Frontier Cavalry Regiment [also called 46th Regiment] was organized in May, 1864. The unit
served in the Trans-Mississippi Department on the Texas frontier principally against Indians. It
was formed with 1,240 men and in April, 1865, totalled only 102. The few remaining men
disbanded prior to the surrender in June, 1865. The field officers were Colonel James E.
McCord, Lieutenant Colonel James B. Barry, and Major W. J. Alexander.
