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The Second, Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-seventh, and Thirty-third Virginia Infantry Volunteers. All of them were raised from counties in the Shenandoah Valley. Confederate brigades were customarily known by the name of their brigade commander; I believe I am correct that the Secretary of War officially named this brigade the Stonewall Brigade. Several others were often known by a nickname (ie., the Texas Brigade, the Orphan Brigade), but I believe I am correct in stating that the Stonewall Brigade was the only one officially named in this fashion.

Since this is a Georgia site, and you had asked about the Texans in your original query, I feel it is pertinent to point out that the 18th Georgia was a part of the Texas Brigade from late 1861 until November 1862, and had such a connection to the Texans that it was often called the "Second Texas" by men of the brigade. When the Texas Brigade Survivors' Association was formed in Texas shortly after the war, the Texans voted to allow as members men of the 18th Georgia, Hampton Legion Infantry, and 2nd Arkansas, the other units which were brigaded with the Texans during the War, and Reilly's Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery Battery, which supported the Texas Brigade during many of their fierciest engagements. The Survivor's Association has been reformed, and descendants (male or female) of men of those units can join.

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