Marion Goff, age 25, Captain A. F. Moss' Company, 4th Regiment Texas Dragoons,* joined for duty and enrolled October 25, 1861 at Hempstead, Austin County, Texas by Capt. A. F. Moss for 12 months, his presence at the muster-in roll, dated October 25, 1861, is not noted, no other records

* This company subsequently became Company K, 12th Regiment Texas Cavalry. 28, 1861, The 12th (also known as the 4th and as Parsons'**) Regiment Texas Cavalry was mustered into the service of the Confederate States October 28, 1861, for twelve months and re-organized in May, 1862. In the field it was also called Dragoons and Mounted Volunteers

** Also called Parsons' Regiment Mounted Volunteers 4th Texas Dragoons

Note: The only other surviving muster roll for Company K, covered the period September 1 to December 31, 1863 where they were stationed "In the field near Hines [sp?] Louisiana. As he was not listed he must have been dropped from the rolls sometime between November 1861 and September, 1863. This could have been the result of discharge, death, desertion, capture, etc. The latter would not be expected as no Federal POW records exist.

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

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12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Parson's Mounted Volunteers)

12th Cavalry Regiment was organized with about 940 men in August, 1861, by Colonel W.H. Parsons. Most of the men were from Hempstead, Fairfield, Georgetown, and Waxahachie, and Ellis and Hill counties. This unit served in Hawes' and Steele's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department and skirmished the Federals in Arkansas and Louisiana. During 1865 it was in Northern Texas guarding approaches from the Indian Territory. The regiment was included in the surrender on June 2. Its commanders were Colonel William H. Parsans, Lieutenant Colonels Andrew B. Burleson and John W. Mullen, and Majors Locklin J. Farrar and E. W. Rogers.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm

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See: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txellis/parson.htm

http://www.txgenweb6.org/txnavarro/biographies/w/walton_james_lanier.htm#History%20of%20the%20Twelfth%20Texas%20Cavalry%20Regiment:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=12th+Texas+Cavalry&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

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12th Texas Cavalry Regiment, "Campaigning with Parson's Texas Cavalry, C.S.A. The War Journal and Letters of the Four Orr Brothers, Twelfth Texas Cavalry Regiment,", edited by John Q. Anderson. Published in 1967 at Hillsboro, Texas, a copy costs around $ 75.00.

12th Texas Cavalry Regiment, "Between the Enemy and Texas: Parson's Texas Cavalry in the Civil War," by Anne J. Bailey. Originally published in 1989 by the Texas Christian University Press, Fort Worth, Texas, 355 pages, maps, roster, cost $ 40.00. Parson's Texas Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War was comprised of the 12th Texas, the 19th Texas, the 21st Texas and Morgan's 13th Texas Cavalry Regiments and served in the Western Theater fighting in Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana. The book includes detailed quotes from soldiers' letters.

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These two may be of assistance as both are listed as knowledgeable of the regiment

12th Texas Cavalry 1861-5 jsanders@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
12th Texas Cav, Co A 1861-4 wier@calcite.rocky.edu (Bob Wier)

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The U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Penn., list the following documents in their unit bibliography

U.S. Army Military History Institute
Historical Services Division
2 Aug 05

12th Texas Cavalry Regiment

Anderson, John Q., ed. Campaigning With Parsons' Texas Brigade, CSA: The War Journals and Letters
of the Four Orr Brothers, 12th Texas Cavalry Regiment. Hillsboro, TX: Hill Jr Coll Pr, l967. 173 p. E580.5.12th.A7.

Bailey, Anne J. "Chasing Banks Out of Louisiana: Parsons' Texas Cavalry in the Red River Campaign."
CW Regts 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.

Gallaway, B.P. The Ragged Rebel: A Common Soldier in W.H. Parsons' Texas Cavalry, l86l l865.
Austin, TX: U TX, 1988. 186 p. E580.6.12th.N36.

_____. "A Texas Farm Boy Enlists in the 12th Cavalry." [David C. Nance] TX Mil Hist 8/2
(1970): pp. 87 95 (9 photocopied pages). Per.

Suderow, Bryce, ed. "'The World Never Witnesses Such Fights': A Southern Officer Tells of the War in
Louisiana." [COL William H. Parsons] CW Times Illus (Sep l985): pp. 20 25 (6 photocopied pages). Per.