Joseph England, Private, Company E, Taylor’s Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles, enlisted December 26, 1861 at McKinney, Tex. by Capt. J. L. Read for 12 months, 26 year old Farmer, 5’ 9”, born in Tennessee, dark hair, dark eyes, dark complexion, value of horse $80, value of rigging $30, recorded as 2nd Corporal on the March/April, 1863 muster roll, subsequently 1st Corporal on the Jan/Feb, 1864 muster roll, no further records

Note, there are no subsequent Company E muster rolls in the records which precludes knowledge of his later service

The 22nd Regiment Texas Cavalry was organized January 16, 1862, and re-organized June 30, 1862. The organization was known at various times as the 1st Indian Regiment Texas Cavalry, Merrick’s Regiment Texas Dismounted Cavalry, Taylor’s Regiment Texas Cavalry, Taylor’s Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles, Stevens’ 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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A Joseph S. England, filed for a Texas Confederate pension, Application No. A-03482, from Rockwell County

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