Gilmer COUNTY GA Company I, 39th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gerald Hodge rebel6@mailhub.icx.net http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/gilmer/civilwar/rosters/i39.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 I, 39th Regiment Gilmer County "Gilmer Tigers #2" Date of commissions of officers of this company shown also as April 25, 1862. Date of enlistment of noncommissioned officers and men shown also as May 4, 1862. Bagwell, T. J. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave August 12, 1863. Reduced to ranks September 1, 1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Bailey, Madison -- See private Company A. Banner, Mathew R. -- 1st Lieutenant - April 25, 1862. See private Company A. Barnes, Corbin -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 12-October 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee May 3, 1864. Barnes, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him "Present, in confinement." No later record. Bevell, James (or Bevil) -- 1st Corporal - March 4, 1862. Killed at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Bevell, William (or Bevil) -- Enlisted as a private in Company A, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Avery's,) (subsequently 12th Regiment Georgia Cavalry,) November 1, 1863. Transferred to Company I, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry April 4, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Blankinship, Robert B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in left leg at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863, resulting in amputation of thigh. Furloughed from hospital, date not given. (Resident of Georgia since December 24, 1858.) Brackett, Balus -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Georgia July 3, 1864. Released at Camp Morton, Infantry June 12, 1865. Burgess, John -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Resigned April 25, 1862. Burgess, Peter -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Enterprise, Mississippi June 25, 1863. Carroll, J. H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Carroll, P. P. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi, May 16, 1863. Exchanged at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 4, 1863. Absent without leave November 25, 1863. Cochran, Martin -- Private - March 4, 1862. Cochran, Starlin (or Sterling) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Corbin, Dallas G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Corbin, Maston C. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. "Absent, yet unable for duty, April 30, 1864." Enlisted as a private, Company Regiment Georgia Militia in 1864. Paroled at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. Cowart, Jonathan -- Private - May 1, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Cowart, Peter -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Craig, W. F. (or Cregg) -- Private - September 20, 1863. Died at Atlanta, Georgia May 14, 1864. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Critchfield, Enoch W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Roll for March-April 1864, shows him "Absent, sick in hospital since February 22, 1864." Pension records show he contracted lung and kidney disease, result of measles, and was disabled for further service. (Resident of Georgia Since July 1, 1848. Died in Gilmer County, Georgia November 8, 1894.) Critchfield, Martin A. -- 4th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Appointed 1st Sergeant March 1864. Killed at Powder Springs, Georgia June 20, 1864. Crook, Sampson -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted December 30, 1863. Dailey, William -- Private - May 1, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee February 27, 1864. Davis, Caleb W. -- See private Company B. Debord, George H. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Resident of Georgia since January 10, 1855.) DeBord, William A. -- 3rd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal October 1863. Captured at Nashville, Tennessee December 17, 1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio, and sent to New Orleans, Lousiana, for exchange May 2, 1865. Received at Vicksburg, Mississippi May 12, 1865. (Born in Buncombe County, North Carolina April 1, 1842. Died in Gilmer County, Georgia December 11, 1922.) Foote, John C. -- 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. Frisby, W. E. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Discharged at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi August 4, 1863. Gates, Elijah -- Private - March 4, 1862. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March 8, 1864. George, D. J. (or D. G.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave November 25, 1863. Took oath of allegiance' to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March 11, 1864. George, Isaac W. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant September 1, 1863. Absent without leave November 25, 1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March 11, 1864. Green, S. Percy (or Greene) -- 2nd Lieutenant. See private Company A. Gregg, Elisha -- See private Company G. Hamblen, William (or Hamblem) -- Private - May 10, 1862. Killed at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Havanie, Wyley -- Private - August 20, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 3, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in Company E, 6th Regiment U. S. Vols. at Camp Douglas, Illinois, March 25, 1865. Appears also as Havenie and Havenene. Hays, Benjamin F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March 11, 1864. Hays, John D. - Captain - March 4, 1862. Resigned July 5, 1862. Head, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. Hensley, John J. (or Hornsby) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. Appears on roll of Company G, but no record of transfer. Hensley, William J. (or Hornsby) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Dalton, Georgia, date and cause of death not stated. Appears on rolls of Company G, but no record of transfer. Higgins, Jasper -- Private - March 4, 1862. Higgins, Reuben C. -- Private - March 14, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released February 18, 1864. Hill, Asbury -- Enlisted as a private in Company E, 8th Regiment Georgia State Troops November 7, 1861. Mustered out May 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry September 20, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Ingle, Joseph H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Died of wounds June 18, 1863. Ivey, T. P. (or Ivie, F. P.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1863. Ivy, William R. (or Ivie, William K.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March 5, 1864. Jones, C. N. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Petersburg, Virginia hospital August 29, 1863. Kelly, W. C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Leatherwood, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Leatherwood, John H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Received by Provost Marshal General, Department of Cumberland at Chattanooga, Tennessee, a Confederate deserter, August 12, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky, and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, September 26, 1864. Leatherwood, R. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released February 14, 1864. Liles, J. J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. On sick furlough in 1862. No later record. Logan, Benjamin A. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Exchanged at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 4, 1863. Absent without leave August 12-October 31, 1863. Pension records show he contracted typhoid fever at Knoxville, Tennessee and was unfit for further service. (Resident of Georgia since February 1, 1849.) Logan, Robert T. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 12-October 31, 1863. No later record. Long, P. A. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Loudermilk, F. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded and captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. No prisoner of war record. Loudermilk, John J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Vicksburg, Mississippi June 21, 1863. Loudermilk, Pinkney C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Died of disease in Bragg Hospital at Newnan, Georgia May 18, 1864. Low, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released February 14, 1864. (Born in Henderson County, North Carolina, March 25, 1835.) Low, Nathan -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded through left shoulder at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Roll for March-April 1864, shows him "Absent, wounded, yet unable for duty." Pension records show he was totally disabled and unfit for further duty. (Resident of Georgia since December 26, 1848.) Low, T. J. (or J. J.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. Manley, Ira -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863, and at home with leave. No later record. Manning, J. J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Manning, J. O. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Manning, T. P -- Private - March 4, 1862. Martin, Benjamin -- Private - August 1, 1862. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1863. Martin, J. B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 12-October 31, 1863. No later record. McAllister, William M. (or McColister) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. McCoy, Archibald -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. McEntire, Henry T. -- 2nd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant September 1, 1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Miller, T. A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave August 12-October 31, 1863. No later record. Milton, William P. -- Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company D, 11th Regiment Georgia Infantry July 3, 1861. Resigned, having been elected Captain of Company I, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry, July 14, 1862. Resignation accepted July 30, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Elected Lieutenant Colonel April 9, 1865. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Morris, E. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Nailer, Hood (or Nailor) -- Private - May 10, 1862. Absent without leave August 12-October 31, 1863. No later record. Nelson, Franklin -- Private - March 4, 1862. Nelson, Riley -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. Orr, R. P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi May 25, 1863. Parks, John H. -- See private Company G. Pence, Nelson -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave August 12, 1863-January 13, 1864. No later record. Pence, Upson -- Private - August 14, 1862. Absent without leave August 12, 1863 -January 13, 1864. No later record. Penland, James H. -- 1st Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Resigned April 25, 1862. Price, W. K. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Deserted at Charleston, Tennessee October 22, 1863. Quarles, Joseph -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. Rich, H. P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi June 3, 1863. Rogers, Adolphus A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Rogers, James H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Paroled May 27, 1863. Absent without leave August 12, 1863 -January 13, 1864. No later record. Silver, John D. (or Silvers) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March 26, 1864. Sisson, J. E. (or Sison) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Sitton, Joseph -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Stines, Nelson -- Private - May 10, 1863. Absent without leave August 12, 1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Strickland, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. At home, sick, March-April 1864. Captured in Gordon County, Georgia in 1864. Received at Louisville, Kentucky, June 20, 1864, where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government, and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war, same day. Tankersley, A. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was furloughed January or February 1865. Could not reach command when furloughed expired. Enlisted as a private in Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Avery's,) in 1865. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Habersham County, Georgia December 25, 1842. Died in Whitfield County, Georgia in 1920.) Taylor, C. L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Sick in hospital February 22-April 30, 1864. No later record. Taylor, R. A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Permanently disabled March 1863. "At home, sick, unable for duty, April 30, 1864." No later record. Tipton, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. Appears on rolls of Company G, this regiment but no record of transfer. Trigg, Elisha (or Gregg) -- See private Company G. Warlick, Marcus W. -- See private Company G. Williams, F. M. -- 2nd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal May 16, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Reduced to ranks March 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Wilson, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged on account of chronic rheumatism October 20, 1862. Wilson, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. In Strawberry Plains, Tennessee hospital July 24, 1862. No later record. Wilson, William J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Injured by fall from car at Knoxville, Tennessee June 18, 1862. Discharged from service at Post Hospital at Dalton, Georgia October 22, 1862. (Born February 18, 1826.) Worley, Joseph Sylvester -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave April 10, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 16, 1864. Worley, Julius M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 3, 1863. Received at City Point, Virginia for exchange July 6, 1863. Absent without leave August 12-December 15, 1863. No later record. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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