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The 124th Cavalry Regiment (nicknamed "Mars Men") [1] is a United States Army cavalry regiment, represented in the Texas Army National Guard by 1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry, part of the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Waco. The 124th was originally constituted and organized in 1929 in the Texas National Guard.
The 30th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Attorney Edward J. Gurley organized the regiment at Waco, Texas , in August 1862 and elected its colonel .
A second source stated that the brigade consisted of the 12th Texas, 21st Texas, and 19th Texas Cavalry Regiments, and Joseph H. Pratt's 10th Texas Field Battery. [13] Parsons was replaced in command of the regiment by Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mullen, and after he resigned, by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Bell Burleson.
The 26th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The unit first organized in August 1861 as the 7th Texas Cavalry Battalion with seven companies for the purpose of patrolling the Texas Gulf Coast. In January 1862, three companies were added, and ...
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In 2002 the 1st brigade was the first brigade in the First Cavalry Division to transition to Force XXI and received the new M1A2 SEP (System Enhancement Package) tank into its two tank battalions (1–12 Cav and 2–8 Cav) in addition to other modernized, digitally enhanced equipment. In March 2004 the 1st Bde.
On 23 October 1862, the 1st Texas Legion or 27th Texas Cavalry was assigned to a brigade that also included the 3rd Texas Cavalry, 6th Texas Cavalry, and 9th Texas Cavalry Regiments and Whitfield was appointed to command the brigade. In the late fall of 1862, horses arrived from Texas and the entire brigade was remounted as cavalry.
The number of recruits was so large that three regiments were formed, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Lancers. These became the 21st Texas Cavalry, 24th Texas Cavalry, and 25th Texas Cavalry Regiments, respectively. Carter became the colonel of the 21st Texas Cavalry. [1] Franklin Collet Wilkes was appointed colonel commanding the 24th Texas Cavalry.