CHATHAM COUNTY, GA - CIVIL WAR 31st Regiment Co C ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ray Fincham http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/index.html Visit this site for more information about regiments from Georgia Company C, 31st Regiment Chatham County "Mitchell Guards" Andrews, Elisha W. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Deserted to enemy February 1864. Received by Provost Marshal General, Army of the Potomac, a Confederate deserter, February 23, 1864. Ard, John -- Private - October 5, 1861. Died at Staunton, Virginia August 4, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. Arnett, Francis M. -- 2nd Lieutenant - October 5, 1861. Retired at reorganization May 13, 1862. Avery, Asa W. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Died June 26, 1863. Baldwin, G. W. -- Private - October 4, 1862. Wounded, two fingers of left hand shot off and wounded through ribs on right side, at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 2, 1864. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Virginia, wounded in hand and abdomen, June 4, 1864. Furloughed for 60 days August 23, 1864. No later record. (Born in Georgia December 16, 1831.) Baldwin, William H. H. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, with chronic diarrhoea. June 29, 1864. Returned to duty September 19, 1864. No later record. Barkadale, B. R. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded in 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant May 1, 1863. On detail duty in Ordnance Department at Columbus, Georgia 1863- August 31, 1864. No later record. Blackwood, Henry R. (or Henry B.) -- 2nd Sergeant - October 5 1861. Captured in 1862. Paroled September 21, 1862. Discharged October 2, 1862. Died near Winchester, Virginia November 22, 1862. Bolton, W. E. -- Private - January 24, 1862. Appears last on roll for June 1863. Borland, Andrew -- Private - October 5, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1864. Borland, Erasmus J. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal December 1861; 3rd Corporal in 1863; 1st Corporal May 1863. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware February 1865. No later record. Borland, Q. -- See private, Company B. Borland, Robert B. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Died on road between Staunton and Winchester, Virginia November 1, 1862. Brown, J. M. -- Private - April 1863. Substitute for W. L. Walker. Deserted April 1863. Brown, J. W. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Brown, Thomas H. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company B. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Byrd, W. F. -- Private - Jan 10, 1862. Roll dated Nov 4, 1864, last on file, shows him sick in hospital. No later record. Cain, J. H. -- Private - January 25, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Calhoun, George Calvin (or Calvin George) -- Private - Oct 5, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. On January 13, 1865, he was reported as having been sent to Richmond, Virginia hospital, date not known. Carlisle, Joshua P. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Carlisle, Samuel A. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia April 13, 1865. Carmichael, Alexander -- Private - October 5, 1861. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Clarke, A. P. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal May 3, 1863. Wounded in 1864. At home on wounded furlough August 31, 1864. No later record. Clarke, C. S. -- Private - April 15, 1862 Died of pneumonia in Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Virginia April 8, 1863. Clarke, James C. -- 2nd Corporal - October 5, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1861; 2nd Sergeant May 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Cook, Hiram -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, October 5, 1862. Sick in hospital August 31, 1864. Transferred to Company B 1st Regiment Troops and Defenses, Macon, Georgia in 1864, and captured there April 1865. Cordell, E. H. -- Private - February 26, 1862. Wounded through left shoulder at 2nd Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Wounded and captured at Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Maryland January 17, 1865. No later record. (Born in Georgia May 16, 1844.) Cordell, Henry B. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Died at Beaulieu, near Savannah, Georgia, May 31, 1862. Cordell, J. R. -- Private - December 7, 1861. Died at Beaulieu, near Savannah, Georgia, May 30, 1862. Cordell, Monroe L. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant March 1864. Captured in Richmond, Virginia hospital April 3, 1865. Released at Newport News, Virginia June 25, 1865. Cordell, Preston J. -- Private - October 5, 1861 Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him sick in hospital. No later record. Davis, James A. J. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Wounded in right thigh and permanently disabled at Marye's Heights, Virginia May 3, 1863. In hospital wounded November 5, 1864. Pension records show he was at home in Henry County, Alabama, having been discharged on account of wounds, in 1864. (Born June 12, 1845.) Davis, Needham -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. On detail duty at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, August 31, 1864. Captured in hospital at Richmond, Virginia April 3, 1865. Sent to Newport News, Virginia April 24, 1865. Deese, Jason H. -- Private - January 4, 1862 Wounded in 1862. Died in Richmond, Virginia hospital December 11, 1862. Douglass, F. L. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Wounded in left arm in 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, wounded, February 7, 1865; died of wounds February 20, 1865. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Douglass, William H. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Captured in 1862. Paroled September 7, 1862. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Etheridge, James M. (or Ethridge) -- Private - October 5, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia August 14, 1862. Evans, George -- Private - October 10, 1861. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia September 1, 1864, and furloughed there September 21, 1864. No later record. Evans, Gilbert -- Private - October 5, 1861. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him sick in hospital. No later record. Evans, John (or Jehu) -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded in 1863. Finch, John T. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Flournoy, Thomas J. – Musician - October 5, 1861. Discharged on account of hernia January 1, 1862. Givens, Elkins (or Givins) -- Private - October 5, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Beaulieu, near Savannah, Georgia, May 3, 1862. Griffeth, Archer -- Captain - October 5, 1861. Relieved from duty by Conscript Act May 13, 1862. Hall, Luther -- Private - February 5, 1862. Roll for November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Harrell, Rodham -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Discharged, disability, March 10, 1864. Harrell, William H. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Hatcher, W. J. -- Private - February 26, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Henderson, James A. (or James C.) -- Private - October 5, 1861. Received pay August 31, 1864, remarks. "Returning to duty." No later record. Henderson, Thomas J. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862; Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him on wounded furlough. No later record. Henderson, William J. (or William H.) -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appointed 3rd Corporal May 1863. Appears last on roll for April 30, 1864. Pension records show he was sick in Field Hospital close of war. Henson, Abraham (or Hinson) -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31, 1861. Hill, William -- Private - October 5, 1861. Discharged April 2, 1864. Hilliard, James H. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 18, 1864. Jarrett, Henry F. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Killed at Marye's Heights, Virginia May 3, 1864. Born in Georgia in 1841. Jarrett, Joseph A. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appointed 3rd Sergeant March 1864. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia for exchange, March 28, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox s Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 30, 1865. No later record. Jenkins, John W. -- 3rd Sergeant - October 5, 1861. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia April 27, 1863, and was furloughed for 40 days June 14, 1863. No later record. Appears also on rolls of Company H, but no record of transfer found. Jones, William H. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Discharged, disability, December 18, 1861. Kelly, John R. -- 3rd Corporal - October 5, 1861. Appointed 2nd Corporal December 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Reduced to ranks on account of disability May 3, 1863. Retired to Invalid Corps April 15, 1864. Kennedy, Samuel -- Private - October 5, 1861. Furloughed from Macon, Georgia hospital prior to May 1862. No later record. Lambert, William -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Langley, Jasper N. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Killed July 24, 1864. Lawless, Jonas -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31, 1861. Lee, James L. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31, 1861. Leonard, Samuel -- Private - October 5, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu, near Savannah, Georgia, May 6, 1862. Marshall, Benjamin T. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded in 1864. In hospital wounded August 31, 1864. Received pay while on furlough September 1, 1864. No later record. Marshall, Martin V. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded in 1863. Captured at Farmville, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Virginia June 25, 1865. McAllister, Hugh G. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant May 13, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Appointed nurse May 1, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. McAllister, William T. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. McCarty, J. S. J. -- Private - February 26, 1862. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant August 22, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. McCarty, Thomas R. -- 1st Sergeant - October 5, 1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 13, 1862; 1st Lieutenant January 29, 1864. Wounded in 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. McNair, James L. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded May 1863. Captured at Boonesboro, Maryland July 5, 1863. Died of gunshot wound in left shoulder July 25, 1863. Middleton, Hugh -- Private - October 5, 1861. Died at Macon, Georgia April 22, 1862. Moore, Sanford P. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Discharged on account of hernia January 1, 1862. Mount, John M. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal March 7, 1863; 2nd Corporal May 3, 1863. Wounded in 1864. In hospital, wounded November 5, 1864. Captured at Macon, Georgia April 20-25, 1865. Newsom, Charles -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded in 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent, prisoner of war." No later record. Newsom, James -- Private - December 1, 1862. Furloughed for 60 days from General Hospital at Farmville, Virginia July 20, 1864. " Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him Absent, at home on sick furlough." No later record. Newton, Allen -- Private - October 9, 1861. Roll for November -December 1862, shows he died of disease in hospital, date and place not shown. Newton, F. M. -- Private - March 30, 1862. Severely wounded at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Sick in hospital November 5, 1864. No later record. Newton, Robert Y. H. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded in 1862. Roll for November -December 1862, shows he died from wounds in hospital. Newton, William W. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appointed 3rd Sergeant in 1862. Deserted to the enemy February 1864. Received by Provost Marshal General, Army of Potomac, a Confederate deserter, February 23, 1864. Parker, John D. -- 1st Lieutenant - October 5, 1861. Relieved from duty by Conscript Act May 13, 1862. Perry, Edward Curtis -- 4th Sergeant - October 5, 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 13, 1862; 1st Lieutenant June 10, 1863; Captain January 29, 1864. Commanding regiment at surrender at Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1841.) Perry, William F. -- Private - October 9, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant May 13, 1862; 1st Sergeant May 1, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Peters, J. E. -- Private - September 12, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 2, 1864. Peters, Mathew G. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31, 1861. Peters, William T. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Pope, James C. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor; Virginia June 27, 1862. Transferred to Company I. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Pope, William -- Private - January 10, 1862 Appointed 4th Corporal May 1862. Wounded in 1863. Captured at Richmond, Virginia April 3, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland July 7, 1865. Potter, Andrew J. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Killed at Monocacy, Maryland July 9, 1864. Potter, Franklin L. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 20, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New York, October 11, 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia for exchange, November 15, 1864. No later record. Powell, Appleton R. -- Private - October 9, 1861. Appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1862. Wounded in 1863. On wounded furlough November 5, 1864. No later record. (Born in Georgia in 1829.) Powell, James K. P. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Left thigh amputated July 3, 1863. In Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Georgia May 13, 1864. At home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1843.) Powell, Riley J. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Died in camp March 18, 1862. (Born in Georgia in 1841.) Powell, Zachariah T. -- Private - October 5, 1861 In General Hospital #3, at Lynchburg, Virginia December 31, 1864. Paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia April 15, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1845.) Price, Thomas W. -- Private - October 9, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, February 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox s Wharves, James River, Virginia Mar 10-12, 1865. No later record. (Born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama in 1844.) Pullum, H. D. (or Pellum) -- Private - January 25, 1862. Deserted to enemy February 1864. Received by Provost Marshal General, Army of Potomac, a Confederate deserter, February 23, 1864. Pullum, Thomas (or Pellum) -- Private - October 5, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant May 13, 1862. Resigned June 10, 1863. Richardson, James T. -- 4th Corporal - October 5, 1861. Appointed 3rd Corporal December 1861. Wounded in 1863. Retired February 1864. Rigell, Jason -- Private - October 5, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 18, 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Roach, Edmund (or Edmond) -- Private - December 7, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant May 1863. Wounded and captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Exchanged November 17, 1863. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 18, 1864. Having been pronounced unfit for field service by reason of effects of gunshot wound, he was detailed for duty in Conscript Department and ordered to report to Enrolling Officer of Henry County, Alabama September 1, 1864. No later record. Roach, John -- Private - December 10, 1862. Captured in 1864. Sanders, Joseph G. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Elected Captain May 13, 1862. Resigned January 29, 1864. Shipp, William L. -- See private, Company G. Shivers, Elijah -- Private - December 1, 1862. Died near Lynchburg, Virginia June 2, 1863. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Number 9, 3rd Line, Lot 188- Christian's. Smith, Tillman -- Private - October 5, 1861 Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863, and died in hospital there, result amputation of left arm, July 7, 1863. Smith, W. C. -- Private - January 25, 1862. Captured in 1864. Snell, William -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31, 1861. Stewart, Isaac J. -- 1st Corporal - October 5, 1861 Appointed 5th Sergeant in 1861. Wounded in 1863. Retired May 1, 1864. (Born in 1842.) Suggs, John -- Private - October 5, 1861. Discharged at Skidaway Island, Georgia March 5, 1862. Suggs, Shepherd -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Paroled at Farmville, Virginia April 11-21, 1865. Summerlin, Giles -- Private - October 5, 1861. Captured in 1863. Paroled in 1863. Roll for November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Thornton, Sandford H. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu, near Savannah, Georgia, May 20, 1862. Thornton, W. G. -- Private - January 25, 1862. Wounded in 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Turner, George -- Private - December 20, 1861. On daily duty as teamster May 1862. No later record. Vaughn, Francis M. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Sick in City Hall Hospital at Macon, Georgia May 17, 1864. Sick in hospital November 5, 1864. No later record. Walker, Edward M. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Appointed clerk in Commissary Department Absent, sick, November 5, 1864. No later record. Walker, George W. – Musician - October 5, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu, near Savannah, Georgia, April 19, 1862. Appears as Musician on Company K, but no record of transfer found. (Born in Marion County, Georgia September 9, 1848. Died at Confederate Soldiers' Home in Atlanta, Georgia September 4, 1929. Buried at Rome, Georgia) Walker, Thomas J. -- Private - December 12, 1862. Wounded in 1864. In hospital, wounded, November 5, 1864. No later record. Walker, W. J. -- Private - February 26, 1862. Walker, W. L. -- Private. Discharged, furnished J. M. Brown as substitute, April 3, 1863. Ward, William J. -- Private - October 5, 1861. Transferred to Company H, in 1862. Absent without leave November 5, 1864. No later record. Welch, R. J. -- Private - January 25, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. White, William H. -- Private - December 7, 1861. Paid at Richmond, Virginia July 12, 1862. No later record. Willis, William A. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - October 5, 1861. Relieved from duty by Conscript Act May 13, 1862. Wilson, Jordan -- Private - October 5, 1861. Wounded in 1863. At home on wounded furlough November 5, 1864. No later record.