Confederate Government wanted the Texas forces to stay to provide defenses for the state, but 10 companies marched off to Richmond without the authorization to do so. These companies would constitute the nucleus that would become the 1st Texas Infantry Regiment. 1861 By July 8, 1861, enough companies from Texas reached Richmond to form the 1st Texas Infantry Battalion. Because of the Battalion’s unauthorized presence at Richmond, the Confederate government allowed the battalion to stay in the region with the condition that the government would pick their regimental officers. The government chose Louis T. Wigfall as Lieutenant Colonel and Hugh McLeod as Major. The Battalion would be stationed in Richmond until the First Battle of Bull Run, as the Battalion was rushed to the front on a double header train to reinforce Beauregard’s forces along Bull Run (Occoquan River tributary). While en route to the front, the train dashed into a washed-out culvert during a thunderstorm and causing a wreck that killed and wounded 40 men of the battalion. Due to the train wreck, the battalion failed to reach the battle in time. However, the men were able to walk the battlefield and see the aftermath of the fight the day after the battle. The Battalion proceeded with General Joseph E. Johnston in his pursuit of the Union Army from Manassas until being positioned on the Confederate Right Flank at Dumfries, Virginia. By August 1861, enough companies joined to qualify the Battalion to become an Infantry Regiment. Wigfall would be promoted to Colonel and McLeod to Lieutenant Colonel. Captain Alexander T. Rainey of Company A would be promoted to Major. Initially, the Battalion would be designated as the Second Texas Infantry Regiment, as another regiment was fully formed in Galveston, Texas before. However, due to Wigfall’s political connections to Jefferson Davis, his command would be given the honor of being designated as the 1st Texas Infantry Regiment. A grievance the 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment under Colonel John Creed Moore would not forget during their service. The regiment would continue to hold its position along the Dumfries Line for the rest of 1861. On October 22, 1861, the Texas Brigade would be created when the 4th Texas Infantry Regiment under John Bell Hood and 5th Texas Infantry Regiment under James J. Archer arrived in Richmond and were brigaded with the 1st Texas Infantry at Dumfries, Virginia. Colonel Wigfall would be promoted