27th Texas Cavalry Regiment

27th Texas Cavalry Regiment Whitfield's Legion 1st Texas Legion 4th Texas Cavalry Battalion
John Wilkins Whitfield was the first colonel.
Active	March 1862 – 4 May 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Texas
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Cavalry and Infantry
Size	Battalion, then Regiment
Nickname(s)	Whitfield's Legion, 1st Texas Legion, 4th Texas Cavalry Battalion
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge (1862) Siege of Corinth (1862) Battle of Iuka (1862) Battle of Corinth (1862) Holly Springs Raid (1862) Battle of Thompson's Station (1863) Battle of Yazoo City (1864) Atlanta campaign (1864) Battle of Franklin (1864) Third Battle of Murfreesboro (1864)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Col. John Wilkins Whitfield

The 27th Texas Cavalry Regiment, at times also known as Whitfield's Legion or 1st Texas Legion or 4th Texas Cavalry Battalion, was a unit of mounted volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. First organized as the 4th Texas Cavalry Battalion or Whitfield's Legion, the unit served dismounted at Pea Ridge and First Corinth. Additional companies from Texas were added and the unit was upgraded to the 27th Texas Cavalry Regiment or 1st Texas Legion later in 1862. Still dismounted, the unit fought at Iuka and Second Corinth. The regiment was remounted and fought at Holly Springs in 1862, Thompson's Station in 1863, and at Yazoo City, Atlanta, Franklin, and Third Murfreesboro in 1864. The regiment surrendered to Federal forces in May 1865 and its remaining soldiers were paroled.