1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)

Cavalry regiment of the Confederate States Army May 2025 May 2025 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment 1861–1865 May 26, 1865 Col. Augustus Carl Buchel Colorized.jpg 200px Augustus Buchel, a veteran of the battles of Huesca and Buena Vista, commanded the regiment at Mansfield, and Pleasant Hill. Confederate States Texas Confederate States Army Cavalry Regiment "Yager's regiment" Yellow Facings American Civil War Battle of Mansfield Battle of Pleasant Hill Battle of Yellow Bayou Col. Augustus Buchel (1863–64) Col. William O. Yager (1864-65) Commanding officers Texas Cavalry Regiments (Confederate) None 2nd Texas Cavalry The 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. History The regiment was organized with ten companies by Colonel Henry E. McCulloch in April 1861 and named the 1st Texas Mounted Rifles. In early May 1861, the regiment secured the surrender of the small Federal garrison of San Antonio. Except from a skirmish with Native Americans in November 1861, the regiment took part in no more actions. In April 1862, the regiment was reduced to five companies and renamed the 8th Texas Cavalry Battalion.Hathcock 2011 On May 2, 1862, William O. Yager's 3rd Texas Cavalry Battalion was consolidated with the 8th Cavalry Battalion to form a new 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment under Colonel Augustus Buchel,Miller 2011 a German soldier of fortune who emigrated to Texas in 1845. The regiment served on the Texas Gulf Coast in 1863 but later transferred to Louisiana.Stephens 2020 In 1864, it fought at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Yellow Bayou in the Red River Campaign. After Buchel died of wound received at the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Yager led the 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment for the rest of the American Civil War.Miller 2011 The regiment was included in the May 26, 1865, surrender.NPS 2022 See also List of Texas Civil War Confederate units References Citations Sources Hathcock James A. First Texas Cavalry 2011 Handbook of Texas Online November 17, 2022 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/first-texas-cavalry Miller Aragorn Storm Yager, William Overall 2011 Handbook of Texas Online November 17, 2022 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/yager-william-overall NPS 1st Regiment, Texas Cavalry: The Civil War, Battle Unit Details National Park Service 2022 November 17, 2022 https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CTX0001RC Oates Stephen B. Stephen B. Oates Confederate Cavalry West of the River 1994 1961 University of Texas Press Austin, Tex. 0-292-71152-2 Stephens Robert W. Buchel, Augustus Carl 2020 Handbook of Texas Online November 17, 2022 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/buchel-augustus-carl collapsed American Civil War Texas Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Texas Category:1861 establishments in Texas Category:1865 disestablishments in Texas Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Trans-Mississippi Department