Georgia: Hancock County: COMPANY I, 49th REGIMENT, Pierce Guards ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Carolyn L. Harper Johnson clhjohnson@aol.com ==================================================================== MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY I, 49th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA PIERCE GUARDS Lane, Andrew Jackson-Captain March 4, 1862. Elected Colonel March 22, 1862. Wounded at Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862; Mechanicsville, Va. June 26, 1862. Resigned May 8, 1863. (Born in 1823.) Lawrence, James Jackson-1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected Captain March 22,1862. Resigned August 12,1862. (Born in 1832.) Lamar, Lavoiscia L.- Elected Jr.2d Lieutenant of Co. E, 15th Regiment Ga. Inf. July 15,1861. Resigned September 15,1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. I, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862 ; 1st Lieutenant March 22, 1862. Resigned on account of ill health July 29, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Captain Tuft's Company, 1st Battn. Ga. Reserve Cavalry, in 1863. In Pulaski County, Ga. on detail as telegraph courier close of war. (Born in Houston County, Ga. February 22, 1846. Died in Bibb County, Ga. April 26, 1911.) Amoss, William-Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant March 22, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in 2d Ga. Hospital at Richmond, Va. June 9, or 14, 1862. (Born January 10, 1819.) Medlock, Charles M.- 1st Sergeant March 4,1862. Discharged, disability, June 22, 1862. (Born in 1839.) Haines, Drayton S. (or Haynes, Draughton S.)-2d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant October 4, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant September 16,1863. (Born in 1838.) Barnes, John C.- 3d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. (Born in 1830.) Latimer, John W.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862 Discharged, furnished George W. Jenkins as substitute, May 19, 1862. (Born in 1842.) Brown, Gaston William-5th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant June 1862 ;1st Sergeant December 1862. Discharged, furnished Virgil Rainwater as substitute, March 31, 1863. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. February 12, 1864. Wounded at Drewry's Bluff, Va. May 16, 1864. No later record. (Born in Ga. January 10, 1845.) Rainwater, Thaddeus W.- 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Roll for January -February 1863, shows he was discharged, disability. (Born in 1832.) Jones, Peyton T.- 2d Corporal March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant December 1862; 2d Sergeant March 1863. Killed at Wilderness. Va. May 6, 1864. (Born in 1841.) Jones, John M.- 3d Corporal March 4, 1862. Discharged on account of tuberculosis, at General Hospital #21, Richmond, Va., March 30, 1863. (Born in Ga. in 1843.) Hill, Joseph B.- 4th Corporal March 4,1862. Reduced to ranks January 1863. Deserted from picket post in 1863. (Born in 1837.) Aiken, James F.- private March 4,1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. (Born in 1839.) Alfriend, Hamilton L. (or Hamlin L.)- private March 4, 1862. Acting Assistant Surgeon March 22, to April 1862. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. December 1,1862. (Born in 1834.) Allen, Jasper N.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal January 1863 ; 1st Corporal April 1863 ; 4th Sergeant June 1864; Sergeant Major November 1, 1864. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 16, 1865. (Born in 1841.) Allen, John W.- private March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 22, 1862 ; 2d Lieutenant June 20, 1862 ; Captain August 13,1863. Resigned September 16, 1863. (Born in 1824.) Allen, Thomas J.- private December 16, 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. August 20, 1845. Died at Confederate Soldiers Home in Atlanta, Ga. December 28, 1928. Buried near Sparta, Ga.) Bass, W. W.- private November 6, 1862. Baugh, Benjamin F.-Enlisted as a private in Co. K. 44th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 3,1862. Transferred to Co. I, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 1862. Died of typhoid fever in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. May 6, or 7, 1864. Baugh, James E.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Color Corporal June 1862. Wounded March 1863. Appointed 4th Corporal June 1864 ; 2d Corporal August 1864. Roll dated February 1865, last on file, shows he was Absent, detailed to attend his mother's farm by order of Secy. of War, January 8,1865." No later record. (Born in 1832.) Beckon, Campbell (or Beckom)- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, May 12, 1862. (Born in 1817.) Beckon, William (or Beckom)- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. (Born in 1837.) Berry, Lucius F.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute. (Born in 1832.) Birdsong, Albert H.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, May 13, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Bonner, William H.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for March 4, 1862, shows he was discharged for disability. (Born in 1831.) Brantley, Henry C.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died at Fort Delaware, Del. February 27, 1865. (Born in 1843.) Brantley, William C.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Brantley, William D.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal January 1863. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Exchanged. Appointed 1st Corporal June 1864. Wounded at Petersburg, Va. July 30, 1864. No later record. (Born in 1832.) Brinkley, William Frank- private March 4, 1862. Name cancelled on original roll. (Born in 1829.) Brooks, Leander- private March 4,1862. Died at Fairfax, Va. September 22,1862. (Born in 1845.) Buckner, Joel- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30,1862. Died from wounds. (Born in 1826.) Burnet, Frank- private March 4, 1862. On detail in Quartermaster Dept. at Macon, Miss. 1862 -February 28, 1865. (Born in Sparta, Ga. July 14, 1833.) Burnley, Joel S. (or Burney)- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Wilkes County, Ga. November 29, 1836.) Cain, John- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and joined U. S. service at Point Lookout, Md. February 20, 1864. (Born in 1837.) Caldwell, Charles- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 13, 1863. Clothing was issued to him March 12, 1864. No later record. (Born in 1830.) Caldwell, John C.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged on account of deafness July 14,1862. (Born in 1822.) Carr, William H.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal May 19, 1862; Wounded, right arm disabled at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal March 1863. Discharged April 18, 1863. (Born in Ga. March 19, 1837.) Castellow, James S. (or Costello)- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Paroled at Lynchburg, Va. April 1865. (Born in 1837.) Chastain, John R.- private May 12, 1862. Substitute for Marshall E. Latimer. Appointed 4th Corporal March 1863; 2d Corporal May 31, 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Appointed 1st Corporal August 1864. Crossley, John T.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) March 18, 1861. Left company on sick leave June 2, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 1862. Transferred to Co. K, 44th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 24, 1862. Wounded in right foot at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862. Discharged, disability, October 14, 1863. (Born in 1835.) Deeas, James A. (or Deas)- private March 4,1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant January 1863; 3d Sergeant March 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died from wounds May 7, 1864. (Born in 1837.) Deeas, William T. (or Deas)- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. K, 15th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 21, 1863. Died of chronic diarrhea at Point Lookout, Md. between April 1, and 15, 1864. (Born in 1831.) Dickens, Robert Lee- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died from wounds May 10, 1864. (Born in 1830.) Duffy, Bryant- private May 16, 1862. Deserted in 1862. Dunn, Benjamin F.- private May 16, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Died from wounds July 10, 1862. Dunn, James M.- private March 4,1862. Absent without leave from July 1,1864, to February 28,1865. (Born in 1843.) Dunn, Thomas Jefferson- private May 16, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Dupree, David D.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862. Died from wounds June 19, 1863. (Born in 1832.) Eldridge, Layton E. W.- private March 4, 1862. Died of disease at Richmond, Va. in 1864. Frazier, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Cedar Run, Va. August 9, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Garrett, Thomas J.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Appointed 4th Corporal November 1, 1864. (Born in 1816.) Green, William H.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 15th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 26, 1862. Discharged on account of diarrhea contracted in service August 1, 1862. Appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon of the 3d Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops in 1864. Surrendered April 1865. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. October 10, 1826. Died of pneumonia April 7, 1882.) Griffith, John T.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. I, 59th Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for Hardy Poole, in 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Taliaferro County, Ga. October 6, 1837.) Grimes, John W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 3, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 27, 1865. (Born in 1829.) Herring, Marion- private March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. (Born in 1840.) Hillman, George H.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded, left leg permanently disabled at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., October 5, 1863. On detail as shoemaker at Columbus, Ga., 1863, to close of war. (Born in Ga. August 13,1843.) Hughes, W. F.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded, resulting in loss of two fingers, at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Humphrey, Charles J.- private January 23, 1863. Substitute for William H. Lawson. Died in hospital June 1863. Humphrey, David Franklin- private March 4, 1862. On detail with Pioneer Corps May 1864. On furlough March 1865. At Augusta, Ga., en route to command, April 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1842.) Hunt, Henry A.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. (Born in 1824.) Hutchins, Charles H.- private March 4, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. September 7,1835.) Hutchins, William E.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Goldsboro, N. C. July 7,1862. (Born in 1840.) Hyman, John James- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Chaplain May 1, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in 1833.) Jackson, James R.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in head and thigh at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough February 1865, to close of war. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. in 1831.) Jenkins, George W.- Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 2d Battn. Ga. State Troops October 26, 1861. Mustered out April or May 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 19, 1862. Substitute for J. W. Latimer. Captured at Wilder- ness, Va. May 6, 1864. Johnson, Jackson B.- private March 4,1862. Appointed sutler May 15,1862. No later record. (Born in 1823.) Johnson, James R.- private March 4,1862. Wounded at Cedar Run, Va. August 9, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant November 1864. Wounded, left leg disabled and lost sight of eye, at Farmville, Va. April 7, 1865. Paroled April 1865. (Born in Ga. February 8, 1842.) Kitchens, Terrell- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in left arm, resulting in amputation above elbow, and captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Exchanged. Discharged. (Born in 1825.) Knowles, William T.- private March 4,1862. Captured at Fort Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 16, 1865. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. June 6, 1840.) Lary, James M.- private March 4,1862. Discharged, disability, in 1862. (Born in 1810.) Latimer, Alpheus W.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Sergeant May 19, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant October 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864; Fort Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865. Died from wounds at Richmond, Va. May 29, 1865. (Born in 1838.) Latimer, James W.- private May 14, 1862. Appointed Acting Sergeant Major July 1863; 5th Sergeant of Co. I, April 8, 1863 ; 3d Sergeant June 1864 ; Chief Musician November 1, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Latimer, Marshall E.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Acting Sergeant Major April 4,1862. Discharged, furnished John R. Chastain as substitute, May 12,1862. (Born in 1824.) Lawson, William H. (or Lawton)- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished Charles J. Humphrey as substitute, January 23,1863. Leach, John B.- private March 4,1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Carroll County, Ga. February 2, 1832.) Lee, G. Franklin- private March 4, 1862. On detail in Ga. State Shops October 1864 -April 1865. (Born in 1827.) Lee, John F.- private March 4,1862. On detail service in Georgia State Shops January 1863 -April 1865 to close of war. Lee, William T.- private March 4,1862. Pension records show he contracted lung trouble and measles in service, and was at home, sick, close of war. (Born in Gwinnett County, Ga. September 24,1845.) Leonard, Ezekiel- private September 1, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in General Hospital at Mount Jackson, Va. November 6,1862. Buried there. Lewis, Pleasant- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Wounded in leg, resulting in amputation below knee, at Hanover Junction, Va. May 27, 1864. Discharged, disability. (Born in 1842.) Little, James- private May 14, 1862. Discharged September 1862. Little, John W.- private May 14, 1862. Died at Front Royal, Va. July 12, 1863. Long, Jackson- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Discharged, disability, in 1864. (Born in 1816.) Long, Larkin D.- private March 4,1862. Killed at Seven Pines, Va. May 31,1862. (Born in 1844.) McCook, William- private June 9,1862. Substitute for Jerry C. Pearson. Discharged in 1863. McCray, Jasper- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27,1862. Discharged on account of wounds and minority March 11, 1863. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 6th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 9, 1864. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 24, 1865. (Born in 1847.) Mix, J. T.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Moat, Freeman- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Run, Va. August 9, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal November 1864. Wounded in hand and foot at Petersburg, Va. in 1865. Pension records show he was furloughed for 24 days in 1865. Cutoff from command by Federal Army at Augusta, Ga. April 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1844.) Moat, Joseph F.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Exchanged. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. (Born in Warren County, Ga. January 5,1840.) Moat, J. T.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Moore, James W.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Captain and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence March 22, 1862, and was serving as such December 14, 1863. No later record. (Born in 1827.) Mullally, William T.- private March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant June 20, 1862 ; 2d Lieutenant June 20, 1862 ; Ist Lieutenant August 13, 1862; Captain September 16, 1863. Wounded and captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6. 1864. Exchanged. Killed at Petersburg, Va. April 2,1865. (Born in 1833.) O'Conner, James- private March 4, 1862. Discharged June 1862. (Born in 1822.) Oliphant, A. J.- private May 4,1862. Discharged June 1862. Parker, Joseph E.- private March 4,1862. Died at Goldsboro, N. C. in 1862. (Born in 1824.) Pearson, Jerry C.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished William McCook as substitute, June 9, 1862. (Born in 1834.) Poole, Frederick B. W. J.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal May 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Appointed 4th Sergeant August 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in 1843.) Poole, Hardy-Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 59th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 7, 1862. Transferred to Co. I, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for John Griffith, in 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. in 1844.) Poole, Peter S.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Winchester, Va. July 25,1863. (Born in 1836.) Poole, T. D.- private March 4,1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Pounds, Edward Franklin- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. On detail at Augusta, Ga. Arsenal January 1865, to close of war. (Born in 1846.) Powell, Theophilus O.- private March 4, 1862. Acting Surgeon March 22, to April 19,1862. On detached service at State Hospital since July 1862. (Born in 1835.) Rachels, Pleasant W.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant January 1863; 1st Sergeant March 1863. Detailed at Augusta, Ga. May 6, 1864. (Born in 1830.) Rainwater, Alvin C.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged October 1862. (Born in 1844.) Rainwater, Virgil- private March 31, 1863. Substitute for Gaston W. Brown. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Died in prison October 8, 1864. Reynolds, William H.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Run, Va. August 9, 1862. Died in Petersburg, Va. hospital April 9,1864. (Born in 1825.) Roberts, Benjamin J.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, December 20,1863. (Born in 1836.) Rogers, Doctor F.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. (Born in 1831.) Rogers, Henry R.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Rogers, John J.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1863. (Born in 1829.) Rogers, Josiah B.- private March 4,1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died from wounds May 27, 1864. Rogers, Rufus- private March 4, 1862. Rouse, John A.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged July 20, 1862. (Born in 1821.) Rowe, Andrew T.- private March 4, 1862. "Joined company but never mustered in." (Born in 1837.) Skrine, Charles C.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Sergeant Major May 19, 1862. Wounded at Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862. Served as Enrolling Officer from June 1864, to close of war. (Born in 1830.) Smith, James P.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant November 1, 1864. Pension records show he was home on sick furlough March 1865, to close of war. (Born in 1844.) Stephens, Roland W. (or Stevens)- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. B, 44th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 24,1862. (Born in 1832.) Thomas, James L.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Ga. July 26, 1863. (Born in 1829.) Waller, Benjamin F.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Exchanged. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. March 15, 1827.) Ware, William W.- private March 4,1862. Died February 1, 1863. (Born in 1830.) White, William S.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. September 14, 1862. Died in service. Wheeler, Elijah- private May 14, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal January 1863; 4th Sergeant March 1863. Wounded, left leg disabled at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Appointed 2d Sergeant June 1864. Wounded and disabled at Petersburg, Va. February 1865. (Born in Ga. June 13, 1832.) Whitehead, William S. (or Whited)- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Hancock County, in 1842.) Wilkins, W.- private. Died at LaGrange, Ga. June 1864. Buried there in Stonewall Cemetery. Williams, G. H.- private March 4,1862. Wounded at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. September 14, 1862. Died in service. Williams, Washington W.- private March 4, 1862. Died of variola in General Hospital #21, at Richmond, Va. December 18, 1862. (Born in 1815.) Youngblood, Henry B.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, May 24, 1862. (Born in 1821.)