Lumpkin GEORGIA  Phillip's Legion    Co E - The Blue Ridge Rifles

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all the rosters, as well as 
campaign and battle information.


Phillips Legion Infantry - Co E - The Blue Ridge Rifles

See flag description on Infantry Battalion page.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html

Abraham Anderson - Enlisted 7/9/61, Honorably discharged
8/9/61 John P Austin - Enlisted 7/9/61, Honorably
discharged 8/9/61, buried at Old Concord Cemetery in
Heard County, Ga

2nd Lt William H Barber - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 31, 1st Lt
12/13/62, Captain 1/26/63, Resigned 6/29/64, Buried Mt
Hope Cemetery, Dahlonega, Ga

James K Bates - Enlisted 4/12/64, Captured at Gaines Farm
(Cold Harbor) 6/1/64, Imprisoned Point Lookout prison
until transferred to Elmira, NY prison 7/12/64, Released
7/7/65, Age 62 in 1911 per  Ga pension application

Jasper M T Bates - Enlisted 8/7/61, Age 19, WIA at
Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/62, Arm amputated and sent home
disabled 1/25/63

Newton L Bates - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 20, Captured at
Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor)  6/1/64, Imprisoned at Point
Lookout prison until transferred to Elmira, NY prison
7/12/64, Released 7/7/65, Applied for a veterans pension
in Alabama, Married in 1885 to Laura Catherine Herring,
Died 8/14/1914

Andrew Jackson Blackwell - Enlisted 3/12/63, Born
2/22/44,  Shows "present" on August 1864 roll dated
1/30/65, No further military record although a descendant
provides the information that he survived the war and
died in Texas 12/25/1919, Brother of James and Jesse
Blackwell

James Madison Blackwell - Enlisted 7/9/61,  Born
10/22/40, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/62, Exchanged
10/2/62, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/62, October 1863
roll states "deserted 11/8/63 near Cleveland, Tn" BUT is
back on the March/April 1864 roll (dated 10/5/64) with
the notation "WIA at Hanover Junction (Va) 5/27/64",
Received clothing 11/5/64, No further military record
although a descendant provides the information that he
survived the war and lived until his death in Oklahoma
4/11/1908, Brother of Jesse and Andrew Blackwell

Jesse Green Blackwell - Enlisted 7/9/61, Born 10/2/42,
Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/62, Exchanged 10/2/62,
Shows as 3rd Corporal on Jan/Feb 63 roll and as 5th Sgt
on Sept/Oct 63 roll, Shows furloughed home on Mar/Apr 64
roll dated 10/5/64 then "AWOL" on later rolls, A
descendant provides the information that he survived the
war and died in Texas 4/21/1910, Brother of James and
Andrew Blackwell 1st Cpl Augustus Franklin Boyd -
Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 17, Transferred in August 1862 to
become Sgt Major of the 52nd Ga commanded by his father
Col Weir Boyd, Elected Captain of Co B 52nd Ga, KIA at
Bakers Creek, Miss 5/16/63, Buried Mt Hope Cemetery,
Dahlonega, Ga

John M Boyd - Enlisted 8/15/61, Age 44, Discharged 3/4/62
as overage

John D Boyt - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 31, Shows "deserted
9/16/62" on rolls from Sept 62 through Feb 63, Court
Martial Record ANV GO#66 dated 5/25/63 finds him innocent
of desertion but guilty of lesser charge of being AWOL,
sentenced to one month at hard labor,  Sept/Oct 63 roll
dated 1/14/64 shows "deserted at Chattanooga 10/4/63,
Carried AWOL on all further rolls, No Federal desertion
or POW records

Martin Brown - Enlisted 3/4/62, Died at Charlottesville,
Va 1/7/63 of pneumonia, His mother Elizabeth Brown files
a death claim in June 1863 stating that previous death
claim filed 3/12/63 by purported wife Rebecca Brown is
false and that her son was not married Merida (Meridith)
Brown - Enlisted 3/4/62 - Present throughout war, WIA
(left side & back) by shell at Sailors Creek, Va 4/6/65
and captured, Died Lincoln General Hospital Washington DC
4/25/65, Buried in Arlington National Cemetery

Terrell Brown - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 20, 2nd Cpl on 10/63
roll, WIA at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/64 and on
wounded furlough 7/22/64, 1906 Roster Commission Roll
states that he was wounded at Cold Harbor and died from
these wounds 5th Sgt James C Burt - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age
18, WIA at Sharpsburg 9/17/62, 2nd Lt 1/26/63,
Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/65

Reuben Elisha Burt - Enlisted 5/10/64, Surrendered at
Appomattox 4/9/65 Jesse Cain - Enlisted 9/23/61 at
Lynchburg, Va, 1906 Roster Commission Roll states "Died
in W.Va 11/9/61", Pension application filed by his widow
Mary in the 1890s state that he died between 11/9/61 and
12/20/61 in W.Va. or Dublin, Va of measles, In this
application three Co E veterans attest to his death from
disease as stated in 1861 Martin V Campbell - Enlisted
7/31/61, Age 21, Captured at Cold Harbor 6/1/64,
Imprisoned at Point Lookout prison until transferred
toElmira, NY prison 7/9/64, Federal POW records show him
forwarded to James River for exchange on 3/14/65, but a
later record shows he died on 3/20/65

William M Campbell - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 17, Died
11/19/61 on retreat from Cotton Hill in western Virginia,
Cause not stated but almost certainly disease

David Cavender - Enlisted 3/4/62, Died at Camp Winder
Hospital Richmond 3/5/63 of pneumonia

William P Cavender - Enlisted 8/8/61, Age 21, Captured at
Knoxville 11/29/63, Shows sent to Camp Chase prison in
Ohio 12/15/63 BUT died in US Military Hospital at
Knoxville of pneumonia, Buried Knoxville City Cemetery

Daniel J Cimmermon - (See Danial J Simmermon)

James W Clements - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 20, Serves
through war, Surrenders at Appomattox as Sgt J M Clemmons
although this rank is not shown in his service record N V
Collins - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21, WIA (shell concussion)
at Chancellorsville May 1863, WIA (hand) at Spotsylvania
5/12/64, Shows as AWOL on all rolls thereafter Benjamin F
Croft - Enlisted 8/5/61, Age 22, WIA (lungs & left thigh)
at Knoxville 11/29/64, Captured & died at Middlebrook
General Hospital 12/18/63, Buried "in woods near shops 4
miles from Knoxville"

G W Croft - Enlisted 5/16/62, Born April 1828,  Issued
clothing 11/26/64, No further military record but we know
that he survived the war as he applies for a pension, In
the application he states that he was furloughed home in
January 1865 but could not return to Virginia as
Sherman's Federals had blocked the route back

Henry Davis - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 23, Deserted at
Fredericksburg 1/23/63, Arrested 2/12/63, Court Martial
Record ANV GO #41 Dated 3/17/63 finds him guilty of
desertion and sentenced to branding with a "D" on left
hand and hard labor for remainder of war, Shows as AWOL
on Sept/Oct 63 and Mar/Apr 64 roll, May/June/July/Aug 64
roll states "deserted at Petersburg 7/14/64", A J Reese
letter dated 7/20/64 notes this desertion and describes
Davis as a "very poor soldier", He then shows captured at
Harrisonburg (in the Shenandoah Valley) on 9/25/64,
Imprisoned at Point Lookout prison until released 5/13/65

J. Fountain Davis - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21, Died at
Ladies Relief Hospital Lynchburg 9/7/61 of disease,
Buried Lynchburg City Cemetery #6 in 2nd line lot 159 4th
Cpl John Newton Davis - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 23, 5th Sgt
on 11/62 roll, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/62, 1st Sgt on
10/63 roll, WIA at Chattanooga (hip) 9/24/63, WIA at
Petersburg 6/30/64, furloughed home 7/16/64, Carried on
later rolls as AWOL, Pension application states that he
joined Johnsons regiment of Georgia Militia and
surrendered at Kingston, Ga 5/12/65, Buried Auraria
Cemetery, Lumpkin County, Ga

William Davis - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 25, Deserted at
Fredericksburg 2/8/63, Arrested 2/19/63, Court Martial
Record ANV GO#55 dated 4/9/63 finds him innocent of
desertion but guilty of lesser charge of being AWOL,
Sentenced to 12 months at hard labor and forfeiture of
pay, KIA at Chattanooga 9/24/63

James M Dempsey - Enlisted 7/19/61, Age 15, WIA (back) at
Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/62, Furloughed home 10/13/62, 2/63
roll notes still gone wounded, No further military record
but 1888 pension application states that half of his
right shoulder blade was shot away rendering his right
arm virtually useless, A doctor's certification confirms
this, He further states that he was discharged from the
army due to the wound, The fact that he is not shown as
AWOL on rolls after 2/63 would indicate that this is
true, Buried at Westview Cemetery, Fulton County, Ga,
Died in 1917

John M Dempsey - Enlisted 7/19/61, Age 25, Deserted at
Fredericksburg 2/8/63, Arrested 2/19/63, Court Martial
Record ANV GO#55 dated 4/9/63 finds him innocent of
desertion but guilty of lesser charge of being AWOL,
Sentenced to 12 months at hard labor andf forfeiture of
pay, Deserted at Cleveland, Tn 11/7/63, No further record
John H Dowdy - Enlisted 8/8/61, Age 22, Last on 11/61
roll, Manuscript #1966 dated 12/6/63 simply states
"died", High probability that he succumbed to disease
during the 1861 campaign in western Virginia

Jesse R Duke - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 33, Disability
discharged 5/5/62 William M (or R) Dyer - Enlisted
7/9/61, Age 19, Deserted at Cleveland, Tn 11/8/63 BUT
later records show him captured at Elgin Creek, Tn
6/21/64, Imprisoned at Camp Douglas prison in Chicago
until he takes the Oath of Allegiance to the Union and
joins the 5th US Infantry 4/13/65

James Fields - Enlisted 7/19/61, Age 17, MWIA at
Fredericksburg 12/13/62, Died 12/30 or 31/62 at Richmond
GH #14, Buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery in
Richmond M H Fields - Enlisted 7/19/61, Age 24, Born 1837
in North Carolina, Captured near Knoxville 12/5/63, 10/64
roll says AWOL, Later roll states "paroled not
exchanged", 1/65 roll states "absent", No Federal POW
records, Post war pension application states that he
escaped from the Federals and went home

R J Fields - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 19, WIA at
Fredericksburg 12/13/62, Deserted near Cleveland, Tn
11/?/63, Captured at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/64,
Imprisoned at Point Lookout prison until transferred to
Elmira, NY prison 7/17/64, Died at Elmira of variola
3/5/65, Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY, grave
#1969

Champion Forest - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 28, 1906 Roster
Commission Roll states "Died in Dublin, Va", The Legion
was only in this area at the end of 1861 and he is not
carried on rolls after 1861 so it is highly probable that
he was one of the many who died of disease during the
1861 campaign in western Virginia

Cpl Hardy D Forest - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21, Sgt 1/63,
WIA (both thighs) at Hanover Junction (Va) 5/27/64,
Furloughed home July 64, No further record

A W Gaddis - Enlisted 7/9/61, Honorably discharged 8/5/61

William M Gearing (Gerrin) - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 30, WIA
at Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/62, Admitted to Farmville, Va
hospital 6/12/63 with gun shot wound to left eye (he had
been at home in Georgia recuperating), Received clothing
11/20/64, No further military record but he applied for a
pension in 1887, His application states that he was hit
in the corner of the left eye with a minie ball which
ranged around inside his skull and lodged behind his left
ear, This wound was received 12/13/62 at Fredericksburg,
A Doctor certifies that the bullet is still in his head,
that he is blind in his left eye and unable to work,
Application also states that he surrendered at
Appomattox, but he is not on the parole list, Died
6/19/1917

William F Glass - Enlisted 3/25/63, Surrendered at
Appomattox 4/9/65

Eli J Grizzle - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 22, Cpl in late
1862, Sgt in 1863, WIA at Knoxville 11/29/63, Captured
and sent to Camp Chase, Paroled/exchanged Feb 1865, Died
3/10/65 at GH #9 Richmond of chronic dysentery, Buried at
Oakwood Confederate Cemetery as E J Grezzetway

James A Grizzle - Enlisted 3/4/62, WIA at Fredericksburg,
Va 12/13/62 (right thigh), AWOL thereafter, Pension
application states that he was hospitalized at Lynchburg
for three months after being wounded and was then
furloughed home, He goes on to state that the wound never
properly healed rendering him incapable of returning to
his unit during the war, Born 7/18/44, Died 1926, Buried
in Yahoola Cemetery, Lumpkin County, Ga

Marvin M Grizzle - Enlisted 8/8/61, Age 23, Teamster,
Deserted at Petersburg, Va  7/16/64, A J Reese letter
dated 7/20/64 notes this desertion and describes Grizzle
as "a very poor soldier", No Federal deserter or POW
records, Applied for a Georgia veterans pension,
Application states that he was furloughed by the
quartermaster August of 1864,  joined another unit while
home in Georgia and surrendered at Kingston, Ga in May
1865

William Grizzle - Enlisted 7/9/61, Born 4/5/31, Teamster,
AWOL on roll dated 10/5/64 and all rolls thereafter, He
states in his pension application that he was furloughed
home in February 1864 while in Tennessee. He goes on to
say that he was cut off and joined Finleys regiment Co E
and surrendered at Kingston, Ga in May 1865

Captain Joseph H Hamilton - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 22, WIA
at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/62, promoted to Major 12/13/62, WIA
(arm) at Knoxville 11/63 as he is shown on a roll dated
1/14/64 as being out on wounded furlough, Promoted to Lt
Colonel commanding Legion Infantry Battalion 12/31/63,
WIA (neck) at Cold Harbor 6/3/64, Captured 4/6/65 at
Sailors Creek and sent to Johnsons Island prison,
Released 7/25/65, Oath of allegiance shows his residence
as Social Circle, Ga, Described as being 5'8" with light
hair and blue eyes, Buried at Marietta Confederate
Cemetery, Cobb County, Ga

Martin Helton - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 16, Present on rolls
until sent to hospital in Richmond 5/17/63 with fever,
Transferred to Danville, Va hospital 6/12/63, Furloughed
home from Danville 8/20/63, Shown on Sept/Oct 63 roll
dated 1/14/64 as AWOL and on all rolls thereafter,
Federal records show that he took the Oath of allegiance
4/16/64 at Chattanooga but it is not clear whether he
deserted or was captured

William H Hendrix - Enlisted 5/8/62, MWIA (lung) at
Sharpsburg, Md 9/17/62, Died at Richmond GH #9 11/20/62,
Buried in Oakwood Confederate Cemetery Richmond as M H
Henrich

John H Holyfield - Enlisted 7/19/61, Age 23, Deserted
near Chancellorsville 5/2/63, AWOL on later rolls, Took
Oath of allegiance at Chattanooga 2/20/64

James E Howell - Enlisted 2/1/64, Captured at Burkeville,
Va 4/6/65, Imprisoned at Point Lookout until released
6/13/65

Cpl A J Hulsey - Enlisted 8/5/61, Age 17, WIA at the
Wilderness 5/6/64, Admitted to Chimborazo hospital
Richmond 5/8/64. No record of furlough from hospital,
AWOL on rolls thereafter, Oklahoma state pension office
asks DC for records in 1915 which would indicate that
either he or his widow was requesting a pension

Rice Ross Hulsey - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 28, Died 2/5/62
at Hardeeville, SC from disease, Born 1833 in Hall County
to Burrell and Lauriette Bates Hulsey, Married 1/27/1854
to Mary Hamilton

William John Turner Hutcheson - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21,
Promoted to 3rd Cpl in early 1862, WIA (leg) 8/29/62 at
Second Manassas, Promoted to Sgt 1/63, WIA at
Chancellorsville 5/63, WIA (lost finger on left hand) at
Spotsylvania 5/12/64, Furloughed home 5/23/64, Shown as
AWOL on all further rolls

J W Johnson - Enlisted 9/3/62, WIA & captured at Sailors
Creek 4/6/65 (shell fractued left tibia), No further
record

Lewis W Johnson - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 20, Died 1/20/63
at Chimborazo hospital in Richmond of pneumonia, Buried
at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery

Willis Johnson - Enlisted 9/6/62, Last entry in service
record is 8/64 muster roll showing him "present", 1906
Roster Commission roll states "killed near Appomattox, Va
April 1865"

Anson Jones - Enlisted 3/1/63, Roll dated 1/14/64 shows
that he deserted near Cleveland, Tn 11/7/63, Carried as
AWOL on rolls thereafter, Took Oath of Allegiance at
Chattanooga 3/5/64

Barnabus Jones - Enlisted 7/9/61, Deserted around
9/20/63, AWOL on rolls thereafter, Took Oath of
Allegiance at Chattanooga 4/13/64

Samuel Jones - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21, AWOL on roll
dated 1/14/64 and all rolls thereafter, Took Oath of
Allegiance at Chattanooga 3/30/64, Died 1918, Buried in
Damascus Baptist  Church Cemetery, Lumpkin County, Ga

William D Land - Enlisted 8/15/61, Age 25, Captured
7/9/64 while home on furlough, Died 12/25/64 at Camp
Douglas, Ill of small pox, Buried at Oak Woods Cemetery,
Chicago, Illinois

Harrison M Lannier - No enlistment date, Not shown on any
muster rolls, Only records are Federal POW records which
may indicate this man was using an assumed name, Captured
at Cleveland, Tn 2/14/65 and sent to Camp Chase 3/24/65,
Entry dated 4/22/65 states that he has enlisted in the U
S Army

Andrew H Lee - Enlisted 8/13/61, Age 38, AWOL on roll
dated 1/14/64 and all rolls thereafter, No further
military records but we know he survived the war as he
applied for a veterans pension in Georgia, Application
states that he went home sick in 1863 and remained too
ill to return, Born 7/31/1823 in SC

E T Loggins - Enlisted 3/4/62, MWIA at Spotsylvania
5/14/64, Died at Winder Hospital, Richmond 6/26/64

Thomas Loggins - Enlisted 3/4/62, Captured at Sailors
Creek 4/6/65 and imprisoned at Point Lookout until
released 6/29/65, Born 10/7/39

Joseph N London - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 18, WIA (hand) at
the Wilderness 5/6/64, Furloughed from Danville hospital
7/5/64, Shown as AWOL on all rolls thereafter, brother of
Samuel London, Applied for a veterans pension in Alabama
stating that  he joined Ed Monson's Cavalry when
furloughed home in 1864  and surrendered in May of 1865
at Kingston, Ga

Samuel London - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21, Died 10/4/61 at
Ladies Relief Hospital, Lynchburg, Va of disease, Buried
in Lynchburg City Cemetery # 2 in 5th line lot 159,
Brother of Joseph N London

Samuel Lowery (Lowry) - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 22, KIA at
Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/62 E Frank (or Frank E) Mayes -
Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 17, 2nd Cpl on February 63 roll, WIA
9/24/63 near Chattanooga, A J Reese letter dated 9/26/63
notes that Frank Mayes was wounded "in the right thigh
pretty bad" and goes on to state that "they started him
off yesterday to the hospital in Atlanta", Nancy Wimpy
letter to A J Reese dated 10/5/63 says that "Dr Howard
had seen Frank and thought it very doubtful about his
recovery", UDC burial lists show a Cpl E Mayes Co E
Phillips Legion buried in the Whelchel Family Cemetery in
Lumpkin County so he probably died in Atlanta and was
sent home for burial

Franklin Alexander McAfee - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21,  KIA
at Beverlys Ford, Va on the Rappahannock River 8/23/62,
"Both legs torn off by shell" (per chaplain George
Smith's account) , Born 4/10/1840, Younger brother of
William H McAfee

William Hamilton McAfee - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 28,
Transferred to 22nd Ga as 3rd Lt 10/20/62

Lt. Jesse M McDonald - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21, Promoted
to 2nd Lt 12/13/62, Promoted to 1st Lt 1/26/63, WIA (left
thigh) near Chattanooga 9/24/63, Promoted to Captain
6/29/64, Furloughed home 1/20/65, Declared AWOL 2/20/65,
Never returned

Alvis McManus - Enlisted 4/12/64, Captured at Burkeville,
Va 4/6/65, Imprisoned at Point Lookout until released
6/29/65

W C Morgan - Enlisted 7/9/61, Honorably discharged 8/9/61

Hezekiah Morris - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 20, Shown as "sick
at hospital" on February 63 roll, At Liberty, Va hospital
March 63, At Lynchburg, Va hospital 7/8/63, Shown as AWOL
on all rolls after Feb 1863, Captured in Cherokee County,
Ga 8/64, Took Oath at Louisville, Ky 8/27/64 and sent
north

2nd Cpl E P Morrison - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 26, 2nd Sgt
on 12/62 roll, MWIA (abdomen) at Fredericksburg 12/13/62,
Died at Chimborazo hospital #2 Richmond, Va 12/18/62 A J
Moss - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 22, Deserted near Petersburg,
Va 7/14/64, No Federal POW or deserter records

Andrew Myers - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 27, Captured at
Gettysburg 7/2/63, At Fort McHenry 7/6/63, Sent to Fort
Delaware July 1863, In prison hospital 1/1/64 - 3/10/64
and again 5/24/64 - 6/15/64, No further military records
but we know he survived the war as he applied for a
veterans pension in Alabama in 1899, This application
states that he was wounded in the right arm at
Fredericksburg and in the right side at Gettysburg

Alford Norris - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 22, Cited for
gallantry at Gettyburg 7/2/63, Deserted near Petersburg,
Va 7/14/64, No Federal POW or deserter records, A
descendant provides info that he applied for a pesion
after the war in Virginia so we know that he survived

Wesley Norris - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 20, WIA (thigh) at
Gettysburg 7/2/63, Deserted near Petersburg, Va 7/14/64,
No Federal POW or deserter records, A descendant provides
information that he lived in Louisville, Ky after the war
so we know that he survived

Gilbert F Parker - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 17, drummer, Died
10/18/61 at Richmond Ferry, Va (W.Va) on New River of
"brain congestion" 1st Lt Hardy D Price - Enlisted
7/9/61, Age 40, MWIA (left side) at Fredericksburg, Va
12/13/62, Died 1/26/63 at Richmond GH #4, Promoted to
company Captain effective 12/13/62

E B Pruitt - Conscript enlisted 9/2/62, Captured at
Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/64, Imprisoned at Point
Lookout until transferred to Elmira, NY prison 7/12/64,
Released from Elmira 7/7/65

Color Cpl Robert A Quillian - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 19,
Transferred to 52nd Ga 6/17/62 John Ray - Enlisted
7/9/61, Age 23, deserted near Fredericksburg, Va 2/8/63,
Arrested and returned for court martial 2/19/63, Court
martial record ANV GO #55 shows him found innocent of
desertion but guilty of a lesser charge of going AWOL,
Sentenced to 12 month at hard labor and forfeiture of 12
months pay, Deserted again near Chattanooga 9/23/63,
Carried AWOL on rolls until a roll dated 1/30/65 states,
"John Ray was killed by Wheeler's scouts at home, exact
time not known"

1st Sgt Andrew Jackson Reese - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 20,
2nd Lt 1/26/63 upon death of Lt Price, 1st Lt 6/29/64,
Surrenders at Appomattox 4/9/65 as commanding officer of
Company E, Died in 1884 and buried at Mt Hope Cemetery,
Dahlonega, Ga

Thomas Benton Reese - Enlisted 2/1/64, younger brother of
Lt A J Reese, WIA (left leg amputated) at Gaines Farm
(Cold Harbor) 5/30/64, Furloughed home 8/5/64, At
Charlottesville, Va hospital 12/4/64, Transferred to
Richmond hospital 3/28/65

H W Riley Jr - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 14, WIA (left hip) at
Hanover Jct, Va 5/27/64, Furloughed from Richmond
hospital 7/11/64, Shown as AWOL on roll dated 1/30/65, No
further record

James Roberts - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 15, Surrendered at
Appomattox 4/9/65

Benjamin F Rumney - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 16, Discharged
from service 2/9/62

William Satterfield - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 22, Died
10/5/61 at Lewisburg, Va (W Va) of disease

Daniel J Simmermon - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 18, KIA 8/29/62
at Second Manassas by artillery fire

Sgt Benjamin Franklin Sitton - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 46,
Discharged 10/14/62

E J Smith - Enlisted 9/15/61, WIA (lost finger) 5/6/64 at
the Wilderness, Received clothing 5/16/64 at Liberty, Va
hospital, No further record

T R Smith - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 30, Discharged 3/4/62

Archibald Wimpy Sparks - Enlisted 3/4/62, KIA 8/23/62 at
Beverlys Ford, Va on Rappahannock River by artillery fire

William A Spencer - Enlisted 7/19/61, Age 19, WIA at
Fredericksburg 12/13/62, Admitted Chimborazo #2 hospital
in Richmond 12/15/62 with shell wound in hip, Furloughed
for 30 days 12/31/62, AWOL on Feb 63 roll, Elected
Captain of  Co G, 8th Ga Cavalry while at home and did
not return to Legion

A J Spriggs - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 47, Discharged for
disability 4/6/62

David Stancel - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 17, Deserted near
Cleveland, Tn 11/8/63, Must have returned because he
deserts again near Winchester, Va 9/7/64, No Federal POW
or deserter records, No further record

John W Stancel - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 21, 10/21/63 court
martial sentences him to death but Jefferson Davis
commutes sentence (see A&IG SO #75/18 dated 3/30/64) to
spending remainder of war at hard labor on the Richmond
fortification, Apparently rejoins unit near war's end as
he surrenders at Appomattox 4/9/65, Pension application
states birth date as 2/14/1829 which conflicts with age
given at enlistment

Martin Stevens (shown as Stearns in service records) -
Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 23, KIA 11/29/63 at Knoxville, Tn
per Lt A J Reese letter dated 12/11/63

R F Stephenson - Enlisted 7/9/61, Captured at Gettysburg
7/2/63 and imprisoned at Point Lookout until exchanged
2/18/65, No furher record

James A Stone - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 19, MWIA (through
knee) and captured at Knoxville 11/29/63, Died at Middle
Brook US GH 2/14/64, Buried "at brick house near
Knoxville" G W Tippen - Enlisted 8/15/61, Age 19,
Discharged 12/13/61

George W Vaughn - Enlisted 3/4/62, Deserted near
Fredericksburg 1/23/63, Returned under arrest 2/12/63,
Court martial record ANV GO #40 dated 3/16/63 notes that
he was found guilty of desertion and sentenced to spend
the rest of the war at hard labor, forfeit all pay and be
branded with a "D" on his left hand, Sentence must have
been remanded or shortened as he is then captured at
Gettysburg 7/5/63 and sent to Fort McHenry, He is
transferred to Point Lookout 9/15/63 and dies there
11/14/63 of chronic dysentery, Buried at Point Lookout
Confederate Cemetery at Scotland, Md

Stephen G Wade - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 18, Deserted near
Fredericksburg 1/23/63, Returned under arrest 2/12/63,
Court martial record ANV SO #40 dated 3/16/63 shows him
guilty of desertion and sentenced the same as George W
Vaughn (see above), Sentence must have been remanded or
shortened as he returns to the company, Last shown on a
roll dated 1/30/65, No further military records although
he states in a postwar pension application that he
surrendered at Appomattox, Records do not confirm this,
Died in Bartow County September 1920

George Washington Walker - Enlisted 8/8/61, Born 4/4/45
to West and Fatima Bryan Walker, AWOL on a roll dated
10/5/64 and all rolls thereafter, 1906 Roster Commission
roll and his pension application state that he was
furloughed home in March of 64 due to loss of use of his
right hand, Younger brother of James Berry Walker, Died
8/29/1915, Buried in Yahoola Baptist Church Cemetery,
Lumpkin County

James Berry Walker - Enlisted 8/8/61, Age 26, AWOL on
rolls from 8/10/62 through February 63, Feb 63 entry
states he deserted, Roll dated 1/14/64 states that he
deserted near Chattanooga 9/20/63 implying that he had
returned to the company in 1863, Deserted again near
Winchester, Va 9/7/64, No further record however a
postwar listing shows that he is living in Warrenton,
Ohio indicating that he may have taken the Oath of
Allegiance and gone north

2nd Sgt Henry W Ward - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 41 (born
12/16/20), Detailed as a shoemaker at Richmond until
February 1864, Furloughed home 2/12/64 and does not
return, Pension application states that he joined another
(unspecified ) unit, Died in 1897

Francis M "Frank" White - He appears on the 1906 Roster
Commission roll for Co E with the notation "Killed,
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864" but he is not listed in the
compiled service records for the Legion. It is likely
that he had just joined Co E shortly before his death so
he's included here based upon that probability. He is
listed in the January 1864 "Joe Brown Militia Census"
(which delineated all Georgia men age 16 to 60 NOT in
service) in Lumpkin County as F M White, age 16 yrs 5
mos.  A May 31,1864 letter from Lt Andrew Jackson Reese
of Co E states that Frank was killed 5/31/1864 which
would place his death in the actions around Cold Harbor,
Va, Younger brother of Noah White.

Noah White - Enlisted 8/8/61, Age 20, WIA at Fox's Gap,
Promoted Cpl during 1863, Roll dated 10/5/64 shows him
sick at home, AWOL thereafter, Pension application says
he was recruiting at home at war's end, Died in 1910,
Older brother of F M "Frank" White.

H Lee Wilson - Enlisted 7/9/61, Age 26, KIA at Gettysburg
7/2/63

Aaron Woody - Enlisted 7/9/61, Honorably discharged
8/5/61 

Compiled by Kurt Graham

Phillips Legion