12th Texas Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as
  • 12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Parson's Mounted Volunteers)
  • 4th Texas Mounted Dragoons

• September 11, 1861 - Organized for 12 months at Rocket Springs, near Waxahachie, Texas
• October 28, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate States service at Camp Hébert, near Hempstead, Texas
• May 19, 1862 - near Searcy [3 companies]
• May 24, 1862 - Reorganized for the war
• July 7, 1862 - Round Hill, on Cache River
• August 3, 1862 - Hughes' Ferry, L'Anguille River
• August-September 1863 - Little Rock Campaign
• March-May 1864 - The Red River Campaign
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• September 1861-February 1862 - Department of Texas
• February-March 1862 - Department of Texas / Eastern District of Texas
• March-May 1862 - Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Rust's/Parson's Cavalry Brigade
• May-June 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department
• July-August 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Unattached / W.H. Parsons' Cavalry Brigade
• August-September 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Unattached / W.H. Parsons' Cavalry Brigade
• September-October 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Army of the West / 2nd Corps / W.H. Parsons' Cavalry Brigade
• December 1862-January 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Army of the West / 2nd Corps / Churchill's Division / Hawes' Brigade
• April-June 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Frost's Division / Unattached
• June-July 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Unassigned
• July-September 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Walker's Division / Carter's Brigade
• September 1863-March 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Carter's/Parsons' Cavalry Brigade
• March-September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Steele's Cavalry Division / Carter's/Parsons' Brigade
• September 1864-February 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 2nd Corps / (Wharton's) 1st Cavalry Division / Steele's Division / (Steele's) 1st Texas Cavalry Brigade
• February-May 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Wharton's Cavalry Corps / Steele's Division / Parsons' Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William H. Parsons (Colonel)
• Andrew B. Burleson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Lochlin Johnson Farrar (Major)
• John W. Mullen (Lieutenant Colonel)
• E.W. Rogers (Major)

OTHER

• John Elliot Woods - private (Company D)
• William David Woods - private (Company D)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Bailey, Anne J., Between the Enemy and Texas: Parsons's Texas Cavalry in the Civil War.
• Gallaway, B.P., The Ragged Rebel: A Common Soldier in W.H. Parsons' Texas Cavalry, 1861-1865.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Texas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 67-68)