1st Texas Partisan Rangers

1st Texas Partisan Rangers
Active	1862–1865
Disbanded	May 26, 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Texas
Branch	Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove Battle of Van Buren Second Battle of Donaldsonville Battle of Kock's Plantation Battle of Stirling's Plantation Battle of Bayou Bourbeux Battle of Mansfield Battle of Pleasant Hill Battle of Monett's Ferry Battle of Yellow Bayou
Commanders
Notable commanders	Walter P. Lane

The 1st Texas Partisan Rangers was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

History

Walter P. Lane began organizing the unit at Jefferson, Texas, in June 1862 for service in the Trans-Mississippi theater. In November 1862, the regiment marched to Arkansas where it fought at Prairie Grove and Van Buren. After reorganizing at Jefferson, the partisan rangers traveled to Louisiana in April 1863. The regiment was at Second Donaldsonville but did not come into action. In 1863, it fought at Kock's Plantation, Sterling's Plantation, and Bayou Bourbeux. The unit spent the 1863–1864 winter near Galveston. In 1864, the unit was in action during the Red River Campaign, fighting at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Monett's Ferry, and Yellow Bayou. The partisan rangers went back to Texas in December 1864 and remained near Houston until the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department on 26 May 1865.

See also

• List of Texas Civil War Confederate units
• Texas in the Civil War

References

• Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
• Brooksher, William Riley (1998). War Along the Bayous: The 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's. ISBN 1-57488-139-6.
• Matthews, James T. (2011). "First Texas Partisan Rangers". Retrieved January 26, 2023.
• Oates, Stephen B. (1994) [1961]. Confederate Cavalry West of the River. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-71152-2.
• Official Records (1891). "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies' Series I, Volume XXXIV, Part I". U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 619. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
• Winters, John D. (1987) [1963]. The Civil War in Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-0834-0.