The 2nd Texas Partisan Rangers was a unit of mounted volunteers from

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that fought in the

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during the

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. B. Warren Stone began organizing the unit at

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in October 1862 with the permission of

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George W. Randolph. In March 1863, the regiment marched to

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and the following month it traveled to Louisiana as part of

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's brigade. Soon after, Stone was replaced as colonel by Isham Chisum. The regiment fought at Second Donaldsonville, Kock's Plantation, Sterling's Plantation, and Bayou Bourbeux. In 1863–1864, the unit wintered near

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. In 1864, the 2nd Partisan Rangers were in action at

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, Pleasant Hill, Monett's Ferry, and Yellow Bayou during the Red River Campaign. The partisan rangers went back to Texas in December 1864 and usually camped at

until the surrender of the

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on 26 May 1865.

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