T L. Cox, age 29, enlisted as a Private in Captain James A. Goodgame's Company*, Speight's Regiment Texas Infantry May 1, 1862 at Athens, Texas, assigned extra duty as a Teamster June 21, 1863, recorded as absent without leave December 8, 1863 on the Jan/Feb 1864 muster roll, no further records**

* This company subsequently became (2nd) Company F, 15th Texas Infantry

** There are no muster rolls which followed, hence, we do not know if he ever returned to the regiment.

The regiment spent most of the war in the Trans-Mississippi Department