10th Texas Infantry Regiment

10th Texas Infantry Regiment
10th Texas Infantry Regiment
	National color of the "Wilson Guards;" mustered into service as Company D, 10th Texas Infantry Regiment
Active	1861–1865
Disbanded	May 1, 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Texas
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	"Nelson's regiment"
Facings	Light blue
Equipment	Rifled musket
Battles	American Civil War Battle of Arkansas Post; Battle of Chickamauga; Battle of Chattanooga; Battle of Ringgold Gap; Battle of Resaca; Battle of Rocky Face Ridge; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Atlanta; Battle of Jonesborough; Battle of Franklin; Battle of Nashville; Battle of Averasborough; Battle of Bentonville; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Allison Nelson; Roger Q. Mills

The 10th Texas Infantry Regiment, also known as "Nelson's regiment", was an infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Trans-Mississippi and Western sheaters of the American Civil War.

The regiment was captured in its first major action at Arkansas Post in January 1863. After being exchanged three months later, the 10th Texas was consolidated with two other regiments and assigned to Patrick Cleburne's division. Subsequently, the consolidated regiment fought at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Ringgold Gap in 1863.

After becoming an independent regiment again, the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment fought in the Atlanta Campaign, and at Franklin and Nashville in 1864. After a second consolidation the troops fought at Averasborough and Bentonville in 1865. Surviving members of the regiment were paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 1, 1865.