9th Texas Cavalry Regiment

9th Texas Cavalry Regiment
9th Texas Cavalry Regiment
	Battle flag of the 9th Texas Cavalry
Active	2 October 1861 – 4 May 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Confederate States of America, Texas
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	Sims's Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Round Mountain (1861); Battle of Chusto-Talasah (1861); Battle of Pea Ridge (1862); Siege of Corinth (1862); Battle of Corinth (1862); Battle of Hatchie's Bridge (1862); Holly Springs Raid (1862); Battle of Thompson's Station (1863); Atlanta campaign (1864); Battle of Franklin (1864); Third Battle of Murfreesboro (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. William B. Sims

The 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Round Mountain and Bird Creek (Chusto-Talasah) in 1861, Pea Ridge, Siege of Corinth, Second Corinth, Hatchie's Bridge and the Holly Springs Raid in 1862, and in the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, and Murfreesboro in 1864. The unit fought dismounted at Second Corinth and Hatchie's Bridge before being remounted as cavalry for the remainder of the war. The regiment surrendered to Federal forces on 4 May 1865 and its remaining personnel were paroled.