MILITARY CIVIL WAR - Pruden's Battery Artillery (State Troops) ***************** 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: Ray Fincham http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/index.html Visit this site for more information about regiments from Georgia Pruden's Battery Artillery (State Troops) note: A Battery is a grouping of artillery pieces for tactical purposes. In the Civil War it was a an artillery unit roughly equivalent to a company in size. They may have had numerous cannons or just 3 or 4. H.H. Pruden July 1864 in Prudens Independent Battalion, Capers Battalion at Milledgeville, Ga. Johnsons' Army of Confederate Army W.H. Pruden, Capt (from a Pension) Capt. Pruden in Command of Battery and Maj. Caper Command of Battalion when we were with them. Pruden Battery was an independent one. At the latter part of the war our battery passed through the Georgia Campaign, crossed over from Savannah into Carolina and camped for a while at Agusta. [sic] We then returned to Millidgville [sic] just before Shermans march to the sea, about this time I obtained a furlough and went home, on my return to the Command at Milledgville I learned at Macon that General Lee had surrendered, there were several of the Command with me at the time and in about two weeks thereafter we were ordered to Macon where we were parolled by the United States Government, I do not now remember whether or not Mr. T. T. Hardee with us or not, or whether he was with the rest of the command at Milledgville. E. H. Thornton Source: Pension application http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/gulf/military/pensions/h6300001.txt Roster (Surnames) First Name Last Name Rank_In Rank_Out A.T. Acree Private J.M. Adair Private M. Arnold Private M.T. Ashurst Private H. C. Bailey Private B. F. Bairfield Private Private B. Balcom Private B. Balkcom Private Private James Barbree Private B. F. Barfield Private W. A. Bass Private J. R. Beard Private Private James R. Beard Private John I. Beard Private Private John J. Beard Private Private Joseph K. Beard Private Private William Blow Private W. P. Bonner Private S. E. Bothwell Corporal R. B. Bowden Private B. F. Brake Private NOTE: Benjamin Franklin Brake (1821-1878) Memory Hill Cemetery - Milledgeville, GA J. S. Briscoe Private O.V. Brown Private R.M. Bryant Private J. H. Bullard Private J. W. Burnett Private L. T. Camerin Private W. H. Carithers Private D. A. Carroll Private W. H. Caruthers Private S. G. Chandler Private Wm. Childers Private N. T. Christian Private J. J. Clemens Private Private J. D. Cofer Private E. F. Collins Private NOTE: Enoch F. Collins Taylor Co Burial:Prosperity Primitive Baptist Cemetary. E. T. Collins Private W.M. Cothrain Corporal W.M. Cothrane Corporal O.C. Couch Private O.E. Couch Private R.V. Cox Corporal L.Z. Crawford Private D. E. Cumming Private Private D. E. Cummings Private Private D. Curry Private J.W. Daniel Private C.K. Davenport Private W.H.C. Davenport Private Algerman A. Denhan Private Private J. T. Dennis Corporal C. K. Devenport Private W. H. C. Devenport Private P. Doris First Sergeant Orderly Sergeant J. A. Dortic Second Lieutenant J.M. Dugger Private NOTE: James M. Dugger. Physician. Taylor County Burial: Crowell Cemetery (1819-1878) A.A. Dunham Private W.F. Durden Private W.F. Durdon Private Z.J. Edmondson Private G.T. Edmonson Private W.F. Engram Private B. Eskew Private H.S. Feagin Corporal B.F. Finney Private W. C. Garner Private R. Gause Private J. H. Gilbert Private Private A. Goolsby Private J.L. Gow First Lieutenant T.R. Grace Private W.M. Gray Private G.P. Green Second Lieutenant F.R. Greiner Private J.L. Grice Orderly Sergeant S.J. Griffith Private Thomas Grimes Private J.A. Hamilton Private T.T. Hardee Private Private Thom T. Hardee Private Private NOTE: Thomas T. Hardee -Pension http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/gulf/military/pensions/h6300001.txt W. Harold Private W. Harrel Private R.R. Harris Private Sidney Hatcher Private P. Hawkins Private R.C. Higgins Private Sergeant J.N. Holland Corporal George R. Holloway Private J.H. Holsey Private R.O. Holton Private J.M. Holtzclaw Private A.M. Housely Private George F. Hudson Private J.W. Hudson Corporal R.C. Humber Private A.H. Jackson Private Sergeant C.B. Jenkins Private W.H. Jenkins Private J.T. Jester Private Sergeant C.R. Jinkins Private W.H. Jinkins Private J.I. Johnson Private N.T. Johnson Private Q.J. Johnson Private W.T. Johnson Private H.T. Jordan Private John P. Key Private William King Private T.G. Lanson Private C.T. Lathrop Private T.G. Lawson Private W. Layfield Private W. Lynch Private S.W. Lynes Private W. Maddox Private W.B. Marchman Private H. McCrary Private W.H. McCrary Private Private William H. McCreary Private Private James McElroy Private James McLeroy Private A. Mearns Private W. Medlin Private T. Mell Private T. Meriwether Private J.T. Miller Quartermaster Sergeant C. C. Mitchell Private R. Montford Private R. Montfort Private John Moore Private B.F. Mosely Private Second Lieutenant A. Murrain Private P H Norris Private Private S J Norris Private H.G. Northern Private J.T. O'Neil Private J.T. Oneal Private J.W. Orr Corporal Second Lieutenant James Parsons Private J. W. M. Peacock Sergeant First Sergeant T. Pearson Private T. J. Peddy Private A. C. Phillips Private A. C. Picquet First Lieutenant First Lieutenant A. D. Picquet First Lieutenant T. Pierson Private F.C. Posey Private J. Powell Private W.H. Pruden Captain H. P. Quinn Private Private D. Ray Private Private David Reed Private G.F. Rhodes Private John Rhodes Private W.P. Rhodes Private J. N. P. Roberson Corporal W. A. Roberson Private D. Roberts Private G. M. Roberts Private J.N.P. Robinson Corporal W. A. Robinson Private William Rogers Private H. F. Rooker Private H. Rose Private W.A.N. Royal Private W.A.H. Royall Private F.S. Rucker Private Orderly Sergeant H.T. Rucker Private J.J. Sammons Private Benjamin Sanford Private T.G. Sanford Private Private T.J. Saxon Private T.J. Saxson Private T. Shell Private H. W. Shephard Private Private Hudson W. Sheppard Private Private J. K. Sheron Sergeant H. A. Sibley Private A. D. Singer Private Private S. M. Singer Private Private A. Singleton Private D. T. Singleton Private B. R. Smith Private J. F. Smith Private R. J. Smith Private Thomas Smith Private Private W. T. Smith Private Z. Smith Private J.H. Spivey Private W.S. Spivey Private J.H. Spivy Private W.S. Spivy Private C.P. Stewart Private Corporal J.J. Strange Private E.T. Streetman Private J.S. Stubbs Private J.W. Sutton Private William Sutton Private T. Tharpe Corporal Simeon Thompson Private E.H. Thornton Private W.M. Tucker Corporal W.W. Turner Private W. L. Vincent Private David Wagner Private J. C. Wagner Private J. W. Wagner Private R. M. Waller Private Z. Watkins Private J.M.D. Webb Corporal T.C. White Private M.P. Wilson Private Bennett Womble Private Private W.F. Womble Private