27th Texas Cavalry Regiment
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 the 1st Texas Legion, the unit fought at Pea Ridge, First Corinth, Iuka, and Second Corinth. Additional companies from Texas were added and the unit was upgraded to a regiment in late 1862. The 27th Texas Cavalry fought at Holly Springs in 1862, Thompson's Station in 1863, and in the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, and Nashville in 1864. The regiment surrendered to Federal forces in May 1865 and its remaining soldiers were paroled.
