Bibb County Georgia Company A 45th regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by clhjohnson@aol.com Carolyn L. Harper Johnson http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/military/civilwar/coa45reg.txt Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used 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. ============== MUSTER ROLL OF *COMPANY A, 45th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. BIBB COUNTY, GEORGIA GRESHAM RIFLES Rogers, Matthew Roberts - Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 2d Battn. Ga. Inf. April 20, 1861 . Elected Captain of Co. A, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. February 1, 1862 ; Major October 13, 1862 . Wounded in 1862 . Resigned May 6, 1863 . *First roll of this company on file in Washington is dated January 1, 1864 . Cherry, George F.- Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. C, 2d Battn. Ga. Inf. April 20, 1861 . Discharged April 4, 1862 . Appointed 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant (to rank from April 1, 1862 ,) May 9, 1862 . Elected Captain of Co. A, June 15, 1864 . Roll dated February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him on furlough of indulgence. No later record. Pickett, John M.- Appointed 1st Corporal of Co. C, 2d Battn. Ga. Inf. April 20, 1861 ; 5th Sergeant May 15, 1861 . Discharged, disability, August 30, 1861 . Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. A, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. February 1, 1862 ; Captain October 13, 1862 . Resigned on account of age and defective eyesight January 5, 1863 . Shaw, William H.- 2d Lieutenant February 1, 1862 . Elected 1st Lieutenant October 13, 1862 ; Captain January 5, 1863 . Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Melton, Stephen H.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant February 1, 1862 . Resigned January 7, 1863 . Enlisted as a private in Guerard's Battery Ga. Light Artillery February 3, 1864 . Appointed Quartermaster in 1864 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . Kinder, Thomas D. (or Kindre) - 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Elected 2d Lieutenant December 15, 1862 ; 1st Lieutenant January 13, 1868; Captain May 3, 1863 . Captured at Romney, Va. January 26, 1864 . Transferred to Point Lookout, Md. for exchange February 17, 1865 . Tompkins, Thomas B. (or Thompkins) - 2d Sergeant February 1, 1862 . Elected 2d Lieutenant January 13, 1863 . Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863 . Died from wounds July 3, 1863 . Richardson, Isaiah C.- 3d Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Discharged, disability caused by enlarged liver, at Camp Gregg, Va., May 25, 1863 . Died in Virginia in 1863 . (Born in Bibb County, Ga. in 1843.) Mitchell, James H.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Appointed 1st Sergeant October 13, 1862 . Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 29, 1865 . Riddle, Anderson D.- 5th Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant June 4, 1868; 1st Lieutenant February 4, 1864 . Wounded and permanently disabled at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864 . Roll dated February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him absent, wounded. No later record. Crenshaw, James W.- 1st Corporal March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 3, 1864 , resulting in amputation of left foot at Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Ga., September 28, 1864 . (Born in Ga. October 31, 1841.) Collins, James M.- 2d Corporal March 4, 1862 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released from Lincoln General Hospital at Washington, D. C. June 12, 1865 . Munch, Louis (or Lewis) - 3d Corporal March 4, 1862 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant October 13, 1862 ; 1st Lieutenant May 3, 1868; Captain February 4, 1864 . Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864 . Kilpatrick, George W.- 4th Corporal March 4, 1862 . Died in camp near Richmond, Va. July 12, 1862 . Harden, G.- Drummer, March 4, 1862 . On furlough March 15, 1862 . No later record. Arnold, James B.- private March 4, 1862 . Roll dated February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him present. Avery, Joseph - private February 16, 1862 . Wounded in left shoulder and leg in Seven Days' Fight near Richmond, Va. August 30, 1862 . Discharged, left shoulder paralyzed as result of wounds, at camp near Orange Court House, Va., September 6, 1863 . (Born in Ga. November 15, 1833. Died September 6, 1902.) Barron, James F. (or Barrow) - private March 4, 1862 . Accidentally killed in Virginia. Bellflower, James Jefferson - private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 3, 1865 . Released at Hart's Island, N. Y. Harbor, June 15, 1865 . (Born in Dooly County, Ga. November 1835.) Booar, R. (or Boaar) - private March 4, 1862 . Bowie, Samuel D.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded, use of left hand almost entirely destroyed. Discharged, disability, April 3, 1863 . (Born in Bibb County, Ga. in 1839.) Bowie, Washington, A.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded, date and place not given. On detail duty in Richmond, Va. hos- pital October 26, 1864 -February 28, 1865 . Captured at Macon, Ga. April 1865 . Brinsfield, Thomas B.- private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 2, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 24, 1865 . Brooks, Charles - private March 4, 1862 . Died of disease October 1, 1864 . Clark, Andrew J.- private March 4, 1862 . Left sick at Goldsboro, N. C. April 24, 1862 . On sick leave December 31, 1862 . No later record. Collins, William Thomas - private March 4, 1862 . Deserted October 12, 1864 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at City Point, Va. October 15, 1864 , and furnished transportation to Philadelphia, Pa. Cook, A. H.- private . Cook, Thomas C.- private March 4, 1862 . Sick at Griffin, Ga. March 15, 1862 . No later record. Defore, James D. (or Defoor) - private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Falling Waters, Md. July 14, 1863 . Roll of prisoners of war received at Elmira, N. Y. August 18, 1864 , from Point Lookout, Md. shows he was transferred for exchange March 10, 1865 . Dewberry, Charles A. (or Giles A.) - private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 2d Corporal in 1862 . Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863 . Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865 . Died at Macon, Ga. November 18, 1922. Dewberry, William A.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 4th Corporal in 1862 . Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 3, 1865 . Released at Hart's Island, N. Y. Harbor June 6, 1865 . (Born in Monroe County, Ga. in 1844. Died in Bibb County, Ga. in 1917.) Durden, Henry - private March 4, 1862 . Pension records show he developed varicose veins while on detail working on breast- works June 1863 . Furloughed from hospital for 60 days on account of varicose veins February 1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1835. Died in Bibb County, Ga. in 1922.) Ellis, Thomas - private December 19, 1863 . Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. May 15, 1865 . Evers, William A.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 4th Sergeant November 1, 1864 . On sick furlough February 28, 1865 . No later record. Farrar, George S.- private March 4, 1862 . Left sick at Richmond, Va. April 26, 1862 , and died there prior to October 27, 1862 . Faulk, James - private March 4, 1862 . Deserted October 12, 1864 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at City Point, Va. and forwarded to Washington, D. C. October 15, 1864 . Furnished transportation to Cincinnatti, O. October 17, 1864 . Flowers, J. B.- private March 4, 1862 . Left sick at Goldsboro, N. C. April 24, 1862 . No later record. Gilliam, William H.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 4th Sergeant March 1862 . Captured at Falling Waters, Md. July 14, 1863 . Sent to Old Capitol Prison at Washington, D. C. August 3, 1863 . Exchanged. Captured at Macon, Ga. April 20-21, 1865 . Gilpin, B. Nathan - private March 4, 1862 . Died from variola and typhoid fever in Smallpox Hospital at Richmond, Va. January 9, 1863 . Gregory, Matthew Tyler.- See 3d Corporal Co. B. Griffin, Ansel M.- private March 4, 1862 . Detailed teamster in Ordnance Dept. April 1, 1864 . Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Haynes, Henry H.- private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Ream's Station, Va. June 23, 1864 . Died of chronic diarrhea at El- mira, N. Y. December 13, 1864 . Grave #1131, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Hicks, B. W. E. (or B. W. C.) - private March 4, 1862 . Hicks, Enoch - private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 29, 1862 . Assigned to light duty in Richmond, Va. hospital April 1864 . Furloughed for 60 days at Macon, Ga. April 13, 1865 , and captured there April 20-21, 1865 . Hightower, Garland Gallant - private March 4, 1862 . Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865 . Hitson, John - private March 4, 1862 . Left sick at Goldsboro, N. C. April 24, 1862 . Died from fever at Winston, N. C. May 30, 1862 . Jeffers, Albert V.- private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Macon, Ga. April 20-21, 1865 . Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Ga. April 21, 1865 , and released April 29, 1865 . Johnson, Allen - private March 4, 1862 . Discharged on account of heart disease and general debility, at Richmond, Va. September 6, 1862 . Johnston, William S.- private March 4, 1862 . Died in General Hospital at Staunton, Va. November 18, 1862 . Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. Jordan, Charles W.- private March 4, 1862 . Deserted October 12, 1864 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at City Point, Va. October 15, 1864 , and furnished transportation to Phila- delphia, Pa. October 17, 1864 . Kent, Samuel J.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 3d Sergeant in 1862 . Wounded in left thigh at Cedar Run, Va. August 10, 1862 ; Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863 . Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him on furlough of indulgence since February 15, 1865 . Captured at Macon, Ga. April 20-21, 1865 . (Born in Ga. February 29, 1844.) Kent, Thomas - private . Lawler, James - private . Lee, Martin Alonzo - private March 4, 1862 . On detail duty in Richmond, Va. hospital April 1864 -February 28, 1865 . Captured in 1865 . In Libby U. S. A. Military Prison at Richmond, Va. April 10, 1865 . Martin, Robert - private March 4, 1862 . Discharged, disability, at Camp Gregg, Va., February 24, 1863 . Mason, E. Payne - private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864 . On detail in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Va. February 28, 1865 . Mize, Thomas (or Myers) - private March 4, 1862 . Wounded, date and place not given. Captured at Richmond, Va. hospital, April 3, 1865 . Admitted to Jackson hospital at Richmond, Va. where right leg was amputated in 1865 . Paroled June 7, 1865 . Noles, John A.- private March 4, 1862 . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 . Paine, William J. (or Payne) - private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862 . Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 4, 1863 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and enlisted in U. S. service at Fort Delaware, Del. August 1, 1863 . Pate, J. D.- private March 4, 1862 . Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Perry, D. M.- private March 4, 1862 . Discharged on account of partial paralysis of lower extremities resulting from injury to spine, at Camp Gregg, Va., April 18, 1863 . (Born in Twiggs County, Ga. August 10, 1825.) Perry, J. R.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Mechanicsville, Va. June 26, 1862 . Died from wounds in General Hos- pital #9, at Richmond, Va. June 29, 1862 . Poole, J. H.- private March 4, 1862 . Discharged account of epilepsy, at C. S. A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va., February 22, 1863 . Potter, R.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded in 1862 . In hospital, wounded, December 1862 . On furlough April 10, 1863 . Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Railey, Henry Lawrence - private March 4, 1862 . Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 17, 1865 . Railey, Joseph - private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. May 14, 1865 . Readdy, George F. (or Reddy) - private March 4, 1862 . Refused to go with company. Enlisted in Cavalry. Reynolds, Robert - private March 4, 1862 . Sick in camp March 15, 1862 . Did not stay with company. Enlisted in cavalry. Richards, W. C.- private March 4, 1862 . Discharged, disability, at camp near Richmond, Va., August 1, 1862 . Roberts, John M.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 5th Sergeant November 1, 1864 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 3, 1865 . Died of double pneumonia at Point Lookout, Md. June 1, 1865 . Ruth, Thomas - private March 4, 1862 . Died of pneumonia in General Hospital at Richmond, Va. December 30, 1862 . Ryals, James M.- private March 4, 1862 . Killed at Mechanicsville, Va. June 26, 1862 . Ryals, Thomas - private March 4, 1862 . Wounded June 1864 . Appointed 1st Corporal November 2, 1864 . Captured near Petersburg, Va. Mar 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 17, 1865 . Rye, John H. (or John K.) - private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 6, 1865 . Rye, Joseph - private March 4, 1862 . Died in hospital in 1862 . Sanderlin, Noah - private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Hanover Junction, Va. May 23, 1864 . Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865 . Released at Newport News, Va. June 26, 1865 . Sasser, James - private March 4, 1862 . Left sick at Goldsboro, N. C. April 24, 1862 . Absent, sick, October 1862 . Died at Raleigh, N. C. prior to April 24, 1863 . Senn, F. S.- private March 4, 1862 . Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va., July 14, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 1st Battn. Ga. Reserve Cavalry (Blount's,) date not given. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Ga. February 8, 1864 . Returned to duty May 19, 1864 . Signed a contract to furnish shingles to Confederate States Armory at Macon, Ga. March 24, 1864 . No later record. (Born in Columbia, S. C.) Shaw, John H. (or George H.) - private March 4, 1862 . Discharged. Sills, William - private March 4, 1862 . Wounded in 1862 . Admitted to Chimorazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Ga., wounded in hand, July 1, 1862 . Discharged, disability, at Winchester, Va. November 17, 1862 . Smith, Henry T.- private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Hanover Junction, Va. May 24, 1864 . Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 19, 1865 . Smith, Jesse - private March 4, 1862 . Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him absent, sick in hospital at Macon, Ga. since December 1862 . Stuckey, William - private March 4, 1862 . Left sick at Goldsboro, N. C. April 24, 1862 . Died in hospital. Swearingin, James P. (or Swearingame) - private March 4, 1862 . Wounded, resulting in destruction of portion of left jaw bone, at 2d Manassas, Va. August 29, 1862 . Discharged, disability, March 25, 1864 . Detailed to Macon, Ga. Arsenal for guard duty. (Born in Pulaski County, Ga. November 5, 1843.) Tankersley, Thomas H.- private March 4, 1862 . On detail duty in Macon, Ga. hospital August 1862 -February 28, 1865 . Tucker, Rodolphus S.- Enlisted as a private in Massenburg's Battery Ga. Light Artillery (Jackson's) September 18, 1861 . Discharged, disability, December 2, 1861 . Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 1, 1862 . Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. September 6, 1862 . Reenlisted May 21, 1864 . On detail in Richmond, Va. hospital January 14, 1865 , and captured there April 3, 1865 . Paroled at Capitol Bldg. at Richmond, Va. May 5, 1865 . Vann, John - private March 4, 1862 . Killed at Mechanicsville, Va. June 26, 1862 . Wall, Lewis A. (or Louis, A.) - private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 1st Corporal in 1862 . Wounded in left leg, necessi- tating amputation, at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Discharged, disability, June 11, 1864 . (Born in Ga. March 15, 1841.) Watson, Gideon H.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed Musician March 1862 . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 . Willis, Wilburn J. (or Welborn J.) - private March 4, 1862 . Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862 . Willoughby, William (or Willaby) - private March 4, 1862 . Died of pneumonia in General Hospital at Staunton, Va. November 24, 1862 . Wise, T.- private . Wootten, John Thomas - private March 4, 1862 . Discharged, disability, at camp near Orange Court House, Va. November 16, 1863 . (Born in Henry County, Ga. in 1838.) Wootten, Thomas - private March 4, 1862 . Admitted to General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. February 10, 1863 . Returned to duty April 14, 1863 . Received pay August 31, 1863 . No later record. Wright, John - private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 5th Sergeant June 4, 1863 . Deserted October 12, 1864 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt., released and furnished transportation to Cincinnati, O., October 17, 1864 . Yearty, Thomas J.- private March 14, 1862 . Discharged. Youngblood, William S.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded in left leg, necessitating amputation above the knee, at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862 . Discharged, disability, at Camp Gregg, Va. May 28, 1863 .