Harris County Georgia Company H - 31st Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by clhjohnson@aol.comCarolyn L. Harper Johnson http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/harris/military/civilwar/coh31reg.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, 3lst REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY EVANS' BRIGADE, GORDON'S DIVISION ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. HARRIS COUNTY, GEORGIA" "MOUNTAIN TIGERS" OFFICERS: McGehee, Jacob C. Captain November 13,1861. Resigned December 1, 1861. Murphey, John W. lst Lieutenant November 13, 1861. Elected Captain December 1, 1861. Resigned June 1, 1863. Miller, Nicholas W. 2d Lieutenant November 13, 1861. Elected lst Lieutenant December 1, 1861. Captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Released November 11, 1862. Elected Captain June 1, 1863. Wounded at Hatcher s Run, Va. February 6, 1865. Captured in Richmond, Va. hospital April 3,1865. Died, result amputation of left leg, in Fair Grounds Hospital June 5,1865. Remarks. "Embalmed and sent home." Williams, James Fennimore Cooper-Jr. 2d Lieutenant November 13, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant December 1, 1861 ; 1st Lieutenant June 1, 1863. Severely wounded and captured at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Sent to Federal Hospital at Frederick City, Md. July 10, 1864. Transferred to West's Bldgs. Hospital at Baltimore, Md. August 21, 1864. Paroled, considered unfit for further duty account of wounds, September 1864. Elected Captain February 6, 1865. Pension records show he was at Danville, Va. attempting to rejoin command close of war. (Born in Ga.) Harris, Thomas A. 1st Sergeant November 13,1861. private October 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant April 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Captured at Chesterfield, Va. April 8, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Mr. June 28, 1865. Worrell, Thomas J. M. 2d Sergeant November 13,1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Absent without leave November 5, 1864. No later record. Cassells, Thomas L. 3d Sergeant November 13, 1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital July 15, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Hodge, James C. 4th Sergeant November 13, 1861. Wounded, right arm disabled, at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Columbus, Ga. hospital February 24, 1863. Moore, Thomas J. 1st Corporal November 13, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Harper, Seaborn J. 2d Corporal November 13, 1861. Died at Lynchburg, Va. hospital August 24, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 7, 4th Line, Lot 177-Burton's. Singleton, Luicus C. 3d Corporal November 13, 1861. private in 1863. Absent without leave November 5, 1864. No later record. Narramore, Oliver P.-4th Corporal November 13,1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Sick in hospital November 6, 1864. No later record. PRIVATES: Alexander, John W. private August 29, 1862. Died October 3, 1862. Alexander, Robert H. private August 29, 1862. Paroled at Farmville, Va. April 11-21, 1865. Alexander, William L. M. private August 29, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Alsabrooks, John C. private November 13, 1861. Died of disease at Savannah, Ga. June 16,1862. Ammons, James W. private December 1, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27,1862. Askew, James M. private November 13,1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Roll dated November 5, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Askew, Thomas J. private November 13,1861. Wounded in right arm at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Detailed Division Provost Guard December 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Ga. November 12, 1842. Died in Confederate Soldiers' Home at Atlanta, Ga. December 11, 1911.) Bass, S. C.- private August 27, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13,1862. Binns, Joseph D. private May 16, 1862. Discharged, on account of rheumatism and gastric intestine disease, at Farmville, Va. September 21, 1863. (Born August 20, 1831.) Bland, Enoch- private June 1, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3,1863. Died of wounds at Richmond, Va. May 20, 1863. Brown, John F. private November 13, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. May 8,1862. Burch, William Henry- private November 13,1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Wounded in 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Calhoun, George Calvin-See private , Co. C. Colquitt, William H. private January 30, 1862. Wounded in shoulder and captured at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Admitted to Carver U.S.A. General Hospital at Washington, D. C. December 18, 1862 , and died there of wounds, December 28,1862 , or January 8, 1863. Buried in Arlington Cemetery. Cook, Hiram-See private , Co. C. Craig, George W. private August 29, 1862. Absent without leave November 5, 1864. Union prisoner of war records show he surrendered at Columbus, Ga. April 16, 1865 , and released at Nashville, Tenn. May 11, 1865. Davidson, Monroe- private November 15, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Va. June 29, 1862. Transferred to Macon, Ga. July 7,1862. No later record. Davidson, Thomas J. private December 1, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 13, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in Henningsen Hospital at Richmond, Va. September 5, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Davis, James- private August 20, 1862. Died in General Hospital #16, at Richmond, Va. December 14 or 19, 1862. Davis, James A. J.-See private , Co. C. Davis, John- private November 13,1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #1, at Richmond, Va., wounded in right hip, February 16, 1863. Furloughed for 60 days in 1863. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Davis, Needham-See private , Co. C. Dean, Thomas E. private August 29, 1862. Discharged, furnished J. F. Reynolds as substitute, April 22, 1863. Farley, William F. private September 17, 1862. Missing at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Gilbert, J. H. private February 6, 1862. Discharged, under-age, May 16, 1862. Griffiths, Crawford B. private November 13, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant January 24,1862. Relieved from duty by Conscript Act May 13,1862. Enlisted as a private in Captain Tiller's Company, Echols' Battery Ga. Light Artillery, November 23, 1863. Roll for April 1864 ,shows him present. No later record. Hagans, Joseph B.-Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18,1861. Discharged June 8,1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 3lst Regiment Ga. Inf. November 27, 1861. Captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Exchanged November 11,1862. Died November 1863. Hammon, A. L. (or Hammond)- private November 13, 1861. Discharged at Camp Phillips near Savannah, Ga., on account of old-age and protracted illness, May 14, 1862. Harper, Elijah C. private May 13,1862. Died at Winchester, Va. September 16, 1862. Harper, Joseph W.- private August 1, 1862. Died of disease in Winchester, Va. hospital October 1862. Harrell, Rodham-See private , Co. C. Harrell, William H.-See private , Co. C. Harrison, Thomas H. private January 19, 1862. Captured in Richmond, Va. hospital April 3, 1865. Released from U.S.A. General Military Hospital at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865. Hart, Samuel- private November 18, 1861. Died in General Hospital #1, in Virginia April 17, 1863. Henderson, Thomas J.-See private , Co. C. Hendely, Martin Van Buren- private November 26,1861. Wounded in 1863. Discharged, disability, March 10, 1864. Hodge, James F. private November 13, 1861. Discharged, overage and disability, in 1862. Irvin, John Y. private November 29, 1861. Wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862. Exchanged November 11, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Wilkes County, Ga. May 1, 1838.) Irwin, R. L. private November 29, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal May 13,1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 14, 1862. Jenkins, John W.-See 3d Sergeant, Co. C. Johnson, Albert E. (or Bud E.)- private January 19, 1862. Johnson, Britt S. private November 13, 1861. Discharged, on account of organic disease of heart, at Lynchburg, Va. December 24, 1862. Jordan, Robert- private July 20, 1862. Wounded in leg at Spotsylvania, Va. May 10, 1864. In hospital August 31, 1864. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Ga. February 17, 1865. No later record. Lambert, William-See private , Co. C. Lee, James- private October 5, 1861. On sick furlough November 5, 1864. No later record. Lyon, Nathan (or Lyons)- private January 25,1862. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. May 26,1862. Martin, Willis A. private November 28, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant. Captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Exchanged November 11,1862. Wounded in left arm at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. October 24, 1864. Transferred to Lynchburg, Va. hospital November 25, 1864. Returned to duty from Walker Hospital at Columbus, Ga. March 30, 1865. McCants, James E. private November 13, 1861. Died of typhoid fever in General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. July 1, 1862. McCants, Jason S. private November 13,1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant August 15, 1863. Captured at Chesterfield, Va. April 14, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 29, 1865. McCants, John A. private November 13, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Discharged, disability, at Gordonsville, Va. July 29, 1862. McFarland, John R. private February 26, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital in 1862. McFarland, Thomas S. private February 26, 1862. Sick in hospital August 11,1863. No later record. McKinney, Jeremiah R. private May 10, 1862. On sick furlough November 5,1864. Paroled at Lynchburg, Va. April 14,1865. McManus, John- private November 13, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. February 6,1862. Miller, Benjamin D. private November 28, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant July 15,1862. Wounded in 1863. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 5,1864. Mooney, John R. private November 27, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. On roll dated November 5, 1864 , he was reported "A prisoner of war." No later record. Mooney, William J. private January 4,1862. Captured at South Mountain, Md. July 4, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Govt. at Point Lookout, Md. and released February 1, 1864. Enlisted in U.S. Army at Norfolk, Va. November 1, 1864. Murphey, S. R. private November 28, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant December 1, 1861 ; 2d Lieutenant August 2, 1863. Wounded in face and neck and captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 17, 1865. Narramore, Thomas J.- private August 29, 1862. On detached duty in hospital in 1863. Discharged, disability, December 13,1863. Nunnally, Benjamin H.- private May 16, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal in 1863. Killed at Hatcher's Run, Va. February 6,1865. Page, Leonard H. private November 13,1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 2,1863. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 11, 1864 Phelts, Solomon (or Phelps)- private November 13, 1861. Discharged, on account of old age, infirmity and an attack of pneumonia and bronchitis, at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. April 29,1862. Phillips, George L. private November 13, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. March 24, 1862. Pike, Charles P. private May 15, 1862. Died in Grove Hospital at Danville, Va. September 1, 1862. Pike, John R. private May 15, 1862. Died, of chronic diarrhoea, General Hospital #1, at Danville, Va. October 15,1862. Price, Thomas W.-See private , Co. C. Reynolds, J. F. private April 22,1863. Substitute for Thomas E. Dean. Admitted to General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. August 3, 1863. Furloughed for 30 days September 17,1863. No later record. Robertson, Louis T. private November 13,1861. Died at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. May 22,1862. Robertson, William P. private November 13,1861. Roll dated November 5,1864 , last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Robinson, Jesse B. private November 13, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Discharged, underage, January 1, 1863. Rogers, William A. private November 13, 1861. Wounded and captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, March 10-12,1865. No later record. (Born in Morgan County, Ga. December 23, 1841.) Rowe, William H. private August 20, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Reduced to ranks and detailed in hospital, on account of disability, in 1863. On sick furlough November 5, 1864. No later record. Shepherd, John- private November 30, 1861. Discharged, on account of erysipelas, at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. May 16, 1862. Slaton, Henry James- private December 4, 1861. Transferred to Co. E, May 1, 1862. Wounded and captured at Winchester, Va. September 19,1864. Roll dated November 5,1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent, a prisoner of war." No later record. Smith, Tillman-See private , Co. C. Snell, David W. (or Daniel W.)- private May 16,1862. Accidentally injured at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Ga. April 9, 1865. Returned to duty April 29, 1865 Snipes, Joel- private November 13, 1861. Died March 8, 1863. Stanford, Robert S. private May 6,1862. Report of sick and wounded in General Hospital at Lynchburg, Va. for August 1862., shows he was discharged, under-age, August 9, 1862. Stribbling, Dennis (or Stribling)- private November 13,1861. Roll dated November 5, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Suggs, Shepherd-See private , Co. C. Talley, Richard H. private July 14, 1862. Discharged, disability, May 9, 1863. Terry, John L. private October 5, 1862. Wounded, date and place not given. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Truett, Joseph H. private November 13, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal June 27, 1862. Captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862. Exchanged November 10,1862. Killed at Hatcher's Run Va. February 6, 1865. Vaughn, George W.- private November 13,1861. Died in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Va. October 8, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 6, 4th Line, Lot 180-Christian's Factory. Ward, William J.-See private , Co. C. Webb, Phillip E. private November 13, 1861. Wounded in right leg, resulting in permanent disability, at Hatcher's Run, Va. February 6, 1865. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 22, 1865. (Born in Georgia December 25, 1837. Died May 16, 1915.) Webster, Seaborn J. private December 1,1861. Wounded in left cheek at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27,1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Discharged, disability, February 20,1863. Williams, John D. private November 13,1861. Died at Savannah, Ga. March 13, 1862.