Montgomery County GaArchives Military Records.....MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY E, 61st REGIMENT Civilwar - Rosters COMPANY E, 61st REGIMENT ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Johnson ken@pro-usa.net November 11, 2004, 4:11 pm MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY E, 61st REGIMENT MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY E, 61st REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY EVANS' BRIGADE, GORDON'S DIVISION ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MONTGOMERY SHARPSHOOTERS McArthur, Charles W. Captain July 10, 1861 Elected Major November 29, 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel February 18, 1863. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Vaughn, J. W.-1st Lieutenant July 10, 1861. Resigned April 4, 1862. McArthur, John J. 2nd Lieutenant July 10, 1861. Resigned February 15, 1862. McRae, Thomas M. -Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 13, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant April 4, 1862; Captain November 29, 1862. Wounded in 1864, in right hip on retreat from Petersburg, Va. in 1865. Captured in hospital April 3, 1865. Died in Fair Grounds Hospital at Petersburg, Va. May 1, 1865. Buried there. Mathews, John L. 1st Sergeant July 10, 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant February 12, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant April 4, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant December 1, 1862. Wounded in left breast at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Resigned October 8, 1864. (Resident of Ga. since December 22, 1852.) Conner, Thomas Benton-2nd Sergeant July 10, 1861. Died at Charlottesville, Va. July 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. McRae, John W. 3rd Sergeant July 10, 1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant December 1, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Captured, date and place not given. Died at Johnson's Island, O. August 6, 1864. Grave #188. Wright, H. T. -4th Sergeant July 10, 1861. Wounded and captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Clark, W. S. 5th Sergeant July 10, 1861. Died of typhoid fever at Camp Bethesda, near Savannah, Ga. in 1862. Nash, Stephen-1st Corporal July 10, 1861. Died of typhoid fever at Camp Bethesda, near Savannah, Ga. in 1862. Vaughn, William R. 2nd Corporal July 10, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal. Wounded and captured at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Paroled in General Hospital, Baltimore, Md. and sent to James River, Va. for exchange, February 1865. Browning, A. R. 3rd Corporal July 10, 1861. Died of typhoid fever at Bethesda, Ga. in 1862. Joyce, J. -4th Corporal July 10, 1861. Died in hospital. Adams, John W. --- private May 13, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Elected Sheriff of Montgomery County, Ga. and discharged March 12, 1864. (Born in Ga. in 1828.) Adams, M. J. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Adams, N A. J. --- private July 10, 1861. Died in hospital in Va. in 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Va. Adams, Robert R. --- private September 13, 1861. Severely wounded in left leg and thigh, permanently disabled at Newtown, Va. September 19, 1864. At home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. October 2, 1844. Died in Wheeler County, Ga. February 23, 1927.) Adams, W. T. E. --- private March 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Wounded through right hip and permanently disabled at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. July 9, 1834.) Beagles, J. J. (or Biggles)---- private July 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. K, May 1862. Bone, Thomas R. --- private September 13, 1861. Wounded and captured at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864 Paroled at Point Lookout Md. and exchanged there October 30, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. Killed in Montgomery or Telfair County, Ga. October 26, 1891. Bridges, C. --- private July 10, 1861. Died near Hamilton's Crossing, Va. in 1862. Bridges, George---- private July 10, 1861. Died of meningitis near Hamilton's Crossing, Va. in 1863. Bridges, Thomas---- private May 13, 1862. Appears on receipt roll for clothing issued December 24, 1864. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him absent. (Born in Montgomery, County, Ga. August 17, 1836.) Browning, D. W. --- private March 1862. Wounded in right leg and captured at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. At home, wounded, close of war. (Born in Telfair County, Ga. in 1845.) Browning, George W. - --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Browning, Jacob A. --- private September 13, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Captured at Staunton, Va. September 26, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 5, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. July 2, 1836. Died in Wheeler County, Ga. October 19, 1920.) Browning, J. D. --- private July 10, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Died at home August 1869. Browning, M. M. --- private. Died in Staunton, Va. hospital September 4, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. Browning, William A. --- private May 1, 1862. Killed at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Bryan, R. A. --- private July 10, 1861. Discharged, disability. Buchanan, John Leroy---- private September 13, 1861. Captured at Mine Run, Va. March 28, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 19, 1865. Buchannan, L. --- private July 10, 1861. Died in hospital in 1863. Burch, Berrien---- private July 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. K, in 1862. Captured at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Sent into enemy's lines there, subject to conditions of transfer, and paroled for exchange December 17, 1862. Roll dated November 3, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Burkhalter, G. M. C. --- private July 10, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr 9, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. July 11, 1836. Died in Wheeler County, Ga. February 2, 1920.) Burkhalter, J. C. --- private July 10, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Burkhalter, J. M. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863; Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. Died of wounds October 1, 1864. Calhoun, Henry A. --- private July 10, 1861. Appointed 2nd Sergeant of Co. K, Sept 10, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. and sent to James River, Va. for exchange March 10, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. January 1842.) Carmichael, B. J. --- private. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Carmichael, Duncan W. --- private November 1861. Captured at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 1865. (Born February 7, 1839.) Chaney, William (or Cheney)---- private July 10, 1861. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Clark, John Franklin---- private July 10, 1861. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Died in Montgomery County, Ga. November 14, 1924. Clark, L. L. --- private July 10, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Clark, Patrick Henry - --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. March 17, 1841.) Clark, W. A. ---- private July 10, 1861. Died of typhoid fever at Camp Bethesda, near Savannah, Ga. in 1862. Clark, W. Flournoy---- private July 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. K, in 1862. Died at Charlottesville, Va. in 1863 or May 1865. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Clements, A. M. --- private July 10, 1861. Died in Danville, Va. hospital September 17, 1863. Clements, Daniel G. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. and sent to James River, Va. for exchange March 10, 1865. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. (Born in Telfair County, Ga. Mar, 10, 1841. ) Clements, John B. --- private September 15, 1861. Wounded through right lung and disabled at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Reported "Absent", sick, on roll for April 30, to August 31, 1864, dated December 4, 1864. Pension records show he was at home, wounded, close of war. (Born in Ga.) Conner, J. A. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Died of wounds at Gordonsville,Va. March 12, 1863. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va. Conner, J. F. --- private July 10, 1861. Died in Staunton, Va. hospital in 1863. Conner, Wilson W. --- private September 13, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Died of typhoid fever at Charlottesville, Va. December 16, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Currie, Daniel---- private. Captured. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him "Prisoner of War. " Currie, Thomas---- private April 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Gaines, Benjamin F. --- private July 10, 1861. Captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. April 1865. (Born in Laurens County, Ga. in 1832.) Galbreth, Angus---- private July 1862. Died of consumption in Montgomery County, Ga. May 1865. Galbreth, Henry---- private. Discharged, disability. Galbreth, H. A. --- private July 10, 1861. Killed at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Gay, Jacob---- private July 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. K, in 1862. Gillis, Hugh---- private July 10, 1861. Wounded in left thigh at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862; in left breast, causing paralysis in left side and arm, at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. (Born April 15, 1837.) Gillis, J. --- private July 10, 1861. Died in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Va. June 10, 1864. Gillis, Malcolm---- private July 1862. Discharged, disability, in Virginia December 1862. Pension records show he enlisted in Ga. Militia. (Not on original rolls.) Gray, W. F. --- private July 10, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. Green, D. E. --- private September 15, 1864. Discharged March 1865. Hampton, L. H. --- private July 10, 1861. Discharged, disability, December 8, 1861. Higgs, David---- private July 10, 1861. Discharged, disability, in 1862. Hughes, Alexander---- private November 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 30, 1865. Hughes, J. P. --- private July 10, 1861. Died at Camp Bethesda, near Savannah, Ga., in 1861. Hughes, M. D. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Discharged, disability at Camp Bethesda, near Savannah, Ga., May 15, 1862. Johnson, Peter---- private September 13, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862; in left hip at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863, and captured there July 5, 1863. Paroled at DeCamp General Hospital, David's Island, N. Y. Harbor, August 24, 1863. Wounded in left hand, necessitating amputation of finger, at Hawe's Shop, Va. July 2, 1864. Captured in Washington County, Ga. November 25, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 6, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. October 24, 1843. Died there October 18, 1923.) Johnson, Richard---- private July 10, 1861. Died in Danville, Va. hospital in 1862. Joyce, Thomas---- private. Died in Gordonsville or Staunton, Va. hospital in December 8, 1862. Latimer, O. O. ---- private July 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. G. Discharged, disability, February 28, 1863. (Born in Ga.) Lovett, H. --- private January 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. K. Died in Charlottesville, Va. hospital in 1863. May, James---- private July 10, 1861. Killed at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. McAlister, Joseph W. - --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862; in shoulder and left lung at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862; Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 5, 1865. (Born in Ga. February 1, 1840. Died March 17, 1920.) McArthur, Addison Daniel---- private 1862. Sick with diarrhoea in 1863. Furloughed for 30 days November 5, 1863. Died August 1865. McArthur, M. D. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 5, 1863. Elected 2nd Lieutenant December 7, 1863. Admitted to General Hospital at Winchester, Va. July 30, 1864. Retired February 27, 1865. Died March 17, 1920. McBryde, Peter---- private 1862. (Not on original roll.) McBryde, R. B. --- private April 30, 1862. Discharged at General Hospital, Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., October 15, 1862. McBryde, William F. --- private September 13, 1861. Discharged, disabled by dropsy, April 23, 1864. Died in Montgomery County, Ga. November 1898, McCrimmons, A. H. --- private July 10, 1861. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him absent. McDaniel, Mathew---- private July 10, 1861. Wounded in thigh at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Died same day. McKay, W. R. --- private July 10, 1861. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. McLeod, W. H. --- private July 10, 1861. Died in Frederick City, Md. hospital in 1863. McQuaigg, J. (or McQuaig)---- private July 10, 1861. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. McRae, Daniel N. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Md. December 13, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. in 1832 or 1837.) McRae, W. F. (or F. W. or T. W.)---- private July 10, 1861. Died of disease at Charlottesville, Va. in 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. McSwain, Hector---- private July 10, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. McSwain, John W. --- private July 10, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. in 1840. Died in Bibb County, Ga. March 15, 1925.) Miller, James (Jim)---- private May 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13 or 22, 1862. Miller, W. G. T. --- private. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. Mobley, James J. --- private September 13, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant in 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. K, June 1, 1862. Appointed Adjutant. Wounded, left hand permanently disabled at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Captured at Couth Mountain, Md. July 5, 1863. Exchanged at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. March 22, 1865. (Born in Ga. April 8, 1840. Died at Lumber City, Ga. June 9, 1908.) Morrison, M. --- private 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Died from wounds in 1862. Morrison, R. --- private July 10, 1861. Killed at Cedar Run, Va. August 10, 1862. Mozo, Henry C. --- private July 10, 1861. Transferred to K, in 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Muller, Samuel (or Miller)---- private July 10, 1861. Died of typhoid fever at Sulphur Springs, Va. September 1862. Nail, Berrien---- private July 10, 1861. Wounded through wrist and hand. Captured at Newtown, Va. August 12, 1864. Exchanged March 2, 1865. Nail, James---- private September 13, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Captured November 30, 1863. Admitted to Old Capitol Prison, U. S. A. Hospital, at Washington, D. C. February 21, 1864, and died April 9, 1864. Nash, J. S. --- private July 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. K, in 1862. Killed at home after war. Nash, Lucius C. --- private July 10, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. November 24, 1829 or 1834.) O'Conner, James---- private September 13, 1861. Wounded at 2nd Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Exchanged at Baltimore, Md. in 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Detailed for light duty on account of wounds in 1864. On detail with Captain G. W. Shell at A. Q. M. Hdqrs. 1864 -1865. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Palmer, Joseph---- private March 1, 1862. Wounded in leg at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862; at Hawes Shop, Va. May 28, 1864. At home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. December 25, 1831. Died at Montgomery County, Ga. September 6, 1906.) Peterson, D. --- private. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows he was discharged, disabled by disease. Peterson, Malcom D. --- private July 10, 1861. "Killed a comrade and sued out on Writ of Habeas Corpus" in 1861. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. in 1841. Died there April 1889.) Purvis, Charles C. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded in right arm, necessitating amputation near shoulder, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Purvis, Daniel G. --- private. Captured. Released at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. Purvis, J. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation at Wilderness, Va. May 7, 1864. Strickland, Shadrach J. --- private July 10, 1861. Died at Charlottesville, Va. hospital April 1, 1864. Buried in Mount Jackson Cemetery, Shenandoah County, Va. Vaughan, John J. (Jack)---- private September 15, 1861. Pension records show he was sent to Macon, Ga. hospital with heart disease and rheumatism October 1864, and was on sick furlough close of war. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. in 1841. Died there March 1, 1913.) Vaughan, Rufus T. --- private July 10, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Vaughan, William C. --- private April 1862. Wounded in right hip and ankle at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863;wounded near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. (Born in Laurens County, Ga. in 1828.) Wall, Archibald---- private 1862. Died at Camp Bethesda, near Savannah, Ga. May 7, 1862. Watson, Alexander---- private May 16, 1862. Transferred to Co. K, in 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Sent to Elmira, N. Y. July 1864. Released there June 30, 1865. Watson, Jackson---- private September 13, 1861. Wounded in knee at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. in 1832, or 1840.) Williams, F. G. --- private July 10, 1861. Appointed Color-Bearer. Wounded in knee at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. June 1845.) Wootten, Hughes---- private May 12, 1862. Died of chronic diarreah in Gordonsville, Va. hospital March 22, 1863. Wootten, R. D. --- private. Missing at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Wright, Abel T. --- private May 13, 1862. Wounded in right leg, left hip and left arm and captured at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Paroled at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C., June 10, 1863. Received at City Point, Va. for exchange June 12, 1863. Retired from field service April 20, 1864. (Born in Ga. August 28, 1833. Died in Wheeler County, Ga. December 23, 1913.) Wright, Hillery T. --- private September 13, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant. Wounded in face, "Part of cheek bone gone," and left arm and hip at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va. for exchange March 15, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox' s Wharves, James River, Va., March 18, 1865. (Born in Laurens, Ga. April 10, 1840.) Wright, Jordan B. --- private May 12, 1862. Died of measles in Richmond, Va. hospital July 14, 1864. Wright, J. J. --- private July 10, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him a prisoner of war. 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