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Texas in the Field

Galveston Weekly News
September 3, 1861
p. 1, c. 6


TEXAS IN THE FIELD.-Texas has now in Virginia, Wigfall's regiment of infantry, 1,000 men.

On the way there, two regiments of infantry 2,000 men.

Raising, to go to Virginia, Judge Gregg's regiment, 1,000; Terry's mounted regiment, 1,000; Rev. Dr. Carter's, 1,000; Dallons, in northeastern Texas, 1,000.

In Missouri, Greer's mounted regiment and one company of artillery, [100] men.

To go to Missouri, as [300] as it can be mounted, Col. Young's regiment now on the northern frontier, 1,000 men. Organizing to go there, by the Governor's orders, four mounted regiments and one company of artillery, 4,100.

Independent companies gone or going to Virginia and Missouri, [at least] 1,000 men.

Ford's mounted regiment on the Western frontier and in Arizona, [1,000] men; H. E. McCulloch's mounted regiment on the Northern frontier, 1,000; infantry and artillery companies with Ford and McCulloch including the battalion at Fort Brown, [???].

Regiment for coast defen[se], [1,000].

Sibley's brigade, two mounted regiments, for Arizona, 2,000 men.

Total, say 20,000 men.

We can still raise about [30,000] fighting men. These, we think, should [???] home, drilling in companies and battalions. They may be needed to resist invasion [on] the coast, invasion from Mexico, or invasion on the Western and Northern frontier. No more men should go out of State from the coast and central counties, or the frontier counties.

The Governor of Georgia has for some time positively refused to let [our] companies leave the southern counties, [especially] those near the coast and near Fl[???] - at least those with arms. If they [???] [it] is against his wish and proclamation, [???] the sentiment of the State. This is a wise [???] and we will do well to imitate it. There [are] good reasons for it, apart from those atten[???] on a very probable system of hostile killings on our coast, so soon as the yellow fever season is over. A word to the wise.