Muster Roll of Company I, 31st Regiment

Company I, 31st Regiment Muster Roll
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Decatur County, Georgia
Arnett Rifles
Prepared by: Bill Moore       Email:  zebsdad@lvdi.net    August 08, 1999

This company was organized at Bainbridge, Ga. November 11, 1861. Was
ordered to report to Camp Wilson near Savannah, Ga., November 21, 1861.
Marched from Valley of Virginia near Winchester to Fredericksburg, Va., arriving
there December 1, 1862.  Engaged in battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.
Left Fredericksburg for Culpeper Court House, Va., May 4, 1863, and arrived
there June 5, 1863; from thence to Winchester, where they engaged in battle;
thence to Wrightsville, Pa., and back to York, where they arrived August 10,
1863. Engaged in the battle of the Wilderness May 5, and 6, 1864, and the battle
of Spotsylvania on the 8, 10, 12 and 19 of May 1864, leaving there May 22, 1864;
thence to Hanover Junction and to Mechanicsville and engaged in battle June 2,
1864. Moved near Cold Harbor June 8, 1864; left there on the 13 and marched near
Charlottesville, Va., and took the train for Lynchburg, arriving there on the
17, and on the 18 fortified and made ready for the enemy. On the 19 followed the
retreating foe toward Salem, Va., arriving there June 21, 1864; from thence to
Staunton and Martinsburg, arriving on July 2. On July 4, cross the river into
Maryland, and were engaged in the battles of Monocacy, Washington, Snicker's Gap
and Winchester. On July 24, was engaged at Newtown and again at Winchester on
July 17, 1864.


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Abbott, James Augustus

Private November 11, 1861. Died in Charlottesville, Va. hospital January 3,
1863. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.
 


Acree, William Augustus

Private November 11, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant May 13, 1862; 1st Sergeant
October 1, 1862; Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant December 13, 1862; 2d Lieutenant
February 7, 1863. Killed at Marye's Heights, Va. May 3, 1863.
 


Arline, Andrew T.

Private November 11, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va.
June 27, 1862. Arline, Benjamin A.  private  February  20, 1862 . Discharged,
disability, May  16, 1862 . Enlisted as a  private  in Co. A, 59th Regt.  Ga.
Inf. September  6, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
 


Arline, John K.

Private  May  3, 1862 . Appointed 3d Corporal in 1863. Captured at
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Exchanged March 7, 1865. Paroled at Bainbridge,
Ga. May 20, 1865.
 


Arline, Whitfield

Private  November 11, 1861. Discharged, disability, in 1862.
 


Arnett, Samuel W.

Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March
18,1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Co. I, 3lst Regiment Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Discharged December 4, 1862.
Appointed 1st Corporal of Co. G, 64th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 1863; Ordnance
Sergeant. Wounded at Crater, near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864. Roll for
October 1864, last on file, shows him present.  No later  record.
 


Arnett, S. A.

Private November 11, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27,1862.
 


Askew, C. C.

Private December 2, 1861. Discharged at hospital December 20, 1862.
 


Averett, Benjamin F.

Private November 11, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862.
 


Barbree, John S. (or Barberee)

Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops
October 8, 1861. Mustered out April 8,1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 3lst
Regiment Ga. Inf. May 4, 1862.  Union prisoner of war records show he was
captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 5, 1863, and died at Fort Delaware, Del.
September 19, 1863. Other records show he was living at Brinson, Ga. after war
closed.  Barfield, Benjamin F.  Private December 2, 1861. Wounded in 1864. At
home on wounded furlough August 31, 1864. Pension records show he was on
extended sick furlough at Danville, Va. close of war. (Resident of Ga. since
1872.)
 


Bell, Augustus J.

lst Lieutenant November 11, 1861 . Relieved from duty by Conscript Act May
13, 1862.
 


Bell, John A.

3d Corporal November 11, 1861. Retired May 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
1862. Wounded at Kernstown, Va. July 23, 1864. Admitted to C.S.A. General
Hospital at Charlottesville, Va., wounded in right arm, September 1, 1864.
Returned to duty September 28, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1866.

 


Bellette, Charles H. (or Billett)

Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 24th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 24, 1861.
Transferred to Co. I, 3lst Regiment Ga. Inf. May 1, 1863. Killed at
Spotsylvania, Va. May 13, 1864.
 


Bellette, Theodore N. (or Billett)

Private November 11, 1861. Captured at Frederick, Md. September 12, 1862.
Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Va. November 10, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Va. April  9, 1865.
 


Bowie, Daniel

Musician November 11, 1861. Transferred to Regimental Band June 1, 1863.
Killed near Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864.
 


Bradwell, I. Gordon

Private November 11, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
 


Bruton, William J.

*Jr. 2d Lieutenant December 6, 1861. Discharged on account of hernia May
20,1862.  * - Dates conflict.
 


Burk, Simeon

Private December 20, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. May
15,1862.
 


Burkhalter, Milledge G.

Private May 4, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at
Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves
James River, Va. for exchange, March 10-12,1865.
 


Butts, Judson A.

Private November 13,1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant March 13, 1862. Appointed
Surgeon October 29, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 5,1863. Paroled at
Fort Henry, Md. and sent to City Point, Va. for exchange, November 21, 1863.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
 


Cassine, Carlos Maximiliano

Musician November 11, 1861. Discharged, over-age, from General Hospital at
Farmville, Va. November 20, 1862. Appears also as Cassinie and Cassini.
 


Coleman, H. W. H.

2d Corporal November 11, 1861. Furloughed for 10 days from May 26, 1862. No
later record.
 


Compton, Charles M.

Private November 11, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant May 13, 1862; 2d Sergeant
December 13, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant February 7, 1863. Wounded at
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864.
Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 17, 1865.
 


Cone, Alfred

Private December 22,1861. Appointed 1st Corporal May 13, 1862; 4th Sergeant
February 17, 1863. Captured at Frederick, Md. July 10, 1864. Transferred from
Fort McHenry, Md. to Point Lookout, Md. February 15-20, 1865. Paroled at
Thomasville, Ga. May 19, 1865. Died in Thomas County, Ga. July 14, 1912.
 


Cooper, David T.

Private May 3, 1862. Captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864.
Exchanged March 15, 1865. Paroled at Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865.
 


Cooper, John W.

Private November 11, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862.
 


Curboe, John

Private December 2, 1861. Discharged, over-age, November 11, 1862.
 


Dean, James W. (or Deen)

Private December 17, 1861. Died in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Va.
October 22,1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 1, 2d Line, Lot 182-
Miller's Factory.
 


Donathan, Jacob

Private May 23, 1864. Captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864.
Released at Point Lookout, Md. May 13, 1865.
 


Draffin, Leonidas C.

Private December 20, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Died in Grady County, Ga. September
30,1917.
 


Ellis, John D.

Private November 11, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 4,1863.
Transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange November 17, 1863. Captured at
Harrisonburg, Va. September 25,1864. Paroled at Tallahassee, Fla. May 17,1865.

 


Floyd, James B.

2d Lieutenant November 11, 1861. Resigned September 15, 1862.
 


Green, H. R.

Private December 17,1861. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 19,1865.
 


Gremmer, William Llewellyn

Private November 11, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. March 31,1862. Buried in Oak
City Cemetery at Bainbridge, Ga.
 


Griffin, Isaac B.

Private November 11,1861. Transferred to Captain Dunham's Company Milton
Light Artillery (Florida), May 16, 1862. Paroled at Tallahassee, Fla. May 20,
1865.
 


Griffin, Leven B. (or Levin B.)

Private February 20,1862. Transferred to Captain Dunham's Company Milton
Light Artillery (Florida), May 12, 1862. Paroled at Tallahassee, Fla. May 18,
1865.
 


Gurley, Calvin

Private January 18, 1862. Killed at Fort Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865.
 


Haendl, Albert

Private November 11,1861. Captured and paroled in 1862. Died at Richmond, Va.
in 1862 or 1863. Appears also as Hindle and Hundle.
 


Hagan, Noah H. (or Hagin)

Private December 2,1861. Appointed 5th Corporal May 13,1862. Supposed to have
died in Virginia in 1862.
 


Harper, J. F.

Private November 11, 1861. Captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864.
Exchanged March 15, 1865. Paroled at Tallahassee, Fla. May 18, 1865.
 


Harrison, William T.

Private May 3, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Died
of wounds December 18, 1862.
 


Hines, James T.

Private February 20, 1862. Transferred to Captain Dunham's Company Milton
Light Artillery (Florida), May  16, 1862. Appears last on roll for December
31,1862.
 


Holt, Lewis

Private December 2, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Beaulieu near Savannah,
Ga. May 3,1862.
 


Johnson, Emory

1st. Sergeant November 11, 1861. Transferred to Captain Dunham's Company
Milton Light Artillery (Florida), May 16,1862. Appears last on roll for December
31, 1862.
 


Jones, Thomas

Private April 4, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862.
 


Jones, Zora B. (or Ezra B.)

Private May 3, 1862. Died of chronic diarrhea in Danville, Va. hospital
October 12, 1862.
 


Kelley, J. Fount

Private December 20, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant May 13, 1862; 3d Sergeant
December 13, 1862. Wounded in left arm, necessitating amputation above elbow, at
Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Paroled at Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865.

 


Knight, John J. (Jack)

Private February 25, 1862. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, and
captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md.
June 5, 1865.
 


Lee, Joseph Thomas

Private December 17, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 20, 1864. Died
at Point Lookout, Md. June 24,1864.
 


Lewis, George W. 

Captain November 11, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862.
Captured at Wilderness or Spotsylvania, Va. May 10, 1864. Released at Fort
Delaware, Del. June 16, 1865.
 


Lewis, James M.

Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18,
1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co.
I, 3lst Regiment Ga. Inf. May 13, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant June 25, 1862.
Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Retired to Invalid Corps February 27,
1865. Paroled at Thomasville, Ga. May 18, 1865.
 


Lindsey, John

Private November 11, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864.
Exchanged. Paroled at Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865.
 


Lovett, F. M.

Private April 26,1862. Wounded in 1862. Died of wounds in Richmond, Va.
hospital December 27, 28 or 30, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.
 


Lovett, Shepherd

Private December 2, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. May 2 or 3, 1862.
 


Martin, Jeremiah (or Jernah)

Private December 2, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31, 1861.
 


McCorkle, William

Private February 9, 1862. Discharged, over age, November 11, 1862.
 


McNair, Daniel J. G.

4th Corporal November 11, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant May 13, 1862. Elected
Jr. 2d Lieutenant October 1, 1862. Captured at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13,
1862. Exchanged December 17, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant February  1863.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
 


Moore, Green B.

Private November 11, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.
Discharged, under-age, November 26, 1863.
 


Moore, Owen

1st. Corporal November 11, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.
Died of wounds in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Va. September 22, 1862.
"Was packed up and sent to Bainbridge, Ga. Christian's."
 


Oliver, Francis M.

Private November 11, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 31, 1861.
 


Phillips, Eli S.

Private February 25, 1862. Permanently disabled in 1863. Roll dated August
31,1864, shows him "at home permanently disabled."
 


Pope, Alexander A.

Private February 25, 1862. Paroled at Thomasville, Ga. May 24, 1865.
 


Pope, James C.

See Co. C.
 


Pope, John

Private February 25, 1862.  Wounded in 1863. Appointed 2d Corporal in 1863.
Wounded in thighs near Kernstown, Va. July 24, 1864. Died of wounds in General
Hospital at Winchester, Va. July 29, 1864.
 


Pope, Zedekiah

Private November 11, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. May 15,
1862.
 


Portervint, James (or Portervient)

Private May 13, 1862. Roll dated June 30, 1863, bears remark: "Deserted and
since dead."
 


Ricks, John M.

Private May 13, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal May 13, 1862; 6th Sergeant
February 1863. Wounded and disabled at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled
at Albany, Ga. May 10, 1866.
 


Ricks, Richard

Private October 1, 1862. Sick in hospital June 1863. No later record.
 


Russell, Rolin A.

*Jr. 2d Lieutenant Nov 11,1861. Resigned stating he was only 17 years of age
and desired to finish his military education, February 5, 1862.  * - Dates
conflict.
 


Sapp, Eli

Private May 3, 1862. Captured and paroled in 1862. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 2, 1863. Died of smallpox at Fort Delaware, Del. January 15, 1864.
 


Sapp, James J.

Private May 3,1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 13, 1862. Reduced to ranks
November 29, 1862. Dropped as a deserter February 1, 1863.
 


Sauserman, Joseph H. (or Sasserman)

Private November 11, 1861. Appointed 3d Corporal May 13, 1862; 1st Sergeant
December 13, 1862. Reduced to ranks on account of disability February 1863.
 


Shaw, Augustus M.

Private April  4, 1862. Died at Richmond Va. July 22, 1862.
 


Sheppard, John D.

Private November 11, 1861. Appointed Musician. Captured at South Mountain,
Md. July 4,1863. Paroled at Fort McHenry, Md. and transferred to Fort Delaware,
Del. July 9, 1863. Forwarded to Point Lookout, Md. October 1863 where he took
oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. under name of Henry D. Sheppard and was
released January 21, or 31, 1864.
 


Spooner, Adam

Private May 13, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at
Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves,
James River Va. March 10-12, 1865. Paroled at Tallahassee, Fla. May 17, 1865.

 


Stewart, Hugh L.

3d Sergeant November 11, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant May 13, 1862. Resigned
on account of phthisis, and was discharged from General Hospital at
Charlottesville, Va., October 8, or 20, 1862.
 


Sutton, Nathaniel G.

Private December 2, 1861. Captured in 1864. Killed in Virginia.
 


Swann, George B.

2d Sergeant November 11, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. July
7, 1862.
 


Swearengin, William E.

Private November 11, 1861. In hospital August 31, 1864. No later record.
 


Taylor, William Dempsey

Private November 11, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
 


Tew, James

Private December 2, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. in 1861.
 


Thomas, Joseph H.

Private November 11 1861. Wounded at Marye's Heights, Va. May 3, 1863. Sick
in hospital August 31, 1864. Paroled at Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865.
 


Thomas, Milton M.

Private May 3, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
 


Thomas, William Milton

Private November 11, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal May 13, 1862; 2d Corporal
February 1863; 1st Corporal May 1863. Sick in hospital June 1863. Died in
Virginia.
 


Towers, J. A

4th Sergeant November 11, 1861. Furloughed for 12 days from March 30,1862.
Discharged, over-age.
 


Thursby, John W.

Private November 11, 1861. Appointed 3d Corporal February 17, 1863; 2d
Sergeant May 1863. Surrendered Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
 


Waters, Solomon A.

Private November 11, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Died of
wounds in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 19, 1862.
 


Whigham, J. S.

Private May 3, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal February 17, 1863; 3d Corporal
May 3, 1863; lst Corporal December 1863. Wounded and captured at Monocacy, Md.
July 10, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. in 1864. Received at Venus Point,
Savannah River, Ga. for exchange, November 15, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Va. April 9, 1865.
 


Whitaker, Jeptha M.

Private December 2, 1861. Wounded at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864.
Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war.
 


Whitaker, W. Joshua

Private December 2, 1861. Died in Lynchburg, Va. hospital November 26, 1862.
Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 10, 3d Line, Lot 122-Ferguson's.
 


White, Samuel C.

Private November 11, 1861. Paroled at Lynchburg, Va. April 14, 1865. (Born in
Decatur County, Ga. April 5, 1842.)
 


Williams, James E.

Private November 11, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Camp Phillips near
Savannah, Ga. May 14, 1862.
 


Wilson, Henry

Private October 1, 1862. Detailed in hospital at Richmond, Va. in 1863.
Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. (Born in
Houston County, Ga. May 25, 1832.)
 


Windsor, James A.

Private January 18, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal May 3, 1863. Wounded at
Marye's Heights, Va. May 4, 1863; Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Captured at Fort
Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. June 30, 1865.
Admitted to U.S.A. General Hospital at Point Lookout, Md. July  2, 1865 , and
died of chronic diarrhea July  12, 1865.
 


Windsor, Reuben J.

Private January 18, 1862. Captured and paroled in 1862. Killed at Winchester,
Va. July 24, 1864.
 


Worn, Stokely Charles

Private November 11, 1861. Discharged, disability, in 1861. Enlisted as a
private in Co. K, 2d Regiment Ga. Cavalry March 10, 1862. Roll for December 31,
1864, last on file, shows him on retired list. Paroled, Tallahassee, Fla. May
13, 1865. Died February 3, 1891. Buried in private burial ground at Bainbridge,
Ga.
 


Worn, W. T.

Private November 11, 1861. Appointed 3d Corporal May 13, 1862; 1st Corporal
December 13, 1862; 5th Sergeant February 17, 1863; 1st Sergeant May 1863.
Wounded in 1864. Admitted to General Hospital #9, at Richmond, Va., wounded,
January 9, 1864, and left hospital January 10, 1864.  Wounded at Wilderness, Va.
May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865.
 


Wylly, Hugh

Private November 11, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. in 1861.
 


Yawn, Augustus A.

Private May 4, 1862. Died in Lynchburg, Va. hospital July 13, 1864. Buried
there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 7, 3d Line, Lot 194-Camp Davis.
 


Yawn, H. J.

Private May 4, 1862. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865. Released at
Newport News, Va. June 25, 1865.
 


Yawn, John

Private February 25, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12,1864. Paroled
at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865. Received at James River, Va. for exchange,
March 10-12, 1865. Pension records shows he was at home on furlough close of
war. (Born in Ga. in 1839. Died at Climax, Ga. January 18, 1927.)
 


Yawn, Patrick

Private April 1, 1864. Wounded at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Wounded and
permanently disabled at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. Paroled at
Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865.


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