James N. Starr, age 32, Capt. John C. Robertson's Company, 17th Regiment Texas Cavalry*, enlisted February 26, 1862 for one year, detailed as wagoneer 26th Feb. Released 26 May, marked present on the August 10, 1862 muster roll, recorded on the May & June, 1863 muster roll as "Absent Belongs to Trans Mississippi Department," no further records
* This company subsequently became Company C, 17th Regiment Texas Cavalry
M323: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas
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17th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Moore's)
17th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the spring of 1862 with men from Nacogdoches, Cherokee, Smith, and Red River counties. The unit was soon dismounted and sent to Arkansas where it was captured at Arkansas Post in January, 1863. After being exchanged it was consolidated with the 18th, 24th, and 25th Texas Cavalry Regiments (dismounted), and served in Deshler's, J.A. Smith's, and Granbury's Brigade. This command fought with the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville, then was active in North Carolina. The 17th contained about 1,000 men when it was organized. The 17th/18th/24th/25th reported 200 casualties at Chickamauga and totalled 690 men and 520 arms in December, 1863. Only a handful surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels G.F. Moore, James R. Taylor, and Thomas F. Tucker, and Lieutenant Colonels Sterling B. Hendricks, John McClarty; and Sebron M. Noble.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
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James N. Starr, Private, Company A, 1st Squadron Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, enlisted December 12, 1862 at Webbers Falls, CN by T. F. Anderson for 2 years, last recorded present on the June 30, 1863 muster roll
The 1st (also called Holt's) Squadron Cherokee Mounted Volunteers appears to have been a field organization which was composed of two or more companies of Indians who were in the Confederate service in 1863 and which was commanded by a senior captain
M258: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government.
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See: COMPANY A 1ST SQUADRON CHEROKEE MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS (aka HOLT'S SQUADRON CHEROKEE MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS
http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/1stsqd_cherokee.html