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

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MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY B, 3lst REGIMENT

(Evan's Brigade - Gordon's Division)
Muscogee Confederates


OFFICERS:
Pride, Rodolphus T. - Captain October 5, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. 
June 27, 1862; 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Elected Major July 1, 1863; 
Lieutenant Colonel February 1864. Wounded and disabled at Wilderness, Va. May 
6, 1864. Resigned August 19,1864. 

Johnson, John T. - 1st Lieutenant October 5, 1861. Elected Captain August 19, 
1863. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. 

Reedy, John C. - 2d Lieutenant October 5, 1861. Relieved from duty by 
Conscript Act May 13, 1862. Enlisted in Co. A, 7th Regiment Confederate 
Cavalry January 1864. Discharged, ill health, in 1864. Elected Captain of Co. 
A, 6th Regiment Ga. Militia July 1864. Company was disbanded at Hamburg, S. 
C., across river from Augusta, Ga., March 18, 1865. (Born in South Carolina 
August 10, 1831. Died in Muscogee County, Ga. in 1908.)

Henry, James M. - Jr. 2d Lieutenant October 5, 1861. Retired May 13, 1862. 
Enlisted as a private February 27, 1863. Appointed Regimental Musician June 
1, 1863. Elected 2d Lieutenant May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. 
April 9, 1865. 

Johnson, J. M. -1st Sergeant October 5, 1861. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. 
December 13, 1862. 

Rush, H. S. - 2d Sergeant October 5, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant at 
reorganization May 13, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant July 29, 1863; 1st 
Lieutenant August 29, 1863. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. 
Released at Fort Delaware, Del. Jun e 16, 1865. 

Johnson, Thomas P. - 3d Sergeant October 5, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant May 
13, 1862. Wounded, right arm permanently disabled, at Cold Harbor, Va. June 
27, 1862. Resigned February 24,1863. (Born in Ga. October 3,1839.) 

Whitten, W. T. - 4th Sergeant October 5, 1861. Discharged, disability, at 
Beaulieu, near Savannah, Ga., May 16, 1862. 

Fortson, Henry Pruitt - 5th Sergeant October 5, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant 
August 1863. Captured at Fort Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point 
Lookout, Md. June 27, 1865. 

Ginn, Isaac Columbus - 1st Corporal October 5, 1861. Appointed Color Sergeant 
December 15, 1861. Elected Jr 2d Lieutenant May 13, 1862. Wounded at Cold 
Harbor, Va June 27, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Resigned 
June 29, 1864. 

Ramsay, Andrew L. - 2d Corporal October 5, 1861. Died at Beaulieu, near 
Savannah, Ga., March 8, 1862. 

Young, Thomas P. - 3d Corporal October 5, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant May 13, 
1862; 1st Sergeant June 1, 1863. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. 
Exchanged at Fort Delaware, Del. March 7, 1865. No later record. (Born in 
Jones County, Ga. in 1842.) 

Hood, A. E. - 4th Corporal October 5, 1861.  Appointed 3d Sergeant May 14, 
1862. Discharged June 1, 1862.  Died at Staunton, Va. August 12, 1862. 

King, John W. (or John L.) - Musician October 5, 1861. Wounded at 2d 
Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Died at Middleburg, Va. October 1862.

PRIVATES:
Alderman, Enoch G. F. - private October 5, 1861. Captured at Monocacy, Md. 
September 12, 1862. Sent from Fort Delaware, Del to Aikens Landing, Va. for 
exchange October 2, 1862. Died of disease at Richmond, Va. October 21, 1862. 

Amerson, Abraham - private October 5, 1861 Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. 
September 17, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Transferred 
from Point Lookout, Md to Hammond U.S.A. General Hospital November 6, 1863, 
and died there of fever same day. 

Attaway, J. T. C. - private April 16, 1862. Wounded and captured at 
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. October 11, 1864. 
Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga. for exchange, November 15, 1864. 
No later record. 

Bartlett, W. T. - private October 10, 1861. Discharged, under-age, January 
1863. 

Borland, Q. - private August 1, 1862 Substitute for T. J. Watt. Transferred 
to Co. C, February 1, 1863. Died July 23, 1864. 

Bowen, Thomas M. - private December 19, 1861. Died of disease at Savannah, 
Ga. February 24, 1862.

Bozeman, W. H. - private December 21, 1861 Discharged on account of hernia at 
Beaulieu, near Savannah, Ga., May 17, 1862. 

Brannon, Edward W. - private April 22, 1862. On detached duty in Ordnance 
Dept. at Columbus, Ga November 4, 1864, to close of war. (Born in South 
Carolina in 1828.) 


Broughton, W. W (or Broaden) - private December 19, 1861. Wounded at Cold 
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862 Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled 
at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865. No later record. 


Brown, Thomas - private October 5, 1861. Died February 24, 1862.

Brown, Thomas H. See private, Co. C. 

Browning, A James (or James A.) - private October 17, 1861 Wounded at 
Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant July 29, 1863; 
3d Sergeant August 1863. Roll dated November 5,1864, last on file, shows him 
present. No later record. (Born in Chattahoochee County, Ga. March 2,1843.) 

Buchanan, John M -. private October 5, 1861. Roll dated November 5, 1864, 
last on file, shows him present. No later record. 

Burt, A. J. - private April 22, 1862. Discharged at Columbus, Ga. March 3, 
1863. 

Clarke, G. R. - private October 5, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal May 14, 1862. 
Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Discharged, furnished William 
Henderson as substitute, March 1,1863. 

Cobb, J. N. - private November 23, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu, near 
Savannah, Ga., May 14, 1862. 


Cook, Gabriel - private October 17, 1861 Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on 
file, shows him present. No later record. 

Dunn, Charles- private December 21,1861. Wounded at Manassas, Va. August 28, 
1862. Discharged, under-age, March 5, 1863 

Edge, Marlin T. - private October 10. 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 
27, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal June 1, 1863. Wounded and captured at 
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled for exchange at Fort Delaware, Del. 
March 7, 1865. No late r record. 

Granberry, Eugene - private April 28, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Surrendered, 
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1842.) 

Greene, Benjamin W. - private October 23, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal June 
1, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Captured at Winchester, Va. 
September 19, 1864. Paroled at Baltimore, Md. and sent to James River, Va for 
exchange February 1865. Captured in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. April 
3, 1865, and died there of wounds April 10, 1865. 

Greene, D. T. - private April 2, 1864. Captured at Strasburg, Va. September 
23, 1864. Exchanged October 30, 1864. No later record. 

Greene, William F. - private April 9, 1862. Wounded in right leg, 
necessitating amputation, at Winchester, Va September 19, 1864. Recommended 
for retirement by Medical Examining Board at Columbus, Ga. April 5, 1865. 
(Resident of Georgia since 1859.) 

Grimes, Stephen Rhoden - private April 30, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. 
October 19, 1864. Sick in Lynchburg, Va. hospital November 5, 1864. Pension 
records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Butts 
County, Ga. October 3, 1827.) 

Guy, Hinton J -. private October 5, 1861 Roll dated Nov. 5, 1864, last on 
file, shows him present. No later record.  

Hansel, T. C. - private October 5, 1861. Discharged, under-age, March 1862. 

Hansel, T. J. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 
1862. 

Harris, Cornelius Richard - private October 10, 1861. Lost right eye at 
Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows 
him absent on wounded furlough for 60 days. (Born in Georgia March 13,1839. 
Died March 31,1898.) 

Harris, J. R. - private November 10, 1861. 

Henderson, William - private March 1, 1863. Substitute for G. R. Clarke. 
Captured at Fredericksburg, Va. May 4, 1863. Paroled at Old Capitol Prison, 
Washington, D. C. May 19,1863. Died September 1863. 

Hodge, Samuel A. - private November 23, 1861. Died of disease at Staunton, 
Va. August 8, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. 

Hollis, Monroe W. - Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 7th Regiment Confederate 
Cavalry July 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. B, 3lst Regiment Ga. Inf., in 
exchange for George C. Sherwood, October 17, 1862. Captured, Spotsylvania, 
Va. May 19, 1864. No lat er record. 

Hollis, M. G. - private May 12, 1862. Captured at Farmville, Va. April 5, 
1865. Released June 25, 1865. 

Hood, H. Tillman - private April 17, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 
27, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 19, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. 
Y. and sent to James River, Va. for exchange February 20, 1865. No later 
record. 

Huff, Warren C. - private August 18, 1862. Discharged, disability, October 
17, 1862. (Born in Muscogee County, Ga. October 4, 1838.) 

Johnson, F. J. - private April 9, 1862. On detached duty in Ordnance Dept. at 
Columbus, Ga. November 5, 1864. No later record. 

Johnson, Jacob - private December 6, 1861. Died of disease at Beaulieu, near 
Savannah, Ga. May 23 or August 23, 1862.

 Jones, Bias W. - private Apr 21, 1862. Wounded, date and place not given. 
Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later 
record. 

Kimbrough, William H. - private October 5, 1861. Died of measles in General 
Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Va. August 9, 1862. "Was packed up and sent (blank)
 No location given." 

Lanier, James - private May 25, 1862. Died in Marion County, Ga. December 9, 
1862. 

Lanier, L. E. - private October 5, 1861. Appointed Regimental Musician. 
Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. 
April 9, 1865. 

May, L. D. - private May 28, 1862. Captured at Bermuda Hundred Defenses, Va. 
April 3, 1865. Released at Hart's Island, N. Y. Harbor, June 15, 1865.  

May, William - private May 28, 1862. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on 
file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. 

McCrary, A. G. - private November 1, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal December 
15, 1861. Wounded in right knee and captured at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. 
Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. October 30, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, 
Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Muscogee County, Ga. in 1839.) 

McCrary, W. W. - private September 23,1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 
12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. for exchange February 1865. No later 
record. 

McCullough, M. R. (or McCullar) - private December 6, 1861. Appears last on 
roll for December 31, 1861.

 McDowell, J. M. - private October 17, 1861. Died of disease at Savannah, Ga. 
April 17, 1862.

 McGuirt, E. G. - private October 5, 1861. Captured at Fisher's Hill, Va. 
October 22, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Aiken's 
Landing, Va. for exchange March 28, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's 
Wharves, James River, Va. Marc h 30, 1865. No later record. (Born in Muscogee 
County, Ga. March 2,1834.) 

McGuirt, William G. - private December 21, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. 
July 2, 1863. Roll dated November 5, 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent on 
sixty days' wounded furlough. Since reported at Columbus, Ga. hospital." No 
later record. 

Morgan, William H. - private October 10, 1861. Discharged at Skidaway Island, 
Ga. March 6, 1862. 

Morris, T. V. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 
December 13, 1862; Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864; left knee joint shattered at 
Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Captured at Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865. 
Released from U.S.A. General Hospital at Point Lookout, Md. July 19, 1865. 
(Resident of Ga. since November 25, 1840.) 

Morris, W. H. - private October 17, 1861. Wounded, 2d Manassas, Va. August 
28, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Owen, John Tarpley - private October 5, 1861 Regimental returns for May 1862, 
show him "On sick furlough until April 15; since then has been absent without 
leave." No later record. 

Parker, John F. - private Oct 5, 1861. Captured at Crampton's Gap, Md. July 
4, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. February 18, 1865. Exchanged at 
Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. February 20-21, 1865. No later 
record. 

Parker, J. M. - private April 28, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 
1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Parsons, W. M. - private October 10, 1861. Died of disease at Savannah, Ga. 
March 25, 1862. 

Peavy, George W. - private December 19, 1861. Wounded in eye, resulting in 
loss of sight. Discharged, disability, at Beaulieu, near Savannah, Ga., May 
16, 1862. 

Peddy, J. C. - private February 11, 1863. Substitute for P. E. Wimberly. 
Appears last on roll for November -December 1863. 

Peters, John - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
28, 1862. Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Newport 
News, Va. June 25, 1865. 

Phillips, Elijah - private October 5, 1861 Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 
28, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. 

Phillips, Lovick W. - private December 19, 1861 Appointed Quartermaster 
Sergeant December 19, 1861; Assistant Surgeon April 11, 1862. Discharged at 
Beaulieu, near Savannah, Ga., May 12, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. K, 
7th Regiment Confederate Cavalry July 10, 1862; Captain September 10, 1862. 
Transferred to Co. K, l0th Regiment Ga. Cavalry in 1864. Surrendered, 
Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. 

Phillips, S. F. - private April 28, 1862. Sick in Macon, Ga. hospital 
November 5, 1864. No later record. 

Phillips, T. J. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded through left thigh at New 
Market, Va August 6, 1864. Sick in Lynchburg, Va. hospital November 5, 1864. 
Pension records show he was in Staunton, Va. hospital close of war. (Born in 
Marion County, Ga . December 20, 1841.) 

Pickren, Cato A. P. - private Oct 5, 1861 Wounded, captured and died at 
Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. 

Pickren, W. H. - private October 5, 1861. Died of disease at Savannah, Ga. 
April 26, 1862. 

Pride, W. T. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded and disabled at Cold Harbor, 
Va. June 27, 1862. Roll dated August 10, 1863, shows him "Absent, disabled by 
wound." No later record.

 Riddle, W. H. - private Oct 5, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 
1862. Discharged July 6, 1864. 

Rodgers, Frederick R. - private April 22, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. 
June 27, 1862. Captured near Petersburg Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point 
Lookout, Md. June 17, 1865. 

Scott, Alexander - private October 5, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. 
September 17, 1862. 

Scott, Amos B.- private October 5, 1861. Died of disease at Mount Jackson, 
Va. October 30, 1862. 

Scott, Enoch A. - private October 5,1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 
1862. 

Sherwood, George C - private October 19, 1861. Transferred to Co. K, 7th 
Regiment Confederate Cavalry, in exchange for Monroe W Hollis, Oct 17, 1862; 
to Co. K, l0th Regiment Ga. Cavalry in 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Wounded and 
disabled at Sailor's C reek, Va. April 6, 1865. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. 
C. April 26, 1865. 

Shores, John W. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 
December 13, 1862 Died in C.S.A General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. 
November 24, 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. 

Shores, W. H. - private October 5, 1861. Captured in 1863. Paroled May 24, 
1863. Roll dated August 31, 1864, shows him "Absent on detail, hospital duty, 
at Gordonsville, Va." Retired to Invalid Corps March 3, 1865. Detailed for 
light duty and orde red to report to General Cobb, commanding Ga. Reserves, 
March 29, 1865. In Lynchburg, Va. hospital close of war. (Born in Russell 
County, Ala. February 19, 1840.) 

Short, Franklin - private May 5, 1862. Sick in Augusta, Ga. hospital August 
31, 1864. In 1st Division Hospital, 20th A. C., December 26, 1864. No later 
record.

Short, James D. - private October 10, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. 
August 28, 1862. Died of wounds at Middleburg, Va. September 1, 1862. 

Smith, Shadrack - private October 17, 1861. In C.S.A. General Military 
Hospital #4, at Wilmington, N. C. June 16, 1862. Returned to duty July 10, 
1862. No later record.

Stringfellow, J. M. - private October 5, 1861. Died of chronic diarrhoea in 
Chimborazo Hospital #5, at Richmond, Va. October 7, 1862. 

Stringfellow, Wiley - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. 
June 27, 1862. Captured at Macon, Ga. April 20- 21, 1865. Pension records 
show he was in Macon, Ga. on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Talbot 
County, Ga. in 1837.) 

Taff, James M. - private October 5, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu, near 
Savannah, Ga., May 23, 1862. (Resident of Ga. since 1838.) 

Taff, Robert - private Oct 5, 1861. Died of typhoid fever at Staunton, Va. 
August 22, 1862. 

Thomas, Lafayette - private October 5, 1861 Discharged, disability, in 1862. 
Enlisted as a private in Co H, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. November 6, 1862. 
Transferred to Co. F, January 17, 1863. Paroled, Thomasville, Ga. May 25, 
1865. 

Thompson, William Henry - private Oct 22, 1862. Severely wounded at 2d 
Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Recommended for discharge by Medical Examining 
Board, on account of wounds, March 9, 1863. (Born in Muscogee County, Ga. 
February 27,1837.) 

Tinsley, G. F. -  private October 5, 1861. Discharged at Beaulieu, near 
Savannah, Ga., April 18, 1862.

 Tyce, Andrew J. - private October 10, 1861. Appears last on roll for 
December 31, 1861. 

Wall, George W. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 
December 13, 1862. In Richmond, Va. hospital, wounded, November 5, 1864. 
Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va., with fever, 
November 5, 1864. Returned to duty December 6, 1864. No later record. 

Watt, Benjamin Franklin - private April 9, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal May 
18, 1862. Transferred to Co. K, March 2, 1863. Discharged, furnished 
substitute, March or April 1863. 

Watt, T. J. - private October 5, 1861. Discharged, furnished Q. Borland as 
substitute, August 1, 1862. 

West, W. C. - private October 17, 1861. Appointed 3d Corporal May 18, 1862. 
Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. 

Wimberly, P. E. - private August 1,1862. Discharged, furnished J. C. Peddy as 
substitute, February 11,1863. 

Wynn, John E. - private October 14, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. 
May 3, 1863. Transferred from Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. to Columbia, 
S. C. May 28, 1864. Pension records show he was wounded April 2, 1865, and 
sent to hospital. (Born in Putnam County, Ga. July 6, 1843.)

Wynn, Winfrey L. - private October 5, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. 
September 17, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal June 1, 1863. Wounded, right arm 
permanently disabled, at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Furloughed for 60 days 
on account of wounds in 1864 . On duty with detachment of Provost Guards at 
Columbus, Ga. November 30,1864. No later record. (Resident of Ga. since 
November 1867.) 

This company was organized in Muscogee County, Ga. October 5, 1861. Was 
ordered to Savannah, Ga. and was mustered into the Confederate States service 
October 9,1861. Engaged in battles of Cold Harbor, Va., Manassas, Va., 
Sharpsburg, Md. and Fredericks burg, Va.