COBB COUNTY, GA - CIVIL WAR 56TH Co F ***************** 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://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html Visit this site for more information about regiments from Georgia http://web.archive.org/web/20040925205749/http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/indexsouth.html Company F, 56th Regiment Cobb County Alberson, E. T. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Allen, Samuel Green -- Private - May 16, 1862. Captured at Jonesboro, Georgia September 22, 1864. Sent to Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky, October 27, 1864. Transferred to Camp Douglas, Illinois, October 29, 1864. Made application about December 1, 1864, to take oath of allegiance to U. S. Government Discharged, under terms of order authorizing release of men who before capture of Richmond, Virginia, expressed desire to take oath of allegiance, May 17, 1865. Anderson, A. M. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Anderson, James T. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 17, 1863. Received at Fort Delaware, Delaware, June 9, 1863, and died there July 8, 1863. Arnold, D. S. -- Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, May 16, 1862. Discharged, furnished R. J. Jones as substitute, in 1862. Baker, J. S. -- 3rd Corporal - May 10, 1862. Barnes, W. P. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Lumpkin County, Georgia, July 22, 1831.) Bedford, W. C. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll for March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 14, 1862. Berry, J. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Discharged, disability, November or December 1862. Berry, John A. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Wounded and captured at Marietta, Georgia June 22, 1864. Pension records show he contracted smallpox, resulting in permanent disability, at Camp Chase, Ohio, Paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio, May 2, 1865. Received at Vicksburg, Mississippi for exchange May 12, 1865. (Born in Georgia July 16, 1843. Died in Milton County, Georgia, May 27, 1903.) Berry, R. R. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant of Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry March 1, 1863: ”Joined another company March 1, 1863." Berry, W. H. -- Appointed 4th Sergeant of Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant of Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was on detail as teamster close of war. (Born in Fayette County, Georgia in 1834.) Boss, R. G. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Discharged May 1864. Bradley, R. M. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Pension records show he was paroled at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Tennessee, in 1837.) Bramblett, G. A. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Georgia, May 27, 1864. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Brewer, J. A. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Bridges, Nathaniel W. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Pension records show he was wounded at Jonesboro, Georgia September 1, 1864, sent to hospital, and was furloughed. Reported to Provost Marshal at Athens, Georgia and assigned to Captain Collins' Company (not identified). Surrendered at Athens, Georgia May 1865. (Born in Madison County, Georgia, July 6, 1836. Died in Greene County, Georgia February 1906.) Brown, A. A. -- 4th Sergeant - May 10, 1862. Brown, G. R. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Brown, G. T. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Brown, L. P. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Buice, Abner B. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was wounded through right ankle and instep, and permanently disabled at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863, and was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in South Carolina September 22, 1833.) Buice, C. N. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Substitute for Alfred Webb. Buice, James H. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Substitute for D. C. Jackson. Died of tuberculosis contracted in service April 1865. Burnett, William W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Pension records show he: ”served until surrender." (Born in Franklin County, Georgia August 12, 1840. Died December 24, 1898.) Butler, Daniel -- Private - May 16, 1862. Carmichael, G. W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Christopher, T. R. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Cleakum, James -- Private - May 10, 1862. Cobb, Robert -- Private - May 10, 1862. Cox, S. P. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Davis, L. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Davis, Minton -- Private - May 10, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Died in Atlanta, Georgia September 1909. Dean, J. P. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Dean, T. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Dempsey, Robert M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled July 8, 1863. Pension records show he was cut off from command by Federal Army while home on furlough January 1865. Enlisted in Company B Graham's Battalion Georgia Militia February 1865, and surrendered at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1842.) Dickert, J. F. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Dodd, W. R. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Duffey, V. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Dunbar, W. W. -- Appointed 3rd Corporal of Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Died of wounds at Vicksburg, Mississippi June 7, 1863. Elliott, A. N. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Elliott, Wesley G. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Habersham County, Georgia, May 1845.) Fields, J. A. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Fields, T. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Fowler, W. A. -- See Company G. Gassaway, T. G. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Gray, M. S. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Gray, Z. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Green, D. A. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Green, M. C. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Groover, J. M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Captured at Chickamauga, Georgia September 19, 1863. Released from Rock lsland, Illinois June 19, 1865. (Born in Cobb County, Georgia in 1842. Died at Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, Georgia June 9, 1902.) Gunter, Joel Augustus -- 2nd Corporal May 10, 1862. Captured at Morris Station, Georgia September 3, 1864. Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois, May 12, 1865. (Born in Greenville, South Carolina December 19, 1835.) Haney, John -- Private - May 10, 1862. Received pay July 28, 1863. Pension records show he was discharged, disability, at Dalton, Georgia, date not given. (Born in South Carolina August 10, 1840.) Hansford, J. W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Harris, John -- Private - May 10, 1862. Killed near Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864. (Born in Cherokee County, Georgia in 1839.) Hartsfield, Thomas J. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was in hospital April 1865. Disabled by rheumatism contracted in service. (Born November 3, 1831.) Hatchett, D. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Hayes, A. J. -- Private - June 11, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant. Resigned April 2, 1864. Jackson, Hamilton J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Captured at Lithonia, Georgia August 22, 1864. Arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 3, 1864. Admitted to hospital February 22, 1865, and died of pneumonia February 24, 1865. Grave #1423, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. Jackson, J. C. -- Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant of Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Discharged, furnished J. H. Buice as substitute, May 10, 1862. Jackson, M. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. James, Reuben -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was wounded through left ankle and permanently disabled at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. (Born March 22, 1833.) Jones, R. J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry in 1862. Substitute for D. S. Arnold. Jones, William R. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Appears on pay roll for June 1862. No later record. Kent, W. R. -- Private - June 12, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Lester, H. J. -- Private in 1862. Paroled in 1865. Lowrey, J. B. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Manning, Alonzo A. -- Enlisted as a private in Company B, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 15, 1861. Roll for April 14, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 1863. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Resident of Georgia since 1844.) Maulding, J. L. -- Private - May 10, 1862. McGullion, A. J. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Mills, James Madison -- Enlisted as a private in Company B, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 15, 1861. Roll for April 14, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Received at Fort Delaware, Delaware June 9, 1863, and paroled there for exchange July 3, 1863. Captured at Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864. Received at Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky, January 2, 1865. Paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio, and sent via New Orleans, Louisiana for exchange May 2, 1865. (Born at Marietta, Georgia, August 3, 1843. Died in Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1, 1927. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia) Mitchell, John -- Private - May 10, 1862. Morris, E. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Morris, J. G. -- Private - June 15, 1862. Moses, J. W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Norris, W. N. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Otwell, L. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Gwinnett County, Georgia, February 7, 1829. Died in Cobb County, Georgia in 1899.) Paden, E. P. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was captured at Franklin, Tennessee, in 1864. Exchanged. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Paden, James E. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Captured at Roswell, Georgia September 22, 1864. Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois May 12, 1865. Poole, A. S. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Poole, C. L. -- Enlisted as a private in Company B, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 19, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Poole, W. F. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Poss, William L. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Wounded and permanently disabled, hips crushed, at Baker's Creek, Mississippi, May 16, 1863. (Born in Georgia, January 5, 1830.) Powers, A. W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Prather, Patrick H. -- Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him on detached service. Mustered out April 1862. Elected Captain of Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Died of typhoid fever at Georgetown, Kentucky, September 15, 1862. Pressley, R. C. -- Appointed 1st Sergeant of Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862; 1st Lieutenant October 1, 1862. Captured at Resaca, Georgia May 14, 1864. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio, June 1865. (Born in Anderson County, South Carolina August 25, 1839. Died at Confederate Soldiers' Home at Atlanta, Georgia February 27, 1936. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia.) Queen, J. L. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Discharged, furnished W. T. Wood as substitute, in 1862. Ramsey, J. T. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant. Ramsey, W. H. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Appointed Drummer. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Ranford, T. J. -- 1st Corporal - May 10, 1862. Reeves, Malachi -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Killed at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Simpson, J. R. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Smith, William C. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Illinois, June 22, 1865. (Born June 11, 1828.) Stephens, D. C. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Strickland, Wilson -- See Company G. Sullivan, David B. -- Private - June 9, 1862. Pension records show he was captured at Resaca, Georgia in 1864. Released in 1865. (Born in Laurens District, South Carolina July 22, 1832.) Tatum, George W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was wounded and permanently disabled at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863. Discharged, disability. (Born in Elbert County, Georgia, March 15, 1839.) Thomas, J. M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal December 31, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant of Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Thompson, John W. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll for March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry June 13, 1862. Captured at Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864. Paroled at Alton, Illinois February 21, 1865. Exchanged at James River, Virginia, March 9, 1865. (Born in DeKalb County, Georgia, July 27, 1842.) Towler, W. A. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Tribble, J. C. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops January 12, 1862. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Turley, C. A. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Cut off from command. Enlisted in Company B, Graham's Scouts in 1864. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.) Turley, H. H. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Turner, William G. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 1863; was wounded near Atlanta, Georgia July 1864, and surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1844. Died in DeKalb County, Georgia, January 15, 1923.) Tutton, E. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry June 11, 1862. Vaughn, T. R. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Waters, James R. -- Private. Captured in Milton County, Georgia in 1864. Received at Louisville, Kentucky, May 31, 1864, and released on taking oath of allegiance to U. S. Government June 3, 1864. (Born in South Carolina, December 27, 1842.) Watson, Elisha J. (or Elijah J.) -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863 and paroled there July 8, 1863. No later record. Watters, J. N. (or Waters) -- Private - May 10, 1862. Webb, Alfred -- Private - May 10, 1862. Discharged, furnished C. N. Buice as substitute, May 10, 1862. Webb, James H. -- Appointed 2nd Sergeant of Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862; Captain October 1, 1862. Webb, Robert F. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal of Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was sick with chronic diarrhoea September 1864. Enlisted in Company H, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Militia Cavalry in 1864. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Forsyth County, Georgia April 1842.) Whitaker, James Boykin -- Enlisted as a private in Company E, 27th Regiment, Georgia Infantry August 27, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia, December 24, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Whitley, Henry -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, July 3, 1863. Exchanged July 4, 1863. Received at City Point, Virginia, July 6, 1863. No later record. Whitley, J. W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Whitmore, J. W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Wigley, William G. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Received pay August 4, 1863. Pension records show he was furloughed home March 1, 1865, reported to General Wofford when furlough expired, and was paroled at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Forsyth County, Georgia, August 1835.) Williams, Eli E. -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 14, 1861. Roll dated March 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862. Wilson, J. M. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Wilson, Thomas B. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Appointed 1st Lieutenant and Ensign May 4, 1864. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Greenville, South Carolina, March 18, 1841.) Wood, Mansel -- Private - May 10, 1862. Wood, W. T. -- Private - 1862. Substitute for J. L. Queen. Wright, Thornton T. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Died in Tuscumbia, Alabama hospital December 17, 1864.