7th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Mounted Volunteers)

 


HISTORICAL NOTES:

    The Texas 7th Cavalry Regiment, about 1,000 strong, was organized at Victoria, Texas, during the summer of 1861. Many of the men were from San Antonio and Palestine, and Angelina County. After serving in the Army of New Mexico, the unit was assigned to Green's and Hardeman's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. It participated in various conflicts in Louisiana and reported 6 killed, 35 wounded, and 34 missing at Cox's Plantation, and 2 wounded at Bayou Bourbeau. The regiment was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865.

  • OFFICERS:

      Colonels Arthur P. Bagby and William Steele; Lieutenant Colonels P. T. Herbert, Powhatan Jordan, and J. S. Sutton; and Major Gustave Hoffmann.

  • ASSIGNMENTS:

      Green's and Hardeman's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department.

  • SERVICE:

      · New Mexico Campaign (January-April 1862)
      · Val Verde [one company] (February 21, 1862)
      · Glorieta Pass [four companies] (March 28, 1862)
      · Fort Bisland (April 12-13, 1863)
      · Brashear City (June 23, 1863)
      · Donaldsonville (June 28, 1863)
      · Cox's Plantation (July 12-13, 1863)
      · Stirling's Plantation (September 29, 1863)
      · Bayou Bourbeau (November 3, 1863)
      · Red River Campaign (March-May 1864)
      · Many (April 2, 1864)
      · Mansfield (April 8, 1864)
      · Pleasant Hill (April 9, 1864)
      · Monett's Ferry (April 23, 1864)
      · Bayou Cotile [skirmish] (April 25, 1864)
      · McNutt's Hill (April 26, 1864)
      Mansura (May 16, 1864)

  • ROSTERS:
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  • REFERENCES:

      REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army

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