----- ============================================================ > Source: [email protected] > Subject: [GAMUSCOGEE] 31st Reg. Co.A,Georgia Light Infantry > > > MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY A, 3lst REGIMENT > GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY > EVANS' BRIGADE, GORDON'S DIVISION > ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA > C. S. A. > MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA > GEORGIA LIGHT INFANTRY > > > > Forrester, Apollus - Captain August 29, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. > August 28, 1862. > > Shorter, Charles S. - 1st Lieutenant Aug 29, 1861. Elected Captain August > 28, 1862. Transferred to Engineer Corps Oct 14, 1864. Captured at Burgess > Mill, Va. April 2, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, O. June 20, 1865. > > Clapp, Edward W. - 2d Lieutenant August 29, 1861. Wounded at Malvern Hill, > Va. July 1, 1862. Died of wounds July 22, 1862. > > Rodgers, John J. F. - Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 29, 1861. Died at his father's > residence in Pike County, Alabama, November 22, 1861. > > Fergurson, T. J. - 1st Sergeant August 29, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant > September 28, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. > > Biggers, Joseph L. - 2d Sergeant August 29, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant > April 22, 1862; 1st Lieutenant August 28, 1862. Resigned December 28, 1863. > Appointed 2d Sergeant of Pemberton's Independent Company Ga. Cavalry July 2, > 1864. Surrendered , Columbus, Ga. April 1865. > > Roddy, George - 3d. Sergeant August 29; 1861 Appointed 1st Sergeant August > 28, 1862, Captured at Berryville, Va. July 21, 1864. Died of chronic > diarrhoea in Military Prison at Camp Chase, O. January 5, 1865. Grave #691, > Camp Chase Confederate Cemete ry. > > Watt, R. L. - 4th Sergeant August 29, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant August 28, > 1862. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, at 2d Manassas, Va August 28, > 1862. At home on wounded furlough August 31, 1864, to close of war. > > Pond, George Y. - 5th Sergeant August 29, 1861. Discharged, disability, March > 25, 1862. > > Stewart, V. A. - 1st Corporal August 29, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant August > 28, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. > > Harper, S. H - 2d. Corporal August 29, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal August > 28, 1862. Roll for March -April 1863, shows he deserted. > > Wilkerson, F. B. - 3d Corporal August 29, 1861 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. > June 27, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant August 28, 1862. Died in hospital July > 1, 1863. > > Clements, W. C. - 4th Corporal August 29, 1861. Discharged, over-age, October > 27, 1862. Born in 1815. > > Hicks,. Thomas - Musician August 29, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1861, shows > him on furlough. No later record. > > Batson, Z. P. - private August 29, 1861. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October > 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 23, 1865. > > Bennefield, R. B. (or R. D.) - private October 5, 1861. Captured at > Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. May 5, 1865. > > Blackshear, Charles - Pension records show he enlisted Apr 1862. Wounded, > left wrist permanently disabled, and through right side of head, fracturing > skull, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. (Born in Ga. December 24, 1841.) > > Brooks, Joseph - private October 8, 1861. Wounded and captured in 1864. > > Brooks, Shadrack - private October 1, 1861 Roll dated November 5, 1864, last > on file, shows him present. No later record. > > Brown, Bennett - private October 8, 1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital June > 15, 1862. > > Bruce, A. J. - private May 14, 1862. Captured at Hanover, Pa. July 2, or 8, > 1863. Died of inflammation of pleura, at Fort Delaware, Del., January 3, > 1864. > > Bullard, Dennard - private September 20, 1861. Roll dated November 5, 1864, > last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. > > Byrd, William B. - private October 8, 1861. Wounded in eye, resulting in loss > of sight, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Discharged, disability, April 1, > 1864. > > Cole, John A. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, > 1862. Wounded in right hand, necessitating amputation below elbow, at > Petersburg, Va. April 7, 1865. Paroled at Greensboro, N. C. April 1865. > > Cook, William W. (or William M.) - private October 5, 1861. Discharged at > Beaulieu, near Savannah, Ga., May 29, 1862. > > Corbett, S. Wallace - private September 20, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor; Va. > June 27, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant January 1863. Captured at Monocacy, Md. > July 9; 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. October 30, 1864. No later > record. > > Couch, J. P. - private May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, > 1865. > > Davis, John - private October 8, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. > December 13, 1862. Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at > Newport News, Va. June 25, 1865. > > Dearing, George C. - private October 8, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant August > 28, 1862; 1st Sergeant December 14, 1862. Wounded January 1864. Roll for > August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. > > Dent, William H. - private October 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July > 1, 1863. At home on wounded furlough August 31, 1864. No later record. > > Douglass, Bryant Washington William - private October 8, 1861. Wounded in > right leg below knee and permanently disabled, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, > 1864. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. May 11, > 1864. Furloughed Dec 3, 1864 . Disabled for further service. Appears also as > B. W. Douglas, Bryant W. W. Douglas and William B. Douglas. (Born in Ga. > February 24, 1840.) > > Douglass, Jackson O. - private October 8, 1861. Died in hospital in Virginia > September 18, 1862. > > Douglass, James N. - private October 8, 1861. Appears last on roll for > December 31, 1861. > > Douglass, Stephen - private October 8, 1861. Pension records show he was > wounded August 18, 1864. At home on wounded furlough November 5, 1864. > Disabled by wounds. Unable to return. (Born in Coffee County, Ga. in 1842.) > > Douglass, William B. See Douglass, Bryant Washington William. > > Durham, Joseph B. private January 6, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, > 1863. Thigh was broken by minie ball at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Captured > at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout Md October 30, > 1864. Received a t Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga. November 15, 1864. > Paroled, Thomasville, Ga. May 23, 1865. (Born in Houston County, Ga. March > 11, 1839.) > > Durham, Seth - private September 4, 1861. Died at home January 5, 1863. > > Durham, Stephen - private Oct 8, 1861 Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December > 13, 1862. Deserted. Sent to Provost Marshal General at City Point, Va., to be > sent to Washington, D. C.; received at Washington, D C. Nov 14, 1864, where > he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and was furnished transportation to > Philadelphia, Pa. > > Durrance, Joel H. - private October 8, 1861. Wounded in right leg at > Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. At home on wounded furlough November 5, 1864. > Pension records show he was in hospital close of war. (Born in Coffee County, > Ga. April 5, 1840.) > > Edwards, Fern D. (or Furn D.) - private September 4, 1861. Wounded at 2d > Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. > Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. March 14, 1865. Received at James River, Va. for > exchange March 18-21, 1865 . No later record. > > Ellis, Abner - private October 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, > 1863. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later > record. > > Ellis, Henry - private October 8, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, > 1862. > > Fettner, L. J. - private November 1, 1861. Deserted at Fredericksburg, Va. > December 13, 1862. > > Goggins, John - private October 8, 1861 Appointed 5th Sergeant August 28, > 1862. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863, and died there > July 14, 1863. > > Grantham, James - private September 4, 1861. Discharged, disability, January > 13, 1862. > > Henley, James - private September 10, 1861. Appears last on roll for December > 31, 1861. > > Henley, Zachariah - private September 10, 1861. Sick in hospital August 31, > 1864. > > Hicks, William - private August 29, 1861. On furlough October 31, 1861. No > later record. > > Hutto, James - private October 8, 1861. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March > 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865. > > Jones, W. T. - private October 8, 1861. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on > file, shows him present. No later record. > > Jordan, John - private September 20, 1861. Returned to duty from hospital > April 10, 1865. > > Jowers, Darling - private October 8, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August > 28, 1862. > > Jowers, Jonathan J. - private October 8, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. > August 28, 1862. Wounded in left arm, necessitating amputation one inch below > shoulder joint, and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Exchanged > August 1863. At home on wounded furlough August 31, 1864, to close of war. > > Kelly, Christopher - private October 4, 1861. Appears last on roll for > December 31, 1861. > > Kelly, James - private January 18, 1862. Died of pneumonia in Petersburg, Va. > hospital March 21, 1863. > > Kilgore, Leroy (or Kilgro) - private January 4, 1862. Captured at > Spotsylvania, Va. May 20, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. March 10, 1865. > Received at James River, Va. for exchange March 15, 1865. No later record. > > Lindley, George - private September 23, 1861. Absent without leave April > 30-August 31, 1864. No later record. > > Lisenby, Anthony - private October 1, 1861. Appears last on roll for December > 1861. > > Lisenby, Green - private March 23, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, > 1863. > > Lowe, A. B. - private April 8, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, > 1863. Captured in hospital April 3, 1865. Paroled at Petersburg, Va. April > 20, 1865. > > Lowe, Milton S. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. > December 13, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal January 6, 1863; 2d Corporal May 3, > 1863. Captured at Bristow Station, Va. October 14, 1863. Paroled at Point > Lookout, Md. February 1865, and exchanged February 25, 1865. No later record. > > Lowe, W. L. - private April 8, 1862. Captured at Harrisonburg Va. September > 25, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 14, 1865. > > Lowrey, Andrew Bascom-See private, Co. E. > > Ludlaw, John (or Ludlan) - private Oct 3, 1861. Union records show he was > brought to Columbia, Pa. July 1, 1863, forwarded to Fort Delaware, Del. July > 2, 1863, and released there June 14, 1865. > > Mansel, Hiram - private May 15, 1862 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, > 1862. Captured at Culpeper, Va. December 18, 1863. Exchanged in 1864. > Wounded, little finger of right hand shot off, and left arm permanently > disabled, at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864, and captured there same day. > Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. September 14, 1864. Sent to Aiken's Landing, > Va. for exchange September 18, 1864. Received at Varina, Va. September 22, > 1864. (Born in Ga.) > > Martin, Madison - private October 5, 1861. Appears last on roll for December > 31, 1861. > > > McLemore, James - private November 1, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. > April 9, 1865. > > Newberry, Absalom Blount - private October 4, 1861. Captured at Monocacy, Md. > July 9, 1863. Died of variola in Hammond U.S.A. General Hospital at Point > Lookout, Md. December 11, 1863. > > Newberry, Ansel - private October 1, 1861. Absent, sick, November 5, 1864. No > later record. Newberry, F. M. private March 12, 1862. Surrendered, > Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. > > Newberry, John - private October 4, 1862. At home on sick furlough November > 5, 1864. No later record. > > Newberry, J. M. - private March 12, 1862. Appears last on roll for December > 31, 1863. > > Overstreet, Franklin S. - private Oct 8, 1861. Wounded and captured at > Richmond, Va. June 29, 1862. Died in Field Hospital June 1862. > > Overstreet, Jacob - private October 8, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June > 27, 1862. (Born in Ga.) > > Page, William - private September 20, 1861. Died at Skidaway Island, Ga. > March 15, 1862. > > Partine, James Malachi (or Parting) - private October 8, 1861. Captured near > Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 16, 1865. > > Peterson, Daniel (or David) - private Oct 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. > July 1, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. > > Poer, Aaron - private September 18, 1861. Absent, sick, April 30 - August 31, > 1864. In 6th Division Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., October 1864. > Returned to duty from Blackie Hospital at Augusta, Ga. April 13, 1865. > > Powell, George - private September 10, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July > 2, 1863. On wounded furlough November 5, 1864. No later record. > > Rankin, William H. - private April 6, 1862. Appears last on roll for April > 14, 1863. > > Rowe, Fletcher - private October 5, 1861. Discharged March 27, 1862. > > Scaife, William L. - private September 3, 1861. Appointed Hospital Steward > December 15, 1861. Discharged March 1863. Appointed Assistant Surgeon C.S.A. > (to rank from April 21, 1863 ), July 11, 1863. Ordered to report to Surgeon > W. W. Anderson, Medical Director at Jackson, Miss., for assignment to duty > April 30, 1863. Assigned to duty in WaySide Hospital, Meridian, Miss. in > 1863. Relieved from duty at hospital October 21,1863, to report to Major > General French for duty. Assigned to duty as Assi stant Surgeon of the 9th > Regiment Texas Inf. October 25, 1863. At Lauderdale Springs, Miss. April 5, > 1864. No later record. > > Scroggins, F. A. - private October 5, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal January 6, > 1863; 2d Sergeant May 3, 1863. Wounded at' Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. > Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. > > Scroggins, T. G. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. > December 13, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal in 1863; 3d Sergeant May 1, 1863. > Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. > Captured at Monocacy, Md . July 14, 1864. Admitted to U.S.A. General Hospital > at Fortress Monroe, Va. in 1864. Returned to duty January 9, 1865. > > Shavers, Robert - private September 18, 1861. Wounded and captured at > Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Exchanged. Captured at Monocacy, Md. > July 10, 1864. Received at Fort McHenry, Md. October 21, 1864. Transferred to > Point Lookout, Md. October 25, 1864. Exchanged October 30, 1864. No later > record. > > Smith, Cornelius A. - private October 8, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant > August 28, 1862; 2d Lieutenant July 2, 1863;1st Lieutenant December 28, 1863. > Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Captured at Monocacy, Md. July 10, > 1864. Received as an invalid prisoner of war September 1864. Transferred to > Point Lookout, Md. September 28, 1864. Exchanged October 11, 1864. No later > record. > > Smith, Edmond (or Edmund) - private October 20, 1861. Discharged, disability, > January 6, 1862. > > Smith, Graham - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, > 1862. At home on wounded furlough February 28, 1863. No later record. > > Smith, John - private October 1, 1861 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, > 1862; Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Captured at Monocacy, Md. July 10, 1864. > Paroled October 30, 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga. for > exchange, November 15, 1864. > > Smith, Timothy - private January 17, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June > 27, 1862. Killed at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. > > Stewart, Seaborn J. - private May 16, 1862. Appears on undated parole of > prisoners of war, endorsed by R. Byrnes, 1st Lieutenant of the 5th Cavalry, > Assistant Provost Marshal, Army of Potomac. > > Stewart, Thomas J. - private October 5, 1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital, > date not given. Death claim filed April 27, 1863. > > Stone, John - private April 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. > > Thomas, H. L. - private April 6, 1862. Wounded at Richmond, Va. June 30, > 1862. Roll for March -April 1863 show he was discharged, date not given. > > Thompson, James Marion - private September 18, 1861. "Absent on furlough > April 2-May 6, 1862, having reenlisted for the war." No later record. > > Trammell, W. H. - private May 27, 1864. Wounded and captured in 1864. No > later record. > > Tucker, Daniel - private October 5, 1861. Deserted at St. Simon Island, Ga. > November 1, 1861. > > Vincent, James - private October 8, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal May 3, 1863. > Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Wounded and captured at Monocacy, > Md. July 10, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. September 30, 1864. > > Walker, John T. - private October 8, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August > 28, 1862. > > Weaver, Ezekiel H. - private October 7, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. > August 29, 1862. Captured at Bermuda Hundred Defenses, Va. April 3, 1865. > Released at Hart's Island, N. Y. Harbor, June 15, 1865. > > West, Alfred - private September 18, 1861. Appointed Regimental Musician > October 8, 1861. Received pay September 12, 1863. No later record. > > Wilkerson, James T. - private May 15, 1862. Died in Orange Court House, Va. > hospital February 9, 1864. > > Williams, Joseph - private August 29, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. > April 9, 1865. > > Young, William H. H. - private September 29, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu, > near Savannah, Ga., May 29, 1862. > > This company was organized at Columbus, Ga. August 29, 1861. Was ordered by > Governor Brown to report to General A. R. Lawton October 7, 1861. Ordered by > General Henry L. Wayne to Brunswick, Ga., thence to St. Simon Island, and > arrived there October 10, 1861. Ordered to report to Colonel P. J. Phillips > at Camp Wilson, December 5, 1861, and arrived there December 7, 1861. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > -- > > Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia © - 1999 Eastern Digital > Resources > Rel. V. 1.00 - 10 MAY 1999 > > > Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia > Index > > > Granmommy > Jeremiah 29:11 > Quixtar Independent Business Owner > Future Resident of the Old Genealogists Home, best kept secret in America.