Texas Civil War Infantry Confederate Units
The information in this list of Texas Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.
Units 1st through 3rd[edit | edit source]
- 1st Battalion, Texas Infantry (Speight's) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 1st Battalion, Texas Infantry State Troops (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 1st Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
Assembled at Richmond, Virginia, in August, 1861.
- 1st Regiment, Texas Infantry State Troops (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 1st Regiment, Texas Mounted Reserve Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 2nd Regiment, Texas Infantry (2nd Texas Sharpshooters) (Confederate)
Organized by J.C. Moore during the summer of 1861. Surrendered with the forces at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863.
- 2nd Regiment, Texas Infantry State Troops (6 months, 1863-64) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 3rd Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
Completed its organization during the fall of 1861. It disbanded before the Trans-Mississippi Department surrendered in June, 1865.
- 3rd Regiment, Texas Infantry State Troops (6 months, 1863-64) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
Units 4th through 8th[edit | edit source]
- 4th Battalion, Texas Infantry (6 months, 1861-62) (Confederate) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 4th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
Completed its organization at Richmond, Virginia. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered.
- 4th Regiment, Texas Reserve Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 4th Regiment, Texas Infantry State Troops (6 months, 1863-64) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 5th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
Assembled at Richmond, Virginia, in October, 1861.
- 5th Regiment, Texas Infantry State Troops (6 months, 1863-64) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 6th Battalion, Texas Infantry (Liken's) (Confederate)
Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 6th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
Organized in the summer of 1861. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865.
- 7th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Gregg's) (Confederate)
Organized at Waco, Texas, during the early summer of 1861. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865.
- 8th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Hobby's) (Confederate)
Organized during the summer of 1862. Only a handful surrendered on June 2, 1865.
Units 9th through 16th[edit | edit source]
- 9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Nichols') (6 months, 1861-62) (Confederate)
Formed during the summer of 1861. It was mustered out of service in March, 1862.
- 9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Maxey's) (Young's) (also called (8th Regiment) (Confederate)
Organized during September, 1861. Few surrendered in May, 1865.
- 10th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Nelson's) (Confederate)
Completed its organization at Waco, Texas, during the winter of 1861-1862. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865.
- 11th Battalion, Texas Volunteers (Cavalry and Infantry) (Spaight's) (Confederate)
Organized in April, 1862.
- 11th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Roberts') (Confederate)
Assembled at Houston, Texas, during the winter of 1861-1862. Disbanded in May, 1865.
- 11th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 12th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Young's) (Confederate)
Organized and mustered in Confederate service at Waco, Texas during the spring of 1862. Disbanded in the spring of 1865.
- 14th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Clark's) (Confederate)
Organized during the early summer of 1862. It disbanded at Hempstead, Texas before the surrender in June 1865.
- 15th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
Organized during the spring of 1862 using the 1st (Speight's) Texas Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. The regiment disbanded in May.
- 16th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Flournoy's) (Confederate)
Organized by Colonel G. Flournoy during the summer of 1862. Surrendered in June, 1865.
Units 17th through 31st[edit | edit source]
- 17th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Allen's) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 18th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Ochiltree's) (Confederate)
Organized during the summer of 1862. In May, 1865 it disbanded.
- 19th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
Assembled and accepted into Confederate service at San Augustine, Texas, in May, 1862. Disbanded before the surrender in June, 1865.
- 20th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Elmore's) (Confederate) Organized at Galveston, Texas, during the early summer of 1862. On June 2, 1865, it was included in the surrender.
- 21st Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
Organized during the spring of 1864 by consolidating the 11th (Spaight's) Texas Cavlry and Infantry Battalion and Griffin's Texas Infantry Battalion. It disbanded prior to the surrender in June, 1865.
- 22nd Regiment, Texas Infantry (Hubbard's) (Confederate)
Organized during the early summer of 1862. The regiment disbanded in Hempstead, Texas before the surrender in June, 1865.
- 24th Battalion, Texas Infantry State Troops (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 25th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 28th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- 31st Battalion, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
Units A through G[edit | edit source]
- Arnold's Company, Texas Infantry Riflemen (Militia) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Atkin's Company, Texas Infantry State Troops (Galveston Coast Guards) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Bailey's Consolidated Regiment of Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Barnes' Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Brazoria County Minutemen, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Carter's Company, Texas Infantry (Austin City Light Infantry) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Cotton's Company, Texas Infantry (Sabine Volunteers) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Crescent Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Cunningham's Company, Texas Infantry (Mustang Grays) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Currie's Company, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Earl's Company, Texas State Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Glasgow Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Griffin's Battalion, Texas Infantry (Griffin's Regiment) (21st Infantry) (Confederate)
Griffin's Infantry Battalion was assembled during the early summer of 1862 with six companies. The unit served in the Trans-Mississippi Department along the Texas coast and at Galveston, then in November, 1864, merged into the 21st Texas Infantry Regiment. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel William H. Griffin and Major H. A. Hamner.
Units H through Z[edit | edit source]
- Henderson's Battalion, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Houston Battalion, Texas Infantry (Detailed Men) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Kennard's Battalion, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Maxey's Company, Texas Light Infantry and Riflemen (Lamar Rifles) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Montgomery County Rifle Boys, Texas Home Guards
One of the first Texas home guard companies created, so it was probably started in 1861. Captain Lem. G. Clepper.[1]
- Rutherford's Company, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Timmon's Regiment, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Townsend's Company, Texas Infantry (Robertson Five Shooters) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Watts Cameron's Company, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Whaley's Company, Texas Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- White's Battalion, Texas Volunteer Infantry (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
- Yarbrough's Company, Texas Infantry (Smith County Light Infantry) (Confederate)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ William Harley Gandy, A History of Montgomery County, Texas, (Houston, Texas: University of Houston - Thesis, 1962), page 162. Internet Archives, (accessed 22 April 2013)