EARLY COUNTY, GA - MILITARY Co. A 51st Regiment Early Volunteers Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Volunteers Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/early.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Company A, 51st Regiment Early County "Early Voulnteers" OFFICERS Dunwoody, Henry M. -- Captain - March 4, 1862. Elected Major May 2, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. (Born in 1826.) Alexander, Sanford -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant August 14, 1862; Captain May 2, 1863. Killed at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. (Born in 1835.) McClain, Wyatt R. -- Private - May 3, 1862. Discharged, disability, August 16, 1862. Reenlisted February 27, 1863. Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 12, 1863; Captain November 29, 1863. Captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio, June 19, 1865. Mullay, Edward F. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant August 18, 1862. Died in Richmond, Virginia, hospital January or July 12, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1828.) Bean, Joel A. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 15, 1863; 1st Lieutenant November 29, 1863. Absent without leave August 1864. (Born in 1841.) Holley, Charles B -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 14, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville,Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1831.) Moses, Henry J. -- Private - April 23, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant January 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1863; 1st Lieutenant May 1, 1863; Elected Captain and declined in favor of W. R. McLain November 29, 1863. Nesbit, Robert T. (or Robert F.) -- 1st Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Resigned August 14, 1862. (Born in 1841.) Odom, Moses G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant January 1863. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1828.) Parramore, F. M. -- Private - September 16, 1863. Appointed 3rd Corporal December 1864. Paroled in 1865. Durham, Daniel P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal January 1863. Captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Sent from Fort Delaware, Delaware to Point Lookout, Maryland, where he died of small-pox, November 11, 1863. (Born in 1834.) Key, Thomas J. -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Discharged October 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.) PRIVATES Alexander, Asa W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute, June 20, 1862. Died in Virginia in 1862. (Born in 1845.) Alexander, J. W. -- Private in 1862. Paroled in 1865. Alexander, James W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. Alexander, Sanford -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant August 14, 1862; Captain May 2, 1863. Killed at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. (Born in 1835.) Allen, James R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of disease in Richmond, Virginia, hospital July 1863. (Born in Georgia, November 1838.) Avirett, Archibald (or Avritt) -- Private - May 7, 1862. Detailed with Regimental Ordnance wagon January 1863. Captured. Died in prison. Avirett, F. J. (or Avritt) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Avirett, Malcolm N. (Avritt) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, in 1862. Avirett, Robert Alexander (or Avritt) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee, December 3, 1863. Released June 17, 1865. (Born in Blakely, Georgia January 8, 1843.) Avirett, Thomas J. (or Avritt) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Detailed in Quartermaster Department August 1864. (Born in 1844.) Avirett, William D. (or Avritt) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant February 1864. Wounded at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, April 6, 1865. (Born in 1839.) Bailey, William Riley -- Private - April 23, 1862. Paroled in 1865. Ball, James H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Pocotaligo, South Carolina May 22, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Barfield, John (or Barefield) -- Private - March 29, 1864. Wounded in left leg at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Pension records show he was in Macon, Georgia hospital, account of wounds, April 1865. (Born in Twiggs County, Georgia, February 9, 1843. Died in Early County, Georgia, June 12, 1912.) Barnard, William H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Boonesboro, Maryland, September 14, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1824.) Bateman, George H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1837.) Bean, Charles B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation above knee, at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1842.) Bean, James F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Bean, Joel A. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 15, 1863; 1st Lieutenant November 29, 1863. Absent without leave August 1864. (Born in 1841.) Best, John K. P. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant April 1864. Roll for February 1865, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Died in Clay County, Georgia, October 3, 1924. Birdsong, George R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in South Carolina in 1862. (Born in 1840.) Bottoms, William A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, January 1863. (Born in 1820.) Brady, Augustus -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 1864. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Virginia, Number 10, 5th Line, Lot 194-Christian's. (Born in 1841.) Bramlett, James E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. On detailed duty January 1863. Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1834.) Brooks, Richard Henry -- Private - March 11, 1862. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New York and sent to James River, Virginia, for exchange March 2, 1865. Paroled at Albany, Georgia May 22, 1865. (Born January 10, 1835.) Cain, Daniel E. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Killed at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. Cartledge, Thomas J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. Cheshire, Samuel C. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee, December 3, 1863. Transferred to City Point,Virginia, and exchanged March 2, 1865. Cowdrey, James E. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Culpepper, James T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in 1862. (Born in 1832.) Davis, James E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in South Carolina in 1862. (Born in 1843.) Dougherty, John R. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Died in 1862. (Born in 1830.) Dougherty, Zachariah -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1830.) Dunwoody, Henry M. -- Captain - March 4, 1862. Elected Major May 2, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. (Born in 1826.) Durham, Atlas P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17;1862. Died in prison. (Born in 1835.) Durham, Daniel P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal January 1863. Captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Sent from Fort Delaware, Delaware to Point Lookout, Maryland, where he died of small-pox, November 11, 1863. (Born in 1834.) Durham, William H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Died in prison. (Born in 1840.) Easom, E. W. (or Eason) -- Private - December 4, 1863. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, June 15, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Easom, James H. (or Eason) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, June 15, 1864. Discharged at Augusta, Georgia in 1865. (Born August 26, 1841.) Easom, William (or Eason) -- Private - January 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Died in Early County, Georgia November 16, 1919. Easom, William J. (or Eason) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in face and neck and: "one finger shot off," at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Early County, Georgia, June 10, 1843.) English, Marion G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred in 1864. Ford, James L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in hip and permanently disabled at Boonesboro, Maryland, September 14, 1862. (Born in Georgia in 1840.) Fowler, Jeremiah J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1842.) Furlong, Richard -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company F, Phillips' Legion, Georgia Infantry in 1864. Goff, Luther -- Private - March 4, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Randolph County, Georgia in 1830. Died in Calhoun County, Georgia, January 1909.) Golden, William -- Private - May 7, 1862. Deserted at Charleston, South Carolina January 18, 1863. Gray, Gabriel W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Virginia in 1862. (Born in 1842.) Gray, Hosea C. (or Hosey C.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at home during war. (Born in 1837.) Green, John T. -- 2nd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. (Born in 1832.) Greenwood, John P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in South Carolina in 1862. (Born in 1839.) Greenwood, Thomas P. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Died at Pocotaligo, South Carolina May 12, 1862. Gresham, George F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1829.) Grier, Samuel A. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Paroled at Albany, Georgia May 22, 1865. (Born in Georgia. Died in Randolph County, Georgia in 1925.) Grier, Thomas M. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Wounded in hand August 1862. Detailed at Division Headquarters August 1864. Paroled in 1865. Harris, John W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Staunton,Virginia in 1862. (Born in 1836.) Harris, Joshua L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant April 30, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, in 1865. (Born in 1834.) Harrison, David -- Private - August 10, 1862. Died in Virginia hospital in 1864. Harrison, Edmond (or Edward) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in hospital in 1863. (Born in 1845.) Harrison, Thomas -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Died at Fort Delaware, Delaware October 29, 1863. (Born in 1835.) Hathcock, Frank F. (or Heathcock) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of typhoid fever November 15, 1862. Hathcock, George W. (or Heathcock) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Gordonsville, Virginia, January 1863. (Born in 1844.) Hearns, William C. -- Private - August 10, 1862. Died in hospital in 1863. Hill, Joseph A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. (Born in 1836.) Holley, Charles B -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 14, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville,Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1831.) Ingraham, James A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1864. (Born in 1843.) Johnson, James A. (or Johnston) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1833.) Johnson, James W. (or Johnston) -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1838.) Johnson, John C. (or Johnston) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured near Appomattox, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 1865. (Born in Early County, Georgia, November 11, 1839. Died in that county.) Johnson, Joseph W. (or Johnston) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1832.) Johnson, William B. (or Johnston) -- Private - August 10, 1862. Said to have died in Winchester, Virginia, hospital January 1863. Justice, William H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. Released at Camp Morton, Indiana, May 22, 1865. (Born in 1846. Died in Randolph County, Georgia) Key, Andrew J. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Enlisted Company ?, ? Regiment, Georgia State Troops. Key, Thomas J. -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Discharged October 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.) King, John J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1862. Discharged November 2, 1862. (Born in 1830.) Kirkland, Jacob H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died May 13, 1862. (Born in 1842.) Kirkland, John J. -- 1st Corporal - March 4, 1862. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation below knee, at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in Georgia, January 17, 1842.) Lane, Isham K. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Pocotaligo, South Carolona, May 1, 1862. (Born in 1843.) Lane, J. Thomas -- Private - August 5, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal December 1864. Captured. Died in prison. Layton, John H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Pocotaligo, South Carolina, May 29, 1862. (Born in 1841.) Lewis, Andrew J. -- Private - August 5, 1862. Substitute for Isaac Timmons. Died at Danville, Virginia, January 1863. Maddox, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond,Virginia, June 19, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Mayes, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died June 25, 1862. (Born in 1829.) McCann, Charles -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed in Pennsylvania July 10, 1863. (Born in 1830.) McCann, Hugh -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died January 1863. McClain, Wyatt R. -- Private - May 3, 1862. Discharged, disability, August 16, 1862. Reenlisted February 27, 1863. Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 12, 1863; Captain November 29, 1863. Captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio, June 19, 1865. McCommack, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in South Carolina in 1862. McDonald, Robert L. -- 2nd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1830.) McLendon, James D. (or McClendon) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. (Born in 1823.) Miller, Andrew J. -- 4th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant October 31, 1863. Wounded, part of hand amputated at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. Unfit for further duty. (Born in Early County, Georgia in 1832, and died there March 4, 1881.) Monk, Daniel T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in left foot at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864; Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. On detached service October 1864. Pension records show he was in Macon, Georgia hospital, account of wounds, close of war. (Born in Henry County, Alabama, March 15, 1828.) Moses, Henry J. -- Private - April 23, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant January 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1863; 1st Lieutenant May 1, 1863; Elected Captain and declined in favor of W. R. McLain November 29, 1863. Mullay, Edward F. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant August 18, 1862. Died in Richmond, Virginia, hospital January or July 12, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1828.) Nesbit, Robert T. (or Robert F.) -- 1st Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Resigned August 14, 1862. (Born in 1841.) Odom, Moses G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant January 1863. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1828.) Parham, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of disease in Richmond, Virginia, hospital July 20, 1862. (Born in 1829.) Parramore, F. M. -- Private - September 16, 1863. Appointed 3rd Corporal December 1864. Paroled in 1865. Philmon, William F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1835.) Pickle, David L. -- Private - March 19, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware September 14, 1864. Received at Varina, Virginia, for exchange September 22, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, with scurvy September 22, 1864. Furloughed for 30 days September 26, 1864. Roll for January-February 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. Regimental return for March 1865, shows him absent without leave October 27, 1864, at Blakely, Georgia Pickle, Harris S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in hospital November 23, 1863. Pickle, Marion F. (or Michael F.) -- Private - May 7, 1862. Roll for January-February 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. Regimental returns for March 1865, show him absent without leave December 1, 1864, at Blakely, Georgia Pickle, Shelton G. -- Private - August 10, 1862. Captured at Burkeville, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 16, 1865. Died in Early County, Georgia, March 7, 1901. Pool, Everette J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Powell, Jesse R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent. Rawson, Joseph G. -- Private - January 18, 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 16, 1864. Released in 1865. Ritchie, James D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Sapp, Edward -- Private - August 10, 1862. Died at Gordonsville, Virginia, January 1863. Sessions, George W. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Discharged January 12, 1863. Sessions, Sherrod W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. (Born in 1834.) Shirey, C. F. -- Private - August 10, 1863. Died at Richmond,Virginia, January 19, 1864. Shirey, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in 1862. Singletary, Benjamin Franklin -- Private - May 7, 1862. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee, December 3, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Illinois June 19, 1865. (Born in North Carolina June 14, 1831. Died in Early County, Georgia, June 5, 1880.) Sirmons, Charles W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Pension records show he was furloughed for 30 days at Petersburg, Virginia in 1865. Captured by 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, at Macon, Georgia April 1865. (Born in 1844. Died in Early County, Georgia in 1927.) Smith, Daniel -- Private - May 7, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Smith, Samuel, Jr. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Temples, Michael J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, January 19, 1863. Died in Virginia in 1863. (Born in 1837.) Thomas, Gideon B. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Timmons, Isaac -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished A. J. Lewis as substitute, August 5, 1862. Timmons, John A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal June 30, 1863. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1830. Died in Early County, Georgia, May 1883.) Urquhart, Yelverton T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged January 12, 1863. (Born in 1835.) Vann, James T. (or J. J.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died May 19, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Ward, Alexander -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 16, 1864. Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1830.) Weaver, Thomas -- Private - August 10, 1862. Captured. Died in prison in 1864. Weaver, Westley S. -- 3rd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant January 1863. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. (Born in 1837.) Webster, John T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at home in 1863. (Born in 1829.) Widener, Allen P. (or Widner) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Virginia in 1862. (Born in 1840.) Widener, James W. (or Widner) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in 1862. (Born in 1838.) Wiley, Jacob -- 5th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Captured at Knoxville, Tennessee, December 5, 1863. Transferred from Fort Delaware, Delaware for exchange February 15, 1865. (Born in 1820.) Wilkins, Henry W. -- Private March 4, 1862. Willborn, Felix G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Present August 1864. (Born in 1844.) Willis, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. Winsor, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Virginia in 1862. Wood, Jasper -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wright, Felix G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died June 29, 1862. (Born in 1840.)