GEORGIA MILITARY CIVIL WAR 9th Battalion Company C Columbus Rebels Artillery ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Barry Colbaugh bcolbaugh@meagpower.org Muster Rolls of the Ninth Battalion Georgia Artillery Company C. Columbus Rebels 9th battalion Georgia Artillery Roll copied from Haddocks Directory In service April 1862. George W. Atkinson – 1st Lieutenant March 18th 1861. Captured at the Cheat River bridge , West Virginia July 13 1861. Exchanged at Beverly West Virginia July 16, 1861 Resigned 1st Georgia Infantry Company B September 2nd 1861 Elected Captain of Company C 9th Ga. Artillery Appointed April 1st 1862. Resigned to join the rank of private June 20th 1863. Discharged by substitution. Enlisted as a private in Company E 5th Georgia State Guards Infantry August 1st 1863. Thomas O. Douglas – Lieutenant Appointed April 1st 1862 Resigned on May 1st 1863 on account of physical disability. Andrew M Wolihin - Lieutenant Appointed April 1st 1862 and later Captain Appointed June 20th 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse Peter L Key – 2nd Lieutenant Appointed April 1st 1862 Lieutenant Appointed June 20th 1863 Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse William E. Ridenhour –promoted to Sergeant major in 1862 2nd Lieutenant and Adjutant Appointed July 9th 1863 Died Oct 24th 1863 at Hice Hospital in Ringgold Ga. of typhoid fever. Manly W. Ford - 2nd Lieutenant Appointed July 9th 1863 William W. Hall – 3rd Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant Appointed January 1st 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse Adams James M Adams Lyman Allen Matthew – Corporal Allen John – Died in 1863 Allums Augustus Allums Frank Baker Charles Baker Charles W - Corporal Barfield Stephen – private March 8 1865 Surrendered in Appomattox Va April 9th 1865 Barker John Barker John F – Corporal Dead Barker W H Barnes Benjamin F Barnes Josephus - Atlanta Southern Confederacy, April 7th 1863, page 1. Arrest the deserters. Below is a list of the 9th Georgia Battalion Artillery For the apprehension and delivery of said deserters at any military post, and upon notification thereof the general reward of $30 will be paid. A Leyden Maj. Commanding 9th Ga. Bn. Arty Age 19 Years, Height 5’ 6”, fair complexion, black eyes, black hair, Enlisted in Atlanta, Occupation, book binder Residence Richmond County, Ga. Said to belong to the 5th Ga. Regiment but mustered into service by Lt. William Barnes in Atlanta as a recruit and received bounty. Beers Edward C Bennett Alfred Boyd John L – Lieutenant Boyd V H Bozeman Robert J – Discharged on account of disability Bozeman William A – Discharged by order of President Davis Brick William F Brittan Benjamin F Broadway James Brock F A Brock W H Brooks Jordan C – Died in 1862 Brown John F – Discharged on account of disability Bryant William H Bussey Hezekiah – Died in 1863 Bussey Jesse F – 5th Sergeant Promoted to 1st Sergeant Surrendered Appomattox Courthouse. Cargill John S – 2nd Sergeant, promoted to 1st Sergeant in May 1863 afterwards Adjutant to General Clark Stephen P C – deserted in September of 1862 Conley Luke – Corporal Consford John T Crawford David Crawford J C Crawford Jason M – Prisoner East Tennessee Crawley John T – detailed in Government works in Columbus Crye James J - His first enlistment consists of five cards, stating he enlisted in Columbus, GA April 1, 1862 for three years. Born in NC, height 5ft 6in, with black hair, and black eyes with dark complexion. He was a farmer weighing 135 pounds, age 34. April/May roll call he is listed as present and charged a tailor bill for his uniform, costing $18.00. June 10, 1862 he is listed with a Bounty Payroll card paying $50.00 and he is present, May & June 1862 he is listed as present last paid by H.T. Massingale. Remarks say he died May 21, 1862. Index to GA pensioners states, James Crye, served Co C 9th Battn GA ART, see Francis Spinks, wd of, Marion Co. GA. (William Spinks married Francis Reddock Crye 10/26/1865 in Marion Co. GA..) Originally, I listed him as the son of David and Holly Elizabeth Tuck from Cumberland Co. TN, David being the son of Sarah Hagan & William Crye. However, this appears to be the son of David and Holly ??? Crye found in Talbot Co. GA, Louisiana, and Scott Co. MS. Cunningham J W Dale Abel P Dickson William Duffield William C – Corporal Ferguson Nathaniel C – Promoted to Sergeant in 1863 buried Etowah or Marshall County Foran Patrick – 5th Sergeant Ford Manley W – promoted to 3rd Lieutenant in 1863 and resigned Fortner William H - Atlanta Southern Confederacy, April 7th 1863, page 1. Arrest the deserters. Below is a list of the 9th Georgia Battalion Artillery for the apprehension and delivery of said deserters at any military post, and upon notification thereof the general reward of $30 will be paid. A Leyden Maj. Commanding 9th Ga. Bn. Arty Age 18 Years, Height 5’2” ,light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, Enlisted in Columbus, Occupation farmer Residence Butler County, Ala. Foster Joseph M Foster Noah H Foster Robert Foster William A Fussell/Fassell Jacob A – Corporal Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse Fussell John J Gay John W – Private June 27 1861 Discharged by disability at Richmond, Virginia November 4th 1861 Enlisted in Company C April 1 1862 Roll for February 29 1864 Shows him present No later Record. Gay Napoleon B Gilbert Matthew C – discharged by substitution in 1863 Grant John J Hellings John P – 4th Sergeant ,Elected 2nd Lieutenant. Mustered out of Augusta Ga. May 18 1862 as a private in Company C. With General Breckenridge’s Division 29 February to Aug 23rd 1864 Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse Henderson Anthony F – Corporal Henderson John Henderson William M Higdon Tapley M Hill William J Holt Elias J Hudson A Berry - dead Hudson Robert Jenkins James M Johnson John A Keeling Leonard W Landers John – Promoted to Corporal Discharged 1863 Lassiter William Thomas Lawrence James P Lee Michael H – Discharged by substitution in 1863 Leggett Martin Lewis James F Littleton James R Lowalt John Lynn Riley G –Wounded in hand discharged Mann Allen Mann Edward Mann James W – Discharged from disability in 1863 Matthews Leva Paul McElrath James – Sergeant- Received at Washington D C A Confederate Deserter where he took and oath of allegiance to the U. S. Governent and was furnished transportation to New Orleans LA. McElrath William McGinty George W Meyers John Miller John W Miller N W Moon D J – Died May 1864 buried at Lynchburg Cemetery Virginia Records Indicate May 27 1864 body was removed and sent to Atlanta, Ga. Died at Milllers, Morgan George M – Promoted to Corporal in 1863 Morgan Thomas J Morgan William H Murphy Matthew H – Corporal, Promoted to Sergeant, one of the bravest and most effective gunners in the battalion Nelson James O’Neil John Odom Leander – Corporal promoted in 1864 Odom William – Transferred to the 46th Georgia Regiment Ortez Joaquin A Oswalt Joseph/James – Died in 1862 Pate Benjamin Pierce Rickerson A Posey David M – Sergeant promoted in 1864 Powell Robert N Powell William Powell Rueben – Disabled by wound in hand and discharged Pressley William M Price George W Reagan William M – Deserted in 1862 Reeves Wiley N Russell James M – Paroled at Appomattox Russell Jonas D – Captured at Macon Ga. April 20 1865 by the First Brigade 2nd Cavalry Division, dead Sanderlin James H Sanderlin R R – Killed at Jeffersonville Virginia in 1863 Short John Robert – Promoted to Lieutenant in 1865 P.O.W. Farmville, Va. Virginia Short Thomas P Sikes Richard – Died in 1862 Sikes Benjamin G – Captured at Knoxville, Tenn. June 20th 1863 Sizemore Enoch Smith Andrew J Smith George A B – 1st Sergeant Discharged in May 1863 by Substitution. Smith Thomas J Smith William B Sperling Aaron Stanford Jesse Sauersalt John Tilley John Tolson William Tooke William S Tomberlin George W – Discharged on account of disability Turnage Joseph W Turnage Larkin S Turnage Thomas F Wallace John C – Corporal Wallace P B Wallace Thomas B – died in 1864 Walls Bradford C – died in 1863 Walls George Walls James Washington William H – on list of Men Signing “Confederate Hall” Register at the Cotton State Exposition indicating service with the Confederate States of America by Elizabeth Buzzett Atlanta Chapter 18 UDC Webb William H – Discharged by substitution in 1863 Weldon John F – died in 1862 White Radford W – Sergeant, promoted in 1863 Williams James M- Corporal, promoted to Sergeant in 1864 Williams William M Williamson William S Willis Elijah J Wood Andrew J – Born 1841 and Died 1928 buried Confederate Cemetery off Marietta Square Cobb County, Ga. Young Thomas Nathan Not from history of Columbus Georgia 1827-1865 By John H. Martin pages 150-153 Military Companies, Notes also say The following is an imperfect roll of the company as it is given wholly by front memory by an active member of the company. Broadfoot – Georgia Troops Artillery Microfilms at State Archives by BLC