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Texas 8th Cavalry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES: The Texas 8th Cavalry Regiment, usually called Terry's Texas Rangers, was organized with 1,170 men at Houston, Texas, in Deptember, 1861. Its members were raised in Houston, Richmond, Columbus, Gonzales, and Wharton, and Bastrop County. The regiment was one of the hardest fighting cavalry units in the war. It fought at Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga. Later it was active in the Knoxville and Atlanta Campaigns, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with about 30 men.

FIELD OFFICERS: Colonels:
Gustave Cook
Thomas Harrison
Thomas S. Lubbock
Ben. Franklin Terry
John A. Wharton
Lieutenant Colonels:
Samuel P. Christian
Marcus L. Evans
Stephen C. Ferrill
John G. Walker
Majors:
William R. Jarmon
Leander M. Rayburn

ASSIGNMENTS: Wheeler's, Wharton's, and T. Harrison's Brigade

BATTLES: November 13, 1861 - Tompkinsville, KY
December 17, 1861 - Battle of Woodsonville
April 6, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh
April 7, 1862 - Fallen Timbers
August 4, 1862 - Sparta, TN
August 27, 1862 - Woodbury, TN
August 28, 1862 - Round Hill, TN
October 5, 1862 - Perryville, KY
October 18, 1862 - Bloomfield, KY
October 18, 1862 - Wild Cat, KY
October 21, 1862 - Pitman's Crossroads, KY
December 12, 1862 - Franklin, TN
December 15, 1862 - New Haven, KY
December 30-January 3 - Battle of Stone's River
October 12, 1864 - Rome Races
February 11, 1865 - Aiken
March 10, 1865 - Battle of Monroe's Crossroads

ROSTERS: Companies of the Texas 8th Cavalry were raised in Houston, Richmond, Columbus, Gonzales, and Wharton, and Bastrop County.

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