Dear Norma,

Company "E" of the 29th Texas Cavalry was recruited in Denton, TX. Company "E" had formerly been Otis G. Welch's Company and earlier was Company "I" of the 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles. Your ancestor also appears on the rolls of this unit. In late 1862 members of the Indian units who were "white" were transferred to "all white" units, such as, the 29th Texas Cavalry.

Due to your ancestors service in Welch's Company and with the 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, he would have participated in the battles of Round Mountain, Chustenalah and Chusto-Talasah, all in the Indian Territory and finally, the battle of Pea Ridge, AR.

You may also want to post your query on the Indian Territory in the Civil War Message Board for additional information regarding his service prior to becoming a member of the 29th Texas Cavalry.

http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/itcwmb/

COMPENDIUM OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES TEXAS
Stewart Sifakis

186. TEXAS 29th CAVALRY REGIMENT

ORGANIZATION: Organized in 1862. Dismounted in February 1865.
Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi
Department, on May 26, 1865. Disbanded at Camp Grace, near Hempstead in
May 1865.

FIRST COMMANDER: Charles DeMorse (Colonel)
FIELD OFFICERS: Joseph A. Carroll (Major) Otis G. Welch (Lieutenant Colonel)
ASSIGMENTS: Cooper's Brigade, Roane's Division, 1st Corps, Army of the
West, Trans-Mississippi Department (December 1862-January 1863)
Cooper's Brigade, Steele's Cavalry Division, District of Arkansas,
Trans-Mississippi Department(January-October1863)
Cooper's Brigade, Indian Territory, Trans-Mississippi Department
(October 1863-Febuary 1864)
DeMorse's Brigade, Indian Territory, Trans-Mississippi Department
(Febuary1864)
Gano's Brigade, Maxey's Cavalry Division, District of Arkansas,
Trans-Mississippi Department (April 1864)
District of the Indian Territory, Trans-Mississippi District (July 1864)
Gano's Brigade, Cooper's (Indian) Division, District of the Indian
Territory, Trans-Mississippi Department (September 1864)
Gano's Brigade, Cooper's (Indian) Division, Wharton's Cavalry Corps,
Trans-Mississippi Department (September 1864-February 1865)
1st (Waul's) Texas Infantry Brigade, 1st (Forney's) Texas Infantry
Division, 1st Corp's Trans-Mississippi Department (February-May 1865)

BATTLES:
Fort Gibson (May 20, 1863)
Honey Springs (July 17, 1863)
Camden Expedition (March-May 1864)
Poison Springs (April 18, 1864)
Camden (April 23, 1864)
Massard's Prairie, near Fort Smith [detachment] (July 27, 1864)
Cabin Creek (September 19, 1864)

FUTHER READING: Felmly, Bradford K. and Grady, John C., 'Suffering to Silence: 29th Texas Cavalry, CSA Regimental History'