| David R Adams - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Absent sick on 11/30/1862 roll and
thereafter, Furloughed home from Richmond hospital 11/15/1862, Absent at
home sick on February 1863 roll, Transferred to Co A 40th Ga in exchange
for A C Brake, Captured in July 1863 at Vicksburg and paroled same month,
Shown "present" on a December 1863 roll, No further record |
| Andrew Jackson 'Jack' Argo - Enlisted 5/6/1862, MWIA (left arm) 10/19/1864
at Cedar Creek, Died 10/27/1864 at Charlottesville hospital, Buried at University
of Virginia Confederate Cemetery Charlottesville, Va |
| Alfred G Arwood - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA at Sharpsburg, Md 9/17/1862,
Death claim filed by widow Mrs Lucinda Arwood |
| Thomas C Austin - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862,
Exchanged 10/2/1862, Casualty list in 11/9/1864 Athens Southern Banner lists
him as slightly wounded in the head 10/19/1864 at Cedar Creek, Roll dated
10/5/1864 states "absent wounded at hospital", Shown at Lynchburg hospital
12/31/1864, No further military record but we know that he survived the
war since Arkansas pension records show he died there 3/12/1916 |
| David D Barfield - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Sick from June - September 1863,
Listed sick at Liberty Va hospital 11/26/1864, Roll dated 1/30/1865 shows
him sick at Piedmont, Va hospital, No further record |
| Thomas G Benedict - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died at Winchester, Va hospital
10/5/1862, Cause of death not stated, Buried at Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester |
| Theophilus G Bowie - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 3rd Lt, Promoted 2nd Lt 10/17/1862,
Promoted 1st Lt 4/25/1863, WIA at Knoxviile 11/29/1863, KIA at the Wilderness
5/6/1864 |
| J M Bradley - Enlisted 2/1/1864, Deserted 3/31/1864 at Jonesboro, Tn,
No further record |
| A C Brake - Enlisted 3/4/1862, 1st Sgt, Died at home in Sumter County,
Ga 7/1/1864, Cause of death not stated, Very strong possibility that this
is Alva C Brake from Co B 41st Ga Infantry, Alva is shown as having enlisted
in Co B of the 41st on 3/4/1862, His record with this unit ends without
explanation in November 1862 but records for David R Adams of Co O seem
to indicate that he and Brake swapped units |
| John H Brake - Enlisted in Co D 7th Ga Infantry 8/23/1861 and served
until 2/5/1862 when given a disability discharge, Reenlisted in Co O 5/6/1862
as 2nd Cpl, Promoted 5th Sgt 10/16/1862, WIA (left shoulder) 12/13/1862
at Fredericksburg, WIA (hand) 5/6/1864 at the Wilderness, Captured 4/6/1865
at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/24/1865,
Oath shows him to be 5'10" with brown hair and hazel eyes, Born 1/2/1840,
He married and became a policeman in Americus Ga after the war and was murdered
12/28/1880 in a dispute with a man named Stovall, Buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
in Americus |
| J Harrison Bruce - Enlisted 5/15/1862 - Medical discharge 7/15/1862 |
| Cicero L Brumbaloe - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Deserted near Petersburg 3/19/1865,
Took Oath of allegiance and sent to Springfield, Illinois, 1907 pension
application filed in Alabama states his age as 65 |
| G A Camp - No muster roll entries, Possible late war recruit or conscript,
There is a G H Camp 40 listed in the 1860 Cobb census and this might be
him, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout
until released 6/9/1865 |
| Thomas L Camp - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to Co A 40th Ga Infantry
1/1/1863, Elected 2nd Lt 4/4/1863, Resigned 4/13/1865 |
| James H Carlisle - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Furloughed home sick from Richmond
GH #13 10/16/1862, Absent sick on 1863 rolls and on roll dated 1/19/1864,
Detailed as nurse to Winder hospital Richmond 5/6/1864, Furloughed to Griffin
Ga 8/20/1864, Paid at Atlanta 10/16/1864, AWOL on 12/31/1864 roll, No further
military record but Ga pension application for his wodow indicates he died
in Cobb County, Ga. 4/7/1891 |
| George W Channell - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 11/29/1863 at Knoxville,
Shot through lung and fractured radius, Born 12/30/1843 to John and Elizabeth
Greer Channell, Brother of Henry and Thomas Channell |
| Henry M Channell - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Last shown sick at Charlottesville
hospital on February 1863 roll, No further record, Lt Marcus Green diary
entry for 5/2/1863 at Chancellorsville mentions what appears to be a Herin
Cammel as wounded. (letter is faded and handwriting is poor) Since Henry
Channel is the only name in the company close to Herin Cammel it is possible
that he may have been wounded at Chancellorsville and died from the effects
of his wound. Born 8/6/1840 to John and Elizabeth Greer Channell, Brother
of George and Thomas Channell |
| Thomas J Channell - Enlisted 5/6/1862, AWOL 1/15/1864 until 7/1/1864,
Deserted 2/20/1865 near Petersburg, Sent to Washington DC 2/22/1865, No
further record but we know he survived the war since he applied for a pension
in 1897, Application states that he was captured near Richmond in February
1865 and held at Washington for the rest of the war, Born 8/6/1840 in Cobb
County to John and Elizabeth Greer Channell, Brother of George and Henry
Channell, Buried at Greer Cemetery in Cobb County |
| Emsley J Childers - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862,
Age 14 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Martin and Elizabeth Childers,
Brother of Lewis Childers |
| Lewis G Childers - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg,
Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until
released 6/26/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7&1/4" with auburn hair and blue
eyes, Age 12 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Martin and Elizabeth Childers,
Brother of Emsley Childers |
| Thompson Colbert - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown absent sick on all rolls
through 1/30/1865, No further military record but Ga pension application
states that he left his unit due to illness in November 1862 and never returned,
Born 12/16/1828 in Hancock County, Died in 1906, Buried at Greenwood Cemetery,
Cedartown, Polk County Ga, Age 21 in 1850 Cass County census |
| William R Conger - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors
Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/26/1865, Oath shows
him to be 5'7" with light brown hair and blue eyes, Born in Ga 1837 |
| Zachariah M Conger - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 10/19/1865 at Cedar
Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until exchanged 3/17/1865, No further
military record but Ga pension application states he was home on furlough
at the end of the war, Born 1/16/1830 |
| William Rufus Culver - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured at Jackson hospital
Richmond 4/3/1865, Died 5/3/1865 at Jackson hospital Richmond of chronic
dysentery, Buried at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond grave #95, Age 9 in 1850
Cass County census, Son of Gabriel and Lavinia Culver |
| Andrew J Davis - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (compound fracture of humerus)
and captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md, Exchanged 10/17/1862, Disabled
at home remainder of war, Roll dated 1/30/1865 shows him sick at hospital,
No further record |
| James C Dunton - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown "absent sick" on rolls dated
11/30/1862 and February 1863, A roll dated 1/19/1864 shows on detached service
at Atlanta, A roll dated 10/5/1864 indicates he is at a Richmond hospital
with heart/lung disease, Last shown at Richmond barracks 3/3/1865, 1906
Roster Commission roll lists him as J C Denton and states that he "died
in hospital" and he can't be found in postwar census records so it is possible
that he died in Richmond in March or April of 1865, 21 in 1860 Cobb County
census |
| George Perryman Earp - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Designated to transfer to
3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863 but all muster roll entries for
him in that unit state "absent sick" or "absent in Phillips Legion", AWOL
9/19/1863 (when Legion passed through Cobb County on their way north to
Ringgold) through roll dated 10/5/1864, "Present" on roll dated 1/30/1865,
Appomattox surrender record for G P Carp is very likely for him since there
was no one named Carp in the Legion, Postwar pension application indicates
he was born in NC in 1827, Died 12/10/1910 |
| Grey Earp - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 6/18/1864 at Howards Grove hospital
in Richmond of measles, Buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery Richmond
as G Eppes |
| Allen C Edwards - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown "absent sick furlough on
all rolls through 1/19/1864, "Present on roll dated 10/5/1864, Captured
4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released
6/11/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7" with dark brown hair and blue eyes |
| Reuben J Edwards - Enlisted 9/22/1863, Died 10/19/1863 of dysentery
near Chattanooga (per Lt Marcus Green's diary) |
| William J Eubanks - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 3rd Sgt, Detached as an aide
to General W T Wofford in late 1864, Returned to Georgia with General Wofford
in January 1865 and surrendered at Kingston, Ga in May 1865, Born 5/30/1834
in Lumpkin County Ga, Died 8/22/1907 in Cobb County Ga, Buried at New Salem
Baptist Church Cemetery |
| George Washington Fenn - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred 7/1/1862 to
Co C, Age 15 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Thomas A and Lydia Fenn |
| Samuel E Fields - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862 |
| John T Finch - Enlisted 4/4/1863, AWOL 9/19/1863 (when Legion passed
through Cobb County on their way north to Ringgold), Captured 10/6/1864
in Cobb County and imprisoned at Camp Douglas in Chicago until released
6/17/1865, His Oath shows him to be 5'10" with black hair and grey eyes |
| Elisha Free - Enlisted 4/15/1863, Furloughed 12/15/1863 suffering from
debility, At Danville hospital with gun shot wound to hand 6/4/1864 (probably
wounded at Cold Harbor), "Present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record,
Born 1845 in Habersham County to Elisha and Mary Crow Free |
| James Newton Green - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 8/30/1862 at Second Manassas,
Uncle of Lt M L Green, Death claim filed by mother Elizabeth Green |
| Marcus Lafayette Greene - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Promoted 3rd Lt 10/16/1862,
Promoted 2nd Lt 4/25/1863, Furloughed home 3/28/1864, Sent resignation letter
to 1st Lt T Bowie in late April but Bowie was KIA at Wilderness 5/6/1864
before he turned the letter in, This resulted in Green's being declared
AWOL, Dropped from company roll 12/6/1864, Green joined the Cavalry in Georgia,
served out the war in Ga and was on detached service at Macon at war's end,
Nephew of James N Green, Born 5/24/1841, Died 12/17/1914 |
| James C Greer - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Present" on all rolls through the
war Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox (listed as J C Green) |
| Benjamin F Guess - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 3rd Sgt, Reduced to Private
10/17/1862 at his own request, Died 1/20/1864 at Emory & Henry College Va
of disease, Death claim filed by father Henry Guess, Born 12/25/1837, Buried
at Emory Cemetery |
| Alexander Roberson Hardage - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 11/9/1862 at Staunton,
Va from typhoid, Buried at Thornrose Cemetery, Augusta County, Va., Death
claim filed by father John T Hardage |
| Jesse N Hardage - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to Co D 7th Ga Infantry
6/20/1863 (his brother Thomas J Hardage was the 1st Lt of this company),
Served with this unit until furloughed home 1/20/1865, Shown AWOL as of
2/16/1865, A January 1865 descriptive list shows him to be 20, 5'6" with
light hair and blue eyes |
| William N Hardage - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Promoted 3rd Cpl 10/16/1862,
Shown as 2nd Cpl on roll dated 1/19/1864, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek
and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/28/1865, Oath shows him
to be 5'7" with dark hair and blue eyes |
| Thomas J Hardy - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter
Battalion in May 1863, Captured 8/16/1864 at Front Royal and imprisoned
at Elmira until released 6/16/1865 |
| C Wesley Harris - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox,
Age 8 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of C F and Rachel Harris, Brother
of Jesse Harris |
| Jesse B Harris - Enlisted for 12 months as a Private 1st Confederate
Infantry 3/18/1861, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862 as 2nd
Sgt, Promoted 1st Sgt 10/16/1862, Promoted 3rd Lt 6/29/1863, Died 2/25/1864
at Dandridge, Tn (Lt Marcus Green's diary states he died at Jonesborough,
Tn on this date), Cause of death not stated, Age 12 in 1850 Cass County
census, Son of C F and Rachel Harris, Brother of C Wesley Harris |
| Hiram A Harrison - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown "absent wounded on 1/19/1864
roll then listed as AWOL on 1864 rolls, Marcus Green diary states that Harrison
was severly wounded in the head at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Captured at Greenville,
SC 5/24/1865 |
| John Ransom Hawkins - Enlisted for 12 months as Private 1st Confederate
Infantry 3/18/1861, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 9/14/1862
at Fox's Gap, Md |
| Newton T Hayes - Enlisted for 12 months as a Private 1st Confederate
Infantry, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862 in Legion, Transferred
to 18th Ga Infantry between March and August 1863, Captured 6/1/1864 at
Cold Harbor and held at Elmira, NY until released 7/11/1865 |
| Charles Pinckney Henderson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA(right leg) 9/14/1862
at Fox's Gap, Md., Subsequent rolls show him "absent on wounded furlough"
then "absent sick" through 1/30/1865, No further military record but Alabama
pension application (from Winston County) tells us that he survived the
war, Born in SC 2/14/1840 to Sterling and Anna Brenks Henderson, Married
Eugenia Rice at Powder Springs, Ga 10/5/1865, Moved to Winston County Alabama
in 1880, Died 4/10/1924 at Leoma Tn and buried there |
| John F Henderson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 3/13/1863 at Richmond GH#9
from chronic dysentery, Buried at Richmond's Oakwood Confederate Cemetery
as J S Henderson |
| John M Henderson - Enlisted 9/20/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter
Battalion in May 1863, WIA(shoulder) during May 1864, Furloughed home then
captured in Cobb County in August 1864, Took Oath of Allegiance and sent
north of the Ohio River, No further military record but Alabama pension
application (from Calhoun County) tells us that he survived the war, Application
states he was wounded through both shoulders at the "battle of the horseshoe"
(thus indicating Spotsylvania) in May 1864, Age 59 in 1900 |
| William H Henderson - Enlisted 9/20/1862, Transferred to Co F 22nd
Ga Infantry in early 1863, Sept/Oct 1864 roll states that he died 10/18/1864
at Richmond's Jackson hospital from wounds received 10/8/1864 |
| Willis H Henderson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (leg) between 5/6/1864
and 5/16/1864 per casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer, Surrendered
4/9/1865 at Appomattox |
| William P Hill - Does not appear on muster rolls, Died 3/28/1863 at
Gordonsville from typhoid, Death claim filed by mother or widow Martha Hill,
Highly probable that he was a March conscript or enlistee who died before
ever being recorded on a muster roll, Born 1829 in Habersham County, Married
Martha Free 4/16/1853 in Habersham County |
| Darius N Houze - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter
Battalion in May 1863, Last shown on January 1865 roll on furlough, No further
record |
| John H Houze - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA 12/13/1862 at Fredricksburg,
Died at home in Ga 1/10/1863 from effects of wound (and smallpox per Lt
Marcus Green diary), Death claim filed by Stephen Jackson guardian of Houze's
orphaned brothers and sisters (Sarah E, Nancy Ann, James S, Harris(or Jarvis)
N and William Y) |
| Jesse M Jackson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md. |
| William L Johnson - Enlisted for 12 months as a Private 1st Confederate
Infantry 3/18/1861, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862, Surrendered
4/9/1865 at Appomattox |
| Marcus A Lane - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured and paroled by Federal
Cavalry at Warrenton Va hospital 9/29/1862, Died 11/5/1862 at Warrenton,
Buried at Warrenton Confederate Cemetery |
| Augustus Lindsey - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 6/1/1864 at Cold Harbor,
Died 10/30/1864 at Elmira NY prison from chronic dysentery, Buried Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira NY, Grave #745 |
| James E Lindsey - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (head) 5/12/1864 at Spotsylvania,
Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until
released 6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'10&1/4" with light brown hair
and dark blue eyes |
| M C Lovell - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Deserted 12/24/1862 at Fredericksburg,
No Federal desertion or POW records so he must have headed south, No further
record |
| R Mann - No enlistment record, Appomattox surrender record only, May
have been late war recruit or conscript |
| William Jeter Manning - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown AWOL on all rolls
through one dated 1/19/1864, "Present" on roll dated 10/5/1864, Captured
4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released
6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'10&1/2" with light hair and blue eyes |
| Henry Johnson McCormack - Enlisted for 12 months as a Private in 1st
Confederate Infantry 3/18/1861, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862
as 2nd Lt, Accidentally wounded (foot amputated) near Pocataligo SC 5/31/1862,
Detailed to serve as enrolling officer in Bartow County, Ga (and later in
Macon, Ga), Promoted 1st Lt 10/17/1862, Promoted Captain 4/25/1863, Retired
2/24/1865, Born in SC 2/10/1838 (or 1839), Died 11/17/1930 in Bartow County
and buried at McCormick/Hawkins Cemetery at Taylorsville, Ga |
| Stephen Thompson McGinnis - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Present" on all rolls
through war, Marcus Green diary entry for Chancellorsville notes that "McGintis
was wounded" there, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at
Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'9" with light
hair and blue eyes, Born in 1836, Nephew of Captain T K Sproull, Age 15
in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Hames and Leah McGinnis |
| John C Meadows - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 12/2/1863 at Knoxville
and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/19/1865, Oath shows him to
be 24, 5'6&1/2" with dark brown hair and light blue eyes, Born 3/24/1837
in SC |
| Joseph A Miles - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 8/25/1862 at Augusta Ga from
disease |
| William O Miles - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Sick at hospital" on rolls from
Sept 1862 through February 1863, Shown hospitalized June 1863 and again
in August and September 1863 with typhoid, Roll dated 1/19/1864 lists him
AWOL, "Present" on rolls dated 10/5/1864 through 1/30/1865, Captured 4/6/1865
at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865,
His Oath shows him to be 5'9" with light hair and blue eyes, Born 5/17/1840 |
| Martin Van Buren Mize - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Present" on rolls throughout
war until roll dated 1/30/1865 shows him "absent on furlough", No further
military record but postwar pension application states that he was unable
to return to Virginia at the conclusion of his furlough due to Federal troops
in the Carolinas so he joined General Wofford's Ga State troops |
| Robert Moore - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (hip) & captured 9/14/1862 at
Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/17/1862, WIA ((hand) between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864
per casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors
Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, Oath shows
him to be 5'6" with dark brown hair and hazel eyes, Born 1840 in Henry County,
Ga to John and Hannah Ewing Moore, Died Polk County, Ga 9/12/1908 |
| Drury Mote - Enlisted 9/22/1863, Roll dated 1/19/1864 lists him AWOL,
Rolls dated October and December 1864 show him hospitalized in Richmond
and Macon Ga suffering from chronic dysentery, "Present" on 1/30/1865 roll,
Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until
released 6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7" with auburn hair and blue
eyes |
| Reuben Nowell - Enlisted 3/4/1862 in Cavalry Co B, Transferred to Co
O 8/21/1862, "Present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record, Born
1835 in Johnson County NC to William and Martha Earp Nowell, Died McCulloch
County, Tx 3/11/1898 |
| John Theodore Pace - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Promoted 4th Cpl 1/26/1863,
Shown as 3rd Cpl on roll dated 1/19/1864, WIA (lung) 5/6/1864 at Wilderness,
Captured at home in Cobb County 8/11/1864, Took Oath of Allegiance 8/16/1864
and sent north of Ohio River, Oath shows him to be 5'6" with brown hair
and grey eyes |
| Jason E Parker - Enlisted 2/6/1863, Died 11/2/1863 at Atlanta Ga Fairground
hospital #2, No cause stated, Buried in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery Row 19
#4 |
| Milford C Parker - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 11/29/1863 at Knoxville
and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/19/1865, His oath shows him
to be 24, 5'10" with black hair and hazel eyes |
| William Pendley - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Present" on all rolls until captured
4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek, Imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/17/1865,
Oath shows him to be 5'11" with brown hair and grey eyes |
| W George Pritchett - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Listed AWOL on roll dated 10/5/1864
and all rolls thereafter, No further record |
| Henry J Randall - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox
(listed as W J Randle), Age 15 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Charles
and Sally Randall |
| William P Rutledge - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 4th Cpl, Promoted 2nd Cpl
10/16/1862, Final entry on February 1863 roll states "Sent to Winchester
hospital and not heard from since", William died at Winchester 10/22/1862
from disease and is buried at Stonewall Cemetery as W J Ruddleday |
| Stephen S Saggus - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown "absent sick" on rolls
through 1/19/1864 then detailed as a ward master at Wayside hospital in
Bristol, Tn. due to serious effects of variola, Captured there 12/14/1864
and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Sent to Point Lookout for exchange 3/26/1865
but not released until 6/6/1865 |
| F Calaway Scott - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 1st Cpl, Promoted 4th Sgt 10/16/1862,
Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/1863, Imprisoned at Fort Delaware until transferred
to Point Lookout in October 1863, Died there 12/23/1863 of pneumonia, Buried
at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, Md. |
| Samuel Hunter Scott - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Left Legion in September 1863
while it was in Georgia and joined Co A 1st Ga Cavalry in the Army of Tennessee,
He was carried on Legion rolls for the remainder of the war as AWOL BUT
with the notation that he had joined the 1st Ga Cavalry, He became a 2nd
Lt and surrendered in NC in late April 1862, Paroled at Charlotte, NC 5/3/1865,
Born 3/12/1837 in Gwinnett County Ga, Died 4/12/1910 in Travis Texas and
buried there in Phillips Cemetery |
| Jasper Shuffield (Sheffield) - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Served reliably through
war until deserting near Petersburg, Va 3/11/1865, Took Oath of Allegiance
and sent to Chicago, Ill |
| James M Smith - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 4th Sgt, Shown as 2nd Sgt on 11/30/1862
roll, WIA (side) May 1863 at Chancellorsville per casualty list in 5/19/1863
Atlanta Southern Confederacy, Promoted 2nd Lt 3/21/1864, Promoted 1st Lt
12/6/1864, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Johnsons
Island until released 6/20/1865, Oath shows him to be 24, 5'4" with dark
hair and hazel eyes |
| Jasper Smith - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 9/4/1862 at Richmond GH#13,
One entry says he died from mumps while another states that cause of death
was erysipelas following typhoid |
| Newton Smith - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 11/20/1862 at Richmond GH #9
from colitis, Buried at Richmond's Oakwood Confederate Cemetery |
| George McDuffie Sproull - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Absent sick on rolls from
September 1862 through February 1863, "Present" on roll dated 1/19/1864,
WIA (side) between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864 per casualty list in 7/2/1864
Richmond Enquirer, Died 8/9/1864 at Danville Va hospital of chronic dysentery,
Brother of Capt T K Sproull |
| Thomas Kary Sproull - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as Captain, Resigned 4/25/1863
citing failed health, Later joined Co E 10th Battalion Ga State Guards 8/1/1863
as a 4th Cpl and served for six months until the unit was discharged in
February 1864, Brother of G M Sproull, Uncle of S T McGinnis, Died 9/11/1885
at Grand Island, Fl and buried at Old Fort Mason Cemetery, Eustis, Fl |
| Newton Spurlock - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 5/12/1864 at Spotsylvania |
| Benjamin F Stidham - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 3rd Cpl, Promoted to 1st
Cpl 10/16/1862, WIA (thigh) between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864 per casualty
list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer, "Present" on all rolls though war, Deserted
3/18/1865 near Petersburg, Va., No further record |
| Alvan H Summers - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 1st Sgt, Voluntarily became
a private 10/16/1862 and became a teamster, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's
Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/6/1862, "Present" on all rolls, Surrendered 4/9/1865
at Appomattox (listed as A Sommers), Born 7/13/1838 |
| William G Taylor - Enlisted 5/6/1862 , WIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap,
Md., Promoted to 2nd Sgt 3/21/1864, "Present" on all rolls until captured
10/19/1864 at Cedar Creek, Imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/20/1865,
Oath shows him to be 6'&1/4" with black hair and hazel eyes |
| Christopher C Walraven - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Promoted 4th Cpl 10/16/1862,
Reduced to private 1/25/1863, Shown "absent sick" on roll dated 1/19/1864
and AWOL on all later rolls, No further record, Born 4/3/1836 at Buckhead
in DeKalb County to Archibald and Mary Walraven, Died from typhoid 5/11/1881
at Marietta, Buried Marietta Citizens Cemetery |
| William O Watson - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 1st Lt, KIA at Fox's Gap, Md
9/14/1862 |
| Benjamin F Weesner - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA 5/6/1864 at Wilderness,
Admitted to Williamsburg Va hospital 6/12/1864 with gun shot wound left
forearm, Transferred to Richmond's Jackson hospital 6/19/1864, Furloughed
home 7/13/1864, At Jackson hospital 10/14/1864 with "fibris int", Returned
to duty 11/1/1864, Back at Jackson hospital Richmond 11/23/1864 for resection
of arm wound, Furloughed 12/18/1864, All late war rolls show him home on
furlough, Age 9 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of John and Nancy Wesner,
Born in North Carolina, Died 11/4/1909 |
| Rufus M West - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md. |
| Henry H White - Enlisted 9/3/1861 in Co F 22nd Ga Infantry, Transferred
to Legion in exchange for William H Henderson in early 1863, First shows
up in Legion records in March 1863, "Absent sick" on roll dated 1/19/1864
and listed AWOL on all later rolls, No further record |
| Thomas J White - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (left leg disabled) & captured
11/29/1863 at Knoxville, At Louisville Ky until transferred to Camp Chase
10/22/1864, Sent to new Orleans for release 5/2/1865, Born 12/14/1838 |
| Jesse N Williams - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 1/2/1863 at Richmond GH#14
of pneumonia, Death claim filed by widow Sarah Williams |
| William Nicholas Wilson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to Co I 7th
Ga Infantry 8/11/1862, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox |
| John W Womack - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Listed sick on rolls through February
1863, Detailed as a hospital nurse/guard in Richmond 3/8/1863, Still detailed
as of September 1863, Shown "present" on Legion rolls dated 1/19/1864 through
1/30/1865, No further military record but a pension application filed in
Alabama tells us he survived the war, Born at Cartersville Ga in 1830, Died
Etowah County, Al 4/3/1911 |
| Matthew M Womack - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg
and imprisoned at Point Lookout until exchanged in February 1865, Listed
on a roll for Camp Lee (a prisoner exchange camp near Richmond) 2/21/1865,
No further record |
| John Young - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 11/29/1863 at Knoxville and
imprisoned at Rock Island, Died there 2/6/1864 of small pox, Buried at Rock
Island Cemetery grave #390 Compiled by Kurt Graham galegion@bellsouth.net |
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