The 21st 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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. The regiment was formed in spring 1864 by consolidating William Henry Griffin's 21st Texas Infantry Battalion and Ashley W. Spaight's 11th Texas Cavalry Battalion. Spaight became

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and Griffin became lieutenant colonel. Spaight's 11th Battalion existed as early as September 1862 with a strength of 400 men. In the 21st Regiment's only notable action, it ambushed and captured two Union gunboats in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass on 24 April 1864. The unit's duties were mainly guarding the

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. It moved to

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, in the winter of 1864–1865, then marched to

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. In April 1865, the regiment returned to Texas before disbanding in May.

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