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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 ...
By July 8, 1861, enough companies from Texas reached Richmond to form the 1st Texas Infantry Battalion. Because of the Battalion's unauthorized presence at Richmond, the Confederate government allowed the battalion to stay in the region with the condition that the government would pick their regimental officers.
The battalion was subsequently cut off by the Germans, and attempts by the 141st Infantry's other two battalions to extricate it failed. [2] P-47 Thunderbolt fighters from the 405th Fighter Squadron , 371st Fighter Group , airdropped supplies to the 275 trapped soldiers, but conditions on the ground quickly deteriorated as the Germans continued ...
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
6th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col B. Warren Stone: 3: 3: 13: 19 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col William B. Sims (w) Ltc William Quayle: 1: 1: 0: 2: War of the Rebelion Series 1 Volume 8 Page 300. 11th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col William C. Young---- 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion (Stirman's) Maj William H. Brooks: 11: 30: 0: 41 1st Texas Cavalry ...
Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Charles L. Morgan 10th Texas Field Battery: Cpt J. H. Pratt Corps Artillery Artillery Maj Oliver J. Semmes: Moseley's Texas Battery: Cpt Willam G. Moseley Val Verde Texas Battery: Cpt T. D. Nettles, 2 × 6-pdr gun, 2 × 12-pdr how [11] McMahan's Texas Battery: Cpt M. V. McMahan
This was the first battle of the Goliad Campaign. The Johnson-Grant venture, the first battle of the Texas Revolution in which the Mexican Army was the victor. From the Johnson forces, 20 Texans killed, 32 captured and 1 Mexican loss, 4 wounded. Johnson and 4 others escaped after capture and proceeded to Goliad.
The 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade) was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.In fall 1861, John R. Baylor first conceived the idea to form a brigade of cavalry to conquer the southwestern territories for the Confederacy.