Company D, 17th Regiment Muster Roll


Company D, 17th Regiment Muster Roll
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Decatur County, Georgia
Decatur Guards


Prepared by: Denise Smiley, July 08, 1999
Email:   smileysattitude@hotmail.com


The Decatur Guards was organized in Decatur County, Ga.
and left Bainbridge Aug. 13, 1861, to enter the Confederate States Army. The
company arrived at Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 15, 1861, where the 17th Ga. Regiment was
organized with Henry L. Benning as Colonel, and became Co. D, of this regiment.
The regiment was mustered into the Confederate service at Lynchburg, Va. Aug.
31, 1861.
There are no rolls of this company on file in Washington, D. C. prior to Jan.
1863.


NAME

INFORMATION


Campbell, Charles Geddes
Captain Aug. 13, 1861. Resigned, disability, Jan. 12, 1863.
Elected Captain of Campbell’s Independent Company Georgia Siege Artillery
Mar. 7, 1863. Paroled, St. Mark’s, Fla. May 12, 1865.


Parks, Virgil A. S.
1st Lieutenant Aug. 13, 1861. Elected Captain Jan. 20, 1863. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.

Harrison, J. C.
2d Lieutenant Aug. 13, 1861. Died of typhoid fever Dec. 9, 1861.

Wilmot, Daniel H.
Jr. 2d Lieutenant Aug. 13, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant May 21, 1862; Captain
of Co. A, Jan. 8, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Died in
Cairo, Ga. in 1882.

Martin, John Henry
lst Sergeant Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30. 1862.
Elected 1st Lieutenant Jan. 20, 1862; Captain Aug. 15, 1863. Severely wounded at
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19, 1863; Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. On duty near
Danville, Va. close of war. Paroled, Thomasville, Ga. May 20, 1865.


Burkett, Eli W.
2d Sergeant Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 16, 1864.
Surrendered, Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865. (Born in England June 25, 1842.)



Hair, James C. (or Haire)
3d Sergeant Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded and disabled at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19,
1863. Roll for Feb. 28, 1865, last on file, shows him in Quincy, Fla. hospital,
wounded. No later record.


Evans, William
4th Sergeant Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.


Hopson, John S.
5th Sergeant Aug. 13, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 21, 1862; 2d
Lieutenant Jan. 20, 1863. Resigned, on account of ill health, May 11, 1863. Died
at Leesburg, Fla. Buried at Quitman, Ga.


Emanuel, Hilliard M.
lst Corporal Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed Musician Feb. 1, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d
Lieutenant Jan. 30, 1863; Ensign Jan. 20, 1863; 1st Lieutenant Aug. 15, 1863.
Wounded in right arm at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 20, 1863; in left arm at
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864; in foot at New Market Road, Va. Oct. 7, 1864.
Commanding company at surrender at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in
Georgia in 1844.)


McKenzie, Alfred D.
2d Corporal Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant May 21, 1862; 1st Sergeant
Jan. 20, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died of wounds July 3,
1863.


George, Edward
3d Corporal Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862.


King, Henry
4th Corporal Aug. 13, 1861. Discharged Sept. 1861.


Watson, Calvin
Artificer Aug. 15, 1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died of
wounds at Petersburg, Va. May 9, 1864.


Anderson, William H.
Private Aug. 15, 1861. Died of disease Dec. 24, 1861.


Barton, John J.
Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Transferred
to Co. D, 17th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for J. T. Rich, Mar. 31, 1864.
Admitted to Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga., complaint
"Cripple," Nov. 1863. Captured at Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864. Released at
Elmira, N. Y. June 16, 1865.


Benning, S. J.
Private Aug. 15, 1861. Appointed Sergeant Major Sept. 1861. Elected 2d
Lieutenant of Co. C, 1st Regt. Ga. Regulars Sept. 18, 1861. Appointed Captain
and A. A. G. July 4, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Bentley, M. G.
Private. Surrendered, Appornattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Blansett, Henry S. (or Blausett)
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864.


Blansett, James R. (Blausett)
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Died of chronic diarrhoea at Danville, Va. Sept. 12,
1862.


Blansett, William C. (or Blausett)
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Captured near Rogersville, Tenn. Dec. 13, 1863. Sent to
Camp Chase, 0. Jan. 1, 1864. No later record.


Bolen, Sion E.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease June 7, 1862.


Boutwell, Jackson
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Va.
Aug. 12, 1862. Died, complications from typhoid fever, Aug. 24, 1862.


Boyett, W. T.
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Va.
May 12, 1862. Returned to duty June 20, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 59th Regt.
Ga. Inf., in exchange for H. K. Jones, May 23, 1863.


Brown, Edward
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease in Richmond, Va. hospital June 2,
1862.


Bryan, Rufus P.
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Died of disease in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Va.
Oct. 26, 1862.


Burkett, Jesse C.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 3d Corporal Jan. 20, 1863; 4th Sergeant July
2, 1863. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19, 1863.


Chester, Abel M.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal Sept. 19, 1863. Paroled at
Farmville, Va. Apr. 11-21, 1865.


Chester, Alfred M.
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 20, 1863. Appointed
3d Corporal May 1864. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation above knee,
at Farmville, Va. Apr. 7, 1865.


Clay, Charles H.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease in Virginia Dec. 1, 1861. Buried in
Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va.


Dalton, Eli C.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Roll for Feb. 28, 1865, last on file, shows him
absent, furloughed from hospital for 60 days July 21, 1864. No later record.</TD




Danielly, J. M.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease in Virginia Dec. 1, 1861. Buried in
Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. No. 3, 3d Line, Lot 170: Remarks: "Jan.
20, 1862, Colledge."


Dean, Levi
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died of
wounds July 4, 1863.


Dollar, Rayford M.
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Captured at Malvern Hill, Va. Aug. 5, 1862. Exchanged
at Aiken’s Landing, Va. Nov. 10, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.
Died of wounds at Staunton, Va. Aug. 23, 1863. Buried there in Thornrose
Cemetery.


Donaldson, James H. (or Donalson)
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died of wounds
in General Hospital #1, at Lynchburg, Va. June 5, 1864. Buried there in
Confederate Cemetery. No. 2, 4th Line, Lot 193 Burton’s-Candler’s.


Durham, C. W.
Private Mar. 31, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Emanuel, David
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Emanuel, William
Private Apr. 8, 1862. Died of pneumonia at Richmond, Va. Jan. 1, 1863.


Evans, Benjamin Franklin
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded and disabled at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19,
1863. Assigned to duty hunting deserters under Capt. Hyde. Surrendered,
Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865. Died at Bainbridge, Ga. Dec. 1932. Buried there
in Cedar Grove Cemetery Dec. 14, 1932.


Faircloth, Allen
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Admitted to Moore Hospital, General Hospital #1, at
Danville, Va. with fever Dec. 28, 1861. Died Jan. 3, 1862.


Gainous, Abram
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at Petersburg, Va. June 19, 1864.


Gainous, Berry G. (or Benjamin G.)
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862.


Gainous, Henry G.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Captured at Malvern Hill, Va. Aug. 5, 1862. Exchanged
at Aiken’s Landing, Va. Nov. 10, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864.
Appointed Corporal Nov. 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born
in Georgia in 1834.)


George, Berry A.
Private Apr. 16, 1862. Discharged, disability, Aug. 2, 1862.


Hammett, Cidney J. (or Sidney J.)
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Roll for Feb. 28, 1865, last on file, shows him in
White Sulphur Springs, Va. hospital. No later record.


Harrell, Gabriel
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Captured at Malvern Hill, Va. Aug. 5, 1862. Exchanged
at Aiken’s Landing, Va. Nov. 10, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal Jan. 20, 1863.
Died of disease while home on furlough Nov. 24, 1863.


Hauck, Josiah (or Houck)
Private Apr. 26, 1864. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Roll for
Feb. 28, 1865, last on file, shows him on wounded furlough. No later record.</TD



Higdon, Robert
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal Sept. 25, 1861. Died of disease
Nov. 22, 1861.


Hill, Ferdinand
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864.


Hill, Reuben
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Holliday, John D.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died of
wounds in Medical College Hospital at Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 26, 1863. Buried there
in Oakland Cemetery.


Hukins, James M.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at Petersburg, Va. July 15, 1864.


Jernigan, Daniel S.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease Jan. 13, 1862.


Johnson, Andrew J.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va.
with typhoid fever Mar. 14, 1862, and died there Mar. 17, 1862.


Johnson, George G.
Private Apr. 9, 1862. Died of disease Jan. 28, 1864.


Johnson, George W.
Private Mar. 29, 1862. Died of disease in Richmond, Va. hospital Aug. 11,
1862.


Johnson, Jesse A.
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. Sept. 29, 1864.
Exchanged at James River, Va. Mar. 17, 1865. Surrendered, Quincy, Fla. May 11,
1865, and paroled there May 23, 1865.


Johnson, Moses
Private Mar. 21, 1862. Died of disease Aug. 11, 1862.


Johnson, Moses W.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded in foot at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862.
Captured at Goode’s Bridge, Va. Apr. 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md.
June 28, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1841.)


Johnson, Owen H.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862.


Jones, Hiram
Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 7th Regt. Ga. State Troops Nov. 16, 1861.
Mustered out Apr. 29, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf.
May 3, 1862. Transferred to Co. D, 17th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for John R.
Swain, May 23, 1863. Wounded through shoulder at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 20,
1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Jones, John A. J.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease at Richmond, Va. Dec. 17, 1861.


Kelly, Andrew J.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded in face at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863;
Petersburg, Va. July 1864; Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 16, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Knight, W. K.
Private 1863. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865. Paroled,
Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865.


Lewis, Edward
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease Dec. 2, 1861.


Lewis, John M.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal May 31, 1862; 4th Sergeant Sept.
19, 1863. Killed at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 16, 1864.


Lewis, William Henry
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease at Camp Johnson near Centreville, Va.
Oct. 29, 1861.


Lewis, W. M.
Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Transferred
to Co. D, 17th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for Francis W. Wilder, May 23, 1863.
Wounded in breast, foot, and arm, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died of
wounds July 19, 1863.


Lunn, Stephen M.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19, 1863.


Martin, John E.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Va.
with typhoid fever in 1861. Transferred to 1st Ga. Hospital at Richmond, Va.
Nov. 12, 1861. Discharged Dec. 25, 1861.


Maxwell, Thomas
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease in General Hospital at Farmville, Va.
Apr. 3, 1862.


Maxwell, Thomas J.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Discharged, disability, Dec. 17, 1861. Enlisted as a
private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. Sept. 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital
Jan. 5, 1863.


McCarty, James A.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal Nov. 22, 1861; 5th Sergeant
Jan. 20, 1863. Died of hemorrhage of lung at Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 16, 1864.</TD



McCarty, John N.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Captured at Dandridge, Tenn. Jan. 17, 1864. Exchanged
at Rock Island, Ill. Mar. 2, 1865. No later record.


McNair, James M.
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Died of disease in Winchester, Va. hospital Oct. 14,
1862.


McNair, John T.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas,
Va. Aug. 30, 1862. Died of wounds at Warrenton, Va. Sept. 22, 1862.


Messer, George W.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded in hip at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Messer, Harvey B. (or Henry B.)
Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862. Died of
wounds at Richmond, Va. Nov. 26, 1862.


Nelson, Joseph
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal July 3, 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Oates, Hugh L.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease Jan. 30, 1862.


Owens, Daniel B.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 20, 1863.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Parks, William M.
Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 8th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 14, 1861. Transferred
to Co. D, 17th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 21, 1863.


Parrott, John W. N.
Private Mar. 29, 1862. Appointed Corporal in 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Pate, Henry Harrison
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #1, at Danville, Va. with
fever, Dec. 28, 1861. Sent to General Hospital at ‘Richmond, Va. and died there
Jan. 16, 1862.


Perry, Calvin R.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal Jan. 30, 1863; 1st Sergeant
July 3, 1863. Wounded in breast at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 16, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Perry, James Washington
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded in eye, resulting in loss of sight, at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Paroled, Burkeville, Va. Apr. 14-17, 1865.


Rehberg, Henry (or Rehburg)
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease in Richmond, Va. hospital Aug. 12,
1862.


Reynolds, John B.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 5, 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Point Lookout, Md., released and enlisted in
U. S. Army, Feb. 1, 1864.


Reynolds, John D.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease Jan. 12, 1862.


Rich, David A.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Sent to hospital Aug. 1, 1862. Died of fever in
Chimborazo Hospital #1, at Richmond, Va. Aug. 17, 1862.


Rich, John T.
Private Mar. 31, 1864. Transferred to Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange
for John J. Barton, Mar. 31, 1864. Died at Charlottesville, Va. May 1, 1864.</TD



Rigsby, James R.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of typhoid fever in General Hospital at Front
Royal, Va. Nov. 23, 1861.


Sutton, Francis
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Discharged on account of rheumatism and general
debility, at Centreville, Va., Nov. 20, 1861.


Swain, John R.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Transferred to Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange
for Hiram Jones, May 23, 1863.  Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,
1863. Paroled at DeCamp General Hospital, David’s Island, N. Y. Harbor, Sept.
1863. Exchanged at City Point, Va. Sept. 8, 1863. Captured at Ream’s Station,
Va. Aug. 25, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. Mar. 16, 1865. Paroled,
Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865.


Swain, Joseph J.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.


Swicord, James S.
Private Apr. 9, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Swicord, W. D.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Discharged Nov. 1862.


Tew, Lace M. (or Lathey M.)
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Discharged in 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. A,
59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Thomas, William
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19, 1863. On detail
in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. Feb. 28, 1865. Surrendered, Tallahassee,
Fla. May 10, 1865. Paroled, Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865.


Thornton, William M.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Trulock, William
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease Dec. 4, 1861.


Whiddon, Dempsey
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Captured and paroled at Warrenton, Va. Sept. 29, 1862.
No later record.


White, Robert B.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Admitted to Chimhorazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Va.
with pneumonia Oct. 29, 1861. Transferred to General Hospital at Richmond, Va.
Nov. 11, 1861, and died there Dec. 6, 1861.


White, William S.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.


Wilder, Francis W.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Transferred to Co A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange
for W. M. Lewis, May 23, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863, and
captured there July 5, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. Sept. 28, 1864.
Transferred to Aiken’S Landing, Va. for exchange Oct. 1864. Received at Varina,
Va. Oct. 5, 1864. Roll for Feb. 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent, sick.



Wilkinson, John L.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed Color Corporal Mar. 1863. Wounded at
Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863, and captured there July 3, 1863. Died at Fort
Delaware, Del. Oct. 15, 1863.


Wright, John N.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Died of disease at Albany, Ga. Dec. 24, 1861.


Yates, James
Private Apr. 15, 1862. Discharged from General Hospital at Farmville, Va., on
account of chronic rheumatism, Oct. 9, 1862.


Yawn, Augustus (Gus)
Private. Admitted to General Hospital at Orange Court House, Va. Apr. 1,
1862, and died of fever Apr. 3, 1862.


Yawn, J. B.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Admitted to Farmville, Va. hospital Apr. 3, 1862, and
died there of disease Apr. 7, 1862.


Yearta, George W.
Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed Corporal July 1863; 5th Sergeant May 1864;
4th Sergeant Nov. 1864. Wounded, date and place not given. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.



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