Bibb County GA Military Co F - The Lochrane Guards File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Kurt Graham galegion@bellsouth.net http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/civilwar/rosters/cof.txt For COMPLETE information about Philip's Legion visit http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas This site by Kurt Graham contains photos, all the rosters, as well as campaign and battle information.: Phillips Legion Infantry - Co F - The Lochrane Guards See flag description on Infantry Battalion page. The following article appeared in the August 31st, 1861 edition of the Macon Daily Telegraph and explains the unique origins and nature of this company. The Lochrane Guards This noble band of patriots, all natives of the "Emerald Isle", under their worthy Captain, Jackson Barnes, full 80 strong, departed on yesterday morning, by the Macon and Western Railroad for Virginia. A large concourse of our citizens assembled at the depot to bid them farewell and wish them a safe return when the war is ended and peace declared; and as the train moved off, cheer after cheer went up for the gallant and the brave. "There were sad hearts in many a home, When the brave left their bower; But the strength of prayer and sacrifice Was with them in that hour." Colonel Lochrane accompanied them. They expect to receive recruits at Atlanta, Calhoun, Dalton and other cities sufficient to increase their numbers to one hundred men, exclusive of officers. We are confident the warm hearted and generous sons of "Green Erin" will acquit themselves like men. They are adopted citizens it is true, but yield to none in devotion and love to the South - the sunny home of their choice. Irishmen naturally spurn wrong and oppresssion, and he who is found fighting against the South does grave injustice to the Celtic race. The members of the Lochrane Guards are, "No hirelings trained to the fight But men, firm as the mountains who will Pour out their life blood like rain, And come back in triumph and honor, or come not again." It simply was not to be for this ill-starred company of the Legion. Although losing only eight men in battlefield related deaths, three men to disease and having another eight men disabled by wounds, they had significant attrition from other causes. Thirteen men are discharged for various health reasons. The officers had either resigned, died or been captured by the end of 1863. Thirteen men were captured in the fiasco at Fort Sanders, Knoxville on 11/29/1863 and are sent off to Rock Island. Once there, five join the U S Army and go west to fight Indians while one joins the U S Navy! Seven men are clearly labeled deserters while eleven more simply disappear from the records. There are only four privates and a Sgt left as the Legion left Richmond in early April 1865 and headed west with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia. Three of these were captured with most of the Legion at Sailors Creek on 4/6/1865. Only 1st Sgt R P Oneill and Private John Sweeney are still in ranks to surrender at Appomattox on 4/9/1865. Daniel A'Hern - Enlisted 1/1/1863, Captured at Falling Waters, Md. 7/14/1863, No Federal POW records, No further record Jackson Barnes - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as Captain, Resigned 9/12/1862 due to poor health Michael N Barry - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Sgt, Discharged due to disability 9/1/1862, Age 34 Patrick Barry - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to hernia 9/25/1862, Age 35 Thomas Blake - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 12/5/1863 near Knoxville and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 5/23/1865 John Bonner - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to respiratory problems 11/10/1862, Age 29 Francis Brady - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to poor health 9/23/1864 Robert Brown - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Went AWOL 7/20/1862 and never returned Robert Bryce - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 10/30/1862 William Carey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, 12/2/1862 roll states "deserted at battle of Sharpsburg 9/17/1862 and not since heard from", No Federal POW or deserter records William Carroll - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (thigh) and captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Federal hospital record (Washington, D.C.) shows sent to Provost Marshall (for exchange) 10/16/1862, No further record Daniel Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Present on all rolls, Paroled at Farmville, Va between 4/11/1865 and 4/21/1865 Hugh Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Released 10/17/1864 with notation" joined USA" Terrence Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 10/30/1862 due to disability, Age 47 Timothy Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Drew clothes 11/27/1864, No further record Bernard Conway - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Died 1/24/1863 at Richmond GH #2 from pneumonia Patrick Corcoran - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 11/25/1863, Age 30 Patrick Deignan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/17/1865, Age 27 Richard Deignan - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Corporal, Shown as 4th Sgt on roll dated 12/2/1862, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Elected 2nd Lt 12/18/1862, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio until transferred to Ft Delaware prison 3/27/1864, Released 6/12/1865 Francis Dever - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 5th Sgt on 12/2/1862 roll, Shown as 1st Sgt on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Enlisted in US Army for frontier service 10/6/1864 Andrew Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, "Present" on roll dated 10/5/1864, No further record James Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captures at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/17/1865, Age 33 James A Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown "absent sick" on roll dated 1/14/1864, No further record Thomas F Downing - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Gettysburg and imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Took Oath and released 3/31/1865 John Doyle - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 3rd Sgt, WMIA (leg amputated) and captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Died at Middle Brook hospital near Knoxville 12/10/1863 Miles Doyle - Enlisted 8/1/1861, AWOL on 8/1/1862 roll, Discharged on surgeons certificate at Richmond 9/25/1862, Age 18 Dennis Drew - Enlisted 8/1/1862, WIA 8/30/1862 at Second Manassas (left leg amputated), Disabled remainder of war, Age 30 Dennis Driscoll - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA & captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865 (left thigh & hip), Released from Lincoln hospital, Washington, DC 6/12/1865 Cornelius Duggan - Enlisted 8/24/1861, "Present" on 11/1/1861 roll, No further record John W Duggan - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Lt, KIA at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862 Neill S Duggan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Newspaper casually list shows severe wound to ankle, All further rolls show "disabled" or "at hospital", Listed on 10/31/1864 roll at Columbus Georgia Confederate hospital William Fahey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, June 1862 roll shows "under arrest", Captured at Frederick, Md. 9/12/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, AWOL on rolls from 11/1/1862 through Feb 1863, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Takes Oath and joins U S Army for frontier service 10/13/1864 John Flanagan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (shoulder), All further rolls show him absent at hospitals, Last shown on a roll at Liberty, Va. Confederate hospital 4/21/1864, No further record James C Flynn - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 1st Sgt, Discharged 4/15/1862 due to disability Matthew Foley - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 2nd Corporal on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 1st Corporal on Sept/Oct 1863 roll, All further roll show "sick at hospital" but there are no hospital records for him, No further record James H Fullam - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Joined Legion band May 1862, "Present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record Patrick Furlong - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (wrist), Shown as 3rd Corporal on Jan/Feb 1863 roll and 2nd Corporal on Sept/Oct 1863 roll, All further rolls show "sick at hospital" Last shown on roll at Liberty, Va. Confederate hospital 8/4/1864, No further record Richard Furlong - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Roll dated 12/2/1862 states "Captured 9/14/1862 at South Mountain and not heard from since, deserted" BUT no Federal POW or deserter records, No further record Francis P Garey - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Lt, Resigned 7/20/1862 claiming paralysis of side Patrick G Garey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA & captured at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Sent to Fort Monroe for exchange 12/18/1862, Discharged for disability 7/24/1863, Age 47 Richard G Gillespie - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (arm & side) at Sharpsburg 9/17/1862, WIA (neck) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, MWIA (leg amputated) & captured at Gettysburg, Died in Federal II Corps hospital 4 miles southeast of Gettysburg 7/8/1863, Body disinterred in 1872 and reburied at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia Patrick Gleason - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Took Oath and joined U S Army for frontier service 10/13/1864 Andrew Glenn - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 5th Sgt, Demoted to private and detailed to service as a boilermaker at Savannah, Ga. 3/22/1862 - 10/5/1864, Late 1864 rolls show him AWOL, No further record Dennis Graham - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown AWOL on roll dated 7/20/1862 and on all rolls through 1/14/1864, Later rolls show "at hospital", No further record James Haffey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 10/20/1864 at Harrisonburg, Va. and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 5/13/1865 Anthony Halligan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 2nd Corporal on roll dated 12/2/1862 then as 2nd Sgt on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 1/14/1864 roll shows "at hospital", No hospital records, AWOL on all further rolls, Timothy Harrigan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 1st Corporal on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, Captured at Gettysburg 7/3/1863 and imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Takes Oath and joined 1st Connecticut Cavalry James Harvey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Deserted 5/1/1862, Not clear when he returns but is not shown on 1862/1863 rolls, Declared unfit for service in 1864 and detailed as a shoemaker at Macon, Ga. Daniel Hearn - (Some possibility that this may be the man listed earlier as Daniel A'Hern) - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Roll dated 10/5/1864 states "missing since 7/8/1863", No further record Thomas Huban - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Sick at hospital 8/12/1862, All later rolls show same status, One hospital record showing him at Danville Confederate hospital 5/20/1863, No further record John Hughes - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/20/1865, Age 32 John Kavanaugh - Enlisted 8/1/1861, May/June 1864 rolls shows "MIA 6/3/1864", July/Aug 1864 roll shows "hospital", Roll dated 10/5/1864 shows "hospital wounded", No further record Patrick Keating - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg (left leg amputated), Died 3/6/1863 at Richmond GH #16 from after-effects of amputation John Kelly - Enlisted 8/1/1861, MWIA & captured at Sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/1862, Died 9/23/1862 Joseph Kennelly - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Discharged due to hernia 9/21/1861 James Lawler - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 9/15/1862 in Maryland, Exchanged 10/6/1862, Discharged 11/18/1862 Walter Lynch - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Age 51, Discharged 10/31/1862 BUT later rejoins company, Captured 7/5/1863 at Gettysburg, Exchanged 8/23/1863, Shown AWOL on all later rolls, Paroled at Augusta, Ga. 6/2/1865 John McCabe - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Roll dated 1/14/1864 shows "absent sick", AWOL on all later rolls, No further record William McCullough - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 4th Sgt, Deserted at Dublin, Va. 1/20/1862, No further record Stephen McDowell - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Absent at home sick 10/1/1861, Deserted at Macon 6/1/1862, No further record Bernard McEvoy - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Discharged due to disability 4/30/1862 Cornelius McGinley - Enlisted 8/1/1861, KIA at Sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/1862 Dennies McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 12/26/1862 but rejoined company later, Captured at Falling Waters, Md. 7/14/1863, Imprisoned at Old Capitol Prison in Washington, Took Oath 12/20/1863 and sent north, No further record Michael McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown absent sick since battle of Second Manassas, Shown AWOL on all further rolls, No further record Patrick McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Promoted to 1st Lt 1/30/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/6/1862, Promoted to Captain 12/4/1862, Dropped from rolls for prolonged absence 2/24/1864 William McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861 - Enlisted 8/1/1861, 5th Sgt on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 4th Sgt on Sept/Oct 1863 roll, WIA & captured at Knoxville 11/29/863 (right arm amputated), At Louisville Federal hospital until sent to Fort Delaware 3/7/1864, Paroled from Fort Delaware 9/14/1864, In Richmond hospital 9/22/1864, Furloughed home disabled 9/26/1864 Patrick McGuire - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (head) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Furloughed home 12/15/1862, In hospitals thereafter until retired by Medical Examining Board 4/13/1864 Charles McIntyre - Enlisted 8/1/1861, "Present" on rolls throughout war, Paroled and released at Farmville, Va between 4/11/and 4/21/1865 Patrick McLane - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Gettysburg (left side), Age 30 in 1863, WIA (right arm) and admitted to Richmond hospital 5/17/1864, Furloughed for 60 days on 7/19/1864, No further record James Meara - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 1st Lt, Disabled by accidental gun shot wound to knee October 1861, Resigned 1/13/1862 Joseph Mitchell - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Second Manassas 8/30/1862, Died 9/25/1862 in Danville hospital from pyemia (blood poisoning) John A Moore - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Promoted to 2nd Lt 12/18/1862, WIA & captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, At Louisville Federal hospital until sent to Fort Delaware 3/27/1864, Released 6/12/1865 Michael Murphy - Enlisted 8/1/1861, AWOL 6/30/1862, No further record John Murphy - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Deserted at Bermuda Hundred 3/8/1865, Took Oath and sent to Oil City, Pa. Thomas Nolan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Died 11/5/1862 at Charlottesville, Va. hospital from typhoid, Buried University of Virginia Confederate Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va. James O'Brien - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Joined Legion band in 1862, Last shown "present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record Dominick O'Byrne - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Died 9/8/1861 at Claytor's Tobacco Factory hospital, Lynchburg, Va. of typhoid, Buried Lynchburg City Cemetery #7 in 5th line of lot 178, Name shown in cemetery record as D O Byne, Age 28, Born in Ireland Michael O'Connell - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Takes Oath and joins U S Army for frontier service 10/4/1864 James O'Neill - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Last shown "present on 1/1/1863 roll, No further record R P O'Neill - Originally enlisted in Co B 6/11/1861 as 4th Sgt, Transferred to Co F 4/20/1862 as 1st Sgt, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 Felix Rush - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Takes Oath and joins U S Navy 1/25/1864 Cornelius Shanahan - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured 11/29/1861 at Knoxville and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 5/20/1865 John Sweeney - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 Michael Walsh - Enlisted 8/4/1861, Roll dated 10/5/1864 shows "at home on sick furlough", All later rolls show same status, Captured at Macon, Ga. 4/30/1865 Michael S Walsh - Enlisted 8/21/1861 as 1st Corporal. Elected 2nd Lt 1/31/1862, Promoted to 1st Lt 12/4/1862, Captured at Gettysburg 7/3/1863 and imprisoned at Johnsons Island until released 5/12/1865, Age 26, Interesting document in his record shows that he applied to take the Oath of Allegiance for release in December 1864, This statement reads "Was born in Ireland and went to Savannah, Ga. in 1858 and was employed as a printer in the Savannah Morning News office at the commencement of the war. Voluntarily joined the C S Army in July 1862 (sic) as a private in which capacity he served about five months when the company elected him 2nd Lt. Served as such until December 1862 when he was promoted 1st Lt. Says that when the army fell back from the field of Gettysburg he concealed himself among some rocks for the purpose of giving himself up to the Federals which he done to the first ones he saw; that he wishes to take the Oath of Amnesty because he is tired of the C S service and does not wish to fight for the South any longer; that all his relatives reside in Ireland and he wishes to go there. Says he has one brother in the South who is under British protection; that he could have had the same protection had he waited longer before entering the Army. Is twenty five years of age." Obviously, his request was not acted upon as he was not released until after the war had ended. Compiled by Kurt Graham ======================== 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. 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