3rd Regiment, Texas Cavalry (South Kansas-Texas Mounted Volunteers)
Overview:
3rd Cavalry Regiment, organized at Dallas, Texas, in June, 1861, contained men recruited at
Marshall, Henderson, Ladonia, Greenville, and Dallas. It was also called "South Kansas-Texas
Regiment" probably because it was organized to serve in Kansas. It fought at Wilson's Creek and in October, 1861
had 38 officers and 669 men present for duty. Later the unit fought at Chustenahlah and Elkhorn Tavern,
then moved east of the Mississippi River. After participating in the Battles of Iuka and Corinth, it was assigned to Ross'
Brigade and served with the Army of Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign. The regiment
skirmished in Tennessee and ended the war in Mississippi attached to the Department of Alabama,
Mississippi, and East Louisiana. It was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels Robert H. Cumby, Elkanah Greer, and Hinchie P. Mabry; Lieutenant
Colonels Giles S. Boggess and Walter P. Lane; and Majors J.J.A. Barker, George W. Chilton, and
Absalom B. Stone.
