MUSCOGEE COUNTY  GA  Military - Confederate Rosters  Co. A - 31st Regiment

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MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY A, 3lst REGIMENT

(Evan's Brigade, Gordon's Division
Muscogee County, Georgia
Georgia Light Infantry


OFFICERS:
Forrester, Apollus - Captain August 29, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. 
August 28, 1862. 

Shorter, Charles S. - 1st  Lieutenant Aug 29, 1861. Elected Captain August 
28, 1862. Transferred to Engineer Corps Oct 14, 1864. Captured at Burgess 
Mill, Va. April 2, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio. June 20, 1865. 

Clapp, Edward W. - 2d Lieutenant August 29, 1861.  Wounded at Malvern Hill, 
Va. July 1, 1862. Died of wounds July 22, 1862. 

Rodgers, John J. F. - Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 29, 1861. Died at his father's 
residence in Pike County, Alabama, November 22, 1861. 

Fergurson, T. J. - 1st Sergeant August 29, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant 
September 28, 1862.  Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. 

Biggers, Joseph L. - 2d Sergeant August 29, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant 
April 22, 1862; 1st Lieutenant August 28, 1862. Resigned December 28, 1863. 
Appointed 2d Sergeant of Pemberton's Independent Company Ga. Cavalry July 2, 
1864. Surrendered , Columbus, Ga. April 1865. 

Roddy, George - 3d. Sergeant August 29; 1861 Appointed 1st Sergeant August 
28, 1862, Captured at Berryville, Va. July 21, 1864. Died of chronic 
diarrhoea in Military Prison at Camp Chase, Ohio. January 5, 1865. Grave #691, 
Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. 

Watt, R. L. - 4th Sergeant August 29, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant August 28, 
1862. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, at 2d Manassas, Va August 28, 
1862. At home on wounded furlough August 31, 1864, to close of war. 

Pond, George Y. - 5th Sergeant August 29, 1861. Discharged, disability, March 
25, 1862. 

Stewart, V. A. - 1st Corporal August 29, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant August 
28, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. 

Harper, S. H - 2d. Corporal August 29, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal August 
28, 1862. Roll for March -April 1863, shows he deserted.

Wilkerson, F. B. - 3d Corporal August 29, 1861 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. 
June 27, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant August 28, 1862. Died in hospital July 
1, 1863. 

Clements, W. C. - 4th Corporal August 29, 1861. Discharged, overage, October 
27, 1862. Born in 1815. 

Hicks,. Thomas - Musician August 29, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1861, shows 
him on furlough. No later record. 


PRIVATES:
Batson, Z. P. - private August 29, 1861. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 
19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 23, 1865. 

Bennefield, R. B. (or R. D.) - private October 5, 1861. Captured at 
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. May 5,  1865. 

Blackshear, Charles - Pension records show he enlisted Apr 1862. Wounded, 
left wrist permanently disabled, and through right side of head, fracturing 
skull, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. (Born in Ga. December 24, 1841.) Pension on-line:http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/military/civilwar/pensions/mt144ucoa31stg.txt

Brooks, Joseph - private October 8, 1861. Wounded and captured in 1864. 

Brooks, Shadrack - private October 1, 1861 Roll dated November 5, 1864, last 
on file, shows him present. No later record. 

Brown, Bennett - private October 8, 1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital June 
15, 1862. 

Bruce, A. J. - private May 14, 1862. Captured at Hanover, Pa. July 2, or 8, 
1863. Died of inflammation of pleura, at Fort Delaware, Del., January 3, 
1864. 

Bullard, Dennard - private September 20, 1861. Roll dated November 5, 1864, 
last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. 

Byrd, William B. - private October 8, 1861. Wounded in eye, resulting in loss 
of sight, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Discharged, disability, April 1, 
1864. 

Cole, John A. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 
1862. Wounded in right hand, necessitating amputation below elbow, at 
Petersburg, Va. April 7, 1865. Paroled at Greensboro, N. C. April 1865. 

Cook, William W. (or William M.) - private October 5, 1861. Discharged at 
Beaulieu, near Savannah, Ga., May 29, 1862. 

Corbett, S. Wallace - private September 20, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor; Va. 
June 27, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant January 1863. Captured at Monocracy, Md. 
July 9; 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. October 30, 1864. No later 
record. 

Couch, J. P. - private May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 
1865. 

Davis, John - private October 8, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 
December 13, 1862. Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at 
Newport News, Va. June 25, 1865. 

Dearing, George C. - private October 8, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant August 
28, 1862; 1st Sergeant December 14, 1862. Wounded January 1864. Roll for 
August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. 

Dent, William H. -  private October 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 
1, 1863. At home on wounded furlough August 31, 1864. No later record. 

Douglass, Bryant Washington William - private October 8, 1861. Wounded in 
right leg below knee and permanently disabled, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 
1864. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. May 11, 
1864. Furloughed Dec 3, 1864 . Disabled for further service. Appears also as 
B. W. Douglas, Bryant W. W. Douglas and William B. Douglas. (Born in Ga. 
February 24, 1840.) 

Douglass, Jackson O. - private October 8, 1861. Died in hospital in Virginia 
September 18, 1862. 

Douglass, James N. - private October 8, 1861. Appears last on roll for 
December 31, 1861. 

Douglass, Stephen - private October 8, 1861. Pension records show he was 
wounded August 18, 1864. At home on wounded furlough November 5, 1864. 
Disabled by wounds. Unable to return. (Born in Coffee County, Ga. in 1842.) 

Douglass, William B. See Douglass, Bryant Washington William. 

Durham, Joseph B. private January 6, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. Thigh was broken by minie ball at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Captured 
at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout Md October 30, 
1864. Received a t Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga. November 15, 1864. 
Paroled, Thomasville, Ga. May 23, 1865. (Born in Houston County, Ga. March 
11, 1839.) 

Durham, Seth - private September 4, 1861. Died at home January 5, 1863. 

Durham, Stephen - private Oct 8, 1861 Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 
13, 1862. Deserted. Sent to Provost Marshal General at City Point, Va., to be 
sent to Washington, D. C.; received at Washington, D C. Nov 14, 1864, where 
he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and was furnished transportation to 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Durrance, Joel H. - private October 8, 1861. Wounded in right leg at 
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. At home on wounded furlough November 5, 1864. 
Pension records show he was in hospital close of war. (Born in Coffee County, 
Ga. April 5, 1840.) 

Edwards, Fern D. (or Furn D.) - private September 4, 1861. Wounded at 2d 
Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862.  Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. 
Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. March 14, 1865. Received at James River, Va. for 
exchange March 18-21, 1865 . No later record. 

Ellis, Abner - private October 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 
1863. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later 
record. 

Ellis, Henry - private October 8, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 
1862. 

Fettner, L. J. - private November 1, 1861. Deserted at Fredericksburg, Va. 
December 13, 1862. 

Goggins, John - private October 8, 1861 Appointed 5th Sergeant August 28, 
1862. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863, and died there 
July 14, 1863. 

Grantham, James - private September 4, 1861. Discharged, disability, January 
13, 1862. 

Henley, James - private September 10, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 
31, 1861. 

Henley, Zachariah - private September 10, 1861. Sick in hospital August 31, 
1864. 

Hicks, William - private August 29, 1861. On furlough October 31, 1861. No 
later record. 

Hutto, James - private October 8, 1861. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 
25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865.

Jones, W. T. - private October 8, 1861. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on 
file, shows him present. No later record. 

Jordan, John - private September 20, 1861. Returned to duty from hospital 
April 10, 1865. 

Jowers, Darling - private October 8, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
28, 1862.

Jowers, Jonathan J. - private October 8, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. 
August 28, 1862. Wounded in left arm, necessitating amputation one inch below 
shoulder joint, and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Exchanged 
August 1863. At home on wounded furlough August 31, 1864, to close of war. 

Kelly, Christopher - private October 4, 1861. Appears last on roll for 
December 31, 1861. 

Kelly, James - private January 18, 1862. Died of pneumonia in Petersburg, Va. 
hospital March 21, 1863. 

Kilgore, Leroy (or Kilgro) - private January 4, 1862. Captured at 
Spotsylvania, Va. May 20, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. March 10, 1865. 
Received at James River, Va. for exchange March 15, 1865. No later record. 

Lindley, George - private September 23, 1861. Absent without leave April 
30-August 31, 1864. No later record. 

Lisenby, Anthony - private October 1, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 
1861. 

Lisenby, Green - private March 23, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 
1863.

 Lowe, A. B. - private April 8, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. Captured in hospital April 3, 1865. Paroled at Petersburg, Va. April 
20, 1865. 

Lowe, Milton S. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 
December 13, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal January 6, 1863; 2d Corporal May 3, 
1863. Captured at Bristow Station, Va. October 14, 1863. Paroled at Point 
Lookout, Md. February 1865, and exchanged February 25, 1865. No later record. 

Lowe, W. L. - private April 8, 1862. Captured at Harrisonburg Va. September 
25, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 14, 1865. 

Lowrey, Andrew Bascom- Previously in  Co. E 31st

Ludlaw, John (or Ludlan) - private Oct 3, 1861. Union records show he was 
brought to Columbia, Pa. July 1, 1863, forwarded to Fort Delaware, Del. July 
2, 1863, and released there June 14, 1865. 

Mansel, Hiram - private May 15, 1862 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 
1862. Captured at Culpeper, Va. December 18, 1863. Exchanged in 1864. 
Wounded, little finger of right hand shot off, and left arm permanently 
disabled, at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864, and captured there same day. 
Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. September 14, 1864. Sent to Aiken's Landing, 
Va. for exchange September 18, 1864. Received at Varina, Va. September 22, 
1864. (Born in Ga.) 

Martin, Madison - private October 5, 1861. Appears last on roll for December 
31, 1861. 


McLemore, James - private November 1, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. 
April 9, 1865. 

Newberry, Absalom Blount - private October 4, 1861. Captured at Monocracy, Md. 
July 9, 1863. Died of variola in Hammond U.S.A. General Hospital at Point 
Lookout, Md. December 11, 1863. 

Newberry, Ansel - private October 1, 1861. Absent, sick, November 5, 1864. No 
later record. Newberry, F. M. private March 12, 1862. Surrendered, 
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Newberry, John - private October 4, 1862. At home on sick furlough November 
5, 1864. No later record. 

Newberry, J. M. - private March 12, 1862. Appears last on roll for December 
31, 1863. 

Overstreet, Franklin S. - private Oct 8, 1861. Wounded and captured at 
Richmond, Va. June 29, 1862. Died in Field Hospital June 1862. 

Overstreet, Jacob - private October 8, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 
27, 1862. (Born in Ga.) 

Page, William - private September 20, 1861. Died at Skideway Island, Ga. 
March 15, 1862. 

Partine, James Malachi (or Parting) - private October 8, 1861. Captured near 
Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 16, 1865. 

Peterson, Daniel (or David) - private Oct 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. 
July 1, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Poer, Aaron - private September 18, 1861. Absent, sick, April 30 - August 31, 
1864. In 6th Division Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., October 1864. 
Returned to duty from Blackie Hospital at Augusta, Ga. April 13, 1865. 

Powell, George - private September 10, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 
2, 1863. On wounded furlough November 5, 1864. No later record. 

Rankin, William H. - private April 6, 1862. Appears last on roll for April 
14, 1863. 

Rowe, Fletcher - private October 5, 1861. Discharged March 27, 1862. 

Scaife, William L. - private September 3, 1861. Appointed Hospital Steward 
December 15, 1861. Discharged March 1863. Appointed Assistant Surgeon C.S.A. 
(to rank from April 21, 1863 ), July 11, 1863. Ordered to report to Surgeon 
W. W. Anderson, Medical Director at Jackson, Miss., for assignment to duty 
April 30, 1863. Assigned to duty in WaySide Hospital, Meridian, Miss. in 
1863. Relieved from duty at hospital October 21,1863, to report to Major 
General French for duty. Assigned to duty as Assistant Surgeon of the 9th 
Regiment Texas Inf. October 25, 1863. At Lauderdale Springs, Miss. April 5, 
1864. No later record. 

Scroggins, F. A. - private October 5, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal January 6, 
1863; 2d Sergeant May 3, 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. 
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Scroggins, T. G. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 
December 13, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal in 1863; 3d Sergeant May 1, 1863. 
Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. 
Captured at Monocacy, Md . July 14, 1864. Admitted to U.S.A. General Hospital 
at Fortress Monroe, Va. in 1864. Returned to duty January 9, 1865. 

Shavers, Robert - private September 18, 1861. Wounded and captured at 
Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Exchanged. Captured at Monocracy, Md. 
July 10, 1864. Received at Fort McHenry, Md. October 21, 1864. Transferred to 
Point Lookout, Md. October 25, 1864. Exchanged October 30, 1864. No later 
record. 

Smith, Cornelius A. - private October 8, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant 
August 28, 1862; 2d Lieutenant July 2, 1863;1st Lieutenant December 28, 1863. 
Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Captured at Monocacy, Md. July 10, 
1864. Received as an invalid prisoner of war September 1864. Transferred to 
Point Lookout, Md. September 28, 1864. Exchanged October 11, 1864. No later 
record. 

Smith, Edmond (or Edmund) - private October 20, 1861. Discharged, disability, 
January 6, 1862. 

Smith, Graham - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 
1862.  At home on wounded furlough February 28, 1863. No later record. 

Smith, John - private October 1, 1861 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 
1862; Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Captured at Monocacy, Md. July 10, 1864. 
Paroled October 30, 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga. for 
exchange, November 15, 1864. 

Smith, Timothy - private January 17, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 
27, 1862. Killed at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. 

Stewart, Seaborn J. - private May 16, 1862. Appears on undated parole of 
prisoners of war, endorsed by R. Byrnes, 1st Lieutenant of the 5th Cavalry, 
Assistant Provost Marshal, Army of Potomac. 

Stewart, Thomas J. - private October 5, 1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital, 
date not given. Death claim filed April 27, 1863. 

Stone, John - private April 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.
 
Thomas, H. L. - private April 6, 1862. Wounded at Richmond, Va. June 30, 
1862. Roll for March -April 1863 show he was discharged, date not given. 

Thompson, James Marion - private September 18, 1861. "Absent on furlough 
April 2-May 6, 1862, having reenlisted for the war." No later record. 

Trammell, W. H. - private May 27, 1864. Wounded and captured in 1864. No 
later record. 

Tucker, Daniel - private October 5, 1861. Deserted at St. Simon Island, Ga. 
November 1, 1861. 

Vincent, James - private October 8, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal May 3, 1863. 
Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Wounded and captured at Monocacy, 
Md. July 10, 1864. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. September 30, 1864. 

Walker, John T. - private October 8, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
28, 1862. 

Weaver, Ezekiel H. - private October 7, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. 
August 29, 1862. Captured at Bermuda Hundred Defenses, Va. April 3, 1865. 
Released at Hart's Island, N. Y. Harbor, June 15, 1865. 

West, Alfred - private September 18, 1861. Appointed Regimental Musician 
October 8, 1861. Received pay September 12, 1863. No later record.

Wilkerson, James T. - private May 15, 1862. Died in Orange Court House, Va. 
hospital February 9, 1864. 

Williams, Joseph - private August 29, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. 
April 9, 1865. 

Young, William H. H. - private September 29, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu, 
near Savannah, Ga., May 29, 1862. 

This company was organized at Columbus, Ga. August 29, 1861. Was ordered by 
Governor Brown to report to General A. R. Lawton October 7, 1861. Ordered by 
General Henry L. Wayne to Brunswick, Ga., thence to St. Simon Island, and 
arrived there October 10, 1861. Ordered to report to Colonel P. J. Phillips 
at Camp Wilson, December 5, 1861, and arrived there December 7, 1861.