Georgia: Bryan County: Company E, 11th Battalion CHATHAM VOLUNTEERS ==================================================================== 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 *CO. E, 11th BATTALION GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. BRYAN, CHATHAM, EFFINGHAM COUNTIES CHATHAM VOLUNTEERS The 11th Battn. Ga. Inf. C. S. A., (for which there are no rolls on file), was organized March 4, 1862, and became the 47th Ga. Inf., by consolidation, May 12,1862. Phillips, William S.- Captain March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as Captain May 12, 1862. Elected Major May 14, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel August 30, 1863. Retired to Invalid Corps November 5, 1864, and assigned to duty February 7,1865. Slater, Clem C.- 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 1st Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Resigned on account of ill health July 18, 1862. Bruyn, DeWitt-2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 2d Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant July 18, 1862; Captain May 14, 1863. Dropped for prolonged absence without leave January 17, 1865. (Born in Ithica, N. Y. December 30, 1830. Died at Confederate Soldiers' Home, Atlanta, Ga., July 27, 1909.) Osteen, Thomas J.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant July 18, 1862; 1st Lieutenant May 14, 1864. Pension records show he was granted 60 days' leave of absence April 9,1865. Dukes, John L.- 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 1st Sergeant May 12, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant July 18, 1862. In General Hospital #2, at Savannah, Ga., December 1863. Appears on roster dated March 1865. No later record. Davis, Harmon L.- 2d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 2d Sergeant May 12, 1862. Discharged August 22, 1862. Mulryne, Thomas N.- 3d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 3d Sergeant May 12, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant August 22, 1862; 1st Sergeant in 1862. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. September 23,1863, and furloughed for 30 days September 24,1863. No later record. Futch, Carter W.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 4th Sergeant May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Solomons, Juda S.- 5th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 5th Sergeant May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, October 21,1862. Walls, Frank M. (or Francis M.)-1st Corporal March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 1st Corporal May 12, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant June 1862; 2d Sergeant July 1862. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. with fever November 29,1863. No later record. Singleton, Joseph E.- 2d Corporal March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 2d Corporal May 12, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant July 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Marsh, Henry-3d Corporal March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 3d Corporal May 12,1862. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. with chronic diarrhea November 29,1863. No later record. Ulmer, John H. (or John R.)-4th Corporal March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 4th Corporal May 12, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal June 1862; 1st Corporal July 1862. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. with diabetes, November 28, 1863. Pension records show he was captured at Coosawhatchie, S. C. and released at Hilton Head, S. C. April 1865. Alexander, William- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Died June 3, 1862. Arkwright, William- private March 4,1862. Never reported. Baden, Jeremiah- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1862; 3d Sergeant in 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Baker, Alfred C. (or Bacon)- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Discharged by civil authority August 25,1862. Baker, George- private March 4,1862. Never reported. Barrett, William- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Died in Jackson Cavalry Division Hospital, at Old Mansion, Miss., November 1, 1863. Bevill, Granville (or Bevil)- private April 8, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31,1862, last on file, shows him present. (Born in Georgia September 12, 1845. Died October 8, 1902.) Bevill, Stephen B. (or Bevil)- private April 24, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him absent with leave. No later record. Bingham, Solomon- private March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Bingham, Thomas W.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Discharged, furnished John Johnson as substitute, June 11,1862. Bonner, John (or Boner)- private March 4, 1862. Never reported. Brooks, W. H.- private March 4,1862. Never reported. Brown, George- private March 4, 1862. Never reported. Carpenter, Charles R.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Discharged by civil authority August 25, 1862. Carpenter, Cornelius- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Died June 3, 1862. Christerson, Sayers (or Christenson)- private March 4, 1862. Never reported. Clanton, James E.- private April 28,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Died at James Island, S. C. June 18,1862. Cope, William H.- private March 4,1862. Never reported. Cowart, Calvin C.- private March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Died of disease in hospital July 13, 1862. Cowart, Thomas C.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Died of disease July 30, 1862. Cowart, Zachariah- private March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Roll for October 31,1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Cribbs, Jordan- private March 20, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862 Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Pension records show he was wounded in shoulder at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. November 25, 1863. Left command on sick furlough February 1865. Unable to return. (Born in Bryan County, Ga. in 1843.) Cribbs, Sheppard- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862; last on file, shows him present. No later record. Davis, Cosmo R.- private March 13, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Discharged at Savannah, Ga. July 14,1862. Dotson, William J.- private March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Discharged July 14, 1862. Douglas, George- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Driggers, Jordan- private March 4,1862. Joined another company. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 5th Regiment Ga. Cavalry March 21, 1862. Transferred to Co. B. Deserted near Darien, Ga. May 17, 1863. Apprehended and returned to his command June 4, 1863. Deserted October 21, 1863, and again May 27, 1864. Roll for December 31, 1864, last on file, shows him absent without leave from October 1, 1864. No later record. Dukes, J. Thomas- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him absent with leave. No later record. Eastmead, Henry R.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, (4) 7th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Received by Provost Marshal General at Washington, D. C., a Confederate refugee, April 5,1865. Admitted to Douglas, U. S. A. General Hospital at Washington, D. C. April 5,1865, discharged therefrom May 9,1865, and furnished transportation to Savannah, Ga. Ellenton, Stephen (or Ellington)- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Ron for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Ennis, William- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Futch, Hampton J.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Futch, James H., Jr.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Futch, James H., Sr.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Futch, Jesse- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Futch, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Died in Fair Grounds Hospital #2, at Atlanta, Ga. December 18, 1863. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Gill, Jackson- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Died of smallpox at Fort Delaware, Del. November 4, 1863. Gill, James- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Grace, George- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. On sick furlough July 2- August 1, 1863. No later record. Grant, Richard- private March 4, 1862. Never reported. Hearn, Thomas (or Harn)- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31,1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Died at LaGrazage, Ga. Buried there in Stonewall Cemetery. Hildebrand, Dedrick (or Hilderbrand)- private March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Captured at Ringgold, Ga. November 27,1863. Forwarded to Louisville. Ky. for exchange December 11, 1863. Enlisted in U. S. Navy at Rock Island, Ill. and transferred to Naval Rendezvous at Camp Douglas, Ill. January 25,1864. Hogan, John- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga., with chronic diarrhea, September 24, 1863. Returned to duty October 14, 1863. No later record. Honiday, Henry- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Discharged by civil authority November 12,1862. Jenkins, George O.- private March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Kangeter, Henry- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Captured at Calhoun, Ga. May 17,1864. Released at Rock Island, Ill. May 22,1865. King, Robert W.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Kirsh, Stephen (or Kirsch)- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Attached to Lauderdale Springs, Miss. hospital as a nurse August 25, 1863. Examined for furlough, on account of chronic diarrhea, December 29, 1863. No later record. Kirsh, William H. (or Kirsch)- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. In Ladies' Hospital at Montgomery, Ala. November 15,1864. No later record. Kuhlman, John- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal in 1862; 2d Corporal in 1862. Detailed in Medical Dept. at Savannah, Ga. July 26, 1863. No later record. Moore, William B.- private April 1, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Discharged June 1,1862. Neve, Henry T.- private April 3, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Killed at James Island, S. C. June 10,1862. Newman, Ebenezer- private April 20, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Newman, Ira J.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for April 30, 1862, only roll on which borne, shows he reported with certificate of (3) months' inability from Dr. B. W. Hardee. No later record. Newman, Jesse- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Newman, John M. F.- private April 24, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Captured at River's Bridge, S. C. February 3, 1865. Died of chronic diarrhea in Douglas, U. S. C. General Hospital at Washington, D. C. April 16, 1865. Osteen, Maximilian D.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal in 1862. Discharged, disability, November 29, 1862. Osteen, Solomon W. (or Solomon T.)- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Died in General Hospital #1, at Savannah, Ga. January 28, 1863. Plate, John H.- private March 4, 1862. Absent without leave March 27, 1862. No later record. Purvis, Andrew- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Scott, Thomas C.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Appears on list of deserters and refugees to be delivered to Provost Marshal General, New York City, dated Hdqrs. Dept. of the South, Office Provost Marshal General, Hilton Head, South Carolina, April 4, 1865, which shows that he came into the line February 1, 1865, at Savannah, Ga. (Born in North Carolina.) Shuman, James S.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. In French's Division Hospital at Lockhard, Miss. August 31, 1863. Died at Atlanta, Ga. April 22, 1864. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Shuman, James W.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E. 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. November 25, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 11,1865. Singleton, William J.- private March 4, 1862. Never reported. Smith, William Thomas- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, October 9, 1862. Stokes, Robert- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. November 29, 1862. No later record. Tapper, James- private March 4,1862. Never reported. Thompson, Henry- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Sick, November 30, 1862. No later record. Thompson, John A.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, shows him present. Pension records show he was wounded, date and place not stated, and was at home, wounded, close of war. Thompson, Malachi- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. NOTE: According to pension application done in Nassau County, Florida, Malachi was injuried in the battle of Chickamauga, losing his right eye and breaking his right collar bone then hospitalized for 5 weeks in Montgomery, Alabama before being discharged home. Born 16 Nov 1832 Bryan County, GA, Died 15 March 1915 Nassau County, FL. Nellie Sellars Thompson received widow's pension. Online Florida Archives Civil War penison site.Researcher: Linda Davis" Tillman, Francis M.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was sick in hospital close of war. (Born in Chatham County, Ga. in 1841.) Tillman, George W.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Captured at Bentonville, N. C. March 21,1865. Released at Hart s Island, N. Y. Harbor June 15, 1865. Vesting, Adolph- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Waller, Hiram- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Walls, Thomas W.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Ward, Thomas W.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Died of disease in hospital July 10, 1862. Whitaker, John V.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Born in Surry County, N. C. in 1824.) White, James- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Williams, Arthur- private March 30,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later record. Williams, Henry- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Williams, Lorenzo H.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in South Carolina in 1833.) Williams, Richard- private March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Died September 20, 1862