TROUP - BEN HILL COUNTY, GA - MILITARY  - Civil War  Co. H21st Regiment "Silver Grays"


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Company H, 21st Regiment
Dade County
"Silver Grays"
or
"Yancey Invincibles"

Allen, John -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Sick at Staunton,
Virginia July 1-August 31, 1864. No later record.

Amos, Madison F. (or Amoss) -- Private - July 2, 1861.
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Died of
wounds at Richmond, Virginia July 19, 1862.

Atkins, James S. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant
November 21, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April
9, 1865.

Beckham, George W. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Died of
disease at Lynchburg, Virginia April 20, 1862. Buried in
Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Virginia

Beckham, James M. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Roll for August 31,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Beckham, Jesse -- Private - July 10, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Roll for August 31,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Beckham, John -- Private - February 26, 1862. Died of
disease at Lynchburg, Virginia June 10, 1862. Buried there
in Confederate Cemetery. No. 6, 3rd Line, Lot 171-
Ferguson's Factory.

Benge, John I. -- 5th Sergeant - July 2, 1861. Killed at
Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862.

Blevins, George W. (or George M.) -- Private - March 4,
1862. Admitted to General Hospital at Farmville, Virginia
with hernia in 1862. Discharged, disability, at Lynchburg,
Virginia August 23, 1862.

Blevins, James Wesley -- 3rd Sergeant - July 2, 186l.
Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant July 27, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant October 25, 1862. Resigned, disability, September
5, 1863.

Blevins, Lewis -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at Malvern
Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.

Blevins, Stephen -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded in leg,
necessitating amputation, at Manassas Junction, Virginia
August 26, 1862. Captured in 1862. Exchanged October 7,
1862. At home, wounded, close of war.

Blevins, W. E. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Appears last on
roll for April 30, 1863, with remark.-"Absent without leave;
supposed to be in DeKalb County, Alabama"

Blevins, William -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia May 5, 1862; Cedar Run, Virginia August
9, 1862. Deserted in Dade County, Georgia and went into
enemy's line, January 1, 1864.

Boatman, George W. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of
disease at Richmond, Virginia December 3, 1862.

Boulden, Enoch Y. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Killed at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862.

Boulden, George W. -- 2nd Sergeant - July 2, 1861. Elected
2nd Lieutenant July 27, 1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas,
Virginia August 28, 1862. Died, result amputation of leg,
August 30, 1862.

Bryant, James R. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Transferred to
Company I, 10th Regiment Alabama Infantry February 1, 1862.
Captured, while home on furlough of indulgence, February 8,
1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at
Chattanooga, Tennessee and released February 20, 1864.

Burnett, Buford -- Private - March 1, 1862. Discharged, on
account of chronic rheumatism, at Richmond, Virginia October
1, 1862.

Carney, Patrick -- Private - July 2, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Christopher, William C. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Appointed 5th Sergeant in 1864. Received pay as detailed
nurse from November 7, 1862 to February 11, 1863. No later
record.

Clark, Joel J. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appointed
Corporal. Wounded at Plymouth, North Carolina April 18,
1864. Died of wounds at Weldon, North Carolina May 15, 1864.

Clark, John H. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of disease at
Manassas, Virginia September 18, 1861.

Clark, William A. – Private - July 2, 1861. Deserted near
North Gadsden, Virginia June 17, 1864.

Cobb, Charles Robert (or Robert Charles) -- Private -
February 28, 1862. Transferred to Company D, 6th Regiment
Alabama Infantry September 27, 1862. Wounded July 3, 1864.
Admitted to General Hospital at Howard's Grove, Richmond,
Virginia, September 21, 1864. Discharged March 23, 1865.

Cook, Nicholas H. -- 1st Corporal - July 2, 1861. Died at
Standardsville, Virginia May 22, 1862.

Cooper, John C. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant July 27, 1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas, Virginia
August 28, 1862. Died of wounds September 15, 1862.

Countiss, Benjamin F. (or Countess) -- Private - July 2,
1861. Appointed Commissary in 1861. Died of typhoid fever at
Sudley Church Hospital near Centreville, Virginia October
19, 1861.

Countiss, John B. (or Countess) -- Private - July 2, 1861.
Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 1, 1861; 1st Lieutenant
September 28, 1862; Captain August 11, 1863. Captured in
Dade County, Georgia February 10, 1865. Released at Fort
Delaware, Delaware June 17, 1865.

Countiss, Patrick (or Countess) -- Private - July 2, 1861.
Appointed 1st Corporal September 27, 1863; Sergeant. Died of
disease in Dade County, Georgia prior to June 1864.

Crosby, John C. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Deserted near
Orange Court House, Virginia January 17, 1864. Captured at
Milton s Ford, Virginia, a Confederate deserter, January 18,
1864. Sent to Old Capitol Prison at Washington, D. C.
January 20, 1864; released therefrom on taking oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government and sent to Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania March 15, 1864.

Cross, Daniel -- Private - March 20, 1862. Died of disease
at Richmond, Virginia May 24, 1862.

Crumbley, William A. -- Private - September 11, 1863.
Captured near Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864.
Released at Point Lookout, Maryland June 30, 1865.

Daniel, Francis (or Franklin) -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - July
2, 1861. Resigned, disability, September 1, 1861. Elected
Jr. 2nd Lieutenant of Company D, 39th Regiment Georgia
Infantry March 4, 1862; 1st Lieutenant October 30, 1862.
Absent without leave February 14, 1864. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and
released March 8, 1864.

Dempsey, John -- Private - September 11, 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Earp, Romulus M. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of disease
at Manassas, Virginia May 1, 1862.

Easley, Benjamin -- 4th Corporal - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
Charlestown, West Virginia August 21, 1864. Died of wounds
August 23, 1864.

Easley, Charles B. -- 1st Lieutenant - July 2, 1861. Wounded
at Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor,
Virginia June 27, 1862.

Evans, Leonidas -- 1st Sergeant - July 2, 1861. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant September 18, 1862. Wounded, date and place not
given. Furloughed for 20 days April 17, 1863. In Dade
County, Georgia, working as blacksmith, September 9, 1863.
Dropped from rolls for prolonged absence without leave
November 12, 1863.

Fletcher, Andrew Jackson -- Private - July 2, 1861.
Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia August 16,
1861. Reenlisted May 16, 1862. Appointed Corporal; Sergeant.
Captured at Harrisonburg, Virginia September 25, 1864.
Exchanged October 31, 1864. Received at Venus Point,
Savannah River, Georgia, November 15, 1864. No later record.

Fletcher, James Harrison -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appears
last on roll for April 30, 1863.

Forrester, Callendar -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Deserted near Cedar
Creek, Virginia August 15, 1864.

Forrester, David -- Private - July 2, 1861.- Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia August 16, 1861.

Fortenberry, Mathew D. -- Enlisted as a private in Company
I, 10th Regiment Alabama Infantry June 4, 1861.Transferred
to Company H, 21st Regiment Georgia Infantry February 1,
1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.

Frizzell, Louis R. (or Luke R.) -- Private - July 2, 1861.
Wounded at Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Captured
at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Admitted to U. S.
A. Depot Field Hospital, Winchester, Virginia, wounded in
right lung, October 20, 1864; to U. S. A. General Hospital
at Baltimore, Maryland December 11, 1864. Transferred to
General Hospital at Fort McHenry, Maryland for exchange,
February 16, 1865.

Gatlin, Joshua -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862; Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 13, 1862; Plymouth, North Carolina April 18, 1864;
Charlestown, West Virginia August 21, 1864. Died of wounds
at Weldon, North Carolina in 1864.

Gibson, Hiram -- Private - July 2, 1861. Roll for August 31,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Gibson, John -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died near Lynchburg,
Virginia August 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.
No.5, 3rd Line, Lot 177-either Ford's or Crumpton's.

Gilliam, James R. -- Private - July 10, 1861.Appointed
Corporal September 27, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg,
Virginia December 13, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Fort Delaware, Delaware and enlisted in U. S.
service July 27, 1863.

Gilliam, John -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of disease at
Lynchburg, Virginia April 27, 1862. Buried there in
Confederate Cemetery. No.1, 1st Line, Lot 171-Ferguson's
Factory.

Griffin, William -- Private - April 1, 1863. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Fort Delaware, Delaware
and enlisted in U. S. service July 27, 1863.

Hawkins, James T. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appears last on
roll for April 30, 1863, with remark: "Absent without leave
since September 17, 1862; supposed to be in DeKalb County,
Alabama." No later record.

Henderson, Hiram H. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 5, 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Point Lookout, Maryland
and enlisted in U. S. service January 24, 1864.

Herring, Jefferson T. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Roll for April 30,
1863, shows him "Absent without leave since September 17,
1862. Supposed to be in Dade County, Georgia."

Hicks, Isaac -- 2nd Lieutenant - July 2, 1861. Elected 1st
Lieutenant July 27, 1862. Wounded at Manassas Junction,
Virginia August 26, 1862. Died of wounds at Centreville,
Virginia, August 28, 1862.

Johnson, Henry -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal in 1863; 2nd Sergeant in 1864. Wounded at
Charlestown, West Virginia August 21, 1864. No later record.

Johnson, John -- Private - September 11, 1863. Died of
disease in Gordonsville, Virginia hospital July 19, 1864.

Jones, John C. -- 2nd Corporal - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
2nd Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Appointed 5th
Sergeant February 7, 1863. Killed at Winchester, Virginia
September 19, 1864.

Jones, Martin Wilborn -- 3rd Corporal - July 2, 1861. Killed
at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862.

Jones, Warren -- Private - July 2, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Jones, William C. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant July 26, 1862. Discharged, disability, at
Petersburg, Virginia November 29, 1862.

King, James Pinkney -- Private - March 1, 1862. Killed at
2nd Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862.

Knight, Merritt -- Private - July 2, 1861. Captured at
Warrenton, Virginia October 1, 1862. Paroled at Centreville,
Virginia October 7, 1862. Received at City Point, Virginia
November 18, 1862. Appears last on roll for April 30, 1863,
with remark," Absent without leave since January 1, 1863; in
4th Tennessee Cavalry, Horton's Command."

Lowry, Samuel C. -- 4th Sergeant - July 2, 1861. Appointed
2nd Sergeant in 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant in 1863; 1st
Lieutenant in 1864. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file,
shows him present. No later record.

Malone, Augustus W. H. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appointed
3rd Corporal February 11, 1863. Deserted near Cedar Creek,
Virginia August 15, 1864.

McBee, Robert Michael -- Private - July 2, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

McDonald, George W. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of
disease at Culpeper, Virginia October 15, 1861.

McDonald, William -- Private - July 2, 1861. Killed at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862.

Millsaps, Burrell -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Appears last on
roll for April 30, 1863, with remark. Absent without leave
since April 13, 1863; supposed to be in Jackson County,
Alabama."

Moore, George W. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant September 28, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Fort Delaware, Delaware and enlisted in U. S.
service August 1, 1863.

Murray, John W. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Appears last on roll for
April 30, 1863.

Nisbet, James Cooper – Captain - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862; Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862. Resigned August 11, 1863. Elected
Colonel of the 66th Regiment Georgia Infantry October 8,
1863. Captured at Decatur, Georgia July 22, 1864. Released
at Johnson's Island, Ohio July 25, 1865.

O'Neal, Alexander J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 2, 1863. No later record.

O'Neal, Augustus F. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Absent,
sick, August 5-31, 1864. Died in service.

O'Neal, Brittain B. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Killed at
Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862.

O'Neal, James -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Died of wounds at Richmond,
Virginia same day.

O'Neal, John W. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Roll for August 31, 1864,
last on file, shows him absent, wounded. No later record.

O'Neal, Jules B. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of phthisis
at Culpeper, Virginia December 15, 1861.

Oyler, Daniel -- Private - September 1, 1861. Discharged,
disability, October 5, 1861.

Oyler, Frederick -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 2, 1863. Appears last on roll
for April 30, 1863, with remark.- Absent without leave
January 1, 1863; in DeKalb County, Alabama." No later
record.

Oyler, George W. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Captured at
Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland March 15, 1865. Transferred to Aiken's
Landing, Virginia for exchange March 1865. Received at
Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 18,
1865. No later record.

Oyler, Gilliam -- Private - March 1, 1862. Killed at
Manassas Junction, Virginia August 26, 1862.

Oyler, James M. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at Cross
Keys, Virginia June 8, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.

Oyler, Smith -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appointed 1st
Corporal in 1864. Received by Provost Marshal General,
Washington, D. C., a Confederate deserter, March 29, 1865.
Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and furnished
transportation to Springfield, Ohio.

Parmelee, Newton B. -- Private - March 15, 1862. Wounded in
1863. Died of wounds at Richmond, Virginia June 10, 1863.
Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Pennington, William -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Received by
Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., a Confederate
deserter, March 29, 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government and furnished transportation to Springfield,
Ohio.

Potter, John -- Private - May 20, 1862. Discharged,
disability, at Staunton, Virginia August 4, 1862.

Revelle, Abel W. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Roll for August 31,
1864, last on file, shows he deserted. With the enemy in
DeKalb County, Alabama since May 1863.

Revelle, James N. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant
September.. 24, 1862; 3rd Sergeant. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 2, 1863. Paroled prisoner of
war May 15, 1865.

Roe, Alexander -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of disease at
Sudley Church Hospital near Centreville, Virginia September
27, 1861.

Roe, George -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of disease at
Sudley Church Hospital near Centreville, Virginia in 1862.

Roe, William M. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of typhoid
fever at Sudley Church Hospital near Centreville, Virginia
October 17, 1861.

Russell, Henry -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Appears last on roll for
April 30, 1863 with remark.-"Absent without leave since
January 1, 1863. Supposed to be near Cleveland, Tennessee."
No later record.

Sammons, William J. -- Private - July 10, 1861. Appointed
3rd Sergeant in 1861; 2nd Sergeant May 25, 1862; 1st
Sergeant in 1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas, Virginia August
28, 1862; Cedar Creek, Virginia August 19, 1864. Died of
wounds in right hip and abdomen, in U. S. A. General
Hospital, West Buildings, Baltimore, Maryland, October 30,
1864.

Smith, John C. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862; Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862. Absent without leave January 1- April
30, 1863. No later record.

Smith, Lanson T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Captured at Sand Mountain,
Georgia March 18, 1864. Died at Camp Chase, Ohio February
22, 1865. Grave #1378, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery.

Smith, William C. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. Absent without leave since
December 1, 1862; in Marion County, Tennessee Captured at
Tullahoma, Tennessee, a Confederate deserter, July 3, 1863;
took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government there and
released July 9, 1863.

Stewart, Jerry N. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Discharged,
disability, October 5, 1861.

Tatum, George -- Private - September 11, 1863. Died of
pneumonia in General Hospital #9, at Richmond, Virginia
December 21, 1863.

Thurman, Riley V. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Appointed 2nd
Corporal February 7, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 4, 1863. Sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware,
where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and
enlisted in U. S. service, August 1, 1863.

Tinker, Henderson -- Private - July 2, 1861. Discharged,
disability, October 5, 1861.

Tinker, Jacob -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died of disease in
General Hospital at Lynchburg, Virginia August 23, 1863.
Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 3, 5th Line, Lot
177-Reid's Factory.

Tinker, James W. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Captured at
Caperton Ferry, Tennessee August 30, 1863. Died at Rock
Island, Illinois February 13, 1864.

Tinker, William -- Private - March 1, 1862. Killed at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862.

Warren, Charles -- Private - July 2, 1861. Absent without
leave December 1, 1862. No later record.

Warren, Samuel H. -- Private - July 2, 1861. Killed at Cold
Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862.

Warren, William A. – Private - July 2, 1861. Died of disease
at Culpeper, Virginia September 13, 1861.

Whatley, Gibson F. -- 1st Sergeant - January 1, 1864. See
private, Company F.

Whitehead, John -- Private - May 1, 1862. Died of disease,
Standardsville, Virginia, June 18, 1862.

Wigley, Daniel -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appears last on
roll for April 30, 1863.

Wigley, F. Marion -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at
Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862; Fredericksburg,
Virginia December 13, 1862. Roll for April 30, 1863, shows
him "Absent, wounded; sick at Lynchburg, Virginia" No later
record.

Wigley, Jackson -- Private - July 2, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Sent to Fort
Delaware, Delaware, where he took oath of allegiance to U.
S. Government and enlisted in U.S. service, July 15, 1863.