John C Rigdon

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Texas 19th Cavalry Regiment John C Rigdon

Parsons's Brigade was organized in the autumn of 1862 to serve as cavalry for the Army of the Trans-Mississippi then forming in Arkansas. For much of the war the brigade was commanded by Col. William Henry Parsons, who had raised the Twelfth Texas Cavalry Regiment in the summer of 1861. The permanent components of the brigade were Parsons's Twelfth Texas Cavalry Regiment, Nathaniel Macon Burford's Nineteenth Texas Cavalry Regiment, George Washington Carter's Twenty-first Texas Cavalry Regiment, Charles Leroy Morgan's Texas Battalion, and Joseph H. Pratt's Tenth Texas Field Battery. During the War Parsons's Brigade earned the reputation as one of the finest mounted units serving in the Trans-Mississippi Department. The brigade took part in almost fifty battles, although most were too small to rate a name, and the men were responsible for watching federal operations from Memphis to Vicksburg. For three years they provided outposts and scouts for the army headquartered first at Little Rock and later at Shreveport. Companies Of The Texas 19th Cavalry Regiment Company A from Ellis County Company B from Dallas County Company C from Ellis County Company D from Hill County Company E from Parker County Company F from Dallas County Company G from Kaufman County Company H from McLennan County Company I from Dallas and Navarro counties Company K from Dallas County