Looking for information on Capt. Purcell of the Purcell Scouts

I could not find any data on the Purcell Scouts. This may be he.

Y A. Purcell, Captain, Company A, Perkin's Battalion, Missouri, paroled at
Wittsburg, Arkansas May 25, 1865, enlisted in Missouri, 38 years old, blue eyes,
black hair, sha.[?] complexion, height 6 ft., born in Missouri [Fold3]