EFFINGHAM  COUNTY, GA - 54th Regiment - Company I

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Company I, 54th Regiment
Effingham County


Aaron, James S. -- See private Company F.

Aaron, William -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Abbott, James O. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension
records show he was absent, sick, close of war. (Born in
Effingham County, Georgia August 11, 1832.)

Abbott, T. C. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Arnsdorff, David B. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September
18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Died in Effingham County, Georgia November 18, 1909.

Arnsdorff, J. C. -- Private - November 20, 1862. Surrendered
at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in
Effingham County, Georgia in 1826.)

Arnsdorff, J. L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Blasingame, John S. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension
records show he was in Augusta, Georgia hospital with fever
close of war. (Born in Walton County, Georgia December 21,
1836.)

Blasingame, John W. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Detailed
regimental hospital nurse in 1863. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Walton
County, Georgia January 9, 1833.)

Blitch, Benjamin -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Blitch, Thomas L. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Captured at
Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Died of pneumonia at
Camp Douglas, Illinois January 19, 1865.

Blitch, W. S. -- Private - November 8, 1863. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Bourgstiner, John R. (or Burgstiner) -- Enlisted as a
private in Company C, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia
State Troops September 18, 1861. Mustered out March 18,
1862. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 54th Regiment
Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Died at Savannah, Georgia July
29, 1862.

Bourgstiner, Lawrence E. (or Burstiner, Lawrence E.) --
Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st Regiment, 1st
Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18, 1861. Mustered
out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 54th
Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Appointed Acting
Sergeant Major December 1863. Captured at Macon, Georgia
April 20-21, 1865.

Bourquin, Frank E. (or Bourquine) -- Elected Jr. 2nd
Lieutenant of Company C, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia
State Troops September 18, 1861. Mustered out March 18,
1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant Company I, 54th Regiment
Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant February 27,
1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
present.

Brewer, Joseph W. -- Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant of
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 16, 1862. Died
February 27, 1863.

Brewer, Thomas A. -- Private - September 1, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Brewer, Williamson T. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal of
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 16, 1862; 5th
Sergeant March 27, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North
Carolina April 26, 1865.

Butler, W. J. -- Private - October 1, 1863. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Chittle, W. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Discharged by civil
authority at Beaulieu near Savannah, Georgia November 17,
1862.

Clark, James C. -- private. Died at Walker Hospital,
Columbus, Georgia, September 29, 1864.

Conaway, Charles Christopher -- Enlisted as a private in
Company C, 1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops
September 18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as
a private in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May
6, 1862. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows
him present.

Crosby, Francis M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September
18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
(Born in Bulloch County, Georgia September 6, 1841.)

Crosby, Matthew E. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Died
at Savannah, Georgia August 25, 1862.

Dasher, Lewis B. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension
records show he was wounded in left arm at Atlanta, Georgia
July 22, 1864. At home on wounded furlough close of war.
Died at home August 18, 1887.

Dasher, Richard A. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Davis, James Benjamin -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry November 9, 1862.
Discharged by civil authority November 24, 1862. (Born in
Georgia)

Dutton, Thomas A. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Dutton, William H. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Discharged,
disability, at Beaulieu near Savannah, Georgia, December 3,
1862. Reenlisted November 9, 1863. Roll dated December 31,
1863, last on file, shows him present. Present on roll for
November-December 1864, with Company H, 1st Regiment Troops
& Defenses, Macon, Georgia, by detachment from Company I,
54th Regiment Georgia Infantry No later record.

Dutton, Z. E. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Edwards, Levi D. -- Private - September 24, 1862. Discharged
at Beaulieu near Savannah, Georgia September 24, 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Company I, 5th Regiment Georgia
Cavalry October 19, 1863. Transferred to Company K, 7th
Regiment Georgia Cavalry May 16, 1864. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Elkins, Harrison C. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant of
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 16, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.
Killed in 1864.

Elkins, Leander L. -- Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Elected Captain of
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 16, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.
(Born in Guyton, Georgia in 1837.)

Everett, Horace W. -- Private - April 9, 1864. Pension
records show he was captured in South Carolina April 1865.
Paroled April 1865. Died at Guyton, Georgia September 11,
1904.

Everett, J. J. -- Private - 1864. Admitted to 1st Division
Hospital, 20th A. C., December 24, 1864; to 2nd Division,
W.A.C. Hospital January 11, 1865. Sent to General Hospital
January 16, 1865.

Fetzer, George W. -- Appointed 1st Corporal of Company C,
1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September
18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Appointed Corporal. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah,
Georgia October 15, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company
I, 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry November 7, 1862.
Surrendered at Hillsboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
(Born in Georgia in 1844.)

Foy, Edward E. -- Appointed 4th Sergeant of Company C, 1st
Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant of
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 16, 1862; 3rd
Sergeant March 27, 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last
on file, shows him present. In Atlanta, Georgia hospital
July 22, 1864. In Fort Valley, Georgia hospital close of
war.

Futrell, Abraham J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Futrell, Micajah Benjamin -- Enlisted as a private in
Company C, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops
September 18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Appointed
2nd Corporal of Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry
May 6, 1862; 1st Corporal November 1863. Roll for December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension records
show he was furloughed for 60 days February 4, 1865. (Born
in Georgia)

George, P. D. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Transferred, command
not given, August 1, 1862.

G'Nann, George M. (or Ganaan) -- Appointed 3rd Sergeant of
Company C, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops
September 18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as
a private in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May
6, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant in 1863. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him present, honorably reduced
to ranks from 3rd Sergeant November 12, 1863. - appointed
Sub-Enrolling Officer."

G'Nann, Joseph H. (or Ganann) -- Enlisted as a private in
Company B, 8th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 21, 1861.
Wounded. Appointed 3rd Sergeant of Company I, 54th Regiment
Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
March 27, 1863. Appointed Acting Adjutant for Post December
31, 1863. Requested authority to raise a battalion, which
was disapproved, while on detached duty at Savannah, Georgia
January 19, 1864. Killed at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864.

Grady, John H. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Transferred to Company A, 4th Battalion Georgia
Sharpshooters February 23, 1864. Appointed Corporal.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865; remark. - "A
patient, sick." Died at Guyton, Georgia April 3, 1904.

Grooms, Joseph C. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Sent to
hospital with gangrene in left foot September 1864. Remained
three months, Furloughed home for 60 days. Furlough extended
unable to return.

Guyton, Robert Habersham -- Private - 1863. Surrendered at

Hagin, D. -- private. Clothing was issued to him 1st quarter
of 1864.

Hagin, H. -- Private - October 8, 1863. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Hannah, W. B. -- Private - February 25, 1863. Appointed
Color Corporal December 1863. Died at Covington, Georgia
Buried there.

Heidt, I. -- Private - January 1, 1863. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him "Absent, detailed to guard
commissary stores at #3, Confederate R. R., December 15,
1863."

Heidt, J. J. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Hinely, Edwin J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Hinely, J. W. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Hinely, James A. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Hinely, John M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.
Pension records show he was sick in hospital close of war.

Hodges, J. G. -- Private - January 25, 1863. Died of disease
in C. S. A. Hospital at Jackson, Mississippi September 13,
1864.

Hodges, James P. -- Private - April 1863. Sick in Nashville,
Tennessee hospital March -April 1865. (Born in Effingham
County, Georgia Died there February 1918.)

Hodges, R. E. -- Private - July 30, 1863. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Hurst, Emanuel -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Died
of typhoid fever in Oliver Hospital at LaGrange, Georgia
June 10, 1864. Buried there in Stonewall Cemetery.

Hurst, Felix M. -- Appointed 4th Corporal of Company C, 1st
Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal of
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862; 3rd
Corporal November 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last
on file, shows him present.

Hurst, J. L. -- 5th Sergeant - May 6, 1862. Appointed 4th
Sergeant March 27, 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last
on file, shows him "Absent; detailed to guard commissary at
#3 Confederate R.R., December 15, 1863."

Jenkins, C. J. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Discharged at
Savannah, Georgia December 13, 1862.

Jones, P. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated December 31,
1863, last on file, shows him absent, detailed at Macon,
Georgia Arsenal October 1, 1863.

Kearney, James -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll for January-
February 1863, only roll on which borne, shows him present.

Kearney; J. F. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent, sick.

Kerby, W. L. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Discharged by civil
authority at Beaulieu near Savannah, Georgia December 2,
1862.

Kesler, James A. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Appointed 4th Corporal November 12, 1863. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension
records show he was discharged in 1865. (Born in Effingham
County, Georgia August 9, 1843.)

Kesler, W. V. -- Private - August 11, 1863. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him "Absent, detailed
to guard commissary stores at #3 Confederate R.R., December
15, 1863."

Kessler -- See Kesler.

Lanier, Isaac J. -- Private - September 8, 1863. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent, sick.
Captured at Cassville, Georgia May 20, 1864. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Rock Island, Illinois and
released October 31, 1864.

Lee, R. H. -- Private - 1864. Died of pneumonia in Walker
Hospital at Columbus, Georgia July 1, 1864.

LeRoy, Charles -- Private - November 1, 1863. Appointed cook
December 1863.

Lloyd, E. D. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal of
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862; 2nd
Corporal November 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last
on file, shows him present.

McCray, D. M. (or McCrary) -- Private - January 31, 1863.
Substitute for John C. Trice. Roll dated December 31, 1863,
last on file, shows him absent, sick. Surrendered at
Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled at Thomasville,
Georgia May 10, 1865.

Merritt, J. D. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Miller, Leroy -- Private - 1862. Died of variola in General
Hospital at Howards Grove, Richmond, Virginia, February 16,
1863. (There is confusion as to the number of the regiment
in which this man enlisted. Name appears also on Company I,
24th Regiment Georgia Infantry)

Mingledorff, G. D. -- Private - September 1, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Mingledorff, Lewis Asbury -- Private - January 1, 1863. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.
Pension records show he was furloughed on account of measles
October 1864. Never able to return. (Born in Georgia Died at
Springfield, Georgia April 21, 1928. Buried there.)

Moody, William B. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Morton, David M. -- Private - January 9, 1863. Wounded in
right thigh at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Admitted to
1st Division Hospital at Savannah, Georgia, with flesh wound
in thigh, December 24, 1864. Sent to General Hospital
January 16, 1865. In Augusta, Georgia hospital, wounded,
close of war. (Born in Georgia January 9, 1845. Died at
Egypt, Georgia October 1912.)

Morton, H. O. -- Private - September 7, 1863. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Morton, Silas -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered outMarch 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry August 25, 1862.
Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
absent, detailed to guard commissary stores.

Nease, J. N. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Nease, James J. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Nease, John R. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Wounded at Atlanta
Georgia July 22, 1864. Sent to Savannah, Georgia hospital.
Captured at Savannah, Georgia December 31, 1864. Released at
Fort Delaware, Delaware June 16, 1865. (Born in Georgia Died
in Effingham County, Georgia February 1924.)

Nease, Leonard J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Detailed hospital nurse April 25, 1863. Wounded at Atlanta,
Georgia July 22, 1864. Appears on rolls of counties D, & G,
this regiment, but no record of transfer found.

Nease, Thomas E. -- Appointed 2nd Sergeant of Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Acting 1st Sergeant until October 1, 1861. Mustered
out March 18, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant of Company I,
54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Nease, William Albert -- Private - May 6, 1862. Captured at
Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Exchanged at Rough &
Ready, Georgia September 19 or 22, 1864. Sent to Montgomery,
Alabama hospital January 1865. Furloughed for 60 days
February 15, 1865. (Born in Georgia December 28, 1838.)

Olliff, James -- Private - September 5, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Patten, George I. (or Patton, G. T.) -- Private - October
13, 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows
him present, Adjutant's Clerk. No later record.

Patten, William C. (or Patton) -- Private - 1864. Clothing
was issued to him April 25, 1864.

Petzer, George W. -- (See Fetzer).

Rahn, Claudius F. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant February 5, 1862. Mustered out
March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 54th
Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Appointed Sergeant in
1862. Died at Savannah, Georgia August 10, 1862.

Rahn, Lewis W. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops, September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Rahn, William O. -- Private - October 7, 1863. Died with
chronic diarrhoea in Effingham County, Georgia June 20,
1864.

Rawls, James F. -- 2nd Lieutenant - May 6, 1862. Elected 1st
Lieutenant February 27, 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863,
last on file, shows him absent sick.

Rawls, Morgan -- Elected Captain of Company C, 1st Regiment,
1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18, 1861.
Mustered out March 18, 1862. Elected Captain of Company I,
54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862; Lieutenant
Colonel May 16, 1862. Absent on General Court Martial at
Savannah, Georgia, Special Order #42, January-February 1863.
Granted leave of absence from October 30, 1863, to attend
session of Georgia Legislature, to which he had been elected
to represent Effingham County. Wounded at Atlanta, Georgia
July 22, 1864.

Rawls, Zaccheus A. -- Appointed Color Sergeant of Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent,
detailed Sub-enrolling officer October 1, 1863. Died in
Bulloch County, Georgia July 12, 1921.

Seckinger, Valentine M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company
C, 1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September
18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry September 30,
1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
present.

Seuze, G. W. (or Seuse) -- Private - May 6, 1862. Discharged
at Savannah, Georgia August 19, 1862.

Shearouse, William J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Captured at Triune, Tennessee December 1864. Died of
pneumonia at Camp Chase, Ohio January 20, 1865. Grave #815,
Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery.

Simmons, Andrew J. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Left
command on detail at Tupelo, Mississippi Enroute to command
when war closed. (Born in Georgia Died in Effingham County,
Georgia April 25, 1917.)

Simmons, John M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company K, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops October 8, 1861.
Mustered out April 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company
I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll for
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension
records show he was on sick furlough close of war. (Born in
Thomas County, Georgia October 18, 1842.)

Simmons, Lacy W. -- Enlisted as a private in Company K, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops October 8, 1861.
Mustered out April 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company
I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Surrendered
at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Speir, David -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Speir, Reddick J. -- Appointed 2nd Corporal of Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops, September
18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Appointed Corporal in 1864. Captured at Jonesboro, Georgia
September 2, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Camp Douglas, Illinois and enlisted in 5th or
6th Regiment U. S. Volunteers April 1, 1865.

Speir, William -- Private - May 6, 1862. Attached to
hospital July 10, 1862. On detached duty January 6, 1864.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Trice, C.-Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant of Company K, 1st
Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops October 8, 1861;
2nd Lieutenant October 10, 1861. Mustered out April 8, 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia
Infantry May 6, 1862. Discharged, furnished D. M. McCray as
substitute, January 31, 1863.

Tullis, P. A. -- Private - September 25, 1863. Detailed with
Engineer Corps November 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863,
last on file, shows him present.

Walthour, George H. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September
18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
present.

Waters, Augustus – Private - Wounded. Admitted to Way
Hospital at Meridian, Mississippi, on account of wounds,
January 18, 1865; to Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals at
Macon, Georgia, on account of bronchitis, anaemia, and
general disability, February 6, 1865. Appears on roll of
Company D, this regiment but no record of transfer found.

Wilkins, Charles S. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September
18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Detailed Post courier November 1863. Roll dated December 31,
1863, last on file, shows him present.

Wilkins, Theodore J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Appointed 2nd Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North
Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia)

Williams, B. A. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Transferred,
command not stated, August 1, 1862.

Williams, M. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Transferred, command
not stated, August 1, 1862.

Wirtman, J. F. (or Witman) -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll
for January-February 1863, last on which borne, shows him on
detached duty September 11, 1862.

Wolfe, R. T. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent, detailed to guard
commissary stores, #3 Confederate R.R., December 15, 1863.

Zeigler, George W. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Died near Rincon, Georgia December 3, 1915.

Zeigler, John A. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st
Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Zipperer, Benjamin T. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September
18, 1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862.
Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
present.

Zipperer, J. T. -- Private - July 31, 1863. Roll dated
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

Zittrouer, Emmett D. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
1st Regiment,1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops September 18,
1861. Mustered out March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 6, 1862. Roll
dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.
Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North
Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia.)


54th Infantry Regiment, organized at Savannah, Georgia,
during the summer of 1862, contained men recruited in the
counties of Lamar, Appling, Harris, Muscogee, Bartow,
Chatham, and Barrow. The unit moved to the Charleston area
and was involved in numerous conflicts including the fight
at Battery Wagner. Later it was assigned to Mercer's and
J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 54th
participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee
operations, and the Battle of Bentonville. During the
Atlanta Campaign, July 20 to September 1, it reported 93
casualties and in December, 1864, totalled 168 effectives.
The regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865. Colonel Charlton
H. Way, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Rawls, and Major William
H. Mann were in command.