William A. Taylor, age 36, Private, Company G, 36th Texas Cavalry (Woods' Regiment, 32nd Texas Cavalry), enlisted April 30, 1862 at Clinton by Josiah Taylor. recorded as a Corporal on the Jan & Feb, 1864 muster roll** where his presence was "not stated," recorded on the March 1865 Regimental Return "Alterations since last return among the enlisted men: Date, March 22, 1865; Place, Pittsville, Texas; Remarks, Deserted,*** no further records

** This is the last company muster roll which survived to be incorporated in the records. Hence, we do not know of his service from this period on.

*** He very well could have been wounded in a previous engagement and his subsequent status unknown to his company mates.

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

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36th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Woods')

36th Cavalry Regiment [also called 32nd Regiment] completed its organization in Boston, Texas, late in 1863. It contained 823 men of which many were from Sulphur Springs and Belton, and Caldwell and Gonzales counties. The regiment was assigned to H. Bee's and Bagby's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was involved in numerous engagements at Louisiana including Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Later it moved to Galveston, Texas and there surrendered in June, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Peter C. Woods, Lieutenant Colonels Nat. Benton and W.O. Hutchison, and Major Stokely M. Holmes.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

For additional information, see:

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkt25
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwo16
http://www.geni.com/projects/36th-Texas-Cavalry-CSA-US-Civil-War