Harris County Georgia Company H - 17th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by clhjohnson@aol.comCarolyn L. Harper Johnson http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/harris/military/civilwar/coh17reg.txt Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/harris.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ======================== 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. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ============== MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY H, 17th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. HARRIS COUNTY, GEORGIA HARRIS BARTOWS Kennon, Richard E.- Captain August 15, 1861. Resigned, disability, May 23, 1862. Elected Captain of Co. D, 3d Regiment Ga. Cavalry in 1862 ; Lieutenant Colonel ; Colonel. Captured at New Haven, Ky. September 29,1862. Hodo, John W.-1st Lieutenant August 15, 1861. Resigned November 1, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. D, 3d Regiment Ga. Cavalry May 1, 1862. Roll for December 31,1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Barden, William Alfred-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 2d Regiment Ga. Inf. April 16, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. H, l7th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 15, 1861 ; 1st Lieutenant November 1, 1861; Captain June 2, 1862; Major January 22, 1864; Lieutenant Colonel September 22,1864. At Danville, Va. close of war. Goodman, A. G.-Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 15, 1861. Died October 31,1861. Jenkins, John F.-1st Sergeant August 15, 1861. Elected Captain January 22,1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. ??-2d Sergeant August 15,1861. Middlebrooks, Thomas Elder-Enlisted as a private in Co. L, 3d Regiment Ga. Inf. August 20, 1861. Admitted to Richmond, Va. hospital November 12, 1862. Transferred to Petersburg, Va. November 14, 1862. Admitted to Episcopal Church Hospital at Williamsburg, Va. November 14, 1862. Returned to duty December 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute. Appointed 2d Sergeant of Co. H, l7th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1863. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. On detached duty, Macon, Ga., January 1865. Wounded in right thigh in 1865. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. February 13, 1865. Returned to duty February 14, 1865. Transferred to Co. L, 23d Battn. Local Defense Troops (Cook's). Elected Lieutenant. Appears on Register of Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga., dated April 3, 1865 , with remark, "Amputation of right thigh at lower third." (Born in Harris County, Ga. in 1841.) Carmichael, Peter H.-3d Sergeant August 15, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. McGee, T. Toliver-4th Sergeant August 15, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863 , and captured there July 5, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Va. September 16, 1863. On roll for February 1864 , he is reported "Absent with leave; retired for six months." No later record. (Resident of Georgia since 1886.) Truett, P. P.(or Truitt)-5th Sergeant August 15,1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Cline, John William-1st Corporal August 15, 1861. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. June 27,1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant July 2,1863; 1st Sergeant August 16,1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Georgia.) Thornton, J. N.-2d Corporal August 15, 1861. Wounded in 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Brown, J. M.- 3d Corporal August 15,1861. Appears last on roll for August 1864. Forester, J. T.- 4th Corporal August 15, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Meriwether County, Ga. May 18,1843.) PRIVATES: Baker, Alfred (or Offord)- private. Died of measles April 11, 1862. Bass, Creed- private August 15,1861. Died in service. Bass, F. M.- private August 15,1861. Died in hospital December 1861. Beard, John W.- private August 15, 1861. Admitted to Moore Hospital, General Hospital #1, at Danville, Va. with fever, December 27,1861. Sent to General Hospital at Richmond, Va. January 1862 , and died January 17,1862. Booker, Parham T.- private August 15, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant November 1,1861. Killed at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1,1862. Brown, James- private August 15,1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Va. November 10,1861. Transferred to General Hospital November Il,1861. Admitted to General Hospital at Danville, Va. with typhoid fever December 27,1861. No later record. Burford, J. C.- private August 15,1861. Appointed Sergeant of Litter Corps. Wounded at Petersburg, Va. June 9,1864. Absent with leave February 28,1865. Pension records show he was at Danville, Va. attempting to rejoin command close of war. (Born in Georgia March 15,1842.) Calhoun, Joel- private August 15,1861. Died in service. Chappell, Wilkes- private August 15,1861. Died in service. Chase, Calvin C.- private March 1,1862. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept 19,1863. At home, wounded, close of war. Christain, James- private August 15,1861. Transferred to Co. B,20th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 23,1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Roll dated January 28,1865 accounts for him as "Absent, in arrest under Division Provost Guard since November 15 1864." No later record. Cline, William B.- private August 15,1861. Admitted to Moore Hospital, General Hospital #1, at Danville, Va. with fever, December 27.1861. Sent to General Hospital at Richmond, Va. in 1862. Crippled in railroad accident at Richmond, Va. in 1862. Discharged July 2,1862. Cranford, George W.- private August 15,1861. Died of consumption in General Hospital at Mount Jackson, Va. December 17,1861. Buried there in Mount Jackson Cemetery. Crutchfield, F. P.- private August 15,1861. Detached as Hospital Steward at Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Va. 1862 -February 1863. Roll for August 1864 , last on which borne, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Crutchfield, Thomas- private August 15, 1861. Admitted to Gen-eral Hospital #1, at Danville, Va. December 26, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. January 8,1862. David, Henry- private August 15, 1861. Discharged, disability. Davie, James- private May 1, 1862. On roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, he was reported absent; detailed at Columbus, Ga. Davis, Charles H.- private August 15,1861. Elected 2d Lieuten-ant November 1,1861. Died of typhoid fever in Chimborazo Hospital #l, at Richmond, Va. December 7,1861. Davis, Thomas- private August 15,1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30,1862. Delamar, A. C.- private April 1,1864. Roll for February 28,1865 , last on file, shows him absent with leave. No later record. DeLoach, J. Marshall- private August 15,1861. Died in Staunton, Va. hospital October 29,1862. Doggett, Andrew J.- private March 1,1864. Deserted in 1864. Received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., a Confederate deserter, and furnished transportation to Cincinnati, O. September 24,1864. Doggett, Lee- private August 15,1861. Doggett, Samuel- private August 15,1861. Doggett, W. A.- private July 1,1864. Surrendered, Appomat-tox, Va. April 9,1865. Durham, B. R.- private August 15,1861. Appears only on roll for February 1863. Died in service. Durham, James V.-Enlisted as a private in Co. E,46th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4,1862. Transferred to Co. H, l7th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 17,1862. Captured near Knoxville, Tenn. December 3, 1863. Died of pneumonia at Rock Island, Ill. February 6,1864. Durham, John R.- private March 4,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Goodman, Charles M.- private August 15,1861. Appointed Corporal. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Va. with rheumatism, April 22,1862. Transferred to Petersburg, Va. hospital April 29,1862. Died in Fair Grounds Hospital at Petersburg, Va. May 22,1862. Goodman, John L.- private August 15,1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant June 2,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Goodman, Nathaniel- private August 15,1861. Died in service. Goodwin, Allen- private August 15, 1861. Roll for February 28, 1865,last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Goodwin, Frank M.- private March 1, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Goodwin, Joel- private August 15,1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Goodwin, John P.- private March 1, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Griffin, W. H.- private August 15,1861. Harrington, S. H.- private March 1, 1862. Captured in 1862. Exchanged November 10, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863; Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1865,last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Died in 1905.) Harris, Wade- private March 1862. Died of measles May 1862. Headaway,________- private August 15,1861. Hires, J. B.- private September 30,1862. Hood, David J.- private August 15, 1861. Discharged, disability, near Centreville, Va. December 16,1861. Horne, H. C.- private May 1,1862. Died of measles in hospital September 20,1862. Horne, Peter (or Hearne)- private August 15,1861. Huling, James Andrew- private August 15, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant June 6, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Hutchinson, J. N.- private September 23, 1861. Detailed clerk in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. in 1864. Captured in Richmond, Va. hospital April 3, 1865 , and paroled there April 24, 1865. Jenkins, Eli J.- private August 15,1861. Wounded in hand, necessitating amputation of two fingers, at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. October 3, 1864 , and furloughed for 60 days November 3,1864. No later record. Jenkins, Thomas J.- private August 15, 1861. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later record. (Born in Harris County, Ga.) Johnson, Dock- private August 15,1861. Died in service. Langford, Thomas- private August 15, 1861. Wounded at Richmond, Va. October 25, 1864 , and died there in Jackson Hospital, same date. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Layfield, Christopher Columbus- private May 1,1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862; Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863; Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Appointed 3d Sergeant August 16, 1864. Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 30, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va. for exchange March 17,1865. Layfield, Henry C.- private August 15,1861. Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29,1864. Released from U. S. General Hospital at Point Lookout, Md. December 23,1864. No later record. Note: Died in prison and was buried by brothers. Layfield, Mell C.(or Mayo C.)- private March 1,1862. Wounded and captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 29,1865. (Born in Georgia April 29, 1835. Died February 7,1925.) Researcher: Jacq. Hines" Layfield, Richard- private August 15, 1861. Wounded at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29,1864. LeCroy, Jeremiah- private August 15,1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Roll for February 28, 1865 , last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Lyle, James D.- private August 15,1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Marshall, Thomas B.- private August 15,1861. Died of typhoid pneumonia in General Hospital at Manassas, Va. December 10,1861. Marshall, Tip- private August 15, 1861. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Maxwell, H. H.- private August 15,1861. McGee, Marcus- private August 15,1861. Died in hospital December 1861. Middlebrooks, J. Frank- private April 1, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Middlebrooks, William H.- private August 15,1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Georgia May 16,1844.) Middlebrooks, William M.- private August 15,1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant July 12,1862;1st Lieutenant of Co. F, February 1864; Captain in 1865. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Moore, Joseph C.- private August 15, 1861. Died of anasarca February 20,1862. Buried in Mount Jackson, Va. Cemetery. Osborne, James H. (or Osborn)- private August 15, 1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Georgia July 28,1829. Died October 21,1909.) Park, H.- private August 15,1861. Appears last on roll for February 28,1863. Partin, Spear- private August 20,1861. Died at Richmond, Va. May 5,1862. Pigg, Austin- private March 1,1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Richardson, T. J.- private August 15,1861. Paroled at Columbia, Va. May 1865. Rivers, Thomas N.- private August 15,1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va. with bronchitis, April 17, 1862. Returned to duty May 1,1862. Transferred ta Co. E,46th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 28, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal July 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Shehane, L. R.- private March 1, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Shehane, Samuel Riley- private March 1,1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in South Carolina June 11, 1832. Died June 6, 1900. Buried at Antioch, Harris County, Ga.) Shorter, Eli S.-Enlisted as a private in Ca. G, 2d Regiment Ga. Inf. April 16,1861. Transferred to Co. H, l7th Regiment Ga. Inf. November 1, 1861. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant in 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Sparks, Hiram- private August 15, 1861. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Died of wounds July 8, 1863. Speer, Jesse H.- private August 15, 1861. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Taylor, A. Jack- private August 15, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 30, 1864. Exchanged at James River, Va. March 18, 1865. No later record. Teel, James- private August 15,1861. Discharged, disability. Teel, William M.- private August 15, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital at Petersburg, Va., with typhoid pneumonia, October 30, 1861. Returned to duty June 27, 1862. Discharged July 20, 1862. Thomason, Augustus- private August 15,1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant January 22,1864. Killed at Deep Bottom, Va. August 16,1864. Thomason, Henry- private August 15, 1861. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Thompson, Jack- private August 15, 1861. At home sick February 28,1863. No later record. Thompson, W. C. K.- private August 15,1861. Thornton, J.- private August 15, 1861. Killed, Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Thornton, William E.-Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 20th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 21,1861. Transferred to Co. H, l7th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 22, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863 , shows him present. No later record. Watson, Samuel L.- private August 15,1861. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1863. Pension records show he was wounded in left hand at Petersburg, Va. in 1864. Furloughed for 60 days in 1864. At home, wounded, close of war. (Born in Harris County, Ga. April 26,1843. Died at Moreland, Ga. August 20,1928.) Watson, William- private August 15,1861. Died in service. Whitten, Craven- private August 15, 1861. Accidentally wounded and disabled. Discharged, disability, at Camp Georgia near Manassas, Va. January 11,1862. Reenlisted. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Whitten, C. J.- private August 15, 1861. Appears last on roll for February 28,1863. ****Added based on Nat'l Archive file**** Wills, James Q - private Aug. 20 (?) 1861. Died Richmond, Va. 17 Nov 1861. Widow's claim. Researcher:Vwalexander@aol.com Virginia Alexander ********** Worthy, William H.- private March 1,1862. Died of typhoid fever in Richmond, Va. hospital July 5 or 6,1862. Zachery, David T.- private August 15, 1861. Captured at Wills Valley, Tenn. October 28, 1863. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, March 23,1865. (Born in Harris County, Ga. April 12,1844.) No rolls of this company are on file in War Dept., Washington, D. C., prior to January 1863.