6th Cavalry Regiment [also called 2nd Regiment] was organized with 1,150 men at Dallas,
Texas, in September, 1861. Many of the men were from Dallas, McKinney, Waco, Austin, and
Lancaster, and Bell County. The unit skirmished in the Indian Territory, fought at Elkhorn
Tavern, then moved wast of the Mississippi River. It contained 803 effectives in the spring of
1862 and was dismounted during the battles at Corinth and Hatchie Bridge. Here the regiment
reported 148 killed, wounded, or missing. Assigned to Ross' Brigade, it served with the Army of
Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign, was active in Tennessee, and ended the war in
Mississippi attached to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field
officers were Colonels Lawrence S. Ross, B. Warren Stone, and Jack Wharton; Lieutenant
Colonels John S. Griffith and Peter F. Ross; and Robert M. White and Stephen B. Wilson.