6th Texas Infantry Regiment
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The 6th Texas Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Texas that served in the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. The regiment fought in the Battles of Arkansas Post, Chickamau
Flag of the 6th Texas Infantry and the 15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) Consolidated, Fall 1864
Private Thomas F. Bates of D Company, 6th Texas Infantry
Pvt. William J. Oliphant, Co. G, 6th Texas Infantry
Pvt. Jeptha Wilson, 6th Texas Infantry
Confederate States Army
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The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, fighting against the
Private Edwin Francis Jemison, whose image became one of the most famous portraits of the young soldiers of the war
A cartoon from the war, showing the Confederates forcibly drafting a Southern Unionist man into the Confederate army. The Unionist man objects, with the Confederates threatening to lynch him if he does not comply.
An 1861 Confederate recruiting poster from Virginia, urging men to join the Confederate cause and fight off the Union Army, which it refers to as a "brutal and desperate foe"
CSA M1857 Napoleon Artillery Piece