4th Battalion, Texas Artillery (Shea's)

HISTORICAL NOTES: NOTE: Dates on the creation of the Texas 8th Infantry Regiment differ from late 1861 to February 1863.

Reuss's Indianola Artillery Guard and the 8th Texas Infantry Batallion consolidated on December 10, 1861, to form the Texas 4th Artillery Battalion (Shea's Artillery Battalion). The men were primarily from Bexar, Goliad, Guadalupe, Nueces, Refugio, and Victoria counties. Company A was organized by assignment of Shea's Artillery Battery under Capt. Daniel D. Shea and Capt. John A. Vernon, and Company B was organized by assignment of the Indianola Artillery Guards Artillery Battery under Capt. Joseph M. Reuss.

The Texas 8th Infantry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 by consolidating the 8th Texas Infantry Battalion and Shea's Texas Artillery Battalion. I have found no details on the 8th Infantry Battalion. The unit contained one cavalry, four infantry, and five artillery companies, and served in the Trans-Mississippi Department. FIELD OFFICERS: ASSIGNMENTS:

Department of Texas (December 1861–February 1862);

Eastern District of Texas, Department of Texas (February–May 1862);

Eastern District of Texas, Trans-Mississippi Department (May–August 1862);

District of Texas, Trans-Mississippi Department (August–December 1862);

District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Department (December 1862–January 1863);

Eastern Sub-District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Department (January–February 1863).

BATTLES: ROSTERS: The roster of this unit contains the names of 361 men Bibliography for Research:
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/fourth-texas-artillery-battalion

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.