EARLY COUNTY, GEORGIA MILITARY INFORMATION
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Creek Indian Letters Talks and Treaties 1705-1839
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Wilson, Secretary of State, Under Direction of Mrs. J. E. Hays, State Historian
1939.
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p. 1216
Fort Gaines 7th Decor. 1835
To his Excellency William Schley
Dear Sir
As the commanding officer of Early County I feel it a duty incumbent on me
to
apprise you of the relation in which we stand to our neighbours the Creek
Indians
Depredations have been & are still daily committed on the rights & property of
my
Fellow Citizens in the interior & Eastern part of my county by several parties
of indians
some belonging to the Uchee & some to the Creek Tribe
Since the first Monday in Oct. 27 Horses have been stolen from
different
individuals residing in this & Baker Counties- and more particularly that part
of the
counties which lies on the Pochitla and Echewanotcheway Creeks—some thirty miles
east of this—In addition to this the indians have manifested a hostile
disposition towards
the White inhabitants not only stalking into the very homes of the defenceless
whites and
plundering them of their Furniture Provisions &c. but even killing them or
attempting to
kill if any residtence is offered to their barefaced incursions
Still farther I have now in my hands (& could transmit to your Excellency) a
number of affadavits sworn and deposed to by respectable gentlemen of this
county—
showing that they have been attacked assaulted and even shot at by indians and
sometimes clandestiously while piacably traveling the roads and highways—They
had
recently become so anoying to some of my fellow citizens that complaint was made
to us
of this place and relief from their attacks &c most importunately urged.
Obsequious to
their call I raised a volunteer company of about one hundred men the best part
of whom
joined me from Baker
We marched in pursuit of them but item no doubt was given them of our
approach
& they fled before I could make up with them I however discovered their camps---
I
could apprise you of a good deal more did I conceive it necessary—I have thus
Sir
respectfully transmitted to you a statement of our affairs and beg you would
have the
kindness to advise me as soon as possible of the plan I had best pursue---
The statement is a plain narration of facts without exggreation I dare not
usggest
the course proper to be pursued but e leave it to your good sense prudince &
judgement
in Military affairs—to point out the plan Yourself—
I am De. Sir very humbly yours &c.
A. McGinty, Col. Commdg 88th Regmt. G. M.
[On Reverse] Letter from Col A. McGinty 7 Decr. 1835
(Creek Indians)
To His Excellency Wm Schley Milledgeville Geo.
Mail Ft. Gaines Ga. 8 Decr.
183/4
p.1235-p1237
Fort Gaines 19th January 1836
Sir:
I am directed by the board of commissioners of this town, to request
your
excellency to commission certain officers elected to day, by a company calling
themselves the Fort Gaines Volunteer Guards; This company consistes of almost
every
man in this place subject to military duty & is formed for the express purpose
of its
protection. The circumstances which gave rise to the formation of this
company occurred
on Saturday last:- about twenty miles above here on that day, a company of (I
presume)
volunteers from Randolph went to the plantation of Col. William Hardin & killed
an
Indian in the employ of his owner, (the Indian, with several others were picking
out
cotton) we who have for years resided in this section know, by fatal experience,
the
retatiatory disposition of the Indian character, & in as much as the Simonoles
are now in
open war, we can not tell wh at course they may pursue in avenging such cruel
brutality
(for so I must call it) of the whites; one thing we will know, that will avenge
his death by
the death of at least one white man, as was the case recently of Brown's death
near
McClound's Ferry in Stewart, an other incident occurred on Sunday night last
which
excited our alarm, our church is situated about 300 yards from the densest part
of town, &
no person living immediately at it, this was done shortly after divine service
had ended in
it, whether by an incendiary white man or some skulking Indians, we can form
satisfactory idea, if by the Indians the object is evident, to wit, to draw the
attention of the
people to the scene, while they plundered the stores for arms &c.
As I presume your excellency, as well as your predecessor, is entirely
unacquainted with the character of our Indian distrubances. I take the
liberty of
suggesting my opinion, which is confirmed by the best information I can derive
from
others. It is this, the Indians who are employed by the whites to pick out
their cotton, are
perfectly harmless, at least in nine cases in ten I am confident they are, but
the pridatory
villians who have for years been pilleging in our interior are a set of
Siminotes or
Hitchetah's who reside nerar the mouth of the Cowagu Creek makes into the
Chattahouchie on the west side about 30 or 35 miles above this place, this
tribe, (whose
numbers I dont know, but I presume not more than 200 or 300 warriors,) are under
the
control or at least influenced, of that daring savage Enehemathla, who was a
distinguished leader of the Seminoles in the war of 1817 & 18 some of the chiefs
have
informed the whites that if that set are broken up, t;hey will have no more
Indian troubles.
I undrestand that this tribe of Indians, a few days since came in with a
considerable drove
of horses, which they swim across the river near their town, - I will suggest
another hint
to your excellency, which tho' seemingly astonising is never the less true,
there are white
men concerned with those Indians, who receive a part of their spoils, they
therefore give
the Indians immediate notice of every movement made by the whites, by which
means
they will be dificult to entrap, the most efficacious method I can percieve to
get at the
root of the evil, would be to send a special & trusty agent in that section, who
by cautious
prudence could learn all the particulars from some friendly Indian (chief) who
could learn
the depth of their turpitude, their numbers & other circumstances, after which
your
excellency would know what course to pursue.---
If the officers of this volunteer company are commissioned by your
excellency, it
is particularly desirable that they shall under no emergency be sent off from
this place, as
it would leave it entirely distitute of defence, not only from the Indians but
perhaps from
a much more dreaded foe, daily in our sight
I have the honor to be
Your excellency's most obt.
& humble servt.
Samuel Gaines
His Excellency
Intendant of the Town of
Gov. Schley
Fort Gaines
[On Reverse]
Letter
Ft. Gaines
Samuel Gaines
13 Jan. 37 ½
19th January 1836
His Excellency Gov. Schley
Volunteer Companies
Milledgeville Ga
Creek In. distrubances
Mail
Samul. Gaines. Fort Gaines
p1247-1248
Fort Gaines
To his Excellency
Jany. 29, 1836
William Schley
Sir.
We feel constraind by the situation of our country to address you upon a
subject in which the people of the southwestern part of the state of Georgia
feel a deep
and timly interest. Former communications have apprised you of the
imminent danger in
which we are placed, and which we have daily reason to apprehend, from the
attacks of
wandering bands of Creek Indinas which infest our frontier countries and which
have
therefore baffled the pursuit of every armed force we have sent aginast them.
Rumors
daily reach us of parties of these Indians, sometimes as high as seventy or
eight [eighty]
in company, having murdered in different parts of the country east of the
Chatahoochee;
and from various indications we have but too much reason to apprehend that the
issues
recently witnessed in East Florida, will be reanackted here. Our object in
writing this
letter is to apprise your Excellency that we are almost entirely destitute of
arms, for our
defence, having to depend exclusivly upon such as individuals may happen
to possess,
and which would be by no means effective in an Indian war. The Captain of
the County
guard has reported to the Colonel of the county, (and of the undersigned) that
of the
county stand of arms sent to the county of Early, there is but one solitary
musket that
would bear inspection. By some strange mistake or oversight, the arms sent
us are refuse,
worthless, and entirely out of repair, some have lost the cock, some the
pan, some the
triggers; some will not stand cocked, and others when cocked will not fire- and
out of the
seventy, there are but thirty that has flints. We therefore beg your
Excellency to repair
the error thus detailed, as early as practicable, and send us seventy five or a
hundred
effective arms- If it is practicable we would greatly prefer that number
of Rangers in
good order, with a sufficient supply of ammunition- but if not we hope that you
will at
once send us that number of good effective muskets.
We remain, Your obt. Servants
Josiah I. Patterson [Josiah J.Patterson ?]
Abednego McGinty
John Dill
[On reverse]
Letter
Fort Gaines Ga. Free
Patterson, McGinty
30th Jany
and Dill
His Excellency
29 Jany 1836
William Schley
Millegeville
Mail
Geo.
Josiah Patterson- Col. Dill &
Col McGinty
Creek Ind. Disturbances
p1320-1322
Fort Gaines 26th May, 1836
His Excellency Gov. Schley:
Dear Sir.
Your very esteemed letter under date of 10th Inst.
Came to this post office last Sunday s mail, upon its arrival here, I was
abstent as a
volunteer; with my Knap sack Musket &c upon my back, with about 200 others from
this
County; on our way to Roanoke in Stewart county, to drive the Hostile Creek
Indians
from that place. The particulars of its destruction by fire and burning of
Men alive
together with a number killed both White & Black. I presume have reached
you ere this.
Some of the dead bodies of Negroes was in there houses; lying on there backs, th
ere
Throats cut from year to year and stinking so very badly that we has to set the
House
onfire and burn up the Carcasses, that we might eat our bread & meat with
Comfort-
Such a state of Consternation & ruin (unless speedily remidied, I have never
seen. For
the first 3 or 4 days after the first panick I presume the like of movins was
scarcely
known before, from tis River to Flint. Almost onehalf the Inhabitants ran away &
left all
their plunder behind – Some is mustering up Courage enough to Sneak back & See
what
is the matter and, lo Genl Greene have taken full & entire possession of there
Cotton
Crops. Many Cotton Crops this side of the river. is entirely abandonded,
Some plowing
up and planting in Corn. We understand the Indians. are Consentrating
there forces, in
large numbers at Two or three points I have Challenged the whites to meet them.
& try
there Spunk.
This part of the State is more exposed, to the
depredations of the Hostile Indians, than,
any other part. from the fact of this being the through way, from the Seminotes
to the
Creek's and I do think, when the Creeks are Ousted from there Strong holds; they
will fly
to Florida. Would it not, be advisable my dear sir. to send out such a
strong force, to
guard the River as to prevent there escape, to Florida, If that Communicationis
cut of, it
will be an easy matter to capture the vagabonds,. You no doubt, will receive in
a few days
orders from the War department, to raise a considerble force to march into the
heart of
the enemys. Country to join Alabama. & oust the enemy In anticipation of the
Government orders. I hope you have already issued your orders. for raising
the Cota
from Georgia. If the Indinas are tolerably united in hostilities, you ;may
take my word
for it it will require 8,000 to 10,000 Men to drive them off. &c.
You may think this
Idical, but it is my honest opinion.- We have built us a temporary Fort here, in
doing
which, we had to press all the Scantling & plank, Sills, & house framings, for
it was built
in a hurry, hearing the Indians was on the way down from Roanoke., about ¼ of
this
Lumber is spoilt in Sawing, Short, & Cutting port holes, - We expect to be paid
for the
same, through the state from the Genl. Gopvernment. please give me you –
views upon
this matter. When Col. McGinty had his men summoned here for 10 days. To
go to
Roanoke. they came without, provisions or Cooking utensils, we had to press,
Bacon,
Flour, Corn, Fodder, & things to Cook with. Will not the Government be
bound to pay
for these things. please write me freely and soon. This is the
first mail leaving this
place, Since my return from Roanoke. I therefore imbrace this opportunity
of Declining
the Honor You was pleased to tender me of Commanding the Battallion intended to
be
stationed on this river., In the first place, it is impossible to Keep up a
Military System
when the men are in such detached parcels, & far between, 2nd It would be
very onerous.
on me at this season of the Year. to be traveling up & down the river, I mean
from the
10th June to 10th Sept.- 3rd and by far not the least Excuse, that my private –
business will
not Justify my leaving home, so long. – Thus you will perceive that it
will not be in my
power to accept the appointment. – Allow me sir to return you my thanks for the
Confidence you entertained toward me. &c.
I am yr. obt. Sevt.
Wm P. Ford.
[On reverse]
Letter
Ft. Gaines
E. D. 1833/6
Gen. Wm. P. Ford
28 May
31 May 1836
His Excellency William Schley
Millegeville
Geo.
Creek War.
p1325-1326
Fort Gaines 27th of May 1836
To His Excellency the Governor.
Sir Having seen
your general orders directed to Colonel McGinty of Earley
County Requiring the drafted men to Rendezvous at Fort Twiggs. I deem it my duty
as
one of your Aids as well as a private Individual by the request of this entire
section of the
Country. To State to you what is the True Situation of the Counties of
Randolph Earley
and Baker and that when you Learn Our situation you will not Require us To
furnish men
only To be stationed near. for our protection for in fact if any needs
protection it is us.
the point of the Creek Nation is only about four miles distant from Fort Gaines
– and The
white inhabitants of the nation has fled from the nation entire except Irwinton.
which is
not yet abandoned by the inhabitants and which is dailey expected To for the
same fate of
Roanoake if so Fort Gaines next. perhaps before. for we are in a defenceless
Situation at
the present even the County of Randolph on the River, and the Pataula Creek has
been
abandoned by the Citizens of said County who have fled To the outer Counties for
safety
so that the effective force in said County is not at this Time more than 250 or
300 men at
the fartherest and Earley not more than 200. or 250. and the County of Baker not
near
that number. now if your excellency does exact men from those Counties this
section will
I may say be entirely abandoned I would entreat you in behalf of the Citizens of
this
Country and for their protection To order the Commanding officers of each County
to
Raise one Company of men say 50 each and Let those Companies be stationed as
follows
To wit the Company from Earley at Fort Gaines as it is the Refuge for the
women and
children of this section with directions To scout the Country every day and
Return at
night up to Pataula Bridge and Olivers Hill opposite Irwinton- Alabama and The
Companies of Randolph and Baker. To be statined at Olivers Hill and scout
the Country
from There to Roanoak which is a dangerous section and should be guarded
Strictly for if
ever the Indians are driven by the Troops from Alabama. There will be
their ivasion in
Georgia That is their direct Route To the Floridas and in their Retreat
they will no doubt
attempt To sweep all south with the besom of destruction – by Complying with the
above
you will save the people from the destruction of the savages also from famine
for after
those three Companies are Taken as above stated the balance will barely be
sufficient to
Raise provisions for the support of the Country an other year. whose
families generally
of the people of this county are dependent upon their daily labour for a support
for the
wealth of this County generally, is owned by men living in the upper Country.
This
Country will Certainly suffer. severely unless you adopt This course. for
I may say that
from 15 miles above the plantations are abandoned up as far as Columbus, as well
as I
Can learn and nothing like a support Can possibly be made – if you can Comply
with the
above Requistions you will be hailed by the people of these Counties as a
protector and
they in their Turn will not Treat you with ingratitude.
I remain your humble servant.
John Dill
[On Reverse]
Letter Col. John Dill 27 May 1836
Col. Dill
His Excellency William Schley
Answered 1st June 1836
Columbus Georgia
Creek War
p1332-1334
Fort Gaines 30th May 1836
Dear Sir.
By Last
mail I answered yours under date of 10th Inst. Tendering me the
Command of the Battalllion of Mounted Infantry, to supply Majr. Howards when
there
time is out Say 10th next Month, to be rendervvoused at Fort Twig near Colunbus.
and
supply the different depoes. erected on the River. by Majr. Howard Corpes
My principal
reason for not accepting the Command, that it is very difficult to Keep soldiers
in due
bounds. even when under the immediate Eye of there Commander; and would be more
difficulted to Keep subbordination with the men, when detached in Small parcels.
I had
not seen your general orders; for rendervousing the Various Companies you have
ordered
into Service, at Fort Twigs., West Point, & Columbus. prior to writing you to
Milledgevilel by last Mail. If I understand you Correctly, I infer you intend to
strenthen
the various united points on the River. to deter the Ememy from Crossing over
into
Georgia. untill a sufficient force Consentrates from Ala. & Geo. as will drive
the Indians
from there strong holds & oust them in toto. From some cause best Known to
yourself.
there is a space of 56 miles below Fort McCrary 26 miles below Columbus. down to
this
place entirely unprovided for. and it is the most exposed to the Enemy. for it
is a
notorious fact. that the ground unprotected is the great throughway for
the Seminoles &
Creeks; they pass through this County & Baker, near the Line of the Two
Counties,
thence up through Randolph, into Stewart & cross – Now would it not be good
policy to
have the River below. From Roanoke to this place, well guarded & provid
for. I assigned
to you my reasons fully in my last letter. Why it was not Conveinant. for me to
accept the
proffered Command, My letter was directed to Milledgeville. Not knowing at
that time
you intended to take up your head Quarters at Columbus. I presume this will
reach you at
Columbus. as soon as my former letter; and I will say that if you can
Consistenly with
what you esteem to be your duty, allow the Battallion you desired me to Command
to the
Rendervouse at any point from Roanoke to this place. (the Indian Line Comes
within 3
miles of this place.) & guard that portion of the River, I will with much
pleasure accept
the Command and discharge the duties required to the best of my abilities.
I am ready at
a moments warning to assume the Command, provided our part of the River receives
that
attention, that the daingers absolutely demands. With the number of men
you have
Called to Fort Twigs, of the drafted Men, I shuld think altogether sufficient.
for the
security of that section independent. of the Battalion of Mounted Infantry.
Should be glad
to hear from you soon. I am dear sir.
Yr. obt. Servt.
Wm P. Ford.
P. S. 200 Hundred of our Early Boys. and our Company of Mounted men, from Baker,
say 50 have been up to Roanoke determined to drive the enemy from there or die
in the
attempt. (Myself with my namsack andn Musket as a private soldier. one of
the
Volunteer) But Lo no enemy was there, Some men joined us from Randolph Co.
The
Scene at Roanoke was horrid; some of the negroes that was Killed by the Indinas.
there
throats Cut from Ear to Ear. & almost rotten all the principal houses are
burned down. I
Saw some of the Bones of persons burned up in Col. Gibsons house.
Ford
If you desire my services I can meet you in Columbus at any given day.
Ford.
[On reverse]
Letter
Fort Gaines Ga. 12 ½
Gen. Wm. P. Ford.
May 30th
30 May 1836
Genl. Ford
His Excellency William Shley
Govr. of Georgia.
at his Head Quarters
Columbus,
Geo.
Creek War.
p 1378-1381
Fort Gains Geo. 13th June 1836
Gov. Schley
Dr Sir your favor of the 1st June by Doct Husan was read 9th Inst.
I
regret that I detained the 18 Drafted men from this County – But I am sure if
you Could have witnessed the allarm that privaded This whole siction of Country
that
you would not blame me for what I have done we had more than a hundred woman and
children from the town of Irwenton besides nearly all the surrounding County
Collected
at our village for protection.
I therefore
felt it my duty to Collect such a force as would allay the fears of our
allarmd Citizens – which I have done by ordering in to service – The Ft. Gaines
Guards
and ordered Col. McGinty to raise two Companies more from Early – by Volunteers
or
draft which was done by Draft and have Stationd them also at this place
and have had
them Temporarily Mustered in to Service for three months if not sooner
discharged.
With this fource we
have been able to Keep a guard out at night which is of Great
relief to our Women and the Troops ready to march against the Indians Should
they
attempt to pass this way. I have had a man appointed to discharge the duty
of
Quartermaster to furnish such Camp acquippage and other necessaries in his line
as
Could not be done with out also a Comasary to furnish rations who is to receive
the same
pay for them as are allowed at Columbus for the same. as for arms we have what
was sent
to Early County last winter – with what Could be raised of different kinds by
the Men
drafted, Tho still a considerable dificintcy – the fixed amunition is nearly all
Exausted
from necessaryly firing off ther arms to Keep them in good order.
Therefore I have
Caused them to prepare more so as to Keep a good supply on hand.
We have built a small Fort for
our safety in Case this place should be attacked and
from the vareous reports from above we have had good reasons to expect on the
10th Inst.
an Express from Genl. Irwin from Irwinton passed this place on its way to the
lower part
of Georgia Informing the public that a large force of Indians from
two to three thousand
had crossed the river in to Georgia at the mouth of Hatchachohee Creek, and in
less than
a half hour after wards the Enclosed Express reached me Inducing us to believe
that the
news were true; - therefore under all those Exciting reports and the posibility
of the
Indians passing by this place on their way to Florida Which I have no doubt they
will do.
I hope you will allow our Small fource be accepted as part of theTroops raised
for the
protection of our frontiers to remain at this place Except the Indians Should
Cross near a
naugh to this place for those troops to render assistence in which Case they
would assist
readyly participate owing to the mawmourous Excuses rendered by men drafted for
the
two Companeys here, the Companeys are not full But I thought it was better for
them to
remain as they are than to order a full draft, the Fort Gaines Guards never was
a full
Compy- Capt. S. V. Wilson was Commissiond Capt. of the Guards But from
disabillaties
he could not serve and the Campy Elected James P. Holms to their Command.
Enclosed
you will please find a Brief sketch of this small Batallion which is still
under the
Command of Col. McGinty.
for the want of tents we have substituted shelters made by the Troops of Clap
boards to protect them from the Rain & sun while in Camp. – now I have given you
a
brief account of our situation will you please have us Infomd whether you
recognise us
on them as a part of your army and who to report to and such other things
as we aught to
do &c.
Your most obedient Servant
John Dill
[On reverse]
Letter
Ft. Gains Ga.
Col. John Dill
13th June Frm. J. Dill P. M.
13 June 1836
To
His Excellency William Schley
Columbus, Ga.
Creek War
A true copy of an Express recd from Capt. H. Adain Commandin at Olivers Hill
Randolph County Ga
Col. Dill
Dr. Sir.
by Express from the Army above we recd. Information that the Indians
have taken their march for Florida- they Crossd at the Hatchachaba Whipd. the
Whites –
Burnd Ft. McCrary & formd their line of march towards Lumpkin.
Major Horn of Gwinnett
that made his Excape saw them form the two after Battle
and Estimates their forces at between 2 & 3 Thousand. – Twenty seven whites fell
at the
first attack.
Signd. Hiram
Adain in Command at Olivers Hill
This
report and the one attached to in my letter from Genl. Irwin has put our
Country in a worse allarm than they had been at any preveous date Tho we
now have
learnd it is false. While I was
writing off this Coppy two men came in to learn the
news, Informs me that all the people in the lower part of the Country has left
their homes
and taken up their abode in the swamps- such false allarms is unpardonable.
p1384
Ft. Gaines Geo. 27th June 1836
Gov. Schley
Dr. Sir
By express last night we learn that a Considerate Body of Indians are
laying waist the citizens of Baker county the Express Mr. Hooks, a man of
varasity saw
eight of the killed—mostly weamon & children we send al lthe help we can from
here
and I have sent an express to Blakely and to burn bridges so they may be ready
for them
before they reach Florida the express still heard the guns firing in the
neighborhood when
he left and presume much damage would be done as the swamp they were at was
passing
through a thick settlement.--------------
This is the Way I have wrote you and be the last alternative of those Indians.
Yours most Respectfully
John Dill
[On Reverse]
Ft. Gaines
From J. Dill Q. M.
27 June
Col. John Dill
His Excellency
William Schley
Columbus
Letter Col. John Dill 27 June 1836
Creek War.
p.1389
Fort Gaines 3rd July 1836
Dr. Sir
I presume you will hear By Express that our Troops had a Battle yesterday
in Baker County.
If not this will inform you that our party killed fifteen Indians that was
found and suppose from the appearance that many was caried off dead and crippled
the
Indians was put to flight but still in the swamp 7 whites wounded 2 mortal
Our troops
still in pursuit
yours Respectfully
and obedient servant
John Dill
[On Reverse]
Ft. Gaines
4th July
From Jno. Dill Q. M.
His Excellency
William Schly
Columbus
Letter Col. John Dill 2 July 1836
Creek War
p1405-1406
Ft. Gaines Ga. 11th July 1836
Dr Governor
I am well apprised that you are very tired of receiving Communications
of but little Importance – And at the same time I Know you are apprised how hard
it is to
Keep Malitia troops in a good humaur
And in Consequence of the troops at this place having not bin mustered by
the proper Authority yet they are becoming dissatisfied And some are disposed to
doubt
the validity of their being cald in to service and are disposed to sinsure me
for Calling
them in to service without any authority &c.
Now sir will you do me the favor to acKnoledge the validity of their being
cald out in such a shape as will Extracate me from sinsure and give peace to the
Troops in
service at this place, from the Indians being in Baker County Caused a large
portion of
the Citizens of the East part of Early to flee to this place and to Blakely (our
Court house)
for protection and a large portion of women and children was collected at
Blakely and
very few men, I have ordred one of the Compys. here to March to that place for a
few
days as their families were many of them at that place which I hope will be
satisfactory
We have no news from Baker lately – Gen. White & others yesterday Morning
for
Baker.
I believe there is no Troops statiand between here and Roanoke which
gives the
Indians a great opening to cross over into Georgia if they are disposed to do so
being a
distance of about forty miles.
Sir I have the honour
To be your Humle servt.
John Dill
P. S.
Dr. Sir if you do not Sustain me in my Millatary Arrangements here I am Dmd
for ever with a certain Class of our Country.
Very Respectfully
J. Dill
His Excellency
William Schley
Columbus Geo.
[On Reverse]
Letter
Fort Gains
Colo John Dill 11th July Free
J. Dill P. M.
13 July 1836 Answered
13th July 1836
His Excellency
William Schley
Columbus,
Ga.
The Indians have left Chickasawhecky and gone 10 miles to the East to Coolewakee
swamp still in Baker
Troops in pursuit.
16 Aug 1836 Federal Union Newspaper
Fort Gaines, August 1st, 1836
THOMAS BEALL:
Sir-Your official report of the battle of Chickasahatchie Swamp, on the
2nd
ultimo, as published in the Columbus Enquirer, has this morning reached me
and I take the liberty of calling your attention, particularly, to certain
portions of that account, in which I hope to convince you, that I do not
conceive that sheer justice, (all I claim,) has been meeted out to a portion
of the troops, attaching themselves to, and constituting a part of the
regiment under your command. You state truly, that your command, (I
suppose you mean when you left Roanoke,) consisted of the troup from Monroe,
captain Flewellen, a part of the Talbot troop, under lieutenant Irby, part
of the Upson troop under lieutenant Stephens, and the Bibb cavalry under
captain M'Call. And on the 26th, I suppose you fell in with captain
Jernigan's troop, of Stewart Rangers.-And here, sir, you should have stated
also, that on the evening of the 27th, you fell in with, or was joined at
Lofton's by the Early troop, under my command, on their return, after
aiding the Baker troops, under the command of captain Hantz, in burying our
slaughtered fellow-citizens.-But you proceeed in your report, to give an
account of your actings, in sending out scouting parties and spies, scouring
the swamp near Camp Beall, some three miles to the interior, and of the
fight on the 2d, and your subsequently driving the swamp, the junction to
yours of major Hoxey's command, the driving the Colowahee swamp under
general White, all, all this and more too, before the name of my humble
command is mentioned. It is true, in the sequel of your report, just
before
the paragraph in which the officers are complimented for their gallant
deportment, you use this language. "on the arrival of my command near the
swamp, it was joined by the Early troop, under the command of captain James
P. Holmes, and the Thomas troop under the command of captain Newman, &c."
Now from this indefinite statement, the inference I draw, is this, that the
Early troop never joined the detachment, until the Thomas troop, which was
at Camp Beall, when in fact, the Early troop joined at Lofton's on the 27th,
and captain Newman's company at Camp Beall, some three or four days
thereafter-From the 27th of June, to the ever memorable 2d of July, from
whose command, sir, were your spies and scouts taken in all our adventures,
round, up and down, and into the swamp? Were they not taken from the Early
and Baker and occasionally from the Stewart troop? If so, why not in the
body of your report, have given them that praise, if praise was due, which
the discharge of a duty so hazardous, entitled them to receive? and were
they not constant in the discharge of duty from the time of our junction,
until after the fight of the 2d, and my return with the wounded to Lofton's?
I state these facts, and make these inquiries, in justice to the men I had
the honor to command, to show that they were ever ready and prompt in the
discharge of any and every duty, whether as scouts, spies, or standing to
their posts, in the face of Indians in the Chickasahatchie swamp.
Your report would have been, (and I think you will, on
reflection,
agree with me,) much more satisfactory to the public, and particularly to
those more immediately interested, had it contained, in detail, the proper
arrangement of your forces, previous to, and at the time of battle? What
command constituted the guard of the eastern and western passes out of the
swamp and for what purpose? Then the disposition of the force under your
immediate command, that captain Flewellen's company constituted the centre,
captains M'Call, Holmes and Jernigan's the right, and captain Newman's and
lieutenant Stephen's and Irby's the left, and captain Hantz's of the baker
county troop, the advance guard. The attack and result, the wounded of
each
command and their grade. And here, sir, I take the liberty to say, in
behalf of a brave, but neglected officer, lieutenant James Buchanan, of the
Early troop, of the injustice done, in not even the mention of his name, and
the circumstances attendant. Why, sir, the request of lieutenant Buchanan,
after he was wounded, if nothing more, ought to have been announced to the
world, "Boys," said he, "hold me up until I can give the rascals a shot,"
(shows he was true blue,) he made the effort, but failed, his gun was wet,
which circumstance was extremely mortifying to him.-Private John M.
Hardison, a brave soldier, who fell in battle belonging to the Early troop.
I trust, sir, that you will now have discovered that I
am not without
some cause for complaint, and that it will be your pleasure, as well as my
due, to give the proper explanation and commission, with these, as well as
with the major part of your report, I am well pleased. My men are
particularly mortified, that mention was not made of them, in conjunction
with others, not that they desire or expect more than their share of praise,
but that a little of their due, has been no doubt inadvertently withheld.
With every consideration, I am sir, your obedient
humble servant.
JAMES P. HOLMES, Captain Early Troop.
Company G, 13th Regiment
Early County--Early Guards
Adams, George -- Private - May 1, 1862. Died at Staunton,
Virginia August 7, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
Allen, Charles -- Private - March 23, 1864. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia
May 12, 1864. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled, Albany,
Georgia
May 22, 1865.
Allen, Green B. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862.
Allen, J. T. -- 3rd Corporal - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Killed or
captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 12, 1864. Supposed to have died in
prison.
Allen, Joseph S -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed 3rd Corporal. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13,
1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 12, 1864.
Allen, Thomas -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at Whitemarsh Island, Savannah,
Georgia, April 18, 1862.
Amon, Edward (or Aman) -- 5th Corporal - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg,
Maryland September 17, 1862; Spotsylvania, Virginia May 12, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Died in Early County, Georgia.
Anderson, George F. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia
June 27, 1862. Paroled, Albany, Georgia May 22, 1865.
Anderson, William -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged September 1861.
Anderson, William C. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 1, 1863.
Andrews, Talcot B.(or Talcott B.) -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at
Whitemarsh Island, Savannah, Georgia, April 16, 1862.
Averette, Robert (or Averitt) -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia in 1861.
Bailey, William -- Private - May 15, 1862. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia May
12, 1864. Captured at Farmville, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Point
Lookout, Maryland
June 23, 1865. Died in Early County, Georgia in 1867.
Barefield, Nicholas -- Private - May 15, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia
April 9, 1865.
Barnard, William H. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged August 17, 1861.
Bennett, James Franklin -- Private - September 4, 1861. Wounded at Malvern
Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863; Monocacy,
Maryland July 9, 1864. Captured at Petersburg, Virginia hospital April 3,
1865. Transferred to Point of Rocks, Virginia hospital May 1, 1865. Died
in Decatur County, Georgia in 1915.
Bowden, W. T. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged, underage, at Winchester,
Virginia October 21, 1862. (Born in 1845.)
Bowie, Robert T. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - July 8, 1861. Wounded at
Whitemarsh Island, Savannah, Georgia, April 16, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant
July 11, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant December 8,
1862. Resigned on account of ill health May 25, 1863. Elected Captain of Company
L, 7th
Regiment Georgia State Guards Infantry August 1, 1863. Mustered out January 31,
1864. Elected Captain of Company D, 4th Regiment Georgia Reserve Infantry May
10, 1864. Roll for December 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record. (Resident of Georgia since 1850.)
Bramlett, George W. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Died of disease at Hamilton's
Crossing, Virginia May 25, 1863.
Bramlett, John H. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Discharged, disability, February 9,
1865. Died in Texas.
Brasshaw, John (or Bradshaw) -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg,
Maryland September 17, 1862. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at
Petersburg, Virginia June 15, 1864. Died of wounds at Jordan Springs, Virginia
in
1864.
Broome, John -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Staunton, Virginia August 8,
1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
Brown, Isaac Newton -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Whitemarsh Island,
Savannah, Georgia, April 16, 1862. Died of wounds April 1862.
Brown, Iverson S. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia
July 1, 1862. Died of wounds in Richmond, Virginia hospital August 20 or 26,
1862.
Bush, James Fuller -- 1st Corporal - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Wounded in left leg, necessitating amputation below
knee, at Monocacy,
Maryland July 9, 1864. Captured at Frederick City, Maryland September 19, 1864.
Exchanged September 21, 1864. At home, wounded, close of war.
Bush, William S. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 2, 1863. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. (Born in Georgia
January
8, 1845.)
Butler, William -- Private - May 9, 1862. Sick in Causton Bluff, Georgia
hospital May 1862. Discharged at Frederick City, Maryland September 1862.
Cannon, S. B. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Warm Springs, Virginia October
24, 1861.
Chalker, B. C. -- Private - March 16, 1864. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia
May 12, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 30, 1865.
Chalker, John W. L. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Fort Steadman,
Virginia March 25, 1865. Captured in Richmond, Virginia hospital April 3, 1865.
Escaped from
hospital April 25, 1865 .
Chancey, Benjamin (or Chancy) -- Private - March 30, 1864. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.
Chancey, Spencer -- Private - May 9, 1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia
July 1, 1862. Killed at Hatcher Run, Virginia February 6, 1865.
Cheshire, S. C.-- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in 1861.
Clark, Jasper N. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia
June 27, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Died in Randolph
County, Georgia.
Coe, Burrell I. (or Burrell J.) -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of disease
at Richmond, Virginia July 5, 1862.
Collier, J. W. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal; Assistant
Surgeon, 32nd Regiment Georgia Infantry and transferred. Died at Damascus,
Georgia September 1869.
Collier, Sylvester Jefferson -- Private - July 21, 1862. Wounded April 1863; at
Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Florida May
10, 1865. Paroled at Albany, Georgia May 23, 1865. Died near Damascus, Georgia
Collier, William -- Private - July 8, 1861. Captured. Died in prison.
Collins, John -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862.
Corbin, John J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged on account of disability,
and old age, October 7, 1861.
Cowart, Enos V. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Whitemarsh Island,
Savannah, Georgia, April 16, 1862. Wounded in left arm at Cold Harbor,
Virginia June 2, 1864.
Died of wounds in Chimborazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Virginia June 14, 1864.
Cowdrey, John W. -- 4th Sergeant - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Fort Steadman,
Virginia March 25, 1865. In Richmond, Virginia hospital, wounded, close of war.
Died in Florida.
Crawford, Joel T. -- Captain - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia
June 27, 1862. Died of wounds and pneumonia in Bellevue Hospital at Richmond,
Virginia December 7, 1862.
Davidson, John M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Captured at Fort Steadman, Virginia
March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland June 11, 1865. Died in Early
County,
Georgia.
Davis, Dan B. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Whitemarsh Island, Savannah,
Georgia, April 16, 1862. Died at Macon, Georgia in 1863
Doster, B. R. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed Regimental Surgeon. Elected
Jr. 2nd Lieutenant of Company G, January 10, 1863; 2nd Lieutenant May 23, 1863.
Wounded at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863. Elected 1st Lieutenant July 1, 1863;
Captain July 10, 1864. Wounded and captured at Monocacy, Maryland July 10, 1864.
Released at
Fort Delaware, Delaware June 17, 1865.
Douglass, William H. -- 2nd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Captured at Winchester,
Virginia September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred
to Aiken's
Landing, Virginia for exchange March 15, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's
Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 18, 1865. No later record.
Etheridge, Burrell T. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant March
1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863. Elected 2nd Lieutenant
August 3, 1863. Killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 2, 1864.
Evans, E. A. J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died September 1861.
Evans, James Hammond -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant. Wounded
in arm, necessitating amputation, at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. On
wounded furlough close of war.
Evans, Wesley -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Blue Sulphur Springs, Virginia
October 29, 1861.
Floyd, Thomas -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed in 1864.
Floyd, W. H. H. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died March 1864.
Forrest, J. Roe -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862. Paroled, Lynchburg, Virginia April 15, 1865.
Forrest, William -- Private. Died in Virginia in 1865. Buried in Confederate
Cemetery at Lvnchburg, Virginia May 1, 1865. No. 6, 3rd Line, Lot 202-Ladies'
Relief Hospital.
Garlington, W. H. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Appointed Hospital Steward March 18,
1864. Ordered to report for duty at Quitman, Georgia hospital April 6, 1864. No
later record.
Died in Alabama.
Gay, Allen, Jr. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Discharged August 1862. Died in Early
County, Georgia April 1, 1866.
Gay, James -- Private. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863.
Gay, Mathew E. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Lewisburg, Virginia October
27, 1861.
Gay, Zachariah -- Private - May 9, 1862. Wounded in 1862. Captured at
Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and
transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia for exchange March 15, 1865. Received
at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 18, 1865. Died in
Quitman County, Georgia.
Gilmer, Reuben A. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Wounded and captured at Winchester,
Virginia September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland in 1864.
Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia, for exchange, November 15,
1864.
Captured near Petersburg, Virginia March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout,
Maryland June 13, 1865.
Glenn, George W. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia
October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland March 28, 1865. Received at
James River, Virginia for exchange March 30, 1865. Surrendered, Tallahassee,
Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled, Albany, Georgia May 22, 1865. Died in Early
County, Georgia
Golden ? -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Petersburg, Virginia in 1862.
Greenwood, James A. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia
July 1, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863.
Griffin, Nathan -- Private - June 4, 1862. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia May
12, 1864. Died of wounds in General Hospital #2, Lynchburg, Virginia, June 7,
1864.
Buried there in Confederate Cemetery No. 8, 5th Line, Lot 201-Christian's.
Griffin, William M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Gordonsville, Virginia
August 1 or 4, 1862. (Born in Russell County, Alabama)
Harris, James M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in 1861.
Harriss, Howell J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Chancellorsville,
Virginia May 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863. Transferred to
Company G, 29th
Battalion Georgia Cavalry and elected 2nd Lieutenant August 15, 1863. Roll dated
October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Surrendered, Tallahassee,
Florida May 10, 1865, and paroled May 17, 1865.
Hays, Augustus S. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863, and died there of wounds July 17, 1863.
Hendricks, John -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia February
10, 1863.
Hightower, T. E. (Nick) -- 2nd Sergeant - August 5, 1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant
July 9, 1.864. Commanding company at surrender, Appomattox, Virginia April 9,
1865. (Born in
Georgia.)
Holley, Julius Preston -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 23, 1864.
Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia
for exchange March 17, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River,
Virginia, March 19, 1865. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865.
Paroled, Bainbridge, Georgia May 20, 1865. (Resident of Georgia since January
1860.) Died in Miller County, Georgia.
Houser, S. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Sick in Savannah, Georgia hospital
February 28, 1865. No later record.
Howard, Charles L. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia
June 27, 1862. Died at Hamilton's Crossing, Virginia May 19, 1863.
Howard, George W. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862. Captured at Waterloo, Pennsylvania July 5, 1863. Died at
Point Lookout,
Maryland November 2, 1863.
Howard, Lewis W. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Savannah, Georgia May 22,
1862.
Howard, Peter D. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed 2nd Corporal. Transferred
to Company H, 29th Battalion Georgia Cavalry and elected 2nd Lieutenant July 25,
1863. Sick in Field Hospital October 30, 1864. Paroled, Albany, Georgia May 18,
1865. Died at Blakely, Georgia.
Howard, Samuel T. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Whitemarsh Island,
Savannah, Georgia, April 16, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant July 9, 1864.
Transferred to Georgia
Cavalry, command not given.
Howard, William A. -- Private - July 10, 1862. Wounded in hand, resulting in
amputation of two fingers, at Monocacy, Maryland July 9, 1864. Surrendered,
Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled, Bainbridge, Georgia May 20, 1865.
Died in Early County, Georgia April 16, 1918.
Hutchins, Anthony -- Private - May 14, 1862. Discharged on account of
tuberculosis at Danville, Virginia October 21, 1862. Died in Early County,
Georgia in 1897.
Hutchins, James A. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed Sergeant May 1863.
Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863. (Born in Early County, Georgia)
Hutchins, William H. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia
December 27, 1861.
Jenkins, Joshua H. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia
June 27, 1862. Died of wounds June 30,1862. (Born in Early County, Georgia)
Jernigan, David S. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Strasburg, Virginia
October 9, 1864. Paroled, Albany, Georgia May 23, 1865.
Jones, Abner -- 3rd Sergeant - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Kernstown, Virginia
March 23, 1863; Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Surrendered at
Tallahassee, Florida May
10, 1865. Paroled at Albany, Georgia May 22, 1865. Died in Early County,
Georgia.
Koonce, Thomas D. -- 5th Sergeant - August 5, 1861. Killed at Winchester,
Virginia September 19, 1864.
Lawrence, Peter E. -- Private - March 17, 1862. Captured at SpotSylvania,
Virginia May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware February 1865.
Received at James River,
Virginia for exchange March 10-12, 1865. No later record. Died in Early
County, Georgia.
Leath, James G. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of disease in Early County,
Georgia January 13, 1862.
Leath, John S. -- Private - March 9, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 1, 1863; Spotsylvania, Virginia May 12, 1864; Monocacy, Maryland July 9,
1864. Roll
for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him in Macon, Georgia hospital.
Captured at Macon, Georgia April 1865. Died at Phenix City, Alabama April
23, 1894.
Leath, John T. -- Private - March 9, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862; Harper's Ferry, Virginia September 22, 1864. Captured in
Macon, Georgia
hospital April 1865.
Leath, William H. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Dublin, Virginia December
19, 1861.
Lewis, Anthony -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of disease at Richmond, Virginia
April 14, 1862.
Lewis, Faulkner K. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862. Died of wounds September 1862.
Lewis, John B. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of pneumonia in Savannah, Georgia
hospital in 1862.
Lewis, Richard Allday -- Private - September 4, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg,
Maryland September 17, 1862; Monocacy, Maryland July 9, 1864. Wounded at
Fisher's Hill,
Virginia September 22, 1864. On wounded furlough February 28, 1865. No later
record.
Lewis, William A. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Wounded and captured at Monocacy,
Maryland July 10, 1864. Died of wounds in U. S. A. General Hospital at Frederick
City, Maryland July 31, 1864.
Lindsey, D. L. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862.
Lloyd, Thomas -- Private - April 15, 1864. Killed at Winchester, Virginia August
17, 1864.
Martin, J. Marion -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863; Spotsylvania,
Virginia May 12, 1864; Harper's Ferry, Virginia July 7,
1864. On furlough at Richmond, Virginia February 28, 1865.
No later record.
McCormick, D. W. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded, date
and place not given. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April
9, 1865.
McCormick, M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at
Whitemarsh Island, Savannah, Georgia, April 16, 1862.
McDonald, Ennas J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at
Harper's Ferry, Virginia July 7, 1864; Petersburg, Virginia
April 2, 1865. Admitted to Washington Street Hospital there
April 2, 1865. Released May 11, 1865.
McDonald, J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of disease in
1862.
McDonald, John Berrien -- Private - August 15, 1861.
Discharged, furnished substitute, February 12, 1862.
McDonald, R. T. -- Private - August 4, 1861. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. Paroled,
Albany, Georgia May 10, 1865. Pension records show he
surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in
Georgia in 1842.)
McDonald, Randall F. -- Private - August 4, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.
McDowell, William A. -- Private - August 5, 1861.
Discharged, disability, February 11, 1862. Died at Blakely,
Georgia April 1888.
McLain, J. Berrien -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Killed at Petersburg,
Virginia June 15, 1864.
McLain, J. Sellars -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged,
disability, September 5, 1861.
Mercier, Augustus J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged
on account of chronic disease of liver, at White Sulphur
Springs, Virginia, November 27, 1861.
Mercier, Jaynes L. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Wounded at
Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Died in Early County,
Georgia in 1864.
Merritt, Gar -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of disease in
Lynchburg, Virginia hospital.
Miller, John W. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at White
Sulphur Springs, Virginia October 28, 1861. (Born in Early
County, Georgia.)
Mims, Samuel -- Private - August 2, 1861. Discharged,
disability, December 28, 1861.
Mobley, Francis M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of
diarrhoea in General Hospital at Mount Jackson, Virginia
November 22, 1862.
Mobley, W. A. J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863.
Mock, H. C. -- 4th Corporal - September 4, 1861. Wounded in
1863. Wounded in left leg and captured at Winchester,
Virginia September 19, 1864. Exchanged at Savannah River,
Georgia November 15, 1864. Claimed to have been unfit for
further service. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Florida, May 10,
1865. Paroled, Albany, Georgia May 18, 1865. (Born in
Georgia January 26, 1843. Died in Miller County, Georgia
August 6, 1926.)
Mock, J. Underwood -- Private - May 9, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Discharged,
disability. Died in Early County, Georgia
Mock, James W. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Discharged November
7, 1864.
Mock, Jonathan F. -- Private - 1861. Discharged October 24,
1861. Enlisted as a private in Company D, 19th Battalion
Georgia Cavalry July 24, 1862. Transferred to Company E; to
Company K, 10th Regiment Confederate Cavalry. Captured at
Lawrenceville, Georgia July 23, 1864. Released at Camp
Chase, Ohio June 11, 1865.
Moses, Henry J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in
1861.
Nunnally, Virgil T. -- 2nd Lieutenant July 8, 1861. Elected
1st Lieutenant July 11, 1862; Captain December 8, 1862.
Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863.
Odom, J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in 1862.
Parramore, J. Richard -- Private - September 4, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Died at
Blakely, Georgia in 1873.
Parramore, W. Thomas -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at
Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862; Fredericksburg,
Virginia December 13, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania,
Virginia May 20, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 30,
1865.
Philmon, Isom S. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed below
Winchester, Virginia July 24, 1864.
Philmon, J. T. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at
Winchester, Virginia July 24, 1864.
Philmon, Willis Cason -- Private - July 10, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Captured at
Farmville, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Point
Lookout, Maryland June 17, 1865. Died in Early County,
Georgia.
Potter, William M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed 3rd
Sergeant; 1st Sergeant October 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant
January 10, 1863; 1st Lieutenant May 25, 1863; Captain July
1, 1863. Killed at Monocacy, Maryland July 9, 1864.
Powell, Jesse R. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863. (Born in Crawford
County, Georgia)
Power, John -- Private - July 8, 1861. On detail duty in
Commissary Department at Columbus, Georgia February 28,
1865. No later record. Died in Early County, Georgia.
Prevatt, John D. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died in Blue
Sulphur Springs, Virginia in 1863.
Ransome, Henry C. (or Ransone) -- Private - July 8, 1861.
Died at Salisbury, North Carolina December 27, 1862.
Ransome, John R. (or Ransone) -- Private - July 8, 1861.
Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Wounded
and captured at Monocacy, Maryland July 10, 1864. Exchanged
at Point Lookout, Maryland March 14, 1865.
Reynolds, William -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at
Monocacy, Maryland July 9, 1864; Appomattox, Virginia April
9, 1865, and surrendered there April 9, 1865.
Roberts, Richard H. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed
Ensign July 8, 1861. Died at Savannah, Georgia December
1861.
Robinson, Bolling Hall -- 1st Lieutenant - July 8, 1861.
Resigned, disability, July 11, 1862. Died at Blakely,
Georgia.
Roe, Joseph A. -- Private - September 15, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862; Fort Steadman,
Virginia March 25, 1865. In Richmond, Virginia hospital,
wounded, close of war.
Rollins, S. M. William -- Private - July 8, 1861. Admitted
to Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Virginia on account
of debility, July 23, 1862. Transferred to Danville,
Virginia July 31, 1862. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4,
at Richmond, Virginia with chronic conjunctivitis, November
12, 1862. Returned to duty November 28, 1862. Died of
areola in Petersburg, Virginia hospital January 31, 1863.
(Born in Burke County, Georgia.)
Rowland, Jeremiah W. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed
5th Sergeant February 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 1, 1863, and died there of wounds July 10,
1863.
Sanders, James H. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in
1861. Died in Atlanta, Georgia
Sessions, Sherrod -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in
1861.
Shackleford, J. Fletcher -- Private - July 8, 1861.
Shackleford, William E. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at
Petersburg, Virginia December 22, 1861. (Born at Abbeville,
South Carolina.)
Shehee, Daniel -- Private - May 16, 1862. Discharged in
1863.
Sims, John -- Private - January 29, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.
Sirmons, Jacob (or Simmons) -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died
at Packs Ferry, W. Virginia, November 25, 1861.
Smith, James A. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Detailed with Signal Corps in 1864.
Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia September 23, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout,
Maryland in
1865. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia March 19, 1865. No later record.
Died in Clay County, Georgia.
Smith, Lew L. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia May
12, 1864.
Smith, Mack M. -- Private - September 15, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865. Died in Early County, Georgia in 1874.
Smith, Theodore D. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded April 1863. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, reports as follows: "Absent on furlough in
Southwest Georgia. Absent
without leave from February 3, 1865." No later record.
Stevenson, William A. -- Private - August 4, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 1, 1863. Paroled as a prisoner of war at Albany, Georgia May
24, 1865.
Stewart, John -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died at Staunton, Virginia in 1861.
Stone, J. Henry -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed 5th Corporal. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863.
Stone, John W. N. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Died at Athens, Georgia July 8,
1861.
Strickland, William R. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862.
Swann, Thomas T. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in 1862.
Temple, M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in 1862.
Thompson, L. W. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Wounded April 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Died in Early County, Georgia in 1897.
Thornton, Solomon -- Private - April 25, 1864. Captured at Winchester, Virginia
September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange January 17,
1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, January 21,
1865. Died January 28, 1865.
Toole, F. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died in 1862.
Tuggle, John F. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Whitemarsh Island,
Savannah, Georgia, April 16, 1862. Supposed to have died in Winchester, Virginia
hospital.
Tuggle, John M. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Died of disease October 1863.
Vinson, Henry C. -- 1st Sergeant - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Malvern Hill,
Virginia July 1, 1862; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. On wounded
furlough in Georgia
February 28, 1865. Captured at Macon, Georgia April 1865. Died in Clay County,
Georgia.
Wade, Crawford C. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of disease at Lewisburg,
Virginia September 22, 1861.
Wade, John M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Discharged,
disability, July 30, 1862. Died at Blakely, Georgia June 1895.
Walton, Samuel Westley -- Private - May 15, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1865,
last on file, shows he was detailed Enrolling Officer in Early County, Georgia
on account of
disability, October 1863. No later record.
Warren, Ely -- Private - July 8, 1861. Discharged in 1861. Died in Early
County, Georgia.
Warren, Joseph B. M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Killed at 2nd Manassas, Virginia
August 28, 1862.
Warren, Moses D. L., Jr. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Admitted to C. S. A. General
Hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia with pneumonia January 8, 1863, and died
there April 2,
1863.
Weaver, Holly Hiram -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded and disabled at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863. On wounded furlough February 28, 1865.
Paroled, Tallahassee, Florida May 24, 1865. Died in Early County, Georgia in
1875.
Weaver, William B. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 5, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland February 18, 1865.
Received at James
River, Virginia for exchange February 21, 1865. Captured at Macon, Georgia April
1865.
Webb, George -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia July
1, 1862. Discharged March 1863.
Webb, John H. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 1, 1863, and died there of wounds July 27, 1863.
Webb, William J. -- Private - September 4, 1861. Captured at Winchester,
Virginia September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred
to Aiken's Landing,Virginia for exchange March 15, 1865. Received at Boulware &
Cox s Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 18, 1865.
Wiggs, John -- Private - July 8, 1861. Captured and paroled at Athens, Georgia
May 8;1865.
Wilkins, H. Washington -- Private - April 18, 1862. Killed at Hatcher's Run,
Virginia February 5, 1865.
Williams, Jesse M. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Appointed first Corporal April
1863. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 1, 1863.
Williams, John J. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died of typhoid fever in Early
County, Georgia in 1861.
Williams, Reuben D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Winchester, Virginia
September 19, 1864. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled,
Albany, Georgia May 24, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1845.)
Williams, Thomas -- Private - July 8, 1861. Detailed brigade mail-carrier
October 1864. On furlough in Southwest Georgia February 28, 1865. No later
record.
Williams, William R. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia
July 1, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 5, 1863. Exchanged at
Point Lookout,
Maryland February 18, 1865. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865.
Paroled, Albany, Georgia, May 29, 1865. Died in Florida.
Willis, Green D. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 1, 1863. Captured at Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Paroled at
Point
Lookout, Maryland for exchange March 15, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's
Wharves, James River, Virginia for exchange, March 18, 1865. No later record.
Willis, James D. -- Private - July 8, 1861.
Willis, John F. -- Private - July 8, 1861.
Winderweedle, John H. -- Private - September 4, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania,
Virginia May 12, 1864.
York, Pennington L. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Wounded at ChancellorsVille,
Virginia May 3, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, reports him
detailed Sub-enrolling
Officer, Webster County, Georgia, in 1864. No later record. Died in
Terrell County, Georgia.
Youngblood, A. -- Private - July 8, 1861. Died April 1863.
Company A, 51st Regiment
Early County -- Early Volunteers
OFFICERS
Dunwoody, Henry M. -- Captain - March 4, 1862. Elected Major May 2, 1863. Killed
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. (Born in 1826.)
Alexander, Sanford -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant
August 14, 1862; Captain May 2, 1863. Killed at Knoxville, Tennessee, November
29, 1863. (Born in
1835.)
McClain, Wyatt R. -- Private - May 3, 1862. Discharged, disability, August 16,
1862. Reenlisted February 27, 1863. Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 12, 1863;
Captain November 29, 1863. Captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, April 6, 1865.
Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio, June 19, 1865.
Mullay, Edward F. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
August 18, 1862. Died in Richmond, Virginia, hospital January or July 12, 1863.
Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1828.)
Bean, Joel A. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May
15, 1863; 1st Lieutenant November 29, 1863. Absent without leave August 1864.
(Born in 1841.)
Holley, Charles B -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant
August 14, 1862. Killed at ChancellorsVille, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in
1831.)
Moses, Henry J. -- Private - April 23, 1862. Appointed 1st
Sergeant January 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 4,
1863; 1st Lieutenant May 1, 1863; Elected Captain and
declined in favor of W. R. McLain November 29, 1863.
Nesbit, Robert T. (or Robert F.) -- 1st Lieutenant - March
4, 1862. Resigned August 14, 1862. (Born in 1841.)
Odom, Moses G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd
Sergeant January 1863. Killed at ChancellorsVille, Virginia,
May 3, 1863. (Born in 1828.)
Parramore, F. M. -- Private - September 16, 1863. Appointed
3rd Corporal December 1864. Paroled in 1865.
Durham, Daniel P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th
Corporal January 1863. Captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862. Sent from Fort Delaware, Delaware to
Point Lookout, Maryland, where he died of small-pox,
November 11, 1863. (Born in 1834.)
Key, Thomas J. -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Discharged
October 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.)
PRIVATES
Alexander, Asa W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged,
furnished substitute, June 20, 1862. Died in Virginia in
1862. (Born in 1845.)
Alexander, J. W. -- Private in 1862. Paroled in 1865.
Alexander, James W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged
in 1862.
Alexander, Sanford -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862.
Elected 1st Lieutenant August 14, 1862; Captain May 2, 1863.
Killed at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. (Born in
1835.)
Allen, James R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of disease
in Richmond, Virginia, hospital July 1863. (Born in Georgia,
November 1838.)
Avirett, Archibald (or Avritt) -- Private - May 7, 1862.
Detailed with Regimental Ordnance wagon January 1863.
Captured. Died in prison.
Avirett, F. J. (or Avritt) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.
Avirett, Malcolm N. (Avritt) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Discharged, disability, in 1862.
Avirett, Robert Alexander (or Avritt) -- Private - March 4,
1862. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee, December 3, 1863.
Released June 17, 1865. (Born in Blakely, Georgia January 8,
1843.)
Avirett, Thomas J. -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Detailed in Quartermaster Department August 1864. (Born in
1844.)
Avirett, William D. -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Appointed 5th Sergeant February 1864. Wounded at Hatcher's
Run, Virginia, April 6, 1865. (Born in 1839.)
Bailey, William Riley -- Private - April 23, 1862. Paroled
in 1865.
Ball, James H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Pocotaligo, South Carolina May 22, 1862. (Born in 1840.)
Barfield, John (or Barefield) -- Private - March 29, 1864.
Wounded in left leg at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864.
Pension records show he was in Macon, Georgia hospital,
account of wounds, April 1865. (Born in Twiggs County,
Georgia, February 9, 1843. Died in Early County, Georgia,
June 12, 1912.)
Barnard, William H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at
Boonesboro, Maryland, September 14, 1862. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1824.)
Bateman, George H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1837.)
Bean, Charles B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in
right leg, necessitating amputation above knee, at
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1842.)
Bean, James F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.)
Bean, Joel A. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr.
2nd Lieutenant May 15, 1863; 1st Lieutenant November 29,
1863. Absent without leave August 1864. (Born in 1841.)
Best, John K. P. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Appointed 4th
Sergeant April 1864. Roll for February 1865, last on file,
shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at
Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Died in Clay County,
Georgia, October 3, 1924.
Birdsong, George R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in
South Carolina in 1862. (Born in 1840.)
Bottoms, William A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in
Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, January 1863.
(Born in 1820.)
Brady, Augustus -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 1864. Buried in Confederate
Cemetery at Lynchburg, Virginia, Number 10, 5th Line, Lot
194-Christian's. (Born in 1841.)
Bramlett, James E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. On detailed
duty January 1863. Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1834.)
Brooks, Richard Henry -- Private - March 11, 1862. Captured
at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Paroled at Elmira,
New York and sent to James River, Virginia, for exchange
March 2, 1865. Paroled at Albany, Georgia May 22, 1865.
(Born January 10, 1835.)
Cain, Daniel E. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Killed at
Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863.
Cartledge, Thomas J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged
in 1862.
Cheshire, Samuel C. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Captured near
Knoxville, Tennessee, December 3, 1863. Transferred to City
Point,Virginia, and exchanged March 2, 1865.
Cowdrey, James E. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863.
Culpepper, James T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in
1862. (Born in 1832.)
Davis, James E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in South
Carolina in 1862. (Born in 1843.)
Dougherty, John R. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Died in 1862.
(Born in 1830.)
Dougherty, Zachariah -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1830.)
Dunwoody, Henry M. -- Captain - March 4, 1862. Elected Major
May 2, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2,
1863. (Born in 1826.)
Durham, Atlas P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17;1862. Died in prison.
(Born in 1835.)
Durham, Daniel P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th
Corporal January 1863. Captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862. Sent from Fort Delaware, Delaware to
Point Lookout, Maryland, where he died of small-pox,
November 11, 1863. (Born in 1834.)
Durham, William H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Died in prison.
(Born in 1840.)
Easom, E. W. (or Eason) -- Private - December 4, 1863.
Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, June 15, 1864. Surrendered
at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.
Easom, James H. (or Eason) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, June 15, 1864. Discharged
at Augusta, Georgia in 1865. (Born August 26, 1841.)
Easom, William (or Eason) -- Private - January 1864.
Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Died in
Early County, Georgia November 16, 1919.
Easom, William J. (or Eason) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Wounded in face and neck and: "one finger shot off," at Cold
Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox,
Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Early County, Georgia,
June 10, 1843.)
English, Marion G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred
in 1864.
Ford, James L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in hip
and permanently disabled at Boonesboro, Maryland, September
14, 1862. (Born in Georgia in 1840.)
Fowler, Jeremiah J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Paroled in 1865.
(Born in 1842.)
Furlong, Richard -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to
Company F, Phillips' Legion, Georgia Infantry in 1864.
Goff, Luther -- Private - March 4, 1862. Pension records
show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.
(Born in Randolph County, Georgia in 1830. Died in Calhoun
County, Georgia, January 1909.)
Golden, William -- Private - May 7, 1862. Deserted at
Charleston, South Carolina January 18, 1863.
Gray, Gabriel W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in
Virginia in 1862. (Born in 1842.)
Gray, Hosea C. (or Hosey C.) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Died at home during war. (Born in 1837.)
Green, John T. -- 2nd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Discharged
in 1862. (Born in 1832.)
Greenwood, John P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in South
Carolina in 1862. (Born in 1839.)
Greenwood, Thomas P. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Died at
Pocotaligo, South Carolina May 12, 1862.
Gresham, George F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1829.)
Grier, Samuel A. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Pension records
show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.
Paroled at Albany, Georgia May 22, 1865. (Born in Georgia.
Died in Randolph County, Georgia in 1925.)
Grier, Thomas M. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Wounded in hand
August 1862. Detailed at Division Headquarters August 1864.
Paroled in 1865.
Harris, John W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Staunton,Virginia in 1862. (Born in 1836.)
Harris, Joshua L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st
Sergeant April 30, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Released at Point Lookout,
Maryland, in 1865. (Born in 1834.)
Harrison, David -- Private - August 10, 1862. Died in
Virginia hospital in 1864.
Harrison, Edmond (or Edward) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Died in hospital in 1863. (Born in 1845.)
Harrison, Thomas -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Died at Fort
Delaware, Delaware October 29, 1863. (Born in 1835.)
Hathcock, Frank F. (or Heathcock) -- Private - March 4,
1862. Died of typhoid fever November 15, 1862.
Hathcock, George W. (or Heathcock) -- Private - March 4,
1862. Died at Gordonsville, Virginia, January 1863. (Born in
1844.)
Hearns, William C. -- Private - August 10, 1862. Died in
hospital in 1863.
Hill, Joseph A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged in
1862. (Born in 1836.)
Holley, Charles B -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 14, 1862. Killed at
Chancellorsville,Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1831.)
Ingraham, James A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged in
1864. (Born in 1843.)
Johnson, James A. (or Johnston) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1833.)
Johnson, James W. (or Johnston) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
(Born in 1838.)
Johnson, John C. (or Johnston) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Captured near Appomattox, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released
at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 1865. (Born in Early
County, Georgia, November 11, 1839. Died in that county.)
Johnson, Joseph W. (or Johnston) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in
1832.)
Johnson, William B. (or Johnston) -- Private - August 10,
1862. Said to have died in Winchester, Virginia, hospital
January 1863.
Justice, William H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. Released at Camp
Morton, Indiana, May 22, 1865. (Born in 1846. Died in
Randolph County, Georgia)
Key, Andrew J. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Enlisted Company ?,
? Regiment, Georgia State Troops.
Key, Thomas J. -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Discharged
October 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.)
King, John J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd
Sergeant in 1862. Discharged November 2, 1862. (Born in
1830.)
Kirkland, Jacob H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died May 13,
1862. (Born in 1842.)
Kirkland, John J. -- 1st Corporal - March 4, 1862. Wounded
in right leg, necessitating amputation below knee, at
Chancellors Ville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in Georgia,
January 17, 1842.)
Lane, Isham K. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Pocatalico, South Carolina, May 1, 1862. (Born in 1843.)
Lane, J. Thomas -- Private - August 5, 1862. Appointed 4th
Corporal December 1864. Captured. Died in prison.
Layton, John H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Pocotaligo, South Carolina, May 29, 1862. (Born in 1841.)
Lewis, Andrew J. -- Private - August 5, 1862. Substitute for
Isaac Timmons. Died at Danville, Virginia, January 1863.
Maddox, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Richmond, Virginia, June 19, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood
Cemetery.
Mayes, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died June 25,
1862. (Born in 1829.)
McCann, Charles -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed in
Pennsylvania July 10, 1863. (Born in 1830.)
McCann, Hugh -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died January 1863.
McClain, Wyatt R. -- Private - May 3, 1862. Discharged,
disability, August 16, 1862. Reenlisted February 27, 1863.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 12, 1863; Captain November 29,
1863. Captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, April 6, 1865.
Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio, June 19, 1865.
McCormack, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in South
Carolina in 1862.
McDonald, Robert L. -- 2nd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Wounded
at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1830.)
McLendon, James D. (or McClendon) -- Private - March 4,
1862. Killed at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863.
(Born in 1823.)
Miller, Andrew J. -- 4th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed
3rd Sergeant October 31, 1863. Wounded, part of hand
amputated at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. Unfit
for further duty. (Born in Early County, Georgia in 1832,
and died there March 4, 1881.)
Monk, Daniel T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in left
foot at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864; Cold Harbor,
Virginia, June 1, 1864. On detached service October 1864.
Pension records show he was in Macon, Georgia hospital,
account of wounds, close of war. (Born in Henry County,
Alabama, March 15, 1828.)
Moses, Henry J. -- Private - April 23, 1862. Appointed 1st
Sergeant January 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 4,
1863; 1st Lieutenant May 1, 1863; Elected Captain and
declined in favor of W. R. McLain November 29, 1863.
Mullay, Edward F. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected
Jr. 2nd Lieutenant August 18, 1862. Died in Richmond,
Virginia, hospital January or July 12, 1863. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1828.)
Nesbit, Robert T. (or Robert F.) -- 1st Lieutenant - March
4, 1862. Resigned August 14, 1862. (Born in 1841.)
Odom, Moses G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd
Sergeant January 1863. Killed at Chancellors Ville, Virginia,
May 3, 1863. (Born in 1828.)
Parham, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of disease in
Richmond, Virginia, hospital July 20, 1862. (Born in 1829.)
Parramore, F. M. -- Private - September 16, 1863. Appointed
3rd Corporal December 1864. Paroled in 1865.
Philmon, William F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Paroled in
1865. (Born in 1835.)
Pickle, David L. -- Private - March 19, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware September 14,
1864. Received at Varina,
Virginia, for exchange September 22, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at
Richmond, Virginia, with scurvy September 22, 1864. Furloughed for 30 days
September 26,
1864. Roll for January-February 1865, last on file, shows him absent without
leave. Regimental return for March 1865, shows him absent without leave October
27, 1864, at Blakely, Georgia
Pickle, Harris S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in hospital November 23,
1863.
Pickle, Marion F. (or Michael F.) -- Private - May 7, 1862. Roll for
January-February 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. Regimental
returns for March 1865,
show him absent without leave December 1, 1864, at Blakely, Georgia
Pickle, Shelton G. -- Private - August 10, 1862. Captured at Burkeville,
Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 16, 1865.
Died in Early County,
Georgia, March 7, 1901.
Pool, Everette J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1835.)
Powell, Jesse R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent.
Rawson, Joseph G. -- Private - January 18, 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom,
Virginia, August 16, 1864. Released in 1865.
Ritchie, James D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
September 17, 1862. (Born in 1835.)
Sapp, Edward -- Private - August 10, 1862. Died at Gordonsville, Virginia,
January 1863.
Sessions, George W. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Discharged January 12, 1863.
Sessions, Sherrod W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. (Born in
1834.)
Shirey, C. F. -- Private - August 10, 1863. Died at Richmond, Virginia, January
19, 1864.
Shirey, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in 1862.
Singletary, Benjamin Franklin -- Private - May 7, 1862.
Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee, December 3, 1863.
Released at Rock Island, Illinois June 19, 1865. (Born in
North Carolina June 14, 1831. Died in Early County, Georgia,
June 5, 1880.)
Sirmons, Charles W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Pension records
show he was furloughed for 30 days at Petersburg, Virginia
in 1865. Captured by 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, at
Macon, Georgia April 1865. (Born in 1844. Died in Early
County, Georgia in 1927.)
Smith, Daniel -- Private - May 7, 1862. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863.
Smith, Samuel, Jr. -- Private - May 7, 1862.
Temples, Michael J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged,
disability, January 19, 1863. Died in Virginia in 1863.
(Born in 1837.)
Thomas, Gideon B. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863.
Timmons, Isaac -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged,
furnished A. J. Lewis as substitute, August 5, 1862.
Timmons, John A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd
Corporal June 30, 1863. Pension records show he surrendered
at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Georgia in
1830. Died in Early County, Georgia, May 1883.)
Urquhart, Yelverton T. -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Discharged January 12, 1863. (Born in 1835.)
Vann, James T. (or J. J.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died
May 19, 1862. (Born in 1844.)
Ward, Alexander -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Deep
Bottom, Virginia, August 16, 1864. Paroled in 1865. (Born in
1830.)
Weaver, Thomas -- Private - August 10, 1862. Captured. Died
in prison in 1864.
Weaver, Westley S. -- 3rd Corporal - March 4, 1862.
Appointed 3rd Sergeant January 1863. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1837.)
Webster, John T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at home in
1863. (Born in 1829.)
Widener, Allen P. (or Widner) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Died in Virginia in 1862. (Born in 1840.)
Widener, James W. -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Died in 1862. (Born in 1838.)
Wiley, Jacob -- 5th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Knoxville, Tennessee, December 5, 1863. Transferred from
Fort Delaware, Delaware for exchange February 15, 1865.
(Born in 1820.)
Wilkins, Henry W. -- Private March 4, 1862.
Willborn, Felix G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Present
August 1864. (Born in 1844.)
Willis, James -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Winsor, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Virginia in
1862.
Wood, Jasper -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Wright, Felix G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died June 29,
1862. (Born in 1840.)