Cobb/Coffe/Spalding County Georgia Military Co F 23rd File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Lynn B. Cunningham" Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY F, 23d REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. COBB, COFFEE & SPALDING COUNTIES, GEORGIA King, Benjamin F. - Captain August 31, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia, with chronic diarrhoea, May 18, 1862. Returned to duty May 22, 1862. Resigned September 6,1862. Edwards, W.C. - 1st Lieutenant August 31, 1861. Resigned, disability, August 16,1862. Woodruff, Ira P. - 2nd Lieutenant August 31, 1861. Killed at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31,1862. Mitchell, Robert M. - Jr. 2nd Lieutenant August 31, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant August 16, 1862; Captain September 6, 1862. Wounded in 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Queen, B.O. - 1st Sergeant August 31, 1861. Discharged, Yorktown, Virginia, January 10,1862. Gault, L.C. - 2nd Sergeant August 31, 1861. Discharged at Yorktown, Virginia, January 1.0,1862. Day, James - 3rd Sergeant August 31,1861. Transferred from General Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia, to his home at Marietta, Georgia,, July 5, 1862. Paid commutation for rations from July 5 to November 18, 1862. No later record. Collins, William P. - 4th Sergeant August 31, 1861. Died at Yorktown, Virginia, April 3,1862. Green, James E. - 1st Corporal August 31, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17,1862. Reeves, Josiah R. - 2nd Corporal August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Appointed 3rd Sergeant April 1, 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Dodgen, James S. - 3rd Corporal August 31, 1861. Detailed for recruiting service January or February 1862. No later record. House, Davis M. - 4th Corporal August 31, 1861. Appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1863. Died in 1st South Carolina Hospital at Charleston, South Carolina, November 15,1863. Abner, Joseph - Private August 31, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Agnew, Edgar F. - Private September 10,1861. Died June 17,1862. Anderson, Francis A. - Private August 31, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant in 1863. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida, February 20, 1864. Appointed 1st Sergeant April l, 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26,1865. (Born July 7,1842.) Andrews, George W. - Private August 31,1861. Arwood, Phillip W. - Private August 31, 1861. Shot himself in foot December 1863. Captured at Fort Harrison, Virginia, September 30, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government at Point Lookout, Maryland, and enlisted in U.S. service October 18,1864. Avery, Augustus L. - Private September 19, 1861. Roll for January 1862, shows he was discharged, exact date not given. (Born in Georgia April 4,1837.) Avery, A.J.F. - Private September 19, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Avery, Judge H. - Private August 31, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was paroled at Cowpens, South Carolina, May 1865. Died in Cherokee County, Georgia, June 1914. Baker, Perry - Private August 31, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31,1861. Bates, Calvin W. - Private August 31, 1861. Died of disease at Wayside Hospital at Charleston, South Carolina, September 14,1863. Bell, Francis A. - Private September 8, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant in 1863. Captured. Paroled April 30,1864. Elected 1st Lieutenant November 2, 1864. No later record. (Born in Clarke County, Georgia, November 17,1834.) Bennette, James - Private September 17, 1861. Wounded July 18, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Bennette, John W. - Private August 31, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31,1861. Bennette, W.C. - Private November 13,1861. Died May 4,1862. Blythe, Calvin - Private August 31,1861. Died of typhoid fever, in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Virginia, June 29,1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 3, 5th Line, Lot 172, Christian's Factory. Boger, Peter F. - Private August 31,1861. Appears last on roll for December 31,1861. Bond, Francis M. - Private October 8,186l. Appears last on roll for December 31,1861. Cagle, Jacob J. - Private August 31,1861. Wounded in right leg and left arm at Crampton's Gap, Maryland, September 14,1862. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23,1863. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was twelve miles from Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26,1865. Paroled at Cowpens, South Carolina, in 1865. (Born in Cherokee County, Georgia, January 16,1839.) Calvin, John - Private. Captured between Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, June 23,1864. Died of pneumonia at Elmira, New York, December 17,1864. Grave #1280, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Cameron, John C.L.J. - Private November 22, 1863. Deserted to enemy at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, May 27,1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, June 11,1864.(Appears also as John E. and John C. Cameron.) Carruth, James D. - Private August 31,1861. Wounded at Yorktown, Virginia, April 5,1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26,1865. Carruth, J.R. - Private May 16,1862. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Paroled at City Point, Virginia, May 23,1863. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Carruth, William H. - Private August 31,1861. Discharged, disability, January 25,1862. Chapman, John F. - Private November 1,1861. Discharged at Yorktown, Virginia, January 25,1862. Chapman, Joshua - Private August 31, 1861. Captured in 1863. Paroled June 10, 1863. Appointed 2nd Corporal April 1, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, July 30,1864, where left arm was amputated. Furloughed from hospital for 30 days from September 20,1864. No later record. Chapman, Mathias A. - Private August 31,1861. Wounded in 1864. Captured at Dallas, Georgia, June 2,1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government, at Rock Island, Illinois, and was transferred to U.S. Navy July 6,1864. Crandall, Virgil S. - Private August 31,1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 7,1863. Died June 5,1863. Cullinane, Edward P. - Private September 10, 1861. Wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Resident of Georgia since 1881.) Cullins, R.M. - Private August 31, 1861. Died subsequent to April 1864. Day, Benjamin - See Private, Co. G. Dempsey, John W. - Private August 31, 1861. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida, February 20, 1864. Died of wounds in Lake City, Florida, hospital April 6,1864. Dempsey, W.E. - Private August 19, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Dobbs, Newton - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Dobbs, Thomas - Private August 31, 1861. Wounded in right arm, necessitating amputation, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Absent, wounded, close of war. Dodgen, William J. - Private September 10, 1861. Wounded at Battery Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina, August 30,1863. Died of wounds August 31,1863. Duncan, William R. - Private August 31, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Died of wounds September 27, 1862. Dupree, Daniel - Private August 31,1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Exchanged at City Point., Virginia, May 23,1863. Died at Richmond, Virginia, June 30,1864. Dyre, Josiah H. (or Joel H.) - Private August 31, 1861. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. Paroled, Talladega, Alabama, in 1865. Edwards, George W. - Private August 31, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Edwards, J.J. - Private April 1, 1862. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Ellison, George H. - Private August 31, 1861. Killed at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31,1862. Ellison, Henry - Private August 31, 186l. Appears last on roll for December 31,1861. Ellison, Warren M. - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Wounded in 1864. Appointed 1st Corporal April 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Ellison, W.H. - Private August 19, 1863. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida, February 20, 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Floyd, Morgan - Private August 31,1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Wounded and disabled at Petersburg, Virginia, July 6, 1864. Given certificate for retirement on account of wounds January 9, 1865. Fowler, Willis M. - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23,1863. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida, February 20, 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later record. Givens, J.K.P. (or Givins) - Private July 28, 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26,1865. Givens, William R.M.D. (or Givins) - Private August 31, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia, August 23,1862. Goddard, John H. - Private September 8, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26,1865. Graham, Chesley C. - Private August 31, 1861. Died in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Virginia, August 2, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 9, 3rd Line, Lot 177, Ford's Factory. Gray, David - Private August 31, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1863. Died at Petersburg, Virginia, June 17,1864. Grogan, Alfred A. - Private August 31, 1861. Killed at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31,1862. Haney, James - Private August 31, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Haney, Pleasant - Private August 31,1861. Died at Yorktown, Virginia, December 22,1861. Harris, John T. - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant in 1863. Wounded in breast and lung at Petersburg, Virginia, June 30, 1864. Elected 2nd Lieutenant (to rank from October 24, 1864) November 2, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26,1865. Hilley, Beverly A. - Private August 31, 1861. Appointed 3d Ser- geant in 1863. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Paroled at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Hilley, Rufus - Private August 31, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Elbert County, Georgia, December 25,1837.) Johnson, J. Andrew - Private March 12, 1862. Died in Brigade Hospital at James Island, South Carolina, December 7,1863. Johnson, T.L. - Private August 1, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Kemp, Aaron D. - Private August 31, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant December 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Kemp, William Cicero - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. Kemp, W.A. (or N.A.) - Private March 12, 1862. Roll dated February 29, 1864, shows he was ““sent to Guinea Station, Virginia, sick, January 1863. Never heard from.”” King, Nicholas William - Private August 31, 1861. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, with nephritis October 9, 1864. Returned to duty November 10,1864. No later record. Lawhon, Robert E. - Private August 31, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant in 1863. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation below knee, at Battery Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina, August 30, 1863. Captured in Richmond, Virginia, hospital April 3, 1865. Paroled at Richmond, Virginia, May 18, 1865. Died at Marietta, Georgia, June 13, 1909. (Resident of Georgia since January 1,1845.) Maxwell, James W. - Private August 31, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia.) Maxwell, Thomas M. - Private August 31, 1861. Left in Georgia, sick, November 11, 1861. In General Hospital #17, at Richmond, Virginia, October 31,1862. Discharged, disability, February 13,1863. McCoy, John A. - Private August 31,1861. Died May 9,1862. McGuire, Hillery H. - Private September 8, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal December 1861. Died in Virginia October 4, 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Virginia, McMakin, Samuel J. (or McMichen) - Private August 31, 1861. Captured in 1862. Paroled November 10, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Medford, George D. - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Paroled at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Appointed 4th Sergeant April 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Medford, G.W. - Private. Died in Atlanta, Georgia, hospital March 16,1863. Nelson, James M. - Private August 31, 1861. Furloughed for 20 days October 30, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows furlough was extended for 30 days. Remarks, "Not heard of since." New, J.G. - Private March 12, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 19, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government, at Point Lookout, Maryland, and enlisted in U.S. service October 18,1864. Norris, Thomas J. (or Thomas T.) - Private August 31, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Virginia, December 1,1861. Orr, William H.H. - Private August 31,1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26,1865. Owen, David A. - Private August 31, 1861. Died at Yorktown, Virginia, January 10,1862. Owen, William H. (or William F.) - Private October 22, 1861. Wounded in 1864. Captured at Weldon Railroad, Virginia, August 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland, in 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia, for exchange, November 15, 1864. No later record. Pitts, Alexander B. - Private September 8, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Received at City Point, Virginia, for exchange May 23, 1863. No later record. Powers, John W. - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Received at City Point, Virginia, for exchange May 23, 1863. Roll for April 30,1864, shows him present. No later record. Reece, William R. - Private February 22, 1862. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital #4, at Wilmington, North Carolina, December 30, 1864. Returned to duty January 14, 1865. Pension records show he was paroled at Cowpens, South Carolina, May 1865. Rutherford, B.H. - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Appointed 3rd Corporal April 1864. Died at Richmond, Virginia, September 12, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Rutherford, T.R. - Private May 20, 1862. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was on detail twelve miles from Greensboro, North Carolina, close of war, and was paroled at Cowpens, South Carolina, May 1865. Rutherford, William W. - Private August 31, 1861. Appointed 2nd Corporal in 1863. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23,1863. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Sergent, Peter K. - Private August 31, 1861. Killed at Crampton's Gap, Maryland, September 14,1862. Smith, L.T. - Private September 13, 1861. Transferred to Co. D. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23,1863. Returned to Co. F, in 1863. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Strawn, Abraham B. - Private August 31,1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Appointed 3rd Corporal in 1863. Wounded in eye, resulting in loss of sight, at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1,1864. Strawn, Francis N. - Private August 31, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Strawn, William J. - Private August 31, 1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Received at City Point, Virginia, for exchange May 23, 1863. No later record. Tapp, Thomas J. - Private August 31, 1861. Appears last on roll for October 31,1861. Tedder, James M. - Private September 10,1861. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Died at Petersburg, Virginia, July 5,1864. Tedder, R.F. - Private March 12, 1862. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863. Appointed 4th Corporal in 1863. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, July 31, 1864. Returned to duty August 25,1864. No later record. Tumlin, Andrew J. - Private August 31, 1861. Died in Columbia, South Carolina, hospital February 16,1864. Turner, A.M. - Private August 31,1861. Appears last on roll for December 31,1861. Turner, Martin C. - Private August 31,1861. Died in Winder Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, March 6,1863. Waldrip, James C. - Private March 12,1862. Captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3,1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23,1863. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Born at Cumming, Georgia, October 14,1833.) Walraven, Enoch - Private August 31,1861. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was paroled at Cowpens, South Carolina, May 1865. Wiley, Robert C. - Private September 19,1861. Appointed Regimental Musician. At home, sick, April 30,1864. No later record. Williams, John M. - Private August 31, 1861. Discharged, October 31,1861. Williams, John N. - Private August 31,1861. Roll for April 1864, shows him absent, sick. Clothing was issued to him 3rd Quarter of 1864. No later record. Died at Acworth, Georgia, December 24,1916. Williams, William A. - Private August 31,1861. Killed at Petersburg, Virginia, June 23,1864. Wofford, John (or Wafford) - Private August 31, 1861. Died in Bartow County, Georgia, October 15,1862. ======================== 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. ==============