HART COUNTY, GA - MILITARY - Civil War Co. C 16th Regiment "HARTWELL INFANTRY" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/hart.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm COMPANY C, 16TH REGIMENT HART COUNTY "HARTWELL INFANTRY" Rolls on file for this company cover period only from May 1864 to January 30, 1865. Skelton, John Hampton -- Captain - July 13, 1861. Elected Major October 1, 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 20, 1864.Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 24, 1865. McMullen, H. G. -- 1st Lieutenant - July 13, 1861. Killed at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Dyar, Elias S. (or Dyer) -- 2nd Lieutenant - July 13, 1861. Captured at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. Paroled November 10, 1862. Died in 1st Division General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia, June 6, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Gordon, Charles H. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - July 13, 1861. Appointed Adjutant of the 30th Battalion Georgia Cavalry. Transferred to the 11th Regiment Georgia Cavalry. Wounded December 4, 1864. In Macon, Georgia hospital February 1865. No later record. Watson, William H. H. -- 1st Sergeant - July 13, 1861. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York July 7, 1865. Myers, J. B. -- 2nd Sergeant - July 13, 1861. Wounded and captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 16, 1865. McDonald, W. G. -- 3rd Sergeant - July 13, 1861. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee December 3, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Illinois May 22, 1865. Richardson, W. -- 4th Sergeant - July 13, 1861. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland June 17, 1865. Myers, W. E. -- 5th Sergeant - July 13, 1861. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Holland, J. T. -- 1st Corporal - July 13, 1861. Absent without leave August 1864. No later record. Sanders, S. H. -- 2nd Corporal - July 13, 1861. Wounded in side at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862 ; in foot at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862; in shoulder at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863; in elbow at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Wounded and captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 19, 1865. (Born in Georgia July 12, 1841.) Pritchett, North Carolina -- 3rd Corporal - July 13, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Died at Point Lookout, Maryland September 5, 1864. Ouzts, Robert -- 4th Corporal - July 13, 1861. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee November 29, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Illinois June 19, 1865. (Born in 1841.) Adams, Labon (or Labourn) -- Private - July 13, 1861. Killed at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Adams, W. M. -- Private - March 11, 1863. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Transferred to Boulware’s Wharf, James River, Virginia for exchange, March 15, 1865. Allen, Monroe -- Private - Captured. Died at Point Lookout, Maryland Bagwell, Martin V. -- Private - April 21, 1864. Wounded in finger, necessitating amputation, at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in Greenville, South Carolina in 1848.) Bailey, Griffin -- Private - July 13, 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant in 1861. Discharged, disability, in 1862. (Born in Lancaster County, South Carolina June 16, 1824.) Bailey, H. M. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Died of variola at Elmira, New York February 13, 1865. Grave #2039, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Bailey, John C. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 16, 1865.(Born in Georgia September 20, 1827.) Bailey, William T. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Roll for January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. Captured and paroled at Hartwell, Georgia May 18, 1865. Pension records show he contracted lung trouble in service. Sent to hospital July 1863. Furloughed home August 1863. Unable to return. (Born in Lancaster County, South Carolina December 15, 1832.) Banks, Sim M. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Accidentally killed at Yorktown, Virginia April 1862. Barnes, J. R. -- See Bonds, J. Reese. Barnes, N. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Accidentally killed at Yorktown, Virginia in 1862. Barron, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Barron, Willis Newton -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died at Warwick River near Yorktown, Virginia April 8, 1862. Bobo, Solomon -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York July 7, 1865. Bobo, William M. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia November 10, 1862. Captured at Knoxville, Tennessee November 1863. Admitted to Camp Nelson, Kentucky Convalescent Hospital December 26, 1863, and died there of pneumonia January 2, 1864. Bonds, Asbury -- Private - July 13, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Killed at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Bonds, J. Reese (or Barnes) -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded in face at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia May 16, 1864. Furloughed for 60 days May 24, 1864. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia April 6, 1865. Admitted to Prison Hospital at Newport News, Virginia June 18, 1865, and died there of typhoid fever June 23, 1865. Buried at George B. West's place. Reinterred in Greenlawn Cemetery at Newport News, Virginia Brown, Eppy W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Transferred to Company F, 38th Regiment Georgia Infantry Wounded in right hand, necessitating amputation of three fingers, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Discharged, disability, October 12, 1864. (Born in Elbert County, Georgia April 23, 1836.) Brown, William B. -- Private - July 31, 1861. Slightly wounded in thigh July l, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Cay, John R. -- See Kay. Chapman, James O. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died at Suffolk, Virginia April 4, 1862. Cheek, J. B. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. Captured and paroled at Hartwell, Georgia May 18, 1865. Cleveland, George W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Wounded in right wrist and captured at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia November 10, 1862. Roll for November 30, 1862, shows him absent on 60 days furlough at Hartwell, Georgia No later record. (Born in Georgia December 25, 1841.) Cleveland, Jasper M. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died at Suffolk, Virginia April 16, 1862. Cleveland, William E. T. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Wounded at Knoxville, Tennessee December 4, 1863, and captured there January 5, 1864. Transferred from Rock Island, Illinois to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange February 15, 1865. Paroled at Burkeville, Virginia April 14-17, 1865. (Born December 25, 1844.) Craft, Moses C. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Virginia June 25, 1865. Dean, James -- Private Dooley, George W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia August 30, 1862. Returned to duty October 14, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia, December 18, 1862, and died there of typhoid fever December 24, 1862. Dooley, M. N. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Discharged March 11, 1862. Dunn, Henry -- Private - July 13, 1861. Accidentally wounded in right hand, while on guard duty at Richmond, Virginia, September 16, 1861. Three fingers amputated as a result of accident. Absent without leave May - June 1864, and January 30, 1865. Captured and paroled at Greenville, South Carolina May 23, 1865. Dunn, Jack -- Private - July 13, 1861. Right leg amputated. Dunn, James -- Private - July 13, 1861. Killed in battle. Dunn, John -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability, caused by varicose veins, September 10, 1862. Died prior to April 8, 1863. (Born in Elbert County, Georgia in 1833.) Edwards, Ira Jones -- Private - March 4, 1862.Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 14, 1865.(Born in Elbert County, Georgia June 1841.) Edwards, T. J. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland January 17, 1865. Received at Boulware s Wharf, James River, Virginia for exchange, January 21, 1865. No later record. Fain, Jesse R. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Paroled, Farmville, Virginia April 11-21, 1865. Fain, R. M. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him a prisoner of war. Fleming, Franklin P. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Sick at Richmond, Virginia June 1, 1862. Died prior to April 8, 1863. Frost, W. T. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 21, 1865. Gaines, J. Earl -- Private - July 13, 1861. Killed at Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Gaines, L. G. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Gaines, T. L. -- Private - August 10, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Gaines, W. B. -- Private - September 5, 1861. Captured and paroled, Hartwell, Georgia May 19, 1865. Gordon, J. C. -- Private Herring, Levi -- Private - September 30, 1863. Died at Rodgersville, Tennessee December 17, 1863. Hilley, J. A., Jr. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia for exchange March 28, 1865. Received at Boulware s Wharf, James River, Virginia, March 30, 1865. (Born in Elbert County, Georgia in 1843.) Hilley, Thomas -- Private - September 1862. Died in Richmond, Virginia hospital January 1863. Hilley, T. R. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York July 3, 1865. Hilley, William -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Died of smallpox in U. S. Military Prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware November 1, 1863. Holland, Robert S. -- Private - August 1, 1864. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New York March 14, 1865. Exchanged at James River, Virginia March 18-21, 1865. Captured at Hartwell, Georgia May 20, 1865. Jackson, Martin V. -- Appointed musician of Company B, 24th Regiment Georgia Infantry August 24, 1861; 1st Sergeant of Company B, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Transferred to Company C, 16th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 1864. Elected 1st Lieutenant December 9, 1864. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio June 18, 1865. Jester, J. B.(or Joester) -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured, date and place not given. Died in U. S. Military Prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware November 23, 1863. Jordan, J. W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Absent without leave August 1864. No later record. Kay, John R.(or Cay) -- Private - July 13, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Discharged, disability, June 6, 1862. (Born in Abbeville District, South Carolina in 1828.) Kinley, John (or Kingsley) -- Private - July 13, 1861. Paroled May 10, 1865. Landers, George W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Discharged by reason of over-age and rheumatism October 31, 1862. (Born at Greenville, South Carolina September 1823.) Lewis, Dempsey B. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee October 1863. Martin, Charles -- Appointed 3rd Sergeant of Company A, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Georgia March 14, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company C, 16th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Martin, Mike L. -- Private - August 30, 1862. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 16, 1865. Masters, Angus N. -- Private - 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Killed at Dam #1 Warwick's Creek near Yorktown, Virginia, April 16, 1862. McCurry, Horatio J. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital, Howards Grove, at Richmond, Virginia January 26, 1863, and died there of smallpox February 8, 1863. McCurry, John B. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died March 19, 1862. McDonald, Judge Thomas -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died of scorbutis in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Virginia August 11, 1862. McDonald, J. C. -- Private - April 4, 1864. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Died of pneumonia at Elmira, New York May 2, 1865. McDonald, J. P. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. Captured and paroled, Greenville, South Carolina May 24, 1865. McDowell, Daniel B. -- Private - September 5, 1861. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. Captured, Greenville, South Carolina May 23, 1865. McDowell, James W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital, Camp Winder, at Richmond, Virginia, May 19, 1862.Wounded at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. Died in 1862. McDowell, Robert -- Private Morgan, E. Perry -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded at Knoxville, Tennessee November 17, 1863. Captured at Middlebrook, Tennessee December 5, 1863. Died from fracture of thigh January 19, 1864. Myers, T. L. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded in right eye in Virginia in 1865. Admitted to Sub Depot Field Hospital at Burkeville, Virginia April 14, 1865. Sent to Depot Field Hospital April 15, 1865. Neese, J. M. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 5, 1863. Wounded in hip at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born June 26, 1841.) Neese, W. -- Private - March 4, 1864. Captured at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Died of typhoid fever at Elmira, New York April 13, 1865. Grave #2706, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Ouzts, Dallas -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died of fever at Suffolk, Virginia prior to August 5, 1862. Ouzts, John H. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York on taking oath of allegiance to U. S. Government, June 16, 1864, and discharged at Richmond, Virginia September 23, 1864. Page, J. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Died of diarrhoea at Elmira, New York April 1, 1865.Grave #2584, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Partain, John T. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded in left arm, necessitating amputation, at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent, sick. (Resident of Georgia since October 26, 1836.) Patton, Allen D. -- Private - September 1862. Captured, date and place not given. Died at Johnson's Island, Ohio in 1864. Powell, David -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware June 17, 1865. (Born in Georgia September 28, 1839.) Powell, J. W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Knoxville, Tennessee December 3, 1863. Died in Military Prison Hospital at Louisville, Kentucky January 13, 1864. Buried there in Cave Hill Cemetery. Pritchett, John -- Private - Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia July 6, 1862. Returned to duty July 12, 1862. Captured at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Paroled. Admitted to General Hospital, Howard's Grove, at Richmond, Virginia February 1, 1863, and died there of smallpox February 2, 1863.(Born in 1837.) Purcell, David -- Private Ray, Thomas J. -- Private - July 13, 1861.Discharged, disability and over-age, August 24, 1861. (Born in 1811.) Ray, W. E. -- Private - March 6, 1863. Captured at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. No later record. Reed, Joseph D. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Admitted to Seminary Hospital at Williamsburg, Virginia April 21, 1862; sent to General Hospital April 22, 1862. Sick at Richmond, Virginia June l, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Died in 1863. Reid, J. W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died of fever at Suffolk, Virginia October 1861. Reynolds, Samuel -- Private - July 17, 1861. Transferred to Company B, 24th Regiment Georgia Infantry September 30, 1862. Wounded in 1864. Died of wounds in General Hospital #3, at Lynchburg, Virginia June 27, 1864. Risener, M. J. -- Private - July 13, 1861.Appears on roll of General Hospital at Scottsville, Virginia dated February 3, 1863.No later record. Risener, Thomas J. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Died at Suffolk, Virginia March 24, 1862. Rumsey, H. M. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New York February 9, 1865. Sent to James River, Virginia for exchange February 13, 1865. Received at Boulware & Coxs Wharves, James River, Virginia, February 20-21, 1865. Died at Richmond, Virginia February 25, 1865. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Rumsey, James -- Private - July 13, 1861. Killed at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. Sanders, B. T. -- Private - September 5, 1861. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Died of fever at Elmira, New York March 1, 1865. Grave #2108, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Sanders, E. H. -- Private - July 13, 1861.Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in U. S. Army at Fort Delaware, Delaware October 14, 1864. Sanders, G. T. -- Private - March 1, 1863. Captured at Farmville, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released, Newport News, Virginia June 14, 1865. Died at Athens, Georgia June 1865. Sanders, James. E. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 18th Regiment Georgia Infantry June 14, 1861. Transferred to Company C, 16th Regiment Georgia Infantry September 1861. Received pay for services from March 1, to June 30, 1862, at Richmond, Virginia August 21, 1862. No later record. Sanders, J. M. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Sanders, Thomas H. -- Private - April 13, 1864. 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 Hart County, Georgia December 1846.) Sanders, W. R. -- Private - December 25, 1861. Wounded in head at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia June 4, 1864. Paid on July 2, 1864. Satterfield, William Henry -- Private - July 13, 1861. Discharged, disability, June 5, 1862. (Born in Greenville District, South Carolina in 1840.) Scott, Joseph H. -- Private - February 1864. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 21, 1865. (Born in Hart County, Georgia, January 11, 1846.) Shiflet, S. C. (or Shiftlet) -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Received by Provost Marshal General, Army of Potomac, a Confederate deserter, March 29, 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and furnished transportation to Washington, D. C. April 4, 1865. Skelton, G. M. -- Private - April 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Skelton, Ira R. -- Private - April 10, 1864. Captured at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Died prior to January 7, 1865. Skelton, Littleton -- Private - March 4, 1862. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Skelton, Wiley -- Private - July 13, 1861. Appointed Sergeant June 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant April l, 1862; Captain August 1, 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later record. Skelton, W. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed Musician. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Smith, J. W. -- Private - September 30, 1863. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Smith, Larkin -- Private - July 13, 1861. Discharged, disability and overage, August 23, 1861. (Born in 1808.) South, J. B. -- Private - June 1, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Stewart, Elijah O. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Temples, Benjamin F. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Died of wounds at Winchester, Virginia, November 17, 1862. Temples, C. W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company C, 7th Regiment Confederate Cavalry July 16, 1862. Transferred to Company C, 10th Regiment Georgia Cavalry July 11, 1864. Captured at Peebles' Farm, Virginia September 30, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware June 17, 1865. Tyner, Woodford -- Private Watson, R. J. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Roll dated for January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. Captured and paroled, Greenville, South Carolina May 23, 1865. Watson, T. J. -- Private - March I1, 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Died of pneumonia in General Receiving Hospital at Gordonsville, Virginia May 18, 1864. Williams, James W. -- Private - July 13, 1861. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 12, 1864. Captured in Richmond, Virginia hospital April 3, 1865, and paroled there May 1, 1865. Died at Hartwell, Georgia August 20, 1923. Wright, J. P. O. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him prisoner of war. No later record. Wyley, John -- Private - July 13, 1861. Killed at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864.