Georgia: Carroll & Coweta Counties: Muster Roll, Company I, 56th Regiment ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Carolyn L. Harper Johnson clhjohnson@aol.com ==================================================================== MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY I, 56th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. CARROLL & COWETA COUNTIES, GEORGIA Cobb, John M.- Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga State Troops October 14, 1861; Captain January 25, 1862. Mustered out April 13,1862. Elected Captain of Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga Inf. May 10,1862. Wounded and disabled at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born February 8,1833.) Dorris, W. C.- 1st Lieutenant May 10,1862. Dropped for prolonged absence without leave May 16,1864. Yates, A. J.- 2d Lieutenant May 10, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Dorris, J. M.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 10, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Garrison, James Gillespie-Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14,1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant January 31,1862. Mustered out April 13,1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10,1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Furr, H.- Appointed 4th Corporal of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant of Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Deserted July 4,1863. Davis, John A.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Discharged December 14, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant of Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10,1862. Died of chronic diarrhea at Vicksburg, Miss. June 30,1863. Gray, J. W. 4th Sergeant May 10,1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 15, 1863. Pension records show he was at home close of war. Cole, J. M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14,1861. Mustered out April 13,1862. Appointed 1st Corporal of Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863. Paroled there July 1863. (Born in Carroll County, Ga. September 16, 1833.) Yarbrough, Joseph-Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal of Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Chance, C. B.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal of Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10,1862. Wounded at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863. Died from wounds in 1863. Willoughby, Thomas-4th Corporal May 10, 1862. Deserted July 4, 1863. Adams, J. L.- private May 10,1862. Adams, J. Q.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was "unfit for military duty thirteen months prior to surrender." (Born in Washington County, Ga. April 22,1839. Died in Haralson County, Ga. in 1917.) Andrews, Moses- private May 10,1862. Died at home in 1862. Ballard, D. F.- private May 10,1862. Died at Vicksburg, Miss. July 1,1863. Barnes, J. M.- private May 10,1862. Died at Vicksburg, Miss. June 30;1863. Bass, J. J.- private May 10,1862. Bass, R. G.- private May 10,1862. Wounded and disabled at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863. Pension records show he was discharged in 1863. (Born in Ga. March 10, 1836. Died in Paulding County, Ga. in 1901.) Bevan, J. H.- private May 10, 1862. Killed at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864. Blanchard, J. T.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863. Brooks, John W.- Appointed 3d Corporal of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863, and paroled there July 15, 1863. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Died in Carroll County, Ga. June 23, 1911. Brooks, William J.- private May 10,1862. Captured at Jonesboro, Ga. September 4, 1864. Enlisted in 6th United States Vols. at Camp Douglas, Ill. March 29,1865. Brown, W. H.- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled July 8, 1863. Pension records show he was detailed for scout duty September 1, 1864. Paroled at Atlanta, Ga. May 1865. (Born in Ga. May 1836.) Bryant, David- private May 10, 1862. Bryant, R. N.- private May 10, 1862. Bryant, T. S.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops November 10, 1861. Mustered out April - 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Cole, John R.- private May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was severely wounded in right side at Vicksburg, Miss. July 1863. Discharged, disability (Born in Carroll County, Ga. September 11, 1835. Died in Paulding County, Ga. May 28, 1916.) Compton, E. M.- private May 10, 1862. Captured in Kentucky September 4, 1862, and paroled at Barbourville, Ky. same day. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Cornett, D. S.- private May 10,1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Pension records show he was detailed for scout duty September 1864. Discharged May 1865. Died in Douglas County, Ga. February 13, 1923. Cornett, John H.- private October 1863. Pension records show he was discharged, disability, June 1864. (Born in Ga. December 7, 1844. Died in Paulding County, Ga. October 1910.) Cornett, Samuel T.- private May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was at home in 1865. Dorris, William C.- Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant January 31, 1862. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1863. Doster, W. J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 13, 1861. Roll dated April 12, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Driskill, G. P.- private May 10,1862. Edwards, Simpson- private May 10,1862. Embry, G. W.- Appointed 3d Sergeant of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Killed at Crow Valley, near Dalton, Ga., May 9, 1864. Evans, Elijah A.- private May 10,1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. July 3,1863, and exchanged July 4,1863. Paroled April 1865. (Born in Butts County, Ga. October 1,1836.) Evans, James- private May 10, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tenn. in 1862. Evans, Jesse W.- private May 10,1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tenn. in 1862. Freeman, W. F.- private May 10, 1862. Captured. Died at Camp Chase, O. February 7, 1865. Grave.#1097, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. Garmon, W. S.- private May 10,1862. Died June 2, 1907. Garrison, William H.- private December 2, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863. Exchanged in 1863. Pension records show he was furloughed for 30 days March 25, 1865. Gray, Z. T.- private June 1, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. Green, D. Franklin-Appointed 1st Corporal of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10,1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863. Paroled July 8, 1863. Pension records show he was on sick furlough on account of rheumatism close of war. Died at Atlanta, Ga. November 15, 1932. Buried there in Greenwood Cemetery. Green, M. T.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Hallman, Henry (or Hollman)- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Louisville, Ky. and discharged, to be released north of Ohio River, July 4,1864. Haney, M. A.- Appointed 5th Sergeant of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14,1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Hardin, W. J.- private May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. (Born in North Carolina in 1833.) Harper, Brooks H.- private June 1, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Jackson County, Ga. January 7, 1833.) Harper, J. M.- private May 10, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. December 17,1863. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Hart, Joseph Lemuel- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16,1864. Imprisoned in Military Prison at Louisville, Ky. and Camp Chase, O., where he was released, June 12, 1865. (Born in 1828.) Hassell, Charles- private May 10,1862. Died at Bowersville, Ky. in 1862. Hicks, Isaac C.- private May 1862. Substitute for Newton Roberts. Discharged, disability, November 25, 1863. (Born in Haywood County, N. C. April 22, 1830. Died in Carroll County, Ga. May 4,1887.) Hilderbrand, Alfred Green- private May 10,1862. Killed at Vicksburg, Miss. July 3, 1863. Hilderbrand, John H.- private May 10,1862. Pension records show he was captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 3, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Contracted chronic diarrhea in service and was at home, sick, close of war. (Born in Ga.) Huff, John H.- private May 10,1862. Irwin, Paulding- private May 10, 1862. Died at Dalton, Ga. Johnson, James- private May 10, 1862. Deserted July 4, 1863. Keaten, K. I.- private May 10,1862. Wounded and captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863, and paroled same day. Appointed 3d Sergeant February 1864. Captured at Resaca, Ga. May 1864, and sent to Camp Morton, Inf. Furloughed for 30 days at Richmond, Va. March 1865. (Born in Ga. January 9,1842.) Kelly, William- private May 10, 1862. Died in Knoxville, Tenn. hospital February 29,1863. Kennady, A. M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops November 10, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Absent without leave since 1864. Leathers, F. M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. Inf. October 14,1861. Mustered out April 13,1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Died at Jackson, Miss. in 1863. Mann, James- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Dalton, Ga. in 1864. Died in prison. Mann, John E.- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863. Imprisoned at Camp Morton, Ind. and Fort Delaware, Del., where he was paroled for exchange July 3,1863. Received at City Point, Va. July 6, 1863. Captured at Dalton, Ga. May 18, 1864. Imprisoned in Military Prison at Louisville, Ky. and Rock Island, Ill., where he was released June 22,1865. (Born in Carroll County, Ga. May 29, 1833.) McBrayer, Peter P.- private May 10, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Captured at Resaca, Ga. May 15, 1864. Exchanged at, Boulware & Cox s Wharves, James River, Va., March 10-12, 1865. No later record. (Born in Ga. in 1836.) Medlin, William- private May 1862. Substitute for R. F. Taylor. Absent without leave since April 1863. Michael, E.- private May 10, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. July 1862. Michael, James H.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Michael, W. R.- private May 10,1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. August 1862. Miller, J. J.- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. No later record. Morris, Patrick- private May 10, 1862. Morris, Robert- private March 1863. Morris, Thomas S.- private May 10, 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. (Born in Bedford County, Va. in 1841.) Morris, T. J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. En- listed as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. Pension records show he was detailed scout duty September 1864. (Born in Cobb County, Ga. September 20, 1843.) Nally, W. H.- private May 10, 1862. Captured, date and place not given. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. Norris, T. S.- See Morris, T. S. Norton, P. E.- private May 10, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Cobb County, Ga. September 2,1843. Died there February 6,1924.) Pate, W.- private May 10, 1862. Absent without leave April 1865. Pope, Wyly- private May 10, 1862. Missing in Kentucky campaign in 1862. Left sick at Lexington, Ky. September 1862. Never heard from. Ragan, Daniel S.- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864. Released from Camp Chase, O. June 11,1865. (Born in Walton County, Ga. July 12, 1828.) Roberts, J. S.- private May 10, 1862. Absent without leave since July 4,1863. Roberts, Martin- private May 10, 1862. Deserted July 4, 1863. Roberts, Newton- private May 10, 1862. Discharged, furnished J. C. Hicks as substitute, May 1862. Scott, John- private May 10,1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. January 5,1864. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Sims, W. J.- private May 10, 1862. Slaughter, John Thomas- private May 10, 1862. Elected Lieutenant Colonel May 15,1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 20, 1863. Resigned October 25, 1864. Sloan, D. W.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops November 10,1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10,1862. Talley, Monroe Newton- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. July 3, 1863. Captured at Resaca, Ga. May 15, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Ind. and forwarded to City Point, Va. for exchange February 26, 1865. Died on way home. Taylor, C. B.- private May 10,1862. Taylor, John W.- Appointed 4th Sergeant of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10,1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,1863, and admitted to prison hospital there with flesh wound in left thigh, May 17-23, 1863. In Texas General Hospital at Quitman, Miss. August 31, 1863. Paroled at Atlanta, Ga. May 16, 1865. Died in Carroll County, Ga. July 11,1900. Taylor, R. F.- private May 10, 1862. Discharged, furnished William Medlin as substitute, May 1862. Taylor, W. P.- private May 10,1862. Died of disease in 1862. Tidwell, R. M.- private May 10,1862. Tolbert, R. H.- private May 10, 1862. Died in Atlanta, Ga. hospital in 1862. Trap, W. S.- private May 10, 1862. Absent without leave July 4, 1863. Treglone, Robert M.- private May 10,1862. Discharged, disability, July 1864. Turner, L. J. A.- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Cassville, Ga. in 1864. Released at Rock Island, Ill. in 1865. Turner, Marcus C.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Wounded in right arm at Vicksburg, Miss. July 1, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Died in Carroll County, Ga. October 12, 1899. Velvin, John Jethro-Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14,1861;1st Lieutenant January 30, 1862. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant June 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. On March 4, 1865, he asked C. S. War Dept. for authority to raise a company of Partisan Rangers; claimed he had been a Lieutenant in the 56th Ga. and on consolidation of that regiment had become a supernumerary. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Died in Carroll County, Ga. January 4, 1912. Waldrup, William A. (or Waldrop)- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 and paroled there July 8, 1863. Clothing was issued to him September 5, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. (Born in Newton County, Ga. in 1845. Died in Douglas County, Ga. October 12,1918.) Whisenant, Arthur- private May 10, 1862. Killed at Vicksburg, Miss. July 2, 1863. White, James William- private May 10,1862. Died at Enterprise, Miss. May 3, 1863. Wilkerson, John- private. Wounded, arm disabled, at Kennesaw, Ga. June 22,1864. (Born in Ga. January 18,1828.) Williams, Butler- private May 10, 1862. Williams, J. L.- private. Captured in Kentucky and exchanged September 1864. Williams,N. G.- private May 10,1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Meriwether County, Ga. August 20, 1828.) Williamson, John- private May 10, 1862. Willoughby, William J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 3d Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861. Mustered out April 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 56th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 10,1862. Appointed Sergeant. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 3, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Military Prison, Louisville, Ky. and released north of Ohio River July 31, 1864. Yarbrough, G. W.- private May 10, 1862. Died in Atlanta, Ga. hospital in 1862.