J. L. Dodson, Private, Company C, 21st Regiment Texas Infantry*, enlisted in Regiment May 1, 1864 at Sabine Pass, no other records
* Griffin's Battalion (also known as the 21st Regiment, or Battalion, and as Griffin's Regiment) Texas Infantry was organized with six companies, A to F. Captain J. R. Baylor's (subsequently Captain R. H. D. Sorrel's) Independent Company Texas Cavalry was assigned to this battalion on by S. O. No. 15, Hdqrs. Dist. of Tex., N. Mex. and Ariz., dated May 30, 1864, and became Company G, but the order appears to have soon been revoked and the company thereafter served in Terry's Regiment Texas Cavalry, from which it was subsequently transferred to Baylor's Regiment Texas Cavalry, where it became Company I. The battalion was broken up November 20, 1864, by S. O. No. 62, Hdqrs. Dist. of Tex., N. Mex., and Ariz., dated November 11, 1864. Four companies A, B, C and E, were consolidated with six companies of the 11th Battalion Texas Infantry and formed the 21st Regiment Texas Infantry, where they became Companies I, G, C and D, respectively. The other two companies, D and F, were transferred to the 13th Regiment Texas Infantry and became Companies A and K of that organization.
M323: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas