(From Eric Lee Smith:) It's a good question and the answer is interesting. The boys from Texas usually functioned more as mounted infantry than true cavalry. The marched (pranced?) onto the field with their horses, but fought dismounted - in what little fighting they did. Their performance was pretty disgraceful once their leaders were killed. I treated them as infantry and have left out the complications of horses, horseholders, etc.

Interestingly, they were dismounted totally for the Corinth campaign, but got their horses back later, in time to do nothing productive to prevent the fall of Vicksburg. They were a good unit, but the leadership out West was sorely lacking. They covered the retreat from the debacle at Nashville - probably their finest hour.

Cheers, Eric