
CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS
36th Texas Cavalry (Woods')
The Thirty-Sixth Texas Cavalry, the highest officially numbered Texas Cavalry regiment, was organized in late 1863 at Belton, Texas. It contained 823 men of which many were from Sulphur Springs and Belton, and Caldwell and Gonzales counties. The regiment was assigned to H. Bee's and Bagby's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. For some unknown reason, the regiment was frequently known as the Thirty-Second Texas Cavalry. There was a previously organized regiment with that designation and there was no connection between the two units. (To further complicate identification, the Thirty-Second Texas Cavalry was often incorrectly known as the Fifteenth Texas Cavalry, and, needless to add, there was another unit by that number.) The field officers were Colonel Peter C. Woods, Lieutenant Colonels Nat. Benton and W.O. Hutchison, and Major Stokely M. Holmes.
- Company A (men from Caldwell County)
- Company B (men from Guadalupe County)
- Company C (men from Sulphur Springs - Hopkins County)
- Company D (men from Gonzales County & Bee County)
- Company E (men from DeWitt County)
- Company F (men from Comal County)
- Company G (men from DeWitt County, Texas)
- Company H (men from Belton - Bell County)
- Company I (men from Gonzales County)
- Company K (men from Caldwell County)
Campaigns and Battles of the 36th Texas Cavalry
Operations against Banks' Red River Campaign - March 10 - May 22, 1864
Skirmishes, Monett's Ferry and Cloutierville - March 29 - 30, 1864, Louisiana
Action, Natchitoches, Louisiana - March 31, 1864
Skirmish, Crump's Hill, Piney Woods, Louisiana - April 2, 1864
Engagement, Campti, Louisiana - April 4, 1864
Engagement, Wilson's Farm near Pleasant Hill, Louisiana - April 7, 1864
Skirmishes, Bayou De Paul (Carroll's Mills) near Pleasant Hill, Louisiana - April 8, 1864
Battle, Sabine Cross Roads, Mansfield near Pleasant Hill, Louisiana - April 8, 1864
Engagement, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana - April 9, 1864
Action, Pleasant Hill Landing, Blair's Landing, Louisiana - April 12 - 13, 1864
Skirmishes about Cloutierville, Louisiana - April 22 - 24, 1864
Engagement, Monett's Ferry (Cane River Crossing), Louisiana - April 23, 1864
Skirmishes, Bayou Rapides Bridge and McNutt's Hill, Alexandria, Louisiana, - April 26, 1864
Skirmish, Alexandria, Louisiana - April 27, 1864
Skirmishes, Alexandria, Louisiana - April 29, 1864
Skirmish, Ashwood Landing, Louisiana - May 1, 1864
Skirmishes, Governor Moore's Plantation, La. - May 1 - 4, 1864
Skirmish, Governor Moore's Plantation, La. - May 2, 1864
Skirmishes about Alexandria, Louisiana - May 2 - 9, 1864
Action, Governor Moore's Plantation, La. - May 3, 1864
Action, Graham's Plantation, Louisiana - May 5, 1864
Skirmish, Bayou Lamourie, Louisiana - May 7, 1864
Skirmishes, Alexandria, Louisiana - May 12, 1864
Operations against Retreat from Alexandria to Morganza, Louisiana - May 13 - 20, 1864
Skirmish, Avoyelles Prairie (Marksville Prairie), Louisiana - May 13, 1864
Engagement, Mansura, Belle Prairie (Smith's Plantation), Marksville, La. - May 161 1864
Action near Moreauville, Bayou DeGlaize, La. - May 17, 1864
Engagement, Yellow Bayou, Bayou DeGlaize, Norwood's Plantation (Old Oaks), Louisiana - May 18, 1864