Texans Always Move Them by Wooway1 Via Flickr: With his silver star on his slouch hat and star belt plate often seen on Confederates from the western part of the Confederacy, this soldier is probably a Texan. The Texans fought well in every theater but their best known unit was the Texas Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. The Texas Brigade was used as an assault unit and contributed to Confederate successes in several battles. On May 6, 1864 the two Union Corps attacked Gregg's Third Corps threatening to overwhelm the Confederates at the beginning of the Wilderness Campaign. General Robert E. Lee watched the line crumble and could only wait for the arrival of Longstreet's First Corps. The first of Longstreet's men to arrive were the Texans. The Corps had marched 40 miles and had not eaten in 24 hours. Lee literally spoke to the men of the Brigade as they formed up to charge the greatly superior Union forces. The Texans numbered about 850 men and were outnumbered more than 10 to 1. Lee told them that "Texans always move them." The Texans attacked and in brutal fighting pushed back the Union forces and reestablished the Confederate line. All but about 250 of the Texans were killed or wounded. They buried their dead in a single mass grave that was simply marked as 'Texas Dead".