1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)

**1st Texas Cavalry Regiment**
1st Texas Cavalry Regiment
	Augustus Buchel, a veteran of the battles of Huesca and Buena Vista, commanded the regiment at Mansfield, and Pleasant Hill.
Active	1861–1865
Disbanded	May 26, 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Texas
Branch	Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	"Yager's regiment"
Facings	Yellow
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Mansfield; Battle of Pleasant Hill; Battle of Yellow Bayou; ;
Commanders
Commanding officers	Col. Augustus Buchel (1863–64); Col. William O. Yager (1864-65);

The 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.