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This is a list of Texas American Civil War Confederate Units. The Texas Union Army units are listed separately.

Confederate States Army

Major Formations

Infantry

  • Company A (Marion Guards)
  • Company B (Livingston Guards)
  • Company C (Palmer Guards)
  • Company D (Star Rifles)
  • Company E (Corsicana Invincibles; Marshall Guards)
  • Company F (Woodsville Rifles)
  • Company G (Anderson Co. Guards; Reagan Guards)
  • Company H (Texas Guards)
  • Company I (Crockett Southerns)
  • Company K (Daniel Boone Rifles; Texas Invincibles)
  • Company L (Lone Star Rifles)
  • Company M (Sumter Light Infantry)
  • 1st Infantry, Consolidated (6th, 7th & 10th Infantry, 15th, 17th, 18th, 24th & 25th Cavalry)
  • 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment (Moore's 1st Infantry; Galveston Regiment; Van Dorn Regiment)
  • Company A (San Jacinto Guards)
  • Company B (Confederate Guards)
  • Company C (Bayland Guards)
  • Company D (Confederate Grays)
  • Company E
  • Company F (Mounted Riflemen)
  • Company G (Burleson Guards)
  • Company H (Lexington Grays)
  • Company I (Gonzales Invincibles; Wilson Rifles)
  • Company A (Gillespie Rifles)
  • Company B
  • Company C (Lone Star Defenders)
  • Company A (Waco Guards)
  • Company B (Johnson Guards)
  • Company C
  • Company E (Cherokee Rifles)
  • Company A (Van Dorn Guards)
  • Company B (Ruess Battery)
  • Company A (German Citizen Guards)
  • Company B (Galveston Guards; German Citizen Guards)
  • Company C (German Citizen Guards)
  • Company D (Cypress Rifles)
  • 9th Texas Infantry Regiment (Nichols's 5th Infantry) (6 months)
  • 10th Texas Infantry Regiment (Nelson's Regiment; 1st Infantry, Consolidated)
  • Company A (Grimes Boys)
  • Company C (Alvarado Rifles)
  • Company D (Wilson's Guards)
  • Company G (Labadie Rifles)
  • Company H (Coryell Yankee Hunters)
  • Company A (Engledow's Texas Rebels)
  • Company D (Titus Hunters)
  • Company A (Lavaca County)
  • Company B (Nacogdoches County)
  • Company C (Robertson County)
  • Company D (Grimes County)
  • Company E (Tarrent County)
  • Company F (Milam County)
  • Company G (Grime County)
  • Company I (Freestone County)
  • Company K (Hill County)
  • Company A (Austin Grays)
  • Company B (Perkins' 1st Company; Austin Grays)
  • Company D (Moseley's Battery)
  • Company E
  • Company G (Brazoria Rangers)
  • Company H (Field Battery)
  • Company D
  • Company E (Navarro Countians)
  • Company G (Fouty's Company)
  • Company A (Sabine Pass Guard)
  • Company B
  • Company C
  • Company D
  • Company E
  • Company F
  • Company F
  • 1st Infantry Battalion (15th Infantry)
  • 1st Infantry Battalion (Burnet's Sharp Shooters)
  • 4th Infantry Battalion (Oswald's German Battalion) (6 months)
  • 5th Infantry Battalion (22nd Infantry)
  • 6th Infantry Battalion (11th Infantry & Cavalry Battalion)
  • 8th Infantry Battalion (Hobby's Battalion; 8th Infantry)
  • 21st Infantry Battalion (Griffin's Battalion; 21st Infantry)

Cavalry

Regiments

Private Benjamin W. Varnell of Co. B, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment with plumed had

State 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 enlistment period). Some of the men returned to frontier service, but most enlisted in the Eighth Texas Cavalry Battalion, which later became part of the First Texas Cavalry Regiment (Buchel's).[1][2]

  • Company H (Rusk Co. Volunteers)
  • Company B (German Company; Gidding's Battalion; Carrington's Company)
  • Company E (Texas Rangers)
  • Company F (Mounted Riflemen; W.P. Lane Rangers)
  • Company K
  • Coopwood's Spy Company (attached)
  • Company C (Lone Star Defenders)
  • Company G (Dead Shot Rangers)
  • Company K (Flora Legion)
  • Company A
  • Company B (Davis Guards; Dockwallopers)
  • Company C (Victoria Volunteers; Victoria Invincibles)
  • Company D (San Andres Light Horse Company)
  • Company E (Milam Co. Guards)
  • Company I (Killough's Volunteer Company, Fayette County)
  • Company A
  • Company B (Rockwall Cavalry)
  • Company F (Lancaster Guards)
  • 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment (7th Mounted Volunteers; 3rd Regiment, Sibley's Brigade)
    Private Simeon J. Crews of Co. F, 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment, with cut down saber and revolver
  • Company A
  • Company B (Comal Co.; Hoffmann's Company; German Company)
  • Company C (Williamson Co. Grays)
  • Company D (Angelina Troop)
  • Company E (Trinity Co. Cavalry)
  • Company F (New Salem Invincibles)
  • Company I (Anderson Co. Company of Cavalry)
  • Company B (Mounted Rangers)
  • Company F (Lone Star Rangers)
  • Company K (Tom Lubbock Guards)
  • Company L (Wharton Guards)
  • Company I (Titus Grays)
  • Company B (Wood Co. Rebels)
  • Company B (Holford Cavalry)
  • Company E (Red River Dixie Boys)
  • Company G (Dreadnaughts)
  • Company G
  • 17th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Moore's Regiment; 1st Infantry, Consolidated)
  • Company K (Clough Rangers)
  • 17th (Consolidated) Dismounted Cavalry
  • 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Darnell's Regiment; 1st Infantry, Consolidated)
  • 19th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Burford's Regiment)
  • Company F
  • Company G
  • Company I
  • Company B (Caldwell Co. Rangers)
  • Company G
  • Company H
  • Company D (Stephens Cavalry)
  • Company B (Caldwell Co. Rangers)
  • Company A (Moore's Rebels)
  • Company B (Caldwell Co. Rangers)
  • Company C (Moore's Rangers)
  • Company E (Hebert Rangers)
  • Company G (Galveston Videttes)
  • Company H (Debray's Rangers)
  • Company A (Texas Fencibles; Titus Invincibles)
  • Company C (J.P. Henderson Rangers)
  • Company D (Whitfield Rifles)
  • Company E (Lone Star Rangers)
  • Company I (Titus Rangers)
  • Company L
  • Company G (Lamar Cavalry)
  • Company K
  • Company A (Columbia Blues)
  • Company G (Brazoria Rangers)
  • Hargrove's Company (Hood's Guerillas)
  • Company A
  • 46th Texas Cavalry Regiment

The Frontier Regiment (McCord's) was transferred to Confederate service on March 1, 1864 under this designation (see below).[3]

Battalions

  • 1st Cavalry Battalion (Crump's, see 32nd Texas Cavalry)
  • 3rd Cavalry Battalion (Yager's Mounted Rifles; 1st Cavalry)
  • 4th Cavalry Battalion (Whitfield's, see 27th Texas Cavalry)
  • 6th Cavalry Battalion (Gould's Battalion)
  • 7th Cavalry Battalion (26th Cavalry)
  • 8th Cavalry Battalion (Taylor's Mounted Rifles; 1st Cavalry)

Formed in mid-April 1862, from men mustered out of 1st (McCulloch's) Mounted Riflemen; later part of the 1st Cavalry regiment.[4][2]

  • 12th Cavalry Battalion (35th Cavalry)
  • 13th Cavalry Battalion
  • 14th Cavalry Battalion (33rd Cavalry)
  • Border's Cavalry Regiment of Cadets
  • Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion (C. L. Morgan's Battalion)

Partisan Rangers

Organized in June 1862 by Walter P. Lane; disbanded after the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865.[5]

Began to be organized in October 1862, by B. Warren Stone, Jr.; operational in March 1863. Disbanded after the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865.[6]

  • Company K
  • 5th Cavalry (Partisan Rangers)

Organized February 6, 1863, through the merger of 10th Cavalry Battalion (see below) with two independent companies and Randolph's First Battalion Texas Partisan Rangers. Disbanded on May 15, 1865.[7]

  • 30th Cavalry (Gurley's 1st Partisan Rangers)
  • Company K (Dixie Boys)
  • 33rd Cavalry (Benavides' Cavalry Regiment(Duff's Partisan Rangers, 14th Cavalry Battalion)
  • 34th Cavalry (Alexander's 2nd Partisan Rangers)
  • 9th Cavalry Battalion (Partisan Rangers, 5th Partisan Rangers)
  • 10th Cavalry Battalion (5th Partisan Rangers)

Organized October 23, 1862 by Leonidas M. Martin to act as "Police Guards" in Cooke County. Merged with other units to form the Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers (see above), February 6, 1863.[7]

Artillery

Light Artillery

  • 4th (Shea's) Battalion, Artillery
  • 1st Texas Field Battery (Edgar's Company, Light Artillery)
  • 2nd Texas Field Battery (McMahan's Company)
  • 4th Texas Field Battery (Mechling's Company; Van Dorn Light Artillery)
  • 5th Texas Field Battery (Creuzbauer's Company)
  • 6th Texas Field Battery
  • 7th Texas Field Battery (Moseley's Company, Light Artillery)
  • 8th Texas Field Battery (Dege's Light Artillery Battalion)
  • 9th Texas Field Battery (Daniel's Company; Lamar Artillery)
  • 10th Texas Field Battery (Pratt's/Hynson's Company; Sewart Artillery)
  • 11th Texas Field Battery (Howell's Company, Light Artillery)
  • Val Verde Texas Battery (12th Texas Battery, Sayers/Nettles Company)
  • 13th Texas Field Battery (Wilson's/Gonzales'/Hughes's Company, Light Artillery)
  • 14th Texas Field Battery (Dashiell's Company)
  • 15th Texas Field Battery (Nichols's Company)
  • 16th Texas Field Battery (Gibson's Company)
  • 17th Texas Field Battery (Krumbhaar's/Stafford's Company; Texas Guards Artillery)
  • Douglas's Texas Battery (Good's Battery; Dallas Light Artillery)

Heavy Artillery

  • 1st Heavy Artillery (Cook's Regiment)
  • Company C (Houston Turner Rifles)
  • Company F (Jeff Davis Guards; Houston's Rough & Ready Company)
  • Company H (Catching's Company)

State Troops

Infantry

  • 1st State Troops
  • 1st State Troops, Infantry (6 months)
  • 2nd State Troops, Infantry (6 months)
  • 3rd State Troops, Infantry (6 months)
  • 4th Infantry, State Troops (6 months)
  • 5th Infantry, State Troops (6 months)
  • 1st Battalion, State Troops, Infantry
  • 20th Battalion, State Troops
  • 24th Battalion, Infantry, State Troops
  • 30th State Troops (The Medina Guards)
  • Arnold's Company, Infantry Riflemen, Militia
  • Atkins's Company, State Troops (The Galveston Coast Guards)
  • Edgar's Company, State Troops (Alamo City Guards)
  • Gould's Company, State Troops (Clarksville Light Infantry)
  • Hampton's Company, State Troops (Victoria Blues)
  • Teel's Company, State Troops (6 months)

Cavalry

  • 1st Cavalry, State Troops (6 months)
  • 2nd Cavalry, State Troops (6 months)
  • 3rd Cavalry, State Troops (6 months)
  • 4th Cavalry, State Troops (6 months)
  • 1st Battalion, Cavalry, State Troops (6 months)
  • 2nd Battalion, Cavalry, State Troops (6 months)
  • 3rd Battalion, Cavalry, State Troops (6 months)
  • Doughty's Company, Cavalry, State Troops (Refugio Spies)
  • Graham's Company, Mounted Coast Guards, State Troops
  • Terry's Mounted Company (State Troops)

Artillery

  • Good's Company, State Troops, Artillery (Dallas Light Artillery)

Frontier

  • Frontier Organization, Texas State Troops

Organized March 1, 1864, as a replacement for the Frontier Regiment (McCord's) (see below), transferred to Confederate service. The Frontier Organization contained all men liable for military service living in the 59 frontier counties. They were formed into three districts of together 4,000 men (one-fourth of the men, on a rotation basis, in service at any one time). The organization was in operation several months after the end of the war.[8]

Misc

  • Waul's Legion (Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery)
    Flag of Waul's Legion
  • Granbury's Consolidated Brigade (1st Consolidated Regiment)
  • 3rd (Kirby's) Battalion, Infantry and Cavalry (6 months)
  • 6th and 15th (Consolidated) Volunteers, Cavalry and Infantry
  • 11th (Spaight's) Battalion (Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry)
  • 13th Volunteers (Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry)
  • Bean's Battalion, Reserve Corps
  • Brush Battalion
  • Panna Maria Grays, Militia
  • Greer's Rocket Battery
  • Benton's Company, Volunteers
  • Duke's Company, Volunteers (Jefferson Guards)
  • Killough's Company, Home Guards (Wheelock Home Guards)
  • McMinn's Company
  • McNeel's Company, Local Defense Troops (McNeel Coast Guards)
  • Merriman's Company, Local Defense Troops (Orange County Coast Guards)
  • Nolan's Mounted Company (Local Defense)
  • Pearson's Company, Partisan Rangers (Local Defense)
  • Perry's Company, Local Defense Troops (Fort Bend Scouts)
  • Rainey's Company, Volunteers (Anderson County Invincibles)
  • Simms' Company, Home Guards
  • Teague's Company, Volunteers (Southern Rights Guards)
  • Thomas' Company, Partisan Rangers (4 months)
  • Trevenio's Squad, Partisan Mounted Volunteers
  • Brazoria County Minutemen
  • Conscripts, Texas
  • Lavaca County Minutemen
  • Miscellaneous, Texas

Cavalry

A temporary field organization under William Saufley; formed in January 1864, for the defense of Galveston. Disbanded in March 1864; the companies returning to duty with their regiments.[9]

  • Wells' Battalion, Cavalry
  • Border's Cavalry (Anderson's Regiment)
  • Bourland's Cavalry (Bourlands Border Regiment)
  • Chisum's Cavalry (Dismounted), (2d Partisan Rangers; Stone's Regiment)
  • Mann's Cavalry (Bradford's Regiment)
  • Martin's Cavalry (5th Partisan Rangers)
  • Frontier Regiment (McCord's)

Mustered into service for three years in February 1863 as a replacement for the disbanded Frontier Regiment (Norris'). The new regiment was officially called the Mounted Regiment of Texas State Troops, later Mounted Regiment, Texas State Troops. The regiment was transferred to Confederate service on March 1, 1864 as the 46th Texas Cavalry (see above).[10][3]

  • Frontier Regiment (Norris')

Authorized by the Legislature on December 21, 1861 as a replacement for 1st (McCulloch's) Mounted Riflemen in frontier defense. Mustered into State service for one year in March and April 1862. Disbanded at the end of January 1863, by order of Governor Lubbock. It was replaced by a reorganized Frontier Regiment (McCord's).[10]

  • Morgan's Cavalry
  • Waller's Cavalry
  • Bone's Company, Cavalry
  • San Elizario Spy Company (Coopwood's Cavalry)
  • Crump's Cavalry (Lane's Cavalry, 1st Partisan Rangers)
  • Durant's Company, Cavalry (Local Defense)
  • Lilley's Company, Cavalry (Pardoned Deserters)
  • McDowell's Company, Cavalry (Lockhart Volunteers)
  • Ragsdale's Company, Cavalry (Red River Dragoons)
  • Randolph's, W. H. Company, Cavalry
  • Sutton's Company, Cavalry (Graham Rangers)
  • Trevenio's, L. Company, Cavalry
  • Upton's Company, Cavalry (Local Defense)
  • Gano's Squadron, Cavalry
  • Steele's Command, Cavalry
  • Mounted Mountain Guards (Capt. R.T. Posey) (West Texas Defence Force, Frontier Brigade)

Infantry

  • Chambers' Battalion, Reserve Corps, Infantry
  • Griffin's Battalion, Infantry (Griffin's Regiment, Infantry; 21st Regiment or Battalion, Infantry)
  • Houston Battalion, Infantry (Detailed Men)
  • Cameron's, Watts Company, Infantry
  • Carter's Company, Infantry (Austin City Light Infantry)
  • Cotton's Company, Infantry (Sabine Volunteers)
  • Cunningham's Company, Infantry (The Mustang Grays)
  • Currie's Company, Infantry
  • Maxey's Company, Light Infantry and Riflemen (Lamar Rifles, State Service)
  • Rutherford's Company, Infantry (Unattached)
  • Townsend's Company, Infantry (Robertson Five Shooters)
  • Whaley's Company, Infantry
  • Yarbrough's Company, Infantry (Smith County Light Infantry)
  • Timmons' Infantry

Artillery

  • Dege's Battalion, Light Artillery
  • Douglas's Company, Artillery
  • Hughes's Company, Light Artillery
  • Jones's Company, Light Artillery
  • (Lt.) van Buren's Company, Light Artillery

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Estes, Claud (1912). List of field officers, regiments and battalions in the Confederate States Army 1861-1865. Macon, Georgia, part 2, p. 60.
  2. ^ a b Smith, David Paul. "First Regiment Texas Mounted Riflemen." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 06, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Ivey, Darren L. (2010). The Texas Rangers. McFarland & Co. Inc., p. 118.
  4. ^ Estes 1912 op.cit., p. 62.
  5. ^ Matthews, James. "First Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 08, 2020.
  6. ^ Mathews, James. "Second Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 08, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Grear, Charles D. "Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 08, 2020.
  8. ^ Smith, David Paul. "Frontier Organization." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 06, 2020.
  9. ^ Mathews, Jamers. "Saufley's Scouting Battalion." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 08, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Dunnam, Robert. "Frontier Regiment." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved March 06, 2020.
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