FULTON COUNTY, GA - Roster Civil War Georgia Military Institute Cadets ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Eileen McAdams Atlanta Constitution, June 8, 1924 Georgia Military Institute Cadets Who Served in the Civil War. "The Georgia Military Institute, located about 20 miles from Atlanta was at that time an important military college. It was a training camp for the Confederate army from the beginning of the war and many of the leaders of the Confederacy received their military training there." "The roster herewith published, and other facts concerning the cadets of the G.M.I. have been gathered together by W. E. H. Searcy, of Griffin, Ga, orderly sergeant of company A, and ordnance sergeant of the battalion. Got Into Service In the spring of 1862 many of the cadets left the institute and went into the Confederate service, training men in all sections of the county. Later others were sent out from time to time, to impart the training in military tactics, etc., so vitally needed. The cadets protected the lines of transportation to Tennessee and Virginia. They were a constant menace to the raiders who came in from the federal arm, and rendered important service to generals Forrest, Wheeler and others in keeping these raiders out of the state. On May 6, 1864, Sherman broke camp at Chattanooga for his march to the sea. The battalion of cadets went before him to the sea and were in all the military movements from Chattanooga to Savannah. they helped to hold Atlanta during the siege and were in Hardee's corps, Wayne's division, Carswell's brigade, Johnston's army. They served under General Hood after Johnston was displaced by him. They were turned back from the march to North Carolina, to Augusta, where they defended the great Confederate arsenal at that place. There they were disbanded and paroled in May, 1865. It is said that they were the last troops in the south, east of the Mississippi, to give up their arms. This was due to the fact that the arsenal at Augusta could not be abandoned until the federal government was able to get troops there, which was difficult, with railroads torn up and stragglers all through the country. Roster of Institute The full roster of the cadets of the Georgia Military Institute who served in the war between the states, here published for the first times, is as follows: Officials General Frank W. Capers, commander and instructor of the battalion J. F. Crutchfield, adjutant John A. Fitten, sergeant major W E S Searcy, ordanace sergeant J S Austin, captain, Co. A Victor E. Manget, captain Co. B L. J. Hill, first lieutenant Paul Favor, second lieutenant F E Courvoiser, third lieutenant James R. McClesky, fourth lieutenant W E H Searcy, orderly sergeant and ordance sergeant C W Henderson, second sergeant Theodore Elyea, third sergeant J W Symins, fourth sergeant J Scott Todd, fifth sergeant J A Arnall, sixth sergeant Privates - Company A ___Adams ___Adams ___Akers A H Alexander, Forsyth, Ga., killed in battle of Atlanta in 1864 F Arnold, Coweta county Park Arnold, Coweta county Herman Bellingrath, Atlanta B P Blanton, Griffin, Ga ___Bozeman ___Bridges E. Brumby, Marietta, Ga. J Brumby, Marietta, Ga W H Burke, LaGrange, GA J Burroughs E Cabaniss, Forsyth, Ga H. H Cabaniss, Forsyth, Ga Joseph F. Cambell, Mobile Ala W P Carlton, Green county James Corry, Green county Ed Cashin, Augusta, Ga ___Clark ___Cockerall ___Crutchfield, Ambrose William, Macon, Ga J H Dabney, J H Dawson, Greensboro, Ga Grank D'Antignac, Augusta, Ga J Dorsey, Opelika, Ala ___Dozier J Pope Edwards, Opelika, Ala Jacob Einstein ___Elliott ___Everitt ___Fitzpatrick Warren Flake, DeKalb county A B Foster. Madison, Ga ___ Freeman J Gary W Gary ___Gould Thomas A Hamilton, Columbia Co. J Hardee W P Hardee ___Harlee H P Harrington, West Point, Ga. John Harris ___Haslam J C Hawkins, Meriwether county George M Head A W Hill, Washington, Ga Thomas A Hill, Washington, Ga John Hinton, Athens, Ga ___Holland ___Helmes ___Houston ___Howard Huger, Charleston S.C. D A Jones, Burke county W D Jones, Jr, Burke county Barrington King, Marietta, Ga ___Kollock J H Land W S Lane Charles T Latimer ___ LeSeuer T G Lester, Lexington, Ga ___Livingston Robert O Loterr, Screven county ___McCarthy ___McClennan George McLeod, Cobb county McClesky, Athens, Ga W S McHenry, Madison, Ga Madison McWhorter, Green county Robert Ligon McWhorter, Green county Charley Mann, Perry, Ga ___Marshall ___Mims W H Mims G D Myrick, Milledgeville ___Napier ___Nevett ___Noble ___Norcorss ___Owens William H Parsons, Johnson county George Patillo, Cartersville, James Pearce J W Pearce, Decatur, Ga Robert H Plant, Macon, Ga ___Randall ___Bush ___Redding ___Reese W H Robert, LaGrange, Ga Wiley Roberts A Robinson, Meriwether county E Robinson, Meriwether county Jeptha H Rucker, Athens, Ga Tinsley W "Tinnie" Rucker Lawrence T Ryan, Hawksinville, Ga A J Sapp D Schley G Schely ___Schoefield W T Sheppard, Columbus, Ga W Shumake, Harris county ___Slappey A A Smith, LaGrange, Ga H H Smith W Smith W Solomon W Solomon W Taft James T Thurman, Atlanta, Ga Mitchell Tison, Darien, Ga J J Turabell, Banks county Abram Waitzfelder, Milledgeville C Walker J Walker Byron D Watson C Howard Williams. Columbus M Williams James p Woodward J H Wynn, Coweta county Color Guard George E Coleman, color sergeant, Harris county, Ga Julius Brown, corporal, Milledgeville, Ga A J Hulsey, Atlanta, Ga Thomas W Milner, Cartersville, Ga, color corporal Henry W Fewes, Forsyth, Ga, color corporal Henry A Dunwoody, Darien, Ga, coor corporal Company B Victor E Manget, Captain Charles H Solomon, first lieutenant P Hazelhurst, second lieutenant Steele White, third lieutenant T A War, first sergeant, Green county Isaac P Harris, second sergeant, Newton county Seaborn Montgomery, third sergeant Tom Bussey, forth sergeant, Marrietta, Ga B Frank Lee, Thomaston, Ga C W Linn Thomas Acee, Talbotton, Ga J Symmes F Jones J K Anderson, Greenville, S.C. ___McNealey, Marianna, Fla J H Stokes, Lumpkin, Ga Stephen G Jordan, Washington county Privates - Company B L Allen, Bainbridge, Ga R H Atkinson, Macon, Ga W Baker ___Beall ___Bignon Clay Billingales, Green county ___Bolger W A Bomar, Atlanta, Ga ___Bostwik ___Bozeman ___Brantley W E Breese, Charleston, S.C. C Brown, Cuthbert, Ga R Brown, Americus, Ga ___Bryan F Burt, Marietta, ga Nathan Bussey, West Point, Ga O B Calhoun, South Carolina H C Cameron, Harris county T G Chaney, Ellaville, Ga J D Coleman, Harris, Ga William E Collier Augustus Culverhouse, Knoxville, Ga Lyman H Compton, Milledgeville, Ga D Cunningham, Talbot county Jessee Dean, Atlanta, Ga W Dean, Atlanta, Ga Dunwood, Cobb county Paul Goldsmith, Atlanta T B Goldsmith, DeKalb county Sam W Goode, Lumpkin county John M Green, Cobb county J W Griffin, Lowndes county Sam Griffin, Lowndes county J W Grubbs, Waynesboro, Ga ___Guyton W Harris C B Heldt, Savannah, Ga Winfield Hitchcock, Hancock county George H Holliday. Atlanta, Ga ___Holmes M F Hood, Hamilton, Harris county J M Hudson, Hamilton, Harris county ___Hughes ___Hulbert Lucius Humber, Lumpkin T J Hunt, Harris county, Ga ___Hunting A Johnston Malcolm Johnston, Baldwin county T Johnston D Jones, West Point, Ga H B Jones, columbus, Ga W M Jones, Hamilton, Ga Edmond Jordan, Washington county Kollock, Savannah, Ga Lucios L Lamar, Milledgeville Ophilo V lamar, Ellaville, Ga Lewis T Lee, Fort Valley, Ga Oscar Lee, Atlanta, Ga Hal T Lewis, Green county, Ga ___Ligon C W Linn W W Little, Harris county, Ga Frank S Loftin, Franklin county ___Lond A T Luckie, Covington J Mabry, Houston county, Ga William J Markley, Greenville, S.C. E C Marsh, Cartersville, Ga (killed at Oconee bridge battle) Bruce McCaskill, Albany, Ga W Penn McClatchey, Marietta, Ga McLauren Mays, S S John McLeod, Emanuel county R B Mobley, Hamilton, Ga J Moore, Weston, Ga W F Moore, Marietta, Ga Mousseau, Charleston S.C. A B Myrick, Milledgeville W E Myrick, Milledgeville Neufville, Savannah, Ga William Newson, LaGrange, Ga ___Partee ___Parrott W F Patillo, Harris county Robert Persons, Upson county Thomas Persons, Marietta, Ga James H Rahn, Guyton, Ga ___Ramsey Horace Remshart, Savannah, Ga A Reynolds, Cobb county Homer V Reynolds, Cobb county J C Richter, Madison, Ga Fletcher P Reynolds, Covington, Ga ___Robinson, Meriwether county Robert L Rodgers, Washington county O A (Cube) Sanders, Covington, Ga ___Sharp A J Shropshire, Coweta county W W Shumake, Troup county ___Smart, Camden county Richard R Smith, Washinton county Thomas H Smith, Washington county Sam Spencer, Columbus, Ga ___Staten ___Stephenson N C Stevens, Ellaville, Ga ___Stotesbury Tennant, Marietta Ga Isaac Thomas, Forsyth, Ga Traylor, Harris county ___Ulmer ___Vance W D Villard, South Carolina Taylor Walton, Lumpkin Ga George Warthen, Sandersville, Ga J C Waters, Marietta, Ga N Wesson, Albany, Ga ___Wilcox O S Williams, Hamilton, Ga T Williams B Wright C Wright, Covington Thomas Young, Valdosta, Ga"