Lee County Georgia Military Civil War - Co. B 51st Regiment Submitted by Kenneth Mitchell *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY B, 51st REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. LEE COUNTY, GEORGIA LEE GUARDS Ware, William Chandler Captain March 4, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, MD September 17, 1862. (Born in 1824.) Gay, Stephen V. 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Appointed Assistant Quartermaster June 12, 1862. Resigned, S. O. #68, March 22, 1864. (Born in 1834.) Sessions, Daniel Absalom Joshua 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant June 12, 1862; Captain September, 17, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA May 1, 1863. (Born in 1827.) Perkins, Joseph Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant June 12, 1862. Resigned June 12, 1862. (Born in 1833.) Perkins, Henry E. 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862. Wounded at Boonesboro, MD September 14, 1862. Captured at Knoxville, TN November 29, 1863. Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1830.) Campbell, James A. 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Died at Pocotaligo, SC May 7, 1862. (Born in 1830.) Gurr, Thomas Jefferson 3rd Sergeant March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 12, 1863; 1st Lieutenant September 10, 1863. Captured at Cold Harbor, VA June 1, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, DE June 17, 1865. (Born in 1838. Died at Fort Valley, GA December 1885.) Payne, John M. 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. No later record. (Born in 1829.) Ramsey, Isaac 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. (Born in 1841.) Spann, J. E. 2nd Corporal March 4, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant May 1863. Wounded and permanently disabled at Knoxville, TN November 29, 1863. Certificate of disability signed by Medical Examining Board at Eufaula, AL December 27, 1864, shows he was "permanently disabled and unfit for duty in any branch of C. S. service because of wounds received at Knoxville, TN, producing paralysis of right arm an hand." (Born in 1836.) Foley, William Green 3rd Corporal March 4, 1862. Captured, date and place not given. Died at Fort Delaware, DE August 10, 1863. Buried there. (Born in 1835.) Cooper, George W. 4th Corporal March 4, 1862. (Born in 1818.) Adams, B. Thomas Private March 4, 1862. Adams, Daniel Private March 4, 1862. Adams, James W. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Knoxville, TN November 9, 1863. Paroled in 1865. (Born in 1821.) Allen, George W. Private March 4, 1862. Captured in 1864. Died in prison. (Born in 1835.) Alcott, D. G. (or Alcutt) Private May 14, 1862. Wounded at Deep Bottom, VA August 16, 1864. On wounded furlough. Alcott, John C. (or Alcutt) Private March 4, 1862. Avant, Joseph Private March 4, 1862. Avant, Robert Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal October 1863. Captured at Knoxville, TN November 19, 1863. (Born in 1831.) Avery, Charles B. Private March 4, 1862. Sent to Lynchburg, VA hospital with crippled foot July 1863. Pension records show he was discharged, disability, October 1863. On hospital duty at Cuthbert, GA close of war. (Born in GA in 1844. Died in Lee County, GA May 16, 1916.) Barfield, William T. (or Berfield) Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, MD September 17, 1862. (Born in 1841.) Birdsong, J. S. (or J. L.) Private March 4, 1862. Died in South Carolina June 23, 1862. (Born in 1826.) Bleech, John J. Private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. (Born in 1825.) Bodenheimer, E. P. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, VA July 21, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Bolton, Bryan Private March 4, 1862. Missing at Boonesboro, MD VA September 14, 1862. Bridges, William Private March 4, 1862. Bryan, D. F. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Bryant, Joseph Private March 4, 1862. Bryant, William Private March 4, 1862 Calhoun, D. R. Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, MD September 17, 1862. Calhoun, Joel Private March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant June 12, 1862. Missing at Boonesboro, MD September 14, 1862. (Born in 1837.) Carney, James J. Private March 4, 1862. Wounded in thigh at Deep Bottom, VA August 16, 1864. Furloughed for sixty days on account of disability March 3, 1865. Died in Floyd County, GA May 13, 1909. Chastain, William H. Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. F, 7th Regt. Georgia State Troops November 22, 1861. Date of discharge not given. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 51st Regt. Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant June 12, 1862; Captain May 1, 1863. Resigned April 22, 1864. Condy, John (or Conday) Private March 4, 1862. Died at Staunton, VA November 24, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. (Born in 1830.) Cook, Elisha (or Elijah) Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. (Born in 1827.) Crawford, J. B. Private May 12, 1862. Died of pneumonia in Chimborazo Hospital #2 at Richmond, VA June 22, 1863. Deal, Giles Private March 4, 1862. Died in South Carolina June 1, 1862. (Born in 1837.) Deal, Lemuel Private March 4, 1862. Deal, Zachariah Private March 4, 1862. Died with pneumonia at Pocotaligo, SC April 10, or July 1862. (Born in 1838.) Dennis, Thomas J. Private March 4, 1862. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, PA. July 2, 1863. Died in prison. (Born in 1838.) Durham, L. H. Private March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. (Born in 1823.) Elliot, H. H. Private March 4, 1862. Foley, Green B. Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, PA July 2, 1863. Grantham, Robert John Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1825.) Graves, J. P. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1822.) Green, James D. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1825.) Green, Thomas A. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1834.) Gresham, Robert Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1831.) Griffin, T. M. Private May 15, 1862. Captured at Cold Harbor, VA June 1, 1864. Harris, J. W. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Staunton, VA November 14, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. Hayes, James A. (or Hays) Private March 4, 1862. Wounded in right side and permanently disabled at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863; at Deep Bottom, VA August 16, 1864. (Born in GA in 1840. Died in Lee County, GA in 1900.) Haynes, John K. Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. (Born in 1837.) Hearns, D. E. Private March 4, 1862. Hearns, John H. Private March 4, 1862. Died in Lula, GA May 20, 1862. (Born in 1833.) Hearns, Lewis H. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1836.) Hester, W. G. Private March 4, 1862. Supposed killed at Gettysburg, PA July 2, 1863. Hooks, Daniel Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Cold Harbor, VA June 1, 1864. Died at Elmira, NY Grave No. #511, Woodlawn National Cemetery. (Born in 1835.) Hooks, Thomas Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1826.) Howell, Thomas Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 7th Regt. Ga. State Troops December 27, 1861. Date of discharge not given. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 51st Regt. Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, MD September 17, 1862. Huckaby, W. J. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 5th Corporal in 1862. Died November 15, 1862. (Born in 1837.) Hudson, Beasley Benjamin Private March 4, 1862. Missing at Sharpsburg, MD September 17, 1862. (Born in 1846.) Jones, Henry T. Private March 4, 1862. Died at South Carolina June 10, 1862. Jordan, William H. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, VA July 12, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Kendricks, James A. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Kendricks, Joseph Private March 4, 1862. Kerney, Jeff J. (or Kenny, Jeff J.) King, Robert W. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant January 1865. Captured, date and place not given. Paroled at Point Lookout, MD in 1865. (Born in 1836. Died in Webster County, GA September 29, 1906.) Kitchens, Hugh Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant December 1862. Captured, date and place not given. Died in prison in 1864. (Born in 1839.) Lane, John Private March, 1862. Died at Martinsburg, WV (Born in 1824.) Lanier, R. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, VA July 8, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Laramore, James A. Private March 4, 1862. Missing at Boonesboro, MD September 14, 1862. Laramore, Peter W. Private March 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute, October, 1862. (Born in South Carolina in 1830. Died in Lee County, GA in 1904.) Laramore, Reuben Private March 4, 1862. Leverett, John Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1832.) Lewis, Joseph Private March 4, 1862. Died November 30, 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, VA. Liggin, Thomas (or Liggon) Private March 4, 1862. Liggin, William F. (or Liggon) Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1838.) Marsh, S. Archie Private March 4, 1862. Missing at Boonesboro, MD September 14, 1862. (Born in 1832.) Martin, William P. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. (Born in 1843.) Mathis, James Private March 4, 1862. Killed June 19, 1864. Mays, Daniel Private. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. McCraney, B. F. (or McCranie) Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal. McCraney, Ezra (or McCranie, Elza) Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1838.) McClendon, William Private March 4, 1862. Died in 1863. Mears, Daniel L. Private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA April 9, 1865. (Born in 1834.) Mercer, Joel T. Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, VA December 13, 1862. (Born in 1829.) Mercer, John Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1846.) Metts, F. A. (or Mears) Private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA April 9. 1865. (Born in 1832.) Monroe, Edward V. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1810.) Monroe, John M. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, PA July 2, 1863. Died in prison January 1865. (Born in 1837.) Monroe, Thomas C. Private March 4, 1862. Died March 24, 1865. (Born in 1841.) Moore, A. Watson Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 7th Regt. Ga. State Troops December 27, 1861. Mustered out April 29, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 51st Regt. Ge. Inf. May 12, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant June 30, 1864. Wounded and captured at Cedar Creek, VA October 19, 1864. Died November 24, 1864. Moore, Dock Private March 4, 1862. Moore, E. J. N. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1845.) Moore, John K. Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1842.) Moore, Lubertus Private March 4, 1862. Mote, Elezer Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant April 1862. Died at Lynchburg, VA March 7, 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery, No. 8, 2nd Line, Lot 185 - College. (Born in 1835.) Nobles, W. J. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, VA November 12, 1862. (Born in 1843.) Oliver, Joseph Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, VA December 13, 1862. (Born in 1843.) Pace, J. M. Private March 4, 1862. Parker, Allen Private March 4, 1862. Died in South Carolina June 25, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Parker, Daniel O. Private March 4, 1862. Parker, Gabriel M. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant October 1863. Captured at Cold Harbor, VA June 1, 1864. (Born in 1833.) Parker, William J. Private May 14, 1862. Wounded in right thigh at Boonesboro, MD September 14, 1862. Discharged in 1864. (Born in GA in 1844. Died in Sumter County, GA December 1, 1902 or 1903.) Payne, W. A. Private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA April 9, 1865. Perkins, E. D. Private. Appointed 2nd Sergeant. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. Porter, David O. Private March 4, 1862. Wounded in left hand, necessitating amputation of middle finger, at Wilderness, VA May 6, 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA April 9, 1865. (Born in GA April 6, 1823.) Ragan, Joseph Private March 4, 1862. Ramsey, Benjamin H. See private Co. F. Rhodes, Dock Private March 4, 1862. Rhodes, Thomas Private March 4, 1862. Richards, James Private March 4, 1862. Roach, John Private March 4, 1862. Roach, Thomas Private March 4, 1862. Salter, John J. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant December 1862. (Born in 1840.) Scarborough, John Private May 5, 1862. Scarborough, Samuel Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal April 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, PA July 2, 1863. (Born in 1834.) Sealy, Allen B. Private March 4, 1862. Wounded "little finger of right hand and little toe of right foot shot off" at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. (Born in GA October 1836.) Sealy, John Private March 4, 1862. Simpson, Moses Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA May 3, 1863. (Born in 1837.) Smith, J. B. Private May 5, 1862. Smith, J. C. Private March 4, 1862. Smith, J. H. Private March 4, 1862. Died in College Hospital at Lynchburg, VA September 4, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery, No. 6, 1st Line, Lot 178. (Born in 1838.) Snuggs, P. S. Private March 4, 1862. Wounded near Gettysburg, PA July 10, 1863. Died of wounds at Martinsburg, WV. (Born in 1840.) Sullivan, James Private March 4, 1862. Discharged September 28, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Sullivan, William T. Private March 4, 1862. Died April 22, 1864. (Born in 1841.) Summerford, Henry Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal in 1862. (Born in 1828.) Tillman, John Private March 4, 1862. Tison, Eason U. (or Eason N.) Private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1837.) Tison, Isaac P. Private March 4, 1862. Discharged May 18, 1862. (Born in 1838.) Tison, Robert W. Private March 4, 1862. Captured January 1865. (Born in 1823.) Ware, D. Dunwoody Private March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1863; Captured September 10. 1864. Paroled May 1865. (Born at Augusta, GA October 26, 1825. Died at Confederate Soldier's Home in Atlanta, GA December 25, 1908.) Weaver, A. T. Private June 15, 1862. Died November 15, 1863. Welch, Fletcher Private March 4, 1862. Discharged June 27, 1862. (Born in 1840.) West, Frederick H. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed Adjutant October 2, 1862. Dropped from rolls for prolonged absence without leave July 15, 1864. (Born in 1826.) West, W. H. Private March 4, 1862. Wounded. Williams, Jonathan Private in 1864. Died of disease in Virginia in 1865. Williams, L. Private March 4, 1862. Died April 10, 1863. Williford, Jacob Private March 4, 1862. Died in Richmond, VA May 24, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Williford, William Private March 4, 1862. Contracted measles August 1862. Relapsed, contracted pneumonia, which resulted in paralysis of right side. Discharged, disability, December 1863. (Born 1839. Died from disease contracted in service December 1884.) Willis, P. J. Private March 4, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, VA April 9, 1865. (Born in Pike County, GA June 27, 1839.) Willis, T. J. (or T. I.) Private March 4, 1862. Killed in service. Submitted by Kenneth Mitchell, October 1997