Gilmer COUNTY GA Company G, 39th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gerald Hodge rebel6@mailhub.icx.net http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/gilmer/civilwar/rosters/g39.txt See Gerald Hodge's web page http://39thgavolinfrgt.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html for complete history, letters, battles and much more about this regiment. Company G, 39th Regiment Gilmer County "Gilmer Lions" Abercrombie, John W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee July 24, 1862. Aikins, Jason (or Akins) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Aikins, Jasper (or Akins) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Alley, Harvey C. -- 4th Sergeant. See private Company E. Anderson, J. L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded, date and place not given. Died at Jackson, Mississippi July 15, 1863. Anderson, Joseph M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Pension records show he "Was captured near Dalton, Georgia, tried as a spy but was acquitted, May 15, 1864. Held a prisoner at Chattanooga, Tennessee until end of war." (Born in Georgia in 1843.) Ayers, Jesse (or Ayres) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of disease August 8, 1863. Ayers, Martin (or Ayres) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Dalton, Georgia May 15, 1864. Volunteered in U. S. Army but was rejected. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Rock Island, Illinois, and released October 26, 1864. Ball, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 11, 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant August 25, 1863; 2nd Lieutenant March 1864. Absent, sick at Cassville, Georgia April 7-30, 1864. No later record. Bates, James M. -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Died of wounds in Meridian, Mississippi hospital June 16, 1863. Bearden, R. K. -- Private - April 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Bearden, Stephen -- Private - July 23, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Bearden, William N. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Vicksburg, Mississippi hospital May 23, 1863. Bishop, Alfred -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of camp fever in Chattanooga, Tennessee hospital May 17, 1862. Boone, Marshall M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 29th Battalion Georgia Cavalry October 12, 1862. In Savannah, Georgia hospital July 25-September 13, 1864. Transferred to Company G, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Bradley, J. A. -- Private - November 10, 1862. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital #11, at Charlotte, North Carolina March 17, 1865. Sent to another hospital April 14, 1865. Bramlett, Stephen L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died August 12, 1863. Braumblow, Linzey E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 28, 1862. Bridwell, J. J. -- Private - October 23, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave January 13, 1864. No later record. Brown, Benjamin J. -- Captain - March 4, 1862. Resigned December 21, 1863. Brown, William C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Exchanged July 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Burch, Barnett -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave January 13, 1864. No later record. Camp, George W. -- 3rd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant July 1863; 1st Sergeant March 1864. Captured at Cassville, Georgia May 20, 1864. Died of pleuro-pneumonia at Rock Island, Illinois, June 17, 1864. Cantrell, David -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave July 31, 1862. No later record. Cantrell, Hazel Waswell -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Cantrell, William M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi June 23, 1863. Carnes, Charles T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted at Dalton, Georgia December 20, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 6, 1864. Carpenter, N. (or W.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Carpenter, Sinimiere -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at McMillan, Tennessee July 1, 1862. Carter, Ezekiel -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of disease at Spring Place, Georgia January 15, 1863. Clarke, James B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave December 14, 1863. No later record. Clayton, Stephen -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal June 13, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent, sick, January 18, 1864. No later record. Coggin, James R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Lenoir, Tennessee. Colbert, John C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at home in Gilmer County, Georgia July 24, 1862. Colbert, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Paris, Kentucky in 1862. Cole, David E. -- Musician - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Resident of Georgia since 1857.) Compton, Jeremiah M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Bean Station, Tennessee in 1862. Davidson, Lewis L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Edwards, Thomas W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 12, 1863-April 30, 1864. No later record. Elliott, Jesse -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. No later record. Evans, Hiram J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi June 8, 1863. Evans, Vincent (or Vinson) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent, sick, August 12, 1863-April 30, 1864. No later record. Fox, John A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave July 31, 1862. No later record. Garrett, Lorenzo D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave October 1863-January 30, 1864. No later record. Gilbert, Hezekiah -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Gregg, Elisha -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave August 1863. Returned to company under arrest for desertion December 30, 1863. Captured at Resaca, Georgia May 17, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in U. S. Navy at Alton, Illinois, June 10, 1864. Harris, James Franklin -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 1, 1862; 1st Lieutenant June 25, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Elected Captain December 21, 1863. Wounded, through right jaw, causing loss of nine teeth, at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 27, 1864. (Resident of Georgia since December 24, 1839.) Hensley, James M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Knoxville, Tennessee July 6, 1862. Hensley, John J. (or Hornsby) -- See private, Company I. Hensley, William J. -- See private, Company I. Holden, William A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died April 29, 1862. Holloway, Robert -- Private - March 4, 1862. Holt, James -- Private - July 23, 1862. Absent without leave January 13, 1864. No later record. Holt, John -- Private - July 23, 1862. Absent without leave August-October 31, 1863. No later record. Holt, William -- Private - July 23, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, ississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 1863 -January 13, 1864. No later record. Hyde, Leonard -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal August 1863. Deserted at Dalton, Georgia April 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. (Born in Rabun County, Georgia June 20, 1827.) Hyde, William J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Jackson, Andrew J. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. Jackson, Washington LaFayette -- 2nd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave January 13, 1864. No later record. Johnson, Robert A. -- 2nd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant July 1, 1863; 1st Lieutenant December 21, 1863. Deserted in 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 6, 1864. Jones, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia July 6, 1863. Absent without leave January 13, 1864. No later record. Jones, John W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted at Dalton, Georgia December 20, 1863. Jones, Samuel W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Jones, Wesley -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia July 6, 1863. Absent without leave January 13, 1864. No later record. Kennard, James -- Private - December 28, 1862. Died August 7, 1863. Langley, Andrew J. -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave and reduced to ranks August 25, 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Latta, Alexander (or Latty) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Knoxville, Tennessee hospital May 26, 1862. Latta, William J. (or Latty) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Ledford, Joseph F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia July 3, 1864. Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois, June 16, 1865. Long, Peter H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave July 1862. Lowman, Peyton Monroe -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. On extra duty as teamster at Brigade Headquarters, October 10, 1863-April 30, 1864. No later record. Mann, Robert A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal August 25, 1863; 1st Corporal March 1864. Captured at Cassville, Georgia May 20, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in U. S. Navy at Rock Island, Illinois, June 10, 1864. McMillan, John C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died August 5, 1863. Miller, John H. -- See private, Company E. Mincey, Reuben P. (or Mincy) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Mitchell, James C. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Absent without leave August 25, 1863. Deserted. Voluntarily took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Knoxville, Tennessee December 16, 1863, and released there December 29, 1863. Mitchell, John F. -- See private Company C. Mitchell, Moses W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Deserted at Dalton, Georgia December 20, 1863. Morris, Madison E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Mullinax, Francis M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 25, 1863- January 13, 1864. Mullinax, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 25, 1862. Mullinax, William R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 19, 1862. Newberry, Joseph Jackson -- Private - March 4, 1862. Name cancelled on original roll. Pension records show he enlisted in Company, Ralston's Battalion Georgia Militia Cavalry in 1864, and was at home, sick, close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1837.) Osborn, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave January 13, 1864. No later record. Osborn, James B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Georgia July 3, 1864. Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois, June 6, 1865. Osborn, William R. -- 4th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant March 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Packley, David M. (or Rackley) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Died of wounds June 17, 1863. Packley, F. M. (or Rackley) -- Private - July 23, 1862. Deserted prior to December 14, 1863. Parks, John H. -- Private - August 4, 1862. Captured at Cassville, Georgia May 20, 1864. Released at Rock Island, Illinois, June 19, 1865. Parris, Robert -- Private - August 5, 1863. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1863. Potts, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of measles at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 3 or 19, 1862. Powell, John M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Powell, Milligan Q. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of chronic diarrhoea in Confederate States Hospital at Petersburg, Virginia August 8, 1863. Prather, William -- Private - July 23, 1862. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March 17, 1864. Price, Oliver D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Wounded in right leg at Bentonville, North Carolina March 21, 1865. In C.S.A. General Hospital #11, at Charlotte, North Carolina, wounded, March 28-April 4, 1865. (Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina July 15, 1837.) Puckett, J. A. -- Private - August 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Rackley -- See Packley. Redmond, John R. -- 1st Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Killed at Vicksburg, Mississippi June 25, 1863. Rice, James T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee prior to December 19, 1862. Scoggins, Green B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company H, 52nd Regiment Georgia Infantry July 31, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Absent without leave September 20-December 1863. No later record. Scoggins, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. Shelton, John D. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee February 27, 1864. Simmons, lsham C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. In Strawberry Plains, Tennessee hospital July 1862. No later record. Simmons, Marion L. (or Marvin L.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Dalton, Georgia May 15, 1864. Died of fever at Camp Morton, Indiana, April 27, 1865. Sims, Jeremiah -- Private - January 1, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Smith, John T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee prior to December 9, 1862. Smith, Samuel F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Bean Station, Tennessee prior to December 9, 1862. Southern, Alfred -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 28, 1862. Stallings, Thomas J. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Discharged, Special Order #65, War Department, March 18, 1864. Stover, David J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. No later record. Tabor, Jonathan -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Died from wounds in hospital June 17, 1863. Tabor, Thomas W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant August 25, 1863. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Georgia July 24, 1864, and furloughed therefrom August 9, 1864. Pension records show he enlisted in Company K, 11th Regiment Georgia Cavalry August 1864, and surrendered at Augusta, Georgia May 4, 1865. (Resident of Georgia since 1858.) Tillison, William J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Resaca Georgia May 16, 1864. Paroled at Alton, Illinois, and sent to James River, Virginia for exchange February 21, 1865. Tipton, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. Trigg, Elisha -- See Gregg, Elisha. Tucker, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. Roll dated April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent, prisoner of war." No later record. Tucker, Samuel -- Private - April 12, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, May 25, 1864. (Born in South Carolina in 1828.) Vandergriff, Benjamin B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Vincent, G. G. -- See private Company F. Walker, Franklin B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Wounded, left arm permanently disabled, at Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Discharged, disability, in 1864. (Resident of Georgia since December 25, 1852.) Walker, Stephen M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed fifer. Captured at Lexington, Kentucky October 17, 1862, and sent to Cairo, Illinois, Exchanged near Vicksburg, Mississippi December 8, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi December 25, 1862. Warlick, Marcus W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave April 15, 1864. No later record. Appears also on rolls of Company I. No record of transfer. Weaver, Ashiel S. (or Aseal S.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Weaver, Elbert (or Albert) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Weaver, Henry L. -- Private - July 23, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Weaver, Marion -- Private - July 23, 1862. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. West, Benjamin C. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 18, 1862. West, Marion J. -- 5th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave and reduced to ranks August 25, 1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 6, 1864. Wheeler, Alfred L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave February 20-April 1864. No later record. Wheeler, John E. -- 1st Corporal - March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi June 13, 1863. White, Jacob -- Private - August 18, 1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee March 5, 1864. Williams, James E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Newsome Hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 22, 1862. Wood, Isaiah (or Josiah) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. 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