9th (Maxey's) Texas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 8th (Maxey's) Texas Infantry

• Late 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• August-October 1862 - Kentucky Campaign
• August 30, 1862 - Richmond
• October 8, 1862 - Perryville
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
• May 14, 1863 - Jackson
• July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• May 19-22, 1864 - Cassville
• June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
• July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
• July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• September 2, 1864 - Lovejoy's Station
• October 5, 1864 - Allatoona
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• April 1-9, 1865 - Fort Blakely
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered at Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Texas (December 1861)
• Department #2 (January 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Grand Division / 1st (Ruggles') Corps / Pond's Brigade (March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Anderson's Brigade (March-April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 1st Corps / Maxey's Detached Brigade (April-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Cheatham's Division / Maxey's Brigade (July-August 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Right Wing / Cheatham's Division / Smith's Brigade (August 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of Kentucky / Cleburne's Division / Smith's Brigade (August-October 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Right Wing / Cheatham's Division / Smith's Brigade (October-November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cheatham's Division / Smith's/Vaughan's Brigade (November 1862-January 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / McCown's Division / Ector's Brigade (February-March 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / McCown's Division / Ector's Brigade (March-May 1863)
• Department of the West / Walker's Division / Ector's Brigade (June-July 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Walker's Division / Ector's Brigade (July-August 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Reserve Corps / Walker's Division / Ector's Brigade (August-September 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (October 1863-January 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (January-May 1864)
• Army of Mississippi / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (May-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (July 1864-January 1865)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (February-April 1865)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Samuel B. Maxey (Colonel)
• William E. Beeson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James Burnet (Major)
• Miles A. Dillard (Lieutenant Colonel)
• William M. Harrison (Major)
• James H. McReynolds (Major)
• Wright A. Stanley (Major, Colonel)
• William H. Young (Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Texas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 119, 120-121)