The 16th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in

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that fought in the

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during the

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. George Flournoy, the former Attorney General of the state of Texas, organized the regiment at Camp Groce in March 1862. Its entire career was spent west of the

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in the

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. It marched to Arkansas where it camped during the winter of 1862–1863. During that period, the unit was assigned to the 3rd Brigade of the Texas infantry division later known as

Walker's Greyhounds Walker's Greyhounds was the popular name for a division of the Confederate States Army under Major-General John George Walker, composed exclusively of units from Texas. It fought in the Western Theater and the Trans-Mississippi Department, gainin ...

. In June 1863, it fought at

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and in October 1863 it skirmished at

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. The regiment was in action at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and

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in 1864. The regiment disbanded at the end of April 1865, but Flournoy and some soldiers crossed into Mexico and fought for Maximilian I of Mexico. Littleton W. Moore, who fought with the regiment, later became a United States congressman.

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