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War of Rights Trading Card

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• Of the twenty-eight regiments formed in Texas, three were sent north to be part of the Army of Northern Virginia. One of those was the 4th Texas, originally formed in 1861, Texas bucked the trend of most units, forcing those in their regiment to have their officers assigned to them rather than voted for within the regiment. Officially organized in September of 1861, the 4th's real first taste of battle was during Gaines' Mill in mid-1862, where they successfully took Turkey Hill from the Union regiments defending it, past the bodies of several previous attempts. Their next battle was at Second Manassas where they captured a battery of artillery, and were on the far left of Hood's line as the brigade took back the cornfield briefly. Even at the far extreme they still took the most casualties of any single battle at Antietam, with a total of 210 men lost.