26th Texas Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as:
  • The Menagerie
  • (DeBray's) 26th Texas Cavalry (Davis' Mounted Battalion)

• March 17, 1862 - Organized by the increase of the 7th Texas Cavalry Battalion to a regiment
• January 1, 1863 - Galveston Island
• March-May 1864 - The Red River Campaign
  • April 8, 1864 - Mansfield
  • April 9, 1864 - Pleasant Hill
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• March-May 1862 - Department of Texas / Eastern District
• May-August 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Eastern District of Texas / Sub-District of Houston
• August-December 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas / Sub-District of Houston
• December 1862-January 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
• January-November 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District
• November-December 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District / Debray's Brigade
• November-December 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District / Debray's Brigade
• December 1863-March 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Slaughter's Division [or Eastern Sub-District] / Debray's Cavalry Brigade
• March-September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Green's/Wharton's Cavalry Division / Hawes'/Major's/Debray's Brigade
• September 1864-February 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / (Maxey's) 2nd Texas Cavalry Division / (Debray's) 6th Texas Cavalry Brigade
• February-May 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Wharton's Cavalry Corps / (Bee's) Division / Debray's Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Samuel B. Davis (Colonel)
• Xavier Blanchard Debray (Colonel)
• Medard Menard (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John J. Myers (Lieutenant Colonel)
• George W. Owens (Major)

OTHER

• Napoleon H. Huffman - private (Company K)
• Adam John Huffman - Corporal (Company K)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Debray, Xavier Blanchard. [A Sketch of the History of Debray's (26th) Regiment of Texas Cavalry] (Austin: Von Boeckmann, 1884; rpt., Waco: Waco Village, 1961).
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Texas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 56, 83)