36th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Woods')


HISTORICAL NOTES: The Texas 36th Cavalry Regiment [also called 32nd Regiment] completed its organization in Boston, Texas, late in 1863. 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, and was involved in numerous engagements at Louisiana including Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Later it moved to Galveston, Texas and there surrendered in June, 1865. FIELD OFFICERS: Colonel
Peter C. Woods
Lieutenant Colonels
Nat. Benton
W.O. Hutchison
Major
Stokely M. Holmes

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