Georgia: Bryan County: 1st Co. A, 25th Regiment BRYAN INDEPENDENT RIFLEMEN. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Carolyn L. Harper Johnson clhjohnson@aol.com ==================================================================== MUSTER ROLL OF *1st COMPANY A, 25th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY OF TENNESSEE, C. S. A. BRYAN COUNTY, GEORGIA, BRYAN INDEPENDENT RIFLEMEN. *This company was successively designated 1st Co. A, 2d Co. E, and 3d Co. B. The last roll on file is dated October 31, 1862. 1st Confederate Regiment Ga. Inf., 1st Battn. Ga. Sharpshooters, 25th, 29th,30th, and 66th Regts. Ga. Inf. were consolidated to form the 1st Confederate Battn. Ga. Inf. April 9, 1865. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Smith, Albert W.- Captain August 14, 1861. Admitted to Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. September 29, 1868, and furloughed same date. Elected Major. No later record. Webb, William E.- 1st Lieutenant August 14, 1861. On detached service at Great Ogeechee Bridge, Ga. July 5-October 1862. Returns for November 1862, report him "Present, sick in camp." No later record. Harn, William J.- 2d Lieutenant August 14, 1861. Appears on Inspection Report dated March 13, 1863. No later record. Cox, George W.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 14, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant. Wounded in 1863. Admitted to Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga., on account of wounds, September 27, 1863. No later record. Haymans, James H.- 1st Sergeant August 14, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Thunderbolt, Ga. May 19, 1862. Goodson, Thomas C.- 2d Sergeant August 14, 1861. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1862. Haymans, William B.- 3d Sergeant August 14, 1861. Died of typhoid fever in Liberty County, Ga. November 6, 1861. Mills, George M.- 4th Sergeant August 14, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant January 1862; 1st Sergeant May 19, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Strickland, A. J.- 1st Corporal August 14, 1861. Died of typhoid fever in Bryan County, Ga. September 18, 1862. Conner, James T.- 2d Corporal August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Wise, James - 3d Corporal August 14, 1861. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1862. Sanderlin, John A.- 4th Corporal August 14, 1861. Reduced to ranks. Discharged by civil authority August 18, 1862. Beard, Frank M.- Musician August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Driggers, Arthur - Musician August 14, 1861. Discharged by civil authority August 31, 1862. Barnes, James M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 2d Battn. North Carolina Inf. May 4, 1861. Transferred to Captain Menefee's Regiment Virginia State Troops in 1861; to Co. A, 25th Regiment Ga. Inf. and appointed Sergeant January 1, 1862. Captured in 1862. Paroled at Elizabeth City, N. C. February 21, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Caustin's Bluff, Ga. August 18, 1862. Elected Captain of Co. H, 23d Battn. Virginia Inf. April 1, 1863. Wounded at Kernstown, Va. July 24, 1864. Furloughed for 30 days from February 24, 1865. No later record. Bashlor, Charles Alexander - private August 14, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal May 1862. Pension records show he was sent to Augusta, Ga. hospital, sick, April 1865, and was unable to rejoin command. (Born in Bryan County, Ga. June 6, 1848, and died there February 14, 1924.) Bowen, Littleton F.- private January 9, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him on picket duty at Little Ogeechee Bridge since September 9, 1862. Pension records show he was on detail duty at Mobile, Ala. close of war. Bragg, Elijah W.- private August 14, 1861. Discharged on account of tuberculosis, at Camp Wilson, January 6, 1862. Brown, Elijah - private August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him absent on special duty in Engineer Department. Brown, George Washington - private August 14, 1861. Wounded in right thigh at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Furloughed from Oliver Hospital, at Dalton, Ga. for 40 days, from October 2, 1863. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 2, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 1865. (Born in Bulloch County, Ga. December 26, 1840.) Brown, Jackson - private August 14, 1861. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. Carter, John N.- Enlisted as a private in Co. L, 26th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 27, 1861. Transferred to Co. A, 25th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 27, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Coles, Jerry Sedgewick (or Cowles) - Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 2d Battn. Ga. Inf. June 6, 1861. Transferred to Co. A, 25th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1862. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant of the 59th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 16, 1862. Transferred to Co. G, October 16, 1862. Captured at Amelia Court House, Va. April 5, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 19, 1865. Cox, Robert E.- private September 10, 1861. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Cribbs, Henry J.- private August 14, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Cribbs, John B.- private April 10, 1863. Captured at Mount Pleasant. Davis, Ebenezer - private August 14, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal May 1862. Wounded in 1864. Admitted to Macon, Ga. hospital wounded in left hand July 25, 1864. No later record. Dayton, Charles - private August 14, 1861. Deserted at Camp Young November 14, 1862. Denmark, John - private August 14, 1861. Received pay August 1863. Wounded through mouth, jaw broken, at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. (Born in Georgia September 2, 1845.) Dixon, William W.- private August 14, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Camp Wilson, January 5, 1862. Glisson, Henry - private February 28, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Glisson, James - private February 28, 1862. In Blind School Hospital at Macon, Ga. March 81-May 31, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Goodson, James C.- private August 14, 1861. Discharged by civil authority at Causton's Bluff, Ga. September 18, 1862. Harn, William - private August 14, 1861. Died of pneumonia at Camp Wilson December 30, 1861. Harn, William J. D.- private August 14, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1848.) Harper, Elias - private August 14, 1861. Detailed in Walker's Division Hospital at Lauderdale, Miss. July 25, 1863. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. (Born in Wayne County, Ga. November 7, 1838.) Haymans, John W.- private August 14, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Haymans, Joseph S.- private August 14, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Hilton, James L.- See private, 1st Co. K. Johnson, Andrew Jackson - private August 14, 1861. Captured near Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. Johnson, Charles G.- private August 14, 1861. Discharged, disability, October 10, 1861. Johnson, James K.- private August 14, 1861. On picket duty at Little Ogeechee Bridge, Ga. October 29, 1862. Admitted to C.S.A. General Military Hospital #4, at Wilmington, N. C., with pneumonia, January 30, 1863. Returned to duty February 10, 1863. No later record. Johnson, John - private August 14, 1861. Lane, John - private August 14, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Wounded in 1863. Admitted to Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga., wounded, September 29, 1868, and furloughed therefrom for 30 days, same date. No later record. Lane, Samuel S.- private August 14, 1861. Died of disease at Camp Wilson January 22, 1862. Lanier, Thomas F.- private August 14, 1861. Discharged at Camp Young November 12, 1862. No record of reenlistment found. Pension records show he was wounded through thigh at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Surrendered near Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Bryan County, Ga. October 10, 1841.) Lyons, Barnard A.- private August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Martin, John H.- See private, 1st Co. K. Morgan, Joseph A.- private October 18, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Morgan, Thomas C.- private August 14, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Nevils, James - private August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Nevils, Thomas - private August 14, 1861. Discharged, underage, September 3, 1862. Pate, William J.- private August 14, 1861. Captured at Murfreesboro, Tenn. December 7, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. Phillips, Furney B.- private August 14, 1861. Captured at Lavergne, Tenn. December 17, 1864. Released at Rock Island, Ill. June 17, 1865. Phillips, John F.- private August 14, 1861. Captured at Ringgold, Ga. November 28, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and enlisted in U. S. Army for frontier service at Rock Island, Ill. October 14, 1864. Phillips, Milton M.- private December 13, 1861. Wounded, date and place not given. Examined by Medical Examining Board for 60 days furlough, disabled on account of gunshot wound, July 7, 1864. No later record. Phillips, William - private May 15, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Roney, James - private August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Rushing, James M.- private May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, July 25, 1862. Sapp, Furney - private August 14, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 30, 1862. Shuman, Francis B., Jr.- private August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Shuman, Francis B., Sr.- private August 14, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Shuman, Hanford H.- private August 14, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal May 1862. Admitted to Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga., with chronic diarrhea, November 28, 1863. No later record. Shuman, Henry - private April 4, 1862. Wounded in Virginia in 1862. Discharged on account of wounds September 20, 1862. Shuman, Henry J., Jr.- private August 14, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia.) Shuman, Henry J., Sr.- private January 1, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him "present, sick." No later record. Shuman, Jeremiah E.- private August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him "present, sick." No later record. Shuman, John H.- private August 14, 1861. Paid commutation for rations while traveling from Savannah, Ga. to Wilmington, N. C. January 10-13, 1863. No later record. Shuman, John N.- private August 14, 1861. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1839.) Shuman, Martin E.- private August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Shuman, Millen - private August 14, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Thunderbolt, Ga. May 30, 1862. Shuman, Wiley W.- private January 1863. Shuman, William D.- private August 14, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Captured near Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. Shuman, Wilson - private February 28, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in Bryan County, Ga. September 20, 1862. Sims, Clinton - private August 14, 1861. Appointed 3d. Sergeant May 19, 1862. Wounded in thigh at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Died of wounds in 1863. (Born in Bryan County, Ga. in 1840.) Sizemore, Thomas D.- private August 14, 1861. Died in General Hospital at Shelby Springs, Ala. October 3, 1863. Sizemore, William C.- private August 14, 1861. In Convalescent Camp at Marietta, Ga. October 31, 1863. No later record. Stanley, James R.- private September 10, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Stokes, James S.- private May 12, 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. Strickland, James G.- private August 14, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant May 19, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Strickland, John - private August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Strickland, John N.- private August 14, 1861. Died of typhoid pneumonia in Bryan County, Ga. March 11, 1862. Strickland, L. J.- private November 14, 1861. Discharged, disability, July 25, 1862. Strickland, William W.- private August 14, 1861. Captured near Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. Taylor, Christian Noah - See 3d Corporal, 1st Co. K. Vanbrackle, Henry D.- private August 14, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant November 1, 1861; 4th Sergeant January 1862. Transferred to Co. K, 7th Regiment Ga. Cavalry May 1, 1863. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Vanbrackle, Israel E.- private August 14, 1861. Discharged January 1862. Elected Lieutenant of Co. K, 7th Regiment Ga. Cavalry. On detail duty close of war. Died January 20, 1888. Wells, Erwin R. (or Edwin R.) - private August 14, 1861. On special duty in Engineer Dept. at Savannah, Ga. August 14, 1862. Admitted to St. Mary's Hospital at West Point, Miss., January 10, 1865. No later record. Wells, George N.- private May 15, 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. Wells, Henry H.- private August 14, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant May 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Wilson, Branch B.- Enlisted as a private in Co. L, 26th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 16, 1861. Transferred to Co. A, 25th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 27, 1861; to Regimental band in 1862. Captured near Decatur, Ga. September 23, 1864. "Deserted, gave himself up." Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Atlanta, Ga. September 27, 1864. Wise, Henry - private August 14, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Paid commutation of rations for 6 days while on recruiting service from February 17 to February 22, 1863. No later record. Wise, William - private August 14, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Wollard, James C.- private August 14, 1861. Deserted September 7, 1862.