Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Texas 26th Cavalry Regiment

The Texas 26th Cavalry Regiment was formed in March 1862 using the 7th Texas Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. Its companies were from Huntsville Houston Lockhart Galveston Centerville and Hempstead and Leon and Walker counties. Consi-dered to be one of the best disciplined regiments in Confederate service it was assigned to H. Bee's and Debray's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Depart-ment. The unit served along the Rio Grande and in January 1864 contained 29 officers and 571 men. It was involved in the operations against Banks' Red River Campaign then returned to Texas where it was stationed at Houston and later Navasota. Here the 26th disbanded in May 1865.