15th Texas Infantry Regiment

15th Texas Infantry Regiment File:Battle-of-Grand-Coteau-1863.jpg 280 The regiment fought at the Battle of Bayou Bourbeux. Early 1862 – 26 May 1865 Confederate States of America Confederate States of America, Texas CSA Infantry Regiment Joseph Warren Speight American Civil War Battle of Stirling's Plantation (1863) Battle of Bayou Bourbeux (1863) Battle of Mansfield (1864) Battle of Pleasant Hill (1864) Battle of Yellow Bayou (1864) Texas Infantry Regiments (Confederate) 14th Texas Infantry 16th Texas Infantry The 15th 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 organized in early 1862 and throughout the war served west of the Mississippi River in the Trans-Mississippi Department. In October 1863, the unit was assigned to a brigade led by the French aristocrat Prince Camille de Polignac. The 15th Texas Infantry fought at Stirling's Plantation and Bayou Bourbeux in 1863 and Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Yellow Bayou in 1864. The regiment disbanded in May 1865, though the formal surrender date was 26 May 1865. 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. July 15, 2022 https://archive.org/details/05296883.3325.emory.edu/page/n149/mode/2up Barr Alwyn Fifteenth Texas Infantry 2017 Handbook of Texas Austin, Tex. July 15, 2022 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/fifteenth-texas-infantry 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