15th Regiment, Texas Cavalry

HISTORICAL NOTES: 15th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the early summer of 1862 with about 1,000 men. Some of its members were raised at Fort Worth and Wolfe City, and in Wise and Hood counties. After serving in the Department of Texas, it was dismounted and ordered to Arkansas. Here the unit was captured at Arkansas Post in January, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized, it was consolidated with the 6th and 10th Regiments and assigned to Deshler's, J.A. Smith's, and Granbury's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated in many battles from Chickamauga to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and fought in North Carolina. The 6th/10th/15th lost 20 killed, 95 wounded, and 28 missing of the 667 engaged at Chickamauga and totalled 642 men and 437 arms in December, 1863. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865. FIELD OFFICERS: Colonel George H. Sweet, Lieutenant Colonels William K. Masten and George B. Pickett, and Majors William H. Cathey and Valerius P. Sanders. ASSIGNMENTS: 1.Rust's - Parson's Cavalry Brigade, Trans Mississippi District, Department #2. ( March - May 1862 )
2. Trans Mississippi Department ( June - August 1862.)
3. District of Arkansas, Trans Mississippi Department ( August - September 1862 )
4. Sweets Brigade, Nelsons Division; District of Arkansas, Trans Mississippi Department. ( September 1862 )
5. Nelson's - Deshler's Brigade, Nelson's Churchills Division, 2nd Corps; Trans Mississippi Department ( September - December 1862 )
6. Deshler's Brigade, Churchill's Division; District of Arkansas, Trans Mississippi Department ( December 1862 - January 1863 )
7. Churchill's - Deshler's - Smith's Brigade, Cleburne Division, 2nd Corps; Army of Tennessee ( July - November 1863 )
8. Smith's - Granbury's Brigade, Cleburnes Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee ( November 1863 - April 1865 )
BATTLES: Arkansas Post, 04-11 January 1863
Chickamauga ,19-20 September 1863
Chattanooga Seige, September - November 1863
Chattanooga , 23-25 November 1863
Atlanta Campaign , May - September 1864
Picketts Mill , 27 May 1864
New Hope Church , 27 June 1864
Atlanta Seige , July - September 1864
Jonesboro , 31 August - 01 September 1864
Franklin , 30 November 1864
Nashville , 15 - 16 December 1864
Carolinas Campaign , February - April 1865
Bentonville, 19-21 March 1865
ROSTERS: The Texas 15th Cavalry was made up of men from Ft. Worth and Milford, and Hood, Wise and Wolfe Counties.
Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Hatch, Orin M. Confederate Military History Vol. 7 - Texas Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources. First Printed 1899. Atlanta. E484C65.1987v12. Contains numerous, scattered references to Texas units.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Rigdon, John C. - Editor Texas Civil War Soldiers Index. 1996. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.