Butts County Georgia Military Co A 30th Regiment ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000642 MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY A, 30th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA BUTTS INVINCIBLES This company became Co. I, upon reorganization in 1862 OFFICERS: Barnett, John L. Captain September 25,1861. Relieved from duty by Conscript Act May 15,1862. Walthall, Felix L. 1st Lieutenant September 25, 1861. Elected Captain May 15, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863 ; Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Johnson's Island, O. June 17,1865. (Born in Ga.) Nutt, Samuel David- 2d. Lieutenant September 25, 1861. Retired May 15, 1862. Elected Captain of Co. G, 3d Regiment Ga. Reserve Inf. May 17, 1864. Roll dated October 31, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Roberts, Littleton Theodore-Jr. 2d Lieutenant September 25,1861. Relieved from duty by Conscript Act May 15, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 3d Regiment Ga. Reserve Inf. May 17, 1864. Transferred to Co. H, September 1, 1864. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1864. Roll dated October 31, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Andrews, William R. 1st Sergeant September 25, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 15, 1862. Died at Savannah, Ga. May 17, 1862. Curry, William D. 2d Sergeant September 25, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant May 15, 1862. Captured near Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Johnsons Island, O. June 16, 1865. Gaston, Mathew H. 3d Sergeant September 25, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant July 1862. Captured at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, O. and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange March 4, 1865. No later record. Etheridge, George S. 4th Sergeant September 25, 1861. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Gilmore, Henry J. ****see note at the bottom of this file**** Thompson, James M. 5th Sergeant September 25,1861. Wounded in left leg, necessitating amputation above knee, at Decatur, Ala. October 28,1864. Discharged, disability, in 1864. Carter, Thomas L. 1st Corporal September 25, 1861. private. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Preston, Benjamin G. 2d Corporal September 25,1861. Appointed 1st Corporal. Died in Butts County, Ga. May 15, 1862. Moore, George Washington- 3d. Corporal September 25, 1861. Contracted pneumonia at Savannah, Ga. January 1862 , resulting in abscess of right lung. Incision made to drain lung resulted in right arm becoming totally disabled. Discharged, disability, July 28, 1862. (Born in Ga. October 31, 1836.) Preston, Archibald G. 4th Corporal September 25, 1861. Appointed 3d Corporal July 1862 ; 1st Corporal. Captured near Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12,1865. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. September 10, 1840.) Beauchamp, James O. Musician September 25,1861. Discharged, under-age, August 21, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. G, 3d Regiment Ga. Reserve Inf. May 17,1864 ; Brevet 2d Lieutenant September 1,1864. Roll dated October 31,1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Mayfield, John C. Musician September 25, 1861. Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn. in 1864. PRIVATES: Andrews, Allen M. private September 25, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant May 15, 1862. Died of disease in Butts County, Ga. November 10, 1862. Atkinson, Alexander- private September 25, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 29,1862. On recruiting duty November -December 1862. No later record. Bailey, Clayborn W. private November 7, 1862. Admitted to Oliver Hospital at LaGrange, Ga. with diarrhoea November 25, 1863; "contracted typhoid fever soon afterwards, then pneumonia, from which improving, January 26, 1864." Died March 7 1864. Bailey, Franklin M. private September 25, 1861. Roll for December 31, 1862 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Barnes, Cordey (or Cordie)- private September 25, 1861. Discharged, disability, May 17, 1862. Barnes, Henry Turner- private September 25, 1861. Discharged, under-age, September 27, 1862. Barnes, James C. private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Barnes, Jasper T. private September 25, 1861. Killed at Jackson, Miss. July 8, 1863. Barnes, Thomas J. private September 25, 1861. Discharged by expiration of term of service September 27, 1862. Died in 1862. Barnes, William J. private September 25, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Beavers, Green W. private September 25, 1861. Roll for December 31, 1862 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Benson, Burrell A. private August 29,1862. Sick in Savannah, Ga. hospital December 1862. Leg disabled at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Blakely, Glenn L. private September 25,1861. Died at Griswoldville, Ga. December 1861. Blanks, Simeon S. (or Simon S )- private September 25,1861 Captured at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Died at Camp Douglas, Ill. January 15, 1864. Bledsoe, Elijah M. private September 25, 1861. Discharged on account of asthma at Camp Bartow, Ga. May 1 or 6,1862. Bowles, Moses C. private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 13, 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. in 1841. Died in Spalding County, Ga. in 1921.) Bowles, William- private September 25, 1861. Died in Mississippi in 1863. Burt, Anderson S. private August 27, 1862. Substitute. Captured near Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12,1865. Byars, James L. private September 25, 1861. Roll for December 31, 1862 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Cargile, John M. private September 25, 1861. Discharged by expiration of term of service September 27, 1862. Carter, Jonathan R. private September 25, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant May 14,1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Died of wounds at Atlanta, Ga. Carter, Washington F. private September 25, 1861. Roll for December 31,1862 , last on file, shows him on detached service. No later record. Cole, James C. private September 25, 1861. Died in Savannah, Ga. hospital May 11, 1862. Cook, Elam- private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Lovejoy, Ga. July 29,1864. Captured at Macon, Ga. April 30,1865. Cook, James B. private September 25, 1861. Discharged, disability, May 31,1862. Reenlisted. Killed at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 22, 1864 Cook, Wesley- private August 29, 1862. Sick in Augusta, Ga. hospital November -December 1862. Died in 1862. Cook, Zeno private September 25, 1861. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Sent to Louisville, Ky. January 1-5, 1865; to Camp Chase, O. January 6, 1865 , and released there June 12, 1865. Crane, James B. private September 25, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. May 4, 1862. Darnell, James H. private September 25, 1861. Died in Butts County, Ga. May 7, 1862. Deason, Benjamin T. private September 25, 1861. Wounded and captured at Franklin, Tenn. December 17,1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 13, 1865. Dent, William R. private September 17,1862. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Govt. at Camp Chase, O., enlisted in U.S. service and transferred to Chicago, Ill. March 20,1865. Dodson, John A. private September 25, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant November 22,1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863; Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Dodson, Lewis G. private September 25, 1861. Sick at Savannah, Ga. November December 1862. No later record. Duke, Elihu N. W. private September 25, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant May 15,1862. Died in Savannah, Ga. hospital June 26, 1862. Duke, Green R.- private September 25, 1861. Discharged, disability, May 10, 1862. Reenlisted May 10, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865. Duke, Micajah C. private September 25,1861. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16,1864. Sent from Louisville, Ky. to Camp Chase, O. January 6, 1865 , and died there in 1865. Etheredge, Caswell F. private September 25, 1861. Captured at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, O. and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange, March 4,1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. March 10-12,1865. No later record. (Born in Ga. in 1839.) Giles, Charles J. private September 25, 1861. Died in camp at Savannah, Ga. May 26, 1862. Giles, Frederick L. private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Died at Atlanta, Ga. October 3,1863. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Goodroe, Richard M. private September 25, 1861. Appointed 3d Corporal in 1862. Pension records show he was wounded in left breast at Salisbury, N. C. and was in Augusta, Ga. hospital close of war. (Born in Upson County, Ga. February 14,1842.) Gunnels, Willis J. private September 25,1861. On duty as Provost Guard at Macon, Ga. December 31,1864. No later record. Hall, Andrew R. private September 25, 1861. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Herring, Frederick- private September 25,1861. Killed at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864. Hoard, John- private September 25,1861. Killed at home by conscript officer in 1864. Hoard, William- private September 25, 1861. Deserted January 8, 1862 Hodges, Jesse- private September 25,1861. Discharged, disability, May 11, 1862. Hodges, William B. private September 25, 1861. In C.S.A. General Hospital #4, at Wilmington, N. C Jan 13, 1863. Returned to duty January 27, 1863. Wounded, right leg disabled, at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. (Born in Ga. August 26, 1829.) Hodges, William M. private Sept 25, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Captured in Butts Count Ga. November 17, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 13, 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. December 24, 1840.) Holifield, J. M. private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Murfreesboro, Tenn. December 31, 1862; Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Paroled at Columbia, Tenn. in 1865. Holifield, Thomas J. private September 25, 1861 Discharged, disability, May 6, 1862. Reenlisted in 1862. Paroled at Andersonville, Ga. in 1865. Holifield, Wiley W. private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Killed at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31,1864. Holifield, Willis- private September 25, 1861. Died of disease at Savannah, Ga. August 28,1862. Ingram, James M. private September 25, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant May 15, 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Johnson's Island, O. June 16, 1865. James, Bedford M. private September 25,1861. Roll for December 31, 1862 , last on file, shows him present. Died in service. Johnson, William H. private September 25, 1861. In Jackson's Cavalry Division Hospital July -August 1863. Pension records show he contracted chronic dysentery in Mississippi June 1863 , was sent home on furlough and never returned. (Born in Ga. July 5,1841.) Jolly, Alexander-Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 27, 1861. Discharged, disability, September 8, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 30th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 25, 1861. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, O. for exchange May 2, 1865. Jolly, Joseph- private September 25,1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant July 1, 1862. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation below elbow, at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Discharged, disability, in 1864. Lee, Larkin D. private September 25, 1861. Discharged, disability, May 19, 1862. Lemon, John Wesley- private December 12, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Lemon, William A. private December 12, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Maddox, George W. private September 25, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. May 9,1864. Maddox, John C. private September 25, 1861. Died in camp at Savannah, Ga. May 18, 1862. Maddox, William Jefferson- private January 5, 1863. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Died of variola at Camp Chase, O. February 18, 1865. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Grave #1322. Mayo, James F. private September 25,1861. Died in Butts County, Ga. May 1,1862. Mayo, John M. T. private September 13, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant September 19,1863. Wounded and captured at Franklin, Tenn. November 30, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 13, 1865. Mayo, John R. private September 25, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant May 15, 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 13, 1865. Mayo, Richard J. private September 25, 1861. Roll for December 31, 1862 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. McCallum, John H. private September 25, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal May 15,1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863; Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20,1864. Captured near Atlanta, Ga. July 20, 1864. Released at Camp Douglas, Ill. June 16,1865. McCallum, Wiley W. private September 25,1861 Appointed 4th Corporal May 15, 1862. Died at Camp Hardee near Savannah, Ga. June 26, 1862. McCurdy, John W. private September 25,1861. Discharged, overage, at Camp Hardee, near Savannah, Ga., August 21,1862. McCurdy, Robert L. private September 25, 1861. Discharged, under-age, August 21, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co G, 63d Regiment Ga. Inf. July 22, 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Meredith, William H. private September 25, 1861. Discharged, disability, August 24, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 3d Regiment Ga. Reserve Inf. April 12, 1864. Transferred to Co. G, in 1864. Roll dated October 31, 1864 , last on file, shows him absent with leave. No later record. Moore, Stephen- private September 25, 1861 Discharged by civil authority at Camp Hardee near Savannah, Ga. August 24,1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 6th Regiment Ga. Militia April 1864. Disbanded in South Carolina April 9, 1865. Nelms, David- private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. (Born in Ga.) Nelms, William- private September 25, 1861. Died in Mississippi in 1863. Newell, W. J. private. Recruit. Examined by Medical Examining Board at Cannon Hospital, Dalton, Ga for 60 days furlough June 29, 1864 , remarks. "Disability, chronic diarrhoea with extreme emaciation and debility, sick two months." No later record. O'Neal, James M. (or O'Neil)- private September 25, 1861. Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, Miss. August 29,1863. Phillips, Powell J. private May 1864 Furloughed for 60 days on account of debility resulting from variola, March 7, 1865. Pope, Andrew J. private September 25, 1861. Discharged, disability, May 31, 1862. Pope, William- private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Preston, John F- private Sept 25, 1861 Appointed Musician November 25,1862; 4th Corporal. Wounded at Jackson, Miss. July 16, 1864. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 13, 1865. Preston, Thomas J. private December 12, 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Sent from Louisville, Ky. to Camp Chase, O. January 4,1865. No later record. Price, John W. private September 25,1861. Severely wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864. Leg and arm amputated in Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. in 1864 , and was in said hospital October 7,1864. Singley, John L. private September 25, 1861. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16,1864. Died of anasarca, at Camp Chase, O. May 29, 1865. Grave #2005, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. Skinner, Noah S. private September 25,1861. Appointed 3d Corporal. Wounded at Franklin, Tenn. November 30, 1864. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16,1864. Died of typhoid pneumonia at Camp Chase, O. June 4,1865. Grave #2026, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. Slaton, Oliver H. P. private September 25, 1861. Transferred to Co. B, May 25, 1862. Appointed Assistant Surgeon. Furloughed for 10 days July 26, 1862. Discharged, furnished James Rowland as substitute, August 1862. Smith, Cornelius- private December 6, 1862. Substitute. Roll for December 31, 1862 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Smith, George W. private September 25, 1861. Roll for December 31, 1862 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Smith, James A. private September 22, 1862. Wounded at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Spinks, George W. private September 25, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Stewart, James T. private September 25,1861. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Sent from Louisville, Ky. to Camp Chase, O. in 1865 , and released there June 13, 1865. Stewart, John G. private September 25,1861. Appointed 2d Corporal May 15,1862. In Catoosa Hospital at Griffin, Ga. December 21,1863. Died in Mississippi. Stodghill, Henry B. private September 25,1861. Died at Lauderdale Springs, Miss. in 1863. Stubbs, Benjamin F. private September 25, 1861. Died in Mississippi in 1863. Turner, Andrew J. private September 25, 1861. Discharged by expiration of term of enlistment September 27,1862. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. July 25, 1826.) Turner, Tolbert-Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, March 29, 1864. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 30th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1864. Captured in Butts County, Ga. November 16, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 21,1865. Weaver, Edward G. private September 25, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Died of wounds September 29, 1863 White, William R- private September 25, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal July 1, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. (Born in Jasper County, Ga. November 5, 1840.) Wise, Francis M. private September 25, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. This company received orders from the War Department to go to the relief of General Finegan near Jacksonville, Fla. October 4,1862. Ordered to Savannah, Ga. October llth and reached there October 18,1862. Ordered by Colonel Wilson to Coosahatchee on C. & S. Railroad, October 22d. Ordered back to Savannah October 24, 1862. Ordered to Wilmington, N. C. December 14, 1862 , and back to Camp Young December 31, 1862. Engaged in the following battles in Ga.. Chickamauga, Ringgold, New Hope Church, Dalton, Resaca; Calhoun, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and the following battles in Tennessee. Missionary Ridge, Franklin, Murfreesboro, and Nashville and Jackson, Miss. ****Gilmore, Henry J. - From: David Currey Feb 24, 2009 2nd Corporal Henry J.(Johnny) Gilmore Co. A 30th Reg. GA.Vol. Inf. My GGgrandfather Henry J. Gilmore joined a 2nd Cpl. 25 Sept. 1861 Co. A 30th Reg. Ga. Vol Inf. discharged 13 May 1862 reenlisted as Pvt. May 1862 Died while on duty crossing Warsaw Channel, Thunderbolt, GA. 22 June 1862.****