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Re: Units at Galveston at the end of the war

There is a list of troops at Galveston closer to the end in the Official Records Series 1 vol 48 part 2 page 1297 dated May 10, 1865 in the abstract for field return from the defenses of Galveston, Col Ashbel Smith commanding.

Colonel commanding and staff 10 --- 10

2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry 24 346 474

8th Texas Volunteer Infantry 9 159 181

21st Texas Volunteer Infantry 23 438 534

35th Texas Dismounted Cavalry 15 165 232 (This is Col. James B. Likens' 35th Texas Cavalry)

Timmons' regiment infantry 23 285 365

Mann's regiment cavalry 26 379 475

Pyron's regiment cavalry (a) --- --- ---

Cook's 1st Texas heavy artillery 16 190 306

Dege's light artillery 5 84 130

Batteries Rodgers and Magruder 7 149 223

Battery Green 5 99 129

Battery Jackson 4 120 134

Battery Sherman 3 55 63

Battery Scurry 3 39 66

Total 173 2,508 3,322

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