Muster Roll of Company A, 59th Regiment Company A, 59th Regiment Muster Roll Georgia Volunteer Infantry Decatur County, Georgia Confederate Volunteers Prepared by: Denise Smiley, July 08, 1999 Email: smileysattitude@hotmail.com NAME INFORMATION Alday, Isaac Private May 3, 1862. Appointed Musician. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Alman, J. M. Private May 3, 1862. Killed by shell near Petersburg, Va. July 28, 1864. Arline, Benjamin A. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 31st Regt. Ga. Inf. Feb. 20, 1862. Discharged, disability, May 16, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. Sept. 6, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in Decatur County, Ga. in 1841.) Arline, Franklin A. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Nov. 4, 1861. Mustered out Apr. 8, 1862. Elected Jr. 2 nd Lieutenant of Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. Hospital Dec. 26, 1862. Barfield, Levi W. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Nov. 2, 1861. Mustered out Apr. 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 14, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. And transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va. For exchange Mar. 14, 1865. Exchanged at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., Mar. 15, 1865. Paroled at Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865. (Born in Decatur County, Ga. in 1839. Died there Mar 1, 1916.) Bartlett, W. W. Private May 3, 1862. Sick in Macon, Ga. hospital Sept. 1862. No later record. Barton, John J. Private May 3, 1862. Transferred to Co. D, 17th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for John 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 Elmire, N.Y. June 16, 1865. Bell, William B. Private July 10, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug 14, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 5, 1865. (Born in Decatur County, Ga. in 1832. Died there Dec. 10, 1893.) Blount, J. Cornelius Private May 3, 1862. Discharged at Macon, Ga. hospital Aug. 1, 1863 (Born Sept. 28, 1843. Died in Decatur County, Ga. Feb. 22, 1872.) Boutwell, J. D. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 8th Regt. Florida Inf. May 10, 1862. Not borne on subsequent rolls. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. July 10, 1862. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. Apr. 27, 1864. Exchanged at City Point, Va. Apr. 30, 1864. Appears on a roll of prisoners of war surrendered in Florida by Major General Sam Jones and paroled at Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865. (Born in 1838. Died in Decatur County, Ga. in 1901.) Boyett, W. T. Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 17th Regt. Ga. Inf. 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. Brock, John A. Enlisted as a private in Co. K. 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Nov. 2, 186.1. Mustered out Apr. 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. July 1, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 14, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. Mar. 14, 1865. Paroled at Bainbridge, Ga. May 20, 1865. (Died in Decatur County, Ga. Oct. 29, 1899.) Bryant, Thomas M. Private Sept. 6, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Burd, W. A. Corporal. Captured at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 14, 1864. Forwarded to Point Lookout, Md. Arrived at Fortress Monroe, Va. Aug. 17, 1864. Remarks on record: "Prisoner of war who arrived at this station under an assumed name, or who assumed one for the purpose of being transferred, exchanged or released." Burgarny, L. J. Private. Appears only on a roll of prisoners of war who were paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 18, 1865. Butler, Charles H Private May 3, 1862. Discharged, disability, June 2, 1862. (Born in Ga. Nov. 19, 1841.) Coker, James W. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Oct 8, 1861. Mustered out Apr. 8, 1862. Appointed Sergeant of Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Wounded, right arm permanently disabled at Gettysburg, Pr., July 2, 1863. Roll for July-Aug 1863, shows him absent, wounded and in hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. Retired Aug. 23, 1864. (Born in Ga. Feb. 6, 1840. Died in Grady County, Ga. Dec. 1, 1916) Coker, John E. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Oct. 8, 1861. Mustered out Apr. 8, 1862. Appointed Corporal of Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Davis, George H. Private May 3, 1862. Discharged, furnished Littleton Sellers as substitute, June 17, 1862. Davis, Joseph Elton Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Oct. 8, 1861. Mustered out Apr. 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Died in Decatur County, Ga. in 1871.) Deen, Needham Private May 3, 1862. Wounded in left arm, necessitating amputation, and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Paroled at U. S. A. Hospital, Chester, Pa., and exchanged at City Point, Va. Sept. 23, 1863. Retired July 20, 1864. Dennard, B. Howard (or Densard) Private May 3, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Dollar, James M. Private May 3, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Donalson, Samuel J. Private May 3, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Donalson, William Private May 3, 1862. Rolls from Oct. 1864 to Feb. 1865, shows him absent, sick. No later record. Duke, Henry Jackson Private May 3, 1862. Wounded in left leg and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Paroled at David’s Island, N. Y. Harbor Oct. 22, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Va. Oct. 28, 1863. Pension records show he was furloughed on account of disability. Appears on a list of prisoners of war as surrendered at Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865. Paroled May 20, 1865. (Born in Early County, Ga. July 11, 1836.) (See Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops.) Duke, W. C. (or W. G.) Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 19th Battn. Ga. Cavalry Aug. 6, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for L. B. Faircloth, in 1862. Died of ascites in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Va. May 29, 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery No. 2, 3d Line, Lot 193Crumpton’s. Dukes, B. Private May 3, 1862. Discharged, disability, June 2, 1862. Durham, Wesley Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Oct. 26, 1861. Mustered out Apr. 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Rolls from Aug. 31 to Dec. 31, 1862, show him absent, sick; detailed as nurse. Discharged Jan. 20, 1863. Durham, William J. H. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops Oct. 8, 1861. Mustered out Apr. 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 3, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in Decatur County, Ga. July 19, 1844. Died there June 22, 1930.)