Muster Roll of Company G, 23rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee (CSA) MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY G, 23d REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA CHEROKEE FIELD GUARDS Sharp, John James Augustus-Captain August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862 . Elected Major December 15, 1863 ; Lieutenant Colonel August 13,1864 . Wounded at Bentonville, N.C. March 21,1865 . Reinhart, Nathaniel F.-1st Lieutenant August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862 . Died of wounds at Richmond, Va. May 31,1862 . Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Grist, Benjamin A.-2d Lieutenant August 31, 1861 . Elected 1st Lieutenant May 31,1862 . Resigned, disability, November 28,1862 . Moss, Theodore T.-Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 31, 1861 . Elected 1st Lieutenant November 28, 1862 . Captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3,1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23, 1863 . Killed at Weldon Railroad, Va. August 19,1864 . Moore, W. N.-1st Sergeant August 31, 1861 . Absent without leave, in Georgia, February 1,1862 . No later record. Brooke, W. J.-2d Sergeant. August 31, 1861 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieu- tenant November 28, 1862 . Captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Exchanged May 18, 1863 . Killed at Weldon Railroad, Va. August 19,1864 . Pinson, A. J.- 3d Sergeant August 31, 1861 . Discharged, dis- ability, Yorktown, Va. February 27, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 43d Regiment Ga. Inf. July 8,1862 . Roll dated December 31, 1863 , last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later record. Reinhard, J. H.-4th Sergeant August 31, 1861 . On detail duty in Richmond, Va. hospital May 7, 1863 -April 30, 1864 . No later record. Hunnicutt, J. R.-1st Corporal August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. and sent to hospital February 20, 1864 . Roll for April 30,1864 , last on file, shows him absent, wounded. No later record. Greer, John L. E.-2d Corporal August 31, 1861 . Died of chronic diarrhoea in General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., August 18,1862 . Hawkins, E. S -3d Corporal August 31, 1861 . Died in Lynchburg, Va. hospital November 23, 1862 . Buried there in Confederate Ceme- tery. No.1,1st Line, Lot 100 - Candler's Factory. Sharp, C. C.-4th Corporal August 31,1861 . Elected 2d Lieutenant December 1862 ; Captain. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . Anderson, John- private August 31, 1861 . Died of typhoid fever in Farmville, Va. hospital June 27,1862 . Buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va. Arwood, W. P.- private August 31,1861 . Detailed Commissary Sergeant December 20,1861 . Died in Yorktown, Va. in 1862 . Barrett, John A.- private August 31, 1861 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , shows him present. No later record. Bates, John C.- private August 31, 1861 . Transferred to Cavalry October 7,1863 . Not found on rolls of any Cavalry organization from Georgia. Bates, M. S.- private August 31, 1861 . Discharged, disability, June 28,1862 . Beam, Thomas (or Bean)- private August 31,1861 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . Bell, John- private August 31,1861 . Appointed 3d Sergeant February 27,1862 . Killed at Drewry's Bluff, Va. May 16,1864 . Bishop, William M.- private August 31,1861 . Wounded at Ben- tonville, N. C. March 18,1865 . Paroled at General Hospital, Thomas- ville, N. C. May 1,1865 . (Born in North Carolina June 14,1826.) Black, Harrison- private August 31,1861 . Wounded and disabled at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862 . Retired to Invalid Corps January 7,1865 . Assigned to duty with Post Surgeon at Chester, S. C. March 14,1865 . No later record. Brooke, Elijah N.- private March 5,1862 . Wounded at Sharps- burg, Md. September 17,1862 . Captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3,1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23,1863 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . Brooke, N. C.- private November 1,1863 . Killed at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20,1864 . Brown, George W.- private August 31,1861 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Burgess, John- private August 31,1861 . Killed at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20,1864 . urrell, S. H.- private August 21,1863 . Roll for April 30,1864 , shows him present. No later record. Byrd, Thomas M.- private September 8,1861 . Captured at Chancel- lorsville, Va. May 3,1863 . Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. May 1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23,1863 . Wounded August 30,1863 ; Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20,1864 . Byrd, William D.- private September 8, 1861 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. and sent to hospital February 20,1864 . No later record. Cagle, George W.- private August 31,1861 . Wounded at Seven Pines, Va. May 31,1862 . Died of wounds in Richmond, Va. hospital June 27,1862 . Cagle, Leonard- private February 1862 . Died in General Hospital #13, at Richmond, Va. May 23,1863 . Carver, J. T.- private March 1,1864 . Killed at Bentonville, N. C. March 18,1865 . Chamblee, James- private August 31, 1861 . Surrendered, Greens- boro, N. C. April 26,1865 . Chamblee, John- private August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. and sent to hospital February 20,1864 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him absent, wounded. No later record. Coker, S. L.- private February 22,1862 . Wounded in arm at Peters- burg, Va. June 9,1864 . Pension records show gangrene developed and he was furloughed home August 5, 1864 . Unable to return to command. (Born in Georgia in 1845 or 1846.) Cole, Landy- private August 31, 1861 . Discharged at Richmond, Va. in 1861 . Coley, Montwell P.- private August 31, 1861 . Discharged at York- town, Va. January 2,1862 . Collier, J. C.- private August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20, 1864 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Collier, J. L.- private August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20, 1864 . Appears on list of men who were cut off from their commands and who were paroled at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 . (Born in Spartanburg District, S. C. in 1842.) Crossnow, Nathaniel- private February 18, 1864 . Appointed Corpo- ral. Paroled at Hartwell, Ga. May 19,1865 . Day, Benjamin- private August 31, 1861 . Transferred to Co. F. Roll for April 30,1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Day, Manon Austin (or Manning Austin)- private August 31,1861 . Wounded in 1864 . Sent to hospital March 10, 1864 . Captured and paroled at Greenville, S. C. May 24,1865 . Dickson, S. R.- private August 31,1861 . Discharged December 231861 . Drew, Willoughby- private April 17, 1864 . Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 30, 1864 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and joined U. S. forces at Point Lookout, Md. October 14,1864 . Echols, W. R.- private August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Weldon Railroad, Va. August 19,1864 . Edwards, Alfred- private October 9, 1861 . Appointed 1st Sergeant February 1862 . Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862 . Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 30, 1864 . Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. March 17, 1865 . Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, March 19, 1865 . No later record. (Born in Georgia.) Edwards, Henry Harrison- private August 31" 1861 . Transferred to Co. D, 28th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 3, 1861 . Received pay August 23, 1864 . No later record. (Born in Cherokee County, Ga. June 30th. Died at Ball Ground, Ga. January 26,1931.) Edwards, R. S.- private August 31, 1861 . Roll far April 30,1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Evans, L. M.- private August 31, 1861 . Appointed Musician. On detail duty in Richmond, Va. hospital March 28,1863 -April 30,1864 . No later record. Figins, Francis M. (or Figgins)- private August 31, 1861 . Died of typhoid fever in General Hospital at Danville, Va. July 16, 1862 . Figins, J. M. (or Figgins)- private August 31, 1861 . Died of typhoid pneumonia in General Hospital at Mount Jackson, Va. November 29, 1862 . Buried in Mount Jackson Cemetery, Shenandoah County, Va. Garner, R. E. M.- private August 31, 1861 . Appointed Regimental Musician. Roll for April 30,1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Garrett, Joseph- private April 20, 1864 . Deserted at Drewry's Bluff, Va. May 16, 1864 . Received at Louisville, Ky., a Confed- erate deserter, August 15, 1864 ; took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government there and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war August 27,1864 . Heard, W. T.- private August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20,1864 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . Henson, John A.- private March 1,1863 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. and sent to hospital February 20, 1864 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him absent, wounded. No later record. Henson, John Henry- private August 31, 1861 . Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1863 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20, 1864 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. Pension records, show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . (Born in Georgia December 14, 1837. Died in Bartow County, Ga. in 1926.) Henson, W. T.- private August 31, 1861 . Accidentally killed by at Kinston, N. C. June 16,1863 . Hill, T W.- private August 31, 1861 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . Hudson, J. M. (or Hutson)- private August 31, 1861 . Captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23,1863 . No later record. Huff, W. D.- private August 31,1861 . Discharged October 31,1861 . Humphreys, C. C. (or Humphries)- private March 1, 1863 . Cap- tured and paroled at Greenville, S. C. May 24,1865 . Humphreys, Frank (or Humphries)- private August 31, 1861 . Captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23, 1863 . Killed at Petersburg, Va. June 1864 . Humphreys, Jesse (or Humphries)- private March 1, 1862 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. Captured and paroled at Hartwell, Ga. May 18,1865 . Humphreys, J. M. (or Humphries)- private August 31, 1861 . Ap- pears last on roll for October 31,1861 . Humphreys, L. H. (or Humphries)- private August 31,1861 . Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862 . Humphreys, W. C. (or Humphries)- private August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. and sent to hospital February 20, 1864 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him absent, wounded. No later record. Hunnicutt, G. W.- private December 10, 1863 . Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 3, 1864 . Discharged in 1864 . Elected Captain of Co. B,1st Regiment Ga. State Troops Cavalry in 1864 . (Command not identified.) Paroled at Kingston, Ga. May 12,1865 . Huson, J. A. (or Hewson)- private March 1, 1863 . Died at Rich- mond, Va. July 23,1862 . Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Jordan, Noah- private October 21,1861 . Discharged at James Island, S. C. November 10,1863 . Keeter, A. N.- private September 24, 1861 . Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862 . Died of wounds September 20,1862 . Kitchens, James T.- private April 7, 1862 . Captured at Chan- cellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. May 1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23, 1863 . Absent without leave November 21,1863 -April 30,1864 . No later record. Kitchens, W. T.- private August 31, 1861 . Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Knox, John B.- private August 31, 1861 . Wounded at Fort Harri- son, Va. September 29,1864 . Knox, Willis Truman- private August 31, 1861 . Appointed 5th Sergeant December 1861 . Discharged at Yorktown, Va. January 1862 . Lewis, Andrew- private August 31, 1861 . Received pay November 3, 1864 . No later record. Low, James W.- private August 31, 1861 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Lowrey, William John- private August 31, 1861 . Captured at Salisbury, N. C. April 12, 1865 . Released at Camp Chase, O. June 13,1865 . Massengale, Robert- private August 31, 1861 . Took oath of alle- giance to U. S. Govt. at Bermuda Hundred, Va. and furnished transportation to Cincinnati, O. November 22,1864 . Massey, J. E.- private January 29, 1864 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20, 1864 . Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. with chronic diarrhoea September 5, 1864 . Furloughed for 30 days September 15,1864 . No later record. McClure, James M.- private August 23, 1862 . Captured at Chan- cellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23, 1863 . Pension records show he was sent to Richmond, Va. hospital November 1864 . Sent home on furlough December 1864. Enlisted in Co. E, Baker's Regiment Ga. Militia in 1864 . Surrendered at Kingston, Ga. May 12,1865 . (Born in Cobb County, Ga. in 1840.) McClure, W. A.- private November 8, 1861 . Appointed 3d Corporal November 1862 . Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 30, 1864 . Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. January 17, 1865 . Received at Boul- ware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, January 21,1865 . No later record. McClure, W. R.- private March 1862 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865 . McCollum, J. M.- private August 31,1861 . Died at Yorktown, Va. February 27,1862 . McKinney, Robert C.- private August 31,1861 . Appointed Cap- tain and Assistant Quartermaster March 15,1862 . With Ordnance Train,2d Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, March 30,1865 . No later record. Morris, W. B.- private August 31,1861 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. June 17,1864 . Transferred from Point Lookout, Md. to Elmira, N. Y. where he was released May 13,1865 . Nations, James- private August 31,1861 . Appointed 2d Sergeant November 28,1862 . Furloughed for 60 days to his home in Georgia March 4,1864 . No later record. Pharr, A. O.- private August 31, 1861 . Discharged,disability, February 3,1862 . Died at Bristol, Va., en route home, in 1862 . Pierce, R. S.- private October 9,1861 . Died at Yorktown, Va. January 2, 1862 . Pitman, John D.- private August 31,1861 . Captured at Chancel- lorsville, Va. May 3,1863 . Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. May 1863 . Received at City Point, Va. for exchange May 23,1863 . Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 3,1864 . Pitman, W. A.- private August 31,1861 . Died at Yorktown, Va. December 31,1861 . Prater, Thomas F.- private August 31,1861 . Killed at Seven Pines, Va. May 31,1862 . (Born in 1844.) Pugh, Isaac G. C.(or Isaac J. C.)- private August 31,1861 . Dis- charged, disability, at Richmond, Va. October 5,1862 . Pugh, James W.- private August 31,1861 . Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862 . Pugh, John H.- private August 31,1861 . Died at Yorktown, Va. December 23,1861 . Reeves, John- private August 31, 1861 . Died of typhoid fever in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. August 3,1864 . Riggins, James M. private August 31, 1861 . Discharged, dis- ability, at Yorktown, Va. February 20,1862 . Shettleworth, Wiley- private August 31,1861 . Detailed for hospi- tal duty at Richmond, Va. March 28,1863 , and furloughed from said hospital June 14,1863 . No later record. Sisk, A. W.- private August 31,1861 . Killed at Seven Pines, Va. May 31,1862 . Smith, James W.- private August 31,1861 . Died at Yorktown, Va. December 27,1861 . Stegall, J. B.- private August 31,1861 . Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862 . Buried there on battlefield. Tesanier, J. G. B.(or Tesaneer)-- private February 28,1862 . Rolls dated April 30,1864 , last on file, shows he was "Dropped from rolls for continued absence without leave, not 24 months." Tesanier, N. (or Tesaneer)- private August 31, 1861 . Died March 25,1862 . Thomas, M. H.- private August 31,1861 . Died at Richmond, Va. August 2,1862 . Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Thomas, W. G.- private August 1,1863 . Roll for April 30,1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Timmons, James P.- private August 31,1861 . Died at Yorktown, Va. April 15,1862 . Timmons, William D.- private September 8,1861 . Discharged, dis- ability, at Yorktown, Va. January 2,1862 . Tolbert, B. J.- private August 31,1861 . Roll for April 30,1864 , last on file, shows him present. Captured and paroled at Ander- sonville, S. C. May 3,1865 . Tolbert, E. N.- private September 15,1861 . Died in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Va. August 3,1862 . Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No.6,2d Line, Lot 162- Booker's Factory. Tolbert, Harmon Santford- private August 31,1861 . Elected 1st Lieutenant August 1864 . Captured and paroled at Hartwell, Ga. May 18,1865 . Tolbert, Josiah- private August 31,1861 . Captured at Chancellors- ville, Va. May 3,1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23, 1863 . Wounded in 1865 . In Goldsboro, N. C. hospital close of war. Tolbert, J. E. P.- private October 21,1861 . Appointed 2d Corporal August 18,1862 . Received pay August 31,1864 . No later record. Walker, J. J.- private August 31, 1861 . Admitted to General Hospital #9, at Richmond, Va. June 13,1864 , and sent to Jackson Hospital there June 14,1864 . Wounded in eye, resulting in los€s of sight, at Petersburg, Va. June 30,1864 . (Resident of Georgia since January 1,1850.) Waters, M. H.- private August 31,1861 . Appointed 1st Corporal in 1862 . Deserted. Captured at Bermuda Hundred, Va., a Con- federate deserter, November 22,1864 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Washington, D. C. and furnished transportation to Cincinnati,0. November 25,1864 . Wheeler, H. J.- private September 8,1861 . Appointed 4th Corporal December 1862 . Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. and sent ta hospital February 20,1864 . Furlughed far 30 days from Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. Returned to duty January 25,1865 . No later record. Wheeler, W. W.- private August 21,1863 . Died of chronic diar- rhoea in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. August 12,1864 . Whelchel, W. A.- private August 31,1861 . Killed at Bentonville, N. C. March 18,1865 . Wiley, Thomas A.- private August 31,1861 . Died of pneumonia in Chimborazo Hospital #1, at Richmond, Va. April 22,1862 . Wilson, Orvin- private September 8, 1861 . Wounded at Weldon Railroad, Va. August 19,1864 . Wilson, William B.- private February 15, 1862 . Discharged, disabil- ity, May 17, 1862 . Enlisted in Marine Corps, Savannah Station, March 25, 1863 . Transferred ta Richmond, Va. March or April 1863 , and back to Savannah Station on S. S. Savannah June 30,1863 . On duty there September . 30,1864 . No later record. Wilson, William Riley- private August 31, 1861 . Appointed 5th Sergeant January 1862 . Captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Exchanged at City Point, Va. May 23, 1863 . Wounded at Dewry's Bluff, Va. May 16, 1864 . Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va., wounded in neck and ankle, May 16, 1864 . Transferred to Columbia, S. C. hospital May 27, 1864 . Pension records show he was at home, wounded, close of war. (Born in Forsyth Conty, Ga. November 11,1835.) Wilson, W. N. (or W. M.)- private August 31, 1861 . Absent with- out leave November 21,1863 -April 30,1864 . No later record. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. 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