Reserves, Army of the Potomac

Lieutenant Colonel L T Wigfall, commanding the 1st Texas Battalion Infantry

First Texas battalion Infantry

Mustered in Confederate service on 24 June, 1861, and arrived at Manassas Junction in the morning on 22 July, 1861. Did not paricipate in the first battle of Manassas

COLONEL L T WIGFALL
LIEUTENANT COLONEL H MCLEOD
MAJOR A T RAINEY

Company A Marion Rifles: CAPT. H H BLACK
The company was mustered in Confederate service at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 16 May, 1861.
Company B Livingston Guards: CAPT. D D MOORE
The company was mustered in Confederate service at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 16 May, 1861.
Company C Palmer Guards: CAPT. A G DICKINSON
The company was mustered in Confederate service at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 19 May, 1861.
Company D Star Rifles: CAPT. A G CLOPTON
The company was organised at Linden, Texas, and proceeded to New Orleans, Louisiana, on 17 May, 1861. The company was mustered in Confederate service at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 6 June, 1861, and was ordered to Camp Pulaski, near Amite City, Louisiana, on 16 June, 1861. The company arrived at Richmond, Virginia, on 20 June, 1861.
Company E Marshall Guards or Bass Greys: CAPT. F S BASS
The company was organised at Marshall, Texas, and proceeded to New Orleans, Louisiana, on 28 May, 1861. The company was mustered in Confederate service at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 6 June, 1861. The company was ordered to Camp Pulaski, near Amite City, Louisiana, on 16 June, 1861.
Company F Woodville Rifles: CAPT. P A WORK
The company was mustered in Confederate service at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 28 May, 1861.
Company G Reagan Guards: CAPT. J R WOODWARD
The company was organised at Palestine, Texas, and was mustered in Confederate at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 23 June, 1861.
Company H Texas Guards: CAPT. W H GASTON
The company was mustered in Confederate service at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 24 June, 1861.
Company I Crockett Southrons: CAPT. E CURRIE
The company was mustered in Confederate service as an independent company at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 24 June, 1861, and was assigned during April 1862.
Company K (1st) Daniel Boone Rifles: CAPT. A Covington
The company was ordered to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, on 13 August, 1861, and was temporarily assigned to the 1st Texas Infantry, Company K (1st). The company never actually served with the regiment and was assigned to the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Compamy D, on 9 March, 1862 (See the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry).
Company K (2nd)Texas Invincibles: CAPT. B F BENTON
The company was organised at San Augustine, Texas, and proceeded to New Orleans, via Alexandria, Louisiana, in August 1861. The company was mustered into Confederate service as an independent company on 17 July, 1861, and was assigned to the 1st Texas Infantry, at Dumfries, Virginia, on 19 November, 1861.
Company L Lone Star Rifles: CAPT. A C MCKEEN
The company was mustered in Confederate service as an independent company at Camp Wigfall, near Manassas Junction, on 3 August, 1861, and was assigned in August 1861.
Company M Sumter Light Infantry: CAPT. H BALLENGER
The company was organised at Sumter, Trinity County, Texas, and was stationed at Shreveport, Louisiana, on 6 July, 1861. The company proceeded to Richmond, Virginia, via Natchez and Jackson, Mississippi, in late April 1862, and was assigned in July 1862.

Sources

"We received orders to proceed to Richmond, where we landed on June 20, 1861. About the 10th day of July we were ordered to Manassas. On the way to Manassas we were in a railroad wreck. The Kentucky troops lost 32 men killed and wounded, but we escaped without the loss of a man. We did not get into battle at Manassas, but here we saw the first horrors of war. We camped there two or three days and our men went over the battlefield and saw the graves of the soldiers and the destruction of the battle. From here we were ordered to Evansport on the Potomac River, and remained in camp till March, 1862."

Reminiscences of the boys in grey, 1861–65: Private J. P. O’Rear, 1st Texas Infantry, Company D

"By late July eight of these independent companies had journeyed to Richmond and were organised as the Texas Battalion. The Confederate government placed Louis T Wigfall, a prominent Texas politician and ardent secessionist, in command."

Texas flags, by Robert Maberry

"He enlisted in a company that was organised for service in Virginia and which later became one of the seven companies forming the battalion commanded by Colonel Louis Wigfall. Upon the formal organisation of the First Texas Regiment the company of which Captain Wootters was a member became Company I of that regiment, which became part of Hood's Texas Brigade, which gained fame as on of the most gallant and dashing of the Confederate forces in the long and weary conflict between the north and south."

A history of Texas and Texans, by Frank W Johnson, a leader in the Texas revolution

"The twelve companies that composed the First Texas Infantry may be said to have straggled to Virginia, where, in the early months of 1861, it was believed the one decisive battle ot the war would be fought. They went singly, in couples, and in triplets; but although all arrived in Richmond by June 1, 1861, they were not ordered to the front until July 21, the day the first battle on the fields of Manassas was fought, and so did not reach the Southern army in time to take part in that engagement."

Hood's Texas brigade, its marches, its battles, its achievements, by J B Polley

"The different companies composing the 1st Texas regiment had gone to Virginia separately, and been organised into a regiment, under the command of Colonel Lewis T Wigfall, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh McLeod, and Major A T Rainey."

"The 1st Texas had gone to Virginia at their own expense, without waiting for orders, were organised, and participated actively in the battle of Manassas."

The Confederate capital and Hood's Texas brigade by Angelina V Winkler

Supplement to the Official Records: Part II, Record of Events, Volume 68, Serial No.80: Record of events for First Texas Infantry, May 1861–August 1864, edited by James B Hewett

Hoods Texas brigade: Lee's Grenadier Guard, by Colonel Harold B Simpson

The boys in grey: Our grandparents from Kickapoo, Texas, First Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company H, Confederate States Army, 1861–1865, by Helen Anderson

History of Company M, First Texas Volunteer Infantry: Hood's brigade, Longstreet's Corps, Army of the Confederate States of America, by D H Hamilton

Notes

In May 1861 the Marion Rifles, under the command of Captain H H Black; the Palmer Guards, under the command of First Lieutenant H E Decatur; the Star Rifles, under the command of Captain A G Clopton; and the Marshall Guards, under the command of Captain F S Bass, were ordered to proceed to New Orleans, Louisiana, via Shreveport, Louisiana, and waited to be mustered in Confederate service. Captain P A Work, commanding the Woodville Rifles, and First Lieutenant J J Burroughs proceeded to Montogomery, Alabama, to request the specail committee of the Confederate Congress to accept the company for service in Virginia. The captains of the four companies at New Orleans, Louisiana, arrived a few days later and eventually eight companies were permitted to serve in Virginia under the congressional approval obtained at Montgomery, Alabama. The companies were ordered to rendezvous at New Orleans, Louisiana, and were mustered in Confederate service between 16 May and 24 June, 1861.

Richmond, Virginia, July 1861: The companies were ordered to proceed by railroad to Richmond, Virginia, in July 1861, and encamped at the fairgrounds on the western outskirts of the city. The companies were organised as the 1st Texas Battalion Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L T Wigfall.

Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, 22 July, 1861: The 1st Texas Battalion Infantry was ordered to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, on a special double-header train of box cars in the evening on 21 July, 1861. The train was delayed by a major accident that killed and wounded thirty-two men of the Kentucky Battalion Infantry, under the command of Major T Claiborne, and arrived in the morning on 22 July, 1861 (See the 1st Kentucky Infantry). The 1st Texas Battalion Infantry collected the debris discarded by the retreating Army of Northeastern Virginia on 22 July, 1861.

1st Texas Infantry: The Crockett Southrons and the Lone Star Rifles were assigned to the battalion in August 1861 and the 1st Texas Infantry was organised, under the command of Colonel L T Wigfall.

Department of Texas, United States Army, April 1861: The Department of Texas Headquarters was near San Antonio, Texas, under the command of Brevet Major General D E Twiggs, United States Army, and Colonel B McCulloch, Texas State Army, was ordered to force the surrender with 500 buffalo hunters, 150 Knights of the Golden Circle, and local prosecession civilians on 16 February, 1861. Colonel H McCulloch, Texas States Army, was ordered to neutralise the United States Army garrisions in north Texas and Colonel J S Ford, Texas States Army, the United States Army garrisions in south Texas and along the Rio Grande River. The United States Army had withdrawn by 25 April, 1861.

After the first battle of Manassas the 1st Texas Infantry remained in the vicinity of Manasas Junction and was ordered to Camp Quantico, near Dumfries, Virginia, on 20 October, 1861.

Orders of Battle