JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA - MILITARY CIVIL WAR   38th Regiment Co G Battey Guards

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Company G, 38th Regiment
Jefferson County
"Battey Guards"

This company was originally known as Company E.

Adkinson, William F. (or Atkinson) -- Private - October 1, 1861.
Captured in 1862. Exchanged. Captured at Fisher's Hill. Virginia,
September 22, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland, March 17,
1865.

Anderson, Samuel -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at Staunton,
Virginia, August 4, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.

Anderson, William J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia, July 28, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood
Cemetery.

Arnold, William C. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Discharged,
disability, July 25, 1862. Died of disease in Jefferson County,
Georgia, August 23, 1862.

Arrington, Hilliary W. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded and
captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Exchanged.
Killed at Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864.

Arrington, Joshua P. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at
Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 10, 1864. Buried there in Confederate
Cemetery.

Arrington, Levin C., Jr. -- 3rd Corporal - October 1, 1861.
Discharged September 13, 1862.

Arrington, Silas E. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died in
Lynchburg, Virginia, hospital September 6, 1862.

Arrington, Thomas A. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Died of disease at
Richmond, Virginia, August 11, 1862.

Atwell, Reuben -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at Winchester,
Virginia, June 13, 1863.

Bagget, Seaborn F. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Barrow, Henry J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded in 1862.
Appointed 1st Corporal July 1863. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at
Richmond, Virginia, with chronic diarrhoea April 25, 1864. Died
April 27 or May 4, 1864. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond,
Virginia.

Battey, Williams H. -- Captain - October 1, 1861. Killed at
Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862.

Beasley, Benjamin -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal in 1862; 1st Sergeant May 1864. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Beasley, Edmund R. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Roll dated
November 4, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Brinson, John W. -- 1st Lieutenant - October 1, 1861. Elected
Captain September 18, 1862. Resigned January 7, 1863.

Brown, Beniah -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed Hospital
Steward February 10, 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia,
April 9, 1865.

Brown, George C. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Roll for November 4,
1864, last on file, shows him absent without leave since November
1, 1864. No later record.

Brown, James D. -- Private - March 2, 1862. Died at Staunton,
Virginia, August 9, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.

Brown, William A. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864. Absent, wounded,
November 4, 1864. No later record.

Carson, William D. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died near
Richmond, Virginia, June 29, 1862.

Chew, John C. -- See private Company C.

Clark, Elimah W. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Captured in Jackson
Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, April 3, 1865 and died there of
typhoid fever April 28, 1865.

Clark, Milton A. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 3rd
Sergeant in 1863. Wounded in leg, necessitation amputation at
Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. At home, wounded, close of
war.

Connell, Rufus -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 3rd
Corporal in 1862. Captured at Petersburg, Virginia, April 3, 1865.
Released at Hart's Island, New York Harbor, June 15, 1865.

Daniel, John C. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died in Atlanta,
Georgia, (also shown as Jefferson County, Georgia) June 7, 1862.

Daniel, William A. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Discharged June 20,
1862.

Dye, David R. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Died of wounds at Lynchburg,
Virginia, July 12, 1864.

Farmer, George W. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Discharged,
disability, July 27, 1862.

Farmer, James J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Captured near Mine
Run, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware
and exchanged there March 7, 1865.

Farmer, Levin W. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - October 1, 1861. Elected
2nd Lieutenant September 18, 1862; Captain January 12, 1863.
Killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864.

Farmer, Sidney T. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Appointed 2nd
Sergeant July 1, 1862. Private November 1862. Appointed
Quartermaster Sergeant December 1, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd
Lieutenant January 2, 1863. Killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May
10, 1864.

Farmer, William J. -- 2nd Sergeant - October 1, 1861. Appointed
1st Sergeant May 27, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September
24, 1862. Killed or captured at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December
13, 1862.

Farrer, Aguilla M. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded in hip at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Captured at South
Mountain, Maryland, July 5, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware,
Delaware, February 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves,
James River, Virginia for exchange, March 10-12, 1865. Admitted to
Wayside, or General Hospital #9 at Richmond, Virginia, March 14,
1865 and furloughed for 30 days March 15, 1865. (Born in Jefferson
County, Georgia, April 10, 1831. Died in Bartow County, Georgia in
1917.)

Farrer, Garvin H. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864. Died of wounds at
Woodstock, Virginia, September 23, 1864.

Farrer, William Harrison -- Private - March 1, 1862. Contracted
measles in camp at Savannah, Georgia and died of pneumonia while
home on furlough March 20, 1862.

Folks, Green L. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died in Camp Winder
Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, July 16, 1862.

Freeman, Moses -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at home in
Jefferson County, Georgia, December 30, 1861.

Futrial, John -- Private - April 28, 1862. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Captured near Mine
Run, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Died of chronic bronchitis at Fort
Delaware, Delaware, July 3, 1864.

Gaines, John (or Gainous) -- Private - May 15, 1862. Died of
diphtheria in General Hospital #25 at Richmond, Virginia, December
24, 1862.

Gaines, William (or Gainous) -- Private - October 1, 1861.
Discharged, disability in 1863.

Gay, Isaac H. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Wounded in 1864. Died of
wounds at Frederick, Maryland, July 10, 1864.

Gay, John -- Private - May 15, 1862. Captured near Mine Run,
Virginia, May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware,
October 30, 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia
for exchange, November 15, 1864. No later record.

Gordon, Alexander -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died in Crumpton's
Hospital at Lynchburg, Virginia, November 17, 1862. Buried there
in Confederate Cemetery. Number 7, 3rd Line, Lot 144.

Gunn, James -- 1st Corporal - October 1, 1861. Appointed 2nd
Sergeant June 1, 1862. Died at Richmond, Virginia, June 1, 1862.

Gunn, Robert -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at 2nd Manassas.
Virginia, August 28, 1862.

Gunn, William L. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at Richmond,
Virginia, June 27, 1862.

Hancock, Andrew J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded and
missing at 2nd Manassas, Virginia, August 28, 1862.

Howard, Jeremiah -- Private - May 1, 1862. Wounded in 1862.
Discharged March 1863.

Hudson, Hampton J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded in leg.
Roll dated November 4, 1864, last on file, shows him absent
without leave August 1, 1864. No later record.

Hudson, Hezekiah H. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Captured at
Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.
S. Government and enlisted in U. S. service at Point Lookout,
Maryland, June 6, 1864.

Hudson, James C. -- 1st Sergeant - October 1, 1861. Discharged,
disability at Atlanta, Georgia, May 27, 1862.

Ivey, I. H. (or J. H.) -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at
Staunton, Virginia, October 28, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose
Cemetery.

Johnson, Jeremiah J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 3rd
Sergeant in 1862. Died at Richmond, Virginia, August 9, 1862.
Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Johnson, Sylvester -- Private - October 1, 1861. Discharged
December 15, 1861.

Jordan, James A. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863.

Jordan, Thomas J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded in 1862.
Died at Richmond, Virginia, October 17, 1862. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery.

Jordan, William P. -- Private - September 6, 1862. Detailed
Hospital Steward at Richmond, Virginia, August 5, 1863. Detailed
nurse in General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia,
November 7, 1864. Detailed for hospital duty at Macon, Georgia,
February 4, 1865.

King, James -- Private - October 1, 1861. Captured at Farmville,
Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Virginia, June
25, 1865.

Lowe, James E. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Discharged by reason
of chronic complaint which rendered him unfit for service June 5,
1862.

Martin, Robert A. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Abbeville County,
South Carolina, September 29, 1842.)

Mathews, William C. -- Enlisted as a private in Company E, 1st
Regiment Georgia Infantry, (Ramsey's) August 1, 1861. Mustered out
at Augusta, Georgia, March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company G, 38th Regiment Georgia Infantry, July 1, 1862. Appointed
Ordnance Sergeant July 27, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company
G, 38th Regiment Georgia Infantry, February 1, 1863. Wounded at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863. Captured at Smithburg,
Maryland, July 4, 1863. Elected Captain May 12, 1864. Paroled at
Johnson's Island, Ohio and forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland
for exchange March 14, 1865.

McCroan, Rhesa H. C. (or McCrone) -- Private, October 1, 1861.
Discharged, disability at Savannah, Georgia, June 5, 1862.

McGahee, Samuel M. (or McGhee) -- Private - May 1, 1862. Wounded
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Captured at
Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 19, 1864. Died of general debility at
Elmira, New York, May 4, 1865. Grave #2759, Woodlawn National
Cemetery.

McGahee, William Green (or McGhee) -- Private - May 1, 1862.
Deserted December 29, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at City Point, Virginia and transferred to Chicago,
Illinois, January 1, 1865. (Born in Georgia.)

Murphey, Augustus A. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Roll dated November 4,
1864, last on file, shows him, "Absent collecting stragglers in
State of Georgia."

Patterson, James R. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died July 5,
1862.

Peeples, Howell L. (or Peebles) -- Private - May 1, 1862. Wounded
at Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864. Died of wounds in hospital
May 31, or June 15, 1864.

Peeples, Thomas J. (or Peebles) -- Private - October 1, 1861.
Appointed 4th Sergeant November 1862. Wounded and captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Paroled at DeCamp General
Hospital, David's Island, New York Harbor, September 1863.
Received at City Point, Virginia for exchange September 8, 1863.
Captured at Farmville, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at
Newport News, Virginia, June 25, 1865.

Pendry, William John (or Penrow, John William) -- Private - April
28, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Pennington, William -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia, August 28, 1864. Died of wounds in hospital
August 30, 1864.

Perdue, John F. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at Richmond,
Virginia, July 5, 1862.

Phillips, John P. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died November 1,
1862.

Phillips, William J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Captured at
Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia for
exchange, March 15, 1865.

Pipkin, John G. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at home of
variola October 1, 1862.

Pool, Isaac B. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Discharged December
15, 1861. Reenlisted August 25, 1862. Died February 18, 1863.

Pool, Michael W. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Killed at Richmond,
Virginia, June 27, 1862.

Powell, James P. -- Private - October 1, 1862. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia, August 28, 1862. Roll for November 4, 1864,
last on file, shows him absent, wounded. No later record.

Prescott, G. W. -- Private - March 10, 1864. Captured at
Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware,
Delaware, June 16, 1865.

Rivers, George Washington -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died of
typhoid fever at Charlottesville, Virginia, August 1, 1862. Buried
there in Confederate Cemetery.

Robbins, Robert C. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Died of disease,
near Richmond, Virginia, July 7, 1862.

Rodgers, Alexander A. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at
Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864.

Rodgers, Edwin M. -- Private - March 26, 1862. Died at Savannah,
Georgia, May 15, 1862.

Rodgers, George A. -- Private - June 24, 1862. Killed at Cold
Harbor, Virginia, June 27, 1862.

Rodgers, James W. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Virginia, June 27, 1862. Died of wounds July 5, 1862.

Rodgers, John S. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 1st
Corporal June 1862. Private July 1863. Roll dated November 4,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Sessions, Robert J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at Pope
Hill, Georgia, September 25 or October 8, 1863.

Shirley, A. -- Private - May 1864. Captured at Cedar Creek,
Virginia, October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland,
June 19, 1865.

Shirley, Marshall H. -- 3rd Sergeant - October 1, 1861.
Transferred to Company H, 22nd Regiment Georgia Infantry, March
1862. Paroled at Farmville, Virginia, hospital April 11-21, 1865.

Smith, Amory S. -- Private - November 21, 1861. Appointed Acting
Ordnance Sergeant. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9,
1866.

Smith, David T. -- 4th Corporal - October 1, 1861. Captured at
Farmville, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News,
Virginia, June 25, 1865.

Smith, James -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died January 1, 1862.

Smith, James M. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor,
Virginia, June 27, 1862.

Smith, Jordan -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia, August 28, 1862.

Smith, Leroy -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant
September 24, 1862. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12,
1864. Absent, wounded, September 13, 1864. No later record.

Smith, Luther C. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864. On wounded furlough
November 4, 1864. No later record.

Smith, Patrick Henry -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th
Sergeant July 16, 1862; 2nd Sergeant November 1862. Captured at
Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Roll dated November 4, 1864,
last on file, shows him "Absent, prisoner of war." No later
record.

Smith, Richard -- Private - October 1, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Died of disease at Fort
Delaware, Delaware, January 28, 1864.

Smith, Weems F. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia, August 28, 1862.

Stewart, Beverly L. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at Mount
Jackson, Virginia, December 15, 1862.

Stewart, James B. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Stewart, Levin C. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Wounded in
1862.Captured at Wilderness, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Paroled at
Fort Delaware, Delaware, February 1865. Received at Boulware &
Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia for exchange, March 10-12,
1865.

Stewart, Robert -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia, September 1, 1862.

Stewart, Thomas J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 3rd
Sergeant August 9, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia,
December 13, 1862. Buried at Mount Jackson Cemetery in Shenandoah
County, Virginia.

Stewart, Thomas P. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died of typhoid
fever in General Hospital at Gordonsville, Virginia, August 11,
1862.

Stewart, William -- Private - October 1, 1861. Appointed 2nd
Corporal in 1862. Wounded in 1862. Detailed in hospital on account
of disability in 1863. Captured at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, July
10, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York, May 29, 1865.

Swann, Henry J. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Roll for January-
February 1862, shows he was discharged, date not given.

Swann, Jabez N. -- 4th Sergeant - October 1, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia, July 16, 1862.

Swann, Joshua K. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Captured and paroled
in 1862. Detailed in hospital August 1, 1864. Died in Jackson
Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, February 8, 1865. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery.

Swann, Thomas E. -- 5th Sergeant - October 1, 1861. Roll dated
November 4, 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent detailed with
Major Harman, October 28, 1864." No later record.

Thompson, Andrew L. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Died at Richmond,
Virginia, July 6 or 16, 1862.

Thompson, Edmund -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at Savannah,
Georgia, January 1, 1862.

Thompson, John Jesse -- Private - August 12, 1862. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Discharged on account
of wounds, February 13, 1864.

Thompson, William A. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Killed at
Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 18, 1864.

Vaughn, Isaac C. -- 2nd Lieutenant - October 1, 1861. Elected 1st
Lieutenant September 18, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia,
May 12, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware, June 16, 1866.

Way, George M. T. -- 2nd Corporal - October 1, 1861. Private in
1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 19, 1864. Died at
Elmira, New York, July 25, 1864. Grave #2850, Woodlawn National
Cemetery.

Way, William F. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Discharged on
account opacity of cornea from General Hospital at Farmville,
Virginia, April 18, 1863.

Weeks, Jesse W. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864. At home on wounded
furlough close of war.

Whitehead, Robert -- Private - October 1, 1861. Discharged on
account general ill health and chronic rheumatism at Gordonsville,
Virginia, July 27, 1862.

Willoughby, George T. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died at
Middleburg, Virginia, September 16, 1862.

Willoughby, John B. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Wounded at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863 and died there of wounds in
General Hospital August 3, 1863.

Wise, Chesley S. -- Private - November 24, 1861. Wounded at 2nd
Manassas, Virginia, August 28, 1862. Discharged March 1863.

Wright, William A. -- Private - May 13, 1862. Captured at Sailor's
Creek, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Lincoln U. S. A.
General Hospital, District of Columbia, June 12, 1865.

Young, Jacob F. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Roll dated November 4,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Young, James W. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Died at Richmond,
Virginia, December 24, 1862.

Young, Jesse -- Private - October 1, 1861. Paroled at Farmville,
Virginia, April 11,-21, 1865.

Young, Leroy B. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Died April 11, 1862.

Young, Noah -- Private - October 1, 1861. Deserted. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at City Point, Virginia, January 1,
1865.

Young, Thomas J. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Died near Richmond,
Virginia, July 22, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.