15th Texas Infantry Regiment

15th Texas Infantry Regiment
The regiment fought at the Battle of Bayou Bourbeux.
Active	Early 1862 – 26 May 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Confederate States of America, Texas
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Stirling's Plantation (1863) Battle of Bayou Bourbeux (1863) Battle of Mansfield (1864) Battle of Pleasant Hill (1864) Battle of Yellow Bayou (1864)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Joseph Warren Speight

The 15th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment organized in early 1862 and throughout the war served west of the Mississippi River in the Trans-Mississippi Department. In October 1863, the unit was assigned to a brigade led by the French aristocrat Prince Camille de Polignac. The 15th Texas Infantry fought at Stirling's Plantation and Bayou Bourbeux in 1863 and Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Yellow Bayou in 1864. The regiment disbanded in May 1865, though the formal surrender date was 26 May 1865.

References

• Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987. ISBN 0-89009-572-8. 
• Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc.. ISBN 0-679-50013-8. 
• Blessington, Joseph P. (1875). "The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division". New York, N.Y.: Lange, Little & Co.. https://archive.org/details/05296883.3325.emory.edu/page/n149/mode/2up. 
• Barr, Alwyn (2017). "Fifteenth Texas Infantry". Austin, Tex.: Handbook of Texas. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/fifteenth-texas-infantry.