Texas 5th Cavalry Regiment
HISTORICAL NOTES:
FIELD OFFICERS:
• COL Thomas Green - commander, commissioned July 1861
• LTC Henry C. (Hugh A.) McNeill - commissioned June 1861
• MAJ Samuel A. Lockridge - commissioned July 1861, killed at Val Verde, 21 February 1862
• Joseph D. Sayers - Adjutant
• Charles B. Sheppard - Sgt Major, later promoted to Captain and killed at Mansfield
• M. B. Wyatt - Quartermaster
• J. H. Beck - assistant commissary
• F. Bracht - Surgeon
• John M. Bronaugh - Assistant Surgeon
• J. R. McPhaill - Assistant Surgeon
After 1 October 1864
• COL Henry C. (Hugh A.) McNeill - commissioned 4 May 1863
• LTC Denman W. Shannon - Commissioned 4 May 1863
• MAJ H. A. McPhaill - commissioned 4 May 1863
• John B. Wilkins - Adjutant
• H. D. Dawson - SGM
• G. L. Wilson - Assistant Quartermaster
• J. W. Watkins - Assistant Commissary
• John B. Bronaugh - Surgeon
• J. R. McPhaill - Assistant Surgeon
• ----- Todd - Assistant Surgeon
ASSIGNMENTS:
• Army of New Mexico (December 1861-December 1862)
• Sibley’s-Green’s Cavalry Brigade, District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Department (December 1862- January 1863)
• Green’s Cavalry Brigade, Eastern Sub-district, District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Department (January 1863)
• Green’s Cavalry Brigade, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (March 1863-May 1863)
• Green’s-Bagby’s Brigade, Green’s Cavalry Division, Sub-district of Southwestern Louisiana, District of West Louisiana, Trans- Mississippi Department (May 1863-December 1863)
• Green’s -Bagby’s Briigade, Green’s Cavalry Division, Eastern Sub- district, District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, Trans- Mississippi Department (December 1863-March 1864)
• Green’s-Bagby’s Brigade, Green’s-Wharton’s Cavalry Division, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (March 1864- September 1864)
• 3rd (Hardeman’s) Texas Cavalry Brigade, 1st (Wharton’s) Texas Cavalry Division, 2nd Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department (September 1864 - February 1865)
• DeBray’s Brigade, Bee’s Division, Wharton’s Cavalry Corps, Trans- Mississippi Department (February 1865 - May 1865)
BATTLES:
- Skirmish at Fort Craig, New Mexico
20 February 1862
- Second skirmish at Fort Craig
21 February 1862
- Battle of Val Verde, NM.
24 February 1862
- Skirmish at Socorro Canyon, NM
26 March 1862
- Skirmish at Apache Canyon, NM
28 March 1862
- Battle of Glorieta, COL John S. Shropshire in command of 5th Texas.
1 January 1863
- Battle of Galveston, Texas.
10 - 11 April 1863
- Skirmish at Pattersonville, La.
13 - 14 April 1863
- Battle of Bisland, La.
14 April 1863
- Skirmish at Centerville, La.
16 April 1863
- Skirmish at New Iberia, La. 1
7 April 1863
- Battle of Vermillion Bayou, La. Redden S. Pridgen in command
19 April 1863
- Skirmish at Grand Coteau, La.
24 May 1863
- Skirmish at Franklin, La.
11 June 1863
- Skirmish at Berwick City, La.
23 June 1863
- Battle of Brashear City, La.
28 June 1863
- Battle or Fort Butler, La.
13 July 1863
- Battle of La Fourche, La.
7 September 1863
- Skirmish at Morgan’s Ferry, La.
29 September 1863
- Battle at Fordouche, La. Killough in command
13 October 1863
- Skirmish at Carrion Crow, La.
16 October 1863
- Skirmish at Mrs. Rodgers Plantation
18 October 1863
- Skirmish at Hudson’s Plantation
21 October 1863
- Skirmish near Opelousas on Bayou Courtableau
3 November 1863
- Battle of Bourbeau, La. McNeill in command
11 November 1863
- Skirmish at Vermilionville, La.
18 Nov 1863
- skirmish at New Iberia
30 March 1864
- Skirmish on the Cane River, La.
2 April 1864
- Skirmish at Double Bridges, also known as White’s Store.
7 April 1864
- Skirmish at Young’s Mill, La.
8 April 1864
- Battle of Mansfield, La.
9 April 1864
- Battle of Pleasant Hill, La. McNeill in command
23 April 1864
- Battle of Monet’s Ferry, La. McPhail in command
28 April 1864
- Skirmish at Alexandria, La.
3 May 1864
- Captured the Union transport City Belle on the Red River.
5 May 1864
- Captured the Union transport J. Warner and several gun boats.
7 May 1864
- Skirmish at Lecompte, La.
14 May 1864
- Skirmish at Cheneyville, La.
15 May 1864
- Skirmish at Marksville, La.
16 May 1864
-Battle of Mansura, La. McPhail in command
18 May 1864
- Battle of Yellow Bayou, La. McPhail in command
9 July 1864
- Skirmish at Cross Bayou, La.
5 August 1864
- Skirmish at Session’s Plantation, La.
August 1864
- Skirmish at Bayou Mallet, La.
ROSTERS:
Company B- CPT Willis L. Lang, killed Val Verde
Company C - CPT Denman W. Shannon, promoted Major 28 March 1862, LTC 4 May 1863, Taken prisoner and held after assault on Fort Butler, Louisiana.
Company D - CPT Daniel Henry Ragsdale, promoted to Major, killed at Fort Butler
Company E - CPT H. A. McPhaill, to Major 28 June 1863
Company F - CPT G. W. Campbell
Company G - CPT Jerome B. McCown
Company H - CPT Redden S Pridgen
Company I - CPT Ira G. Killough, wounded at Yellow Bayou, La.
Company K - CPT Charles L. Jordan
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