DAWSON COUNTY, GA - MILITARY  - Civil War  Co. i 22nd Regiment "Gardner Volunteers"


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Company I, 22nd Regiment
Dawson County
"Gardner Volunteers"

The local designation of this company is given as "Dawson
County Guards," "Dawson County Independents" and "Dawson
Light Infantry."

Barnett, Richard -- Private - March 24, 1862. Died at
Richmond, Virginia July 2 or 8, 1862.

Barrett, W. G. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Portsmouth, Virginia March 15, 1862.

Beavers, James M. -- Private - September 3, 1861.
Discharged, disability, December 1861 or February 1, 1862.

Beck, Robert W. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Appointed
2nd Corporal in 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 2, 1863. Received at Washington, D. C., a Confederate
deserter, where he took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government and was furnished transportation to Baltimore,
Maryland March 2, 1865.

Bishop, James M -- 1st Corporal - September 3, 1861.
Captured at Manassas Gap, Virginia July 24, 1863. Paroled at
Point Lookout, Maryland and exchanged at Cox's Landing,
James River, Virginia February 14-15, 1865. No later record.

Bond, James W. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal in 1863; 3rd Sergeant in 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Bonds, W. F. -- Private - January 27, 1862. Died at
Richmond, Virginia June 20, 1863.

Boswell, Benjamin -- Private - August 31, 1861. Died at
Falling Creek, Virginia in 1862.

Boswell, C. C. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Boswell, G. F. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Died in Field
Hospital at Chickahominy Swamp, Virginia July 27, 1862.

Bottoms, William H. -- Private - September 3, 1861.
Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1863. Wounded at Petersburg,
Virginia June 9, 1864. Died of wounds June 27, 1864.

Bowlin, James M. -- Private - September 3, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Bowlin, John W. -- 2nd Corporal - September 3, 1861.
Discharged, disability, at Camp Blanchard, Virginia December
31, 1861. Enlisted as a private March 16, 1862. Wounded and
disabled near Petersburg, Virginia June 9, 1864. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without
leave. No later record.

Boyd, Harrison -- Private - September 3, 1861. Died December
29, 1861.

Bruce, F. Marion -- Private - September 3, 1861. Killed at
Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864.

Bruce, J. M. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Captured at
Appomattox, Virginia April 3, 1865. Released at Hart's
Island, New York Harbor June 21, 1865.

Bruce, W. J. -- Private - May 14, 1862. Deserted June 6,
1862.

Byers, Francis M. -- Private - May 3, 1862. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without
leave. No later record.

Byers, R. H. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Died in
Soldiers' Home Hospital at Richmond, Virginia September 17,
1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Carlisle, George W. -- Private - August 19, 1862. Wounded
and disabled at 2nd Manassas, Virginia August 30, 1862.
Received by Provost Marshal General, Army of the Potomac, a
Confederate deserter, March 3, 1865. Received by Provost
Marshal General, Washington, D. C., where he took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government and was furnished
transportation to New York City, March 7, 1865. Reported to
Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., and furnished
transportation to Atlanta, Georgia August 11, 1865.

Charles, Harvey M. -- Private - October 10, 1861.
Discharged, disability, at Camp Blanchard, Virginia January
30, 1862. In pension application filed in Hall County,
Georgia in 1912, he stated he enlisted as a private in
Company C, 5th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1863, and was
discharged, disability, in 1863. Name not borne on rolls of
that regiment. (Resident of Georgia since October 1841.)

Clark, John L. (or James P.) -- Private - September 3, 1861.
Appointed 4th Corporal. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 2, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia March 20,
1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him
absent without leave. No later record.

Coker, Wiley P. -- Private - November 28, 1861. Died of
phthisis in Soldiers' Home Hospital at Richmond, Virginia
November 15, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Day, James M. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Wounded at
Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. Roll for February 28,
1865, last on file, shows him absent on furlough. No later
record.

Dickson, H. C. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Wounded while
on picket duty in Virginia in 1863. Captured at Hagerstown,
Maryland July 5, 1863. Paroled at Baltimore, Maryland August
23, 1863. Received at City Point, Virginia for exchange
August 24, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file,
shows him absent without leave. No later record.

Dickson, James M. -- Private - November 8, 1861. Appointed
1st Sergeant in 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant in 1864.
Killed at Crater near Petersburg, Virginia July 30, 1864.

Durham, Joseph A. -- Private - September 16, 1861. Died of
fever at Falling Creek, Virginia July 8, 1862.

Edwards, George L. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - September 3,
1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant July 2, 1863. Roll for February
28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Edwards, John R. -- Private - June 25, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Fletcher, John N. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia July 2, or 10, 1862.

Fowler, J. C. -- Private - August 19, 1862. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent, sick. No
later record.

Fowler, Samuel M. -- 4th Sergeant - September 3, 1861.
Captured at Manassas Gap, Virginia July 24, 1863. Took oath
of allegiance to U. S. Government at Point Lookout,
Maryland, released and enlisted in U. S. service February
26, 1864.

Freeman, J. H. -- Private - January 12, 1862. Deserted March
1, 1862.

Gayden, John Lumpkin (or Gaydon) -- Private - October 10,
1861. Deserted June 6, 1862.

Gayden, Phineas (or Gaydon, Fineus) -- Private - October 10,
1861. Wounded, fingers amputated in Virginia in 1864.
Discharged, disability, in 1864.

Gayton, William (or Gayden) -- Private - October 10, 1861.
Discharged, disability, at Camp Blanchard, Virginia March
15, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company C, 52nd Regiment
Georgia Infantry. Captured near Nashville, Tennessee
December 1864. Released at Camp Chase, Ohio May 15, 1865.

Gentry, Bynum -- Private - August 31, 1861. Died in
Richmond, Virginia hospital in 1862.

Godfrey, John T. -- 3rd Corporal -September 3, 1861.
Appointed 2nd Corporal December 31, 1861. Discharged in
1862.

Green, Andrew J. -- 4th Corporal - September 3, 1861. Died
in Dawson County, Georgia July 2, 1862.

Haney, B. F. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Harden, William L. -- Private - September 23, 1861. Captured
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Died of chronic
diarrhoea at Richmond, Virginia October 15, 1864.

Hathcock, J. W. (or Haithcock) -- Private - September 16,
1861. Deserted August 30, 1864.

Hollenshead, Burdine V. (or P. V.) -- Private - August 19,
1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863.
Exchanged July 31, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia
April 9, 1865.

Houser, Robert -- 2nd Lieutenant - September 3, 1861. Died
December 27, 1861.

Hughes, L. S. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Appointed 3rd
Corporal; 4th Sergeant in 1864. Wounded at Ream's Station,
Virginia June 22, 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on
file, shows him absent without leave. No later record.

Hulsey, Andrew J. -- Private - August 31, 1861. Drowned in
Rapidan River, Virginia in 1862.

Hulsey, G. W. -- Private - September 3, 1861.Appointed 2nd
Corporal in 1864. Wounded at Ream's Station, Virginia June
22, 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows
him absent without leave. No later record.

Hulsey, Joseph -- Private - September 3, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Camp Blanchard, Virginia March 28, 1862.

Lee, Allison -- Private - September 3, 1861. Killed at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 30, 1862.

Lyon, W. H. -- Private - September 16, 1861. Sick at
Lynchburg, Virginia July 1862. Died in 1863.

Mabry, Asa Mark -- Private - March 17, 1862. Wounded at
King's School House, Virginia June 25, 1862. Died of wounds
at Richmond, Virginia hospital June 26, 1862.

Mabry, E. Mark -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Mabry, S. C. -- Private - September 20, 1861. Appointed 5th
Sergeant in 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9,
1865.

Martin, Jasper M. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Wounded at
2nd Manassas, Virginia August 30, 1862. Wounded in 1863. On
wounded furlough November-December 1863. No later record.

Martin, P. P. -- 2nd Sergeant - September 3, 1861. Captured
at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing,
Virginia for exchange March 14, 1865. Received at Boulware &
Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia March 16, 1865. At home
on furlough close of war. (Born in Henderson County, North
Carolina in 1835.)

Martin, S. D. -- Private - August 19, 1862. Appointed 1st
Corporal in 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file,
shows him absent without leave. No later record.

McAfee, Charles A. --1st Sergeant - September 3, 1861.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant December 27, 1861. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863.

McAfee, Joseph -- 1st Lieutenant - September 3, 1861.
Elected Captain October 8, 1862. Wounded and captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 4, 1863. Exchanged at Cox's
Wharf, James River, Virginia March 22, 1865. No later
record.

McAfee, W. G. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863.

McAfee, William Hamilton -- Enlisted as a private in Company
E, Phillips' Legion Georgia Infantry July 1, 1861. Elected
Jr. 2nd Lieutenant of Company I, 22nd Regiment Georgia
Infantry October 20, 1862. Elected Captain of Company I,
38th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 22, 1863. Resigned to
become Chaplain of the 22nd Regiment Georgia Infantry
February 25, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April
9, 1865.

McClain, James (or McClane) -- Private - October 10, 1861.
Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Sent to
Fort Delaware, Delaware where he enlisted in U. S. Army
February 26, 1864. No record found of said enlistment.

McGinnis, William W. -- Private - September 6, 1861.
Discharged, disability, at Portsmouth, Virginia June 28,
1862.

McGuire, J. W. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Died of fever
at Richmond, Virginia July 3, 1863.

Mullinax, J. O. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Wounded at
Richmond, Virginia June 25, 1862. Transferred to Company A,
11th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 16, 1863.

Mullinax, James H. -- Private - September 3, 1861.
Transferred to Company A, 11th Regiment Georgia Infantry May
1863. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863.
Roll for August 1864, last on file, shows him absent without
leave. Pension records show he was wounded, right leg
permanently disabled, at Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864.
Sent to Richmond, Virginia hospital May 1864. Furloughed for
60 days June 1864. Furlough was extended and he was at home,
wounded, close of war. (Born in Lumpkin County, Georgia
February 10, 1847.)

Newton, Andrew H. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Died at
Gaines Mill Station, Virginia March 1864.

Palmour, Wilson L. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Wounded
at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. Died of wounds in
General Hospital at Richmond, Virginia August 3, 1862.
Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Payne, R. E. -- Private - September 6, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Payne, Richard S. -- Private - April 5, 1862. No later
record.

Pinyan, Andy, Sr. -- Private - August 31, 1861. Appointed
Color Bearer. Killed at 2nd Manassas, Virginia August 30,
1862.

Pinyan, J. H. -- Private - September 16, 1861. Deserted
August 16, 1862. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government
at Chattanooga, Tennessee May 3, 1864.

Pinyan, John R. -- Private - September 30, 1861. Wounded at
Chickahominy, Virginia June 27, 1862. Died of wounds at
Richmond, Virginia July 3, or 12, 1862.

Pinyan, L. F. -- Private - November 8, 1861. Sick in General
Hospital at Richmond, Virginia July 1862. No later record.

Pirch, W. L. -- Private - September 6, 1861. Appointed 3rd
Sergeant in 1863; 1st Sergeant in 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Reese, F. M. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Killed at
Petersburg, Virginia June 9, 1864.

Reese, Sol. D. -- Private - August 19, 1862. Captured at
Sailor's Creek, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Point
Lookout, Maryland June 30, 1865.

Robinson, C. J. -- Private - September 20, 1861. Died of
typhoid fever at Richmond, Virginia March 10, 1863.

Robinson, John B. -- Private - March 24, 1862. Died of
pneumonia in Field Hospital at Gordonsville, Virginia
November 16, 1862.

Robinson, John W. -- Private - September 23, 1861. Captured
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Exchanged at Point
Lookout, Maryland February 18, 1865.

Robinson, Leroy -- Private - April 5, 1862. Died of typhoid
fever at Richmond, Virginia June 29 or July 17, 1862.

Shelton, Adolphus -- Private - October 9, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia July 22, 1862.

Slaton, James Jackson (or Slatten) -- Private - September
16, 1861. Wounded in 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia
April 9, 1865.

Smith, Henry C. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Appointed
3rd Corporal in 1864. Wounded at Farmville, Virginia April
7, 1865. Captured in Petersburg, Virginia hospital April 8,
1865. In Point of Rocks, Virginia hospital May 13, 1865.
(Born in Georgia.)

Smith, M. M. -- Private - September 27, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant December 27, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital at
Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia, October 15, 1862. Returned
to duty October 20, 1862. Drowned in Rapidan River, Virginia
in 1862.

Stedman, Henry -- Private - September 3, 1861. Captured at
Spotsylvania, Virginia May 10, 1864. Paroled at Fort
Delaware, Delaware and forwarded to City Point, Virginia for
exchange March 7, 1865. No later record.

Steel, G. W. -- Private - September 16, 1861. Deserted
August 16, 1862.

Stewart, Clark W. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Captured
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland and exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia
May 8, 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows
him absent without leave. No later record.

Stone, James J. -- Private - September 23, 1861. Deserted
August 16, 1862.

Stone, Z. P. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Deserted to
enemy. Received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D.
C., a Confederate deserter, where he took oath of allegiance
to U. S. Government and was furnished transportation to New
York City, February 24, 1865.

Sullivan, C. D. -- Private - September 16, 1861. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Roll for February
28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No
later record.

Tatum, James -- 3rd Sergeant - September 3, 1861. Appointed
2nd Sergeant. Wounded and disabled at 2nd Manassas, Virginia
August 30, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Danville,
Virginia October 25, 1862.

Whitley, W. N. -- Private - September 3, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Whitmore, William H. -- Private - March 22, 1862. Roll for
October 1863, reports him absent without leave since
November 1, 1862. No later record.

Whitmore, William J. -- Private - March 1862. Discharged on
account of rheumatism at Richmond, Virginia October 1863.

Wigley, James -- Private - September 3, 1861. Deserted
August 16, 1862.

Wigley, Simeon -- Private - September 16, 1861. Wounded
through hip at Seven Pines, Virginia June 27, 1862. In
Soldier's Home Hospital at Richmond, Virginia August 27,
1862. Discharged, disability, September 6, 1862. (Born in
Hall County, Georgia in 1836.)

Willis, Priestly E. -- Captain - September 3, 1861. Resigned
October 8, 1862.

Wilson, John A. -- Private - September 16, 1861. Wounded,
arm disabled near Culpeper, Virginia, in 1862. Discharged,
disability, at Camp Blanchard, Virginia March 28, 1862.
(Born in Lumpkin County, Georgia in 1833.)

Woods, Winchester -- Private - September 16, 1861. Died of
typhoid fever in Richmond, Virginia hospital July 3, 1862.