12th Cavalry Regiment was organized with about 940 men in August, 1861, by Colonel W.H.
Parsons. Most of the men were from Hempstead, Fairfield, Georgetown, and Waxahachie, and
Ellis and Hill counties. This unit served in Hawes' and Steele's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi
Department and skirmished the Federals in Arkansas and Louisiana. During 1865 it was in
Northern Texas guarding approaches from the Indian Territory. The regiment was included in the
surrender on June 2. Its commanders were Colonel William H. Parsans, Lieutenant Colonels
Andrew B. Burleson and John W. Mullen, and Majors Locklin J. Farrar and E. W. Rogers.
