Jan, in Anne J. Bailey's book,"In the Saddle With the Texans,Day-By-Day with Parsons's Cavalry Brigade 1862-1865",Co.K was led by Capt. William H. Beazley,of Miss.and was added to Morgan's Regiment 2 days before the end of the war. It was made up of pardoned deserters from other Texas units along with Indians from the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Polk county,Texas and one or two from the Muscogee tribe. Now the word "deserter" we know today was not the same in the Civil War. Many times if a soldier fell sick or was wounded,his company usually left him in someone elses care and moved on somewhere else. If that recovery took awhile trying to rejoin your regiment was made almost impossible. Sometimes after trying some choose to go home(most were conscripts anyway)and still others just joined other groups and fought until they could find their regiment. They were listed as a deserter when actually in most cases they weren't. Hope this helps some !