Butts County Georgia Co I 53th 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, 53d REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA JEFF DAVIS RIFLEMAN OFFICERS: Bond, John M. D.- Captain May 12, 1862 . Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Robinson, Andrew J. M.- Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. A, l0th Regiment Ga. State Troops January 14, 1862. Detailed to take charge of recruits February 7, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. I, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862; Captain October 1863. Wounded, right shoulder permanently disabled at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Pension records show he was at home, wounded, close of war. (Born in Ga. in 1831.) Weems, J. H.-1st Lieutenant. Evans, John B.- 2d Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant October 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Died in Butts County, Ga. June 26, 1914. Willis, William H.- Jr.2d Lieutenant May 12,1862. Wounded, lost sight in right eye at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Resigned December 23, 1862. (Born in Greene County, Ga. in 1822.) Pace, William A.-1st Sergeant May 12, 1862. Died in Langhorne's Hospital at Lynchburg, Va. February 5, 1863 or 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 2, 3d Line, Lot 187. Edwards, William B.-Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2d Battn. Ga. Inf. May 28, 1861. Discharged, disability, July 30, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant of Co. I, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, August 9, 1862. (Born at Hampton, Ga. May 10, 1839. Died at Senoia, Ga. June 4, 1913.) Gray, Augustus W.-3d Sergeant May 12, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 5, 1864. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va. Sanders, Thomas Brown-Appointed 3d Sergeant of Co. A, l0th Regiment Ga. State Troops January 14,1862. Mustered out May 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant of Co. I, 53d ftegt. Ga. Inf. May 12,1862 ; 1st Sergeant October 1863. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation above knee, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. At home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. July 21, 1835.) Pounds, James D.- 5th Sergeant May 12, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital at Howard's Grove, Richmond, Va. with typhoid fever, September 8, 1862. Returned to duty November 9, 1862. Admitted to C. S. A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. November 20, 1862. Sent to General Hospital at Lynchburg, Va. same day. Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Thaxton, James M. C.-1st Corporal May 12,1862. Contracted rheumatism June 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant in 1865. Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6,1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 26, 1865. (Born in Ga. August 31, 1838.) Weaver, James J.- 2d Corporal May 12,1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3,1863. Clinton, William T.- 3d Corporal May 12, 1862. Reduced to ranks December 1863. Deserted to enemy February 1865. Received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., March 10, 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to Savannah, Ga. Sellars, Franklin M.- 4th Corporal May 12, 1862. Captured near Knoxville, Tenn. December 3, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Ill. June 19, 1865. (Born in Ga. February 16, 1830.) PRIVATES: Alexander, James Dallas-See private Co. F. Amos, Joel B.- private September 15, 1862. Died of disease in Richmond, Va. hospital June 12,1863. Barnes, John O.- private May 12, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant; Captain. Barnett, Thomas C.- private May 12, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Barrett, John- private May 12, 1862. Discharged on account of hernia at General Hospital, Petersburg, Va. October 31, 1862. Brownlee, James M.- private May 12,1862. Died in service. Buckalew, Milton M. (or Buckaloo)-See private Co. H. Cauthen, William H.- private May 12, 1862. Received by Provost Marshal General at Washington, D. C. March 10,1865. "Action taken.- Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to Savannah, Ga." (Born February 10, 1845. Died January 6, 1927. Buried in New Caanan Cemetery at Buchanan, Ga.) Clarke, A. E.- private October 10, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant October 10, 1862. Died in 1862. Buried at Gordonsville, Va. Cochran, William Private April 28, 1862. Contracted chronic diarrhea, March 1, 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 09, 1865. Died Aug 18, 1874*. *this date is in error other records show 1894* Cole, Thomas G.- private May 12, 1862. Died of measles near Richmond, Va. July 25,1862. Cook, Joseph- private May 12, 1862. Cooke, Thomas R.- private May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. September 5, 1862. (Born in Ga. Died in DeKalb County, Ga. August 5, 1930.) Cooper, Charles A.- private May 12, 1862. Never present. Discharged by civil authority. Couch, A. G.- private May 12, 1862. Killed at Bell's Grove Va. October 9, or 19, 1864. Couch, William B.- private May 12, 1862. Discharged August 12, 1862. Crawford, Robert- private May 12, 1862. Roll from October 31, 1863 to February 29,1864 , last on which borne, shows him absent without leave from date of enlistment. No later record. Crawley, Isaiah L.- private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Crawley, James L.- private May 12, 1862. Wounded, right arm permanently disabled at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. February 22, 1847.) Crenshaw, Joseph S.- private May 12, 1862. Duke, James H.- private May 12, 1862. Captured at Farmville, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865. (Born in dasper County, Ga. December 12, 1829.) Edwards, Jacob B.- private May 12,1862. Roll for February 1865 , last on file, shows him present. Received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., from Fortress Monroe, Va., April 6, 1865. "Action taken; took oath. Transferred to Spring-field, Ill." (Born in South Carolina November 29, 1843. Died at Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, Ga., December 21, 1927. Buried at Lovejoy, Ga.) Edwards, James R.- private May 12,1862. Died October 8,1862. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va. Evans, Andrew- private May 12, 1862. Wounded and captured. Died in prison in 1863. Evans, David F.- private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Evans, W. D. J.- private February 7, 1864. Transferred to Hampton's South Carolina Legion January 4,1865. No later record. Farmer, William H.- private May 12, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Flynt, Franklin-Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2d Battn. Ga. Inf. April 20, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Norfolk, Va. February 3, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant August 18,1864. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later record. Flynt, Julius A.- Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2d Battn. Ga. Inf. April 20, 1861. Appointed Company Surgeon in 1861. Discharged, disability, July 12, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 2d Regiment Ga. Cavalry March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. I, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Appointed Ensign December 27, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital.#1 (or #9), at Richmond, Va. January 15, 1863. Died there of pneumonia January 24,1863. Foster, Charles T.- private May 12,1862. On detached service at Augusta, Ga. May 19, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered in 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. May 1825. Died at Milledgeville, Ga. January 19, 1901.) Gardner, William Z.- private May 12, 1862. Wounded near Richmond, Va. June 20, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. May 6, 1839. He had fought in the second Battle of Bull Run. He was the son of Lewis Gardner who migrated to Mississippi just prior to the war. He served as a circuit minister in the Flint River Association.) Chris Gardner grasp1@bellsouth.net Giles, William P.- private May 12, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Gillum, John- private May 12,1862. Sick in hospital February 28, 1865. No later record. Glenn, Robert J.- private May 12, 1862. Died in service in Virginia. Gray, James Nelson- private May 12, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant December 1863 ; 4th Sergeant February 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Died in Butts County, Ga. January 29, 1897. Hale, William F.- private May 12, 1862. Wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862. Exchanged. Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863. Captured, date and place not given. Paroled October 5, 1864. Absent, sick, February 28, 1865. No later record. Died in Butts County, Ga. October 10, 1907. Ham, Cicero Marion- private May 12, 1862. Discharged December 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 30th Regiment Ga. Inf. January 1,1864. Paroled at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Harper, Lewis Augustus- private May 12, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. February 10,1865. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. January 9, 1833. Died May 27, 1908.) Harris, Josiah- private May 12, 1862.- Hawkins, Edwin- private May 12, 1862. Died of disease in Richmond, Va. hospital October 1862. Head, William W.- private May 12, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in Winder Hospital at Richmond, Va. September 27, 1862. Heath, William D.- private May 12, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Henderson, James C.- private May 12,1862. Died near Richmond, Va. September 4, 1862 , or March 9, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Huckaby, Robert A.- private May 12, 1862. Wounded and captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Admitted to U. S. A. General Hospital at Baltimore, Md. October 24, 1864. Died there October 26, 1864. Huckaby, William- private May 12,1862. Died in 1864. Ingram, William Burl- private May 12, 1862. Right arm permanently disabled at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Discharged May 1,1864. (Born in Ga. March 16,1830.) Ivey, George A.- private May 12, 1862. Died in 1864. Jarrett, Peter- private May 12, 1862. Captured, date and place unknown. Roll for February 28,1865 , last on file, shows him a prisoner of war. No later record. Johnson, Christopher C.- private December 30,1863. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. November 19, 1842.) Kendricks, John Z.- private May 12, 1862. Died in service in Virginia. Kimbell, Francis T.- private May 12,1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and released February 23, 1864. Kimbrell, James G.- private May 12, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant February 1864. Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 26, 1865. King, Henry H.- private May 12, 1862. Captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862. Died at Griffin, Ga. November 20,1863. Lawrence, J. K.- Enlisted as a private in Co. K, Hampton's South Carolina Legion April 14, 1861. Transferred to Co. I, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. January 4, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. March 1865. Lemmond, William A.- private May 12, 1862. Captured at Farmville, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 26,1865. Maddux, James Crawford- private May 3, 1862. Wounded at Richmond, Va. June 29, 1862. Wounded in left ankle and permanently disabled at Chancellorsville, Va. May 4, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him present. Pen-sion records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. December 24, 1838. Died in Butts County, Ga. July 27,1908.) Mangham, Wiley P.- private May 12, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Died of dysentery in General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., July 24, 1862. Mann, John W.- private May 3,1862. Paroled in 1865. Martin, James A. D.- private May 3,1862. Discharged September 6, 1862. Mayo, James W. (or Mays)- private May 3, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant October 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. McElhaney, Henry S.- private May 3, 1862. Transferred to artillery. Moore, Sanford L.- private May 3,1862. Died September 18,1862. Neal, J. M.-See private Co. H. Nichols, Charles- private May 12, 1862. Killed at Ashby's Gap, Va. September 20, 1862. O'Neal, Lemuel N.- private May 3, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal December 30, 1863. Absent without leave, on expired furlough, February 28,1865. No later record. Parker, Alexander- private May 3, 1862. Killed at Petersburg, Va. June 28,1864. Parher, John- private May 12, 1862. Deserted in 1865. Received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., March 29,1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to Philadelphia, Pa. Payne, Lewis M.- private May 3, 1862. Wounded through body and permanently disabled at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. (Born in Ga. January 3, 1828.) Peaden, Mathew N.- private May 3, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal December 18'63. Killed at Petersburg, Va. June 19, 1864. Phinazee, James M.- private May 3, 1862. Discharged September 6, 1862. Reenlisted. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. August 25, 1839.) Powell, John G. M. B.- private May 3, 1862. Absent without leave January 1864. Killed by Enrolling Officer in Butts County, Ga. June 10,1864. Reynolds, T. K.- private May 3, 1862. Died at Macon, Ga. January 20, 1865. Saunders, Simon H. J.- private May 3, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant February 7, 1863. Wounded, skull fractured, and permanently disabled, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. July 25, 1838.) Shaw, John- private May 12, 1862. Enlisted in Co. K, 2lst Regiment Ga. Inf. September 11, 1863. Roll for August 31, 1864 , shows him "Absent, sick, at Petersburg, Va." No later record. Smith, William R.- private May 13,1862. Died of fever near Richmond, Va. August 6,1862. Thaxton, John F.- private May 13,1862. Appointed Hospital Steward November 18,1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga.) Thaxton, Richmond R.- private May 3, 1862. Tucker, James- private May 3,1862. Waggoner, William Daniel- private May 12, 1862. Wounded, left hip permanently disabled at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Roll from February 29, to August 31, 1864 , shows him sick in Pike County, Ga. (Born in Ga. April 10, 1829.) Waller, Charles- private May 3, 1862. Died August 5, 1862. Wilder, Silas M.- private May 3, 1862. Williamson, Thomas J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Battn. Ga. State Troops January 4, 1862. Roll dated April 17, 1862 , last on file, shows him present. Mustered out in 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough in 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. September 6,1832.) Willis, John J.- private May 3, 1862. Wright, Joseph- private May 3, 1862. Killed in Virginia. Wright, W. J.- private May 3, 1862. Wounded, right shoulder permanently disabled at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. (Born in Ga. August 27, 1827. Died in Randolph County, Ala. February 16,1919.) ======================== 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. ==============