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Re: John S. Logsdon 22nd Texas Cavalry Company A

John S. Logsdon, Private, Company A, Taylor's Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles,*enlisted December 8, 1861 at Fort Washita/Oakhill, Texas by Captain Hamilton for 12 months, value of horse $200, rigging $30, description: 6', age 19, Farmer, born in Missouri, light hair, black eyes, fair complexion, re-enlisted for 3 years or the war, n.d., last recorded present on the Jan & Feb, 1864 muster roll where the company was in camp near Harrisonburg, Louisiana

Note, there are no subsequent company muster rolls surviving which could tell us of their later activities.

* The 22nd Regiment Texas Cavalry was organizaed January 16, 1862, and re-organized June 30, 1862, with ten companies, A to K. It appears to have been reduced to a battalion of six companies, A to F, some time after February 29, 1864. The organization was known at various times as the 1st Regiment Texas Cavalry, Merrick's Regiment Texas Dismounted Cavalry, Taylor's Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles, Steven's Regiment Texas Cavalry, Stone's Battalion Texas Cavalry and Merrick's Battalion Texas Infantry or Dismounted Cavalry.

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

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22nd Regiment, Texas Cavalry (1st Indian-Texas Regiment)

22nd Cavalry Regiment [also called 1st Indian-Texas Regiment] was formed by Colonel R. H. Taylor during the spring of 1862 with 873 men. The regiment was assigned to W.R. Bradfute's, Flournoy's, W.H. King's, and J.E. Harrison's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. In May, 1862, its force was down to 20 officers and 315 men, and it lost 1 killed, 9 wounded, and 1 missing at Newtonia. Later it was dismounted, saw action in Arkansas and Louisiana, and in March, 1865, contained 14 officers and 167 men. It was included in the surrender on June 2. The field officers were Colonels James G. Stevens and Robert H. Taylor; and Lieutenant Colonels John A. Buck, William H. Johnson, Thomas Lewelling, George W. Merrick, and Robert D. Stone.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

See also:

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkt22

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