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Muster Roll of Company K, 53rd Regiment
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Army of Northern Virginia
C. S. A.
Monroe County, Georgia
"Quitman Guards"

Source: Lillian Henderson's Roster of the Confederate
Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, published by the
Georgia Division, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, 1994 (originally published: Hapeville,
Ga. : Longino & Porter, 1959-1964).

A BIG thank you to Tony Pryse for providing these
rosters in electronic format!

OFFICERS

Ponder, James M. - Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Resigned January 20, 1862. Elected Captain of Co. K,
53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Appointed
Assistant Quartermaster July 9, 1863; Brigade A.Q.M.
October 1864. Furloughed for 24 days January 25,
1865. Appears on list of Quartermasters and
Commissaries dated March 5, 1865. No later record.

Dumas, William Jefferson - Appointed 5th Sergeant of
Co. F, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18,
1861; 1st Sergeant January 20, 1862. Elected 2d
Lieutenant January 20, 1862. Mustered out at Augusta,
Ga. March 18, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. K,
53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862; Captain July 9,
1863. Captured at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863.
Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 12, 1865.

McCowen, Benjamin B. - Enlisted as a Private in Co.
K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Elected
2d Lieutenant of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.

Chambliss, Zachariah H. - Enlisted as a Private in
Co. K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18,
1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant January 20, 1862.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Elected
Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May
6, 1862; 1st Lieutenant July 9, 1863. Killed at
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864.

Martin, James A. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862.
Appointed 1st Sergeant of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga.
Inf. May 6, 1862. On detached service on Macon
Western R. R. February 28, 1865. No later record.

Simmons, Robert - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 1st
Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Appointed 2d Sergeant October 10, 1861. Mustered out
at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant
of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Died of
small - pox at Fredericksburg, Va. January 8, 1863.

Leary, Thomas W. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862.
Appointed 3d Sergeant of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf.
May 6, 1862. Captured at High Bridge or Farmville,
Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June
26, 1865.

Ivey, William T. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862.
Appointed 4th Sergeant of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga.
Inf. May 6, 1862. Wounded at Deep Bottom, Va. July
20, 1864. Roll dated February 28, 1865, last on file,
shows him absent, sick. No later record.

Simmons, James W. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's) March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862.
Appointed 5th Sergeant of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga.
Inf. May 6, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va.
May 3, 1863. Transferred to Co. B, 45th Regiment Ga.
Inf. April 11, 1864. Furloughed for 60 days on
account of typhoid fever March 28, 1865.

Sheram, John W. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 1st
Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Appointed Corporal. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga.
March 18, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal of Co. K, 53d
Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Killed at Malvern
Hill, Va. July 1, 1862.

McCowen, Thomas Grant - Enlisted as a Private in Co.
K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), June 10, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. May 6, 1862. Appointed
2d Corporal of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. March 18,
1862. Wounded in left arm at Fredericksburg, Va.
December 13, 1862. Wounded and disabled at Knoxville,
Tenn. November 29, 1863. Detailed Enrolling Officer
August 1864. On detached duty February 28, 1865. No
later record. (Born in Ga. June 7, 1841.)

Ponder, Daniel J. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), August 2, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta Ga. March 18, 1862. Appointed
3d Corporal of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862; lst Corporal October 1863; 5th Sergeant August
1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows
him absent, sick. Died of disease at home in 1865.

Simmons, James M. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862.
Appointed 4th Corporal of Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga.
Inf. May 6, 1862; 2d Corporal October 1863; 1st
Corporal August 1864. In arrest February 28, 1865. No
later record.

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ENLISTED MEN

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N
| O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y

Allen, Thomas William - Private May 6, 1862. Died at
Richmond, Va. August 7, 1862. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery.

Anthony, James S. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863, and
captured there July 5, 1863. Appointed 4th Corporal
October 1863; 3d Corporal August 1864. Paroled at
Point Lookout, Md. February 18, 1865. Exchanged at
James River, Va. February 20 - 21, 1865.

Ashley, J. W. - Private May 6, 1862. Substitute for
W. L. Lampkin. Died near Richmond, Va. in 1862.

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Barksdale, J. H. - Private December 2, 1863.

Bean, Henry G. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. A, 14th
Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co.
K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for Stephen D.
Martin, February 21, 1863. Detailed in Medical
Department October 1864. Appointed Hospital Steward
and ordered to report to Surgeon W. Webb, Hardee
Hospital, Forsyth, Ga. December 1, 1864. Released
from this assignment and ordered to report to Surgeon
B. M. Wible at Cuthbert, Ga. hospital January 13,
1865. No later record.

Bean, John A. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 1st
Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), August 2, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a Private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Captured at Tazewell, Tenn. January 31, 1864.
Transferred from Rock Island, Ill.. to James River,
Va. and exchanged March 23, 1865.

Bowdoin, Travis W. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. A,
6th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 21, 1861.
Discharged February 7, 1862. Enlisted as a Private in
Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent
without leave since December 31, 1863. No later
record.

Britt, R. H. - Private 1862. Substitute for B. L. A.
Lindsey.

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Cadenhead, Henry - Private May 6, 1862. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.

Cannon, T. J. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863; Wilderness, Va.
May 6, 1864.

Chambliss, J. M. - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged,
furnished George W. Reid as substitute, May 6, 1862.

Childs, James M. - Private May 1862. Substitute for
William B. Huddleston. Wounded at Chancellorsville,
Va. May 3, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on
file, shows him present. No later record.

Childs, W. T. J. - Private August 16, 1862.
Transferred to Co, D, 3lst Regiment Ga. Inf., in
exchange for Samuel W. Potts, March 7, 1863. Paroled
at Lynchburg, Va. April 15, 1865.

Clarke, A. S. - Private May 6, 1862.

Collier, Dickey Washington, Sr. - Private May 6,
1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.
Captured near Knoxville, Tenn. December 3, 1863.
Transferred from Rock Island, Ill. to City Point, Va.
for exchange March 2, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1843.
Died in Calhoun County, Ga. May 6, 1918.)

Collins, J. W. - Private May 6, 1862.

Collins, Robert - Private May 6, 1862.

Curtis, C. L. G. - Private May 6, 1862. Died in 2d
Georgia Hospital November 28, 1862.

Curtis, E. M. - Private May 6, 1862.

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Dumas, Henry Turner - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Appointed Corporal February 13, 1862. Mustered out at
Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Furnished
transportation to Jacksonville, Fla. May 10, 1865.

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Edwards, J. Hiram - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Captured at High
Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News,
Va. June 26, 1865. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. July
2, 1834.)

Ennis, William M. - Private January 18, 1864.
Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released
at Newport News, Va. June 26, 1865. (Born in Ga.)

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Fields, James B. - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged on
account of rheumatism contracted at Seven Pines, Va.
May 1862, July 1, 1863. (Born in Ga. May 5, 1819.)

Fletcher, Thomas Jefferson - Private May 6, 1862.
Appointed 1st Sergeant February 1863. Elected 2d
Lieutenant July 1863. Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn.
November 29, 1863. Elected 1st Lieutenant May 6,
1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.

Flewellen, J. M. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Wounded and captured at Farmville of High
Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News,
Va. June 26, 1865.

Floyd, A. J. - Private September 6, 1862. Pension
records show he was in hospital near Richmond, Va.
close of war.

Fuller, A. J. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Knoxville, Tenn. November 19, 1863.

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Goggins, Thomas F. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), August 2, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.
Captured at Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864. Released
at Elmira, N. Y. June 21, 1865.

Goings, Thomas J. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), June 4, 1861.
Discharged September 13, 1861. Enlisted as a private
in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Wounded
at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. July 3,
1835.)

Greer, Leonard Forsyth - Private May 6, 1862.
Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released
at Newport News, Va. June 26, 1865. Died in Atlanta,
Ga. December 1896. Buried near Forsyth, Ga.

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Hanson, W. G. - Private May 6, 1862.

Harris, Robert - Private May 6, 1862. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.

Harris, Walker - Private May 6, 1862. Died at
Atlanta, Ga. or Forsyth, Ga. November 6, 1863.

Hill, Benjamin H. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. May 6, 1862.
Killed at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863.

Hill, B. F. - Private May 6, 1862. Appointed 4th
Corporal October 19, 1864. Roll for February 1865,
last on file, shows him absent, sick. Pension records
show he was on sick furlough close of war. (Born in
Ga. in 1837.)

Hill, James R. - Private May 6, 1862. Captured at
Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863. Transferred from
Rock Island, Ill. for exchange March 2, 1865. No
later record.

Hill, R. W. - Private May 6, 1862. Killed at
Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862.

Hill, W. G. - Private May 6, 1862. Furloughed in
1863. - never returned.

Hogan, Ridgeway W. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant September 16, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Appointed Captain and Assistant Quartermaster,
C.S.A., June 4, 1862. Relieved from duty with 53d
Regiment Ga. Inf. and assigned to duty at Atlanta,
Ga., to aid in collecting tax - in - kind, June 17,
1863. Serving as Post Quartermaster at Atlanta, Ga.
December 17, 1863. In tax - in - kind service at
Griffin, Ga. July 24, 1864. No later record.

Holmes, Joseph Oliver - Private May 6, 1862.
Substitute for J. T. Holmes. Wounded at Knoxville,
Tenn. November 29, 1863. Captured at High Bridge, Va.
April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 26,
1865. (Born in Ga. in 1844.)

Holmes, J. T. - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged,
furnished J. O. Holmes as substitute, May 6, 1862.

Holmes, William M. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
45th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Transferred to
Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for W. D.
Wheeler, May 1863. Wounded and left at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 2, 1863. No later record.

Howell, N. T. - Private May 21, 1862. Substitute for
W. E. Phillips. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,
1863. Never returned.

Howell, Thomas J. - Private October 1, 1862. Wounded
in left breast and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July
2, 1863. Ex changed at David's Island, N. Y. Harbor
October 1863. Wounded, knee disabled at Cold Harbor,
Va., June 1, 1864. Paroled at Greensboro, N.C. May 1,
1865. (Born in Ga. August 26, 1843.) ******See Note at end of file*****

Huddleston, William B. - Private May 6, 1862.
Discharged, furnished James M. Childs as substitute,
in 1862.

Hunnicutt, W. M. - Private May 6, 1862. Died of
smallpox at Fredericksburg, Va. in 1863.

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Johnston, Monroe - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged,
disability.

Joiner, Simeon Joseph - Enlisted as a Private in Co.
K, 1st Reg. Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's, ) March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Discharged on account of heart disease December
24, 1862. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. May 1, 1831.)

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Kilgore, Jordan (or Killgore) - Private May 6, 1862.
Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.

Knott, D. F. - Private May 5, 1864. Captured at
Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6, 1865. Released in 1865.
(Born in McDonough, Ga. April 13, 1845. Died in
Carrollton, Ga. May 11, 1911.)

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Lampkin, W. L. - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged,
furnished J. W. Ashley as substitute, May 6, 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 8th Battn. Ga.
Cavalry (Cumming's Battn., ) August 4, 1863.
Appointed Captain and A.Q.M. October 1, 1863.
Resigned March 23, 1864.

Lane, Absalom - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 1st
Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.

Lane, Cullen - Private August 14, 1862. Received by
Provost Marshal General, Army of Potomac, March 23,
1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at
Washington, D. C. and furnished transportation to
Philadelphia, Pa. March 29, 1865.

Lane, Matthew M. (or Matthew W.) - Enlisted as a
Private in Co. K, lst Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's),
March 18, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March
18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 53d
Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28,
1865, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Langtree, James - Private February 18, 1863.
Substitute. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 5, 1863.
Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Fort
Delaware, Del. and released February 27, 1865.

Lindsay, B. L. A. - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged,
furnished R. H. Britt as substitute, in 1862.

Lovett, G. W. - Private May 6, 1862. Captured, date
and place not given. Died at Camp Chase, O. May 16,
1865. Buried there in Grave #1975.

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Mabry, Jemason - Private May 6, 1862. Killed at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.

Mabry, S. M. - Private May 6, 1862.

Marshall, T. L. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Captured at High
Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News,
Va. June 26, 1865.

Martin, C. S. (or C. T.) - Private May 6, 1862. Died
near Lynchburg, Va. in Crumpton's Hospital January 2,
1863. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery, No. 8, 2d
Line, Lot 101.

Martin, Stephen D. - Private May 6, 1862. Transferred
to Co. A, l4th Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for H.
G. Bean, February 21, 1863. On detached service in
Ga. in 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on
file, shows him absent without leave. No later
record. (Born in 1843.)

McAfee, Jonathan A. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Roll for August 31, 1863, last on file, shows
him absent without leave at Chambersburg, Pa. June
30, 1863. No later record.

McCowen, Duncan Green - Private May 6, 1862. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent,
sick. No later record.

McCowen, John Daniel - Private May 6, 1862. Killed at
Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862.

McKinney, J. W. - Private May 6, 1862. Died in Camp
Winder Hospital at Richmond, Va. in 1862.

McKinney, W. Z. - private May 6, 1862. Captured at
Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863. Died at Rock
Island, Ill. June 9, 1864. Buried there.

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Ogletree, J. T. - Private May 6, 1862.

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Phillips, James R. D. - Enlisted as a Private in Co.
K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a Private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1862.
Unofficial records show he was discharged, furnished
substitute, in 1863.

Phillips, W. E. - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged,
furnished N. T. Howell as substitute, May 21, 1862.

Ponder, John L. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Appointed 2d
Sergeant November 1863. Captured at Farmville, Va.
April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 26,
1865.

Potts, Mahlon B. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Captured at High
Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout,
Md. June 16, 1865. Died in Monroe County, Ga.
February 24, 1905.

Potts, Moses A. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 1st
Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.
Absent without leave June 1, 1864. Deserted to enemy
at Coosawhatchie, S. C. January 1865.

Potts, Samuel W. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. D,
3lst Regiment Ga. Inf. October 14, 1861. Transferred
to Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. in exchange for W. T.
J. Childs, March 7, 1863. Killed at Chancellorsville,
Va. May 3, 1863.

Pounds, John H. - Private May 6, 1862. Elected 2d
Lieutenant July 21, 1864. Captured at High Bridge,
Va. April 6, 1865. Released June 19, 1865.

Pritchett, Alfred F. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded
at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Pension records show
he was at home on wounded furlough close of war.
(Born in Ga. June 16, 1838.)

Pritchett, Roland P. - Private May 6, 1862. Died at
Mount Jackson, Va. October 27, 1862. Buried in Mount
Jackson Cemetery, Shenandoah County, Va.

Pritchett, R. T. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded and
disabled at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864.

Pritchett, W. J. - Private May 6, 1862. Furloughed
March 20, 1863; never able to return. Died February
11, 1895.

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Reid, George W. - Private May 6, 1862. Substitute for
J. M. Chambliss, killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May
3, 1863.

Reynolds, B. M. (or R. M.) - Private January 28,
1863. Substitute. Wounded at Funkston, Ma. July 14,
1863. Died at Richmond, Va. January 18, or 23, 1865.
Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Richardson, Robert N. - Private January 28, 1862.
Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.
Died from wounds in a New York prison August 7, 1863.

Robinson, C. S. - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged
November 5, 1862.

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Saxon, John F. (or Saxton, John T.) - Enlisted as a
Private in Co. K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's),
March 18, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March
18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 53rd
Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Died in Winder
Hospital at Richmond, Va. December 2, 1862. Buried
there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Sheram, George Washington - Enlisted as a Private in
Co. K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), June 18,
1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862.
Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf.
May 6, 1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1,
1862; Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Appointed
4th Corporal in 1863; 3d Corporal October 1863; 2d
Corporal August 1864. Absent without leave February
28, 1865. No later record. Pension records shows he
was at home on sick furlough April 1865. (Born in
Monroe County, Ga. October 11, 1839. Died at
Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, Ga., October 2,
1936. Buried at Barnesville, Ga.)

Sheram, W. H. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Killed at Cedar
Creek, Va. October 19, 1864.

Smith, John H. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 1st
Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant January 8, 1863;1st
Sergeant November 1863. Wounded and permanently
disabled at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. (Born in Ga.
January 1, 1835.)

Smith, Joseph M. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), June 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53rd Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.

Stephens, John W. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's, ) March 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a Private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant January 1864.
Paroled at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Died at
Albany, Ga.

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Tate, J. G. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 1st
Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's, ) June 18, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862.
Died from founds September 28, 1862.

Tinsley, A. J. - Private May 6, 1862. Died at home in
1864.

Trammell, E. C. - Private May 6, 1862. Died of
measles at Richmond, Va. August 7, 1862.

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Vardeman, J. A. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded and
disabled at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862, and
captured there October 1, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken's
Landing, Va. November 10, 1862. On detached service
in hospital October 1864 - February 28, 1865. No
later record.

Vardeman, Samuel M. - Enlisted as a private in Co. C,
3d Battn. Ga. Inf. June 25, 1861. Transferred to Co.
K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va.
October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June
21, 1865.

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Walker, William - Private May 6, 1862.

Walton, H. H. - Private May 6, 1862. Discharged,
disability.

Wheeler, Enoch H. - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K,
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's), June 15, 1861.
Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Enlisted
as a Private in Co. K, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Roll for December 1864, shows he deserted from
Fort Harrison, Va.

Wheeler, John W. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.

Wheeler, William Daniel - Private May 6, 1862.
Transferred to Co. K, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf., in
exchange for W. M. Holmes, May 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.

Williams, James H. - Private May 6, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Captured at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864. Appears on cancelled entry
on roll of prisoners of war received at Elmira, N. Y.
from Point Lookout, Md. July 17, 1864. Missing after
railroad accident at Shohola, Pa. July 15, 1864.

Wright, J. Z. - Private April 4, 1864.


******Note For Thomas J. Howell added by Bill Howell [keyleader@mac.com] July 15, 2010*****
In the listing of the 53rd Regiment Company K 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/monroe/military/civilwar/rosters/cok53reg.txt  
for Monroe County Military, Thomas Jefferson Howell is listed as being born August 26, 1843. 
In the list of Pension applicants he is listed as being married to Sara Elizabeth Willoughby. 
They are also listed in the Zebulon Road Cemetery, Barnesville. 
On his tomb stone, Thomas' date of birth is listed as August 26, 1844.
He was my great grandfather....Bill Howell
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