J. W. Becket, age 26, 1st Sergeant, Captain Jackson E. McCoole's Company, Sim's Regiment Volunteers,* joined for duty and enrolled October 14, 1861 at Camp Reeves/December 31, 1861 at Fort Gibson, Texas by Capt. McCoole for 12 months, furloughed on account of inability from wounds received in action December 7, 1861 from the 22nd day of December 1861 to the 1st of February 1862, advanced to 1st Lieutenant May 25, 1862, promoted Captain June 16, 1863, last shown present on the May/Jun, 1864 muster roll, no further records
* This company subsequently became Company C, 9th Regiment Texas Cavalry
M323: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas
9th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Sims')
9th Cavalry Regiment was organized with 1,050 men in Grayson County, Texas, during the late summer of 1861. Its members were recruited in Clarksville, Sherman, Mt. Pleasant, Avinger, and Paris. After participating in various conflicts in the Indian Territory, it moved east of the Mississippi River and in the spring of 1862, contained 657 effectives. Later it fought at Corinth and Hatchie Bridge and reported 19 killed, 57 wounded, and 41 missing. The regiment continued the fight in Mississippi, joined Ross' Brigade, then was active in the Atlanta Campaign and the operations in Tennessee. It ended the war in Mississippi attached to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Dudley W. Jones, William B. Sims, and N.W. Townes; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas G. Berry, J. N. Dodson, and William Quayle; and Major James C. Bates.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
See also: http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/9cvmain.htm
http://www.rosstexascavalrybrigade.com/9thtexascavalryregiment/index9.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maddox/sparks.txt