Waul's Legion (Texas) Infantry
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- Early 1862 - Organized with 12 companies at Benham
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- Late 1862 - Divided into 2 battalions
- March 11-April 5, 1863 - Fort Pemberton
- May 1863 - 2nd Louisiana Zouaves Infantry Battalion attached to this unit
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled there later that month
- September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
- Fall 1863 - Reorganized at Houston
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department
- See also:
DESIGNATIONS
- Trans-Mississippi Department / Eastern District of Texas (May-August 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Lovell's Division / Waul's Legion (September-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Lovell's Corps / Loring's Division / Waul's Legion (October-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Lovell's Corps / Loring's Division / Waul's Legion (December 1862-January 1863)
- Army of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Waul's Legion (January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Waul's Legion (January-March 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Loring's Division / Moore's Brigade (April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Moore's Brigade (April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Waul's Legion (April-July 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District / Luckett's Brigade (November-December 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District (or Slaughter's Division) / Waul's Brigade (December 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District (or Slaughter's Division) / Luckett's Brigade (December 1863-January 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District (January-February 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / 1st Sub-District (May-September 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / 3rd Corps / 2nd (Hébert's) Texas Division / 5th (Hawes') Texas Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Thomas N. Waul (Colonel)
- E.S. Bolling (Major)
- Allen Cameron (Major)
- Otto Nathusius (Major)
- Oliver Steele (Major)
- Barnard Timmons (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- James Wrigley (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 67)
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Texas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 133-134)