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CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS
4th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (4th Mounted Volunteers)
The Texas 4th Cavalry Regiment was organized with about 1,000 men during the late summer of 1861. Its members were from Gonzales, San Antonio, Bonham, Austin, Livinston, Crockett, and Alto, and Milam and Parker counties. The unit served in Henry H. Sibley's Army of New Mexico, then was assigned to Green's and Hardeman's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It saw action in numerous conflicts in Louisiana and reported 28 casualties at Cox's Plantation and 6 at Bayou Bourbeau. The unit was ordered to Hampstead, Texas, during the spring of 1865 and soon disbanded.
The field officers were Colonels William P. Hardeman and James Reily, Lieutenant Colonels G. J. Hampton and William R. Scurry, and Majors Charles M. Mesueur and Henry W. Raguet.
4th Cavalry (4th Mounted Volunteers; 1st Regiment, Sibley's Brigade)
- Company A
- Company B (Davis Guards; Dockwallopers)
- Company C (Victoria Volunteers; Victoria Invincibles)
- Company D (San Andres Light Horse Company)
- Company E (Milam Co. Guards)
4th Texas Cavalry Links
The Handbook of Texas: Fourth Texas Cavalry