MITCHELL COUNTY, GA - MILITARY Co C 51st Regiment Mitchell Vanguards Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Volunteers Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Company C, 51st Regiment Mitchell County "Mitchell Vanguards" OFFICERS Brooks, Isaac W. -- 1st Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected Captain July 8, 1862. Resigned October 15, 1862. (Born in 1830.) Cumbie, Andrew J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, May 5, 1861. Discharged November 8, 1861. Elected Captain of Company C, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Resigned, over-age, July 8, 1862. (Born February 4, 1806.) Lyons, John (or Lyon) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected Captain February 20, 1863. Died February 24, 1863. McLeod, Andrew J. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant October 18, 1862; 1st Lieutenant May 14, 1863; Captain May 12, 1864. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. (Born in 1837.) Forrester, George W. -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant July 8, 1862. Resigned May 14, 1863. (Born in 1834.) Johns, William L. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant July 8, 1862. Died March 4, 1863. (Born in 1837.) Sapp, Harmon D. -- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant October 18, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 17, 1863; 1st Lieutenant October 26, 1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware and forwarded to City Point, Virginia, for exchange February 27, 1865. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1836. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia, July 27, 1918.) Spence, Hiram Warner -- Private - May 1, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 27, 1863; 2nd Lieutenant October 26, 1863. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio, June 20, 1865. West, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 9, 1862. Killed at Boonesboro, Maryland, September 14, 1862. (Born in 1835.) PRIVATES Adams, David E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1841.) Adams, Dempsey -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29. Adams, William D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1831.) Akridge, Elihu H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Exchanged at Fort Delaware, Delaware, February 18, 1865. At home on furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1840.) Akridge, Elisha -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Exchanged February 18, 1865. Paroled at Albany, Georgia May 26, 1865. Akridge, James T. -- 5th Sergeant - May 1, 1862. Died of pneumonia in Richmond, Virginia, hospital March 29, 1863. Akridge, William M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Alligood, Jeptha D. (or Jeptha O.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Pocotaligo, South Carolina May 20, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Alligood, Noah -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio, June 1865. (Born in Laurens County, Georgia in 1830. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia in 1892.) Aycock, Leonard N. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Supposed to have died in hospital September 25, 1863. (Born in 1840.) Barber, Choice A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured December 1, 1863. (Born in 1843.) Barber, E. E. -- 3rd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, July 1863. Detailed Enrolling Officer August 1864, and served until close of war. (Born in Decatur County, Georgia in 1838.) Barber, Julius F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Died of congestion of brain in Fort Delaware, Delaware hospital August 12, 1863. (Born in 1842.) Bostick, C. A. -- Private - September 1, 1862. Pension records show he left command on sick furlough from Winder Hospital at Richmond, Virginia in 1864. Never able to return. (Born in Jones County, Georgia, October 10, 1835. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia, March 28, 1911.) Bostick, D. A. -- Private - January 20, 1864. On detached service August 1864. Bostick, William A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal January 1863. (Born in 1842.) Brock, W. R. -- Private - September 1, 1863. Brooks, Isaac W. -- 1st Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected Captain July 8, 1862. Resigned October 15, 1862. (Born in 1830.) Burgess, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Busbee, John Washington (or Busby) -- Private - September 1, 1862. Absent with leave January-March 1865. No later record. Died in Thomas County, Georgia, June 11, 1911. Butler, Henry -- Private - May 1, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Decatur County, Georgia, March 1828.) Butler, Wiley -- Private - March 4, 1862. Pension records show he was on detail driving cattle April 6-9, 1865. (Born in Thomas County, Georgia in 1831. Died of dropsy in Mitchell County, Georgia, about 1877.) Butler, William M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Exchanged in 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Decatur County, Georgia in 1832. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia in 1908.) Cameron, Murdock -- Private - May 1, 1862. Paroled near Richmond, Virginia, April 1865. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia, January 8, 1894. Carr, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company ?, ? Regiment in 1862. (Born in 1840.) Coleman, J. G. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant October 1862. Cooper, Jasper -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry July 28, 1862. Died prior to October 8, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Cooper, Jesse C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee, December 3, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Illinois June 18, 1865. (Born in 1844. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia, February 1904.) Cooper, John W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. On detached service August 1864. (Born in 1837.) Cooper, W. B. -- Private - September 1, 1862. On detached service September 1862. Crosby, G. W. -- Private - September 1, 1862. Crosson, Hannibal -- Private - May 1, 1862. Discharged July 1864. Cumbie, Andrew J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, May 5, 1861. Discharged November 8, 1861. Elected Captain of Company C, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Resigned, over-age, July 8, 1862. (Born February 4, 1806.) Cumbie, B. L. -- Private - April 25, 1862. Cumbie, J. B. -- Private - April 25, 1862. Deserted March 5, 1865. Curles, Alexander -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1832. Died of heart disease, contracted in service, in Montgomery County, Georgia, March 6, 1888.) Curles, W. Roan -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, May 27, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia, December 20, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company C, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, September 1, 1862. Paid for commutation of rations while on sick furlough April 24, 1863. Pension records show he was on detail in shoe shop at Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Georgia, February 2, 1832.) Davis, Andrew J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. (Born in 1840.) Douglas, Robert M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1821.) Edenfield, Francis W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Richmond, Virginia, hospital August 1862. (Born in 1832.) Faircloth, Adam B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company C, 2nd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, January 21, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant. Paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina May 3, 1865. (Born in1838.) Faircloth, George Washington -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company C, 2nd Georgia Cavalry, July 21, 1862. Surrendered at Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled at Bainbridge, Georgia May 20, 1865. (Born in 1844.) Faircloth, Joshua G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1826.) Faircloth, Thomas -- Private - March 4, 1862. Sent to Brigade Hospital March 1865. Transferred to Richmond Virginia, hospital in 1865, and remained until close of war. (Born in Baker County, Georgia in 1837.) Forrester, George W. -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant July 8, 1862. Resigned May 14, 1863. (Born in 1834.) Glover. James W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Absent without leave April 21, 1864. No later record. (Born in 1837.) Godwin, George -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Virginia, May 18, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1832.) Griner, A. J. -- Private - September 1, 1862. Griner, Mathew J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant February 1, 1864. (Born in 1835.) Griner, Richard -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Knoxville, Tennessee, December 29, 1863. Transferred from Rock Island Illinois for exchange March 20, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox’s Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 27, 1865. At home on furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1841.) Harrell, Abner -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1818.) Harrell, James -- Private - March 4, 1862: "Gone into service in another company." (Born in 1843.) Hart, William T. -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 5, 1861. Transferred to Company C, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 28, 1862. Absent without leave from January 1, 1865. No later record. Hines, James G. -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company C, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry in 1862. Captured at Frazier's Farm, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, July 1865. (Born in Pulaski County, Georgia in 1842.) Holland, Isom -- Private - May 1, 1862. Holland, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1825.) Holliman, Nathaniel -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Pocotaligo, South Carolina May 20, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Howard, Greene -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured. Died at Fort Delaware, Delaware September 9, 1863. Buried there. (Born in 1843.) Howell, Daniel -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal May 1863. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York July 11, 1865. (Born in Mitchell County, Georgia, May 18, 1840. Died there in 1905.) Howell, Jarrett I. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Pension records show he was captured near Richmond, Virginia in 1865. Released at Elmira, New York in 1865. (Born in 1842.) Hudson, Daniel -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1843.) Ivey, Benjamin F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1837.) Johns, William L. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant July 8, 1862. Died March 4, 1863. (Born in 1837.) Luckey, Samuel A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Lyons, John (or Lyon) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected Captain February 20, 1863. Died February 24, 1863. Mallard, John W. -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 5, 1861. Discharged July 29, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company C, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry July 6, 1864. Deserted March 24, 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Washington, D. C. and was furnished transportation to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 30, 1865. Mansfield, James Frederick -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal August 1864. Deserted in 1865. Received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C., February 24, 1865, where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government, and was furnished transportation to Columbus, Ohio. Died at Pelham, Georgia, March 13, 1930. (Born in 1844.) Martin, E. J. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Transferred to Campbell's Battery Georgia Siege Artillery in 1863. Surrendered at St. Marks, Florida April 1865. (Born in Stewart County, Georgia in 1841. Died in Decatur County, Georgia, March 20, 1911.) Martin, J. T. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Absent without leave January 1863. Martin, Samuel W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Mason, Francis M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured December 1, 1863. (Born in 1837.) Mason, William H. -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 5, 1861. Transferred to Company C, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 28, 1862. Died prior to February 1863. Mays, J. F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. McLendon, James D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 29, 1863. McLendon, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1832.) McLeod, Andrew J. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant October 18, 1862; 1st Lieutenant May 14, 1863; Captain May 12, 1864. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. (Born in 1837.) McLeod, Ephraim -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1838.) McLeod, G. W. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Merrett, Francis M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1838.) Morgan, David W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Detailed wagoner January 1863. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 17, 1865. (Born in Clarke County, Georgia, October 15, 1830.) Morgan, Robert -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted March 24, 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government, Headquarters Army of James, and forwarded to Washington, D. C., where he was received March 30, 1865, and was furnished transportation to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.(Born in 1842.) Murphy, F. C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Murphy, T. S. -- Private - September 1, 1862. On detached service September 1864 -February 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Georgia. Died November 4, 1924.) Ott, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in right arm and neck and permanently disabled at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Admitted to Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals, at Macon, Georgia October 20, 1863. Returned to duty October 26, 1863. Discharged on account of paralysis resulting from wound. (Born in Georgia November 12, 1843. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia in 1927.) Palmer, J. E. -- Private - October 1862. Paroled in 1865. Parker, Thomas -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Phillips, John F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Exchanged at Fort Delaware, Delaware March 7, 1865. At home on furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1838.) Pickren, Jacob W. H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1842.) Player, James H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave September 1864. (Born in 1844.) Pollock, Lewis N. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Pollock, W. L. -- Private - December 1863. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, July 5, 1865. (Born in Houston County, Georgia, June 19, 1823. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia, March 8, 1905.) Pope, G. J. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant October 1863. Pope, John A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Pope, Lewis H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1820.) Pope, Wesley -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1837.) Pope, William C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Virginia, July 27, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1842.) Porter, N. -- Private - September 1, 1862. Powell, Thomas P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Contracted measles in South Carolina, resulting in disability from chronic bronchitis, May 6, 1862. (Born in 1831.) Ragan, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of measles in Virginia, May 26, 1863. Ray, F. M. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Died February 1863. Ray, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured December 1, 1863. (Born in 1836.) Rich, James E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Detailed wagoner February 1863. (Born in 1834.) Sanders, Dave S. (or Daniel S.) -- Private - July 6, 1864. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Dooly County, Georgia in 1825.) Sapp, Harmon D. -- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant October 18, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 17, 1863; 1st Lieutenant October 26, 1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware and forwarded to City Point, Virginia, for exchange February 27, 1865. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1836. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia, July 27, 1918.) Sawyer, Green B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died, date and place not given. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Virginia, (Born in 1842.) Sawyer, L. P. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Captured December 3, 1863. Scarborough, John W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Sumter County, Georgia, October 10, 1831.) Sellars, J. J. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Absent without leave September 1864. Sellars, W. A. -- Private - January 24, 1864. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware February 1865. At home on furlough close of war. (Born in Thomas County, Georgia, April 25, 1846.) Sharp, John Woodward -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in left leg, necessitating amputation below knee, at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. (Born in Georgia in 1837. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia in 1913.) Shirah, Charles -- Private - March 4, 1862. Pension records show he remained until close of war. (Born in Houston County, Georgia April 2, 1831.) Simpson, Alexander T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864. Died at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 17, 1865. (Born in 1818.) Simpson, B. F. -- Private - January 24, 1864. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 19, 1865. (Born in Henry County, Alabama, May 16, 1845. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia, October 22, 1906.) Simpson, John D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Simpson, M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died February 4, 1863. Smith, L. H. -- Private - May 1, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Spence, Hiram Warner -- Private - May 1, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 27, 1863; 2nd Lieutenant October 26, 1863. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio, June 20, 1865. Stewart, A. G. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Stewart, Andrew Jackson -- Private - September 15, 1863. Appointed 2nd Corporal in 1864. Captured at Russellville, Tennessee, April 16, 1864. Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, for exchange February 19, 1865. (Born in Putnam County, Georgia. Died there May 24, 1889.) Stewart, James L. -- 2nd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant October 18, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant March 20, 1863. Wounded in left thigh and left arm, resulting in amputation of arm above elbow, at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Resigned October 26, 1863. (Born in Georgia in 1838. Died at Camilla, Georgia, January 27, 1920.) Stewart, William T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant October 1864. Captured at Farmville, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 19, 1865. (Born in 1841. Died in Mitchell County, Georgia, May 12, 1886.) Taylor, Dempsey -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Teaton, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. Treadaway, James -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Died in prison. (Born in 1838.) Umphries, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1822.) Varnadoe, Robert -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1833.) Wade, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave September 1864. (Born in 1839.) West, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 9, 1862. Killed at Boonesboro, Maryland, September 14, 1862. (Born in 1835.) West, Henry O. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1841.) West, Jeremiah C. -- Appointed 3rd Corporal of Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 5, 1861. Discharged, disability, October 15, 1861. Appointed 3rd Sergeant of Company C, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862; 2nd Sergeant October 18, 1862. Captured at Burkeville, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 30, 1865. (Born in 1843.) West, William L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. On furlough January 14, 1865. Furlough extended February 1865. Reached Hamburg, South Carolina, en route to command, April 1865. (Born in Burke County, Georgia September 30, 1844.) West, William P. -- Private - May 1862. Wounded in head at Boonesboro, Maryland, September 14, 1862. Died of wounds in Frederick, Maryland, hospital September 14, 1862. Whigham, John W. -- 1st Corporal - March 4, 1862. Deserted February 20, 1864. (Born in 1831.) Whitaker, M. M. -- 2nd Corporal March 4, 1862. Reduced to ranks January 1863. Appointed 4th Sergeant August 1864. Captured in 1864. Died in prison February 1, 1865. (Born in 1840.) Whitley, Allen -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in 1862. (Born in 1834.) Wilkes, Malcolm -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of pneumonia in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, June 11, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1818.) Wilkes, Richard R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of disease in Virginia, hospital September 1862. (Born in 1837.) Williams, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.)