Georgia: Bulloch County: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY C, 38th REGIMENT
EVANS' BRIGADE, GORDON'S DIVISION
WRIGHT'S LEGION

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*MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY C, 38th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
EVANS' BRIGADE, GORDON'S DIVISION
WRIGHT'S LEGION
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
BULLOCH & EMANUEL COUNTIES, GEORGIA

*This company was also known as Old Co. A, New Co. D, and Co. M. It was
 originally called "McLeod Artillery," later "Ben Hill Guards." It was
 detached from Wright's Legion May 6, 1864.

McLeod, William L.- Captain October 1, 1861. Killed at 
Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863.
 
Sherrod, John H.- 1st Lieutenant October 1, 1861. Appointed 
Adjutant October 12, 1861. Resigned April 30, 1862.
 
Wright, Miller A.- 2d Lieutenant October 1, 1861. Elected 1st
Lieutenant October 12, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September
17, 1862. Resigned November 30, 1863.

Williamson, John A.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant October 1, 1861. Elected
2d Lieutenant October 12, 1861. Resigned July 14, 1862.
 
Pughsley, Jacob Perry - 1st Sergeant October 1, 1861. Elected Jr.
2d Lieutenant October 12, 1861; 2d Lieutenant July 14, 1862; 1st
Lieutenant January 12, 1864. Wounded and disabled at 
Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Admitted to Stuart Hospital at 
Richmond, Va., debility and old wounds, March 28, 1865. Returned
to duty March 31, 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 
9, 1865.
 
Thompson, Andrew J.- 2d Sergeant October 1, 1861. Appointed
1st Sergeant October 12, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July
3, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865. Received
at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange,
March 10-12, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. November 11,
1834.) 

Higdon, Ebenezer G. (or Rigdon) - Enlisted as a private, Co.
F, 4th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 29, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant of
Co. C, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 1863; 1st Sergeant August 1863.
Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.

Pughsley, George W.- 3d Sergeant October 1, 1861. Appointed
2d Sergeant October 12, 1861; Ordnance Sergeant February 1863.
Wounded, disabled and captured, at Fort Steadman, Va. March 
25, 1865. In Fair Grounds Post Hospital at Petersburg, Va.
May 25, 1865.

Hays, John (or Hayes) - 4th Sergeant October 1, 1861. Appointed
3d Sergeant October 12, 1861. private in 1862. Wounded at 2d
Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va.
October 19, 1864. Prisoner of war November 7, 1864. No later record.

Williamson, V. L.- 5th Sergeant October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th
Sergeant October 12, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 1862.

Webb, Levi E.- 1st Corporal October 1, 1861. Died at Savannah,
Ga. February 5, 1862. 

Coleman, Isaac W.- 2d Corporal October 1, 1861. Appointed 3d
Sergeant in 1862. Captured at Fredericksburg, Va. December 18,
1862. Paroled for exchange December 17, 1862. On sick furlough
January -April 1863. Reduced to ranks in 1863. Absent without
leave April 1863 -November 7, 1864. No later record.

Odom, William G.- 3d Corporal October 1, 1861. Appointed 5th
Sergeant in 1862. private in 1863. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 3, 1863. Died at Point Lookout, Md. January 11, 1864.

Truitt, James Valentine - 4th Corporal October 1, 1861. 
Appointed 3d Corporal in 1862; 1st Corporal May 1863. 
Captured in Petersburg, Va. hospital April 8, 1865. In Fair Grounds
Post Hospital at Petersburg, Va. May 25, 1865.

Allen, W. Y.- private May 8, 1862. Wounded at Cold 
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3,
1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. April 27, 1864. Received
at City Point, Va. for exchange April 30, 1864. Died of disease
at Richmond, Va. May 1864.

Anderson, Calvin - private October 1, 1861. Discharged in 1862.

Atkinson, Alexander, (or Adkinson) - private October 1, 1861.
Wounded at Shepherdstown, W. Va. October 1, 1862. Died at
Staunton, Va. December 1862.

Bennett, J. P.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg,
Md. September 17, 1862. On detail duty as hospital nurse February -
December 1863. No later record. 

Boyd, Abraham - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th 
Corporal in 1862. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862.

Boyd, Benjamin H.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at 
Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Captured at Boonesboro, Md. July 
5, 1863. Died of wounds in General Hospital at Frederick,
Md. July 28, 1863.

Boyd, James - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19,
1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to
Aiken's Landing, Va. for exchange March 28, 1865.

Boyd, John - private January 1, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va.
June 27, 1862.

Braddy, James (or Joseph) - private May 1, 1862. Died November 
15, 1862.

Brinson, James D.- private October 1, 1861. Killed at 
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864.

Campbell, Isla - private October 1, 1861. Died of typhoid fever
at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., July 22, 1862.
 
Chew, John C.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded in 1862. 
Appointed Regimental Sergeant Major July 20, 1862.; 
Quartermaster Sergeant. Transferred to Co. G, this regiment, as a
private December 18, 1863. Received pay at Richmond, Va. April 
26, 1864. No later record. 

Coleman, Mathew - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 1st 
Corporal in 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. 
 
Cooksey, Thomas B.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cedar
Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Absent, wounded, November 7, 1864.
Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 18, 1865.

Corbin, Nelson - private October 1, 1861. Discharged, disability,
April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Claghorn's Company,
Chatham Siege Artillery, February 2, 1863. Roll for February 1865,
last on file, shows him present. (Died in Emanuel County, Ga.
May 1896.)

Corbin, Silas S.- private October 1, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862.

Curl, John - private October 1, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va.
hospital July 11, 1862.

Curl, Mathew - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal
January 12, 1864. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864.
Died of wounds at Mount Jackson, Va. September 18, 1864. Buried
there.

Curl, Peter - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,
1866.

Curl, Reuben - private October 1, 1861. Sick in hospital April 
1862. No later record.
 
Daniels, Benjamin E.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Roll for September 1, 1864, shows
him "Absent, detailed for hospital duty at Augusta, Ga. August
1864." No later record.

Daniels, Freeman H.- private October 1, 1861. Transferred to
Co. D, 48th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 6, 1863. Wounded at 
Petersburg, Va. June 22, 1864. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on 
file, shows him present. No later record.

Davis, William Jackson - private October 1, 1861. Captured at
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. and
sent to James River, Va. for exchange March 14, 1865. Received
at Boulware's Wharf, James River, Va., March 18-21, 1865. 

Dix, James F.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Winchester, Va. 
September 19, 1864. Captured at Fort Steadman, Va. March 
25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865.
(Born in Houston County, Ga. November 6, 1844. Died at 
Fitzgerald, Ga. October 28, 1910.)
 
Dix, John H.- private October 1, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal
in 1862. private May 1863. Appointed 3d Corporal August
1863; 2d Corporal January 1864. Captured at Port Republic, Va.
September 27, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and
enlisted in U. S. service at Point Lookout, Md. October 17, 1864.
 
Dix, W. R.- private October 1, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania,
Va. May 20, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June I4, 1865.
Douglass, D. D.- private May 8, 1862. Wounded and captured 
at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Transferred to Provost
Marshal July 14, 1863. Admitted to Hammond U. S. A. 
General Hospital at Point Lookout, Md. January 12, 1864. Died 
>From gunshot fracture of right leg March 10, 1864.
 
Dudley, James - Appointed 2d Corporal of Co. H, 48th Regiment 
Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862; 5th Sergeant June 26, 1862. Wounded
at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant
February 1863; 3d Sergeant May 1863. Transferred to Co. C, 38th
Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1863. Captured at Winchester, Va. September 19,
1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. January 17, 1865. At
Camp Lee near Richmond, Va. January 25, 1865. No later record.
(Born in 1822.)
 
Dudley, James W.- private. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August
28, 1862.
 
Durden, Norris N.- private October 1, 1861. Appointed 3d 
Sergeant January 12, 1864; 2d Sergeant May 1864. Captured at
Farmville, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va.
June 25, 1865.
 
Faircloth, Benjamin - private October 1, 1861. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
 
Faircloth, George W.- private October 1, 1861. Died near Port
Royal, Va. January 8, 1863.

Faircloth, James - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Absent without leave August 11-
September 1, 1864. No later record. 

Flanders, John R.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va. December 13,
1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant February 1863. Transferred to Co.
H, 48th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 1863. Appointed 3d Sergeant
September 1863. Wounded at Riddle Shop, Va. June 13, 1864.
Captured at Swainsboro, Ga. November 29, 1864. Released at Point
Lookout, Md. June 27, 1865. (Born in Emanuel County, Ga.
May 6, 1843.)
 
Grant, William J.- private October 1, 1861. Killed at 2d 
Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862.
 
Gregory, Ephraim - private May 8, 1862. Died August 1, 1862.
Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Va.
 
Griffith, William S.- private October 1, 1861. Died August 8, 1862.
Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Va.
 
Hamilton, J. H.- private October 1, 1861. Absent, sick, August
1863 -November 7, 1864. No later record.
 
Hampton, Robert C.- private October 1, 1861. Appointed 
pioneer in 1863. Roll for November 7, 1864, last on file, shows him
present. No later record.
 
Harrell, John W.- private October 1, 1861. Absent, sick, June 
1864. Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 28, 1864. Died at
Camp Douglas, Ill. December 16, 1864.
 
Harrell, Robert - private October 1, 1861. Appears last on roll
for December 31, 1861.
 
Harrington, Drury S.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at 
Winchester, Va. June 13, 1863. Absent without leave October 28-
November 7, 1864.
 
Harrington, James W.- private October 1, 1861. Killed at 
Winchester, Va. June 13, 1863.
 
Hays, James (or Hayes) - private October 1, 1861. Wounded in
1863. Detailed for hospital duty at Lynchburg, Va. January 1864,
and paroled there April 13, 1865.
 
Hays, Leroy (or Hayes) - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 2d
Corporal in 1862. Died at Lynchburg, Va. Buried there in
Confederate Cemetery. No. 2, 3d Line, Lot 162 - Cooledge.
 
Higdon, John B.- Enlisted as a private, Co. F, 4th Regiment Ga.
Inf. April 29, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. G, 28th
Regiment Ga. Inf. August 2, 1861. Resigned February 12, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. C, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 16, 1862.
Elected 2d Lieutenant November 1, 1862; Captain July 1863.
Wounded and disabled at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864.
Paroled at Albany, Ga. May 15, 1865. 
 
Holton, Daniel (or Holden) - private October 1, 1861. Died from
poison at Orange Court House, Va. May 4, 1864.
 
Hooks, Joseph W.- private October 1, 1861. Killed at 
Winchester, Va., June 14, 1863.
 
Johns, William - private October 1, 1861. Appears on register
of General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. for April 
28, 1864, with remarks "To report to Surgeon Chambliss for
duty." On July 22, 1864, at Richmond, Va., he applied for
transfer from Winder Hospital to Augusta, Ga. for hospital
duty. No later record.
 
Johnson, Henry J.- private October 1, 1861. Died at Camp 
Mercer, Savannah, Ga., April 1 or 3, 1862.
 
Johnson, Jasper - private October 1, 1861. Died at Richmond,
Va. July 6 or 7, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Jordan, Thomas F.- Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 48th Regiment 
Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. C, 38th Regiment Ga.
Inf. April 6, 1863. Wounded at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864,
and captured there July 10, 1864. Exchanged at Fort McHenry, Md. 
October 30, 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah
River, Ga. November 15, 1864. No later record. (Born in 1844.)

Kersey, J. A.- private October 1, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862.

Kersey, S. J.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor,
Va., June 27, 1862. Roll for November 7, 1864, last on file, shows
him present.

Lewis, Joshua K.- private October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th 
Sergeant in 1862. Pension records show he was elected Sheriff
of Emanuel County, Ga. and discharged October 21, 1863. (Born
in Ga. in 1839.)

Lumpkin, Joseph - private October 1, 1861. Absent without leave
October 1, 1863.

McLean, John - private October 1, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas,
Va. August 28, 1862.

McLean, P. H.- private October 1, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862.

McLean, William - private October 1, 1861. Wounded in hand,
necessitating amputation of two fingers, at Seven Pines, Va.
May 31, 1862. Pension records show he was discharged in
1862. (Born in Ga. February 1841.) 

Meeks, Elisha - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania,
Va. May 10, 1864.

Meeks, John - private October 1, 1861. Died at Richmond, Va.
August 15, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Morris, B. T.- private May 8, 1862. Appointed Corporal; 3d
Sergeant May 1863. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 14, 1863;
2d Lieutenant January 12, 1864. Roster of officers dated March 
13, 1865, shows him present. (Born in Ga.)

Moxley, Henry M.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded at 
Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox,
Va. April 9, 1865.

Moxley, Joseph - private October 1, 1861. Wounded February 1863.
Absent, wounded, April 1863. No later record. (Died October 27,
1916. Buried in Moxley Cemetery at Swainsboro, Ga.)

Mullen, Francis M.- private October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal August 1863; 3d Corporal January 1864; Sergeant. Killed
at Winchester, Pa. September 19, 1864.

Murray, Benjamin - private October 1, 1861. Absent, sick, June -
October 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va.
October 14, 1864. Returned to duty December 4, 1864. Surrendered
at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.

Murray, William - private October 1, 1861. Absent without leave
July 1863 -November 7, 1864. No later record.

Odom, Elijah A.- private October 1, 1861. Appointed 3d 
Corporal in 1864. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864.
Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in
Emanuel County, Ga. in 1839.)

Phillips, James W.- private October 1, 1861. Appointed Color
Guard in 1861. Died of chronic bronchitis in General Hospital
at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.

Phillips, John D.- private July 21, 1862. Discharged on ac-
count of defective eyesight December 7, 1862. (Died in 
Montgomery County, Ga. March 13, 1912. Buried in Phillips' Cemetery
at Tarrytown, Ga.) 

Phillips, J. R.- private July 21, 1862. Discharged December 7,
1862.

Phillips, Thomas L.- private May 8, 1862. Killed at 
Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862.

Prescott, John R.- private May 12, 1862. Appointed 
Commissary Sergeant in 1862. Roll for June 1863, shows him
present. No later record.

Rich, W. J.- private May 8, 1862. Discharged, disability,
December 20, 1862.

Scott, William Thomas - private October 1, 1861. Appears last
on roll for October 31, 1861. (Died in 1892. Buried in Scott
Cemetery at Swainsboro, Ga.) 

Smith, David M.- private October 1, 1861. Absent without leave
February -September 1, 1864. No later record.

Smith, Ebenezer P.- private October 1, 1861. Captured at 
Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. 
February 18, 1865.

Smith, George W.- private October 1, 1861. Killed at Cold 
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. 

Steele, John H., Jr.- See private Co. M.

Story, Josiah - private August 1, 1862. Wounded at Winchester, Va. 
September 19, 1864. Absent, wounded, November 7, 1864. No
later record. 

Thompson, Berry A.- private October 1, 1861. Captured at 
Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863, and sent to Fort Delaware, Del.
Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and enlisted in the 1st
Regiment Connecticut Cavalry prior to October 4, 1863.

Thompson, Solomon - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 5th
Sergeant October 10, 1861. Wounded in 1862. Captured at 
Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 
25, 1865.

Truitt, David - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 2, 1863. Captured at Jericho Ford, Va. May 22, 1864.
Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. March 14, 1865. Received at
Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange,
March 16, 1865.

Truitt, William P.- private October 1, 1861. Discharged, 
disability, July 28, 1862.

Watts, John R.- private October 1, 1861. Discharged in 1862.
Died December 15, 1862, or January 1, 1863.

Wiggins, Ashley E.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded February 
1863. Absent without leave December 1863 -September 1, 1864. No later
record.

Wilkes, Francis - private May 8, 1862. Wounded at Cedar
Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Absent, wounded, November 7, 1864. No
later record.

Wilkes, F. M.- private. Died at Lynchburg, Va. November 1864.
Buried there in Confederate Cemetery November 4, 1864. No. 5,
3d Line, Lot 198- Reid's.

Wilkes, Peter J.- private October 1, 1861. Appears last on roll
for February 1863.

Williamson, Andrew J.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded in
1862. Appointed 4th Corporal December 1862; 2d Corporal May
1863; 3d Sergeant January 1864. Killed at Snicker's Gap, Va.
July 18, 1864.

Williamson, George Washington - private October 1, 1861. Died
in Lynchburg, Va. hospital August 12, 1862. Buried there in
Confederate Cemetery. No. 9, 5th Line, Lot 177 - Burton's
Factory.

Williamson, John G.- private October 1, 1861. Wounded March 
1863. Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1863; 3d Sergeant September 
1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Furloughed
from hospital for 60 days February 1865. Pension records show
him at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga.)

Williamson, Riley - private October 1, 1861. Absent without
leave January -September 1, 1864. No later record.

Woods, A. R.- private June 1, 1864. Surrendered at 
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.

Woods, John D.- private October 1, 1861. Died of tuberculosis
in General Hospital g25, at Richmond, Va., December 20, 1862. 

Woods, John R.- private October 1, 1861. Captured at 
Spotsylvania, Va. May 18, 1864. Died of typhoid fever at Elmira,
N. Y. February 17, 1865. Grave #235, Woodlawn National Cemetery.

Woods, William J.- private October 1, 1861. Captured at 
Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. May
3, 1865.

Wright, Alexander H.- private October 1, 1861. Detailed for
hospital duty at Greensboro, N. C. September 1862. In Bell Hospital
at Eufaula, Ala. February 29-November 1, 1864. No later record.

This company was ordered into Camp of Instruction August
1861, by Colonel John B. Campbell, but he, having failed to raise
his regiment, they were mustered into Confederate service as
Wright's Legion October 1, 1861