LIBERTY COUNTY, GA - MILITARY  - Civil War  Co. F 25th Regiment "Altamaha Scouts"


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1st Company F, 25th Regiment
Liberty County
"Altamaha Scouts"

This company was successively designated 1st Company F, and
2nd Company I.

Allen, Enoch D. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed 1st
Corporal May 11, 1862. In Breckenridge's Division Hospital
#2, at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, August 1863.
Surrendered, Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled,
Thomasville, Georgia May 21, 1865.

Allen, William W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Died of
pneumonia in General Hospital #l, at Savannah, Georgia Mar
20, 1863.

Baggs, David J. -- Private - August 30, 1861. Discharged by
civil authority September 1, 1862.

Baggs, William D. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred
to Captain Hughes' Company, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry
October 22, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 8, 1862.

Barber, John C. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Baxter, Henry H. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Died March
20, 1862.

Baxter, Stephen G. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Baxter,.George W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
3rd Corporal May 11, 1862. Captured at Missionary Ridge,
Tennessee November 25, 1863. Died of chronic diarrhoea at
Nashville, Tennessee March 9, 1864.

Beasley, Joshua E. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
4th Corporal December 7, 1861; 2nd Corporal April 21, 1862.
Elected Lieutenant. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee
Hospital at Macon, Georgia with chronic diarrhoea in 1864.
Furloughed for 60 days from June 3, 1864. No later record.

Bell, Andrew P. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Wounded and
captured at Ringgold, Georgia November 22, 1863. Transferred
from Camp Chase, Ohio to Point Lookout, Maryland for
exchange March 18, 1865. Captured in Richmond, Virginia
hospital April 3, 1865. Escaped from hospital April 19,
1865. (Born in Bryan County, Georgia in 1834.)

Boone, Andrew J. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged by
civil authority June 1862.

Boone, William -- Private - August 14, 1861. Captured at
Nashville, Tennessee December 16, 1864. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in the 6th
Regiment U. S. Volunteers at Camp Douglas, Illinois March
24, 1865.

Branch, Nedom -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for October
31, 1862, last on file, shows him present, sick. No later
record.

Brannen, Daniel J. (or Brannon) -- Private - August 30,
1861. Transferred to Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia
Sharpshooters July 30, 1862. Wounded in right hand,
resulting in amputation of two fingers, at Jackson,
Mississippi May 14, 1863. On detail duty in Columbus,
Georgia hospital August 31, 1864. (Born in Carlisle, England
in 1833.)

Brewer, George E. -- 2nd Corporal - August 14, 1861.
Appointed 1st Corporal October 22, 1861; 4th Sergeant April
4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant May 11, 1862. Captured at
Nashville, Tennessee December 16, 1864. Released at
Johnson’s Island, Ohio June 16, 1865.

Brewer, James H. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Roll for October
31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Pension records
show he was at home in Liberty County, Georgia close of war.
(Born in Georgia in 1844.)

Butts, Benjamin -- Private - August 14, 1861. Captured at
Jonesboro, Georgia September 1, 1864. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in the 5th
Regiment U.S. Infantry at Camp Douglas, Illinois April 15,
1865.

Cameron, J. W. -- Private - May 21, 1862. Died of pneumonia
in General Hospital #l, at Savannah, Georgia February 19,
1863.

Chapman, David F. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Doctortown, Georgia July 5, 1862.

Chapman, Francis John -- 2nd Sergeant - August 14, 1861.
Appointed 1st Sergeant April 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd
Lieutenant May 11, 1862. Returns for November 1862, show him
present. No later record. (Born in Ludowick, Georgia
February 26, 1839, and died there January 13, 1934.)

Chapman, Samuel N. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record. (Born in Georgia in 1848.)

Chapman, Sheldon M. -- Private - August 14, 1861.
Discharged, furnished S. D. Strickland as substitute, June
26, 1862.

Clark, Bartholomew -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
Musician October 1861. Captured at Ringgold, Georgia
November 22, 1863. Died of chronic bronchitis at Rock
Island, Illinois February 26, 1864.

Corbett, R. R. -- Private - September 29, 1862. Surrendered,
Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled, Thomasville,
Georgia May 23, 1865.

Craven, J. D. -- Private - May 13, 1862. Roll for October
31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Paroled at
Thomasville, Georgia May 23, 1865. (Born in South Carolina
June 12, 1840.)

Crumbley, J. C. (or Crumley) -- Private - March 13, 1862.
Transferred to Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia
Sharpshooters July 30, 1862. Returned to this company
October 21, 1862. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 16,
1865.

Crumbley, James J. (or Crumley) -- Private - August 14,
1861. Appointed 4th Corporal May 11, 1862. Admitted to
C.S.A. General Military Hospital #4, at Wilmington, North
Carolina January 23, 1863. Returned to duty February 5,
1863.

Delk, James F. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Downing, James -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Dreggers, Hezekiah (or Driggers) -- Private - August 14,
1861. Discharged, disability, at Tybee Island, Georgia
November 5, 1861.

Dreggers, John D. (or Driggers) -- Private - May 13, 1862.
Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present.
Pension records show he left command on sick furlough
September 1868, and was unable to return. (Born in Liberty
County, Georgia February 22, 1838.)

Dreggers, Malekiah (or Driggers, Malachi) -- Private -
August 14, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file,
shows him "Absent, sick." No later record.

Dunham, George T. -- Captain - August 14, 1861. Retired May
11, 1862.

Fletcher, Cyrus J. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, October 9, 1861. Reenlisted May 15, 1862. Roll
for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Fletcher, Henry W. (or W. Henry) -- Private - August 21,
1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him
present. No later record.

Fletcher, John S. -- 4th Corporal - August 14, 1861.
Appointed 3rd Corporal October 2, 1861; 1st Corporal April
4, 1862; 1st Sergeant May 11, 1862. Roll for October 31,
1862, last on file shows him present. Paroled, Thomasville,
Georgia May 21, 1865.

Flowers, Allen B. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged
by civil authority June 1862.

Flowers, Benjamin F. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
2nd Sergeant June 1, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last
on file, shows him present.

Flowers, E. J. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Transferred to
Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters July 30,
1862. Sick in General Hospital August 31, 1864. No later
record.

Flowers, J. L. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Received
commutation of rations, while on sick furlough from August 5
to September 2, at Montgomery, Alabama, August 5, 1863. No
later record.

Flowers, Jacob N. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
2nd Corporal May 11, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last
on file, shows him present. Pension records show he left
command on sick furlough December 1864, and was unable to
return. (Born in Liberty County, Georgia May 16, 1889.)

Flowers, Jacob S. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged
by civil authority June 1862.

Foster, Doctrine H. -- Private - August 14, 1861. In
French's Division Hospital at Lauderdale Springs,
Mississippi August 31, 1863. Deserted. Took oath of
allegiance to U.S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and
released January 7, 1864.

Futch, John M. -- Private - August 21, 1861. Wounded in
head, resulting in loss of sight in one eye and hearing, and
left arm rendered useless, at Chickamauga, Georgia September
19, 1863. Serving as Enrolling Officer to enroll slaves in
Berrien County, Georgia, December 1863. No later record.

Ganey, Isaac (or Gainey) -- Private - August 15, 1861.
Discharged by expiration of term of service October 11,
1862.

Geiger, David Leaston (or David W.) -- Private - August 14,
1861. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him
present. No later record.

Geiger, James Henry -- Private - Aug 21, 1861. Absent, sick,
October 31, 1862. Returns for November 1862, bear remark:
"Joined at Camp Young November 27th." No later record.

Grantham, W. -- Private - September 9, 1862. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Green, John M. -- Private - November 7, 1861. Admitted to
C.S.A. General Military Hospital #4, at Wilmington, North
Carolina, with catarrh, December 28, 1862. Returned to duty
January 5, 1863. Wounded in 1864. (Born in Liberty County,
Georgia November 12, 1840.)

Guest, H. W. B. -- Private - May 13, 1862. Died of smallpox
in Grant Hospital at Atlanta, Georgia February 18, 1864.

Guest, J. E. -- Private - May 13, 1862. Roll for October 31,
1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Guest, J. P. -- Private - May 13, 1862. Roll for October 31,
1862, last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later record.

Hill, Joseph -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged by
civil authority at Doctortown, Georgia September 1, 1862.

Hires, Jacob W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, November 12, 1861.

Houston, Thomas W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged
by civil authority June 1862.

Howard, David C. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Died August
28, 1862.

Hughes, Andrew J. -- 1st Lieutenant - August 14, 1861.
Retired May 11, 1862.

Jennings, John -- Private - August 14, 1861. Captured at
Nashville, Tennessee December 16, 1864. Released at Camp
Douglas, Illinois June 19, 1865. (Born in South Carolina in
1828.)

Johnson, John (or Johnston) -- Private - August 14, 1861.
Discharged by expiration of term of service September 2,
1862.

Johnston, Joseph M. -- 2nd Lieutenant - August 14, 1861.
Resigned, giving as his reason that he desired to enter the
cavalry service as a private, March 11, 1863.

Jordan, A. T. -- Private - September 3, 1862. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Paroled
at Thomasville, Georgia May 23, 1865.

Lane, Daniel -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for October 31,
1862, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Long, Robert -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged on
account of defective vision, result of cataract, December
17, 1861.

Maulden, Andrew Frazier -- Private - August 14, 1861.
Discharged, disability, November 5, 1861.

McCullough, James T.-- 3rd Sergeant August 14, 1861.
Appointed 2nd Sergeant April 4, 1862; Ordnance Sergeant June
1, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him
present. Pension records show he was in Liberty County,
Georgia close of war. (Born in Liberty County, Georgia May
5, 1834.)

McFail, James E. -- Private - September 16, 1861. Appointed
4th Corporal October 22, 1861. Reduced to ranks December 1,
1861. Transferred to Captain Walthour's Company, 1st
Battalion Georgia Cavalry October 1, 1862; to Company G, 5th
Regiment Georgia Cavalry January 20, 1868; to Company D,
November 1, 1863. Wounded at Noonday Church, Georgia June
20, 1864. Died of wounds in Atlanta, Georgia hospital July
4, 1864.

McGowen, John W.-- 3rd Corporal August 14, 1861. Appointed
2nd Corporal October 22, 1861; 5th Sergeant April 21, 1862.
Captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee December 7, 1864. Died
of pneumonia at Camp Chase, Ohio February 28, 1865. Grave
#1478, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery.

McHiggs, Isaac (or Joshua) -- Private - August 17, 1861.
Transferred to Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia
Sharpshooters in 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tennessee
December 16, 1864. Sent to Chicago, Illinois March 20, 1865.
Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government and enlisted in
U.S. service at Camp Chase, Ohio in 1865.

McQuaig, James A. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
Corporal April 4, 1862; Musician. Captured at Graysville,
Georgia November 27, 1863. Died of variola at Rock Island,
Illinois February 3, 1864. Grave #354, south of prison
barracks, Rock Island, Illinois.

McQuaig, Thomas J. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Attached to
French's Division Hospital at Lauderdale Springs,
Mississippi July 10, 1863. A patient in said hospital August
31, 1863. No later record. (Born at Perry, Georgia February
7, 1836.)

McVeigh, James -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
Musician. Charged by civil authority June 1862.

Mobley, Albert -- 4th Sergeant - August 14, 1861. Appointed
3rd Sergeant April 4, 1862. Discharged at Camp Young
November 22, 1862.

Mobley, Richard D. -- Private - August 14, 1861. On duty as
carpenter from January 19 to February 6, 1864. No later
record.

Mobley, William J. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present, sick. No
later record.

Moon, Philip W. -- Private - August 30, 1861. On picket duty
at Little Ogeechee River Bridge, Georgia October 31, 1862.
Pension records show he was at home, sick, close of war.

Morrison, William A. -- Private - August 14, 1861.
Discharged by civil authority June 1862.

Morton, James O. -- Private - September 25, 1862. Absent
without leave September -November 1862. No later record.

Parker, Hampton Cling -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll
dated October 31, 1861, last on which borne, shows him
"Absent, sick." Enlisted as a private in 2nd Senatorial
District, 16th Militia District, Liberty County, Georgia in
1864. Discharged, having been elected to civil office, in
1864.

Parker, William D. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
August 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Poppell, James A. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged
by expiration of term of service September 3, 1862. Other
records show he was captured at Jackson, Mississippi May 15,
1868, and was a paroled prisoner in Camp at Demopolis,
Alabama June 5, 1863. No later record.

Poppell, James G. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
5th Sergeant May 11, 1862. Captured at Graysville, Georgia
November 27, 1863. Received at Rock Island, Illinois from
Louisville, Kentucky December 14, 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U.S. Government and enlisted in U.S. army for
frontier service, October 17, 1864.

Postell, Charles G. -- 1st Sergeant - August 14, 1861.
Appointed Surgeon, P. A. C. S., January 1862. No later
record.

Quarterman, Nathaniel W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Died
of disease at Thunderbolt, Georgia May 23, 1862.

Reddish, William W. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at
Graysville, Georgia November 27, 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U.S. Government at Rock Island, Illinois and
enlisted in U.S. Army for frontier service, October 13,
1864.

Roberts, W. E. -- Private - September 12, 1862. Roll dated
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present, sick. No
later record.

Robertson, William D. (or Robinson) -- Private - August 14,
1861. Discharged by civil authority June 1862.

Rogers, Enoch -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
Corporal April 4, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on
file, shows him absent, sick. Pension records show he was at
home on sick furlough December 1864, to close of war. (Born
in Burke County, Georgia May 12, 1835.)

Rogers, Ezra T.-- Appointed 2nd Sergeant of Company D, 1st
Regiment Georgia Infantry (Olmstead's), August 6, 1861; 1st
Sergeant. Transferred to 1st Company F, 25th Regiment
Georgia Infantry January 1, 1862. Appointed Hospital Steward
January 3, 1862. Returned to Company D, 1st Regiment Georgia
Infantry (Olmstead's), November 1, 1862. Appointed Hospital
Steward January 3, 1863. No later record.

Sandiford, Robert C. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Died of
typhoid fever in General Hospital #1, at Savannah, Georgia
May 13, 1863.

Sapp, C. E. -- Private - May 13, 1862. Died in General
Hospital at Wilmington, North Carolina February 18, 1863.

Sapp, J. W. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Died August 3, 1862.

Shaw, E. L. -- Private - May 16, 1862. Roll for October 31,
1862, last on file, shows him absent, sick. Died in service.

Shaw, George W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Captured at
Nashville, Tennessee December 16, 1864. Released at Camp
Douglas, Illinois June 20, 1865.

Shaw, J. J. -- Private - July 1, 1862. Died August 8, 1862.

Shaw, Jacob H. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Captured at
Nashville, Tennessee December 16, 1864. Took oath of'
allegiance to U.S. Government and enlisted in the 6th
Regiment U.S. Volunteers, at Camp Douglas, Illinois March
24, 1865.

Shaw, Jeremiah L. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
Company Commissary. Received pay at Richmond, Virginia
November 7, 1863. No later record.

Shaw, Martin W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Shaw, R. J. -- Private - May 7, 1862. Absent, sick,
September 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file,
shows him absent without leave. No later record.

Sikes, Daniel W. -- Private - October 1, 1861. Returns for
November 1862, show him absent, sick. Pension records show
he was furloughed for 60 days from Macon, Georgia hospital
September or October 1864. Cut off from command by Federal
Army.

Sikes, William Ashley -- Private - August 14, 1861.
Transferred to Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia
Sharpshooters July 30, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal;
Sergeant. Roll for July-August 1864, last on file, shows him
present. Appears on report of Confederate deserters who
reported at Savannah, Georgia April 24, 1865, with remark
"Remains in city."

Simmons, Richard E. -- Private - August 14, 1861.
Transferred to Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia
Sharpshooters July 30, 1862. Returned to this company
October 21, 1862. In C.S.A. General Military Hospital #4, at
Wilmington, North Carolina, on account of debility, January
10, 1863. Returned to duty January 11, 1863. No later
record.

Simmons, Thomas G. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged,
disability, December 11, 1861.

Smith, James M. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - August 14, 1861.
Elected Captain May 11, 1862. Wounded, date and place not
given. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at
Macon, Georgia April 6, 1865, and transferred April 23,
1865. (Born in Georgia July 28, 1823.)

Smith, John H. -- Enlisted as a private in Captain Hughes'
Company, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry October 1, 1861.
Transferred to 1st Company F, 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry
October 18, 1861. Appointed 3rd Sergeant May 1862. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Smith, John M. -- Private - August 28, 1861. Appointed 4th
Sergeant May 11, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on
file, shows him present. No later record.

Standfield, John -- Private - May 14, 1862. Roll for October
31, 1862, last on file, shows him absent, sick. Pension
records show he was at home on furlough close of war. (Born
in Tattnall County, Georgia March 10, 1836.)

Standley, Wiley -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged at
Doctortown, Georgia September 3, 1862.

Standley, Wiley W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged
by expiration of term of service September 2, 1862.

Strickland, S. D. -- Private - June 26, 1862. Substitute for
S. M. Chapman. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file,
shows him present, sick. No later record.

Sullivan, George W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged
by expiration of term of service at Doctortown, Georgia
September 1, 1862.

Sullivan, Martin -- Private - August 14, 1861. Discharged by
expiration of term of service at Doctortown, Georgia
September 1, 1862.

Swindle, Edward -- Private - November 20, 1861. Died August
9, 1862.

Swindle, George W. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Transferred
to Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters November
1, 1862. Died in Liberty County, Georgia February 1864.

Swindle, James -- Private - May 7, 1862. Admitted to General
Military Hospital #4, at Wilmington, North Carolina with
fever, January 23, 1863. Returned to duty March 4, 1863. No
later record.

Swindle, John J. -- Private - October 25, 1861. Transferred
to Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters July 30,
1862. Died of fever in hospital in Mississippi September
1863.

Tatem, Jesse C. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant. Roll for October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him
present. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 20, 1865.

Watson, James F. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Pension
records show he was ruptured and wounded through left knee
at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864, and was at home on
wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Laurens County,
Georgia April 17, 1830.)

Way, John E. -- Private - August 14, 1861. Roll for October
31, 1862, last on file, shows him absent without leave.
Pension records show he was wounded at Kennessaw Mountain,
Georgia June 1864, and was at home on wounded furlough close
of war. (Born in Liberty County, Georgia in 1832.)

Wells, David E. -- Private - May 14, 1862. Captured at
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. Took oath of
allegiance to U.S. Government and enlisted in U.S. Army for
frontier service October 15, 1864. (Born in Liberty County,
Georgia October 1837.)

Westberry, J. C. -- Private - October 28, 1862. No later
record.

Wheeler, Jacob -- Private - August 14, 1861. Appears last on
roll for December 31, 1861.

Williams, Benjamin S. -- 1st Corporal - August 14, 1861.
Appointed 5th Sergeant October 22, 1861; Adjustant of the
11th Battalion Georgia Infantry April 21, 1862. Transferred
to Company G, 47th Regiment Georgia Infantry as a private
May 12, 1862. Appointed Adjutant May 12, 1862. Reported "At
Red Bluff, Adjutant of Post," on rolls for March-April 1863.
Appears without remark on roster for March 1865. No later
record.

Yeomans, Ryley W. (or Riley W.) -- Private - August 14,
1861. On extra duty June 1-30, 1863. No later record.

Young, James -- Private - September 25, 1862. Roll for
October 31, 1862, last on file, shows him absent without
leave. No later record.