William S. Donovan
Knight
Hello! You may know or not know us. We were formerly the 5th Texas Rangers but some problems caused the regiment to disband. Now some of the remnants of that old group have decided to start another regiment. Same state, different number. The 9th Texas Rangers are lead by me: William. My 2nd in command is Bacon whom you may remember as the commander in cheif of the Union Army for a time. Bacon and I have found our rebel hearts again and with the help of our old friends and new recruits like yourself we will kill some yankee scum and have a lot of fun.
Should you wish to join already, you can do so by adding:
Lieutenant Colonel Lionheart
Major Bacon
We are experienced in the gathering of members and we should be able to reach a formidable number in no time at all. By all means just add me and fire all of your questions.
We are experienced in the gathering of members and we should be able to reach a formidable number in no time at all. By all means just add me and fire all of your questions.
Col. W. B. Sims, mustered the Ninth Texas Cavalry Regiment into Confederate service at Camp Reeves, Grayson County,
Texas on October 14, 1861. The original unit consisted of about 1000 officers and men recruited principally from eight counties
of North Texas: Cass, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River, Tarrant, and Titus. With William Quayle as Lt. Col., N. W.
Townes as Major and J. H. Bell as Adjutant, Sims quickly organized the men and led them North into the Indian Territories to
assist Col. Cooper. Adjutant Bell having given dissatisfaction, was accused of Abolitionism and of Bigamy, was found guilty
and the boys en masse took him out and hung him. By November 12, 1861 a detachment under the command of Lt. Col. Quayle
went forward to Col. Cooper's camp to assist in fighting Indians. On November 19, 1861 they fought at Round Mountain and on
December 9, 1861 they fought at Chusto-Talash, AKA Bird Creek, Indian Territories. They then moved on to Ft. Gibson and
joined other detachments and fought at Chustenahlah, Indian Territories on December 26, 1861. After this they rejoined their
wagon train and resumed journey to Arkansas to join Gen. McCulloch's command in winter camp.
On March 6-7, 1862, the Ninth were at Elkhorn Tavern, also called Pea Ridge by Union Historians. The 9th moved to the attack
at 11 A.M. Quickly they captured an artillery battery that had fired on them and captured 6 enemy while killing 50 to 75, but Col.
Sims was severely wounded when his arm was shattered by a cannon ball. He was later dropped from the rolls in May 1862.
The next day started with the deaths of Gen. McCulloch and McIntosh and the capture of Col. Hebert, which caused a lack of
communication and leadership in these units, and Gen. Van Dorn's subsequent decision to retreat from the battle field.
In May all the units reorganized and were dismounted as Infantry. N. W. Townes was elected Colonel and Dudley W. Jones was
elected Lt. Col. Soon after this Company H of the 9th was designated a sharpshooter and skirmisher company and on August
1, 1862 was attached along with Company I of the 6th to Col. Ras Stirman's Arkansas Sharpshooter Regiment. These
regiments all part of Colonel Phiffer's Brigade began to march toward Corinth, to fight the General Rosecran's Army. On October
the 3-4, 1862, the 9th fighting alongside the 6th attacked an Ohio Brigade and received heavy casualties from cannon and rifle
fire. Many of the wounded were left to be captured. This was true for the 9th and 6th. In the late afternoon of October 4th, These
two units had had some success, but were running low on ammunition and men. Without reinforcement they were forced to
retreat. Gen Van Dorn realized he was fighting a much larger force and decided to retreat his whole Corps. On the next day the
9th marched in column behind the 6th, and were able to stop and assume shooting positions before they were shot down.
Ross had a hundred men captured and many more dead and wounded. But soon the 6th, Ras Stirman's Sharpshooters, the
9th and artillery battery commanded the bluff on the south side of the river and proceeded to blast away at the Union forces,
thus allowing Gen. Van Dorn's Army to retreat past the Union blocking force. Col. Townes resigned due to an eye injured at
Corinth and Dudley W. Jones was elected Colonel, a position he would keep till the end of the war.
In November the 9th was remounted and prepared for a raid to Holly Springs, Mississippi Union Supply Depot. This time they
operated in a brigade that they would remain with throughout the war. The brigade's initial commander was Col. John Wilkins
Whitfield who had commanded the 1st Texas Legion. Gen. Van Dorn led the raid, but Lt. Col. Griffith of the 6th who designed
the raid was its honorary commander. This was the first time the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 27th Texas Cavalry Regiments worked
together. They were called Whitfield's Brigade but in less than a year they would be Ross' Texas Cavalry Brigade. The 9th was
a great part of the success of this raid and the subsequent disruption of rail roads in western Tennessee.
The Ninth fought in Tennessee until it was then brought back with its brigade to help break the siege of Vicksburg. They
skirmished outside the siege, but Vicksburg surrendered before they could help. Then began the most heroic part of the Ninth
and Ross's Brigade histories, for over one hundred days, they fought Gen. Sherman's Army, delaying its march toward Atlanta.
The battles of Rome, New Hope Church, Lovejoy's Station and Jonesborough were names in this campaign. They stopped two
of Sherman's raids, even though the union had superior forces, but with great loss of men and horses. When Atlanta fell and
Gen. Hood took Ross' Brigade back to Tennessee, the 9th had only 140 men and most of the companies ceased to exist. The
regiment operated as one large compamy. About 900 were dead, wounded, sick or left behind in various duties. Serving as
part of Gen. Nathan B. Forest rear guard of Hoods Army of Tennessee, they helped prevent the loss of that force. Starting out
the Brigade had only a strength of 686 men. Following these battles Ross' Brigade was no longer a viable force. The units
bivouacked in Mississippi during the remaining few months of the war. Many of the men were furloughed and many just went
home. The Brigade was officially captured and paroled at Citronelle, Alabama in May 1865. Of the Ninth, under Col. Dudley W.
Jones' command only 100 remained to surrender.
Texas on October 14, 1861. The original unit consisted of about 1000 officers and men recruited principally from eight counties
of North Texas: Cass, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River, Tarrant, and Titus. With William Quayle as Lt. Col., N. W.
Townes as Major and J. H. Bell as Adjutant, Sims quickly organized the men and led them North into the Indian Territories to
assist Col. Cooper. Adjutant Bell having given dissatisfaction, was accused of Abolitionism and of Bigamy, was found guilty
and the boys en masse took him out and hung him. By November 12, 1861 a detachment under the command of Lt. Col. Quayle
went forward to Col. Cooper's camp to assist in fighting Indians. On November 19, 1861 they fought at Round Mountain and on
December 9, 1861 they fought at Chusto-Talash, AKA Bird Creek, Indian Territories. They then moved on to Ft. Gibson and
joined other detachments and fought at Chustenahlah, Indian Territories on December 26, 1861. After this they rejoined their
wagon train and resumed journey to Arkansas to join Gen. McCulloch's command in winter camp.
On March 6-7, 1862, the Ninth were at Elkhorn Tavern, also called Pea Ridge by Union Historians. The 9th moved to the attack
at 11 A.M. Quickly they captured an artillery battery that had fired on them and captured 6 enemy while killing 50 to 75, but Col.
Sims was severely wounded when his arm was shattered by a cannon ball. He was later dropped from the rolls in May 1862.
The next day started with the deaths of Gen. McCulloch and McIntosh and the capture of Col. Hebert, which caused a lack of
communication and leadership in these units, and Gen. Van Dorn's subsequent decision to retreat from the battle field.
In May all the units reorganized and were dismounted as Infantry. N. W. Townes was elected Colonel and Dudley W. Jones was
elected Lt. Col. Soon after this Company H of the 9th was designated a sharpshooter and skirmisher company and on August
1, 1862 was attached along with Company I of the 6th to Col. Ras Stirman's Arkansas Sharpshooter Regiment. These
regiments all part of Colonel Phiffer's Brigade began to march toward Corinth, to fight the General Rosecran's Army. On October
the 3-4, 1862, the 9th fighting alongside the 6th attacked an Ohio Brigade and received heavy casualties from cannon and rifle
fire. Many of the wounded were left to be captured. This was true for the 9th and 6th. In the late afternoon of October 4th, These
two units had had some success, but were running low on ammunition and men. Without reinforcement they were forced to
retreat. Gen Van Dorn realized he was fighting a much larger force and decided to retreat his whole Corps. On the next day the
9th marched in column behind the 6th, and were able to stop and assume shooting positions before they were shot down.
Ross had a hundred men captured and many more dead and wounded. But soon the 6th, Ras Stirman's Sharpshooters, the
9th and artillery battery commanded the bluff on the south side of the river and proceeded to blast away at the Union forces,
thus allowing Gen. Van Dorn's Army to retreat past the Union blocking force. Col. Townes resigned due to an eye injured at
Corinth and Dudley W. Jones was elected Colonel, a position he would keep till the end of the war.
In November the 9th was remounted and prepared for a raid to Holly Springs, Mississippi Union Supply Depot. This time they
operated in a brigade that they would remain with throughout the war. The brigade's initial commander was Col. John Wilkins
Whitfield who had commanded the 1st Texas Legion. Gen. Van Dorn led the raid, but Lt. Col. Griffith of the 6th who designed
the raid was its honorary commander. This was the first time the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 27th Texas Cavalry Regiments worked
together. They were called Whitfield's Brigade but in less than a year they would be Ross' Texas Cavalry Brigade. The 9th was
a great part of the success of this raid and the subsequent disruption of rail roads in western Tennessee.
The Ninth fought in Tennessee until it was then brought back with its brigade to help break the siege of Vicksburg. They
skirmished outside the siege, but Vicksburg surrendered before they could help. Then began the most heroic part of the Ninth
and Ross's Brigade histories, for over one hundred days, they fought Gen. Sherman's Army, delaying its march toward Atlanta.
The battles of Rome, New Hope Church, Lovejoy's Station and Jonesborough were names in this campaign. They stopped two
of Sherman's raids, even though the union had superior forces, but with great loss of men and horses. When Atlanta fell and
Gen. Hood took Ross' Brigade back to Tennessee, the 9th had only 140 men and most of the companies ceased to exist. The
regiment operated as one large compamy. About 900 were dead, wounded, sick or left behind in various duties. Serving as
part of Gen. Nathan B. Forest rear guard of Hoods Army of Tennessee, they helped prevent the loss of that force. Starting out
the Brigade had only a strength of 686 men. Following these battles Ross' Brigade was no longer a viable force. The units
bivouacked in Mississippi during the remaining few months of the war. Many of the men were furloughed and many just went
home. The Brigade was officially captured and paroled at Citronelle, Alabama in May 1865. Of the Ninth, under Col. Dudley W.
Jones' command only 100 remained to surrender.
Still mustering!
