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Muster Roll of Company B
8th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY of NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA
("OGLETHORPE LIGHT INFANTRY")
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Read the fiery poem "The Battle of Manassas Plain" by Miss Ella J. Willett, describing the Oglethorpes at First Manassas. Original 54-line poem available, from the author's hand. View picture of OLI (Oglethorpe Light Infantry) Cartridge Box Plate (aka "belt buckle") found at Harrison's Landing, Va. Courtesy of Gus Prokopis. 152 names and service records from Henderson's "Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia..." follow. Other information, such as letters, journals, biographies, photos, etc. for some of the soldiers are described below. I welcome any additional information on these Company B soldiers. Thanks! |
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OFFICERS: Bartow, Francis S. - Captain May 21, 1861. Elected Colonel June 1, 1861; Brigadier General P. A. C. S. in 1861. Killed at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. (View the esteemed Bartow's biography, links, and other information. Relative of Kent M. Brown.) West, Joseph J. - 1st Lieutenant May 21, 1861. Elected Captain July 3, 1861. Resigned August 1, 1861. Appointed Surgeon C. S. A. Couper, Hamilton - 2d Lieutenant May 21, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant July 3, 1861; Captain September 1, 1861. Killed at Centreville, Va. November 8, 1861. Butler, A. F. - Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Elected Captain December 17, 1861. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Paroled at Johnson's Island, 10 and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange February 24, 1865. Holcombe, Josiah Law - 1st Sergeant May 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant August 14, 1861. Resigned December 1, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. C, 1st Battalion Ga. Sharpshooters July 13, 1862. Appointed A. A. A. General to Brigadier General C. H. Stevens. Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864. Died from wounds in 1864. Bliss, Frederick - 2d Sergeant May 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant September 1, 1861. 1st Lieutenant December 1, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died of wounds July 4, 1863. (Read Bliss' biography and an account of his January 1863 trial.) (Relative of Jim Bliss.) Crane, Horace A., Jr.--3d Sergeant May 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. A, 1st Battalion Ga. Sharpshooters August 19, 1862; 1st Lieutenant January 20, 1863. Wounded in leg and permanently disabled at Chickamauga, Ga. September 20, 1863. Retired to Invalid Corps, P. A. C. S., on account of total disability, October 10, 1864. Assigned as Adjutant of Post at Fort McAllister, Ga. November 25, 1864, and captured there December 13, 1864. Imprisoned at Point Lookout, Md. and at Fort Delaware, Del., and released from latter place June 17, 1865. Died September 20, 1920. (Brother of William H. Crane, 3d Cpl., listed below. Their sister, Julia Crane, married Thomas J. Charlton, Asst. Surgeon on the C.S.S. Florida. Julia was in Savannah during the War. Information is from letters of Julia Crane Charlton, Savannah Historical Society file No. 132 "Charlton Files." Provided by Kathy Waters, descendant of Julia Crane and Thomas Charlton.) Shellman, William Feay - 4th Sergeant May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant December 17, 1861; 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant April 30, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, at Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864. Retired, on account of wounds, October 15, 1864. Elected Major of Shellman's Local Battalion, Savannah, Ga. in 1864. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865. Paroled, Thomasville, Ga. May 11, 1865. (View War-time photo of William Shellman, taken before Cold Harbor. Born Nov. 23, 1840; died Feb. 7, 1897. Ancestor of Reese Shellman.) Daniell, Charles -- 5th Sergeant May 21, 1861. Discharged, disability, October 31, 1861. Served as volunteer A. D. C. on General J. R. Anderson's Staff in 1862. Enlisted as a private in 5th Company Washington Artillery, Louisiana, C. S. A., March 24, 1863. Elected Captain of Daniell's Battery Ga. Light Artillery December 12, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Borchert, C. F. - 1st Corporal May 21, 1861. White, William E. - 1st Corporal August 19, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Captured at Deep Bottom, Va. August 14, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. for exchange March 1865. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Va. March 19, 1865. Paroled at Albany, Ga. May 25, 1865. Branch, Sanford W. - 2d Corporal May 21, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Elected 2d Lieutenant January 1863; 1st Lieutenant July 4, 1863. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 4, 1863. Received at Fort Pulaski, Ga. subsequent to October 20, 1864. Delivered to Colonel Mulford for exchange December 3, 1864. No later record. (Read two of his letters from April 1862. Brother of Lt. and Adjutant John Branch [see Regimental Staff and Band page], and private Hamilton Branch [see roster below]. Refer to "Charlotte's Boys, Civil War Letters by the Branch Family of Savannah," by Mauriel P. Joslyn, c. 1996, Rockbridge Publishing Co., Va., for more on the Branch family.) Crane, William H. - 3d Corporal May 21, 1861. Killed at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. (Brother of Horace Crane, 3d Sgt., listed above. Their sister, Julia Crane, married Thomas J. Charlton, Asst. Surgeon on the C.S.S. Florida. Julia was in Savannah during the War. Information is from letters of Julia Crane Charlton, Savannah Historical Society file No. 132 "Charlton Files." Provided by Kathy Waters, descendant of Julia Crane and Thomas Charlton.) Davis, Joseph O. - 4th Corporal August 19, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant December 17, 1861. Wounded at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. |
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PRIVATES: Avery, Isaac Wheeler----- private May 21, 1861. Elected Captain of Co. 1, 12th Regiment Ga. Cavalry (Avery's), January 10, 1862. Colonel January 5, 1863. Applied to Secretary of War of C. S. States for authority to raise a brigade of Cavalry January 11, 1865. No later record. Bacon, A. S. ---- private August 16, 1861. Wounded. Detached by order of Secretary of War October 31, 1864. No later record. Bacon, D. W. C. ---- private August 15, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 5, 1863. Exchanged. Furloughed for 20 days to visit home in Georgia August 29, 1864. No later record. Baker, Robert Q.----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Discharged, disability, November 6, 1861. Baldy, Samuel Hamilton----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Died in General Hospital at Warrenton, Va. September 7, 1862. Buried in Manassas Cemetery, Warrenton, VA. Barnwell, S. B. ---- private May 21, 1861. Appointed Ensign. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. (Barnwell is mentioned as one of the 8th's color bearers in a letter by Major Magruder to Colonel Towers. Read this letter, which describes Barnwell carrying the flag from Second Manassas through Sharpsburg, where he lost his life.) Barton, W. H. ---- private May 21, 1861. Absent without leave December 1862. No later record. Bellamy, William A.----- private March 25, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Franklin County, Ga. February 1, 1841.) (William married Sarah Jane Ayers in 1870 in Habersham County, Ga.) (Ancestor of Frances Ivins and Joyce Brooks.) Belvin, John A. ---- private May 21, 1861. Severely wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Discharged, on account of wounds September 16, 1861. Bennett, William Henry----- private May 21, 1861. Appointed Asst. Quartermaster. Berrien, Lawrence Cecil----- private May 21, 1861. No later record in this Company. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 9th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 10, 1861. Appointed Jr.2d Lieutenant of Co. E, 1st Regiment Ga. Regulars March 1, 1863; 2d Lieutenant March 28, 1865. Bevill, Francis Bartow-----See private, Co. H. Bishop, Carey C.----- private August 1, 1864. Died September 23, 1864. Bogart, J. H.----- private May 21, 1861. Sick in General Hospital December 31, 1862. No later record. Boler, O. ---- private March 6, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. May 5, 1865. Boston, M. B.(or M. D.)----- private May 21, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Branch, Hamilton McDevit------ private May 21, 1861. Wounded at Dam #1, and sent to Richmond, Va., and from there to Savannah, Ga. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. F, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 13, 1862; 1st Lieutenant September 22, 1863. Furloughed for 5 days from December 15, 1863. Severely wounded near Atlanta, Ga. June 24, 1864. At home, wounded, until September 1864, when he rejoined command. Wounded December 16, 1864. Returned to command April 1865. Being unfit for field duty he was detailed to collect absentees. (Brother of Lt. and Adjutant John Branch and Cpl. (later Sgt. and Lt.) Sanford Branch. Refer to "Charlotte's Boys, Civil War Letters by the Branch Family of Savannah," by Mauriel P. Joslyn, c. 1996, Rockbridge Publishing Co., Va., for more on the Branch family.) Burgess, J. H.(or J. T.)------- private March 25, 1863. Captured at Bristol, Tenn. December 14, 1864. Died of apoplexy at Camp Chase, O. May 30, 1865. Grave #2006, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. Burney, Willis A. (or Birney)------- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant August 14, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Reported wounded at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, according to the Southern Historical Society Papers.) Butler, George M.----- private May 21, 1861. Killed at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Campfield, John S.----- private August 16, 1861. Appointed Assistant Surgeon, C. S. A. from Georgia November 15, 1861. Accepted appointment December 2, 1861. Dropped April 29, 1862. Reported as contract physician at Savannah, Ga. August 17 - December 1, 1863. No later record. (Relative of Bill Rockwell.) Carpenter, A.---- private March 6, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Carrolan, J. E. ---- private May 21, 1861. Killed at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. August 28, 1862. Celroy, D.----- private. Died in Atlanta, Ga. July 5, 1864. Chisholm, John B. ---- private May 21, 1861. Paroled at Burkeville, Va. April 14-17, 1865. Cole, R. H. (or Coyle)----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant September 1, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. February 18, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange February 21, 1865. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Coombs, William D.----- private April 16, 1861. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. June 27, 1862. Died from wounds in 1st Georgia Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 20, 1862. Dasher, S. M. ---- private May 21, 1861. Killed at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862. Dasher, William B.----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at Farmville, Va. April 6, 1865. Captured in Petersburg, Va. hospital April 1865. Admitted to hospital at Point of Rocks, Va. May 10, 1865. Davis, Alfred----- private May 21, 1861. Captured in 1862. Paroled at Shepherdstown, Md. September 29, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Davis, E. W.------- private May 21, 1861. Appointed Captain and Assistant Quartermaster October 19, 1863. Wounded. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865. Paroled, Thomasville, Ga. May 20, 1865. Davis, Henry L.----- private August 19, 1861. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, and captured at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. and transferred to Varina, Va. for exchange September 22, 1864. No later record. Dauvergne, Onesime--Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 1st Regiment Ga. Vol. Inf. (Olmstead's), May 30, 1861. Transferred to Co. B, 8th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 19, 1861. Wounded in Va. October 1, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Dell, George W.----- private August 12, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. January 3, 1862. DeMontmollin, J. S.-------See Montmollin. Dickerson, George Washington----- private May 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. F, 22d Battalion Ga. Heavy Artillery February 6, 1862. Resigned, disability, January 6, 1863. Donavan, B. (or Donnivant)----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 31, 1861. Discharged, disability, December 24, 1861. Eastmead, Lewis Leander----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Paroled at Lynchburg, Va. April 14, 1865. Estill, John Holbrook ---- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Discharged, disability, at 1st General Hospital, Richmond, Va., February 16, 1862. (View John H. Estill's biography. Relative of Alexander D. Estill, IV.) Ferrill, Julius A. ---- private May 21, 1861. Killed at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Fitzgerald, Miles------ private May 21, 1861. Fleming, E. L.----- private 1862. Discharged in 1863. Fleming, John W. ---- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Captured in DeKalb County, Ga. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Louisville, Ky., and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, August 29, 1864. Franklin, A. J. ---- private May 21, 1861. Absent, sick, December 31, 1862. No later record. Franklin, M. H. (or W. H.)----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Absent without-leave October 31, 1864. No later record. Furgerson, C. W. (or Ferguson)----- private August 16, 1861. Died of fever at Front Royal, Va. October 6, 1861. Garrett, J. L. ------ private May 21, 1861. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 4, 1863. Died of smallpox in Marine U. S. A. General Hospital at Baltimore, Md. January 8, 1864. Girardeau, Charles G. ---- private May 21, 1861. Wounded in 1861. Discharged on account of wounds January 4, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 20th Battalion Ga. Cavalry June 13, 1862. Captured at Old Church, Va. May 30, 1864. Died of fever at Elmira, N. Y. February 22, 1865. (View Charles Girardeau's photo and biography.) G'Nann, Joseph H. (or Ganann)----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Appointed 3d Sergeant of Co. I, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 27, 1863. Appointed Acting Adjutant for Post December 31, 1863. Requested authority to raise a battalion, which was disapproved, while on detached duty at Savannah, Ga. January 19, 1864. Killed at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. (Ancestor of Cynthia Ganann May.) Godfrey, Charles W.------- private May 21, 1861. Discharged, disability, August 14, 1861. Appointed 2d Lieutenant C. S. A. (to rank from April 20, 1863), and ordered to report to 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. for duty April 30, 1863. Paroled, Albany, Ga. May 15, 1865. Godfrey, R. J.----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded in 1861. Discharged, disability, at Centreville, Va. November 16, 1861. Goodwin, F. G. ---- private May 21, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Gordon, Sydney P.----- private May 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. B, 5th Regiment Ga. Cavalry March 24, 1862;1st Lieutenant. Paroled, Hillsboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Gould, John A. ---- private August 1861. Grant, James Bond ---- private May 21, 1861. Appointed 1st Lieutenant and A. D. C. and ordered to report to General Gardner June 16, 1863. Serving as A. D. C. January 19, 1864. No later record. (Married Anna Ward in 1864; died in Leon County, Florida, on March 12, 1867. Ancestor of James Johnson.) Grant, Robert------ private May 21, 1861. Appointed Color Bearer in 1861; Acting Assistant Adjutant General in 1861; 2d Lieutenant of Infantry, C. S. A., September 18, 1861, and assigned to duty with Read's Battery Ga. Light Artillery July 25, 1862. Appointed Captain and Assistant Adjutant General August 15, 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Grant died on the night of August 14/15, 1865 at his home in Savannah. The Savannah Morning News of 15 August indicated that he died of apoplexy sometime during the night. He is buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah.) (Ancestor of Belinda Doucet.) Graybill, L. L. ---- private May 21, 1861. Wounded in 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va., December 28, 1861. Appointed 2d Lieutenant and Drillmaster, C. S. A. Resigned, having been elected 1st Lieutenant of Dillard Greys, C. S. A., June 11, 1863. Elected Captain of Co. A, 27th Battalion Ga. Inf. (Non-Conscripts), December 18, 1863. No later record. Griffin, J. J.------ private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Absent, wounded, October 31, 1864. No later record. Grimes, John Norwood------- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Received pay at Macon, Ga. September 10, 1864, for extra duty while engaged in Coffee County, Ga. as sub-enrolling officer, for period March 1- April 15, 1864. No later record. Hall, Samuel H. M.----- private May 21, 1861. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant. Reduced to ranks and returned to Co. B, July 8, 1864. Deserted, and furnished transportation to Philadelphia, Pa. August 6, 1864. (View biography of Hall at Steve Teeft's website: www.dixieresearch.com/buffaloguard/buffalo_burials.htm Samuel H. M. Hall died Oct. 19, 1874, and is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery, Buffalo, NY.) Hardwick, Charles C. ---- private May 21, 1861. Elected Jr.2d Lieutenant December 17, 1861. Wounded. Appointed Captain in Adjutant General's Dept., C. S. A., and ordered to report to General G. T. Anderson November 8, 1862. Appointed Assistant Adjutant General in General Anderson's Brigade November 4, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Heidt, Jesse C. ---- private June 2, 1861. Paroled, Lynchburg, Va. April 14, 1865. Hill, David ------ private December 26, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Hine, James B. ---- private May 21, 1861. Absent without leave October 31, 1864. No later record. Buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome. Born Dec. 5, 1840, died Apr. 21, 1885. Holmes, Alexander T.------ private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Transferred to Co. 6, 6th Regiment Virginia Inf. December 29, 1862. Captured at Boydton Road near Petersburg, Va. October 27, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va. for exchange March 15, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 18, 1865. Holmes, Pierce Butler----- private May 21, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Wounded. Elected Jr.2d Lieutenant December 1861. (Reported wounded at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, according to the Southern Historical Society Papers.) Captured at Hagerstown, Md. July 13, 1863. Paroled at Baltimore, Md. August 23, 1863. Received at City Point, Va. for exchange August 24, 1863. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died from wounds at Staunton, Va. June 6, 1864. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. (Son of Dr. James Holmes, and brother of James Edward Holmes. Relative of Nella Holmes. ; also relative of John E. Holmes.) Hudgens, Leroy ----- private August 4, 1863. Roll for January 31, 1864, shows him present. No later record. Hulander, J. H.------- private May 25, 1861. Discharged at Savannah, Ga. in 1862. Hunter, Charles C.----- private May 21, 1861. Discharged January 1, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. F, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 13, 1862; 2d Lieutenant September 22, 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Hunter, James, Jr. ---- private May 21, 1861. Severely wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Appointed 2d Lieutenant of Infantry, Regular Army C. S. A., December 20, 1861. Assigned as Acting Assistant Adjutant General, General Military District of Ga., April 26, 1864. Recommended for promotion while on duty as A. A. A. General at Savannah, Ga. October 27, 1864. No later record. Isler, S. T. (or Izlar)----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Ivey, William H. ---- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Died from wounds in 1861. Johnson, Winder P.------ private May 21, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. November 13, 1861. Appointed Judge Advocate with rank of Captain of Cavalry, C. S. A., December 16, 1862. Resigned December 1, 1863. Appointed Judge Advocate, with rank of Captain, December 3, 1863, and serving as such March 8, 1864. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 19, 1865. Jones, William ----- private December 26, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, reports him absent, a prisoner. No later record. King, Joseph H. ----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. in 1862. Krenson, John Frederick ------- private May 21, 1861. Killed in Virginia July 22, 1862. Kreuger, Paul (or Kruger) -----See Musician, roster. Law, E. Starke ----- private May 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant February 7, 1863. Wounded. Commanding company at surrender, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Lentz, Francis ----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Discharged at Centreville, Va. January 1, 1862. Enlisted in C. S. Navy in 1862. Serving as ship's steward at Savannah Station April - May 1862. No later record. Lewis, J. Richard ----- private August 1, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Lippman, Lewis -----See private, Co. A. Lochlinson, J. E. (or Lachlison)----- private May 21, 1861. Appointed 3d Assistant Engineer in C. S. Navy April 1864. Served on C. S. S. Isondiga to May 2, 1864. Appointed 3d Assistant Engineer Provisional Navy, on said vessel, June 2, 1864. Detached and ordered to C. S. S. Georgia September 23, 1864. Detached and ordered to C. S. S. Sampson November 29, 1864. Transferred to C. S. S. Fredericksburg in 1865. Luddington, William A. - Appointed 1st Corporal of Co. C, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Olmstead's), May 30, 1861. Roll dated June 30, 1861, shows him present. No record of discharge found. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 8th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 19, 1861. Transferred to C. S. Navy in 1863. Appointed 3d Assistant Engineer July 4, 1863; 3d Assistant Engineer in Provisional Navy June 2, 1864. Served on C. S. S. Resolute 1863 -1864; on C. S. S. Torch 1864. (Ancestor of Fred Jones.) Maroney, C. P. ---- private March 3, 1862. On extra duty as Brigade guard October 31, 1864. Received by Provost Marshal General at Washington, D. C., a Confederate deserter; took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to Stamford, Conn. March 29, 1865. Martin, John L.----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. McDonald, Samuel J. ---- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Centreville, Va., November 25, 1861. (Born in Georgia July 12, 1830.) Mell, William Benjamin ---- private August 1, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant August 16, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (William B. Mell was born in 1842, died in 1912, and is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah, Ga. His daughter Louise Mell, d. 1951, was Robert C. Lane's grandmother. Relative of Robert Clinton Lane, and his brothers James Carlton Lane and Kenneth Benjamin Lane.) Mickler, H. J.----- private May 21, 1861. Killed while on special service. Middleton, David M. ---- private May 21, 1861. Transferred to Captain George A. Gordon's Company (Phoenix Rifleman), 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Olmstead's), May 30, 1861; to Co. B, 13th Battn. Ga. Inf. April 26, 1862; to Co. B, 63d Regiment Ga. Inf. April 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant April 1862; 3d Sergeant August 1862; 2d Sergeant February 1863. Killed at Battery Wagner, S. C. July 18, 1863. Miller, B. F. (or B. T.)----- private May 21, 1861. Died of measles August 19, 1861. Mock, G. H. ---- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Montmollin, J. S. ---- private May 21, 1861. Transferred to Co. I, 5th Regiment Ga. Cavalry. Paroled at Hillsboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Morgan, James Boston ---- private September 16, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (View War-time photo of James Morgan, and biography. Ancestor of Roger Williams and Marilyn Finke and Natalie Williams and Cindy Clark; relative of Cansas T. Sadler Jr.) Morrell, B. M. ---- private May 21, 1861. Killed at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Morrell, W. J. ---- private May 21, 1861. Appointed Acting Commissary Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Murphy, P. ------ private May 21, 1861. Absent sick March 30, 1864. No later record. O'Brien, M. J. ---- private August 1, 1861. Absent sick December 31 1862. No later record. Parnell, Henry M. ---- private May 21, 1861. Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863, and captured there December 5, 1863. Released at Johnson's Island, O. June 13, 1865. Parnell, John ----- private March 1862. Patten, George T. ---- private May 21, 1861. Applied for position of Assistant Quartermaster, C. S. A., March 7, 1863. No later record. Patterson, William H. ---- private May 21, 1861. Appointed Musician in 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. C, 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry August 20, 1862. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation above knee, and captured at Old Town, Md. August 2, 1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, O. and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange March 4, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 10-12, 1865. Patterson, William M.----- private May 21, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. (William M. Patterson could have been no more than 16 years old when he enlisted in May, 1861. He has no direct descendants since he was unmarried and died at Gettysburg in July, 1863. He was from Sterling Bluff Plantation on the Ogeechee River in Ways Station, Bryan County, Georgia. His body with the others who died at Gettysburg was returned to Savannah in 1871. He is now buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah, Ga. Relative of Evelyn Patterson Burke; also relative of Iralyn M. Snyder.) Payne, Bailey P. ----- Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 20, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. December 10, 1861. Re-enlisted August 1, 1862. Transferred to Co. B, 8th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1862. Roll for April 30, 1864, shows him present. No later record. Puae, B. S.------ private August 1, 1861. Absent sick December 31, 1862. Purse, Thomas, Jr.----- private May 21, 1861. Killed at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Quantock, H. J.------ private May 21, 1861. On detached duty at Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, Va. October 31, 1864. No later record. Quinn, P.----- private May 21, 1861. Captured. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, reports him absent, a prisoner. No later record. Raysor, L. M.----- private May 21, 1861. Severely wounded at 1st Manassas, Va. July 21, 1861. Recommended for promotion to Lieutenancy on account of wounds February 18, 1862. No later record. Remington, Edward S. ---- private May 21, 1861. Transferred to Co. A, 29th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 20, 1862. Becoming unfit for duty he was detailed sub-agent for collection of wool at Thomasville, Ga. May 1, 1864. Paroled at Thomasville, Ga. May 10, 1865. Richardson, John, Jr.------- private May 21, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. in 1861. Enlisted as a private .in Captain Claghorn's Company, Chatham Siege Artillery, November 27, 1861. Discharged July 28, 1862. Rockwell, William S., Jr.------- private May 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. F, 22d Battalion Ga. Heavy Artillery February 6, 1862; 1st Lieutenant November 8, 1862. Captured at Fort McAllister, Ga. December 13, 1864. Imprisoned at Hilton Head, S. C., Old Capitol Prison Washington, D. C., and Fort Delaware, Del. where he was released June 17, 1865. (View Postwar 1903 group photo which includes William S. Rockwell. Ancestor of Bill Rockwell.) Sandiford, R. B. ---- private May 21, 1861. Severely wounded in leg at Darbytown Road, Va. December 10, 1864. Appointed Adjutant's clerk. Sessions, Lewis A.------- private August 1, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. January 4, 1862. Shell, A. N.----- private May 21, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Simmons, John----- private December 26, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died with fever at Fort Delaware, Del. September 27, 1863. Smith, Julius J.---- private August 1, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. January 1, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2d Battalion Ga. Cavalry February 26, 1862. On detail as clerk in Office of Chief Surgeon at Savannah, Ga. July 31- November 30, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 5th Regiment Ga. Cavalry December 1862. On detail as clerk in Office Chief Surgeon, Savannah, Ga. January 1 - June 18, 1863, on which date he was transferred to C. S. Navy. Captured at Savannah River, Ga. while serving as paymaster's clerk on C. S. S. Resolute, December 13, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. and forwarded to City Point, Va. for exchange February 27, 1865. No later record. Snider, George P.------ private May 21, 1861. On detail duty as Surgeon's clerk December 30, 1862. No later record. Stevens, George W.------- private May 21, 1861. Died November 14, 1861. Stone, J. F.------- private May 21, 1861. Strickland, B. J.----- private May 21, 1861. Died in camp at Winchester, Va. Sturtevant, F. A.------- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Paroled at Lynchburg, Va. April 14, 1865. Sturtevant, William B.------- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. (Read his brief description of Gettysburg and the Rose Woods.) Captured at Bermuda Hundred, Va. and took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. December 10, 1864. Sent to Washington, D. C. December 15, 1864, and furnished transportation to New York December 1864. Sweat, James Elijah - Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 1st Regiment Ga. Vol. Inf. (Olmstead's), May 30, 1861. Transferred to Co. B, 8th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 19, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863 and captured there July 5, 1863. Received at City Point, Va. for exchange August 20, 1863. Absent, wounded, October 31, 1864. No later record. (Probably son of Farley Rippon Sweat, originally from Barnwell SC, and brother of John N. Sweat, below.) (Relative of Jackie Buzbee Davis.) Sweat, John Norton ----- private May 21, 1861. Discharged on account of rheumatism August 13, 1861. (Probably son of Farley Rippon Sweat, originally from Barnwell SC, and brother of James E. Sweat, above.) (Relative of Jackie Buzbee Davis.) Tarver, Frank B. ---- private August 1, 1861. Absent without leave December 1862. No later record. Thompson, John C.----- private May 21, 1861. Discharged, disability, August 16, 1861. (Buried in Kemp, Georgia.) Thompson, Robert Bird------- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Absent, wounded, October 31, 1864. No later record. Tinsley, A. R.----- private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Tribble, J. T.------- private March 2, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Usina, Michael Philip----- private May 21, 1861. Transferred to C. S. Navy and ordered to report to Secretary of Navy at Richmond, Va. by special orders from Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, C. S. A., November 26, 1861. No later record. (Biography and war-time photo of Usina is online at: http://www.canova3.com/tree/fampics/i0046/INDEX.HTM . Relative of Greg White.) Webb, John ----- private May 21, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died at Point Lookout, Md. March 13, 1864. Whitmire, S. ---- private February 20, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, reports him absent, a prisoner of war. No later record. Williamson, James Potter------- private May 21, 1861. Temporarily attached to Co. A, 2d Battn. North Carolina Local Defense Troops (Booth's Company Ordnance men), May 1862. On detached duty in Ordnance Dept. at Richmond, Va. June 15 - December 30, 1862. Paid at Richmond, Va. September 11, 1863. No later record. Wragg, Thomas L.----- private May 21, 1861. Appointed Midshipman in C. S. Navy in 1863. Appointed May 27, 1863, a Master not in the line of promotion. On June 2, 1864 appointed Master not in the line of promotion in Provisional Navy, and served on C. S. S. Georgia to June 1, 1863, when he was detached and ordered to C. S. S. Atlanta. Captured by U. S. S. Weehawken June 17, 1863. Served at Battery Semmes to November 13, 1864 and subsequently on C. S. S. Fredericksburg and Richmond in James River Squadron in 1865. ("A Confederate Chronicle: The Life of a Civil War Survivor" by Pam Hain was published in Oct. 2005. Ancestor of Pam Hain.) Wright, John Henry ------ private May 21, 1861. Wounded. Appointed 2d Corporal. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Enlisted at age 17, and enlistment papers are signed by Capt. Francis S. Bartow. He was in a hospital in Winchester when the Battle of First Manassas occurred, but was in every major engagement with the 8th until the end of the war. He was wounded in the right arm at Gettysburg, and was evacuated to the Confederate Hospital at Farmville, Virginia. He received 30 days leave after recovering from this wound, then rejoined the regiment. He turned 21 on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox surrender. He returned to Savannah, and became a bookkeeper. He died in 1908 at the age of 64, and was buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah. Ancestor of John Wright.) Wylly, Richard Habersham (or Robert Habersham) - Appointed 3d Corporal of Co. C, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Olmstead's), May 30, 1861. Transferred to Co. B, 8th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 19, 1861. Discharged by order of Secretary of War May 26, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. A, 24th Battn. Ga. Cavalry September 22, 1862. Transferred to Co. C. Elected Captain February 24, 1863. Transferred to Co. D, 7th Regiment Ga. Cavalry February 13, 1864. Wounded at Trevillian Station, Va. June 12, 1864 . Paroled Thomasville, Ga. May 19, 1865. Zettler, Berrien M. - private May 21, 1861. Wounded and permanently disabled at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Detailed in Quartermaster Dept. at Savannah, Ga. on account of disability. (Ancestor of Jim Zettler; also ancestor of Clayton George. Visit the excellent "WAR STORIES AND SCHOOL-DAY INCIDENTS FOR THE CHILDREN" by B. M. ZETTLER, NEW YORK THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1912. Courtesy of the Academic Affairs Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.) |
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