Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Sergeant (date unknown).
"E" Co. TX 22nd Cavalry
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- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
John H. Wilhite, 1st Sergeant, Company E, 22nd Texas Cavalry (Steven's Regiment Texas Dismounted Cavalry), enlisted December 26, 1861* at McKinny, Texas by Capt. J. S. Read for 12 months, value of horse $125, value of rigging $25, wounded - slightly in feet, in the battle of Newtonia, Missouri, September 31, 1862, 1st (Cooper's) Brigade, Shelby's Cavalry Brigade, taken prisoner, paroled at Fayettville, Arkansas October 29, 1862, reduced to 3rd Sergeant on account of absence November 1, 1862, transferred to Company B, Colonel Martin's Regiment, May 1, 1863, no further records
* description: 22 year old Farmer, born in Mississippi, light hair, grey hair, fair complexion
The 22nd Regiment Texas Cavalry was organized January 16, 1862, and re-organized June 30, 1862. It appears to have been reduced to a battalion of six companies, A to F, some time after February 29, 1864. 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, Texas Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles, Steven's 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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I believe this is the unit to which he was transferred to, however, I do not find a file on him therein.
The 5th Texas Partisan Rangers Cavalry Regiment, also called Martin's Regiment, so named for it's commander Col. Leonidas Martin. The 5th Texas Partisan Rangers were formed with a consolidation of the 9th and 10th Texas Cavalry Battalion at Fort Washita, Indian Territory.
Related information:
http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/spoonm.htm
http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/ArizonaBrigade.htm
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkf06
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22nd Regiment, Texas Cavalry (1st Indian-Texas Regiment)
22nd Cavalry Regiment [also called 1st Indian-Texas Regiment] was formed by Colonel R. H. Taylor during the spring of 1862 with 873 men. The regiment was assigned to W.R. Bradfute's, Flournoy's, W.H. King's, and J.E. Harrison's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. In May, 1862, its force was down to 20 officers and 315 men, and it lost 1 killed, 9 wounded, and 1 missing at Newtonia. Later it was dismounted, saw action in Arkansas and Louisiana, and in March, 1865, contained 14 officers and 167 men. It was included in the surrender on June 2. The field officers were Colonels James G. Stevens and Robert H. Taylor; and Lieutenant Colonels John A. Buck, William H. Johnson, Thomas Lewelling, George W. Merrick, and Robert D. Stone.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
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Ann Wilhite, widow of John Harden Wilhite, filed for a Widow's Texas Confederate pension, application # A-26672, resident of Van Zandt County