Bibb County  Georgia Company A 20th regiment

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MUSTER ROLL OF
COMPANY A, 20th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
BIBB COUNTY, GEORGIA
("SPARKS GUARDS")


Cumming, John B.-Captain May  17,1861 . Elected
Lieutenant Colonel September 5,1861 ; Colonel March
7,1862 . Resigned May  29, 1863 . Elected Colonel of the
5th Regiment  Ga. Reserve Inf. June 8,1864 . Captured at
Macon, Ga. April 20-21,1865 .

Ross, Albert B.- 1st Lieutenant May  17, 1861 . Elected
Cap-tain September  14, 1861 ; Major July  2, 1863 .
Resigned, to accept position as Clerk of Court of Bibb
County, Ga., May  8,1864 .

Ballard, Walter S.-2d Lieutenant May  17, 1861 . Elected
1st Lieutenant September 14,1861 . Appointed Adjutant
November 7,1861 ; Assistant Commissary Sergeant of
Benning's Brigade March  18, 1863 ; Commissary Sergeant
with rank of Major. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April
9,1865 .

Jackson, Zadok-Jr. 2d Lieutenant May  17, 1861 . Elected
2d Lieutenant September 14,1861 . Resigned November
18,1861 . Newton, Thomas A.-1st Sergeant May  17, 1861 .
Died near Gordonsville, Va. August  30,1861 .

Breazeal, Willis W.-2d Sergeant May  17, 1861 . Elected
Jr. 2d Lieutenant September  14, 1861 ; 1st Lieutenant
March  18, 1863 ; Captain July  2, 1863 . Killed at
Chickamauga, Ga. September   20, 1863 .

Morris, James B.-3d Sergeant May  17,1861 . Elected 2d
Lieu-tenant December 5,1861 ; 1st Lieutenant July  2,
1863 ; Captain in 1864 . Resigned, disability, February
20,1865 .

Taylor, Henry Clay-4th Sergeant May  17,1861 . Appointed
2d Sergeant September 14,1861 . Wounded in foot,
necessitating amputation of three toes, at Gettysburg,
Pa. July  2,1863 . Retired November 15,1864 .

Read, John Forsyth-1st Corporal May  17,1861 . Died of
pneumonia at Culpeper, Va. November 9,1861 .

Andrews, Robins-2d Corporal May  17,1861 . Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Va. July  29,1861 .

Stephens, Lewis F.-3d Corporal May  17,1861 . Appointed
3d Sergeant January  l,1862 . Killed at Gettysburg, Pa.
July  2,1863 .

Bridges, Edwin-4th Corporal May  17,1861 . Appointed 1st
Corporal in 1861 ; 4th Sergeant January 14,1862 . Wounded
at Deep

Bottom, Va. August  16,1864 . Roll for January 28,1865 ,
last on file, shows him absent without leave since
January 2, 1865 . No later record.

Tissereau, Bertrand (or Ticereau)-Musician May  17, 1861
. Roll for April 30,1862 , shows him present. No record
of transfer found. Enlisted as a  private  in Co. D, l0th
Battn. Ga. Inf. in 1862 . Roll for September -October
1864 , last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later
record.

Murdock, Joseph F.- Musician May  17,1861 .  Surrendered
as a private  at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Crone, Henry (or Crane)-Musician June  1,1861 .  Appears
last on roll for April 30,1862 .

Alexander, W. A.-  private  May  17,1861 . Appointed 1st
Ser-geant December 1861 . Elected Jr.2d Lieutenant March
18,1863 ; 2d Lieutenant July  2, 1863 ; 1st Lieutenant
in 1864 . Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May  10,1864 .

Alley, John M.-  private  June  1, 1861 .Captured near
Knoxville, Tenn. December  3, 1863 . Took oath of
allegiance to U.  S. Govt., enlisted in U. S. Navy at
Rock Island, Ill. and transferred to Naval Rendezvous at
Camp Douglas, Ill., January  25,1864 .  

Anderson, Robert Jackson- private  May  17,1861 .
Appointed 3d Corporal July  2, 1862 . Wounded in right
arm, necessitating amputation, and captured at
Gettysburg, Pa. July  2, 1863 .  Paroled at DeCamp
General Hospital, David's Island, N. Y. Harbor, August
24,1863 . On detached duty at Macon, Ga. November 2, 1863
-October 1864 .

Anderson, Stephen- private  May  17,1861 . Appears last
on roll for April 30,1862 .

Armor, James M.- private  May  17,  1861 . Appears last
on roll for April 30,1862 .

Ashbury, James H.(or Ashberry)- private  May  17,1861 .
Discharged, disability, May  28,1862 .

Askew, James G., Jr.-  private  May  17,1861 .  Wounded
at Wilderness, Va. May  6, 1864 . Appointed 2d Sergeant
November  15, 1864 . Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April
9,1865 .

Askew, Samuel W.-  private  May  17,1861 . Absent, sick,
January 6-April 30,1862 . No later record.

Baggerly, Benjamin H.-  private  May  17,1861 . Appointed
3d Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Baggerly, William W.- private  April  28, 1864 .
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Bassett, William F.-  private  February 3,1863 . Wounded
at Spotsylvania, Va. May  10,1864 . Absent, wounded,
October 31,1864 .

Braswell, Abner C.- private  May  17,1861 .  Deserted to
enemy at Gettysburg, Pa. July  3,1863 . Enlisted in U. S.
service at Point Lookout, Md. January  22, 1864 ,  under
name of Albert C. Braswell.

Braswell, Alfred T.-  private  May  17,1861 . Wounded in
left leg, necessitating amputation below knee, at
Thoroughfare Gap, Va. August  20,1862 . Received pay
October 14,1862 .

Braswell, John- private  June  17,1861 . Wounded in
finger, resulting in amputation, at Deep Bottom,  Va.
August   16, 1864 . Absent without leave September
21,1864 . No later record.


Brown, John J.-  private  May  17,1861 .  Appointed
Regimental Musician in 1861 . Captured at Morristown,
Tenn. January  11, 1864 . Released at Rock Island, Ill.
June  20,1865 .

Burnett, William L.-  private  May  17,1861 . Discharged
at Fairfax, Va. October 2,1861 .

Cannon, Barney- private  May  17, 1861 . Roll dated April
30, 1862 , reports him absent without  leave since March 
9, 1862 ; left at or near Manassas, Va. No later record.

Carraway, George W.-  private  May  17, 1861 .  Died of
pneu-monia at Fairfax, Va. October 17,1861 . (Born in
1838.)

Carraway, James A.- private  May  17,1861 .  Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 

Carter, William E.-  private  May  17,1861 .  Rolls for
July -August 1861 , show he was transferred to 3d Battn.
Ga. Inf.  as Assistant Surgeon July  14, 1861 , but name
does not appear on roster of said Battn. Appointed
Assistant Surgeon of the 20th Regiment  Ga. Inf. July
19,1861 . Resigned November 19,1861 .

Castleberry, William W.-  private  May  17,1861 .  On
detached duty at Division Hdqrs. January  28,1865 . No
later record.

Chasty, John- private  May  17,1861 . Roll dated April
30,1862 , shows him absent without leave since March
9,1862 ; left at or near Manassas, Va. No later record.

Clark, John W.- private  March 10,1864 .  Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Clark, Morgan G.-  private  June  17,1861 .Wounded at
Petersburg, Va. June  9,1864 . Absent, wounded, October
31,1864 .  No later record.

Clarke, Henry- private  May  17,1861 . Appointed Acting
Commissary Sergeant September 1,1861 . Paid commutation
of rations, covering the period from February 3, to March
4,1863 , while on furlough November 24,1863 . No later
record.


Collins, Dennis- private  May  17,1861 . Absent without
leave March 9- April 30,1862 . No later record.

Cowan, Edward- private  March 17,1861 .  Roll dated April
30, 1862 , reports him absent without leave since March
9,1862 ; left at or near Manassas, Va. No later record.

Cozart, Priestly H.-  private  February 4,1863 . Missing
at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29,1864 . No later
record.

Craig, A. J.-  private  March 3,1862 . Appears last on
roll for April 30,1862 .

Craig, John J.-  private  March 3,1862 . Surrendered,
Appomat-tox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Craig, Robert- private  May  17,1861 .  Surrendered,
Appomat-tox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Curry, William- private  May  17,1861 .  Deserted at
Richmond, Va. July  18,1861 .

Danes, John S.(or Deans)- private  May  17,1861 .
Discharged, on account of chronic diarrhea, December
3,1861 .

Darby, Eli- private  May  17, 1861 .  Wounded at
Wilderness, Va. May  6,1864 . Captured at Macon, Ga.
April  20-21,1865 .

Davis, M. A.-  private  May  17,1861 .  Absent without
leave October 1863 - January 28,1865 . No later record.


Denning, Olley B.-  private  June  1,1861 .  Killed at
Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862 .  

Donlevy, Patrick- private  May  17,1861 . Appears last on
roll for April 30,1862 .

Dukes, Azariah (or Duke)- private  May  17,1861 .
Discharged, disability, October 29,1861 .

Dukes, John (or Duke)- private  May  17,1861 .  Appears
last on roll for April 30,1862 .

Fay, Thomas- private  May   17, 1861 .  Deserted to enemy
at Gettysburg, Pa. July  3,1863 .  Enlisted in 3d
Maryland Cavalry, (U. S. A.), at Fort Delaware, Del.
September 5,1863 .

Foley, William- private  May  17,1861 . Died October
17,1862 .

Gammon, James H.- private  May  17,1861 . Wounded at
Chickamauga, Ga. September 20,1863 . Absent, wounded,
January 28,1865 .

Garvey, Patrick A.- private  May  17,1861 . Appointed
Regimental Musician. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April
9,1865 .

Ge1ston, William P.(or Ghe1ston)- private  June  l,1861 .
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Gibson, William M.- private  May  17,1861 .  Died of
disease in Richmond, Va. hospital April 28,1862 .

Gray, John- private  May  17,1861 .  On detail duty as
blacksmith December 11,1861 - April 30,1862 . No later
record.

Groce, John T.-  private  May  17,1861 .  Appointed 4th
Corporal January 14,1862 . Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May
6,1864 . Absent, wounded, January 28,1865 . No later
record.

Groce, L. J.(or L. G.)- private  May  17,1861 .  Appears
last on roll for April 30,1862 .

Hancock, Edward G.- private  May  17,  1861 . Appointed
Corporal ; 3d Sergeant January 1862 .  Received pay for
extra duty covering period from January 1, to February
2,1864 , on February 15,1864 . No later record.

Hanlon, Michael- private  May  17,1861 . Appears last on
roll for April 30,1862 .

Harrell, Joseph- private  May  17,1861 .  Died at
Culpeper, Va. August  28,1861 .

Harris, Benjamin H.- private  May  17,1861 . Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 . Hartley, James D.-
private  May  17,1861 . Wounded at Winchester, Va.
September 19,1864 .Absent, wounded, January 28,  1865 .
No later record.

Hatfield, James G.- private  May  17,1861 .  Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Va. July  20,1861 .

Haverty, Peter- private  May  17,1861 . Roll dated April
30,1862 , reports him absent without leave since March
9, 1862  ; left at or near Manassas, Va. No later record.

Hayes, Thomas C.(or Hays)- private  May  17,1861 . On
detail duty at Brigade Hdqrs. in 1864 . Furloughed for 24
days from January 9,1865 . No later record.

Hennegan, Lee R.- private  June  17,1861 . Appears last
on roll for April 30,1862 .

Hickey, Patrick- private  May  17, 1861 . Appears last on
roll for April 30,1862 .

Huff, L. D.-  private  May  17, 1861 . Wounded at
Wilderness, Va. May  6,1864 . Surrendered, Appomattox,
Va. April 9,1865 .

Huffman, Lewis J.-  private  May  17,1861 . On detached
duty at Macon, Ga. October 1864 . No later record.

Hughes, William- private  May  17,1861 . Appears last on
roll for April 30,1862 .

Jarvis, William E.- private  May  17,1861 . Died of
pneumonia at Greenville, Tenn. March 24,1864 .

Johnson, Cicero- private  June  17,1861 . Died July
4,1862 . Johnson, Joseph W.-  private  June  17,1861 .
Died at Culpeper, Va. August  30,1861 .

Jones, James- private  May  17,1861 . Captured at
Hagerstown, Md. July  2,1863 . Took oath of allegiance to
U. S. Govt. and enlisted in U. S. Army at Fort Delaware,
Del. September 4,1863 . Jordan, Frederick- private  May
17,1861 . Surrendered, Appo-mattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Kahoe, John- private  May  17,1861 . Roll dated April
30,1862 , reports him absent without leave since March
9,1862 ; left at or near Manassas, Va.

Kilpatrick, F. M. S.-  private  May  17, 1861 . Appointed
1st Corporal in 1864 . Wounded at Monocacy, Md. July
9,1864 .Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Kimbrough, Henry J.-  private  May  17,1861 . Appointed
Corporal. Severely wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July
3,1863 .

Lowry, Samuel- private  June  1, 1861 . On detached duty
at Macon, Ga. November 2,1863 - October 28,1864 . No
later record.

McIntyre, Peter- private  May  17,1861 . Appears last on
roll April 30,1862 .

Moore, George- private  June  17, 1861 . Admitted  to
Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va., August   12,
1862 . Furloughed August  26,1862 . No later record.

Moore, Samuel- private  May  17,1861 . Appears last on
roll for April 30,1862 .

Munson, William R.-  private  May  17, 1861 . Discharged,
disability, near Manassas, Va. December 16,1861 .

Odom, Avery- private  May  17, 1861 . Appointed 1st
Corporal January 1862 . Appears last on roll for April
1862 . Died at Richmond, Va., date not given.

Odom, John- private  May  17,1861 . Elected 1st
Lieutenant May 10, 1864 . Resigned November  1864 , to
join Jackson's Battery Ga. Light Artillery, but no record
found of him in said battery.

O'Hara, Patrick C.-  private  May  17,  1861 . Appears
last on roll for April 30,1862 .

Parrish, Oliver H.(or Parish)- private  May  17,1861 .
Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. and deserted to enemy July
3,1863 . Enlisted in 3d Maryland Cavalry (Union), at Fort
Delaware, Del.

Plunkett, John- private  May  17, 1861 . Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Plunkett, Joseph R.-  private  February 15,1862 .
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Plunkett, Silas P.- private  December 3,1862 .  Wounded
at Chickamauga, Ga. September 20,1863 .  Roll dated
January 28,1865 , last on file, shows him absent,
wounded. No later record.  

Potts, Elza- private  June  17,1861 .  Captured at
Chickamauga, Ga. September  19, 1863 . Died of
inflammation of lungs at Camp Morton, Ind. June  14,1864
.

Powers, Patrick- private  May  17,1861 .  Appears last on
roll for April 30,1862 .

Puckett, Henry M.- private  February 15,1862 .  Appointed
4th Sergeant in 1864 . Elected 2d Lieutenant in 1864 ;
1st Lieutenant December 1,1864 . Surrendered, Appomattox,
Va. April 9,1865 .

Radcliffe, John E.(or Ratcliffe)- private  May  17,1861 .
Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29,1864 .
Released at Point Lookout, Md. May  15,1865 .

Reese, G. W.-  private  May  17,1861 . Discharged,
disability, December 19,1861 .

Richards, Robert- private  October 25,  1864 . Deserted.
Received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., a
Confederate deserter, March 24,1865 , where he took oath
of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and was furnished
transportation to New York City.

Riley, John O.- private  May  17,1861 .  Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Roach, Thomas- private  May  17,1861 . Wounded in arm,
necessitating amputation, in 1862 . On detached service,
on account of disability, at Macon, Ga. July  1862 -
October 1864 .  No later record.


Roberts, William P.-  private  May  17,1861 .  Died of
disease at Richmond, Va. June  2, 1862 .  Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery.

Rogers, Johnson C.- private  May  17,1861 .  Wounded and
captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July  3,1863 .  Died of
disease at Fort Delaware, Del. October 10,1863 .

Rowsy, Henry- private  June  1,1861 .  Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 . Schofield, John- private
June  17,  1861 . On detached service in Quartermaster
Dept. at Augusta, Ga. March 24- October 28,1864 . Wounded
in 1865 .

Shirling, Charles H.-  private  March  28, 1862 .
Appointed Regimental Musician. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Va. April 9,1865 .

Simmons, Henry S.-  private  May  17,1861 . Received pay
July 1,1862 . No later record.

Smith, C. Pressley- private  May  17,1861 . Appointed 2d
Corporal January 2,1862 . Appears last on roll for April
30,1862 .

Smith, James- private  May  17,1861 . Admitted to
Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va. June  19, 1862 .
No later record.

Spivey, John- private  February 20,1862 . Died in 1864 .

Stewart, Ezekiel James- private  June  17,1861 .
Appointed 2d Corporal. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April
9, 1865 .  (Born in Jefferson County, Ga. November  12,
1833. Died in Atlanta, Ga. February 16,1899.)

Stewart, J. W.- private  May  17, 1861 . Appointed 5th
Sergeant May  1,1864 . Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April
9,1865 .

Strayhorn, John W.- private  May  17, 1861 . Died of
fever in Chimborazo Hospital #5, at Richmond, Va. June
13,1862 .

Strickland, I. N.-  private  1862 . Surrendered,
Tallahassee, Fla. May  10,1865 . Paroled, Thomasville,
Ga. May  16,1865 .

Taylor, William- private  June  17, 1861 . Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 . Toole, William F.- private
May  17,1861 . Died of pneumonia at Manassas, Va.
November 6,1861 .

Tracy, Patrick (or Tracey)- private  May  17, 1861 .
Roll for April 30,1862 , shows him present. No later
record.

Trippe, King H.-  private  May  19, 1864 . Deserted
August   27, 1864 ."Sent to Ft. M. August  27,1864 ."

Tucker, H. M.-  private  May  17,1861 . Appointed 1st
Sergeant in 1864 . Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April
9,1865 .

Tucker, W. R- private  May  17,1861 . Surrendered,
Appomat-tox, Va. April 9,1865 .

Vann, Asa- private  May  17,1861 . Killed near Richmond,
Va. June  27,1862 .

Welch, William H.- private  May  17,1861 . Appears last
on roll for April 30,1862 .

Wiley, John T.- private  May  17,1861 . Died at Richmond,
Va. September 15,1862 .

Wilson, Cornelius- private  January 31,1863 . Wounded at
Chicka-mauga, Ga. September 19,1863 . In Floyd House and
Ocmulgee Hos-pitals at Macon, Ga., December 29,1864 .
Furloughed for 60 days from January 2,1865 , and again
for 60 days on March 29,1865 .

Winchester, William- private  June  17,1861 . Discharged
March 16,1865 .

Winters, Thomas W.- private  May  17,1861 . Wounded at
Wil-derness, Va. May  6,1864 . Surrendered, Appomattox,
Va. April 9,1865 .

Wright, Edward- private  May  17, 1861 . Appears last on
roll for April  30,1862 .

Young, Augustus- private  February  20, 1862 . Died of
pneumonia at Liberty, Va. April  23,1862 .