I have recently begun a project that I have long wanted to do and time did not permit. Now the opportunity has arisen again and I intend to make the 1st Georgia Reserves roster as complete as possible. I solicit your help if you recognize any of the soldiers whose names I intend to post. As you may, or may not know, it takes 10 companies to make a regiment. Colonel James H. Fannin's regiment, known as the 1st Georgia Reserves, consisted mainly of the older men and younger boys who were enlisted during the summer of 1864. At first they were used as guards at the Andersonville Prison. In trying to determine which company was formed from which county, I was not very successful. Some of the companies only show "miscellaneous" which means that when they got the men in camp at Atlanta, they just randomly assigned them to companies. The companies that do show that they were made up from a specific county are: Company F - Carroll County Company H - Coweta County Company I - Carroll County Company K - Carroll County Also, I know for a certainity that at least one, my great grandfather, in Company A, was from Heard County, Georgia. I feel certain that Troup as well as some of the other surrounding counties were also involved but have yet to solve that part of the puzzle. I hope to eventually have a roster of the 1st Georgia Reserves that will include the county the soldier was from, military data (scarce though that be), information from any pension application that was made by either the soldier if he lived or his widow, and the place of burial. I want the roster to be one of the best on the web and I solicit your help if one of your ancestors happens to be listed. These men deserve their rightful place in the pages of history and so many of them have been forgotten or never found by their descendants. Best regards, Jane Ashley Benson