Butts County Georgia Military Co I 45th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY I, 45th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA BYARS VOLUNTEERS OFFICERS: DuPree, Lewis J.- Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 27, 1861; Captain May 27, 1861 . Resigned November 8, 1861. Elected Captain of Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Resigned December 5, 1862. Appointed Post Surgeon at Griffin, Ga. and served in that capacity through the war. Johnson, Francis S.- Captain February 1865. See 4th Sergeant of Co. F. Hall, John I.- Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. I, 14th Regiment Ga. Inf. July 12, 1861; 2d Lieutenant July 17, 1861. Resigned October 28, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Wounded at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. Elected Captain December 5, 1862. Resigned October 30, 1863. Carter, Jesse M.- 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant December 5, 1862; Captain October 30, 1863. Absent without leave December 1864. Inspection report of Thomas' Brigade dated Petersburg, Va. January 26, 1865 , shows he was "Reported a deserter." Union prisoner of war records show he was a refugee from Confederate Army to Baltimore, Md., where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. December 6, 1864. Dickerson, Cicero M.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Wounded at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1863; Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Elected 1st Lieutenant October 30, 1863. Retired to Invalid Corps April 10, 1864. Garside, Owen R.- 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862. On detached service as mechanic in Govt. Shops at Richmond, Va. December 1, 1863 -April 1865. Nutt, J. B.- 2d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Killed at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. Heard, W. G.- 3d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Wounded at Jericho Ford, Va. May 23, 1864. Died of wounds in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Va. May 25, 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 8, 5th Line, Lot 197-Crumpton's. Hodges, John A. M.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant May 12, 1864; 1st Sergeant December 1864. Elected 2d Lieutenant in 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Phillips, John Newton - 6th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant November 10, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. in 1840.) Kelly, John W.- 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1863. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him absent on sick furlough. Unofficial records show he died of wounds in 1863. Ridgeway, William M.- 2d Corporal March 4, 1862. Died of disease at Richmond, Va. August 9, 1862. Moore, James W.- 3d Corporal March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. October 12, 1835.) Seigler, Leander M.- 4th Corporal March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Run, Va. August 9, 1862. Died of wounds at Charlottesville, Va. August 15, 1863. PRIVATES: Aiken, Robert Wiley - private March 4, 1862. Wounded, left arm permanently disabled at Spotsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 2, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 22, 1865. (Born in Ga. November 8, 1834.) Amos, H. M.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Petersburg, Va. May 6, 1862. Bancroft, G. C.- private March 15, 1864. Appointed 4th Corporal June 1864; 2d Corporal October 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 24, 1865. Bancroft, John W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in left hand at Riddle's Shop, Va. June 13, 1864. Admitted to General Hospital at Danville, Va., on account wounded hand, April 4, 1865. Bankston, Sidney J.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863 , and captured there July 5, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and sent to City Point, Va. for exchange April 27, 1864. Retired to Invalid Corps, P. A. C. S., July 12, 1864. Reexamined January 9, 1865. Bearden, Henry G.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. October 30, 1862. Benson, Wyett W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863; in right elbow at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Captured at Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released June 12, 1865. (Born in Ga. May 11, 1828.) Britton, Francis S.- private March 1, 1864. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. in 1824.) Britton, James P.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal August 9, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Appointed 3d Corporal June 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him on furlough of indulgence. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. December 8, 1844.) Britton, John S.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Richmond, Va. June 30, 1862. Burke, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Accidentally disabled at Forsyth, Ga. in 1862. Sick in Monroe County, Ga. April 10, 1862. Discharged in 1862. Byars, J. T.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged on account of general debility from measles and weakness of right lung, at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., June 23, 1862. Died there in 1862. Byars, Richard - private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Carr, William R.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Cedar Run, Va. August 9, 1862. Carson, Samuel N.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Carter, Joseph - private March 4, 1862. Discharged on account of tubercular disease of left lung July 11, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. in 1862. Carter, Willis J.- private March 4, 1862. On detached service at Richmond, Va. December 1863. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865. Paroled April 24, 1865. (Born in Caswell, County, N. C. April 23, 1841.) Coleman, A. J.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Danville, Va. June 28 or August 15, 1862. Cook, James F.- private March 4, 1862. Absent, sick, December 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. in 1862. Crane, John T.- private April 11, 1864. Deserted in 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to Pinkneyville, Ill. March 29, 1865. Dickerson, W. R.- private March 4, 1862. Died of debility and old age in Richmond, Va. hospital October 16, 1862. Ethridge, Lewis M.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Orange Court House, Va. May 1863. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. No. 2, 1st Line, Lot 178-Ferguson's Factory. Evans, Stephen H.- private June 20, 1864. Captured in Richmond, Va. hospital April 3, 1865. Admitted to U. S. A. Smallpox Hospital at Richmond, Va. and died there June 3, 1865. Fincher, Richard - private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Camp Gregg, Va. January 16, 1863. Gaar, Joseph Henderson - private March 4, 1862. Wounded in hand at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital g4, at Richmond, Va. June 28, 1862. Transferred to Atlanta, Ga. July 7, 1862. Died at home in Ga. July 21, 1862. Gilmore, Alex S.- private March 15, 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 27, 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. April 6, 1846.) Gilmore, Wiley C.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant June 30, 1862; 1st Sergeant May 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Goodroe, William Goodruff - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Mine Run, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865 , and exchanged there March 7, 1865. Received at Boulware A Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 10-12, 1865. Grant, W. T.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Hanover Junction, Va. May 6, 1863. Gunn, Augustus G.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded and disabled near Richmond, Va. June 1862. Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 2, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 13, 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. in 1829.) Hammond, Abner - private March 4, 1862. Wounded, left arm permanently disabled at Frazier's Farm, Va., June 30, 1862. Discharged, disability, April 11, 1864. (Born in Ga. August 15, 1828.) Hardaway, Jason A.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865. Harris, William M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 14th Regiment Ga. Inf. July 12, 1861. Transferred to Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Appointed 4th Sergeant May 12, 1864; 3d Sergeant November 10, 1864. Deserted February 1865. Appears on register of refugees and deserters received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., March 24, 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to Washington, D. C. Haswell, William T.- private March 4, 1862. Died of typhoid pneumonia in General Hospital at Harrisonburg, Va. December 29, 1863. Harvey, Joseph W.- private February 15, 1864. Died September 12, 1864. Head, Robert R.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Orange Court House, Va. August 21, 1862. Heard, Thomas J.- private February 8, 1864. Joined an Alabama regiment without permission August 14, 1864. Herring, Jesse P.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Camp Gregg, Va. April 17 or 18, 1863. Higgins, Earley - private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. D, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for Warren W. Wilson, May 27, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born at Jackson, Ga. March 10, 1837. Died in Butts County, Ga.) Hudgins, D. W.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for March 1862 , shows he was sent home on business for company. No later record. Johnson, George W.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him on furlough of indulgence. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. April 9, 1845.) Jones, Augustus R.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant May 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Died of wounds in General Receiving Hospital at Gordonsville, Va. May 11, 1864. Jones, John P. (or James P.) - private May 2, 1862. Appointed Musician. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 26, 1865. Jones, Washington L.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded and disabled at 2d Manassas, Va. August 29, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him on furlough of indulgence. Kelly, Joseph H.- private March 4, 1862. Absent without leave on expired special furlough February 28, 1865. Pension records show he was en route to command, and reached Richmond, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Newton County, Ga. in 1839.) Kelly, Lemuel P.- private March 15, 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 27, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1844.) Kendricks, J. R.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant in 1862. Admitted to General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., September 28, 1862. Died at Front Royal, Va. June 24, 1863. Buried there. Kimbell, John T.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant May 23, 1864. Elected 1st Lieutenant November 10, 1864; Captain February 20, 1865. Captured at Hatcher's Run, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, O. June 17, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1845.) Kimbell, Joseph G.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Goldsboro, N. C. June 20, 1862. Kimbell, William J.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in right thigh at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. On detached duty at Columbus, Ga. December 1863 , to close of war. (Born in Oglethorpe County, Ga. in 1835.) Kimbrough, Charles M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 27, 1861. Discharged, disability, August 27, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 27, 1863. Wounded in right breast at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died from pneumonia in General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. May 12 or 16, 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Kimbrough, W. H.- private March 4, 1862. No record of discharge or transfer. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 3d Regiment Ga. Reserve Inf. June 4, 1864. Roll dated October 31, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Kitchens, Thomas J.- private September 15, 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1847.) LaQuinn, W. L. (or W. S.) - private March 4, 1862. Died at Petersburg, Va. in 1862. Lee, John - private March 4, 1862. Died at Petersburg, Va. in 1862. Lester, Charles - private March 4, 1862. Lindsey, Robert Parham - private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. in 1841.) Maddox, Charles Samuel - private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal April 2, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1868; Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Appointed 2d Corporal June 1864. Transferred to Co. H. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Maddox, John W.- private March 4, 1862. Admitted to Division #l, Winder Hospital at Richmond, Va., December 19, 1862. Returned to duty January 2, 1863. Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Maddox, Zachariah - private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. Died of diarrhoea in Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va. June 11, 1862. Martin, Harris Henry - private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 26, 1866. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 29, 1865. Martin, John Lee - private March 15, 1864. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 29, 1865. (Born in Henry County, Ga. March 16, 1844.) Mayo, John W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 , and died there of wounds May 9, 1863. Mays, Henry S.- Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 27, 1861. Discharged, disability, August 19, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862.Discharged on account of double hernia at Camp Branch" Va. September 30, 1862. McBride, Henry - private April 16, 1864. Killed.at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. McDaniel, James S.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal May 12, 1864; 4th Sergeant November 10, 1864. Roll for February 28, 1866, last on file, shows him "On recruit furlough." McDaniel, Thomas W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. Died at home in Ga. August 3, 1862. McGough, James H.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in shoulder and chest at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Died of wounds in General Hospital #12, in Richmond, Va., result amputation shoulder joint, June 3, 1863. Murphey, John B.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Captured at Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. May 12 or 14, 1865. Murphey, Lewis Z.- private February 22, 1864. Deserted in 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Washington, D. C. and furnished transportation to Pinckneyville, Ill. March 29, 1865. Nelms, Eppy - private March 4, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him "On recruit furlough." Norris, S. J.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1862. Discharged on account of tuberculosis at Camp Gregg, Va. January 6, 1863. (Born in Greene County, Ga. September 7, 1820.) Nutt, John M.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him absent, sick. Pension records show he was on furlough close of war. Paroled at Macon, Ga. in 1865. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. in 1840.) Patterson, Henry Thomas - Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 27, 1861. Discharged, disability, August 12, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 16, 1862. Discharged, disability, August 20, 1862. Phillips, George W.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. Pritchett, Thomas J.- private June 11, 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Proctor, William W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865. Died of wounds in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 21, 1865. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Ridgeway, John H.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded, left arm disabled at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863. Retired August 6, 1864. Robinson, Joseph - private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond,. Va. May 9 or 27, 1862. Sharp, George W.- private March 1862. Wounded at Mechanicsville, Va. June 26, 1862. Died of wounds June 29, 1862. Shepard, Thomas Jefferson - private March 4, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., on account debility August 17, 1862. Returned to duty September 15, 1862 . Discharged, disability, in 1862. Pension records show he enlisted as a private in Co. A, 1st Battn. Ga. Reserve Cavalry, and surrendered at Macon, Ga. May 1865. (Born in Ga. April 17, 1847.) Smith, J. C.- private March 4, 1862. Died of pneumonia at Richmond, Va. April 19, or May 9, 1864. Smith, William Ferguson - private March 15, 1864. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Appointed 1st Corporal November 10, 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 19, 1865. Died at Flovilla, Ga. March 16, 1912. Smith, Wilson - private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. On detached duty as mechanic at Richmond, Va. February 1865. Paroled at Danville, Va. April 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. in 1844.) Thaxton, Wiley W.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant December 1864. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865. Paroled at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Thomas, William D.- Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 27, 1861. Discharged November 9, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant December 22, 1863; 1st Lieutenant April 10, 1864. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Retired to Invalid Corps October 31, 1864. Thompson, John D.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Died of pneumonia at Elmira, N. Y. March 12, 1865. Grave #2425, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Thornton, J. R.- private. Died in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. June 13, 1864. Thurston, J. R.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal. Wounded at Jericho Ford, Va. May 28, 1864. Died of wounds in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. June 12, or 23, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Tingle, Jesse F.- private March 4, 1862. Died of variola in Howard's Grove Hospital at Richmond, Va. February 21, 1863. Tollinson, Jesse E. (or Tollison) - private March 4, 1862. Killed at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. Turner, Marcus - private March 4, 1862. Absent, sick, February 28, 1865. (Born in Putnam County, Ga. in 1805.) Turner, Tolbert - private 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. Varner, Andrew J.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, date not given. Weaver, J. E.- private April 1, 1864. No record of transfer or discharge. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 3d Regiment Ga. Reserve Inf. May 17, 1864. Roll for October 31, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent in Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf." Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. June 22, 1865. Weaver, J. P.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 26, 1865. Whitehead, Leonard J.- private March 4, 1862. Died of disease at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., June 9, 1862. Wilson, R. A.- private March 4, 1862. "Never mustered after. enlistment." Wilson, Warren W.- Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 27, 1861. Transferred to Co. I, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for Earley Higgins, May 27, 1862. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released June 21, 1865. Wise, Creed M.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. August 25, 1862. Wise, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Died there of wounds in Field Hospital December 14, 1862. Wooten, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Captured near Mine Run, Va. May 12, 1864. Died of smallpox at Fort.Delaware, Del. January 5, 1865. Wooten, William P.- private March 7, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him on sick furlough. Wyatt, Samuel C.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Frazier's Farm, Va. June 30, 1862. ======================== 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. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============