Joseph Hardy, Private, (2d) Company A, Daly's Battalion Texas Mounted Troops, enlisted March 20, 1861 at Calcasieu by S. T. Sewell, description on enlistment, 22 year old Farmer, hazel eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5' 7", born in St. Mary County, La., resident of Calcasieu, remarks: Yellow Jacket Battalion,
Regimental Returns
September 22, 1864, Sabine Pass, arrested as deserter by order from Dist. Head Quarters, and sent ______
October 16, 1864, Sabine, This man was ordered by Dist. Hd. Qrs. to join his old command in camps La. Brigade Infantry but has since returned to this B. for duty [Radsdale's Battalion Texas Cavalry]
November 22, 1864, Sabine, Transferred to his Original Command Yellow Jacket Batt'n
Ragsdale's Battalion Texas Cavalry was organized in October, 1862, and was known as the 4th Battalion Arizona Brigade, the 2nd Battalion Arizona Brigade, the 1st Battalion Arizona Brigade, Davidson's Battalion Texas Cavalry and Daly's Battalion Texas Cavalry
M323: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas
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Daly’s/Ragsdales’s Battalion Volunteer Texas Cavalry
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Yellow Jacket Battalion Volunteer Infantry
[also known as 10th Battalion Volunteer Infantry]
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