HISTORICAL NOTES: 1st (Buchel's) Cavalry Regiment was organized at Carreicetas Lake on the Rio Grande River during the early spring of 1862. It was formed by consolidating Yager's 3rd and Taylor's 8th Texas Cavalry Battalions. The men were from San Antonio, Fredericksburg, Marshall, and Belton, and Jackson and DeWitt counties. The unit was attached to H.Bee's and Bagby's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill , then skirmished in Louisiana. It was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865. OFFICERS: Colonel Augustus Buchel, Lieutenant Colonel William O. Yager, and Major Robert A. Myers. ASSIGNMENTS: SERVICE: ROSTERS: BIBLIOGRAPHY: REFERENCES: REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army Researching this unit? Here's what's available. Roberts, Gov. Orin M. - Confederate Military History - Texas Volume - 267 pgs. Hardback $35.00 Paperback $25.00 CD-ROM $15.00 Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch and Roster of the 1st Regiment, Texas Cavalry Hardback $29.95 Paperback $19.95 CD-ROM $15.00 Rigdon, John C. The Civil War in Texas   CD-ROM $35.00 Rigdon, John C. Texas Civil War Soldiers Index   CD-ROM $12.00 The Southern Historical Society Papers   CD-ROM $69.95 The Civil War in Texas © - 2001 Eastern Digital Resources   The Civil War in Texas Index