List of Texas Civil War Confederate units


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

[Confederate States Army]

Major Formations

Regiments

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. 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.
The Frontier Regiment was transferred to Confederate service on March 1, 1864 under this designation.

Battalions

Formed in mid-April 1862, from men mustered out of 1st Mounted Riflemen; later part of the 1st Cavalry regiment.
Organized in June 1862 by Walter P. Lane; disbanded after the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865.
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.
Organized February 6, 1863, through the merger of 10th Cavalry Battalion with two independent companies and Randolph's First Battalion Texas Partisan Rangers. Disbanded on May 15, 1865.
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, February 6, 1863.

Artillery

Light Artillery

Infantry

Organized March 1, 1864, as a replacement for the Frontier Regiment , 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. The organization was in operation several months after the end of the war.

Misc

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.
Mustered into service for three years in February 1863 as a replacement for the disbanded Frontier Regiment. 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.
Authorized by the Legislature on December 21, 1861 as a replacement for 1st 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.