FLOYD COUNTY, GA - MILITARY  - Civil War  Co. B 21th Regiment 
"Floyd Sharpshooters"

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Company B, 21st Regiment
Floyd County
"Floyd Sharpshooters"

Aaron, John F. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862; Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 13, 1862. Discharged, overage, near Staunton,
Virginia June 28, 1864.

Anderson, James L. – Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded. Died
of disease at Charlottesville, Virginia April 19, 1862.
Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.

Anderson, John M. -- Private - August 26, 1861. Wounded in
leg, necessitating amputation below knee, at Bachelor's
Creek, North Carolina February 1, 1864. Discharged,
disability, in 1864.

Anderson, Thomas Jefferson -- Private - June 24, 1861.
Discharged underage, September 10, 1862. Enlisted as a
private in Captain Gartrell's Company Georgia Cavalry
(Forrest's Escort), October 9, 1863. Surrendered,
Citronelle, Alabama May 4, 1865. Paroled, Gainesville,
Alabama May 10, 1865.

Ash, Bernard -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia November 11, 1861.
Reenlisted. Admitted to U. S. A. General Hospital at
Frederick, Maryland between September and December 1862. No
later record.

Atkins, Benjamin G. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Roll for
August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Atkins, James M. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Died at
Rome, Georgia November 2, 1862.

Attaway, Thomas D. --1st Lieutenant - June 24, 1861. Wounded
at 2nd Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Died of wounds
August 29, 1862.

Bailey, George W. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia December 1861. Other
records show him sick at Stanardsville, Virginia April 1862.

Bowen, Francis E. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 3rd
Sergeant June 1, 1864. Captured at Winchester, Virginia
September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and
exchanged February 10, 1865. No later record.

Bryant, Robert V. J. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1862. Appears last on roll for
April 30, 1863.

Bryant, Theodoric F. E. -- 4th Sergeant - June 24, 1861.
Private July 20, 1862. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on
file, shows him on detached service in Commissary Dept. No
later record.

Butler, Green B. -- 2nd Lieutenant - June 24, 1861. Wounded
at Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1862. Resigned, disability,
July 25, 1862.

Cashion, Amzi S. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1862. Roll for August 31, 1864,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Cashion, James T. -- Private - June 25, 1862. Wounded in
leg, necessitating amputation above knee, at Sharpsburg,
Maryland September 17, 1862. Discharged, disability, in
1862.

Cashion, Robert W. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal August 8, 1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas, Virginia
August 28, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant July 1, 1864.
Paroled, Charleston, West Virginia May 10, 1865.

Cheshire, Burgess J. (or Chesser) -- Private - February 20,
1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862.
Appears last on roll for April 20, 1863.

Cheshire, William G. (or Chesser) -- Private - February 20,
1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863.
Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Virginia
June 7, 1863. Transferred to Rome, Georgia June 25, 1863.
Discharged, disability, August 20, 1863.

Clowdis, Edward F. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Leg fractured
by fall from hourse. Discharged, disability, March 16, 1863.

Cooper, John R. – Private - June 24, 1861. Absent with leave
June 24, 1861. No later record.

Copeland, James J. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Captured in
Bartow County, Georgia July 1, 1863. Took oath of allegiance
to U. S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky and released to
remain north of Ohio River during war June 4, 1864.

Cuyler, Thomas H. -- Private - 1862. Discharged, underage,
in 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company H, 3rd Regiment
Georgia Cavalry May 13, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant March
1, 1864; Aide to General Wheeler November 1864. Surrendered,
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

Davis, John -- Private - June 24, 1861. Roll for August 31,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Dawson, William B. -- Private - June 24, 1861.Absent with
leave July 2, 1861.. No later record.

Dempsey, George -- Private - June 24, 1861. Captured at
Luray, Virginia September 24, 1864. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland March 17, 1865. Exchanged at James River,
Virginia March 19, 1865.

Denson, Augustus George -- Private - February 20, 1862.
Appears last on roll for April 1863. Wounded, date and place
not given. Died of wounds.

Denson, William F. -- Private - September 1, 1861.Killed at
2nd Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862.

Detwilder, Joseph -- Private - June 25, 1862. Died in Mount
Jackson, Virginia hospital in 1864.

Dougherty, Cicero -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia December 30, 1861.

Eaton, Samuel F. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1862; Cross Keys, Virginia June
8, 1862. Died of wounds in Charlottesville, Virginia
hospital July 15, 1862. Buried there in Confederate
Cemetery.

Fair, Hezekiah F. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Sick in
Richmond, Virginia hospital August 31, 1864. Died in
service.

Farris, John N. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 30, 1862. Appears on list of
prisoners confined in Military Prison at Wheeling, West
Virginia, as arrested March 28, 1865; took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government, Clarksburg, West Virginia,
same date.

Finley, Leroy J. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, December 1, 1861. Enlisted as a private in
Company B, 1st Confederate Regiment January 1, 1862.
Transferred to 2nd Company G, June 1, 1862. Died in Post
Hospital at Fort Gaines, Alabama November 9, 1862.

Formby, Newton -- Private - June 24, 186l. Killed at
Plymouth, North Carolina April 18, 1864.

Formby, William T. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at
2nd Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Died of wounds at
Middleburg, Virginia November 7, 1862.

Fowler, John B. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, September 1, 1861.

Fricks, Napoleon B. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Died of
typhoid fever in Sudley Church Hospital in camp near
Centreville, Virginia November 12, 1861.

Gallagher, Michael -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, June 18, 1862.

Garner, Green B. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Captured at
Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland and transferred for exchange March 15,
1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River,
Virginia, March 18, 1865. No later record.

Garner, Robert M. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal
in 1863. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him
sick in Newnan, Georgia hospital. Pension records show he
remained in this hospital until after war closed.

Gatewood, John H. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862; Richmond, Virginia in
1864. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him
sick, in Richmond, Virginia hospital. No later record.

Gifford, William -- Private - February 20, 1862. Wounded at
Manassas, Junction, Virginia October 24, 1862. Died of
wounds at Richmond, Virginia

Gilliam, Robert E. (or Gilham) -- 4th Corporal - June 24,
1861. Discharged, disability, at Manassas, Virginia February
6, 1862.

Gilpen, John W. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 4th
Sergeant in 1863. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file,
shows him present. Died in service.

Gossett, William P. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Roll for
August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Graves, Algernon S. -- 1st Sergeant - June 24, 1861.
Discharged, furnished James Nix as substitute, January 1,
1862.

Graves, T. J. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded in leg,
necessitating amputation, at Monocacy, Maryland July 9,
1864. Died of wounds.

Griffin, William J. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Captured
near Bulltown, West Virginia November 10, 1864, and
forwarded to Clarksburg, West Virginia No later record.

Hall, James E. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant February 1, 1863; Acting Sergeant Major in 1865.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Hamby, Manley T. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Killed,
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia May 16, 1864.

Hamilton, Algernon S. -- Captain - June 24, 1861.
Permanently detached from company and ordered to report to
General Beauregard for assignment to duty May 28, 1863.
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 66th Regiment Georgia
Infantry October 8, 1863. Wounded at Peachtree Creek,
Georgia July 20, 1864. Wounded in right eye, resulting in
loss of sight, at Franklin, Tennessee November 30, 1864.
Applied for 30 days' leave of absence, on account of
disability from old wound in right eye, March 9, 1865.

Harden, John L. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant October 20, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
January 30, 1863; 2nd Lieutenant in 1864. Captured at
Petersburg, Virginia April 2, 1865. Released at Johnson's
Island, Ohio June 18, 1865.

Harrison, Franklin B -- Private - June 24, 1861. Died of
disease in Lynchburg, Virginia hospital May 8, 1862. Buried
there in Confederate Cemetery. No 8, 4th Line, Lot 168-
Ferguson's Factory.

Harrison, John B. -- Private - February 20, 186. Died in
Stanardsville, Virginia hospital May 17, 1862.

Hess, James A. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Sick at Richmond,
Virginia August 31, 1864. Died in service.

Holt, William J. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 2nd
Sergeant June 13, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant January 30,
1863; 1st Lieutenant in 1864. Resigned August 30, 1864.
Enlisted as a private in Company A, Phillips' Legion Georgia
Cavalry in 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina
April 26, 1865.

Isbell, Eli -- 3rd Sergeant - June 24, 1861. Killed at
Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1862.

Kirtley, William J. --1st Corporal - June 24, 1861. Private
May 13, 1862. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows
him absent with leave.

Leazer, John R. (or Leaser) -- Private - June 24, 186l.
Appointed 3rd Sergeant January 20, 1863. Captured at Cedar
Creek, Virginia October 5 19, 1864. Released at Point
Lookout, Maryland June 4, 1865.

Leazer, William (or Leaser) -- Private - June 24, 1861. Died
in service.

Leming, Harvey D. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Captured near
Petersburg, Virginia March 25, 1865. Released at Point
Lookout, Maryland June 4, 1865.

Leming, Joseph M. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 2nd
Sergeant. Captured at Petersburg, Virginia April 2, 1865.
Released at Point Lookout, Maryland June 4, 1865.

Long, John -- Private - August 7, 186l. Surrendered at
Cumberland, Maryland September 13, 1864.

Lowery, James C. -- Private - September 1, 1861. Sick in
Richmond, Virginia hospital April 30, 1862. Died at home at
Rome, Georgia

Luckey, J. Calvin -- Private - June 26, 1862. Roll for
August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Mack, Joseph M. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant January 1, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 13,
1862. Wounded at Cross Keys, Virginia June 8, 1862. Died of
wounds in General Hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia June
21, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.

Maroney, Cyrus B. -- 2nd Corporal - June 24, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant June 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute,
February 9, 1862. Reenlisted. Wounded at 2nd Manassas,
Virginia August 28, 1862. Died of wounds at Middleburg,
Virginia September 16, 1862.

Maroney, Daniel R. C. (or Meroney) -- Private - June 24,
1861. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him
present. Supposed to have died in service.

Maroney, Hacket C. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Died of
disease in General Hospital #l, at Lynchburg, Virginia June
27, 1862. "Was packed up and sent to Rome, Georgia June
1862."

Maroney, Jacob N. -- Private - January 1, 1862. Appointed
2nd Sergeant January 30, 1862. Captured at Cashtown,
Pennsylvania July 4, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Point Lookout, Maryland and released February
20, 1864.

Martin, Jonathan C. -- Private - June 26, 1862. Roll for
August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Martin, Newton J. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appears last
on roll for July 26, 1861.

McBee, Robert P. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant May 13, 1862. Wounded at Cross Keys, Virginia June
8, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 28, 1862; 1st
Lieutenant September 23, 1862. Died of smallpox at
Charlottesville, Virginia January 21, 1863. Buried there in
Confederate Cemetery.

McKown, Thomas J. -- See Musician Company A.

Mills, Frank A. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at Cross
Keys, Virginia June 8, 1862. Discharged as a result of a
gunshot fracture of right thigh, August 4, 1862.

Moore, Henry -- Private - June 24, 1861. Absent with leave
July 2, 1861. No later record.

Morrow, Andrew J. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant
in 1863. Deserted near Salem, Virginia June 28, 1864.
Imprisoned at Knoxville, Tennessee, a Confederate deserter,
August 3, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government
at Louisville, Kentucky and released August 27, 1864.

Mullen, James E. (or Mullin) -- Private - June 24, 1861.
Appointed 3rd Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia
April 9, 1865.

Murrow, William -- Private - June 24, 1861. Absent with
leave July 2, 1861. No later record.

Nix, James -- Private - January 1, 1862. Substitute for
Algernon S. Graves. Appointed 1st Corporal August 8, 1862.
Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Died in
Staunton, Virginia hospital prior to August 1864.

Phipps, Andrew C. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged in
1861.

Pyle, Charles H. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.

Pyle, George W. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1862. Roll for August 31, 1864,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Pyle, John L. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Manassas, Virginia February 1, 1862.

Rainwater, James P. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Died of
disease at Richmond, Virginia April 8, 1862.

Rainwater, Umphrey P. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at
2nd Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Wounded August 21,
1864. In Mount Jackson, Virginia hospital, wounded, August
31, 1864. No later record.

Rawls, Francis W. (or Ralls) -- Private - August 7, 1861.
Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present.
Discharged on account of tuberculosis contracted in service,
August 1864. Died at home in 1864.

Reid, Andrew A. (or ReeD) -- Private - June 24, 1861.
Discharged at Lynchburg, Virginia hospital December 1861.

Reynolds, Napoleon J. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - June 24, 1861.
Elected Captain of Company F, 1st Regiment Georgia Cavalry
May 13, 1862. Appointed Major and Brigade Quartermaster of
Crew's Brigade February 25, 1864. Paroled at Brigade Hdqrs.
May 3, 1865.

Self, Hayne -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged in 1861.

Shockley, William -- Private - June 24, 1861. Absent with
leave July 2, 1861. No later record.

Shores, A. A. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Captured at
Winchester, Virginia July 21, 1864. Released at Camp Chase,
Ohio May 15, 1865.

Shores, Abner P. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Died of
acute bronchitis in Richmond, Virginia hospital April 26,
1862.

Shores, J. A. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863.

Sloan, William C. -- Private - July 23, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia August 4, 1862.

Smith, Marshall L. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Captured at
Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing,
Virginia for exchange March 15, 1865. Received at Boulware &
Cox s Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 18, 1865. No
later record.

Smith, William A. -- Private - August 26, 1861. Appointed
Corporal January 1, 1863. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on
file, shows him on extra duty. No later record.

Smith, William C. C. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Died of
disease, Stanardsville, Virginia, May 31, 1862.

Stafford, Joshua N. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Wounded
at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Roll for August
31, 1864, last on file, shows him sick at Raleigh, North
Carolina hospital since April 18, 1864. No later record.

Stewart, John H. M. -- Private - July 7, 1862. Sent to
Winder Hospital #1, at Richmond,Virginia November 22, 1863.
Died in 1st Division General Hospital at Camp Winder,
Richmond, Virginia in 1863 or 1864.

Stewart, Robert W. -- Private - February 20, 1862.Deserted,
Martinsburg, Virginia August 8, 1864.

Stewart, Thomas J. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Captured
at Beverly, West Virginia March 23, 1865. Took oath of
allegiance ta U. S. Government at Clarksburg, West Virginia
and sent north March 28, 1865.

Stovall, James E. -- 3rd Corporal - June 24, 1861. Wounded
at Cedar Run, Virginia August 9, 1862. Thigh amputated in
1862. Discharged, disability, October 1, 1862.

Stover, Benjamin G. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Died of
typhus fever at Sudley Church Hospital in camp near
Centreville, Virginia October 12, 1861.

Stover, Henry -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia August 28, 1862. Captured at Petersburg,
Virginia April 2, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland
June 8, 1865.

Strickland, Simon O. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Died of
smallpox in General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond,
Virginia, November 21, 1863.

Tate, Elias A. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Roll for
August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Traub, Solomon -- Private - June 24, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Received at Fort
Delaware, Delaware July 7, 1863. Reported at Hdqrs. Provost
Marshal's Office, Washington, D. C., and took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government July 7, 1863. (Born in 1843.)

Trout, Nathaniel Green -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded
at Cross Keys, Virginia June 8, 1862, and sent to
Charlottesville, Virginia hospital. Appointed 3rd Corporal
in 1863; 2nd Sergeant June 1, 1864. Wounded in left knee at
Winchester, Virginia in 1864. Roll for August 31, 1864, last
on file, shows him on furlough in Georgia Contracted
pneumonia while home on furlough December 1864. Unable to
rejoin command. Enlisted as a private in Company E, 12th
Battalion Georgia Militia February 1865. Captured while on
detail at Athens, Georgia April 1865. Paroled in Hancock
County, Georgia April 15, 1865. (Born in Georgia)

Tucker, George P. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded. Died
of disease at Rome, Georgia August 1, 1862.

Tucker, John A. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant August 13, 1862; Regimental Color Sergeant in 1862.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant September 23, 1862;1st Lieutenant
January 30, 1863; Captain December 1864. Commanding 44th
Regiment Georgia Infantry at surrender, Appomattox, Virginia
April 9, 1865.

Tucker, Wright -- Private - June 24, 1861. Roll for August
31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Turner, James L. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Roll for August
31, 1864, last on file, shows him on detached duty at
Kinston, North Carolina No later record.

Underwood, Abe -- Private - June 24, 1861. Appears last on
roll for April 1863 with remark,"Detailed regimental
wagonmaster."

Wadsworth, John -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged April
27, 1862.

Wansley, James P. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Wounded at
Cross Keys, Virginia June 8, 1862. Discharged December 15,
1862.

Wansley, Jesse C. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia hospital November 1, 1861.

Ward, Thaddeus C. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Died in
Richmond, Virginia hospital in 1864.

Ware, James N. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Died at Bristol,
Tennessee while on way home on furlough December 15, 1861.

White, James H. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Wounded
1863. Killed at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia May 16, 1864.

White, Stephen A. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Admitted
to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia July 27, 1864.
Returned to duty September 20, 1864. No later record.

Williams, Davis -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, September 3, 1861.

Williams, Isaac A. (or Isaac E.) -- Private - June 24, 1861.
Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia November 11,
1861.

Wright, Elisha A. -- Private - June 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Centreville, Virginia December 15, 1861.

Yarbrough, George N. -- 2nd Sergeant - June 24, 1861.
Elected Captain of Company H, 8th Regiment Georgia Infantry
December 20, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July
2, 1863.