BALDWIN COUNTY, Georgia CONFEDERACY Regiment 57 Co H File contributed by Barry Colbaugh ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used FREE by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ================================ Regiment 57th Co H "Independent Volunteers" OFFICERS: Bonner, John Richard-Captain May 10, 1862 . Wounded in leg at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863 . Paroled there July 8,1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Wounded at Vining Station, Ga. July 4, 1864 . Sent to Divisional Hospital. Surrendered at Greensbora, N. C. April 26, 1865 . McKinley, Archibald C.- 1st Lieutenant May 10, 1862 . Wounded in right shoulder at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Wounded and captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . On special duty near Charlotte, N. C. April 1865 . (Born at Lexington, Ga. May 27,1842.) Hobby, Marma Duke (or Marmaduke)-2nd Lieutenant May 10,1862 . Wounded, leg paralyzed from wound, at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Wounded and captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled July 8, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Retired to Invalid Corps September 7,1864 . (Born in Jefferson County, Ga. March 28, 1840. Died in Baldwin County, Ga. in 1915.) Choice, Leonard F.- Jr.2nd Lieutenant May 10, 1862 Wounded in arm at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Exchanged in 1863 . Resigned June 6, 1864 . Barksdale, Terrell J.- 1st Sergeant May 10, 1862 . Absent without leave December 1863 . Reduced to 4th Sergeant December 29,1863 . Died in Baldwin County, Ga. in 1898. Waller, Isaac R.- 2nd Sergeant May 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled there July 1863 . Ex- changed September 1863 . Appointed 1st Sergeant February 1864 . Pension records show he was at Bentonville, N. C. April 26,1865 . (Born in Putnam County, Ga. November 1835. Died in Meriwether County, Ga. November 16,1909.) Fouche, James M.- 3rd Sergeant May 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Killed at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864 . Parish, William T.- 4th Sergeant May 10, 1862 . Reduced to ranks February 1863 . Discharged August 4,1863 . Ivey, James-1st Corporal May 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicks burg, Miss. July 4,1863 . Paroled there July 8,1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Captured near Jonesboro, Ga. August 31,1864 . Paroled for exchange September 3, 1864 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . Died in Baldwin County, Ga. November 22,1872. Briscoe, James W.-2nd Corporal May 10, 1862 . Appointed 3rd Sergeant February 1863 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Appointed 2nd Sergeant February 1864 . Killed at Vining Station, Ga. July 4,1864 . Martin, James M.- 3rd Corporal May 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Surren dered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . Died February or November 11, 1899. Collins, Samuel B.- 4th Corporal May 10, 1862 . Wounded in leg and captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Paroled there July 8, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . On detached service on account of disability February 1864 . Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1843.) Adams, Everett- private July 1864 . Adams, Joseph- private May 10,1862 . Pension records show he was discharged in 1862 . Detailed to drive cattle for Government. Rejoined company July 14, 1864 . In Montgomery County, Ga. March 1865 . (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. in 1826.) Averett, Isaac N.- Pension records show he enlisted as a private July 1864 , and "served until the surrender." (Born in Lincoln County, Ga. December 11,1825. Died in Lee County, Ga. in 1903.) Batson, John L.- private May 10, 1862 . Deserted October 20, 1862 . Under arrest at Savannah, Ga. barracks January 1864 . (Born in Ga. in 1840. Died in Baldwin County, Ga. April 2,1888.) Bowdre, Edward- private July 1864 . Deserted. Briscoe, A. W.- private September 10, 1862 . Died in Baldwin County, Ga. September 9,1863 . Brown, James M.- private May 10,1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. June 2,1863 . Brown, Ransome- private May 10,1862 . Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Died at Petersburg, Va. August 8,1863 . Butts, Henry- private July 1864 . Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31,1864 . Califf, William H.- private April 15, 1864 . Pension records show he was furloughed for 10 days April 1865 . "Returning to command when war closed." Died at Jeffersonville, Ga. August 23, 1902. Carlisle, William Cosby Dawson- private May 10, 1862 . Appointed 2nd Corporal December 1862 . Wounded at Vining Station, Ga. July 4,1864 . On detail duty, Provost Guard at Macon, Ga., close of war. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. October 12, 1840. Died in Wilkinson County, Ga. September 16, 1889.) Carr, Jesse D.- private April 23, 1864 . Wounded at Resaca, Ga. May 14,1864 . Pension records show he was on furlough April 1865 . Paroled at Milledgeville, Ga. in 1865 . Carr, Newton- private July 1864 . Discharged, disability. Carr, Thaddeus- private April 24, 1864 . Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864 . Discharged, disability, October 1864 . Died in Hancock County, Ga. February 21, 1889. Cawley, James- private July 4, 1864 . Chambers, George T.- private May 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled there July 7, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Baldwin County, Ga. March 1843.) Chambers, Henry M.- private May 10,1862 . Killed at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Chambers, John E.- private May 10, 1862 . Killed at Baker's Creek, Miss. January 16,1863 . Collins, Risdon R.- private May 10,1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863 . Paroled there July 7,1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Transferred to Co. K, 57th Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for D. B. Gunn, April 7, 1864 . No later record. Collins, Valentine E.- private May 10,1862 . Killed at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Culberath, James- private July 1864 . (Born May 16,1824.) Digby, Berry- private May 10, 1862 . Died at Jackson, Miss. December 21, 1862 . Digby, Cadwalder W.- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded in abdomen and captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. for exchange July 3, 1863 . Captured at Salisbury, N. C. April 12,1865 . Transferred from Louisville, Ky. to Camp Chase, MD. May 2,1865 . (Born in Jones County, Ga. April 10, 1836.) Digby, Robert- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Died of wounds. Dunn, Greenberry- private May 10,1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Wounded at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864 . Died in Baldwin County, Ga. January 28, 1892. Dunn, William J.- private May 3, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, May 1862 . Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . (Born in Bibb County, Ga. April 2,1832.) Ellis, Eugene- private May 10,1862 . Died of disease in Kentucky September 1862 . Ellis, John J.- private May 10, 1862 . Died of disease in Kentucky September 1862 . Ellis, Joshua T.- private May 10, 1862 . Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Ethridge, Newton (or Etheridge)- private August 5, 1863 . Absent without leave April 1864 . No later record. Died in Jones County, Ga. in 1900. Fouche, James A.- private May 10, 1862 . Fountain, John S.- private July 1864 . Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. September 1,1864 . Furloughed from hospital for sixty days September 2,1864 . Furlough extended for 60 days. (Born in Ga.) Friedland, Gaston- private April 4, 1864 . On detached service May 1864 . Gatlen, John W.- private May 3,1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Wounded at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled there July 7, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Detailed hospital nurse February 1864 . Returned to company April 1864 . Glisson, James H.- private May 10, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F. Goodson, James W.- private May 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled there July 8, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Pension records show he left command on furlough April 10, 1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1845.) Gordon, Thomas R. (or Graydon)- private May 10, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, May 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863 . Paroled there July 7,1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Monroe County, Ga. April 14, 1827. Died at Fort Valley, Ga. February 17,1881.) Grant, James M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 2d Regiment, lst Brigade, Ga. State Troops October 12, 1861 . Mustered out in 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 57th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 13, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Died at Clear Point, Ala. September 1, 1863 . Grant, John W.- private May 3, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. June 22, 1863 . Greene, D. B.- private May 10, 1862 . Killed at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27,1864 . Greene, Lawrence J.- private May 10, 1862 . Captured at Lexington, Ky. Exchanged. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled there July 7, 1863 . Exchanged in 1863 . Wounded by explosion of powder at Corinth, Miss. in 1864 . Sent to Columbus, Miss. Hospital. Discharged at Milledgeville, Ga. April 1865 . Pension records show he was paroled at Macon, Ga. May 1865 . (Born in Baldwin County, Ga. August 19, 1843. Died at Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, Ga., November 26, 1922. Buried near Milledgeville, Ga.) Gunn, David R.-private- Transferred to Co. K. Hardison, Allen J.- private May 3, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863 . Paroled there July 7,1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Harper, Benjamin H.- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Died of wounds in hospital in 1863 . Harper, Charles R.- private May 10, 1862 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . (Born in Ga. Died in Baldwin County, Ga. January 2,1927.) Hart, John Waller private May 10, 1864 . Wounded in left arm, necessitating amputation, at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27, 1864 . (Born in Ga. October 17, 1839. Died at Macon, Ga. August 28,1911.) Harvey, Evan- private May 10, 1862 . Absent without leave from July 4,1864 . Hemphill, John Jenkins- private May 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled there July 8, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Wounded at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864 . Hobb, Hobbs- private July 1864 . Hubbard, Eli- private May 10, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F. Hubbard, Mansfield- private May 10, 1862 . Absent without leave Ja 1863 . Under arrest February 1864 . Pension records show he "Served to close of war." (Born in Ga. July 12,1832. Died in Baldwin County, Ga. July 12,1912.) Hudson, Joseph- private May 10, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. March 9,1863 . Huff, Reuben S.- private May 10, 1862 . Died in Kentucky September 1862 . Huntington, Henry- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded in leg at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled there July 8, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Ga. with chronic ulcers of left leg caused by old wound, September 23, l.864. Union prisoner of war records, dated Provost Marshal General's Office, Hilton Head, S. C. April 4,1865 , show that he came into lines at Savannah, Ga. December 21,1864 , and was delivered to Provost Marshal General at New York City. Hurst, Jacob- private July 1864 . Ivey, Cleopas L.- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded in Ken- tucky August 1862 . Captured near Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864 . Exchanged at Rough and Ready, Ga. September 22, 1864 . Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . (Born in Ga.) Ivey, Gilbert B.- private September 10,1862 . Absent without leave April 1864 . Died in Baldwin County, Ga. January 1865 . James, Jackson- private March 31, 1864 . Died in Jones County, Ga. June 1864 . Jones, A. C.- private May 10, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Jones, Charles S.- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded in leg at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Died in Hancock County, Ga. in 1890.) Jones, J. H.- private May 10, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Lindley, Ansell- private May 10, 1862 . Discharged, underage, April 1863 . Long, Jasper N.- private May 10,1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Killed in 1863 . Lowe, James E.- private May 3, 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Killed at Vicksburg, Miss. June 28,1863 . Martin, Charles- private May 10, 1862 . Died in Kentucky September 1862 . Martin, John- private July 1864 . Transferred to hospital corps in 1864 . (Born in Ga. February 27,1821. Died in Baldwin County, Ga. in 1900.) Martin, Joseph M. private May 10, 1862 . Permanently disabled at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Martin, Thomas J.- private May 10, 1862 . Died in Kentucky September 1862 . Miles, Isaac M.- private July 1864 . Pension records show he "served until surrender." Mobley, John R.- private July 1864 . (Born in Ga. in 1830. Died in Baldwin County, Ga.) Neely, Benjamin F.- private March 30, 1862 . Captured near Danville, Va. April 6, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865 . (Born in Randolph County, Ga. December 1835.) Nichol's, Joseph W.- private May 3,1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Paroled there July 7,1863 . Exchanged there September 1863 . Orr, Albert- private July 1864 . Owens, John- private August 5, 1863 . Wounded at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20,1864 . Died at Washington, Ga. Palmer, Samuel H.- private May 10, 1862 . Rejected by surgeon May 1862 . Parrish, William T.- private May 10, 1862 . Discharged, dis- ability, May 4,1863 . Pyles, William J. (or Piles)-Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 2d Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops October 14,1861 . Mustered out in 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 57th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 1862 . Transferred to Co. F, in 1862 . Wounded in left leg, necessitating amputation above knee, and captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Exchanged in 1863 . Died in Baker's Creek, Miss. hospital May 24, 1863 Reynolds, James M.- private September 20, 1863 . Wounded at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864 . Roberts, Joseph- private July 1864 . Pension records show he was at home on furlough "to get clothing and see family" close of war. (Born in Jones County, Ga. in 1834.) Robinson, James T.- private August 5,1863 . Wounded in right leg at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20,1864 . (Born in Ga. September 10, 1822. "Died from effects of wound" January 17,1894.) Robinson, John C.- private May 10, 1862 . Died in Dalton, Ga. hospital in 1862 . Robinson, Thomas- private May 10, 1862 . Died of small-pox at Atlanta, Ga. January 24, 1863 . Ross, James- private May 10, 1862 . Died in Kentucky September 1862 . Russell, Benjamin- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded in head at Vicksburg, Miss. June 18,1863 . Died same day. Russell, Henry- private May 10, 1862 . Killed at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Russell, James- private May 10, 1862 . Russell, Jesse- private May 10,1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. March 11,1863 . Russell, Joseph- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Second finger of left hand "shot off" at Dalton, Ga. June 15, 1864 . Wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27 1864 . Pension records show he was in Blind School Hospital at Macon, Ga. close of war. (Born in Baldwin County, Ga. July 30,1839. Died there July 14,1920.) Russell, Nathaniel S.- private May 10, 1862 . Died at Chatta- nooga, Tenn. August 1862 . Russell, Samuel- private May 10, 1862 . W o u n d e d, right shoulder permanently disabled at Baker's Creek, Miss., May 16, 1863 . Discharged on account of wounds January 23, 1864 . (Born in Ga. April 10,1833 or 1836.) Snellings David R.- private May 10, 1862 . Deserted at Bridgeport, Tenn. August 1862 . Stanley, Benjamin- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded in groin at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . Stetson, William Spivey- private June 10, 1862 . Appointed 5th Sergeant December 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Appointed 3rd Sergeant January 11, 1864 . Severely wounded in leg at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27,1864 . Elected 2d Lieutenant July 1864 . Wounded at Bentonville, N. C. March 21, 1865 . Stevens, J. T.- private May 10, 1862 . Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 8, 1865 . (1903 Brooks County, witness for B. N. Neely.) Stifner, William- private May 10, 1862 . Killed at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Stone, Mark L.- private 1863 . Pension records show "company was scattered at Jonesboro, Ga. September 1, 1864 . Went home. Could not reach command." (Born in Irwin County, Ga. in 1845.) Swords, J. W.- private 1862 . Wall, J. M.- private May 10, 1862 . (Born in Butts County, Ga. in 1843.) Wilkinson, Columbus C.- private October 10, 1863 . Killed at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27,1864 . Wilkinson, William- private May 10, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Willis, Green S.- private May 10, 1862 . Wounded in head at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864 . Discharged, disability, in 1864 . (Born in Ga. January 1,1840.) Willis, Thomas- private May 10, 1862 . Died in Kentucky September 1862 . Wilson, Sheppard W.- private May 10, 1862 . Died of disease at Dalton, Ga. November 6,1862 . Woodall, Robert A.- private May 10, 1862 . Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863 . Exchanged September 1863 . Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Baldwin County, Ga. January 31,1831.)