Georgia: Elbert County: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY C, 15th REGIMENT ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Carolyn L. Harper Johnson clhjohnson@aol.com ==================================================================== MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY C, 15th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA FIRESIDE GUARDS Martin, Luther H. O.-Captain July 15, 1861. Resigned February 21, 1862. Elected Colonel of the 30th Military District March 24,1864. Heard, Robert Middleton-1st Lieutenant July 15,1861. Elected Captain May 21, 1862. Resigned July 11, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. C, 24th Battn. Ga. Cavalry February 19, 1863. Transferred to Co. C, 7th Regiment Ga. Cavalry February 13, 1864. Bourne, Powhatan B.-2d Lieutenant July 15, 1861. Resigned July 19,1862. Lofton, James H.-Jr. 2d Lieutenant July 15, 1861. Resigned October 30, 1861. (Born in Elbert County, Ga. September 15, 1834.) Brown, John M.-1st Sergeant July 15, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 14,1862;1st Lieutenant July 24,1862. Wounded at Fussell's Mill, Va. August 16, 1864. Dropped from rolls for prolonged absence without leave February 14,1865 McCarty, John T. 2d Sergeant July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 4, 1862. Captured at Warrenton, Va. September 30, 1862. Exchanged at City Point, Va. March 31,1863. Resigned January 9,1864. Lofton, Bedford H.-3d Sergeant July 15,1861. Appointed Ordnance Sergeant May 17,1862; Adjutant. Appears last on roll for June 1863. Hudson, David-4th Sergeant July 15, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant May 14, 1862. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. June 27, 1862. Elected Captain September 30, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Alexander, Dunston B.- 1st Corporal July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15,1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Marcus, Madison J.-2d Corporal July 15, 1861. Appointed Regimental Musician April 2, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Tate, Edmund B., Jr.-3d Corporal July 15, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant June 1862. Wounded and disabled at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Appointed 1st Sergeant September 30, 1863. Absent, sick, January -February 28,1865. No later record. Hudson, John S.-4th Corporal July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability, November 7,1861. Barr, George I.- 5th Corporal July 15, 1861. Discharged on account of rheumatism December 16,1861. Enlisted as a private April 24,1862. On detached duty in 2d Ga. Hospital at Augusta, Ga. February 28,1865. No later record. Snellings, George W.-Musician July 15,1861. Discharged, dis- ability, December 15,1861. Reenlisted as a private February 27,1862. At home on furlough December 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave since February 19, or 28,1865. No later record. Alexander, Guilford L.- private July 15,1861. Transferred to Co. I, March 16,1864. Appointed Regimental Ensign July 24, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Alexander, Henry Clay- private March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. F, May 21,1862. Discharged, disability, July 17,1862. Allgood, Elijah J.- private August 27,1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862.- Wilderness, Va. May 1864. Died of wounds May 16,1864. Almand, Thomas F.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in left arm, necessitating amputation below elbow, in Virginia May 1862. Discharge disability, June 25,1862. Almand, William U.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Anderson, John Lewis- private July 15, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Ayers, Thomas J.- private March 10,1862. Died in hospital May 19, or June 17,1862. Bailey, Ferdinand O.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15,1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal in 1862; 1st Sergeant April 21, 1863. Wounded near Fort Harrison, Va. September 29,1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Bell, George S.- private March 1,1862. Discharged, furnished John Pickens as substitute, November 3,1862. Bell, Harmen L.- private March 2,1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3,1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. February 18, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, February 20-21,1865. No later record. Black, Thomas J.- private July 15, 1861. Deserted at New Market, Tenn. February 23,1864. Blackwell, L. L.- private July 15, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Appears last on roll for February 1862. Bradford, Daniel W.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, March 4,1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Bradford, Junius B.- private July 15,1861. Appointed 3d Corporal June 1862. Transferred to Co. F, March 4,1864. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Bradford, Nathaniel M.- private July 15, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862. Brawner, J. K.- private May 12, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 28, 1864. Furloughed August 5, 1864. Admitted to same hospital April 2, 1865, and turned over to Provost Marshal April 14,1865. Brewer, John M.- private July 15,1861. Discharged, furnished substitute, November 1,1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. B,24th Battn. Ga. Cavalry August 29, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Commissioned Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. C,7th Regiment Ga. Cavalry March 3,1864. An Inspection Report dated January 1,1865, shows him on detached service by order of General Ewell December 7, 1864. No later record. Brinn, Nathan- private February 25, 1862. Transferred to regimental band April 2, 1862. On detail duty in Quartermaster Dept. at Richmond, Va. June 30,1864. No later record. Brown, L. M- private March 4,1862. Died of typhoid fever in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Va. June 7,1862. Brown, T. J.- private February 27, 1862. Discharged, disability, July 28,1862. Buffington, John H.- private July 15,1861. Wounded May 9, 1863. Died of wounds in Richmond, Va. hospital May 20,1863. Bullard, G. T.- private March 4,1862. Died of measles in Richmond, Va. hospital May 14,1862. Bullard, Jeptha R.-See private, Co. I. Bullard, William H.- private February 27,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Burroughs, John E.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15, 1862. Appointed Sergeant; Hospital Steward March 1,1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Butler, E. A.- private March 4,1862. Died of phthisis in Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Va. July 13,1862. Cade, J. S.- private March 4,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Caldwell, A V.- private August 29, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Caldwell, Edward- private July 15,1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Caldwell, Henry- private July 15, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Carpenter, Thomas J.- private July 15,1861. Transferred to Co. F; to Co. A, August 22,1862. Name not borne on this company. Cauthern, John G.(or Cauthen)- private July 15,1861. Died November 1,1864. Chandler, Howard M.- private July 15,1861. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. June 27,1862. Died of wounds in Richmond, Va. hospital July 2,1862. Clark, George W.- private February 27, 1862. Died of fever in Richmond, Va. hospital May 23,1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Clark, J. R.- private February 27, 1862. Died in hospital May 15, 1862. Clark, William B.- private March 1, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant July 24,1862. Died at Winchester, Va. November 5,1862. Clark, W. T.- private February 27, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Colson, S. D.- private July 15, 1861. Discharged on account of tuberculosis September 8, 1861. Cosby, David C.- private July 15, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Cosby, John H.- private July 15, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Cosby, Napoleon Bonaparte- private March 4,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Davis, James W.- private August 27, 1861. Died of chronic diarrhea in Liberty, Va. hospital August 13,1862. Davis, Mark- private September 1862. Died at Fredericksburg, Va. March 1863. Deerburg, Charles- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15, 1862. Appointed orderly to Colonel May 1862. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. September 20,1863. Dennard, John A. M.- private July 15, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Forwarded from Fort Delaware, Del. to Point Lookout, Md. October 20, 1863, and in Hammond U. S. A. General Hospital there October 22-30, 1863. No later record. Dennard, Thomas G.- private July 15, 1861. Died November 7, 1861. Dye, B. F.- private March 4, 1862. Died of measles in Greanor's Hospital at Richmond, Va. April 23,1862. Dye, J. R.- private March 27, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Eaves, James Alfred- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, July 25,1862. Absent without leave February 1865. Eaves, Joel- private July 15,1861. Died November 1,1861. Eberhart, J. G. (Dr.)- private July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability, October 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 9th Battn. Ga. Inf. August 20, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Born in Ga.) Fortson, Richard E.- private July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability, August 9,1862. Franklin, Manuel- private July 15, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Franklin, Samuel- private July 15, 1861. Appointed '3d Sergeant May 17, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant July 24, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Forwarded from Johnson's Island, O. to City Point, Va. for exchange February 24, 1865. No later record. Gothard, Henry C.- private July 15, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Reported "Absent. Sent off with wagons, sick, and has not returned, on rolls from September l, 1863, to January 1, 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave since January 28,1864. No later record. Harmon, F. C.- private February 25, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Died of wounds May 9,1864. Harris, Jeptha A.- private July 15,1861. Died in Orange Court House, Va. hospital March 29,1862. Heard, M. L.- private July 15, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Holbrook, P. C.- private April 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Died in Franklin County, Ga. April 3, 1930. Hubbard, John W.- private July 15, 1861. Absent, sick, February 28,1865. No later record. Hubbard, T P.- private March 4, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in Richmond, Va. hospital July 2,1862. Hubbard, William D.- private July 15,1861. Discharged, disability, December 6, 1861. Reenlisted March 4, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Hudson, J. C.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital July 7, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hudson, J. M.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant September 30, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1838.) Hudson, J. S.- private February 27, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant August 6, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Hagerstown, Md. Hudson, T. J - private July 15, 1861. Died of typhoid fever at Camp Pine Creek, near Richmond, Va., September 18, 1861. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va. Hudson, William D.- private July 15, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant October 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. for exchange February 25, 1865. No later record. Hulme, John D. private July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability, November 6, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. F, this regiment August 28, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Johnson, Robert H - private July 15,1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and sent to James River, Va. far exchange February 14-15, 1865. No later record. Johnson, Tapley B.- private March 9, 1863. Wounded September 1863. Retired to Invalid Corps July 20,1864. Kerlin, David S.- private April 27,1862. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 10,1864. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Kinnebrew, Edward N.- private July 15, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal June 1862. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Kinnebrew, William Henry- private April 27,1862. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. October 6,1862. Kirkland, J. H.- private July 15, 1861. Died at Richmond, Va. November 8,1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Knight, Marcus A.-Enlisted as a private in Co, K,6th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 10,1861. Transferred to Co. C, 15th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1861; to Co. F, June 12,1862. Captured at U. S. Ford, Va. September 1,1863. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. and sent to James River, Va. for exchange February 25,1865. No later record. Lovingood, George W.- private July 15, 1861. Wounded at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. August 27,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Lovingood, Samuel Jackson- private July 15,1861. Appointed 3d Corporal June 1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Captured at Mossy Creek, Tenn. January 22, 1864. Transferred from Louisville, Ky. to Rock Island, Ill. February 10-15,1864; to James River, Va. for exchange February 15,1865. Captured in Richmond, Va. hospital April 3,1865. Captured and paroled at Hartwell, Ga. May 18,1865. (Born in Elbert County, Ga. in 1840.) Lovingood, William L.- private October 21,1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Absent without leave February 28,1865. Captured at Anderson, S. C. May 5,1865. Mayley, W. D. (or Mailey)- private March 4, 1862. Died in Liberty, Va. hospital July 20,1862. McDaniel, Elbert C.- See private, Co. I. McLanhan, J. W.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Moon, J. M.- private March 10, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Moon, William H.- private June 17,1862. Died in camp June 17,1862. Murrah, Benjamin- private July 15,1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15,1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Murrah, John W.- private July 15,1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant June 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant July 19,1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Nash, H. H.- private March 29, 1864. Absent without leave November 15,1864 -February 28,1865. No later record. Nash, J. B.- private March 4,1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Sent via Fort Delaware, Del. and Point Lookout, Md. to City Point, Va., where he was exchanged April 30,1864. No later record. Nash, J. C.- private March 3, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital July 6,1862. Norman, J. L.- private July 15,1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Pegg, Leander M.-Enlisted as a private in Co. K,6th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 10,1861. Transferred to Co. C, 15th Regiment Ga. Inf. January 21,1862. Discharged, disability, July 25,1862. Pickens, John- private November 3,1862. Substitute for George S. Bell. Furloughed on account of disability January 31,1865. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him absent with leave. No later record. Pulliam, Francis M.- private July 15,1861. Transferred to Co. I, May 15,1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862 : Wounded and captured at French Broad River, Tenn. January 22, 1864. Released at Rock Island, Ill. June 21,1865. Remsen, Thomas H.- private March 1,1862. Appointed Corporal in 1862. Elected Jr.2d Lieutenant of Co. G, March 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Elected 2d Lieutenant. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Roberts, Edward M.- private July 15,1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Rose, A. J.- private March 4,1862. Absent, sick, February 28,1865. No later record. Ruff, James C.- private December 1,1864. Deserted February 20,1865. Ruff, Martin- private July 15, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Seidel, Charles W.- private July 15,1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. a prisoner of war, May 24,1865. Simpson, Leonard K.- private July 15,1861. Died in Smallpox Hospital at Petersburg, Va. June 4,1863. Simpson, Thomas- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. G, May 15,1862. Slay, G. F.- private March 4,1862. Discharged, disability, July 28,1862. Slay, James T.- private July 15, 1861. Wounded in Virginia May 31,1864. Died of wounds in Richmond, Va. hospital June 1,1864. Smith, James W. private July 15,1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Smith, T. B.- private August 27,1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 4,1863. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 16,1865. Smith, William Thomas- private January 26, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Snellings, Peter P.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862. Absent, sick, February 28, 1865. No later record. Snellings, William H.- private August 27, 1861. Discharged, dis- ability, December 28,1861. Sorrow, McKenzie- private July 15,1861. Discharged, disability, November 12,1861. Sorrow, Stinson P.- private July 15, 1861. Died in Culpeper Court House, Va. hospital November 27,1861. Sorrow, Terrell T.- private March 9, 1863. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 3, 1864. Died of wounds in Stuart Hospital at Richmond, Va. June 8,1864. Stovall, George M.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant July 24, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died of wounds in Charlottesville, Va. hospital May 29,1864. Stovall, Job H.- private July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability, January 27, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 24th Battn. Ga. Cavalry August 29, 1862. Transferred to Co. C, 7th Regiment Ga. Cavalry February 13, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Stribling, J. M.- private November 2, 1864. Died of pneumonia in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. December 22, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Tate, Enos R.- private July 15, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3,1863. Died of wounds July 5,1863. Tate, Jasper S.- private July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability, December 24,1861. Reenlisted March 3, 1863. Appointed 4th Corporal. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Elbert County, Ga. in 1843.) Tate, W. T.- private April 20, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Va. July 3, 1863. Died of acute dysentery at Fort Delaware, Del. September 20,1863. Taylor, William T.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15, 1862. On detached service in hospital on account of disability February 28,1865. No later record. Turman, George E.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. February 18, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, February 21,1865. No later record. Turman, Thomas M.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. February 18, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, February 20-21,1865. No later record. Vaughn, Peter D.- private July 15, 1861. Died in 1st Ga. Hospital at Richmond, Va. April 19,1862. Wheelis, David M.- private March 4,1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1,1862. Absent, sick, February 28,1865. No later record. Wilkins, F. M.- private February 27,1862. Died in hospital May 3,1862. Wilkins, Judas L. M.- private July 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, May 15,1862. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. September 20,1863. Willis, Alvin- private July 15,1861. Died in 1861. Willis, Richard Madison M.- private July 15, 1861. Severely wounded in right leg at Jericho Ford, Va. May 23,1864. Leg amputated June 4,1864. On wounded furlough close of war. Willis, Thomas B. F.- private July 15, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal June 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 4,1863. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. January 17,1865. Willis, William J.- private July 15,1861. Elected Jr.2d Lieutenant October 30,1861; 1st Lieutenant May 21,1862; Captain July 13,1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Died of wounds in Atlanta, Ga. hospital September 27,1863