JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA - MILITARY  - Civil War  Co. C 20th Regiment "Jefferson County Guards""

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Company C, 20th Regiment
Jefferson County
"Jefferson County Guards"
or
"Jefferson Guards"

Adkins, Aaron Jefferson -- Private - June 14, 1861.
Transferred to Company I, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry
January 3, 1862. Appointed Corporal January 1863. Captured
at Richmond, Virginia April 3, 1865. Paroled April 28, 1865.
(Born in Warren County, Georgia November 7, 1842.)

Alexander, David J. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia November 16, 1861.

Allen, John -- Private - February 4, 1862. Substitute for
Joseph L. Trimble. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at
Richmond, Virginia with fever May 8, 1862. Transferred to
Lynchburg, Virginia June 10, 1862. No later record.

Amerson, Charles -- Private - February 14, 1863. Died at
Richmond, Virginia September 7, 1864.

Barfield, Jackson -- Private - January 8, 1863. Died of
disease at Richmond, Virginia March 12, 1863. Buried there
in Hollywood Cemetery.

Barfield, William -- Private - December 11, 1862. Roll for
October 31, 1864, last on file, shows he was sent to
hospital February 20, 1864. No later record.

Beall, Christopher C. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appears
last on roll for April 30, 1862.

Beall, Samuel S. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Wounded, date
and place not given. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April
9, 1865.

Belcher, George W. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Black, Robert E. G. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia
April 9, 1865.

Bostick, Patrick N. -- 3rd Sergeant - June 14, 1861.
Appointed 1st Sergeant November 2, 1861. Elected 1st
Lieutenant March 3 or 20, 1863. Killed at Wilderness,
Virginia May 6, 1864.

Bowen, Zachariah D. -- Private - February 1, 1863.
Transferred to Company K, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry
September 28, 1864. Pension records show he was home on sick
furlough close of war. Paroled, Augusta, Georgia May 24,
1865.

Boyles, William McCatten (or Boyle) -- Private - July 22,
1862. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee December 3, 1863.
Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in
Company E, 2nd Battalion, l8th U. S. Infantry, at Rock
Island, Illinois October 13, 1864.

Brazill, George W. F. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Front Royal, Virginia February 6, 1862.

Brown, Benjamin A. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Brown, Edward S. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia July 7, 1862.

Brown, Patrick M. C. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Wounded
near Fort Harrison, Virginia September 28, 1864. No later
record.

Brown, Thomas L. -- Private - June 14, 1861. On detail duty,
harness maker at Macon, Georgia, March 14- October 31, 1864.
No later record.

Carpenter, David L. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Carson, James R. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Absent without
leave October 17-31, 1864. No later record.

Carswell, Alexander G. -- 4th Sergeant - June 14, 1861.
Appointed 3rd Sergeant November 2, 1861; Regimental Acting
Assistant Surgeon; Hospital Steward. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania and sent to hospital there July 3, 1863.
Paroled at Fortress Monroe, Virginia August 4, 1863.
Appointed regimental Musician. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.

Carswell, Reuben W. -- 2nd Lieutenant - June 14, 1861.
Elected 1st Lieutenant March 7, 1862. Resigned March 8,
1862. Elected Captain of Company E, 48th Regiment Georgia
Infantry March 1862; Lieutenant Colonel March 22, 1862.
Resigned November 12, 1864. Commissioned Brigadier General
of Georgia Militia. Paroled, Augusta, Georgia May 20, 1865.
Died in 1886.

Cheatham, James A. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Manassas, Virginia August 15, 1861.

Clarke, William -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged on
account of rheumatism January 22, 1862.

Coxwell, Washington -- Private - June 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1864, last on file, reports him sick at hospital
since January 30, 1864. Paroled, Augusta, Georgia May 18,
1865.

Denny, Willis F. -- 1st Lieutenant - June 14, 1861. Elected
Captain March 7, 1862. Furloughed for 30 days on account of
sickness January 6, 1864. Unfit for field duty. Furloughed
on account of disability January 6, 1865. Requested that
furlough be extended for 30 days March 8, 1865.

Dixon, Jeremiah T. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Edmunds, James A. (or Edmonds) -- Private - February 9,
1863. Appears on roll of 1st Regiment Troops and Defenses,
Augusta, Georgia for December 30, 1864, with remark:
"Provost Guard, Augusta, Georgia" No later record.

Esterling, James T. -- Private - June 26, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia August 12, 1861.

Ford, Arthur C. -- 4th Corporal - June 14, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant Major September 1, 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
of this company March 8, 1862; 1st Lieutenant August 30,
1862. Resigned, disability, March 3, 1863. Resignation
accepted March 20, 1863.

Foster, James R. -- Private - February 13, 1863. Wounded
July 21, 1864. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file,
shows him on 60 days' furlough. No later record.

Futrell, John A. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appointed
Corporal. Died in hospital near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 13, 1863.

Gamble, Roger L. -- Captain - June 14, 1861. Elected Major
March 7, 1862. Resigned June 14, 1862.

Goodowns, Thomas -- Private - June 14, 1861. (Born in
Georgia in 1841. Died in Jefferson County, Georgia about
December 1861.)

Goodowns, William A. -- Private - June 14, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Griggs, Thomas H. -- Private - February 9, 1863. Roll for
October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him absent without
leave since August 1, 1864, Taylor County, Georgia. No later
record.

Grubbs, Benjamin A. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged
on account of deformity of feet at Fairfax, Virginia October
4, 1861.

Hannah, William F. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
furnished James Spaulding as substitute, April 30, 1862.

Hewett, William C. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Wounded at
Chickamauga, Georgia September 19, 1863. Appointed 4th
Sergeant in 1863; 1st Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.

Holt, Thomas -- Private - June 14, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland February 18, 1865. Received at Boulware &
Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia for exchange, February
20, 1865. No later record.

Hudson, Alexander M. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appears
last on roll for April 30, 1862.

Hudson, Elbert W. W. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Sick in
Richmond, Virginia hospital April 30, 1862. No later record.

Irwin, Iredell S. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, February 14, 1862.

Jenkins, Jeremiah J. -- 2nd Corporal - June 14, 1861.
Appointed 1st Corporal November 2, 1861. Died in Lynchburg,
Virginia hospital December 30, 1861. Buried there in
Confederate Cemetery. No.3, 2nd Line, Lot 159-College.

Jones, Bryant W. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Wounded at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Roll dated October
31, 1864, last on file, shows he was sent to hospital
November 3, 1863, "Supposed to be dead."

Jordan, Robert -- 1st Sergeant - June 14, 1861. Elected Jr.
2nd Lieutenant November 2, 1861; 1st Lieutenant March 8,
1862. Killed at 2nd Manassas, Virginia August 30, 1862.

Jordan, Thomas F. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Culpeper, Virginia December 2, 1861.

Jordan, William H. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Manassas, Virginia August 8, 1861.

Key, Joshua F. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal December 2, 1861; Sergeant Major March 26, 1862.
Returned to company and detailed musician September 1864.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

King, James C. -- 1st Corporal - June 14, 1861. Appointed
4th Sergeant November 2, 1861; Ordnance Sergeant May 1862.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Lefkovich, Leopold -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appears last
on roll for April 30, 1862.

Manson, David H. -- Private - July 22, 1862. On detail duty
at Division Hdqrs. as Provost Guard 1863 - October 31, 1864.
Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia April 3, 1865, and captured
there in Fair Grounds Hospital, and died in said hospital
from gunshot wound in lung April 22, 1865.

Marshall, Charles S. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appointed
Corporal. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

McDermott, Andrew -- Private - June 14, 1861. Roll for April
30, 1862, reports him sick on furlough in Georgia since
February 17, 1862. No later record.

McKay, Ephraim D. -- Private - July 22, 1862. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

McNeely, John P. (or McNealy) -- Private - June 14, 1861.
Sick in Charlottesville, Virginia hospital April 7, 1862.
Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Virginia with
rheumatism March 21, 1863. Returned to duty April 29, 1863.
No later record.

McWatty, Francis M. -- Private. Captured at Mossy Creek,
Tennessee January 22, 1864. Imprisoned at Military Prison at
Louisville, Kentucky and at Rock Island, Illinois, where he
died March 6, 1864.

McWatty, George Walker Crawford -- Private - July 20, 1864.
Wounded at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in
Jefferson County, Georgia July 20, 1847. Died June 9, 1919.
Buried in family cemetery near Louisville, Georgia)

Moxley, Benjamin J. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Moxley, William E. -- Private - June 14, 186l. Died at
Manassas, Virginia August 23, 1861.

Mulligan, Daniel -- Private - July 22, 1862. Captured at
Fort Harrison, Virginia September 29, 1864. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing,
Virginia for exchange March 17, 1865. Received at Boulware &
Cox s Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 19, 1865.
Paroled, Augusta, Georgia May 27, 1865.

Murphy, Josiah H. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Murphy, William T. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Received pay
August 13, 1862. No later record.

Outten, George W. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Captured, date
and place not given. Paroled December 2, 1863. On detail in
A. Q. M. Department March 10-October 31, 1864. No later
record.

Page, William H. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Captured at
Petersburg, Virginia April 3, 1865. Released at Hart's
Island, New York June 15, 1865. Died December 28, 1924.
Buried at Coleman's Chapel Cemetery at Wadley, Georgia

Parker, James R. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appears last on
roll for April 30, 1862.

Parker, William R. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Parsons, James H. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Manassas, Virginia August 19, 1861.

Peel, William R. -- 2nd Sergeant - June 14, 1861. Wounded at
2nd Manassas, Virginia August 30, 1862; Chickamauga, Georgia
September 20, 1863. Absent without leave; reduced to ranks
October 1, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Paroled, Augusta,
Georgia May 18, 1865. (Born in Jefferson County, Georgia
July 11, 1832.)

Perdue, Augustus M. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Perdue, Benjamin F. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died in camp
January 23, 1862.

Perkins, Edward W. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Severely
wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3,
1863, and died there in hospital of wounds July 5, 1863.

Pilcher, James M. -- Private - July 20, 1861. Wounded at
Spotsylvania, Virginia May 14, 1864. Captured at Fort
Harrison, Virginia September 30, 1864. Exchanged at Point
Lookout, Maryland March 17, 1865.

Poland, Willis C. -- 3rd Corporal - June 14, 1861. Elected
2nd Lieutenant February 4, 1863; 1st Lieutenant May 6, 1864.
Sick in Augusta, Georgia hospital October 31, 1864. No later
record.

Polhill, Joseph H. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - June 14, 1861.
Resigned at Richmond, Virginia October 22, 1861. Elected 1st
Lieutenant of Company H, 63rd Regiment Georgia Infantry
December 20, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina
April 26, 1865.

Raines, William H -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died August 1
or 13, 1862.

Roberson, Carlos D. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, near Union Mills, Virginia December 28, 1861.

Roberts, John M. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, July 7, 1861.

Rogers, George A. -- Private - June 14, 1861.Discharged,
disability, at Manassas, Virginia February 14, 1862.

Rollins, Benjamin F. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Detailed in
laboratory at Atlanta, Georgia October 5, 1863. On detached
duty with Company D, 2nd Battalion Troops and Defenses,
Macon, Georgia, December 31, 1864. Captured, Macon, Georgia
April 1865.

Rollins, William A. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Manassas, Virginia August 12, 1861.

Rooney, Lawrence -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appears last on
roll for April 30, 1862.

Rosier, Stephen W. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Roll dated
October 31, 1864, shows he was sent to hospital, sick,
February 1, 1864. No later record.

Scruggs, John A. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Manassas, Virginia August 4, 1861.

Scruggs, Joseph L. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia January 2, 1862.

Scruggs, Richard A. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Manassas, Virginia August 23, 1861.

Simmons, William J. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Culpeper, Virginia September 1861.

Sinquefield, Perry G. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia April 29, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood
Cemetery.

Skinner, W. N. -- Private - May 23, 1861. Transferred from
General Hospital #9, at Richmond, Virginia to General
Hospital #1, March 4, 1863. Died at Richmond, Virginia March
17, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Smith, James R. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Lynchburg, Virginia hospital January 25,
1862.

Snider, James R. -- Private - December 26, 1862. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Died of chronic
diarrhoea, at Fort Delaware, Delaware December 6, 1863.

Spaulding, James -- Private - April 30, 1862. Substitute for
William F. Hannah. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee
December 3, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Rock Island, Illinois April 22, 1864.

Spier, John F. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant March 7, 1862. Killed at 2nd Manassas, Virginia
August 30, 1862.

Spier, Joseph B. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Appointed 2nd
Corporal November 2, 1861; l.st Sergeant October 1, 1864.
Wounded in 1864. Absent, wounded, October 31, 1864. No later
record.

Stephens, Nathan -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged at
Lynchburg, Virginia September 21, 1861.

Tarver, Marcus C. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Lynchburg, Virginia hospital January 1, 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Company E, 48th Regiment Georgia
Infantry May 15, 1862. Captured at Malvern Hill, Virginia
July 1, 1862. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware September
12, 1862. Appears last on roll dated May 13, 1863, with
remark: "Discharged at hospital, date unknown."

Tarver, Robert B. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died in
Lynchburg, Virginia September 1, 1861.

Trimble, Joseph L. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Discharged,
furnished John Allen as substitute, February 4, 1862.

Walden, George V. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died at
Manassas, Virginia August 27, 1861.

Walden, William G. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Wounded, date
and place not given. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April
9, 1865.

Wasden, Alexander -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died in
General Hospital at Warrenton, Virginia November 5, 1862.

Watkins, Rhisa L. -- Private - March 15, 1864. Killed at
Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864.

Watkins, William H. -- Private - September 25, 1862. Wounded
in 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia
July 7, 1864, where left leg was amputated. Furloughed for
60 days August 1, 1864. On retired list October 31, 1864.

Watson, Little (or Litti) -- Private - February 18, 1863.
Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him absent
without leave since June 1, 1864, in Walton County, Georgia
No later record.

Welsh, Thomas -- Private - June 14, 1861. Killed at
Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864.

Whitehead, James M. -- Private - June 14, 1861. Died of
disease at Culpeper, Virginia September 15, 1861.

Wright, James W. (or James F.) -- Private - June 14, 1861.
Discharged at Union Mills, Virginia December 28, 1861.