Benjamin [V] Lunn/Lund, 18, Private, Capt Wm. M. Blair’s Company, Waller’s Battalion Texas Cavalry,* enlisted May 14, 1862 at Hempstead by Capt. Blair for 3 years, last recorded present at the February 29, 1864 muster where he is recorded as 2nd Corporal,** his file contains a card referring to a POW record which was not found, no further records
* Waller’s Regiment Texas Cavalry was first organized as the 13th or Waller’s Battalion, Texas Cavalry with five companies. Additional companies were later added to complete the regiment.
** There are no subsequent Company D muster rolls found in the records
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas
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WALLER, EDWIN, JR. (1825–1878)
In February 1861 at Houston, Waller became captain of a consolidated defense company. His command was transferred from Houston, via Galveston, to Brazos Santiago to assist in the defense of the lower Rio Grande. When the Second Texas Cavalry Regiment, or Mounted Rifles, commanded by John S. (Rip) Ford, was formed, Waller became a major of the new regiment and served under John R. Baylor in West Texas and New Mexico. In 1862, as lieutenant colonel and commander of the Thirteenth Texas Cavalry Battalion, he conducted partisan activities in southern and western Louisiana after losing his horses and supplies in a surprise attack by federals. The unit was attached in 1863 to Thomas Green's Brigade, which had recently arrived from New Mexico. The following year the battalion participated in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. In 1865 the battalion was raised to regimental status, and Waller was promoted to colonel.
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In early 1865, the battalion was elevated to regimental status. On March 30, it was integrated into Gen. Walter P. Lane’s Brigade, Gen. William Steele’s Division. Two months later, on May 20, Waller’s Regiment was disbanded.
http://www.txcivwarconf.org/papers/spurlin.pdf
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