McIntosh County GA Captain Hopkins's Company - 1st Battalion GA Cavalry 5th GA Cavalry Company K File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ashley Pollette http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/liberty/military/civilwar/rosters/hopkins.txt For COMPLETE information about 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry visit http://www.pollette.com/5thcavalry/index.htm This site by Ashley Pollette contains photos, all the rosters, as well as campaign and battle history. CAPTAIN HOPKINS COMPANY, 1st BATTALION GA CAVALRY 1st BATTALION GEORGIA CAVALRY Lt. Colonel Charles Spalding, Commanding 5th GA CAVALRY - Other companies Brailsford's Company - William Brailsford "Lamar Rangers" - Company H Hopkins' Company - O. C. Hopkins McIntosh Cavalry - Company K Hughes' Company - William Hughes, Jr. "Liberty Guards" - Company D Walthour's Company - W. L. Walthour "Liberty Independent Troop" - Company G Company G "McINTOSH LIGHT DRAGOONS" McIntosh County, Georgia Captain Hopkins' Company Captain Octavius Caesar Hopkins, Commanding The McIntosh Light Dragoons were organized on 15 May 1862 at Reynolds Chapel Methodist Church, North of Darien , near the present day Pine Harbor Road and U. S. 17. the unit was re-designated as Company K, 5th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. William Henry ATWOOD served as Executive Officer of this company until 15 June 1864. During the Coastal Campaign, Lt. Atwood frequently commanded small platoon size task forces engaging Yankee raiding parties from Hilton Head and Beaufort South Carolina. He distinguished himself as a valiant leader and was successful in repelling the invaders. When Captain Hopkins was wounded at Noon Day Church, Lt. Atwood assumed command of the unit, and saw action in every campaign for the rest of the war. OFFICERS AND STAFF Captain Octavius Caesar HOPKINS, son of Francis HOPKINS and Rebecca SAYRE, was born 9 Jul 1819 in McIntosh County, Georgia, and died 12 Mar 1881 in McIntosh County, Georgia. Thirty year old O. C. HOPKINS is listed as a Planter in the 1850 McIntosh County census. He married Elizabeth Aurela KING. She was born 1824, and died 1892. He was born at Belleville, his father's plantation in McIntosh County on the Sapelo River. he served as a Lieutenant in the McIntosh Dragoons (1850) and later as Captain (1853). He represented McIntosh in the state legislature from 1859 - 1860. He also served as a justice of the inferior court. He served as Captain of the McIntosh Light Dragoons and of Company K, 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry during the Civil War. [MIL REC - CENSUS 1850 McIntosh 271st Dist. REEL NO: 77 PAGE 18 Visit 123 REF: Sept. 9-10, 1850 by E. M. Blount] 1st Lieutenant Alexander (Alex) C. WYLLY, son of Alexander W. and Elizabeth S. WYLLY, was born in McIntosh County on 5 Jan 1833. Alex is listed as being 17 years old in the 1850 McIntosh County census. He entered service as as a 1st Lieutenant in Captain Hopkins' Company in Oct 1861. At reorganization in April 1862, Alex enlisted and was elected 1st Lieutenant in Captain William BRAILSFORD's Company. 1st Lieutenant Wylly transferred to Company H, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was 1st Lieutenant, Commanding at the time of surrender in Apr 1865. [PEN GC - 1st Lieutenant William Henry ATWOOD , son of Henry S. ATWOOD and Ann McINTOSH, was born in 1836, in McIntosh County Georgia. Henry S. Atwood, a New Englander migrated to McIntosh County and married into the McIntosh Family. Thirteen year old William H. ATWOOD is listed in his fathers household in the 1850 McIntosh County census. He was elected 1st Lieutenant, in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, on 15 May 1862. He transferred to Company K, 5th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. William Henry served as Executive Officer of this company until 15 June 1864. He was promoted to Captain after Captain Hopkins was wounded at Noon Day Church, Georgia, on 20 Jun 1864. He commanded the company during some of the most intense combat during the war, and was present at the surrender at Bentonville, North Carolina, and was paroled on 26 May 1865 at Hillsboro North Carolina Returned to his home in McIntosh County and was recognized as a community leader. William Henry Atwood married Tullulah Butts (1850-1909) and reared Six children on their Cedar Point Plantation near Valona, Georgia. He was a member of John McIntosh Kell Camp No. 1032, United Confederate Veterans. Died in 1912 and buried in the Atwood Family Cemetery in McIntosh County. [HOUSTON -CEN 1850 GA McIntosh 24th Dist. PAGE NO:17 (visit 121) REFERENCE: Sept. 6-7, 1850 by E. M. Blount] 2nd Lt. Allen McDonald 3rd Lieutenant Alexander Baillie Kell, son of John KELL and Marjorie Spalding BAILLIE, was born on 23 Feb 1828 at Laurel Grove Plantation, Darien, Georgia. Alexander Baillie Kell is found listed as being a twenty-one year old Planter in the 1850 McIntosh County Census. He entered service as a 3rd Lieutenant in Captain Octavius Caesar HOPKINS’ Company, also known as the McIntosh light Dragoons. At re-organization in May 1862, he enlisted in Captain William Brailsford's Lamar Rangers at Sutherland Bluff, which later mustered in as Company H 5th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry CSA on 20 Jan 1863. Private Kell served with Company H until the end of the war. He died on 30 Sep 1912, aged 84 years. [FAM REC - BAILLIE -1850 McIntosh 271st Dist Visit 174 REEL NO: 77] 3rd Lt. Charles H. Hopkins 3rd Lt. George W. Faries 1st Sgt. Charles R. WALKER 2nd Sgt C.D. Fennel 3rd Sgt D. Y. Davis 4th Sgt George R. McDonald 4th Sergeant Francis (Frank) Marion MIDDLETON, on of Alexander Goodby MIDDLETON and Mary TOWNSEND, was born in McIntosh County Georgia on 25 Jan 1832. Frank Middleton enlisted in Capt O. C. Hopkins’ Company 31 Oct 1861 as 4th Sgt. served several months in the company, transferring to Company H , 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jan 1863, and served throughout the war in this unit. Surrendered and Paroled at Bentonville, North Carolina in May 1865. His brothers Capel Raiford, Henry H., Alexander, and First Cousin Richard Benjamin Middleton were also in Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry. He married Sarah Augusta TOWNSEND. [FAM -Tommy D. Houston] Sergeant W. R. BAGGS Sergeant Ivey DAVIS Sergeant Joseph S. DAVIS Sergeant K. J. DAVIS Sergeant Obadiah S. DAVIS Sergeant William DAVIS Sergeant E. H. DAY Sergeant John S. Deverger Sergeant A. W. DUKE Sergeant Thomas Jefferson (Bud) Chapman, son of John CHAPMAN and Elizabeth DELK, was born 22 Aug 1844 in the Jones Creek Community of Liberty County. He enlisted in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company of the First Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 20 Aug 1862 near Darien Georgia. The Company was transferred as Company K, of the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jan 1863. Bud was elected Sergeant in the unit sometime before the transfer. He served in all of the campaigns of the 5th and was at Bentonville at the time of surrender. He walked back from North Carolina to Georgia. He was appointed Notary Public and Ex- Officio Justice of the Peace in the 24th GM District of Liberty County by Governor W. J. Northern on 7 January 1894. It is said that although he had no formal legal training, he gave legal advice and was often referred to as "squire." Married three times (1) Christina Fletcher (1844-1870), (2) Mary Alverda Baggs (1859-1899) and (3) Alice Linwood Smith (1866-1954). [ FAM Col Clyde Larmar Chapman, Jr.] Corporal Charles C. CARPENTER Corporal Daniel G. DAVIS Corporal John ROBSON Corporal William M. YOUNG PRIVATES J. A. ATWOOD A. J. BAGGS W. D. BAGGS William BAGGS Arthur BAILEY William BAILEY J. B. BAKER BLOUNT, Thomas Butler He joined the unit May 17,1862 at Palmyra, and that he was paroled at Hillsboro N.C may 3,1865 Buried: Darien GA (St. Andrews Cemetery) researcher: charles a martin jr gen.n.b.forrest@comcast.net. Cornelius W. BROUGHTON D. J. E. BROUGHTON S. W. BROUGHTON David CANNON John H. CANNON T. J. CHAPMAN David DAVIS J. M. DAY Thomas DIAL (Dyall) J.P. DURANT Warren GARDNER J. Osgood GARRISON Hiram GIGGS Henry GRACE David GLEASON Artemus GORDON, son of William Jesse GORDON and Amey HOPE, was born 1830 in Liberty County Georgia. He enlisted in Captain O. C. Hopkins’ Company of the 1st Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Cavalry in early 1862. This unit became Company K of the 5th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by General Order #20 on 20 January 1863. Artemus Gordon was included in the general order although he was seriously wounded prior to the formation of the 5th Regiment. According to Confederate Pension Records of the State of Georgia he was severely wounded by enemy gunfire while serving on picket duty on the coast of McIntosh County Georgia on 1 Mar 1862. His wounds necessitated that his leg be amputated below the knee. He received a small pension of $100 per year for the loss of his leg and appears on "The Georgia Maimed Soldier Vouchers for 1889,1890,1891,and 1893. He was one of six Gordon Brothers that served in the McIntosh Light Dragoons, Company K of the 5th Georgia Cavalry. His brothers were Privates William Hendley Gordon, Samuel S. Gordon, James Madison Gordon, Jessie B. Gordon, and John S. Gordon. On 9 Jun 1853, he married Nancy A. Brewer He died in Walthourville, Georgia 10 SEP 1895 and is buried at Elam Baptist Church Cemetery in Long County Georgia. [HOUSTON] Samuel S. GORDON W. H. GORDON H. C. GRACE John GRIER Hall, Henry J. M. HARDEN M. D. HARRIS John HART S. J. HART C. C. HOPE Elliot HOPE McFail F. HOPE Thomas HOPE F. W. HOPKINS W. J. JONES Isham R. JOHNSTON Henry LANE Thomas P. LANGLEY Middleton, Robert Capel Raiford MIDDLETON, son of Alexander Goodby MIDDLETON and Mary TOWNSEND, was born in McIntosh County Georgia in 1840. He was named for Reverend Capel Raiford , a noted Methodist Circuit Rider and Evangelist of that time that served the Methodist congregations in McIntosh County. He enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private on 31 Oct 1861 in Captain O. C. Hopkins ‘ Company of the 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry for a term of one-year. He transferred to Company K of the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jan 1863, and served throughout the war with the 5th Georgia Cavalry. He surrendered and was paroled in May 1865 at Bentonville, N. C. He was brother of Sgt. Francis M. Middleton, Henry H. Middleton, and first cousin of Richard Benjamin of Co. K. His older brothers Alexander, and Lawson were in H Company of the 5th. He died in 1914, and is buried in the Capel Raiford Middleton family cemetery in now Long County Georgia. [FAM - Tommy D. Houston] Henry H. MIDDLETON, son of Alexander Goodby MIDDLETON and Mary TOWNSEND, was born in McIntosh County Georgia in October 1839. Enlisted in Capt. O. C. Hopkins Company of the 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry in Sep 1862. He was transferred to Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jan 1863. On 24 Jan 1863, he was discharged by order of General Beauregard for a unnamed disability. He served in Company K with brothers Alexander, Capel Raiford, Francis Marion Middleton and first Cousin Richard Benjamin Middleton. He married (1st) Mary Highsmith (2nd)Amarintha Deal. He died 28 December 1901, and is buried in Middleton Memorial Methodist Cemetery in Long County Georgia. [FAM - Tommy D. Houston] Richard Benjamin Middleton, son of William MIDDLETON and Elizabeth RYALS, was born in McIntosh County in the Blues Reach section of what is now Long County In 1857. He enlisted as a Private in Capt O. C. Hopkins Company of the 2nd Georgia Cavalry Battalion. The unit became Troop K of the 5th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by General Order in January 1863. for 3 years or the duration of the war. He was wounded at Saltville, Virginia, and walked back to McIntosh County, arriving there shortly after the cessation of hostilities in May 1865. His duty assignments included horse agent and round up man, and hospital steward. After the war, he moved to one of his plantations next to Walthourville Village in Liberty County where he resided at his death. He married Mary Emily McGOWAN of Liberty County, Georgia. Richard and Emily were charter members of the Middleton Memorial Methodist Church in Long County and are buried in the cemetery there. [FAM - Tommy D. Houston] John R. MIDDLETON, son of Robert MIDDLETON and Elizabeth HOWARD, was born ca 1825 in McIntosh County Georgia, He enlisted in 1862, in Captain 0. C. Hopkins' Company 1st Georgia Cavalry Battalion. He transferred to Company K of the 5th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry in March 1863. After First Sgt. Walker transferred to the Liberty Independent Troop, Company G 5th Georgia Cavalry. Private Middleton was elected First Sergeant of the Company K and served as such for the remainder of the war. He was with the company at the time of surrender and was paroled at Bentonville, North Carolina. He owned a plantation near Bobtown in now Long County Georgia. John R. MIDDLETON married Celia (?) 1855. She was born 20 Aug 1834 and died 20 Mar 1876. She is buried in Middleton Memorial Cemetery in now Long County Georgia. He was the brother of Dr. Jim Middleton of Bobtown, who practiced medicine in the lower part of Liberty County for years. [FAM] Tommy D. Houston Benjamin McDONALD Henry McDONALD J. R. McDONALD McQuaig, John Malcomb McQUAIG W. T. McRay Barney M. MURRAY Murray, Patrick Nelson, William B. A. ODOM B. F. ODOM Benjamin ODOM Samuel OWENS W. F. PARKHURST H. H. PARKER J. C. PARKER Solomon M. PARKER W. D. PARKER Hiram PEARSON Edward R. POPPELL J. E. POPPELL Jackson J. POPPELL W. W. POPPELL Wiley B. POPPELL William R. POPPELL Fred Rowe Rowe Rowan Benjamin B. ROZIER Henry ROZIER Isham ROZIER Luke ROZIER Nathaniel ROZIER Samuel ROZIER Benjamin RYALS Charles RYALS Isaac RYALS Jabez RYALS W. J. RYALS Thomas RYAN William H. SALLETT James SNOWDEN Adam STRAIN Edward STRICKLAND Edmund J. TODD Benjamin TOWNSEND James TOWNSEND J. M. WARD George WATERS Howell WASDEN Peter WILLIAMSON A. WYLLY William C. WYLLY John T. YOUNG Robert D. YOUNG Daniel W. YOUNG Richard Benjamin Middleton Trooper in Troop K, 5th Georgia Cavalry, "McIntosh Dragoons" G-Grandfather of Thomas D. Houston