Lumpkin GEORGIA Phillip's Legion Co B - The Dalton Guards File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Kurt Graham galegion@bellsouth.net http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/lumpkin/civilwar/rosters/coe.txt For COMPLETE information about Philip's Legion visit http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html This site by Kurt Graham contains photos, all the rosters, as well as campaign and battle information. See flag description on Infantry Battalion page. Phillips Legion Infantry - Co B - The Dalton Guards August Abraham - Enlisted 5/8/1862, WIA and captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862 (thigh), Exchanged 10/17/1862, Captured at Knoxville 12/3/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 5/21/1865, Age at release 24 John T Adams - Enlisted 6/11/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/1862 (head), Captured at Sailors Creek, Va 4/6/1865 and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865 John A Alexander - Enlisted 6/24/1861, Last shown on 11/1861 roll, No further record Robert Hammond Baker - Enlisted 6/11/1861, 1906 Roster Commission Roll states that he was severely wounded at Chancellorsville 5/3/1863 and was detailed to the Quartermaster Dept at Charleston, SC as unfit for field service, See ANV SO 225/7 dated 9/8/1863, Postwar pension application states he was shot in the head and through both thighs, Aat Augusta, Ga at war's end working for Major Willis of the QM Dept, Born 12/14/1842, Died 9/11/1921 in Whitfield county, Buried at West Hill Cemetery Henry H Bard - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Transferred to Co F 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Listed on rolls as "sick at hospital" from Novemebr 1863 - March 1864, No further record but we know he died during the war as his tombstone in the old Hamilton Presbyterian Cemetery in Dalton shows his birth/death dates as 1843-1864 Joseph C Barry - Enlisted 3/1/1862, WIA at Beverlys Ford, Va 8/23/1862, KIA at Sharpsburg, Md 9/17/1862, Shot through head and died instantly, Brother of John A Barry, Buried on the field where he fell John A Barry - Enlisted 7/25/1861, WIA at Spotsylvania 5/12/1864, Letter dated 6/5/1864 from Will Hamilton to John's sister Sallie states that "a cannonball struck him on the right side of the face, inflicting a painful though not severe wound", It turned out to be worse than Hamilton thought as the wound damaged the eye and kept him out of the rest of the war, A letter Barry wrote to his sister 12/27/1864 from an Augusta, Ga hospital notes that he has been discharged and will leave the next day for Richmond to rejoin his company, 1906 Roster Commission roll states that he lost the sight in his right eye and was retired to the Invalid Corps 1/14/1865, The final entry in his service record shows him captured at Greenville SC 5/23/1865 John Henry Bitting - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 2nd Sgt, Shown as 1st Sgt on October 1863 roll, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Brother of Nicholas Bitting, Born 4/15/1835, Died 9/18/1881 at Dalton, Buried at West Hill Cemetery Nicholas Bitting - Enlisted 5/28/1862, Last shown on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record, Brother of John H Bitting George J Blanton - Enlisted 6/11/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (hand), Captured at Sailors Creek, Va 4/6/1865 and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865 Jacob A Blanton - Enlisted 6/19/1861, WIA (left lung & shoulder) and captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/17/1862, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Born 11/5/1829 Ruthrford county, NC William M Bridges - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Last shown present on February 1863 roll BUT 1906 Roster Commission roll states that he was transferred to Co C, 39th Ga Infantry 11/10/1862, This entry probably should read 11/10/1863 since Legion records show he was paid on 9/1/1863, Records for 39th Ga Co C show him "present" on the March/April 1864 roll George E Brown - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Captured at Sharpsburg (no date given), Exchanged 10/17/1862, Shown present on February 1863 roll, No further record J J Broyles - Enlisted 5/8/1862, No further record Marcellus Franklin Broyles - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/1863, Sent to Chester, Pa hospital from Fort Delaware 7/19/1863 indicating that he may have been wounded, Sent to Point Lookout 10/4/1863, We know he was exchanged in early 1863 because he shows up on a Confederate clothing receipt record with the notation "par(oled) ex(changed) pris(oner), KIA 5/6/1864 at the Wilderness, Brother of Walter Long Broyles, Born 7/16/1837 in Anderson District, SC to Major Cain and Lucinda Nash Broyles Walter Long Broyles - Enlisted 6/19/1861, Died 11/13/1862 at Crumpton's Factory Hospital, Lynchburg, Va of pneumonia, Buried in Lynchburg City Cemetery but later removed (name shown in cemetery records as W L Boiles), Brother of Marcellus Franklin Broyles, Born 7/25/1832 to Major Cain and Lucinda Nash Broiles William A Bryant - Enlisted 8/16/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (back), Captured at Knoxville 12/3/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Exchanged 3/2/1865, No further record James J Byers - Enlisted 6/19/1861 as 1st Sgt, Promoted 2nd Lt 7/6/1862, Promoted 1st Lt 5/26/1863, Captured 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Letter on file from Lt Col Joseph Hamilton claims that Byers was a coward who let himself be captured, Imprisoned at Johnsons Island until 2/9/1864 when he was transferred to Point Lookout, Subsequently transferred to Fort Delaware 6/25/1864, Released 6/12/1865 John S Callahan - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Shown as drummer on 5/1/1862 roll, Last shown present on roll dated 8/31/1863, No further record, Postwar pension application states that he went blind in one eye and partially blind in the other from sunstroke and powder burns received at Chancellorsville in May of 1863, Born 7/6/1824 in Greenville, SC, Died 6/8/1908 in Whitfield county W H Callihan - No enlistment date shown, April 1862 roll shows "on furlough", No further record Willis M Carroll - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Absent sick much of 1862 & 1863, Died 12/26/1864 at Richmond GH #9 of pneumonia John F Carson - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Shown "present" on roll dated 11/1/1861, No further record Nathan Carter - Enlisted 6/19/1861, Discharged 12/20/1861 Reuben F Carter - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Transferred to Legion Cavalry Co D in late 1861 or early 1862 Thomas W Carter - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Shown "present" on roll dated 11/1/1861, No further record, High probability that this is an erroneous duplicate entry for William Thomas Carter William Thomas Carter - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Detailed to Division Signal Corps 10/10/1862, Shown "present" on May/June 1864 roll, Shown on Nov 1864 clothing receipt roll, No further record, Born 7/7/1842, Died in Texas at age 91, Buried at Kendrick Cemetery near Clyde, Texas Lyman A Chapman - Enlisted 4/2/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Shown as Sgt Major on Oct 1863 roll, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek, Released at Newport News, Va. 6/25/1865 Robert Thomas Cook - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as Captain, Promoted to Major of Infantry Battalion 7/1/1862, Promoted to Lt Colonel of Infantry Battalion 11/1/1862, KIA 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg, Buried at Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Dalton, Ga. William Cowan - Enlisted 6/19/1861, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md. A M Crow - Enlisted 6/19/1861, MWIA (thigh) 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg, Died 1/8/1863 J V Crow - Enlisted 3/1/1862, WIA 8/30/1862 at Second Manassas and disabled James C Currenton - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Died 6/25/1863 at Hugenot Springs hospital from chronic bronchitis, Death claim filed by his mother Sabra Charles C Davis - Enlisted 6/6/1861, Teamster, Discharged 5/20/1862 Frank J Davis - Enlisted 3/4/1862 WIA (thigh) 9/17/1862 at Sharpsburg, Md., WIA (leg) and captured at Gettysburg, No exchange record BUT he is shown as "present" on 1864 rolls, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek, Escaped from prison at Newport News and walked home, Born 11/24/1842 in Whitfield County, Ga., Died in Texas 9/5/1923, Buried at East Mount Cemetery in Greenville, Texas, Brother of John A Davis Hardy O Davis - Enlisted 7/27/1861, Shown sick on numerous rolls, Danville hospital roll shows him there with a gun shot wound 11/19/1863, 1864 rolls show him detailed as a nurse at Danville, Va hospital, Last shown on clothing receipt dated 12/22/1864, No further record John A Davis - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Died 10/16/1862 at Brucetown, Va. of disease, Buried in churchyard at Brucetown 7 miles from Winchester, Brother of Frank J Davis Warren Ransom Davis - Enlisted 5/8/1862, WIA (lost use of right arm) 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Discharged 6/1/1863, Born 1843, Died 1896 at Dalton, Buried at West Hill Cemetery Eben J Duckett - Enlisted 6/11/1861, "present" throughout war, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865 Samuel Dunn - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Absent sick throughout war Jennings Dye - Enlisted 10/1/1863, Shown AWOL on roll dated 1/14/1864, No further record S M Dyer - Enlisted 7/16/1861, Discharged 11/10/1861 due to poor health Adoniza B "Van" Edwards - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Initials change to AMV on June 1862 roll then change to AMVB on November 1862 roll, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Captured at Front Royal, Va. 8/16/1864 and imprisoned at Elmira, NY until released 6/27/1865, Brother of James F Edwards James F Edwards - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Discharged 10/29/1861, Pension application states he was shot in the wrist in the fall of 1861 while on picket duty in western Va., Born 8/1/1835, Died 11/08/1908 in Gordon County, Brother of A M "Van" Edwards John (or Joshua) M Edwards - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Last shown "present" on roll dated 1/14/1864, Death claim filed by relatives show his date of death as 5/12/1864, Location and cause not indicated, Casualty list for 5/6/1864 through 5/16/1864 in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer lists him as KIA confirming his death at Spotsylvania William R Edwards - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Shown "present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record Frank M Eldridge - Enlisted 6/27/1861, KIA at Fredericksburg, Va. 12/13/1862 Joseph C England - Enlisted 6/19/1861, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Furloughed home from Richmond GH#16 7/4/1863 to recover from typhoid, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion, WIA (left arm) 5/12/1864 at Spotsylvania, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/11/1865, Born 10/28/1835 in Burke county, NC James H Field - Enlisted 6/24/1861, Admitted to hospital 7/10/1864 with gun shot wound to left thigh, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865, Brother of William T Field William T Field - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as Corporal, Shown as 4th Sgt on June 1862 roll, Detailed as a druggist to Cannon Hospital in Dalton, Ga. 11/5/1862, Shown AWOL 2/6/1863, Shown detailed as hospital steward 8/10/1864, No further record, Brother of James H Field Jesse C Fincher - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Absent sick on all rolls after 1/14/1864, Captured at Jackson Hospital Richmond 4/3/1865, Released 5/23/1865 Francis "Frank" Marion Ford - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Died of disease 5/17/1862 at Camp Pritchard, SC J H G Freeman - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer shows him severely wounded between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864, Captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865 and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865 S V Gambrell - Enlisted 9/6/1861, Discharged for disability 5/20/1862 at Camp Pritchard, SC B Osgood Gambrell - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Appointed musician 5/1/1862, Admitted to Richmond GH#16 12/20/1862 with accidental gun shot wound, Furloughed home 2/12/1863, Shown home on furlough on roll dated 1/14/1864 then shown as retired to Invalid Corps 4/13/1864 BUT then shown "present" on rolls from March through August 1864, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox as V O Gambrell M Edward Gambrell - Enlisted 9/6/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Shown as 3rd Corporal on 1/14/1864 roll, Casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer shows him slightly wounded between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864, Received clothing in Nov 1864, No further record Charles Thomas Gary - Enlisted 8/16/1861, Received clothing 12/31/1864, No further record, Postwar pension application states he surrendered at Appomattox but he is not listed in the paroles, Witnesses testify that he was present when they were captured 4/6/1865 Darling P Glover - Enlisted 6/11/1861, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Death claim filed by adoptive father Darling P Blaylock of Tilton, Ga. Thomas W Griffin - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion May 1863, Shown at Lynchburg hospital 9/18/1863, Carried on rolls as absent - sick, Roll dated 12/4/1864 states "discharged on surgeon's certificate" Thomas Hamilton - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 2nd Lt, Promoted to 1st Lt 4/1/1862, Promoted to Captain 7/6/1862, Retired due to poor health 2/27/1865, Brother of William Hamilton, Born 11/12/1828 in Roane county, Tennessee, Postwar pension application states that he did not see active service after February 1863 due to severe spinal disease William Hamilton - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 3rd Sgt, Shown as 1st Sgt on May/June 1862 roll, Elected Jr 2nd Lt 10/18/1862, WIA (chest) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Promoted to 2nd Lt 5/26/1863, WIA (left arm) 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Johnsons Island until released 6/18/1865, Age at release 24, Brother of Thomas Hamilton A H Hammond - Enlisted 6/24/1861, "Absent - sick" on rolls until June 1862, No further record William Hamilton Harden - Enlisted 5/8/1862 but immediately transferred to Co A of the 6th Ga Cavalry 5/12/1862, Later transferred to Co F 65th Ga Infantry on 3/30/1863 Benjamin F Hawkins - Enlisted 8/16/1861, WIA at Chancellorsville per casualty list in 5/20/1863 Atlanta Southern Banner, Final entry on roll dated 1/14/1864 lists him as "absent in hospital", No further record James W Hawkins - Enlisted 7/6/1861, Captured 9/14/1861 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Roll dated 1/14/1864 shows him as "absent in hospital", No further record Robert Benjamin Headden - Enlisted 7/6/1861, Shown as 5th Sgt on May/June 1862 roll and 4th Sgt on roll dated 1/14/1864, WIA at Second Manassas, WIA (right hip) and captured 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Held at DeCamp Hospital on David's Island in New York Harbor, Paroled and exchanged 10/22/1863, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 Shadrack James Henderson - Enlisted 6/24/1861, Final entry on late 1862 roll shows him as AWOL 9/14/1862, No Federal POW records, Some possibility that he was KIA at Fox's Gap or may have died of disease or sunstroke on the march, No further record John H Henton (or Hinton) - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Born 2/2/1835, Died in Whitfield County in 12/10/1910, Buried at Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Oliver Sanford Higgins - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Appointed musician in Battalion's band 5/1/1862, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Age 78 in 1916 when he filed for a pension in St Clair county, Alabama, Died 1925 Marcus G "Gus" Hill - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as a Corporal, Shown as 3rd Sgt on May/June 1862 roll, WIA (both thighs) and captured at Sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/1862, Exchanged 10/17/1862, Promoted to 2nd Lt 6/12/1863, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Johnsons Island until released 6/18/1865, Age at release 29, Brother of William D Hill William D Hill - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 11/29/1863 at Knoxville, Tn and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/20/1865, Age at release 26, Brother of Marcus G Hill Ephraim Holland - Enlisted 8/6/1861, Appointed teamster 10/27/1861, On sick furlough Apr/May/June 1862, No further record, Born 1846, Died 1928, Buried at West Hill Cemetery John W Hooper - Enlisted 8/6/1861, WIA (finger amputated) in early May 1864, Received clothing 11/10/1864, No further record William J Hooper - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Last shown on roll dated 1/14/1864 as "absent in hospital", No further record J F Howell - Enlisted 7/13/1861, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Captured 7/6/1863 at Fairfield, Pa. and imprisoned at Point Lookout until exchanged 2/18/1865, No further record W Hubbard - No enlistment date shown, First shown on roll dated 1/14/1864 as "sick at hospital, Rolls for March-August 1864 list him as "absent - prisoner of war" but there are no Federal POW records for him, No further record J Frank B Jackson - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 1st Lt, Transferred to 39th Georgia Infantry as Lt Colonel 3/12/1862 Will W Jackson - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Transferred to 59th Georgia Infantry as Ordinance Sgt 7/24/1862 Thomas B Jolly - Enlisted 6/11/1861, WIA 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg, WIA (shot in arm, bayonetted in body) and captured 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Reported dead by Confederates, Wife Eliza filed death claim 8/14/1863, Imprisoned at Fort Delaware until transferred to Hammond hospital at Point Lookout 10/22/1863, Released from hospital 1/12/1864, Exchanged from Point Lookout 5/3/1864 and furloughed home, Recaptured 7/1/1864 at Dalton by Sherman's troops, Imprisoned at Louisville until sent to Camp Chase in Ohio 10/24/1864, Released 5/2/1865 and sent to New Orleans for exchange, Admitted to USGH #2 at Vicksburg with fever 5/12/1865, Released 5/23/1865, Shown as Town Marshall of Dalton in 1870 census, Age 42, 1880 census still shows him in Dalton and lists him as a disabled veteran, Moved to Jefferson County Alabama and died there 7/11/1893 C M Keith - Enlisted 9/18/1861, Shown at Winder hospital Richmond in Aug 1864, Roll for July/Aug 1864 shows him as "on sick furlough", No further record William L Kincannon - Enlisted 6/25/1861, Shown as wagonmaster 10/1/1861, Last shown on roll dated 1/14/1864 which shows him as a Commissary Sgt, No further record Eugene Terrill Kingsley - Enlisted 6/25/1861, Died 10/9/1861 at Meadow Bluff, Va (now W Va) from typhoid, Born 10/8/1842 in Anderson District, SC to Chester B and Emmaline Frances Broyles Kingsley, Buried at Mt Olivet Cemetery in Cohutta, Ga, Nephew of Marcellus and Walter Broyles W R Kirby - Enlisted 10/1/1862, Shown AWOL on 1/14/1864 roll, No further record Daniel Klein - Enlisted 6/27/1861, Shown as "absent detached service" on 1/14/1864 roll, Captured at Graysville, Ga 11/26/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island 12/13/1863, Transferred to Camp Douglas Illinois 1/25/1864 and enlists in U S Navy there on 2/5/1864 Joseph M Lane - Enlisted 8/16/1861, January 1865 roll shows him as home on furlough of indulgence, Deserts at home in March 1865, Takes Oath and sent north of the Ohio River F J Lewis - No enlistment date in record and not shown on rolls, Shown admitted to Petersburg hospital with gun shot wound to left leg, Furloughed on 9/15/1864, No further record James R Lockard - Enlists 9/3/1862, Captured at Strasburg 10/22/1864 and imprisoned at Point Lookout until exchanged 3/28/1865, No further record William M Lockard - Enlisted 6/24/1861, Shown as 1st Corporal on roll dated 1/14/1864, Casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer for 5/6/1864 through 5/16/1864 lists him as slightly wounded, Promoted 5th Sgt on 8/31/1864, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Alabama pension application of widow Maggie A Lockard says he died Oct 1889 in Jackson county Alabama Stephen Lynch - Enlisted 8/6/1861, Shown as a deserter on March/April 1864 roll and all rolls thereafter William Lynch - Enlisted 8/6/1861, Reported MIA at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862 and later declared KIA, Death claim filed by mother, Ann R Lynch Alexander W Lynn (or Linn) - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Age 21, May/June 1864 roll shows detached as Commissary Sgt, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Born 11/21/1844, Died 8/14/1898, Buried at West Hill Cemetery L M Lynn (or Linn) - No enlistment record and not shown on rolls, Admitted to Charlottesville hospital 8/14/1863, Died there 10/24/1863 from typhoid, Buried at University of Va Confederate Cemetery, Charlottesville Thomas Maguire - Enlisted 10/20/1863, Roll dated 1/14/1864 lists him as "AWOL", No further record John A Malloy - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Captured at Front Royal 8/16/1864, Took Oath in Nov 1864 and sent to Indiana John Mayfield - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Teamster, Shown AWOL on 1/14/1864 roll and all rolls thereafter, Captured at Fairmount, Ga 5/17/1864 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Enlists in US Army for frontier service 10/13/1864 John H Mercer - Enlisted 6/27/1861, Died at Winchester 11/3/1862 from dysentry, Death claim filed by father William A Mercer, Buried Stonewall Cemetery Winchester grave 889 as J H Merrier, Born in Walton county Ga 5/9/1838 John R Miller - Enlisted in April 1864 as a musician, Last present on roll dated 1/30/1865, Born 1846 in Ga., Died 3/22/1924 William O Milton - Enlisted 8/8/1861, Musician, Surrendered at Appomattox, Not shown on rolls prior to Sept/Oct 1863 so enlistment date may actually be 8/8/1863 James H Mitchell - Enlisted 2/24/1862, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Age 18, Death claim filed by father Thomas B Mitchell John F Mitchell Sr - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Not on rolls prior to Sept/Oct 1863 so actual enlistment date might be 3/4/1863, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Brother of Wiley P and Monroe Mitchell, Born 9/7/1817, Died 9/24/1891, Buried at Swamp Creek Cemetery in Whitfield county John F Mitchell Jr - Enlisted 6/24/1861 as teamster, Captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865 and held at Newport News until released 6/25/1865, Born 1/3/1843 at Springplace, Ga, Brother of Thomas M Mitchell Monroe Mitchell - Enlisted 5/8/1862, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Age 36, Death claim filed by mother Sarah Mitchell, Brother of Wiley P and J F Mitchell Sr Thomas M Mitchell - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Captured and paroled 4/8/1865, Age 19 in 1860 census, Kept a daily diary which details the movements of the Legion Infantry throughout the war, Brother of John F Mitchell Jr, Buried at West Hill Cemetery, No Date of death shown Washington F Mitchell - Enlisted 7/27/1861, Discharged overage (45) on 10/16/1862 BUT he must have remained with the Legion since Thomas M Mitchell's diary entry for 6/1/1863 states "my unkle W F Mitchell died today very suden in his wagon between old and new camp", It appears that he had remained with the Legion as a civilian teamster Wiley P Mitchell - Enlisted 2/24/1862, WIA & captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Shown "present" on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, No further record, Postwar pension application states that he hit in the hip and seriously injured at Fox's Gap so it is probable that he was sent home disabled in early 1863, Born in 1826, Died 4/14/1900, Buried in Mitchell Cemetery at Phelps John B Morris - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 2nd Lt, Age 35, Promoted to 1st Lt 7/6/1862, MWIA (in side seriously) at Chancellorsville 5/3/1863, Died 5/25/1863 at Richmond GH #4, Born in Ireland Andrew M Norris - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Appointed Legion Commisary Sgt 8/2/1861, Promoted Legion Capt ACS 10/18/1862, Transferred in August 1863 to Brigade Commisary Dept when Regimental Commisarys were abolished (AIG SO 189/4 dated 8/10/1863) James A O'Dell - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 2/20/1862 James Wesley O'Dell - Enlisted 7/29/1861, Shown AWOL on Sept/Oct 1863 roll, Deserted and took Oath of Allegiance at Chattanooga 3/5/1864, No further record William O'Dell - Enlisted 7/29/1861, "Present on 8/31/1861 roll, No further record Robert P O'Neill - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 4th Sgt, Transferred to Co F as 1st Sgt 4/10/1862, Shown as private on Jan/Feb 1863 and rolls thereafter, Remnant of Co F transferred to Co A late war, Surrenders 4/9/1865 at Appomattox as part of Co A David Owens - Enlisted 6/27/1861, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Deserted 12/14/1863, Took Oath of Allegiance 1/5/1864 and sent north of Ohio River Andrew Jackson Pittman - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Newport News on 4/14/1865, No record of release, Per postwar Alabama pension application of widow Mary Foster Jackson he died in Arkansas 9/22/1889 Charles H Quinn - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Shown as 1st Corporal on May/June 1862 roll, Captured in Maryland in September 1862, Paroled 9/20/1862 at Keedysville, Md, Promoted to Sgt in early 1863, KIA 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg Carl Franz August Rauschenberg - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Appointed Chief Musician 5/1/1862, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/24/1865, Born 7/7/1831 in Germany, Died in Atlanta 3/14/1911 Elijah T Reed - Enlisted 6/11/1861, KIA 9/17/1862 at Sharpsburg, Md, Death claim filed by widow Mary Reed Benjamin Lewis Richardson - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Shown wounded (back) at Richmond's Chimborazo hospital 10/23/1862, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox, Born 8/8/1841, Died 1929 David Richardson - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, KIA near Chattanooga 9/22/1863 Robert H Richardson - Enlisted 5/8/1862, WIA (left shoulder) 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., WIA (left hand) 11/29/1863 at Knoxville, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and Imprisoned at Newport News, No release date shown, Born 3/8/1843 in Jackson county David J Roberts - Enlisted 8/6/1861, teamster, Last shown "present on May/June 1864 roll, No further record J L Roberts - Enlisted 8/16/1861, Captured and paroled at Burkeville, Va between 4/14 and 4/17/1865 Henry A Robins - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek, Imprisoned at Newport News, Died there 7/15/1865 from typhoid, Brother of Samuel and William Robins Samuel H Robins - Enlisted 6/11/8161, WIA 5/6/1864 at the Wilderness, Shown at Danville hospital 7/23/1864 with wound to left knee, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/14/1865, Service record includes an entry stating that he died at Newport News on 7/15/1865 but this is known to be in error since he survived the war and later moved to Johnson county Arkansas in 1872, Born 4/11/1840 in Murray county, Ga., Brother of Henry and William Robins William Elias Robins - Enlisted 9/2/1862, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox, Brother of Henry and Samuel Robins H L Russell - Enlisted 6/26/1861, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox John W Samples - Enlisted 6/24/1861, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Shown as 4th Corporal on roll dated 1/14/1864, Captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865 and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865 Thomas J Sansom - Enlisted 4/2/1863, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Imprisoned at Rock Island, Enlists in U S Navy and sent to "Naval Rendevouz at Camp Douglas" Chicago, Illinois 2/5/1864, No further record Thomas J Shoemaker - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion May 1863, WIA (right side) at Chancellorsville 5/3/1863, Returned to duty 7/31/1863, Deserted near Petersburg 3/22/1865 William Simmons - Erroneous service record entry (not on muster rolls, hospital death record only), See William P Summers Augustus B Small - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 3rd Corporal, Shown as 2nd Corporal on May/June 1862 roll, Detailed for duty at Tunnel Hill hospital in Georgia late 1862, Transferred to ANV Staff as courier for General R E Lee 8/12/1863 Samuel Stinson - Enlisted 5/8/1862, MWIA (back) 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg, Died 1/5/1863 at Ford's Factory hospital, Lynchburg, Va from effects of wound and typhoid, Buried Lynchburg City Cemetery #9 in 2nd line lot 79, Death claim filed by widow Lucretia Hezekiah K Stone - Enlisted 7/25/1861, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865 Richard P Stone - Enlisted 6/24/1861, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md. William P Summers - Enlisted 7/24/1861, Died 11/1/1862 at Winchester, Cause not stated, Buried at Stoenwall Cemetery, Winchester, Gravestone reads "Died Oct 31, 1862 Born March 3, 1842, A promising and a good soldier, endeared to his Country and his Comrades", Death claim filed by father Thomas F Summers Ethelred Jordan Tarver - Enlisted 6/24/1861, MWIA (shoulder) 11/29/1863 and captured, Exchanged through lines and died shortly thereafter, Age 27 Robert Martin Tarver - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Captured 11/29/1863 at Knoxville and imprisoned at Rock Island, Took Oath 10/25/1864 and volunteered to join U S Army for frontier service but was rejected and released from prison, No further record, Born 10/9/1841, Died 3/12/1918, Buried at Dawnville Cemetery in Whitfield County Francis Marion Turner - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, WIA (hand) 5/3/1863 at Chancellorsville, Deserted near Petersburg 3/10/1865, Took Oath and sent north, Born 7/1/1838, Died 6/14/1906, Buried at Richardson Cemetery in Whitfield county Robert H Varnell - Enlisted 6/27/1861, Died 12/26/1862 at Howards Grove hospital Richmond from small pox William E Varnell - Enlisted 5/8/1862, WIA (shell fragment, right thigh) 7/2/1863 and captured at Gettysburg, At Chester Pa Federal hospital until sent to Point Lookout 10/2/1863, Sent to City Point for exchange 3/16/1864, WIA (right hip) at Cold Harbor early June 1864, Furloughed home for 40 days 7/15/1864, At Ocmulgee hospital Macon, Ga 11/7/1864 having trouble with old thigh wound, No further record, Born 1844 Jesse R Waters - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/1863 and held at Point Lookout until escaping 5/2/1864, At Petersburg hospital 6/12/1864, Sent to Raleigh, NC 6/14/1864, No further record Lyman P Wells - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Transferred to Commissary Staff 50th Ga Infantry 11/1/1862 Thomas P Wells - Enlisted 8/16/1861, Shown as 2nd Sgt on roll dated 1/14/1864, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Philetas Whitaker - Enlisted 5/17/1864, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and held at Newport News until released 6/25/1865 T F Whitaker - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox T F William - Enlisted 6/11/1861, "Promoted to hospital steward Phillips Legion", No further record Cincinnattus C Williams - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Last entry states "deserted 9/14/1862", No further record, No Federal POW or deserter records S Miller Willis - Enlisted 3/1/1862, Discharged 9/26/1862 Paschal Wilson - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Died 10/5/1861 at Ladies Relief hospital Lynchburg, Va of pneumonia, Buried Lynchburg City Cemetery #3 in 4th line lot 159 Henry C Worthy - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Captured at Port Republic 10/3/1864 and held at Point Lookout until released 5/13/1865 William Worthy - Enlisted 2/24/1862, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and held at Newport News until released 6/25/1865 J A Wright - Enlisted 2/12/1864, Age 19, July/Aug 1864 roll shows him on wounded furlough, Furloughed from Stuart hospital Richmond 8/23/1864, Captured 5/18/1865 at Hartwell, Ga