Lowndes-Echols County GaArchives Military Records.....MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 50th REGIMENT Civilwar - Rosters MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 50th REGIMENT ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Johnson ken@pro-usa.net July 1, 2003, 7:33 pm MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 50th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. LOWDNES COUNTY, GEORGIA VALDOSTA GUARDS Bevill, James T.- Captain March 4, 1862. Resigned June 9, 1863. (Born in 1820.) Howell, William D.-1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Resigned as 1st Lieutenant April 24, 1863. Elected Captain June 9, 1863. (Born in 1828.) Lane, Augustus Harding-2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant June 9, 1863; Captain in 1863. Resigned December 30, 1863. (Born in 1834.) Baker, S. W.-Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 4,1862. Resigned June 10, 1863. (Born in 1824.) Roberds, R. T. (or Roberts)-1st Sergeant March 4, 1862. Elected Lieutenant in 1863. Appointed Adjutant in 1863. Killed at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1863. (Born in 1834.) Bradford, F.- 2d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Died at Leesburg, Va. October 13, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Martin, Seth L.- 3d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant October 1862. Wounded in left hand, necessitating amputation of fore finger, at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Reduced to ranks October 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. ( (Born in Ga. July 16, 1832. Died at Lake Park, Ga. July 30, 1896.) Langford, Etheldred-4th Sergeant June 12,1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant October 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant June 10, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. (Born in 1822.) Peters, Isham H.-5th Sergeant March 4,1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant October 1862. Elected Sheriff of Lowndes County, Ga. and discharged. (Born in 1830.) Wisenbaker, William H.- 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. in 1863. (Born in 1842.) Peters, William J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. B, l8th Battn. Ga. Inf. in 1861. Term of service six months. Appointed 2d Corporal of Co. D, 50th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Reduced to ranks August 1862. Detailed at Regimental Headquarters in 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. November 29, 1839. Died in Berrien County, Ga. September 10, 1916.) Morgan, William L.- 3d Corporal March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal October 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. March 6, 1864. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave since January 15,1865. Pension records show he was on sick furlough close of war. (Born in 1844. Died at Valdosta, Ga. April 12, 1913.) McConnell, W. F.- 4th Corporal March 4, 1862. Killed at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. Adams, V.- private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1839.) Ashley, Nathan- private March 4,1862. Bass, A. J.- private March 4, 1862. Killed in Tennessee in 1864. Black, Henry William- private August 23, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in Hanover Junction, Va. hospital April 23, 1863. Boyd, Littleton B.- private May 11, 1862. Died of measles near Fort Brown, Ga. June 20, 1862. Bradford, John- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. (Born in 1820.) Bradford, J. W.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Virginia in 1863. (Born in 1844.) Bradford, William- private May 11, 1862. Detailed nurse at Macon, Ga. December 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. January 9, 1834.) Briggs, William H.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant in 1862; Ordnance Sergeant June 1, 1862; Quartermaster in 1863. (Born in 1836.) Brown, Hezekiah- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14,1862. (Born in 1830.) Burgstiner, Thomas J. (or Burgsteiner)- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. April 1865. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1838. Died there in 1920.) Butler, A. J.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal September 14, 1862; 4th Sergeant December 1863. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. (Born in 1835.) Bynum, Joseph- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Died at Point Lookout, Md. (Born in 1839.) Carter, Wiley- private March 4, 1862. "Left Echols' Squad." Died at Savannah, Ga. July 29, 1862. (Born in 1837.) Casey, J. W. (or J. M.)- private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Chitty, George W.- private March 4,1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1864. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him on wounded furlough. Paroled at Thomasville, Ga. May 18, 1865. (Born in South Carolina in 1837. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1910.) Chitty, S. B.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Savannah, Ga. June 20, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Clifton, John S.- private March 4, 1862. Died in St. John's Hospital at Savannah, Ga. in 1862. (Born in 1826.) Coleman, B.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. Exchanged. Captured December 1864. (Born in 1841.) Coleman, Thomas- private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. in 1863. (Born in 1834.) Collins, J. W.- private May 10,1862. Substitute for B. Hightower. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Cope, Pembroke G.- private March 4, 1862. Joined Co. C, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Olmstead's,) without permission. (Born in 1844.) Copeland, Daniel G.- private May 7, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant October 1862; 3d Sergeant December 1863. Captured at Knoxville, Tenn. December 3, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Ill. June 18, 1865. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. February 18, 1839. Died there in 1916.) Copeland, David S.- Enlisted as a private in Co. I, l2th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 14, 1861. Wounded at McDowell, Va. May 8, 1862. On sick furlough for 60 days from November 19, 1862. Admitted to C. S. A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. May 9, 1863. Furloughed for 60 days from September 8, 1863. Transferred to Co. D, 50th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1863. On sick furlough March 1-December 31, 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave since January 15, 1865. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough March 1865, to close of war. (Born in 1841. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1926.) Corbett, J. B., Sr.- private March 4,1862. Captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Released at Point Lookout, Md. November 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave since December 28, 1863. Pension records show he was "At home, a paroled prisoner," April 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1841.) Cutner, Hyman- private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1834.) Dampier, D.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864. (Born in 1844.) Dampier, John H.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. I, l2th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1863. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 10,1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 16,1865. (Born in 1843.) DeLoach, E.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Virginia in 1863. (Born in 1839.) DeLoach, John- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Pension records show he was discharged, disability, July 1864. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. May 6, 1844. Died there in 1916.) DeLoach, R.- private April 26, 1862. Wounded, date and place not given. Appointed 4th Corporal January 1863. DeVane, B. M.- private March 4,1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant January 4,1864. Dial, J.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. March 21,1865. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Downing, George W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in head, resulting in loss of sight in left eye, at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3,1863. (Born in Ga. April 29,1835.) Easters, J. H.- private May 9,1862. Killed in Maryland. Ellis, J.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 3, 1864. Elmore, John W.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, underage, June 1862. (Born in Alabama in 1846.) Fender, George- private March 4, 1862. "Joined another company from Echols County, Ga." Returned in 1862. Died at Macon, Ga. April 1862. Fender, Riley R.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged on account of blindness, result of measles, April 1862. (Born in Ga. March 1, 1841. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1928.) Ganas, J. B.- private May 13, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant December 1863. Wounded in head at Petersburg, Va. June 18 1864. Captured, at Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6,1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. December 14, 1834. Died January 12, 1910.) Ganas, W. C.- private May 13,1862. Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn. in 1863, and died there in hospital. Hall, Harrison- private Meh. 4, 1862. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6,1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865. (Born in 1841. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1899.) Hall, Littleton- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. (Born in 1838.) Hardee, Jesse A.- private March 4,1862. Wounded March 1864. Captured at Harper's Farm, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865. (Born in 1842. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1921.) Hardee, J. T.- private March 4,1862. Died at Winchester, Va. November 28,1862. (Born in 1837.) Herndon, G. W.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal October 1863. Died at Gordonsville, Va. November 18,1864. (Born in 1841.) Herndon, John- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3,1863. (Born in 1841.) Hightower, B.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished J. W. Collins as substitute, May 10, 1862. Howell, G. W.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1839.) Howell, J. A.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, furnished John W. Taylor as substitute, May 9,1862. Hughes, E.- private April 2, 1862. Wounded at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. Died from wounds. Hughes, James T.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation above elbow, at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3,1863. Absent on account of disability March 1864. (Born in 1831. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1896.) Hughes, R. P.- private March 4, 1862. Missing at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. Jackson, James W.- private March 4,1862. Discharged June 1, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Jones, Daniel J.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant March 1862. Discharged, furnished George Plankinhand as substitute, June 12,1862. (Born in 1836.) Kendricks, J. G.- private August 7,1862. Pension records show he was on detail as teamster 1862 -1865. (Born in Houston County, Ga. in 1837. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1908.) Knight, J. C.- private May 13, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. December 17, 1862. Knight, Mathew A.- private March 4,1862. Captured June 10, 1863. Exchanged. Captured in Maryland December 1864. (Born in 1844.) Kornegay, G. W.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital in 1863. (Born in 1841.) Lester, Simeon B.- private March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant January 4,1864. (Born in 1837.) McConnell, L. J.- private April 26,1862. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6, 1865. Released in 1865. (Born in Wilkes County, Ga. February 2, 1840. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1910.) McDaniel, A. J.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1835.) McKinnon, Charles- private March 4, 1862. Died at Valdosta, Ga. July 13,1862. (Born in 1830.) Nelson, Marion- private March 4, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant June 9, 1863; 1st Lieutenant July 9, 1863. Wounded through middle metatarsal bone of left foot at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Furloughed for 40 days July 20, 1863. Requested 60 days' leave of absence on account of wounds, to go to Val- dosta, Ga., May 19, 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave since August 16,1864. Captured at Macon, Ga. April 20-21,1865. (Born in 1836.) Nelson, William J., Sr.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in right foot, necessitating amputation of toe, at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. Captured there September 15, 1862. Released at Richmond, Va. October 25, 1862. Pension records show he was on detail at Fredericksburg, Va., account of wounds, in 1862. Paroled in 1865. (Born in Twiggs County, Ga. December 20, 1842. Died at Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, Ga., January 8, 1905.) Newman, Andrew J.- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. B, 2d Battn. Ga. Sharpshooters May 15, 1862. Killed. (Born in 1834.) Oliver, A. J.- private March 4,1862. No later record. (Born in 1827.) Peters, S. F.- private April 26,1862. Died November 4,1862. Peters, S. J.- private April 26,1862. Peterson, Neil (or Neill)- private March 4, 1862. Captured February 1865. (Born in 1844.) Plankinhand, George (or Plankinhaul)- private June 12, 1862. Substitute for D. J. Jones. Detailed hospital cook by General Mercer. Powers, William- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1844.) Roberts, William- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19,1864. (Born in 1844.) Rogers, Thomas J.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation below knee, through left arm and left eye, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. (Born in Ga. September 19,1844.) Seago, John S. (or Sego)- private March 4,1862. Appointed 2d Corporal August 1862; 5th Sergeant October 1863. (Born in 1841.) Selman, O. W.- private March 4, 1862. Killed near Knoxville, Tenn. November 29,1863. (Born in 1831.) Senterfit, Levi (or Senterfeit)- private March 4, 1862. Wounded and disabled at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. (Born in 1837.) Senterfit, Samuel S. (or Senterfeit)- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in little finger of right hand, necessitating amputation, at Berryville, Va. October 18,1863. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1923.) Senterfit, S. L. (or Senterfeit)- private March 4, 1862. Disabled March 1864. Shanks, James- private March 4,1862. Died December 1862. (Born in 1844.) Skipper, Joel- private May 9, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. December 5, 1862. Skipper, Stephen- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. At home disabled close of war. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1836. Died there about 1883.) Stokes, F. L.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Savannah, Ga. June 11,1862. (Born in 1837.) Swilley, Francis M.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded, resulting in loss of sight in left eye, at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6,1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. June 9,1843. Died there in 1912.-) Swilley, Jack- private May 11, 1862. Wounded at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Taylor, John W.- private May 9, 1862. Substitute for J. A. Howell. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him present. On extra duty as brigade wagoner. Thomas, H.- private April 10, 1864. Tippett, J. B.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant. Died at Whitesville, Ga. (Born in 1832.) Tweedle, James A.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded and captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. (Born in 1836.) Vickers, Andrew (or Drew)- private May 9, 1862. Died in Virginia in 1863. Vickers, H.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Virginia. (Born in 1838.) Vickers, J.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. (Born in 1842.) Vickers, M.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. (Born in 1843.) Walker, H.- private May 9, 1862. Walker, J.- private May 9, 1862. Died a€ Clayton's Factory in 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. November 17, 1862, No. 8, 3d Line, Lot 144. Weeks, John- private March 4, 1862. Captured in Virginia December 23, 1863. Released in 1865. (Born in 1844.) Westberry, John S.- private March 4, 1862.- No later record. (Born in 1839.) Wisenbaker, J. C.- private May 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. H, 4th Regiment Ga. Cavalry (Clinch's,) February 1, 1864. Roll for June 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was sent to hospital at Thomasville, Ga. in 1865, and paroled there in 1865. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. June 16, 1843. Died there in 1913.) Witherington, Jesse W. (or Wetherington)- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. (Born in 1837.) Witherington, J. B. (or Wetherington)- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, January 21, 1863. (Born in 1844.) Witherington, M. (or Wetherington)- private March 4, 1862. Died. Buried at Harrisonburg, Va. (Born in 1844.) Witherington, Perry (or Wetherington)- private March 4, 1862. (Discharged by Medical Board. (Born in 1833.) Wright, James Madison- private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, l8th Battn. Ga. Inf. June 1,1862. Deserted to enemy in trenches near Chaffin's Bluff, Va. February 23,1865. Sent from Army of the Potomac to Washington, D. C. February 26, 1865, where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and was furnished transportation to Jacksonville, Fla. February 27, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1841.) THE FOLLOWING APPEARS AT THE END OF COMPANY D, 50th REGIMENT GEORGIA INFANTRY Muster Roll including portion of the Echols County Company who are in camp with Captain Bevill's Company, Co. D, 50th Regiment Georgia Infantry. *Martin, A. C.-Captain. Copeland, William T.- 2d Lieutenant Fletcher, John W.- 2d Lieutenant Privates: Carter, Wiley-See Co. D, 50th Regiment Ga. Inf. Clayton, A. B. Clayton, M. V. Farr, John Fender, George-See Co. D, 50th Regiment Ga. Inf. Harnage, G. W. Howell, J. J. Hughes, Thomas Kelly, John Lightsey, N. H. Lightsey, S. H. *Lofton, William Miller, J. R. Minton, J. M. Payne, L. M. Peterson, J. J. Peterson, William Prescott, E. J. W. Prescott, H. D. Rentz, John Rentz, P. Rentz, W. Roberts, J. Sellers, D. L. Sellers, J. R. Smith, B. G. Sorrell, Thomas Tessell, C. S. Touchstone, H. Valentine, John Valentine, Louis Warnock, H Westbury, William *"Transferred themselves back to their ground." This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 18.4 Kb