Private, company I, 26th Texas ..The Twenty-Sixth Texas Cavalry Regiment operated in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War and was organized by the augmentation of the Seventh Texas Cavalry Battalion and the mustering of volunteers from southeast Texas. It saw action along the Texas coast and in the Red River Campaign, where the regiment acted in concert with other Confederate units to deny Union forces access to Texas. Under Col. Xavier Blanchard Debray, the Twenty-Sixth gained the reputation as one of the best-disciplined units in the Confederate army.
Private, company I, 26th Texas ..The Twenty-Sixth Texas Cavalry Regiment operated in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War and was organized by the augmentation of the Seventh Texas Cavalry Battalion and the mustering of volunteers from southeast Texas. It saw action along the Texas coast and in the Red River Campaign, where the regiment acted in concert with other Confederate units to deny Union forces access to Texas. Under Col. Xavier Blanchard Debray, the Twenty-Sixth gained the reputation as one of the best-disciplined units in the Confederate army.
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