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The 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment was a
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from
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that served in the
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during the
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. Raised in Louisiana in 1862; it served in the
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and in Texas. It was consolidated with the 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment in November 1864. Afterwards it continued to serve until being disbanded in November 1865.


Commanders

*Col. Edmund J. Davis (promoted to Brigadier General) *Col. John L. Haynes


See also

*
List of Texas Civil War Union units This is a list of Texas Union Army units that served in the American Civil War. The List of Texas Civil War Confederate units, Confederate civil war units are listed separately. Although Texas seceded in 1861, there was a pro-Union minority within ...
*
Nueces massacre The Nueces Massacre, also known as the Massacre on the Nueces, was a violent confrontation between Confederate soldiers and German Texans on August 10, 1862, in Kinney County, Texas US. Many first-generation immigrants from Germany settled in Cen ...
, one of the events leading to enlistment in the Regiment


References

{{reflist Units and formations of the Union Army from Texas 1862 establishments in Texas Military units and formations established in 1862