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The Tennessee 45th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp
Trousdale, Tennessee, in December, 1861. It participated in the
Battle of Shiloh, was active at Baton Rouge, then served in the
Jackson area. Later it was assigned to J.C. Brown's, Brown's and
Reynolds' Consolidated, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. In
November, 1863, it was consolidated with the 23rd Infantry
Battalion. The regiment took an active part in the campaigns of the
army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta , moving with General Hood back
into Tennessee, but it was not engaged at Franklin and Nashville.
It ended the war in North Carolina. The unit sustained 112
casualties at Murfreesboro, lost forty-three percent of the 226 at
Chickamauga, and reported 12 men disabled at Missionary Ridge. The
45th/23rd Battalion totaled 316 men and 340 arms in December, 1863.
Few surrendered in April, 1865.
On August 18, 1862, Col. Edward J. Gurley organized ten companies
at Waco, Texas, to form the Thirtieth Texas Cavalry, also known as
the First Texas Partisan Rangers. After the outbreak of the Civil
War, Gurley obtained permission from President Jefferson Davis to
raise a regiment of cavalry. A majority of the men Gurley enlisted
in his command came from Waco and the surrounding area, many to
avoid the stigma of conscription. Besides McLennan, men came from
Bastrop, Johnson, Bosque, Comanche, Chambers, Erath, Hill, and
Ellis counties, all in North Central Texas near the frontier, with
a small number of men from Arkansas. After the Second Battle of
Cabin Creek, the Thirtieth Texas Cavalry received orders that
transferred it to Gen. William Henry Parson's Brigade, replacing
the Twenty-first Texas Cavalry in March 1865. The Thirtieth Texas
Cavalry finally disbanded in May 1865 at Wallace Prairie, Texas,
near Austin after serving with Parson's Brigade for only two
months.
The Tennessee 12th Cavalry Regiment [also called 1st Partisan
Rangers] was organized behind Federal lines in February, 1863. The
men were from the counties of Fayette, Tipton, Shelby, Haywood, and
Gibson. It served R.V. Richardson's and Rucker's Brigade,
confronted the Federals in Tennessee and Mississippi, and in
October totaled about 300 effectives. Later it was active in
Georgia, fought at Memphis, then was part of Hood's operations in
Tennessee. During February, 1865, the regiment was broken up. Some
of its members became part of the 3rd (Forrest's Old) Tennessee
Cavalry. Companies Of The Tennessee 12th Cavalry Regiment Co.
""A."" Fayette County. Co. ""B."" Fayette County. Co. ""C."" Tipton
County. Co. ""D."" Shelby County. Co. ""E."" Shelby County. Co.
""F."" Fayette County. Co. ""G."" Tipton County. Co. ""H."" Fayette
County. Co. ""I."" Haywood County. Co. ""K."" Fayette County.
The Texas 26th Cavalry Regiment was formed in March, 1862, using
the 7th Texas Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. Its companies were
from Huntsville, Houston, Lockhart, Galveston, Centerville, and
Hempstead, and Leon and Walker counties. Consi-dered to be one of
the best disciplined regiments in Confederate service, it was
assigned to H. Bee's and Debray's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi
Depart-ment. The unit served along the Rio Grande and in January,
1864, contained 29 officers and 571 men. It was involved in the
operations against Banks' Red River Campaign, then returned to
Texas where it was stationed at Houston and later Navasota. Here
the 26th disbanded in May, 1865.
The Tennessee 18th Cavalry Regiment was also called the 19th
Regiment. It was organized in May, 1864, by consolidating six
companies of Newsom's Tennessee Cavalry Regiment and four companies
of Forrest's Alabama Cavalry Regiment, The unit was assigned to
T.H. Bell's Brigade in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and
East Louisiana. Its members were recruited in Hardeman, Madison,
Henderson, and McNairy counties.
The Mississippi 4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Grenada as
the Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, Army of Mississippi, and
enlisted for twelve months. The Fourth was among the troops posted
at Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, under General Lloyd Tilghman.
The troops were transferred to Fort Donelson and there captured.
Following exchange they were then surrendered at Vicksburg and
continued throughout the remainder of the war in the Atlanta
Campaign, Franklin, and Nashville, ending the war in the defense of
Mobile.
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