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Muster In: October 1, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain Tacitus T. Clay
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Captain Tacitus T. Clay (Left hospital June 17 but was wounded and was again in the hospital at least from June 18-29, 1864)4,5,6,7
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8
- Commander: Captain Tacitus T. Clay (Left hospital June 17 but was wounded and was again in the hospital at least from June 18-29, 1864)9,10,11,12
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles14:
- 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:
- 5th TX: “The Men of the Bayou City Guards (Company A, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood’s Brigade).” Thesis
- 5th TX: Forever the Cause: The Life and Legacy of Confederate Colonel Robert M. Powell, 5th Texas Infantry
- 5th TX: Hood’s Texas Brigade, Its Marches, Its Battles, Its Achievements
- 5th TX: Lone Star Confederate: A Gallant and Good Soldier of the 5th Texas Infantry
- 5th TX: Lone Star Preacher: Being a Chronicle of the Acts of Praxitales Swan, M.E. Church South, Sometime Captain, 5th Texas Regiment, Confederate States Provisional Army
- 5th TX: Rebel Private, Front and Rear; Experiences and Observations from the Early Fifties and Through the Civil War
- 5th TX: Reminiscences of the Civil War
- 5th TX: Touched by Fire: Letters From Company D, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood’s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, 1862-1865
- 5th TX: Unveiling and Dedication of Monument to Hood’s Texas Brigade on the Capitol Grounds at Austin, Texas
- 5th TX: War Letters of Captain Tacitus T. Clay, C.S.A.
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 5th TX: “The Men of the Bayou City Guards (Company A, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood’s Brigade).” Thesis
- 5th TX: Forever the Cause: The Life and Legacy of Confederate Colonel Robert M. Powell, 5th Texas Infantry
- 5th TX: Hood’s Texas Brigade, Its Marches, Its Battles, Its Achievements
- 5th TX: Lone Star Confederate: A Gallant and Good Soldier of the 5th Texas Infantry
- 5th TX: Lone Star Preacher: Being a Chronicle of the Acts of Praxitales Swan, M.E. Church South, Sometime Captain, 5th Texas Regiment, Confederate States Provisional Army
- 5th TX: Rebel Private, Front and Rear; Experiences and Observations from the Early Fifties and Through the Civil War
- 5th TX: Reminiscences of the Civil War
- 5th TX: Touched by Fire: Letters From Company D, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood’s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, 1862-1865
- 5th TX: Unveiling and Dedication of Monument to Hood’s Texas Brigade on the Capitol Grounds at Austin, Texas
- 5th TX: War Letters of Captain Tacitus T. Clay, C.S.A.
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 114-115 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 114-115 ↩
- 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: Sibley refers readers to Clay’s compiled service record and states he was in the hospital from June 18-29, 1864. I could find no evidence of this in the easily readable section of Clay’s records. This might be in a handwritten portion of the records and further research is needed. ↩
- Clay, Tacitus T. War Letters of Tacitus T. Clay. n.p, 1968. pp. 13-14: I do not have access to this book but Sibley writes that Clay “claims (he) commanded through September 1864″. ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, National Archives, Roll 297 (Tacitus T. Clay, 5th Texas, Footnote.com Page 19): Company Muster Roll for May + June, 1864: Shows Clay as absent at the hospital. This muster was probably taken the last day of June 1864. ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, National Archives, Roll 297 (Tacitus T. Clay, 5th Texas, Footnote.com Page 45): Appears on a Richmond hospital list as being discharged on June 17, 1864 ↩
- 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: Sibley refers readers to Clay’s compiled service record and states he was in the hospital from June 18-29, 1864. I could find no evidence of this in the easily readable section of Clay’s records. This might be in a handwritten portion of the records and further research is needed. ↩
- Clay, Tacitus T. War Letters of Tacitus T. Clay. n.p, 1968. pp. 13-14: I do not have access to this book but Sibley writes that Clay “claims (he) commanded through September 1864″. ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, National Archives, Roll 297 (Tacitus T. Clay, 5th Texas, Footnote.com Page 19): Company Muster Roll for May + June, 1864: Shows Clay as absent at the hospital. This muster was probably taken the last day of June 1864. ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, National Archives, Roll 297 (Tacitus T. Clay, 5th Texas, Footnote.com Page 45): Appears on a Richmond hospital list as being discharged on June 17, 1864 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, National Archives, Roll 297 (Tacitus T. Clay, 5th Texas, Footnote.com Page 21): Company Muster Roll for July + August, 1864: Shows Clay present with the remark he was acting Colonel. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 114-115 ↩
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