5th Texas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• October 1, 1861 - Organized by the War Department
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• May 7, 1862 - Eltham's Landing
• May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 21, 1862 - Freeman's Ford
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• March-April 1863 - Siege of Washington
• April 4, 1863 - Washington
• April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• October 28-29, 1863 - Wauhatchie
• November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• May 5-6, 1864 - Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• September 29, 1864 - New Market Heights
• September 29, 1864 - Chaffin's Farm
• September 29-30, 1864 - Fort Gilmer
• October 27, 1864 - Williamsburg Road
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 2nd Corps / Forces near Dumfries (Whiting's Command) / Texas Brigade (October 1861-February 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Forces near Dumfries (Whiting's Command) / Texas Brigade (February-March 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Whiting's/G.W. Smith's/Whiting's Division / Texas Brigade (March-June 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Whiting's Division / Texas Brigade (June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Whiting's Division / Texas Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Whiting's/Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (July 1862-February 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (February-April 1863)
• Department of Southern Virginia / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (May-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (September-November 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / Hood's/Field's Division / Texas Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Field's Division / Texas Brigade (April 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: James J. Archer (Colonel)
• Walter B. Botts (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• King Bryan (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert M. Powell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Paul J. Quattlebaum (Major)
• Jerome B. Robertson (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Jefferson C. Rogers (Major)
• John C. Upton (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• David M. Whaley (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Simpson, Harold B., Hood's Texas Brigade: Lee's Grenadier Guard
• Simpson, Harold B. The History of Hood's Texas Brigade, 1861-1865
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Texas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 114-115)