MUSCOGEE COUNTY  GA  Military - Confederate Rosters  Co. B- 20th Regiment

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COMPANY B - 20th REGIMENT
MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
"BORDER RANGERS" or "MUSCOGEE MOUNTED GUARDS" 


OFFICERS:
Strother, John A.- Captain, May 23, 1861. Resigned January 16; 1862.

Mitchell, Henry C. -1st. Lieutenant, May 23, 1861. Elected Captain January 
16, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.  Roll for October 31, 
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.


Granberry, John Madison - 2d. Lieutenant May 23, 1861. Elected 1st. 
Lieutenant January 16, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, shows 
him present. No later record.


Scott, John T. - Jr. 2d. Lieutenant May 23, 1861. Resigned July 5, 1861. 

Cornett, Hardy - Jr. 2d. Lieutenant July 23, 1861. Elected 2d. Lieutenant 
January 16, 1862. Resigned October 13, 1864. 

Darby, Charles L. - 1st. Sergeant May 23, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d . Lieutenant 
April 14, 1862. Resigned February 19, 1863. 

Scott, Marion C. - 2d. Sergeant May 23, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 
2, 1863. Surrendered as a private at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Bedell, Robert B. - 3d. Sergeant May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, at 
Manassas, Va. November 9, 1861. 

Clark, James S. - 4th. Sergeant May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability 
resulting from typhoid pneumonia, at Charlottesville, Va. hospital March 2, 
1862. 

Nunn, Lee E. - 1st. Corporal May 23, 1861. Wounded and disabled, date and 
place not given. Detailed in Brigade Commissary Dept. October 29, 1864. 
Surrendered as a private at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Robinson, James Nathaniel - 2d. Corporal May 23, 1861. Wounded at Garnett's 
Farm, Va. June 27, 1862, Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Appointed 1st. 
Sergeant October 13, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Hampton, Richard H. - 3d. Corporal May 23, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Killed 
at Garnett's Farm, Va. June 27, 1862. 

Robinson, Jasper D. - 4th. Corporal May 23, 1861. Appointed 1st. Sergeant 
April 14, 1862. Wounded at 2d. Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862, through face 
and right ear at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19, 1863. Elected 2d. Lieutenant 
October 13, 1864. Furloughed for 30 days on account of sickness January 12, 
1865. No later record. (Resident of Georgia since October 26, 1866.) 


Alberson, John A. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863, Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Furloughed for 60 days from Chimborazo 
Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va. July 12, 1864. No later record. Pension records 
show he was at home wounded close of war. (Born in Georgia.) 


Armstrong, James - private March 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Armstrong, Marshall - private March 4, 1862. Wounded at 2d. Manassas, Va. 
August 30, 1862. Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29, 1864. Paroled 
at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga. for 
exchange, November 15, 1864. No later record. 


Ashley, John A.- private May 23, 1861. Discharged June 2, 1862. 

Atkins, Thomas J. - private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 
1864. Detailed Brigade Ordnance teamster August 6, 1864. Paroled at 
Lynchburg, Va. April 14, 1865. 

Bedell, David J. - private May 23, 1861. Appointed 3d. Sergeant in 1864. 
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Bedell, Thomas J. - private May 23, 1861. Died of pneumonia in Lynchburg, Va. 
hospital March 15, 1862. Sent home to Auburn, Ala. 

Bedell, William H. - private May 23, 1861. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga. 
September 19, 1863. 

Burford, Henry K. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 
1864. No later record. 


Burford, Thomas P. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. 
June 27, 1862. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Va. in 1862. 
Returned to duty August 29, 1862. Received commutation of rations while on 
furlough from July 4 to August 4, 1862, on March 15, 1863. 

Carstarpen, David - private May 23, 1861. Roll dated April 30, 1862, last on 
which borne, shows him sick in camp. 

Chapman, John W. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. July 23, 
1861. 

Childers, William B. - private May 1, 1864. Deserted September 1, 1864. 
Received at Hdqrs. Provost Marshal, Washington, D. C. a Confederate deserter; 
took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to 
Knoxville, Tenn. March 7, 1865. 

Christian, James - Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 17th Regiment Ga. Inf. 
August 15, 1861. Transferred to Co. B, 20th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 23, 
1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Roll dated January 28, 1865, 
accounts for him as "In arrest under Division Provost Guard since November 
15, 1864." No later record. 


Clark, James - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. July 23, 
1861. 

Cook, Samuel S. - private May 23, 1861. Roll for April 1862, shows him sick 
at Richmond, Va. since April 2, 1862. No later record. 

Cornett, Joseph - private May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Manassas, 
Va. December 3, 1861. 

Daniel, Henry M. - private May 23, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 
9, 1865. 

Davenport, John - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Manassas, Va. August 
16, 1861. 

Davis, Adolphus D. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. 
June 27, 1862. Died from wounds in 1862. 

Davis, Benjamin F. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
30, 1862. No later record. 


Davis, William C. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded through jaw and neck at 2d 
Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Roll dated October 31, 1864, last on file, 
shows him present. Pension records show he was wounded through hip at 
Petersburg, Va. April 2, 1865, and was in Danville, Va. hospital close of 
war. (Born in Harris County, Ga. in 1837.) 


DeCosta, William H. - private May 23, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Deserted 
March 1, 1864. 

DeLoach, Judson - private March 4, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. 

DeLoach, Samuel - private March 10, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal in 1864. 
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Doggett, John W. - private May 23, 1861. Captured at Falling Waters, Md. July 
14, 1863. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. and sent to James River, Va. for exchange 
February 25, 1865. 

Doggett, S. L. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Knoxville, Tenn. 
and released February 29, 1864. 

Dunigan, Abna D. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. July 23, 
1861. 

Elkins, Thomas P. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Manassas, Va. August 
8, 1861. 

Floyd, Lewis J. - private May 23, 1861. Died near Fairfax, Va. September 28, 
1861. 

Fuller, Joseph Prior - private March 23, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal in 1864. 
Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, 
Md. and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va. for exchange March 17, 1865. 
Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 19, 1865. No 
later record. 


Gatlin, Abraham - private May 23, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 30, 
1862. 

German, Andrew J. - private May 23, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 30, 
1862. 

Gillespie, Edward E. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. 
September 19, 1863. Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, 
Va. April 9, 1865. 

Glass, William S. - private May 23, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 
9, 1865. 

Goslin, William W. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. 
June 27, 1862. No later record. 


Granberry, Mathew Roberson - private March 4, 1862. Appointed Regimental 
Musician. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Grant, John G. - private. Captured October 27, 1864. Exchanged March 28, 
1865. No later record. 


Grimes, James M. - private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. June 
27, 1862. Died of wounds at Richmond, Va. August 20, 1862. 

Hagan, James O. - private May 23, 1861. On detail duty in Ordnance Dept. at 
Columbus, Ga. October 31, 1864. Paroled at Albany, Ga. May 18, 1865. 

Hale, John E.  private May 23, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 
1865. 

Hale, William - private May 23, 1861. On sick furlough February 22-April 30, 
1862. No later record. 


Hamby, Thomas D. - private March 4, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on 
file, shows him present. Pension records show he left command on furlough 
March 10, 1865, and "got as far as Greensboro, N. C. and was detailed." (Born 
in Georgia in 1844.) 


Hamby, William - private May 23, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 
1865. 

Harris, Augustus G. - private February 10, 1863. Wounded and captured at 
Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Paroled August 1863. Transferred to retired 
list October 26, 1864. 

Heard, John F. - private July 14, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 
20, 1863. Absent, wounded, October 31, 1864. No later record. 


Hightower, William E. - private May 23, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at 
2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Died at Warrenton, Va. September 23, 1862. 

Hixon, William T. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. 
September 19, 1863. Sent to hospital January 9, 1865. Admitted to Robertson 
Hospital at Richmond, Va. January 17, 1865, and received pay there February 
15, 1865. No later record. 


Hollifield, Charles - private May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, at 
Manassas, Va. October 31, 1861. 

Hood, James - private July 14, 1861. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865, 
and paroled there May 3, 1865. 

Hopkins, Leander P. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Richmond, Va. July 
23, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 46th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 
1862. Appointed 3d Corporal May 1863. Wounded at Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 
19, 1864. Wounded at Franklin, Tenn. November 30, 1864, and captured there 
December 17, 1864. Released at Rock Island, Ill. June 17, 1865. 

Hopkins, Milton - private May 23, 1861. Died at Culpeper, Va. hospital August 
30, 1861. 

Hopkins, Zimmerman - private May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, at 
Manassas, Va. December 26, 1861. 

Huckaba, Thomas U. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
30, 1862. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No 
later record. 


Hudson, Ashberry B.(or Ashbury B.) - private May 23, 1861. Discharged, 
disability, at Richmond, Va. November 14, 1861. 

Hudspeth, Thomas - private July 14, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 
9, 1865. 

Huguley, James - private May 23, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1864. Killed 
at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29, 1864. 

Isom, Richard - Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 59th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 
16, 1862. Transferred to Co. B, 20th Regiment Ga. Inf. July or August 1863. 
Roll for August 31, 1864, shows him present. No later record. 


Isom, William - private June 10, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 
1865. 

Ivey, Henry C. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Hawe's Shop, Va. May 28, 
1864. On detached duty with Provost Guard at Columbus, Ga. December 14, 1864. 

Jackson, Melangthon G. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, 
December 9, 1861. 

Lane, William R. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Manassas, Va. August 
16, 1861. 

Langford, Thomas J. - private May 23, 1861. Died in Richmond, (or Lynchburg), 
Va. hospital December 1861. 

Lee, Zachariah - private December 26, 1862. Substitute. Surrendered, 
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Lokey, John W. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. Appointed 3d Corporal in 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 
1865. 

Matthews, George Richard - private May 23, 1861. Wounded in head at 
Petersburg, Va. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Matthews, Hyderalli F. - private May 23, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo 
Hospital #3, at Richmond, Va. May 18, 1862. Given a certificate of disability 
for discharge, because of typhoid pneumonia and being underage, December 23, 
1862. 

McCrary, John V. - private May 23, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Killed at 
Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. 

McElvey, Hugh L. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. Absent, wounded, October 31, 1864. No later record. 

McElvey, William A. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 
1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

McMoy, David M. - private May 23, 1861. Transferred to retired list and 
stationed at Montgomery, Ala. July 2, 1864. Reexamined January 25, 1865. No 
later record. 


McMoy, William W. - private May 23, 1861. Detailed ambulance driver in 1864. 
Paroled at Montgomery, Ala. June 3, 1865. 

Mitchell, Young A. - private May 23, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. 

Moore, William - private May 23, 1861. Admitted to Hospital #4, at Richmond, 
Va. with chronic rheumatism August 12, 1862. Returned to duty August 17, 
1862. Discharged, disability, November 27, 1862. 

Morgan, Stephen M. - private May 23, 1861. Severely wounded in leg at Cold 
Harbor, Va. June 3, 1864. In Richmond, Va. hospital June 30, 1864. No later 
record. ' 

Mullins, James G. - private May 23, 1861. Died of phthisis in General 
Hospital at Culpeper, Va. November 8, 1861. 

Neal, David L. - private May 23, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 30, 
1862. 

Nichols, William L. - private May 23, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. 
April 9, 1865. 

Nunn, George C. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded through right arm at Malvern 
Hill, Va. July 1, 1862. Detailed Assistant Commissary Sergeant in 1864. 
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born February 17, 1845.) 


Parrish, John W. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. 
September 19, 1863, Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Absent, wounded, October 31, 
1864. No later record. 


Pierce, William G. - private May 23, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1864. 
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Pool, Joseph H. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 
19, 1863. 

Pool, Mathew H. - private May 23, 1861. Died near Fairfax, Va. September 15, 
1861. 

Pouncy, Eli T. - private May 23, 1861. Captured, date and place not given. 
Paroled October 4, 1862. No later record. 


Raiford, Campbell E. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. 
August 30, 1862. On furlough October 26- November 26, 1862. No later record. 


Reese, Joseph B.  private May 23, 1861. Died at Richmond, Va. December 15, 
861. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. 

Register, Charles B. - private May 23, 1861. Sick at Gordonsville, Va. April 
6, 1862. No later record. 

Robinson, Samuel S. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. 
September 19, 1863, Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Captured at Fort Harrison, 
Va. September 29, 1864. Exchanged at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga., 
November 15, 1864. No later record. 

Scott, Charles H. - private May 23, 1861. Died at Manassas, Va. December 9, 
1861. 

Scott, George P - private May 23, 1861. Died at Lynchburg, Va. December 26, 
1861. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 9, 2d Line, Lot 170 - Warwick 
House. 

Seats, John W. - private March 26, 1862. Transferred to Co. K, 59th Regiment 
Ga. Inf. Deserted to enemy January 19, 1865. Received at Washington, D. C., a 
Confederate deserter January 26, 1865, 'remark: "Has taken oath of allegiance 
to U. S. Govt. and furnished transportation to New York City." 

Seats, Thomas J. - private March 26, 1862. Wounded in finger, necessitating 
amputation, at Deep Bottom, Va. August 16, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. 
April 9, 1865. (Resident of Georgia since October 26, 1876.) 


Seats, William B. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Manassas, Va. October 
31, 1861. 

Slaughter, Henry K. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Va. 
June 27, 1862. Died from wounds in 1862. 

Slaughter, John - private July 14, 1861. Discharged, disability, August 14, 
1861. 

Smith, Eugene F. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. Absent without leave January 1 - October 31, 1864. No later record. 


Smith, Josiah J. - private May 23, 1861. Missing at battle of Chickamauga, 
Ga. September 19, 1863. 

Smith, Welcome S. - private May 23, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
30, 1862. 

Spivey, Joseph - private May 23, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 30, 
1862. 

Strickland, I. N. - private. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865. 
Paroled at Thomasville, Ga. May 16, 865. 

Swinson, Young W. - private May 23, 1861. Killed at Deep Bottom, Va. August 
16, 1864. 

Sykes, George T. - private May 23, 1861. Paid at Richmond, Va. June 25, 1862. 
No later record. 


Teel, Calvin - private May 23, 1861. Died at Culpeper, Va. hospital August 
26, 1861. 

Teel, Richard (or Erasmus) - private May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, at 
Manassas, Va. December 26, 1861. 

Thedford, Charles L. - private May 23, 1861. Died at Lynchburg, Va. hospital 
October 5, 1861. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No.1, 5th Line, Lot 
159 - Warwick House. 

Thedford, William F. (or William T.) - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at 
Richmond, Va. July 23, 1861. 

Thompson, Green F. - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
30, 1862. Transferred to retired list October 29, 1864. 

Thornton, William E. - private May 21, 1861. Transferred to Co. H,  l7th 
Regiment Ga. Inf. May 22, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, shows him 
present. No later record. 


Tipper, John W. - private April 9, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 
9, 1865. (Born in Stewart County, Ga. March 15, 1846.) 


Vinson, Joel T. - private May 23, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 
1862. 

Walker, Orin M. - private May 23, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 
1865. 

Walton, James W. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, from 
Culpeper, Va. hospital September 11, 1861. 

Walton, William T. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged August 16, 1861. 

Watson, Hielan C. - private March 10, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 
2, 1863. 

Watson, Hiram L.- private May 23, 1861. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, 
Pa. July 2, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Point Lookout, 
Md. and released February 20, 1864. 

Watson, Samuel - private August 26, 1861. Wounded at Deep Bottom, Va. August 
16, 1864. Deserted at expiration of sick fulough September 23, 1864. 

Webster, Reuben J. - private May 23, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 30, 
1862. 

Welch, Thomas J. - private May 23, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
30, 1862. 

Westmoreland, Marcus J. - private May 23, 1861. Discharged at Manassas, Va. 
December 3, 1861. 

White, Joseph - private March 10, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. September 
20, 1863. Appointed 2d Sergeant in 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 
9, 1865. 

Wicks, Virgil A. - private May 23, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 
1863. Died in U. S. A. Smallpox Hospital at Point Lookout, Md. January 14, 
1864. 

Wilkerson, John A. - private March 4, 1862. Sick at Richmond, Va. April 20, 
1862. No later record. 


Wills, William M. - private May 23, 1861. Died of typhus fever in camp near 
Manassas, Va. December 13, 1861. 

Wingate, Leonidas - private May 23, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 
1863. Absent without leave October 1, 1863 - October 1864. No later record. 


Wingate, Thomas - private May 23, 1861. Discharged on account chronic 
rheumatism at Manassas, Va. October 31, 1861.