COBB GEORGIA Phillip's Legion Co L - Blackwell Rifles File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Kurt Graham galegion@bellsouth.net http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb/civilwar/rosters/col.txt For COMPLETE information about Philip's Legion visit http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html This site by Kurt Graham contains photos, all the rosters, as well as campaign and battle information. Phillips Legion Infantry - Co L - Blackwell Volunteers See flag description on Infantry Battalion page. http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html James M.Johnson, Captain - Enlisted at Marietta 3/15/62, WIA & Capture at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62 (thigh), Exchanged 10/62, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/62 (foot), KIA at Knoxville 11/29/63 (shot through body, died at Federal Hospital at 2:30PM), Buried Knoxville City Cemetery, Federal GH #5 report dated 1/18/64 states "buried in the public burying ground of the City, his grave is not numbered. The rebel sympathizers of the City will be able to identify his grave" Dr. Newton Napoleon Gober, 1st Lt - Enlisted 3/15/62, Promoted to Captain 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion 6/63, Born 12/1/1836 in Nashville, Tn, Died 5/25/1912, Buried Citizens Cemetery, Marietta Ga James Fletcher Lowrey, 2nd Lt. - Enlisted at Marietta 3/15/62, Age 22 or 23, Promoted 1st Lt 6/62, Promoted Capt 11/29/63, WIA (hit in leg by shell) & Captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/65, Died 4/7 or 4/8 at Federal General Hospital Burkeville, Va during operation to amputate leg Robert W. McCown, 2nd Lt. - Enlisted 3/15/62 at Marietta, Promoted 1st Lt 6/11/63, WIA at Knoxville 11/29/63 (neck), WIA & captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/65 (ankle), Released 6/19/65 Henry C. White, 1st Sgt - Enlisted 3/15/62, Medical discharge 9/14/62 Micajah Leonard Hamby, 2nd Sgt. -Enlisted 3/15/62, WIA at Second Manassas 8/30/62 (arm), Returns to company by June 63, Present on rosters through 6/64, Surrendered and paroled at Appomattox 4/9/65, Born 7/21/1839 in Walton Cty, Ga, Died 1910, Buried Maloney Springs Church Cemetery, Fair Oaks, Ga James L. Wylie, 3rd Sgt - Enlisted 3/15/62, WIA at Chancellorsville (chest & shoulder/ shell fragment), Present until captured at Farmville Va 4/6/65, Imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/22/65 John J. Hunt, 4th Sgt. - Enlisted 3/15/62, Discharged - underage 8/6/62 James B. Young, 5th Sgt - Enlisted 3/15/62, WIA at Sharpsburg,Md 9/17/62, A&IG SO #212 dated 9/10/62 had already discharged him for being underaged, 14 years old in 1860 census Nimrod N. Lord, 1st Cpl - Enlisted 3/15/62, To hospital Marietta, Ga 5/63, AWOL thereafter, Demoted to Pvt Doctor L. Malone, 2nd Cpl - Enlisted 4/1/62, WIA (neck) & Captured at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, POW@Ft Delaware until exchanged 12/15/62, Promoted to 5th Sgt between September and December 1863, Surrendered and paroled at Appomattox 4/9/65 T A Smith, 2nd Cpl - Enlisted 3/4/65, Captured 11/29/63 at Knoxville, POW at Rock Island until exchanged early 65, Died Jackson hospital Richmond 3/31/65 of ascites Fleming P. Mauldin, 3rd Cpl - Enlisted 3/15/62, Discharged-overage 10/15/62, Age 54 Asa(or Ira) F. Conger, 3rd Cpl - Enlisted 3/29/62, Present on 12/62 roll, Deserted 12/63, Took oath at Knoxville 1/64 Wm. E. Ruede, 4th Cpl - Present on 3/63 roll, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion 5/63, (KIA at Chancellorsville per W R Montgomery letter dated 5/7/63 and casualty list in 5/15/63 Atlanta Southern Confederacy) Andrew J. Alexander - Enlisted 3/15/62, Captured at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, Exchanged 10/62, Present through war, Deserted near Richmond 3/19/65, Took oath & sent to Illinois Robert G. Alexander - Enlisted 3/15/62, In & out of hospitals throughout 1862,63 & 64, Shows AWOL on 8/64 roll, No further record Nathan Y. Algood - Enlisted 4/3/62, Medical discharge 1/28/63, Age 41 Payson L. Ardis - Enlisted 5/9/61 in SC unit, Age 20, transferred to Co L in 1862, Promoted to Lt. Co E 3rd Ga SS Battalion 6/5/63, Captured at Front Royal 10/19/64, Released from prison 6/17/65 Marcus D Austin - Enlisted 3/15/62, WIA at Funkstown,Md 7/26/63 (lost finger), Another record states "accidentally wounded 8/11/63", Furloughed home, Detailed as nurse in Richmond hospital 6/64, Reassigned to Danville,Va hospital 1/65, Age 34 as of 1/65, No further record J.G.W. Baber - transferred in from 1st Arkansas 11/63, Deserted near Richmond 3/19/65, Took oath Alexander H. Baswell -Enlisted 3/15/62, Born 1839, WIA at Chancellorsville (hip) 5/2/63, WIA 6/1/64 at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) (left foot) & furloughed home, Shows AWOL on 8/64 roll, No further military record although Alabama pension application states that he was captured and held until the end of the war Jefferson A. Baswell - Enlisted 3/15/62, Accidentally wounded 1/63 (hip), Detailed to Provost Guard Atlanta, In Farmville, Va hospital June & July 64, Furloughed home, Captured in Cobb County 8/18/64, Took oath & sent north of Ohio River John T. Baswell - Enlisted 3/31/62, Present on 8/64 roll, In Richmond hospital 8/8/64, Discharged from hospital 11/30/64, No further record, Born September 1845, Survived the war and applied for pension stating that he surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/65 although records do not verify this Aaron Biggerstaff - Enlisted 4/5/62, Present on 8/64 roll dated 1/28/65, No further record John Middleton Bowie - Enlisted 3/15/64, 8/64 roll shows detailed as brigade commisary clerk, No further military record although an Alabama pension application states that he was in Atlanta at war's end on the staff of General W T Wofford, Died 3/19/1921 Henry C. Briant - Enlisted 3/15/62, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/62, Exchanged 10/62, Promoted to 1st Sgt 4/1/64, WIA at Cedar Creek 10/19/64 (right arm), No further record James Burton - Enlisted 3/15/62, In Staunton, Va hospital 10/29/64, Still there 1/65, No further record, Born July 1835, Survived war and applied for pension, Died 10/19/1909 William C. R. Burton - Enlisted 3/15/62, Present on 3/63 roll, No further military record, Born in SC 11/5/1840, Alabama pension application states that 1862 typhoid fever crippled his legs Isaac Campbell - Enlisted 4/8/62, Captured at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, Exchanged 10/62, WIA at Chancellorsville 5/2/63 (lost index finger right hand), Furloughed home 6/6/63, Furloughed home again 7/11/64, Captured 8/64 in Ga, Took oath, Sent north of Ohio River Thomas A. Carpenter - Enlisted 3/26/62, Detached duty as brigade teamster until 8/64 roll shows AWOL, No further record James H. Cheek - Enlisted 3/15/62, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion 5/63 Wm. P. Christian - Enlisted 4/8/62, Sent to hospital 11/62, No further record Charles Frank or Frank Charles Cler - Enlisted 5/19/62, Captured near Knoxville 12/5/63, POW at Rock Island until released 6/18/65, Born 9/22/42, Died at Savannah 11/25/1929 Eli M. Davis - Enlisted 4/4/62, In hospitals with small pox 12/62 - 5/63, 3/63 roll states detailed as shoemaker in Richmond, Shows as shoemaker in Atlanta in 1864, Present on 8/64 roll, No further record Allen Dickerson - Enlisted 4/5/62, Captured 12/3/63 near Knoxville, POW at Rock Island until released 6/21/65, Age 27 when released Aaron C Donehoo - Enlisted 4/28/62 in Co M, Transferred into Co L 6/1/62, Captured at Strasburg 10/19/64, POW at Pt Lookout until released 6/26/65, Died 2/1/1903 Barnett W. Donehoo - Enlisted 4/5/62, Transferred to Co C 5/1/62, Disability discharge 9/1/62 due to poor eyesight, Age 54 John Dunn - Enlisted 4/28/62, Transferred to Co M 6/1/62, Transferred back to Co L 11/1/62, WIA & Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/63 (side), Exchanged in 1863, Shows surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/65 but roll dated 1/65 shows him "disabled at home" Joseph Dunn - Enlisted 4/28/62, Transferred to Co M June 62 William J Esler - Enlisted 5/19/62, Captured at Fox's Gap,Md 9/15/62, Exchanged 10/62, Hospitalized 62/63, AWOL after 9/28/63, Hospital records show him hospitalized July/August 64, 1/65 note shows him in hospital, No further record George W. Eubank - Enlisted 4/10/62, KIA at Knoxville 11/29/63 Daniel Washington Frey - Enlisted 3/15/62, Present through war, Deserted 3/23/65, Took oath & sent to Richmond Ohio, Born 2/15/1838 in SC, Died 3/18/1909, Buried Camp Ground Cemetery, Cobb County,Ga James Leopard Frey - Enlisted 3/15/62, Captured 12/5/63 near Knoxville, POW at Rock Island, Exchanged at New Orleans 5/65, Born 3/27/1846 near Columbia, SC, Died 6/26/1914, Buried Barlow Cemetery, Barlow, Ky Samuel George Frey - Enlisted 3/15/62, Present through war, Captured at Burkville,Va 4/6/65, Released 6/27/65, Born 5/13/1836 in SC, Died 3/17/1911, Buried New Hope Methodist Cemetery, Cobb County, Ga John W Fridell - Enlisted 6/1/62, Captured at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/64, POW at Pt Lookout until released 5/14/65 James G. Gaseway(or Gasaway) - Enlisted 3/15/62, Present on 6/62 roll, No further record, Died 12/24/1900, Buried Powder Springs Ga Byron B Green - Enlisted 2/11/62, WIA at Second Manassas (leg), Promoted 4th Sgt mid 63, Surrendered and paroled at Appomattox 4/9/65 David M. Hamby - Enlisted 3/15/62, Died Winchester, Va 9/10/62 of disease, Buried Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Va, Born 1/28/1846 in Marietta, Ga Friend Haney - Enlisted 4/8/62, Sick much of 62/63, Shows present on 8/64 roll, In Richmond hospital 4/2/65, Died 2/9/97, Buried Mt Bethel Church Cobb County William Haney - Enlisted 2/2/63, In Petersburg hospital 9/63, 6/13/64 note states "died at home", Died 12/7/63, Buried Newnan Ga Thomas Harper - Enlisted 3/15/62, MWIA at Chancellorsville (thigh) 5/2/63, Died 5/8/63, Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va Isaac N. Hayes - Enlisted 3/15/62, Detailed as shoemaker in Atlanta 3/63, 8/64 roll shows same status, No further record John W Hayes - Enlisted in Co C 6/25/61, Age 17, Transferred from Co C 6/62, In hospitals much of 62/early 63, Detailed as shoemaker in Atlanta mid 63, Shows AWOL on 8/64 roll, No further record Hilliard J Hill - Enlisted 3/15/62, Captured 9/29/62 at Warrenton, Va & immediately exchanged, Discharged from service 8/63 John Hill - Enlisted 3/15/62, Discharged - overage with bad eyesight 10/62, Age 56 James Hogan - Enlisted 4/7/62, Discharged 12/22/62 Toliver Y Hughes - Enlisted 3/16/62, In hospital 9/62 then furloughed home, Deserted to join Co I Bonaud's (sp?)Battery near Charleston, SC, 8/64 roll still shows AWOL, Shows surrendered 4/9/65 at Appomattox as T L Huse, Died 9/5/1937, Buried DeKalb County Clement J Hunt - Enlisted 3/15/62, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/62, Exchanged 10/62, WIA & Captured at Gettysburg 7/63, Exchanged 8/63 & furloughed home to Ga, Shows AWOL on 8/64 roll, No further record John A Ivey - Enlisted 7/18/62, WIA at Chancellorsville 5/2/63, WIA (left hand) at Spotsylvania 5/64, Furloughed home then captured in Cobb County Ga 7/64, POW at Camp Douglas,Ill., Died 11/21/64 from small pox, Buried Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill Newton J Ivey - Enlisted 7/18/62, MWIA at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, Died Boonsboro, Md 9/15/62 American F Johnson - Transferred into company 6/63 from Co G 10th Alabama as 5th Sgt, Elected 2nd Lt 7/27/63, WIA & captured 11/29/63 at Knoxville (right thigh), Returned through lines same day, Retired 10/14/64 John R. Johnson - Enlisted 3/15/62, Died 5/8/62 of disease at Camp Pritchard, SC Richard Johnson - Enlisted 6/11/61 (in another unit?) Captured at Sharpsburg 9/62, Exchanged 10/62, Cpl 4/1/64, Furloughed 1/23/65, No further record Joseph Tarpley Lowrey - Enlisted 7th Ga 5/61, Age 17, Younger brother of Capt J. Fletcher Lowrey, Transferred into Co L from 7th Ga 8/62, Deserted 3/11/65, Took oath 3/18/65 & sent to Richmond, Ohio, Returned to Marietta after the war and married Charlotte A Northup 4/12/66 James Loyd - Enlisted 3/22/62, Deserted 12/14/63 near Knoxville, Took oath 1/3/64, No further record John Andrew Massey -Enlisted 3/15/62, WIA at Chancellorsville 5/2/63 (hand), Captured at Burkville,Va 4/6/65, POW at Pt Lookout until released 6/29/65, Born 3/30/1843, Died 12/20/1919, Buried Citizens Cemetery, Marietta, Ga Alfred (albert) W. Mauldin - Enlisted3/15/62, Present through war, Deserted 3/22/65, Took oath and sent to Illinois Kindred Megarity - Enlisted 3/15/62, Admitted to Richmond General Hospital #14 8/12/62, Transferred 8/31/62 to Mayo Island, No further record Manasseh Benjamin McGinty - Enlisted 4/8/62, Promoted to 4th Sgt 12/62, Promoted to 2nd Lt 3/21/64, Captured at Saylors Creek 4/6/65, Released 6/19/65, Born 4/13/40, Died 2/23/1899, Buried Oconee Hills Cemetery, Athens, Ga Ira F. McLellan - Enlisted 3/15/62, Captured at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, POW at Ft Delaware until exchanged in October 1862, AWOL 7/22/63, Still shown AWOL as of 8/64, Born 5/30/45, Alabama pension application states he was in a convalescent camp in Macon, Ga at war's end, Also states that he was wounded at Fredericksburg in the leg and shoulder and wounded and captured at Cold Harbor in June 1864, No Federal POW records substantiate this William Rhadamanthus Montgomery - Enlisted in 2nd SC for one year 5/9/61, Reenlisted in Co L as 1st Sgt April 1862, Transferred to 3rd Sharpshooter Battalion as 1st Lt 5/63 Edwin R. Moon - Enlisted 3/15/62, Present through war, Surrendered and paroled at Appomattox 4/9/65 Patrick J. Morris - Present on 6/62 roll, No further record William T. Moore - Enlisted 3/15/62, Captured at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/64, POW at Elmira, Died there of small pox 2/4/65, Buried Woodlawn Cemetery #1738 (or 1832), Elmira, NY Thomas O. Moore - Enlisted 4/4/62, Captured 12/5/63 in Tennessee, POW at Rock Island until exchanged 5/23/65 at New Orleans William W. Oglesby - Enlisted 3/15/62, Present on 12/31/62 roll, Transferred to 3rd Ga per ANV SO #177 dated 4/27/63 William C. Owens - Enlisted 3/15/62, Died 11/2/62 of disease at Washington,Va William B. Pilgrim - Enlisted 3/15/62, WIA at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62 (shoulder), Present on 8/64 roll, Hospitalized 10/64, Paroled 4/19/65 at Newton,NC John E Ray - Enlisted 3/15/62 Co M then transferred into Co L spring of 1863, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/63, POW at Ft Delaware until exchanged 11/20/64, Furloughed from Richmond hospital 11/64, No further record George D Rice - Enlisted 9/7/63, WIA&captured at Knoxville 11/29/63 (Big toe left foot), Returned across the lines that same day, WIA 7/1/64 (location not stated) Died 7/3/64 Joseph B. Richardson - Enlisted 8/17/62, WIA (lost arm) at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, Furloughed from Richmond hospital 2/63, Still being paid at home in 1863/64 Hezekiah N Roberts - enlisted 3/10/63, Furloughed 12/27/64, No further record Solomon Sanders - Captured at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, Exchanged 11/10/62, Died 2/17/63 of pneumonia at Danville Va James H Sauls - Enlisted 3/15/62, WIA at Sharpsburg,Md 9/17/62 lost leg, No further record Henry Self - Enlisted 3/15/62, Present until captured 4/6/65 at Sailors Creek, POW at Point Lookout until released 6/8/65 James T. Self - Enlisted 3/15/62, Discharged - overage 10/15/62, Age 52 Albert R Shaw - Enlisted 6/9/62, Discharged-underage 9/29/62 Hiram Sherman Sr. - Enlisted 3/15/62, Discharged - overage 10/15/62, Age 70!! Hiram Sherman Jr. - Enlisted 3/15/62, MWIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/62, Hit in back with shell, Died 12/21/62 William P Stephens - Enlisted 4/5/62, Elected Lt Co M April 62 H M Taylor - Enlisted 8/15/62, Sick most of 62/63, Captured in Richmond hospital 4/3/65, Died of chronic diarrhea 8/7/65 in Savannah hospital, Buried Laurel Grove Savannah Simeon J Taylor - Enlisted 3/26/62, Last shown present on 8/64 roll, Death claim filed 1864, No further record Benjamin J. Tribble - Enlisted 4/3/62, Transferred to Cav Co C 5/2/62, Death claim filed by father 2/23/64 shows date of death as 6/26/63 Mitchell Walraven - Enlisted 4/5/62, Captured at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, Exchanged 11/10/62, WIA at Gettysburg 7/2/63 (foot), Accidentally wounded in foot 6/13/64, Deserted 3/11/65 William O. Waters - Enlisted 3/15/62, WIA (head) at Second Manassas 8/30/62, Captured 7/2/63 at Gettysburg, Imprisoned at Fort Delaware until exchanged 2/18/65, No further record Ira J. Weems - Enlisted 3/15/62, Present on roll dated 1/28/65, No further record Benjamin R Whitfield - Enlisted 4/5/62, Medical discharge 10/27/63 Green B Willingham - Enlisted 4/8/62, Died 12/25/62 at Richmond of small pox Harrison Wilmoth - Enlisted 4/8/62, Captured at Fox's Gap,Md 9/14/62, Exchanged 11/10/62, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/63, POW at Rock Island until exchanged 2/15/65, No further record (Born in NC 2/28/1829, Died Marietta, Ga 4/15/1902, Brother of Light and William) Light Heckleman Wilmoth - Enlisted 4/28/62, Present until final record 1/65 showing furloughed (Born 1844 in Ga, Died 4/1/1886, Buried Marietta City Cemetery, Brother of Harrison and William) William J. Wilmoth - Enlisted 4/8/62, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/63, Died 11/18/63 of small pox at Point Lookout, Buried Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, Md (Born about 1841 in Ga, brother of Harrison and Light) Franklin M Wooten - Enlisted 4/5/62, Deserted from Richmond hospital 10/18/62, Shows deceased on 6/25/63 report BUT 1911 pension application shows him very much alive, In it he states that he was discharged due to poor health 11/62 J G Wooten - Enlisted 3/15/62, Furloughed 5/30/64, Last entry 8/64 shows AWOL William J Wooten - Enlisted 5/16/62, AWOL 5/62 ("forged a discharge and deserted"), Captured & confined in Atlanta 12/62, Back with unit 3/63, Roll dated 12/64 states "discharged from hospital 6/64 and not heard from since, No further record Richard C Wylie - Enlisted 4/28/62, Died of pneumonia at Lynchburg Va 2/15/64, Buried Lynchburg City Cemetery Joseph B Zibemy - Enlisted 3/62, Discharged-overage 10/30/62, Age 54 Compiled by Kurt Graham Texans in the Civil War