page_title: 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) / Early history
caption_attribution_description: English: Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of 56th Cavalry Brigade. The brigade was made up of units from Texas, represented by the lone star, and New Mexico, represented by the superimposed red sun of the Zia people.
context_page_description: The 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is a brigade combat team unit of the Texas Army National Guard, part of the 36th Infantry Division.
context_section_description: At the start of World War I the War Department organized two National Guard Cavalry brigades as part of the Army's wartime expansion, and assigned them to relieve Regular Army Cavalry brigades patrolling the Mexico–United States border after the Pancho Villa Expedition. The unit allocated to Texas was fielded as 1st Texas Cavalry Brigade, and commanded by Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters (namesake of Fort Wolters).  The War Department planned to mobilize the brigade for overseas service, but the war ended before training was complete, and soldiers were demobilized in late 1918 and early 1919.
  The brigade was reorganized as 1st Cavalry Brigade on 23 August 1919, and General Wolters remained in command.  The task organization for the brigade also included the 111th Cavalry Regiment in New Mexico.
caption: 56th Cavalry Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia.  Brigade included Texas units (lone star) and New Mexico units (red Zia sun).
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