Spruce M. Baird, resident of Hays County, Texas, appointed Colonel Baird's Regiment, Cavalry, 4th Regiment Arizonia Brigade, March 9, 1863 by General Magruder, recorded in August 1864 as on detached service Commanding Frontier Expedition

The organization of Baird's Regiment Texas Cavalry (also known as the 4th Regiment Arizona Brigade and as Showwalter's Regiment Texas Cavalry) was authorized by S. O. No. 81, Hdqrs. Dist. of Tex. , N. Mex. and Ariz. dated February 2, 1863, which stated the regiment was to be formed in New Mexico and Arizona; the men, however, appear to have been enlisted in Texas.

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Spruce M. Baird Major, [Pros Col. 4 Reg & Ariz. Brg.]** Ragsdale's Battalion, Texas Cavalry [Two cards only in records of this Battalion]

Ragsdale's Battalion Texas Cavalry was organized in October 1862?, and was known at various times as the 4th Battalion Arizona Brigade, the 2d Battalion Arizona Brigade, the 1st Battalion Arizona Brigade, Davidson's Battalion, Texas Cavalry and Daly's Battalion Texas Cavalry

**Information in brackets taken from Card 1 of Ragsdale's Battalion CSR Unit Information

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You would need to obtain his records in the files of Baird's Regiment to see his detached service history.

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The U. S. Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa show the following in their unit bibliography:

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4th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade)

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 15: Texas. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1989. E484C65.1987v15.
Contains numerous, scattered references to Texas units.

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent, 1987. Ref. See pp. 324-25 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Fitzhugh, Lester N. Texas Batteries, Battalions, Regiments, Commanders and Field Officers, Confederate States Army, l86l-l865. Midlothian, TX: Mirror Pr, 1959. E580.3F5. See p. 13 (1 photocopied page) for a list of officers.

Noel, Theophilus. Autobiography and Reminiscences of.... Chicago: Noel Co, 1904. 348 p. E605N76.
_____. A Campaign From Santa Fe to the Mississippi: Being a History of the Old Sibley Brigade From Its First Organization to the Present Time; Its Campaigns in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas in the Years 186l-2-3-4. Houston, TX: Stagecoach Pr, 1961. 183 p. E470.9N63.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas. NY: Facts on File, 1995. p. 52 (1 photocopied page). E580S53. (Unit organizational history).

Wright, Marcus J., comp. Texas in the War, l86l-l865. [Ed. by Harold B. Simpson] Hillsboro, TX: Hill Jr Coll Pr, l965. E5809W7.
Contains numerous references to Texas units.