1st (Watie’s) Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
(2nd Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
[designation changed to 1st Regiment about
Dec 62, after Drew’s regiment had disbanded],
Watie’s Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles)
J. W. Maxfield, Private, Company E, 1st Regiment Cherokee Mounted Volunteers*, CSA, enlisted July 12, 1862 at Frozen Rock, C. N., by Capt. J. W. Wells for 2 years, receipted for an issue of clothing December 4, 1862, no further records
* The 1st Regiment Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (also known as Watie's Regiment; as the 2nd Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Arkansas, and as the 1st Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Rifleman) was organized July 12, 1861, for twelve months, and reorganized July 12, 1862, for two years.
Also in Company E was 1st Corporal Madison Maxfield
M258: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government
For other information, see:
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FI007.html
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=1st+cherokee+mounted+rifles&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8