The 16th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in

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that fought in the

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during the

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. George Flournoy, the former Attorney General of the state of Texas, organized the regiment at Camp Groce in March 1862. Its entire career was spent west of the

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in the

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. It marched to Arkansas where it camped during the winter of 1862–1863. During that period, the unit was assigned to the 3rd Brigade of the Texas infantry division later known as

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. In June 1863, it fought at Milliken's Bend and in October 1863 it skirmished at

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. The regiment was in action at

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, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry in 1864. The regiment disbanded at the end of April 1865, but Flournoy and some soldiers crossed into Mexico and fought for

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. Littleton W. Moore, who fought with the regiment, later became a United States congressman.

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