19th Texas Infantry Regiment

19th Texas Infantry Regiment File:Richard Waterhouse.jpg 150px Richard Waterhouse was colonel of the 19th Texas. February 1862 – June 1865 Confederate States of America Confederate States of America, Texas CSA Infantry Regiment Richard Waterhouse American Civil War Battle of Milliken's Bend (1863) Battle of Mansfield (1864) Battle of Pleasant Hill (1864) Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (1864) Texas Infantry Regiments (Confederate) 18th Texas Infantry 20th Texas Infantry The 19th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment began organizing in February 1862 and elected its officers in May 1862. It spent its entire existence west of the Mississippi River in the Trans-Mississippi Department. In fall 1862, the unit was assigned to the 3rd Brigade of the Texas infantry division known as Walker's Greyhounds and fought at Milliken's Bend in June 1863. The unit was in action at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry in 1864. The last units in the Trans-Mississippi surrendered in June 1865, but the 19th Regiment had already disbanded before that date.Park 2011 Notes 20em References Battles & Leaders 1987 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 1987 1883 Castle Secaucus, N.J. 0-89009-572-8 Blessington Joseph P. The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division 1875 Lange, Little & Co. New York, N.Y. November 24, 2022 https://archive.org/details/05296883.3325.emory.edu/page/n53/mode/2up Clements Derek A. Engagement at Jenkins Ferry 2017 Encyclopedia of Arkansas https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/engagement-at-jenkins-ferry-1136/ November 24, 2022 Dobak William A. Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops 1862–1867 2011 Center of Military History, U.S. Army Washington, D.C. November 24, 2022 https://history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-24/CMH_Pub_30-24.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120921032617/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-24/CMH_Pub_30-24.pdf dead September 21, 2012 193 Park David Nineteenth Texas Infantry 2011 Handbook of Texas Austin, Tex. November 24, 2022 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/nineteenth-texas-infantry National Park Service 2022 Battle of Milliken's Bend, June 7, 1863 National Park Service 2022 November 24, 2022 https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/battle-of-millikens-bend-june-7-1863.htm Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Texas Category:1862 establishments in Texas Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:1865 disestablishments in Texas Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865