1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Union)
Military unit
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The 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment from Texas that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1][2] This regiment, composed of eight companies, was organized at New Orleans, Louisiana from November 6, 1862, to February 26, 1864, to serve three years.[note 1] 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.[3] Afterwards, it continued to serve until it was mustered out of service November 4, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.[2]
United States of America
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| Active | November 6, 1862 – November 4, 1865 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Allegiance | Texas |
| Branch | Union Army |
| Type | Regiment |
| Role | Cavalry |
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| Part of | Department of the Gulf |
| Organized at New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties
Organizational affiliation
Attached to:[4]
- 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
The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part:[4]
Detailed service
Detailed service is as follows:[5]
1862
- Duty in the Defences of New Orleans, La., till September, 1863
1863
- Sabine Pass Expedition September 4–11
- Western Louisiana ("Teche") Campaign October 3–17
- Nelson's Bridge, near New Iberia, October 4
- Vermillion Bayou October 9–10
- Carrion Crow Bayou October 14–15
- Ordered to New Orleans, La., October 17
- Expedition to the Rio Grande, Texas, October 23-December 2[note 2]
- Occupation of Brazos Santiago November 2, and of Brownsville November 6
- Duty at Brownsville and on line of the Rio Grande till July, 1864
1864
- Rancho las Rinas June 26, 1864 (Cos. "A" and "C")
- Ordered to New Orleans July, thence to Morganza, LA August 6
- Duty Morganza till November. (A Detachment remained in Texas at Brownsville till January, 1865 and participated in skirmish at Palmetto Ranch September 6, 1864)
- Operations about Morganza September 16–25, 1864
- Williamsport September 16
- Atchafalaya River September 17
- Bayou Alabama and Morgan's Ferry September 20
- Ordered to Baton Rouge November 19
- Davidson's Expedition against Mobile & Ohio Railroad November 27-December 13
- Ordered to Lakeport December 17
- United States Forces at mouth of White River and at Baton Rouge, till May, 1865
1865
- Expedition to Clinton and the Comite River March 30-April 2, 1865
- Ordered to Vidalia, District of Natchez, MS, May 23, 1865
- Duty Natchez till June 29
- Ordered to Military District of the Southwest and duty in Texas till November
- Mustered out November 4, 1864.
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
