Texas 11th Cavalry (Confederate)
3/6/62
Battle - Pea Ridge - Leetown, Arkansas
By the spring of 1862, Union forces had pushed Confederates south and west through Missouri into northwestern Arkansas. On the night of March 6, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn and his 16,000-man Army of the West set out to counterattack the Union position near Pea Ridge. Hoping to move quickly, in a fateful decision, Van Dorn ordered the supply trains far to the rear. Learning of Van Dorn's approach, some 10,000 Federals in Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Southwest marched to meet the…READ MORE
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph L. Hogg, and Brigadier General William L. Cabell
Brigadier GeneralJoseph L. Hogg
Brigadier GeneralWilliam L. Cabell
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John P. McCown, and Brigadier General Sterling Price
Brigadier GeneralJohn P. McCown
Brigadier GeneralSterling Price
4/29/62
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
8/30/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas H. McCray
ColonelThomas H. McCray
8/30/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas James Churchill
Brigadier GeneralThomas James Churchill
8/30/62
Battle - Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County, Kentucky
In Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith's 1862 Confederate offensive into Kentucky, Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne led the advance with Col. John S. Scott's cavalry out in front. The Rebel cavalry, while moving north from Big Hill on the road to Richmond, Kentucky, encountered Union troopers on August 29th and began skirmishing. After noon, Union artillery and infantry joined the fray, forcing the Confederate cavalry to retreat to Big Hill. At that time, Brig. Gen. Mahlon D. Manson, who commanded Union forces in the area…READ MORE
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Mathew D. Ector
Brigadier GeneralMathew D. Ector
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John P. McCown
Major GeneralJohn P. McCown
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John C. Burks
ColonelJohn C. Burks
12/31/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
4/26/65
Mustered Out - Texas 11th Cavalry - Texas
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