John Wilkins Whitfield commanded the Texas brigade which consisted of the 3rd Texas, 6th Texas, 9th Texas, and 27th Texas Cavalry Regiments. [8]
William P. Rogers of the 2nd Texas and Col. John Daly of the 18th Arkansas were both killed in the failed attack. Col. Lawrence Sullivan Ross of the 6th Texas was thrown from his horse and mistakenly reported killed with Rogers. [18] Phifer's brigade on the left met with better success, driving back Davies's left flank and entering the town.