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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR – TEXAS 37TH CAVALRY


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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR – TEXAS 37TH CAVALRY

 The American Civil War took place between the years of 1861 and 1865, and it pitted twenty states known as the Union against eleven seceding states known as the Confederate States of America, or Confederacy. Those eleventh states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina and Texas. Texas in particular had many infantry, cavalry and artillery units. One of those cavalry units was the 37th cavalry, also known as Terrel’s Cavalry Battalion, which saw plenty of action, not in Texas though, where there weren’t many battles. However, Texas did hold a strategic position in the war, and it was called the back door of the Confederacy.

Texas declared secession from the United States the first of February of 1861, and joined the Confederacy a month and a day later. In addition to being the Confederacy’s back door, Texas was a supply state, providing soldiers to the Confederate army. So while there was not a lot of fighting done in Texas, scores of Texans did engage in action. As a matter of fact, more than 70,000 Texans (distributed among 45 regiments of cavalry, 23 regiments of infantry, 12 battalions of cavalry, four battalions of infantry, five regiments of heavy artillery and 30 batteries of light artillery) served in the Confederate army, and Texas regiments participated in every major battle during the war, including veterans of the Mexican-American War, and others that took part in the Texas Revolution. Moreover, Texas kept five regiments and four battalions of cavalry, and four regiments and one battalion of infantry for home defense.   :snip:     http://www.37thtexas.org/

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