16th Texas Infantry Regiment

December 2022 16th Texas Infantry Regiment File:Sydney Adamson - The Rebel Charge.jpg 280px The Rebel Charge by Sydney Adamson March 1862 – April 1865 Confederate States of America Confederate States of America, Texas CSA Infantry Regiment George Flournoy American Civil War Battle of Milliken's Bend (1863) Action at Opelousas (1863) Battle of Mansfield (1864) Battle of Pleasant Hill (1864) Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (1864) Texas Infantry Regiments (Confederate) 15th Texas Infantry 17th Texas Infantry The 16th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. 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 Mississippi River in the Trans-Mississippi Department. 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. In June 1863, it fought at Milliken's Bend and in October 1863 it skirmished at Opelousas, Louisiana. The regiment was in action at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry 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.Folsom 2012 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 Folsom Bradley Sixteenth Texas Infantry 2012 Handbook of Texas Austin, Tex. November 24, 2022 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/sixteenth-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