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Muster In: Organized September 30, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel John P. Bane
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles9:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- New Market Heights (September 29, 1864)
- Chaffin’s Farm (September 29, 1864)
- Fort Gilmer (September 29-30, 1864)
- Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 4th TX: A Soldier’s Letters to Charming Nellie
- 4th TX: From Corsicana to Appomattox: The Story of the Coriscana Invincibles and Navarro Rifles
- 4th TX: Gaines’ Mill to Appomattox: Waco & McLennan County in Hood’s Texas Brigade
- 4th TX: Memories of the Lost Cause: Stories and Adventures of a Confederate Soldier
- 4th TX: Mexican Texans in the Union Army
- 4th TX: Rags and Hope: The Recollections of Val. C. Giles Four Years with Hood’s Brigade, Fourth Texas Infantry, 1861-1865
- 4th TX: The Confederate Soldier: And Ten Years in South America
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 4th TX: A Soldier’s Letters to Charming Nellie
- 4th TX: From Corsicana to Appomattox: The Story of the Coriscana Invincibles and Navarro Rifles
- 4th TX: Gaines’ Mill to Appomattox: Waco & McLennan County in Hood’s Texas Brigade
- 4th TX: Memories of the Lost Cause: Stories and Adventures of a Confederate Soldier
- 4th TX: Mexican Texans in the Union Army
- 4th TX: Rags and Hope: The Recollections of Val. C. Giles Four Years with Hood’s Brigade, Fourth Texas Infantry, 1861-1865
- 4th TX: The Confederate Soldier: And Ten Years in South America
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 112-113 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 112-113 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Winkler, Angelina V. W. The Confederate Capital and Hood’s Texas Brigade E. Von Boeckmann, 1894. pp. 180-181: “July 3. — Some changes have taken place in the regiment. Adjutant W. H. Brown, who was wounded on the 17th of June, was removed to St. Francis hospital in Richmond, where he lingered only a few days, when death came to his relief. This is the second of our mess-mates who were with us on the morning of May 6th, who will meet around our board no more. Colonel Bane, Captain Hunter and myself remain…” ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Winkler, Angelina V. W. The Confederate Capital and Hood’s Texas Brigade E. Von Boeckmann, 1894. pp. 180-181: “July 3. — Some changes have taken place in the regiment. Adjutant W. H. Brown, who was wounded on the 17th of June, was removed to St. Francis hospital in Richmond, where he lingered only a few days, when death came to his relief. This is the second of our mess-mates who were with us on the morning of May 6th, who will meet around our board no more. Colonel Bane, Captain Hunter and myself remain…” ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 112-113 ↩
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