19th Texas Infantry Regiment

19th Texas Infantry Regiment
Richard Waterhouse was colonel of the 19th Texas.
Active	February 1862 – June 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 Milliken's Bend (1863) Battle of Mansfield (1864) Battle of Pleasant Hill (1864) Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (1864)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Richard Waterhouse

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The 19th 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 began organizing in February 1862 and elected its officers in May 1862. It spent its entire existence west of the Mississippi River in the Trans-Mississippi Department. In fall 1862, the unit was assigned to the 3rd Brigade of the Texas infantry division known as Walker's Greyhounds and fought at Milliken's Bend in June 1863. The unit was in action at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry in 1864. The last units in the Trans-Mississippi surrendered in June 1865, but the 19th Regiment had already disbanded before that date.

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/n53/mode/2up. 
• Clements, Derek A. (2017). "Engagement at Jenkins Ferry". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/engagement-at-jenkins-ferry-1136/. 
• Dobak, William A. (2011). "Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops 1862–1867". Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army. p. 193. https://history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-24/CMH_Pub_30-24.pdf. 
• Park, David (2011). "Nineteenth Texas Infantry". Austin, Tex.: Handbook of Texas. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/nineteenth-texas-infantry. 
• "Battle of Milliken's Bend, June 7, 1863". National Park Service. 2022. https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/battle-of-millikens-bend-june-7-1863.htm.