HARALSON COUNTY GA Co K 40th GA Regt. Inft File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Brandon W.L. Hobgood http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/haralson/40thcok.txt For COMPLETE information about Stovell's Brigade visit http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/9743/ This site by Brandon W.L. Hobgood contains photos, all the rosters, as well as campaign and battle information. COMPANY "K" 40th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. HARALSON COUNTY, GEORGIA HARALSON INVINCIBLES Murchison, Alex - Captain March 4, 1862 . Retired to Invalid Corps May 5, 1864 . "Assigned as Comdt. Cons. in Ga. May 30, 1864 ." Williams, Jonathan N.- Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 5th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 15, 1861 . Discharged November 8, 1861 . Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. K, 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862 . Resigned, disability, in 1862 . Murchison, Rodrick - 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862 . Resigned February 3, 1863 . King, James M.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862 . Died at Knoxville, Tenn. May 5, 1862 . Perryman, M. A.- 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Died of disease in Tennessee November 1862 . Philpot, William - 2d Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 11, 1863 . Absent without leave October 7, 1863 -February 29, 1864 . Reduced to ranks December 15, 1863 . Pension records show he "Contracted chronic diarrhoea and rheumatism at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 , and was unable for further duty." (Born in Ga. May 31, 1833.) Murchison, John - 3d Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Elected 1st Lieutenant March 7, 1863 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 11, 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him on sick furlough. No later record. Philpot, J. N.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Appointed 3d Sergeant March 17, 1863 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Reduced to ranks December 1863 . Absent, sick, February 29, 1864 . No later record. Bain, K. M.- 1st Corporal March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Appointed 1st Sergeant November 1863 . Killed at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864 . Williams, Mancel - 2d Corporal March 4, 1862 . Deserted. Received at Louisville, Ky., a Confederate deserter, June 26, 1864 , where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt., and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war, June 28, 1864 . Ayers, William M.- 3d Corporal March 4, 1862 . Discharged, disability, December 12, 1862 . (Born in Polk County, Ga. March 28, 1840.) Rainwater, John - 4th Corporal March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , paroled there July 6, 1863 , and left in hospital. Roll dated February 29, 1864 , shows him on sick furlough. No later record. Aldridge, J. F.- private March 4, 1862 . Deserted. Received at Louisville, Ky., a Confederate deserter, June 26, 1864 , where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt., and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war, June 28, 1864 . Alexander, J. A.- private March 4, 1862 . Died at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1862 . Ayers, Hiram - private March 4, 1862 . Died at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1862 . Ayers, Martin - private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . Bain, Donald M.- private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 18th Battn. Ga. Militia Cavalry (Murchison's) March 1864 . Appointed Sergeant Major. Surrendered at Kingston, Ga. May 12, 1865 . (Born in Scotland September 22, 1831. Died at Confederate Soldiers' Home in Atlanta, Ga. August 9, 1931. Buried in West View Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.) Barry, J. W. C.- private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. July 20, 1863 . Bonds, Milburn - private in 1862 . Pension records show he "Furnished a substitute for three months. Returned to company. Served two years. Sent home on sick furlough from Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . Did not recover sufficiently to return." (Born in Paulding County, Ga. March 9, 1831.) Bonds, Richard - private March 4, 1862 . Absent without leave October 7-December 31, 1863 . Deserted. Captured at Sandy Run, S. C., a Confederate deserter, February 14, 1865 . Forwarded from Fortress Monroe, Va. to Washington, D. C. April 2, 1865 , and received there April 5, 1865 . "Action taken: took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to Charleston, S. C." (Born in Calhoun County, Ala. April 28, 1828.) Bonds, Varda (or Verda) - private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . Brannon, W. T. (or Branan) - private March 4, 1862 . Died at Knoxville, Tenn. prior to January 27, 1863 . Bryant, J. A.- private March 4, 1862 . Died at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1862 . Bryant, W. J. (or M. J.) - private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 16, 1863 . Received off Mobile Harbor, Ala., on board S. S. Crescent, for exchange August 4, 1863 . No later record. Camp, Thomas Lumpkin - Enlisted as a private in Co. 0, Phillips' Legion Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862 . Transferred to Co. K, 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. January 19, 1863 . Elected 2d Lieutenant April 4, 1863 . Resigned April 13, 1865 . Campbell, John J.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed Corporal. Reduced to ranks October 7, 1863 . Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 13, 1864 . Died of small-pox at Camp Chase, O. December 11, 1864 . Grave #599, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. Cavender, William - private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 1863 . Received off Mobile Harbor, Ala. and exchanged August 4, 1863 . No later record. Chambers, William M.- private March 4, 1862 . Received $50 bounty March 27, 1862 . No later record. Clements, E. W.- private May 13, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Appointed 2d Corporal November 13, 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Colley, E. H.- private March 4, 1862 . Died of measles at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1862 . Cox, James Samuel - private May 18, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Cox, J. M.- private March 4, 1862 . Died of disease at Knoxville, Tenn. May 25, 1862 . Cox, William A.- private March 4, 1862 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . Cupp, W. S.- private May 13, 1862 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Dean, Jefferson - private March 4, 1862 . Died of disease at home in 1863 . Dean, Thomas Z.- private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. July 25, 1863 . Buried in National Cemetery at Mound City, Ill. Duncan, John - private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Discharged, disability, at Big Shanty, Ga. Duncan, William - private October 11, 1863 . Died in Fair Grounds Hospital at Atlanta, Ga. February 18, 1864 Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Dunn, William H.- private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864 . Died at Nashville, Tenn. December 8, 1864 . Fanander - See Fernandez. Felton, Edwin Dyer - private March 4, 1862 . Deserted in 1864 . Received at Louisville, Ky., a Confederate deserter, June 26, 1864 , where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war, June 28, 1864 . Fernandez, Ed A. (or Fanander) - private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Received off Mobile Harbor, Ala. for exchange August 4, 1863 . No later record. Fincher, W. J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 6th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861 . Mustered out, Savannah, Ga., April 15, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 13, 1862 . On sick furlough December 31, 1863 . Pension records show he enlisted in Co. K, 18th Battn. Ga. Militia Cavalry (Murchison's) August 1, 1864 . Discharged at Rome, Ga. December 25, 1864 . (Born in Ga. in 1844.) Fitzpatrick, Stephen W.- private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . (Died in 1871, in Haralson County, Ga.) Fuller, David - private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Garner, James S., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Garner, W. J., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Died of disease in Polk County, Ga. May 1864 . Gladden, W. G., private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . Goggans, N. J., private March 4, 1862 . In General Hospital at Meridian, Miss. April 30, 1863 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . Hales, T. M., private March 4, 1862 . Died in Ky. October 25, 1862 . Heptonstall, A., private March 4, 1862 . Received $50 bounty March 27, 1862 . No later record. Hite, Alfred (or Hight), private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Holbrooks, J. W., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . No later record. Holbrooks, W. W., private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Howell, G. W. (or W. G.), private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Died at Pearl River, Miss. in 1863 . Hughes, B. B., private March 4, 1862 . Died of measles at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1862 . Hughes, George W., private March 4, 1862 . Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 13, 1864 . Paroled at Camp Chase, O. and sent via New Orleans, La. for exchange May 2, 1865 . Received at Vicksburg, Miss. May 12, 1865 . Jackson, M. A., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Johnson, George M., private March 4, 1862 . Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 18, 1864 . Died of pneumonia at Camp Chase, O. February 2, 1865 . Grave #1122, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. Johnson, James A., private March 4, 1862 . Died at Atlanta, Ga. October 28, 1862 . Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Johnson, Reuben, private March 4, 1862 . Died at home in Haralson County, Ga. January 15, 1863 . Jones, J. H., private May 18, 1862 . Captured at Adairsville, Ga. May 18, 1864 . Released at Rock Island, Ill. June 20, 1865 . Jones, R. V., private May 18, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Sick in hospital December 31, 1863 . Died in service. Kelley, Alfred M., private March 4, 1862 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was "Discharged on account of having fits in 1863 ." (Born in Polk County, Ga. in 1843.) Kelley, Allen, private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at New Hope Church, Ga. June 28, 1864 . Lester, John H., private March 4, 1862 . Killed at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . Leverett, Jesse W., Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 6th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861 . Mustered out at Savannah, Ga. April 15, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 1, 1862 . Substitute for William M. Williams. Discharged, disability, November 15, 1862 . Little, Moses P., private August 8, 1862 . Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 15, 1864 . Released at Camp Chase, O. June 10, 1865 . Maddox, Alias, private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Appointed 2d Sergeant December 15, 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Manley, J. W., private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Mann, H. J., private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Martin, John, private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Absent without leave October 7-December 31, 1863 . No later record. Martin, Samuel, private March 4, 1862 . Received $50 bounty March 27, 1862 . No later record. McAdams, Y. H., private March 4, 1862 . Absent without leave October 7-December 31, 1863 . No later record. McClung, James, private May 18, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 16, 1863 . Absent without leave October 7-December 31, 1863 . No later record. McClung, John, private March 4, 1862 . Killed at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . McGahee, Marion, private May 18, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. July 29, 1863 . Monroe, B. O., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Atlanta, Ga. August 13, 1864 . Released at Camp Chase, O. June 11, 1865 . Morgan, A. C., private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. July 27, 1863 . Morgan, D. P., private March 4, 1862 . Died at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1862 . Morgan, William L., private March 4, 1862 . Died at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1862 . Morris, B. F., private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Murdock, Charles W., private March 4, 1862 . Died of measles in Knoxville, Tenn. hospital April 23, 1862 . Murphy, James Harvey, private December 1, 1863 . Killed at New Hope Church, Ga. in 1864 . Murphy, Joseph M., private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 1st Sergeant. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant April 4, 1863 . Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 13, 1864 . Released at Johnson's Island, O. June 16, 1865 . Newman, W. M., private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. June 1, 1863 . Parris, W. M., private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Philpot, J. V., Pension records show he "Enlisted April 1863 . Served one year. Discharged April 1864 . Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Battn. Ga. Militia Cavalry (Murchison's) in 1864 . Surrendered at Rome, Ga. April 1865 . (Born in Haralson County, Ga. March 8, 1844. Died in Polk County, Ga. in 1916.) Philpot, Thomas, Pension records show he "Enlisted in 1862 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant in 1862 . Hips and back crushed in railroad accident, permanently disabled, in Tennessee, December 21, 1862 ." (Born in Ga. June 20, 1832.) Pierce, Tyre, Pension records show he "Enlisted January 1864 . Captured at North Edisto River, N. C. February 1865 . Sent to Washington, D. C. and held until surrender." (Born in DeKalb County, Ga. June 1820.) Plunkett, David, private March 4, 1862 . Died in Knoxville, Tenn. hospital April 23, 1862 . Pope, C. C., Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 6th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861 . Mustered out at Savannah, Ga. April 15, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 13, 1862 . Appointed Corporal. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Ga.) Pope, J. J., Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 6th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 14, 1861 . Mustered out at Savannah, Ga. April 15, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. November 13, 1862 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. (Born in Ga. in 1829.) Pope, Lewis, private May 13, 1862 . Captured at Adairsville, Ga. May 18, 1864 . Released at Rock Island, Ill. May 19, 1865 . Pope, William Wiley, private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Absent without leave October 7-December 31, 1863 . Pension records show he "Was given furlough November 1864 . Could not reach command due to intervention of enemy. Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Battn. Ga. Militia Cavalry (Murchison's) December 1864 , and served until surrender." (Born in Ga. in 1840.) Rasberry - See Rosbury. Robertson, Benjamin S., private March 4, 1862 . Died of disease in Bib Creek Gap, Tenn. hospital June 25, 1862 . Robertson, W. F., private May 13, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. (Born in Habersham County, Ga. March 3, 1830.) Rogers, H. L., private August 8, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Sick in hospital December 31, 1863 . No later record. Rosbury, J. M. (or Rasberry), private March 4, 1862 . Received $50 bounty March 27, 1862 . No later record. Roswell, Jesse (or Rowell), private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. June 3, 1863 . Roswell, T. K. (or Rowell), private March 4, 1862 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Sids, C. C., private March 4, 1862 . Died of fever at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . Simpson, Jeptha A, private May 13, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 13, 1863 . In Concert Hall Hospital at Montgomery, Ala. November 15, 1864 . Sent home on 60 days furlough December 1864 . Unable to return. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. August 30, 1838.) Simpson, Joel M., private May 18, 1862 . Appointed 1st Corporal November 13, 1863 . Pension records show he was sent to hospital with chronic diarrhoea August 1864 . Could not reach command. Enlisted in Co. K, 18th Battn. Ga. Militia Cavalry (Murchison's) in 1864 . Surrendered near Rome, Ga. in 1865 . Paroled at Talladega, Ala. June 9, 1865 . Simpson, John A., private March 4, 1862 . Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, and captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . Paroled July 1863 . Absent, wounded, February 29, 1864 . Simpson, M. P., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 13, 1863 . No later record. Simpson, W. B., private March 4, 1862 . Died in Knoxville, Tenn. hospital June 3, 1862 . Smith, John B., private March 4, 1862 . Wounded in both shoulders, left hand and right eye, resulting in loss of sight, at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . (Resident of Ga. since February 11, 1822. Died in Haralson County, Ga. in 1899.) Tarrance, F. M., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Absent, sick, February 29, 1864 . No later record. Tarrance, J. M., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Thompson, Fletcher, private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Thompson, W. S., private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Thompson, W. T. (or W. J.), private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . Tuck, Thomas N., Pension records show he enlisted as a private, date not given. Wounded in back of head, causing concussion, at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863 . (Resident of Ga. since March 5, 1858.) Wammack, Arch, private March 4, 1862 . Died near Vicksburg, Miss. Wammack, John, private March 4, 1862 . Died at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863 . Westbrooks, Franklin L., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 16, 1863 . Received off Mobile Harbor, Ala. August 4, 1863 . No later record. Westbrooks, G. W., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 16, 1863 . Absent without leave October 7-December 31, 1863 . Deserted. Received at Military Prison, Chattanooga, Tenn., October 31, 1864 , and took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. same day. Westbrooks, John C., private May 18, 1862 . Absent without leave October 7-December 31, 1863 . No later record. (Born in Lumpkin County, Ga. in 1839.) Wheeler, Bordan , private March 4, 1862 . Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27, 1862 . White, John, private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Received off Mobile Harbor, Ala. for exchange August 4, 1863 . Sick in hospital February 29, 1864 . No later record. Williams, William M., private March 4, 1862 . Discharged, furnished Jesse W. Leverett as substitute, August 1, 1862 . Wood, James M., private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Roll dated February 29, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Youngblood, Edmund, private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 4th Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. 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