6th Texas Infantry Regiment

6th Texas Infantry Regiment
Flag of the 6th Texas Infantry and the 15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) Consolidated, Fall 1864
Active1861–1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance Texas
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeRegiment
RoleInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Robert R. Garland
Private Thomas F. Bates of D Company, 6th Texas Infantry
Pvt. William J. Oliphant, Co. G, 6th Texas Infantry
Pvt. Jeptha Wilson, 6th Texas Infantry

The 6th Texas Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Texas that served in the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. The regiment fought in the Battles of Arkansas Post, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.[1][2][3]

In September 1861, Major Alexander M. Haskell selected a site four miles north of Victoria, Texas, called "Nuner's Mott" as the location of a new camp of instruction and named it Camp Henry E. McCulloch in honor of the interim commander of the Department of Texas. There, the following companies were ultimately mustered in and designated the Sixth Texas Infantry Regiment.

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  3. ^ "6th Texas Infantry Regiment". Civil War References. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2011.