HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA - MILITARY  - Civil War  Co. E 16th Regiment "COBB INFANTRY"

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COMPANY E, 16TH REGIMENT
HABERSHAM COUNTY
"COBB INFANTRY"

Stiles, B. Edward -- Captain - July 24, 1861. Elected Major
May 18, 1863 ; Lieutenant Colonel November 29, 1863. Killed
at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864.

Williams, Edward -- 1st Lieutenant - July 24, 1861. Resigned
August 5, 1861.

Witt, George A. -- 2nd Lieutenant - July 24, 1861. Elected
1st Lieutenant August 5, 1861. Resigned September 1, 1861.
Enlisted as a private in Company K, 3rd Regiment Georgia
Infantry October 31, 1861. Died of disease in Richmond,
Virginia hospital July 11, 16, or 24, 1862.

Fuller, Henry Alexander -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - July 24,
1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 5, 1861; 1st Lieutenant
September 1 1861. Resigned July 25, 1863.

Giddings, William N. -- 1st Sergeant - July 24, 1861.
Captured at New Market, Tennessee February 25, 1864. Paroled
at Camp Morton, Indiana and sent to City Point, Virginia for
exchange March 4, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's
Wharves, James River, Virginia March 12, 1865. No later
record. (Born in Georgia January 3, 1843.)

Nix, John M. -- 2nd Sergeant - July 24, 1861. Captured at
Knoxville, Tennessee December 6, 1863. Paroled at Camp
Chase, Ohio and transferred to City Point, Virginia for
exchange February 25, 1865. No later record.

Anderson, George W. -- 3rd Sergeant - July 24, 1861. Wounded
and captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864.
Released at Elmira, New York June 21, 1865.

Jones, H. C. -- 4th Sergeant - July 24, 1861. Captured at
New Market, Tennessee, March 1, 1864. Released at Camp
Douglas, Illinois June 16, 1865. (Born in Georgia November
30, 1842.)

Miles, Andrew W. -- 5th Sergeant - July 24, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Magnis, W. Erwin (or Magness) -- 1st Corporal - July 24,
1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863.
Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware June 16, 1865.

Robertson, John W. -- 2nd Corporal - August 21, 1861.
Wounded in left leg at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13,
1862. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia May 18, 1865. (Born in
Georgia February 4, 1840.)

Nix, William K. -- 3rd Corporal - July 24, 1861. Wounded and
captured at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862.
Paroled September 26, 1862. Wounded in left arm at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Retired in 1864.
Enlisted as a private. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on
file, shows he was assigned to light duty. Captured and
paroled at Hartwell, Georgia May 17, 1865. (Born in Georgia
January 1, 1846.)

McAfee, E. H. -- 4th Corporal - April 17, 1862. Appointed
Sergeant. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee December 3,
1863. Released at Rock Island, Illinois June 19, 1865.

Absher, F. M. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Deserted
December 5, 1863. Captured December 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government and released January 8, 1864.

Alexander, W. T. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded in leg,
necessitating amputation.

Black, Alexander -- Private - January 1864. Roll dated
January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Blackburn, M. S. -- Private - November 2, 1863. Deserted in
1864.

Blackburn, Perry S. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Deserted in 1864.
(Born in Georgia June 4, 1841.)

Blackburn, S. K. -- Private - July 27, 1862. Wounded at
Malvern Hill, Virginia July 27, 1864. Absent without leave
August 31, 1864. No later record.

Blair, J. M. -- Private - January 27, 1862. Admitted to
Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia June 30, 1862.
Discharged on account of epilepsy August 7, 1862.

Blalock, Joshua K.(or Blaylock, Joshua R.) -- Private - July
24, 1861. Captured in Habersham County, Georgia Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky and
released north of Ohio River, June 1, 1864.

Bradberry, Alexander -- Private - August 21, 1861. Died
April 7, 1862.

Brock, R. J. -- Private - July 24, 1864. Roll dated January
30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No
later record.

Clark, Thomas John -- Private - July 24, 1861. Roll for
August 31, 1864, shows him present. No later record.

Cook, Obediah -- Private - 1864.

Cross, Caswell -- Private - August 21, 1861. Died of disease
at Camp Bryan, near Richmond, Virginia, November 14, 1861.

Cross, William Hamilton -- Private - July 24, 1861.Captured
near Knoxville, Tennessee December 3, 1863. Released at Rock
Island, Illinois June 21, 1865. (Born in Habersham County,
Georgia December 23, 1823.)

Crumley, W. Colley -- Private - December 23, 1861. Admitted
to General Hospital at Richmond, Virginia May 13, 1862. Died
of chronic diarrhoea May 22, 1862.

Culberson, Henry J. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Appointed
Corporal. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia
September 2, 1862.

Davidson, James Allen -- Private - July 24, 1861. Appointed
4th Sergeant. Captured at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September
14, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia November
10, 1862. On sick furlough November 30, 1862. No later
record.

Dawkins, Alfred M. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded in
left hand, necessitating removal of muscles in arm and
fingers, at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862.
Wounded in head near Richmond, Virginia in 1865. Captured at
Farmville, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News,
Virginia June 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia April 23, 1841.)

Dawkins, John -- Private - July 24, 1861.

Deal, Noah -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died at Camp Lamar,
Virginia January 14, 1862.

English, James M. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Discharged
September 24, 1864.

Forester, Hezekiah -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded at
Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. Pension records show he
was accidentally wounded by fork penetrating left elbow, in
Virginia June 24, 1862. Arm rendered useless. On furlough
October 28-November 28, 1863. Roll dated January 30, 1865,
last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later
record. (Born in Georgia March 14, 1831.)

Fry, John W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died of disease in
hospital August 10, 1862.

Gosnell, Joshua P.(or Goswell) -- Private - July 24, 1861.
Died of fever in Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond,
Virginia December 28, 1862.

Gosnell, Thomas R. (or Goswell) -- Private - September 11,
1862. Wounded in eye, resulting in loss of sight, at
Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Captured at High Bridge,
Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Virginia
June 26, 1865. (Born in Habersham County, Georgia in 1842.)

Grant, James H. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded at
Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Discharged, having been
elected Tax Collector of Habersham County, Georgia, August
20, 1864.

Grant, John C., Jr. -- Private - January 27, 1862. Died of
disease prior to June 16, 1862.

Griggs, W. H. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant September 1, 1861. Resigned May 2, 1862.
Appointed Sub-enrolling Officer of Habersham County, Georgia
July 1, 1862, and served as such during 1862, 1863, and part
of 1864. No later record. (Born in Buncomb County, North
Carolina, December 1831.)

Gunn, Young C. K. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Killed at
Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862.

Hackett, J. T. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd
Lieutenant May 1862; Captain October 1863. Appointed
Captain, P. A. C. S., and ordered to report to General
Longstreet, Adjutant General's Dept., November 2, 1863.
Assigned to duty with Brigadier General W. T. Wolford's
Command in Northern Georgia as Captain & Assistant Adjutant
General, March 14, 1865.

Haines, William H. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured at
Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Released at Elmira, New
York May 29, 1865.

Hames, William -- Private - July 24, 1861. Sick in Richmond,
Virginia hospital November 1862. Roll of Huguenot Springs,
Virginia hospital to December 31, 1862, shows him present,
attached to hospital October 23, 1862. Enlisted as a private
in Company E, 1st Regiment South Carolina Artillery April 2,
1863. Captured at Morris Island, South Carolina July 10,
1863. Imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he was
released February 27, 1864, on taking oath of allegiance to
U. S. Government and joining the U. S. Army. (Born in South
Carolina November 24, 1822. Died December 5, 1895. Buried at
Clarkesville, Georgia)

Harper, Johnson J. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died of
disease in Yorktown, Virginia hospital August 10, 1862.

Harper, L. D. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Captured, date
and place not given. Exchanged August 28, 1863. Absent
without leave August 31, 1864. No later record.

Harrell, R. E. -- Private - . Captured at Spotsylvania,
Virginia May 12, 1864. Died of pneumonia at Elmira, New York
June 12, 1865. Grave #2883, Woodlawn National Cemetery.

Harris, J. W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded in foot
and thigh at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1863.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia April 10, 1831.)

Harrison, George -- Private - November 1, 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee, as
a Confederate deserter, April 8, 1864.

Harrison, James W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee
April 8, 1864.

Harrison, Joel -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded at
Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.

Harrison, Spencer -- Private - July 24, 1861. Deserted in
1864. (Born in Cherokee County, Georgia March 9, 1835.)

Herrin, A. F. -- Private - January 27, 1862. Deserted in
1864. (Born in Georgia June 24, 1841.)

Hill, A. J. -- Private - July 24, 1861.

Hill, E. S. -- Private - May 1, 1862.

Hughes, J. M. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Appointed
Musician. Discharged, disability, February 3, 1862.

Ingle, Jacob -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded at Malvern
Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Died of wounds in 1862.

Ivester, Jacob B. -- Private - August 6, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 5, 1863. Died of smallpox at
Fort Delaware, Delaware November 23, 1863.

Ivester, John N. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in Habersham
County, Georgia in 1840.)

Ivester, William -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded in eye,
resulting in loss of sight, at Chancellorsville, Virginia
May 3, 1863. Captured at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864.
(Place of capture given also as Cold Harbor, Virginia June
l, 1864.) Released at Elmira, New York July 11, 1865. Died
in Habersham County, Georgia in 1909.

Ivie, John W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured December
5, 1863.Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at
Knoxville, Tennessee and released December 12, 1863.

Ivie, Simeon G. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky, and
released to remain north of Ohio River during war, June 2,
1864.

Ivie, Thomas R. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded through
hips at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. On sick
furlough November 1862. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on
file, show him absent without leave. Pension records show he
was at home, wounded, close of war. (Born in Georgia May 5,
1843. Died in Habersham County, Georgia November 11, 1922.)

Jackson, William -- Private - August 5, 1861. Discharged,
disability, May 30, 1862.

Jones, John -- Private - July 24, 1861. Discharged,
disability, August 22, 1861.

Kennedy, Lee -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded at
Richmond, Virginia June 29, 1864.

Kennedy, Lorenzo P. – Private - July 24, 1861. Captured at
Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Died of phthisis at
Elmira, New York February 2, 1865. Grave #1774, Woodlawn
National Cemetery.

Kennedy, W. M. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Discharged at
Camp Bryan near Richmond, Virginia November 22, 1861.

King, J. W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died at Richmond,
Virginia March 17, 1865. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

King, Wiley F. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Discharged on
account of chronic diarrhoea from General Hospital at
Farmville, Virginia April 25, 1864.

Laprade, John E. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Died in U. S.
Military Prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware October 24, 1863.

Laprade, William Namon -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died of
disease at Camp Lamar, Virginia January 21, 1862.

Love, J. R. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Appointed Corporal.

Lynch, Benjamin F.(or Linch) -- Private - July 24, 1861.
Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Enlisted
in U. S. service at Fort Delaware, Delaware September 5,
1863.

Lynch, Ellison -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died of disease
in Richmond, Virginia hospital in 1863.

Lynch, John -- Private - July 24, 1861.

McAfee, James G. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded, date
and place not given. Transferred to Captain E. C. Arnold's
Company Georgia Cavalry, on account of wounds, in 1864. Roll
dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him "assigned to
light duty."

McAfee, Jordan W. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Released at Point
Lookout, Maryland, upon taking oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government and enlisting in U. S. service, February 24,
1864.

McAfee, T. R. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured May 1864.
Released at Elmira, New York July 11, 1865.

McCroskey, Robert D. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Severely
wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia July l,1862. On detail in
Government Shops at Atlanta, Georgia1864 -January 30, 1865.

Monroe, John W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured at
Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. Transferred
from Fort Delaware, Delaware to Aiken's Landing, Virginia
for exchange October 2, 1862. Exchanged November 10, 1862.
No later record.

Monroe, William D. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured,
date and place not given. Died at Point Lookout, Maryland
November 7, 1863.

Montgomery, William W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Elected
2nd Lieutenant May 2, 1862;1st Lieutenant July 25, 1863.
Commanding regiment at surrender, Appomattox, Virginia April
9, 1865.

Moss, J. W. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Roll dated January 30,
1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later
record.

Nichols, Andrew J. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Sent to
Williamsburg, Virginia hospital May 1, 1862. In Richmond,
Virginia hospital June l, 1862. In hospital November 1862.
Died prior to February 1863.

Nix, John Wesley -- Private - July 24, 1861. Roll dated
January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without
leave. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough
close of war. (Born in Georgia November 28, 1844.)

Perry, H. H. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Died of pyemia in U.
S. Hospital at Fort Wood, Bedloe s Island, New York,
November 23, 1863.

Powell, R. B. -- Private. - Died at Bristol, Tennessee in
1864.

Pressley, Jerry -- Private - July 24, 1861. Appointed
Corporal in 1862. Sick in Richmond, Virginia hospital June
1, 1862. On sick furlough November 1862. No later record.

Roberts, S. -- Private - May 19, 1862. Captured at Cold
Harbor, Virginia May 31, 1864. Died October 23, 1864.

Ruth, Robert R. -- Private - December 12, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Shirley, Aaron, Sr. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows
him absent without leave. No later record.

Shirley, Berryman -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died at
Goldsboro, North Carolina April 3, 1862.

Shirley, Joel -- Private - April 21, 1862. Wounded in right
ankle at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Roll
dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent
without leave. No later record. Pension records show he was
at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia
December 13, 1833.)

Shirley, Rolin (or Rolland) -- Private - April 21, 1862.
Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent
without leave. No later record. Pension records show he was
vaccinated and gangrene developed. At home on sick furlough
close of war. (Born in Georgia March 28, 1840.)

Sisk, Samuel B. -- Private - February 4, 1862. Roll dated
January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Sisk, William S. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Elected Captain
December 15, 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August
16, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware June 17, 1865.
(Born in Georgia April 24, 1835.)

Smith, Bailey -- Private - July 24, 1861. Killed at Malvern
Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862.

Smith, Callaway -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died of brain
fever in 1862.

Smith, John L. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant July 25, 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Virginia
May 6, 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file,
shows him on wounded furlough. No later record.

Spence, J. H. W -- Private - May 1, 1862. Paroled in
Virginia in 1865.

Stancel, Willis (or Stancil) -- Private - July 24, 1861.
Sick in Richmond, Virginia hospital June 1, 1862. Died in
service.

Tankersley, Charles -- Private - July 24, 1861. Died of
disease at Richmond, Virginia prior to March 3, 1862.

Tankersley, Jack -- Private - July 24, 1861. Killed at
Knoxville, Tennessee November 29, 1863.

Taylor, Jesse Marion -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded in
eye, resulting in loss of sight, at Crampton's Gap, Maryland
September 14, 1862. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on
file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. (Born
in Georgia November 7, 1840.)

Tench, Richard S. -- Private - January 27, 1862. Died of
fever at Yorktown, Virginia March 10, 1862.

Tench, William Greenville -- Private - July 24, 1861. Roll
dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent
without leave. No later record.

Tice, William E. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 4, 1863. Died in U. S. A.
Smallpox Hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland December 28,
1863.

Vandiver, T. M. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded at
Malvern, Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Captured at New
Market, Tennessee February 29, 1864. Paroled a.t Camp Chase,
Ohio and transferred to City Point, Virginia for exchange
February 25, 1865. No later record.

Walker, John W. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Captured in
1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him
prisoner of war. No later record.

Walker, W. L. -- Private - May 6, 1862. Absent without leave
August 1864. No later record.

Wheeler, Robert S. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Captured near
Knoxville, Tennessee December 3, 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in U. S. Army at
Rock Island, Illinois October 6, 1864.

Whitworth, George W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863.

Willbanks, Gillam (or Wilbanks) -- Private - July 24, 1861.
Died at Richmond, Virginia

Willbanks, Oliver P. (or Wilbanks) -- Private - November 1,
1863. Deserted in 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released February
21, 1864.

Willbanks, William A. -- Private - November 1, 1863.
Deserted in 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released February
21, 1864.

Willis, A. W. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Willis, D. D. -- Private - September 14, 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Willis, John O. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Wounded at
Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Died in Virginia in
1864. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Virginia
April 4, 1864. No. 1, 2nd Line, Lot 185-Ferguson's.

Woodall, John W. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Wounded,
resulting in permanent disability of left arm and loss of
center toe on right foot, at Deep Bottom, Virginia and
captured there August 16, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New York
for exchange October 11, 1864. Received at Venus Point,
Savannah, River, Georgia, November 15, 1864. At home wounded
close of war. Died at Tallulah Falls, Georgia

Wyly, James A. -- Private - July 24, 1861. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant October 28, 1861; 1st Lieutenant May 1862.
Wounded in leg at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863.
Elected Captain December 1863. Resigned March 18, 1864.