Chambers-Tallapoosa County AlArchives Military Records.....CSA records of David Sargent
War Between the State Co. C City Battalion GA Infantry
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David Sargent appears on a muster roll dated August 29, 1864 at Columbus GA.  
The company was "composed exclusively of detailed men all of whom" were 
employed by the government in connection with the arsenal.  David Sargent was a 
blacksmith and was presumably employed in gun manufacturing.  He is probably 
the same person as D. Sargent of Co. D, Ordnance Battalion GA, who enlisted 
August 4, 1863.  The Ordnance Battalion was organized for the defence of 
Columbus GA.
At some point after Aug 4, 1863, the City Battalion was called to active 
military duty.  Union military records show that David was captured at the 
surrender of Ft. McAllister (Savannah) on December 13, 1864.  He arrived at the 
Point Lookout MD Prisoner-of-War camp in Feb., 1865 and remained there until 
June 19, 1865.  His place of residence was Chambers County AL and the following 
description was appended:  dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, 6 ft tall.

Additional Comments:
David Sargent moved to AL as a young man and lived in Coosa, Tallapoosa, and 
Chambers counties in the 1850s.  About 1863 he moved his family to Columbus GA, 
probably to take a job in the arsenal.  After the war, he lived in both 
Chambers and Tallapoosa counties until 1881, when he moved his entire family to 
eastern TX, where he died sometime before 1900.
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