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Asher W. Carter, Captain, Mesquite Light Horse Company, Dallas, 13th Brigade, T. M., State Troops, enlisted January 8, 1861 No other records

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Asher W. Carter, age 29, Private, Company A, Hawpe’s Regiment Texas Cavalry,* enlisted March 12, 1862 in Dallas County by Geo. W. Guess for the war, recorded present at the December 11, 1862 muster, marked in pencil Discharged August 25, 1862, no further records

* Also known as 31st Regiment Texas Cavalry

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