GLYNN COUNTY, GA - MILITARY - Civil War Co. A 26th Regiment "Glynn Guards" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com Company A, 26th Regiment Glynn County "Glynn Guards" This company was successively designated Company A, and New Company K, 13th Regiment Georgia Infantry, and Company A, 26th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry. It served the month of March 1862, in Savannah, Georgia, as artillery. Was detached from this regiment April 1, 1862, by order of General A. R. Lawton, and formed into a calvary corps, and did duty between Brunswick, Georgia, and the Altamaha River under the command of Major D. L. Clinch. Most of the members reenlisted for the war May 12, 1862, in Captain Hazzard's company, 3rd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, subsequently Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Cavalry (Clinch's). **The dates of appointment of George W. Wright, Robert S. Piles and William M. Hazzard as 1st Sergeants conflict on records filed in this office. Akins, Samuel W. (or Aikens) -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 24, 1865. Amory, Charles L. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862; to Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry August 1, 1862. Died of dysentery at Camp Rose August 28, 1862. Armstrong, James S.-- See private, Company K. Beckham, William Dempsey -- See private, Company K. Blount, George -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Paroled, Thomasville, Georgia May 24, 1865. Boone, Nicholas -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Paroled, Thomasville, Georgia May 27, 1865. Boone, William -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company D, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Died in Glynn County, Georgia in 1862. Bryan, William F. J. -- Private - April 1, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Discharged, furnished Jacob Wells as substitute, June 20, 1862. Burney, Alexander H. -- 2nd Sergeant - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), as a private May 12, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant. Killed by bursting of a shell June 17, 1863. Burney, Asa A. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Discharged, furnished Joseph Brooker as substitute, August 3, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company G, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), June 6, 1863. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Screven, Georgia in 1865. (Born in Georgia.) Campbell, Wilson -- 4th Sergeant - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Appointed Drillmaster, with rank of 2nd Lieutenant, September 1, 1862. Reported absent, in charge of dismounted men of 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), stationed at Savannah, Georgia June 30, 1864. No later record. Capps, William M. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll dated June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Born in Glynn County, Georgia in 1840.) Clubb, Robert S. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, shows him present. No later record. Dent, George C. -- Captain - August 14, 1861. Retired May 12, 1862. Elected Captain of Company D, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters in 1862. On detail by order of Secretary of War July-August 1864. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 25, 1865. Dent, Staunton H. -- 1st Lieutenant - January 5, 1862. Elected Captain. Commanding Dent's Battery Georgia Artillery March 10, 1865. DuBignon, Henry R. -- 2nd Corporal - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), as a private May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. DuBignon, William T. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant. Paroled, Tallahassee, Florida May 12, 1865. Fahms, Grover C. -- Private - February 18, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Reported "Absent, detached in battery near Savannah, Georgia," June 30, 1864. No later record. Foreman, Adam E. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th, Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Foreman, Glover G. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. On detached duty in A.Q.M. Dept. June 30, 1864. No later record. Foreman, Isaac -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Forrester, Alexander Baillie -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Discharged by writ of habeas corpus December 2, 1863. Enlisted as a private in Company A, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), April 27, 1864. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him on picket duty. No later record. Goodbread, Dennis L. -- See private, Company K. Goodbread, Horace -- See private, Company K. Goodbread, John N. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Reported "Discharged on account of disability as an artillerist." Enlisted as a private in Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), in 1862. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 24, 1865. Grant, Hugh F. -- 4th Corporal - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), and elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, show him present. No later record. Green, Malachi -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Harris, James R. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Died October 17, 1863. Harrison, John T. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Hazzard, John P. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Paroled, Thomasville, Georgia May 19, 1865. Hazzard, Richard C. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), and appointed Sergeant May 12, 1862; to Clinch's Battery Georgia Light Artillery and elected 2nd Lieutenant December 1, 1863. Furloughed for 20 days from October 18, 1864. No later record. Hazzard, William Miles -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant September 10, 1861. Elected Captain of Hazzard's Company, 3rd Battalion Georgia Cavalry April 1, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), and elected Captain May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him absent with leave. No later record. Higginbotham, Francis S. -- Private - September 5, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Holcombe, Austin -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 30, 1862. Hudson, William M. -- Private. Transferred to Company E, in exchange for John P. Rickerson, April 20, 1864. Died August 8, 1864. Humphreys, Robert -- Private - November 13, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Jones, Gideon -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company N, March 1, 1862. Mustered out March 31, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company K, March 1, 1863. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. King, Mallory P. -- 2nd Lieutenant - August 14, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Lamb, John P.-- 3rd. Corporal August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him absent with leave. No later record. Lanier, Isham G. -- Private - March 26, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's, May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Laughinghouse, Edward A. -- See private, Company K. Laughinghouse, John C. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Roll dated June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him "Present, sick." Pension records show he surrendered at Screven, Georgia April 1865. (Born in Pitt County, North Carolina January 25, 1831.) Lawrence, Samuel W. -- 1st Lieutenant - August 14, 1861. Retired May 12, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company D, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters in 1862. Killed at Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Lunday, William R. -- See private, Company K. Manley, John -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862; to Company F, 1st Regiment Troops and Defenses, Macon, Georgia On Provost Guard at Macon, Georgia December 31, 1864. No later record. Manley, William -- Private - August 14, 1861. Died in Glynn County, Georgia May 8, 1862. Martin, Eli. -- See private, Company H. May, John -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Wounded at Altamaha River, Georgia October 18, 1862. Died of wounds in hospital November 12, 1862. Moore, Henry C. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), and appointed Sergeant May 12, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Virginia May 5, 1864. Died from wounds in General Hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia May 23, 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Morgan, James D. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Morgan, William -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Myers, James W. (or James D.) -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company D, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Discharged, over-age, at Camp Clinch, Georgia, July 25, 1862. Nicholas, Witter T. (or Nicholes) -- Private - September 15, 1861. Absent, sick, April 30, 1862. Enlisted as a private, in Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), December 30, 1863. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Nickens, Hillary H. -- Private - March 26, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's) May 12, 1862. Paroled at Headquarters of Crews' Brigade May 3, 1865. Odum, James Raford -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Parker, Benjamin -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Piles, James D. -- See private, Company K. Piles, Robert S.** -- 1st Sergeant - 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), and elected 2nd Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 11, 1865. Poncil, Mike R. (or Pencil) -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Captured at Hopeton(?), Georgia December 4, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware June 7, 1865. Rickerson, John P. -- See private, Company E. Robinson, John B. -- See private, Company K. Royal, Croskey (or Royall) -- 1st Corporal - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), as 1st Corporal May 12, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1862. Discharged, furnished Martin Palmer as substitute, November 20, 1862. Scarlett, John P. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company D, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), and elected 1st Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Paroled, Thomasville, Georgia May 11, 1865. Schlatter, Charles L. -- See 3rd Corporal, Company K. Smith, John J. -- See private, Company K. Spears, John Jefferson -- See private, Company K. Spell, John -- Private - October 6, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Stafford, Hardy Monroe -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Paroled, Thomasville, Georgia May 27, 1865. Stafford, James Washington -- Private - February 24, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll dated June 30, 1864, last on file, reports him "Absent, detached to drive cattle." No later record. Stafford, John E. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 12, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Strickland, William J. (or J. William) -- See private, Company H. Taylor, John W.-- 3rd. Sergeant August 14, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), as a private May 12, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant; 1st Sergeant. Pension records show he was at home on furlough April 1, 1865, and could not reach command. Williams, William J.-- See private, Company F. Woodland, Bryant S.-- See private, Company N. Wright, George W.** -- 1st Sergeant - August 14, 1861. Discharged, disability, September 10, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company B, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), July 1, 1862. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.