John T. Lanham, age 32, 1st Sergeant, Captain John B. Williams' Company of Vols.* enlisted March 28, 1862 at Hillsboro, Texan by John B. Williams for the war, described at 5' 8", gray eyes & black hair, received bounty of $50 on June 24, 1862 at Camp Stonewall Jackson, Headquarters 19th Regiment Texas Cavalry, Dallas County, no further records [there are no company muster rolls recorded in the files for this regiment, hence, we are unable to track individual histories]

* This company subsequently became Company D, 19th Regiment Texas Cavalry (Burford's)

M323: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas

See also: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbu27.html

http://www.pipesfamily.com/tx19cav.htm

http://www.mosocco.com/texas.html

These three documents are listed in the U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa in their unit bibliography:

19th Texas Cavalry Regiment

Bailey, Anne J. "Chasing Banks Out of Louisiana: Parsons' Texas Cavalry in the Red River Campaign.",CW Regts Vol. 2, No. 3: pp. 212 35 (12 photocopied pages). Per.

_____. , ed. In the Saddle with the Texans: Day-by-Day with Parson’s Cavalry Brigade, 1862-1865.
Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation, 2004. 414 p. E580.4P37I5.

Bailey, Georgianne. "Between the Enemy and Texas: Parson's Texas Cavalry in the Civil War." Thesis, TX Christian U, 1987. 413 p. E580.4P37B34