- Source: 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Union)
The 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment from Texas that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. This regiment, composed of eight companies, was organized at New Orleans, Louisiana from November 6, 1862, to February 26, 1864, to serve three years. It served in the Department of the Gulf and in Texas. It was increased to twelve companies on September 10, 1864, by the consolidation of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment. Afterwards, it continued to serve until it was mustered out of service November 4, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.
Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties
= Organizational affiliation
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Attached to:
Attached as an independent command, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863
Defenses of New Orleans to May, 1863
Cavalry, XIX Corps, Army of the Gulf, to July, 1863
Defenses of New Orleans to October 1863
Unattached Cavalry, XIII Corps, Army of the Gulf, to June, 1864
Cavalry Brigade, United States Forces, Texas, to July 1864
District of Morganza, LA, Department of the Gulf, to August 1864
Cavalry Brigade, XIX Corps, Army of the Gulf, to November 1864
2nd Separate Cavalry Brigade, XIX Corps, Army of the Gulf, to December 1864
Separate Cavalry Brigade, Reserve Corps, Department of the Gulf, to February 1865
Cavalry Brigade, District of Baton Rouge, to July 1865
Department of Texas to November. 1865
= List of battles
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The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part:
= Detailed service
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Commanders
Col. Edmund J. Davis (promoted to Brigadier General)
Col. John L. Haynes
See also
List of Texas Civil War Union units
Nueces Massacre, one of the events leading to enlistment in the Regiment
References
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