MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - 54th Regiment - Company G ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ray Fincham http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html Visit this site for more information about regiments from Georgia Company G, 54th Regiment Muscogee County Aaron, A. D. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record. [Note:02/06/1828 07/06/1890 Fellowship Bapt. Ch. Cem., Tallapoosa Co., Alabama] Alford, James -- Pension records show he enlisted as a private, date not given. Wounded at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. At home on 30 days furlough, sick with measles, April 1, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia February 11, 1842.) Almand, Calvin R. (or Almond) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Anderson, Robert P. -- Private - January 15, 1863. Substitute for Francis Roberts. Deserted January 19, 1863. Averett, John -- Private - January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Barfield, Needham -- Private - May 12, 1862. Left arm permanently disabled at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 12, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Edgefield County, South Carolina in 1828.) Bishop, John -- Private - May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Savannah, Georgia August 18, 1862. Regimental returns show he was transferred to Company C, September 1, 1862. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia May 20, 1865. Blackstock, Henry -- Private - May 12, 1862. Boatright, D. D. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C. Wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 15, 1864. Boyd, S. F. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Died at Savannah, Georgia July 27, 1862. Boyd, W. A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Brakefield, H. M. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannat, Georgia May 12, 1862. Brooker, John (or Booker) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed Musician December 1862. Dropped January 31, 1863. Brown, William -- Private - October 1, 1862. On detached duty, Orderly to Colonel Way, February -October 1, 1863. No later record. Bruce, Joel L. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Detailed in Ordnance Dept. on account of disability, and ordered to report to Lieutenant Colonel J. A. DeLagnel, Commandering C. S. Arsenal, Columbus, Georgia, August 22, 1864. Discharged at Columbus, Georgia April 1865. (Born in Greene County, Georgia September 18, 1829.) Bruce, William -- Private - September 13, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Bryan, Jesse -- Private - January 22, 1863. Killed at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 27, 1864. Bullard, Jasper S. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Burger, A. -- Private - September 13, 1862. Detached and sent to Savannah, Georgia as teamster February 18, 1863. No later record. Burger, Henry -- Private - September 13, 1862. Cannady, D. B. (or Kennedy) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C, September 1, 1862. Roll dated February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Cartin, J. B. (or Cardin) -- Private - February 16, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Cartledge, Joseph -- Private - August 9, 1862. On extra duty as Color Guard September 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute. Clegg, James A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at Oxford, Georgia July 22, 1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio and transferred to City Point, Virginia for exchange March 4, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 10-12, 1865. (Born in South Carolina June 13, 1825.) Cooper, W. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Crumb, E. P. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant 1862. Transferred November 3, 1862. No later record. Davison, John E. (or Davidson) -- Private - January 22, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina , April 26, 1865. Dawkins, Rufus -- Private - February 24, 1863. No later record. Dawkins, Thomas J. -- Private - January 27, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. DeLaney, Henry -- Private - August 9, 1862. Deserted February 1, 1863. Donalson, J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Downs, Thomas J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia July 5, 1838. Died there January 1, 1915.) Duncan, John D. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Captured at Marietta, Georgia July 2, 1864. Died of small-pox at Camp Chase, Ohio October 13, 1864. Grave #310, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. Dunn, Martin -- Private - February 23, 1863. Captured at Calhoun, Georgia May 17, 1864. Enlisted in U. S. Navy at Rock Island, Illinois June 10, 1864. Ellis, Andrew J. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Emanuel County, Georgia November 14, 1833. Died in Worth County, Georgia March 31, 1904.) Ellison, Richard Lane -- Private - January 22, 1863. Captured at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia July 3, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana and transferred to City Point, Virginia for exchange February 19, 1865. Admitted to U. S. A. smallpox Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, with variola, April 19, 1865. Sent to Provost Marshal May 17, 1865. Reached home May 30, 1861. Died from inflammatory rheumatism contracted in service, at Columbus, Georgia, March 25, 1868. Eyles, James -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted February 1, 1863. Farmer, J. M. (or J. V.) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C. On detached duty as picket at Purysburg, February 21, 1864. Surrendered at Augusta, Georgia May 18, 1865. Goens, Boswell (or Goyens) -- Private - December 20, 1862. Mortally wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 27, 1864. Goulding, Thomas Edwards -- Private - June 23, 1862. Substitute for L. B. Rovy. Captured at Marietta, Georgia June 18, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana and forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange March 15, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 23, 1865. Graham, B. R. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C, September 1, 1862. Wounded at Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864. Right foot crushed in railroad accident in Mississippi January 1, 1865. (Born in Georgia June 4, 1839.) Granberry, George L. (or Granbury) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Granberry, Thomas J. -- 1st Sergeant - May 12, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant June 27, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina , April 26, 1865. Green, Bartlett Wiley -- Private - May 12, 1862. Detached and sent to Savannah, Georgia on teamster, February 18, 1863. Died of pneumonia in General Hospital #1, Savannah, Georgia, April 24, 1864. Griffin, Lucius (colored) -- Musician - May 12, 1862. Transferred to regimental band. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Grimes, Jackson -- Enlisted as a private in Company G, 20th Regiment Georgia Infantry July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability at Richmond, Virginia November 10, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company G, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Detailed in Government shoe factory at Columbus, Georgia January 1863. No later record. Grimes, W. -- Private - December 24, 1862. Hammock, James B. -- Private - January 23, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Hammond, R. P. -- Private - November 6, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Harned, Samuel B. -- 2nd Sergeant - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Appointed 1st Sergeant June 27, 1864. Harper, J. G. -- Private - January 31, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Harrell, John B. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Wounded in right shoulder and left arm near Dalton, Georgia May 15, 1864. (Born in Georgia February 9, 1845.) Harrell, Moses, Jr. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Harrell, Moses, Sr. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Howard, Abner -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant January 15, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Hunter, George S. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Hunter, Simon Peter -- Private - January 22, 1863. Severely wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 27, 1864. In Columbus, Georgia hospital close of war. (Born in Talbot County, Georgia May 1, 1840.) Jackson, Andrew -- 3rd Corporal - May 12, 1862. Wounded at Bentonville, North Carolina March 18, 1865. In hospital close of war. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 21, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1838. Died in Muscogee County, Georgia October 19, 1913.) Johnson, B. L. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C, September 1, 1862. On detached duty, nurse in Savannah, Georgia hospital, February 28, 1864. Surrendered at Augusta, Georgia May 18, 1865. (Born in Georgia Died near Thrift, Georgia in 1904.) Johnson, John -- Enlisted as a private Company B, 8th Regiment Georgia State Troops December 11, 1861. Mustered out in 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company G, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C, September 1, 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia May 24, 1865. (Born in Georgia) Jones, James J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Wounded in thigh and ankle at Lovejoy Station, Georgia September 4, 1864. (Born in Georgia in 1835. Died in Chattahoochee County, Georgia in 1919.) Kennedy, B. B. -- See Cannady. Kirkland, N. G. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C, September 1, 1862. No later record. Knight, George Walton -- Captain - May 12, 1862. Resigned on account of serious illness of his wife June 5, 1863. Lamb, Eatonton W. -- Private - January 25, 1863. Died at Confederate General Hospital No. 1, at Columbia, South Carolina September 22, 1863. Langford, George W. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Appointed 3rd Corporal. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Lanier, T. J. -- See private Company C. Laws, William A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Layfield, James N. -- See private Company C. Lee, David J. -- Enlisted as a private in Company B, 8th Regiment Georgia State Troops December 11, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company G, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C, September 1, 1862. Roll dated February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him sick in Hardeeville, South Carolina hospital since February 24, 1864. No later record. Lowe, Andrew J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1862. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah, Georgia September 25, 1862. Martin, J. B. -- Private - November 15, 1862. Deserted December 15, 1862. Martin, LaFayette -- Private - January 28, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. McClary, Samuel B. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - May 12, 1862. Killed at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 27, 1864. McDonald, La Fayette -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Georgia June 18, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana and transferred to City Point, Virginia for exchange March 4, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 10-12, 1865. McDonald, Samuel H. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Right leg frost bitten at Murfreesboro, Tennessee December 20, 1864. Right leg amputated at Camp Chase, Ohio March 2, 1865. Released there May 16, 1865. (Born in Georgia May 2, 1842.) McDonald, William H. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia Died in Harris County, Georgia February 1908.) McElroy, James M. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Surrendered at Grensboro, North Carolina , April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia) McHugh, John -- Private - September 25, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. McKinney, J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal in 1862. Discharged at Savannah, Georgia August 18, 1862. McKinney, P. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll dated February 28, 1863, only roll on file, shows him present. McKinney, William -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll dated February 28, 1863, only roll on file, shows him present. Meadows, A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Georgia May 12, 1862. Morrow, G. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Georgia May 12, 1862. Mulkey, John H. -- Private - July 6, 1863. Captured at Marietta, Georgia July 3, 1864. Enlisted in 5th Regiment U. S. Infantry April 6, 1865. Nease, Leonard J. -- See private Company I. Odom, Benjamin F. -- 4th Sergeant - May 12, 1862. Wounded and disabled at New Hope Church, Georgia May 25, 1864. In hospital close of war. Ogletree, James B. -- Private - August 8, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. O'Neal, William A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Oswalt, Joseph (or Swaltz) -- Private - February 3, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Ousley, A. J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Parker, Henry -- Private - May 12, 1862. Died at Beaulieu near Savannah, Georgia October 31, 1862. Parker, L. H. -- Private - May 12, 1862. On detail duty as ambulance driver June 2-October 31, 1862. No later record. Parker, Preston -- Private - October 18, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, only roll on file, shows him present. Parker, S. D. -- 1st Corporal - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Parkman, William -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Georgia May 25, 1862. Pate, Jordan P. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, only roll on file, shows him present. (Born in Georgia January 6, 1833. Died in Chattahoochee County, Georgia January 9, 1914.) Patten, Henry -- Private - January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Died of dysentery in Macon, Georgia hospital August 1864. Buried there in Rose Hill Cemetery. Peppers, Thomas J. (or Pepper) -- Private - February 3, 1863. Peppers, W. (or Pepper) -- Private - February 12, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Phelps, George W. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28 1863, last on file, shows him present. Platt, James Joseph (or Plott) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Georgia July 3, 1864. Transferred from Camp Douglas, Illinois May 4, 1865, and exchanged at New Orleans, Lousiana May 23, 1865. Platt, Mark (or Plott) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Ritch, Thomas J. -- 3rd Sergeant May - 12, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute, in 1863. Appointed Sergeant of Company K, 12th Regiment Georgia State Guards Cavalry (Robinson's) August 4, 1863. Mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia February 4, 1864. Roberts, Francis -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal in 1862; Sergeant in 1862. Discharged, furnished R. P. Anderson as substitute, January 15, 1863. Roberts, N. B. -- Enlisted as a private in Company G, 2nd Regiment Georgia Infantry April 16, 1861. Discharged, disability, November 7, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company G, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. "He was examined by a Board and found fully competent for promotion February 10, 1864. No record found of promotion as Captain." Rovy, L. B. (or Rory) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Discharged, furnished Thomas E. Goulding as substitute, June 23, 1862. Rucker, ? -- Private - January 22, 1863. Slaton, A. M. -- Private - November 7, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Slaughter, Abner -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia in 1835.) Slaughter, John W. -- 4th Corporal - May 12, 1862. Wounded, right leg and ankle crushed at Resaca, Georgia May 16, 1864. Sent to Columbus, Georgia hospital May 1864. Captured at Russellville, Alabama March 24, 1865. Delivered to Captain W. B. Gates, Provost Marshal 2nd Division Cavalry Corps, M. D. M. Paroled at Columbus, Georgia May 1865. (Born in Georgia in March 24, 1846.) Slaughter, Richard J. -- Private - in 1863. Sent to hospital with measles March 1865. In Columbus, Georgia hospital close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1847.) Sloman, T. J. -- Private - November 11, 1862. Deserted December 15, 1862. Smith, A. A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Georgia May 12, 1862. Spillers, Thomas W. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Stewart, Henry -- Private - January 22, 1863. Captured at Macon, Georgia April 20-21, 1865. Stripling, Robert -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Stripling, Thomas J. -- 2nd Corporal - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Swalz, Joseph O. -- See Oswalt. Tarvin, George J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia in 1834.) Thomas, Grigsby E., Sr. -- 2nd Lieutenant - May 12, 1862. Wounded at Resaca, Georgia May 16, 1864; Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Elected Captain for gallantry at Bentonville, North Carolina March 18, 1865. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Thornton, John S. -- Private - February 7, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Tilley, W. J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Tucker, James Madison Hill -- Private - January 22, 1863. Sent to Columbus, Georgia hospital, sick with fever, February 1, 1865. Paroled at Columbus, Georgia May 1, 1865. (Born in Russell County, Alabama March 12, 1845. Died in Atlanta, Georgia January 25, 1925.) Tyler, A. Jackson -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Wade, William Scott -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at Cassville, Georgia May 19, 1864. Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange February 15, 1865. Wardlaw, William -- Private - May 12, 1862. Ware, Warren A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Watson, George S. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Watson, Gilbert -- Private - January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Way, Hartford H. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed Sergeant-Major November 3, 1862. Detailed Drillmaster January 22, 1863. Appointed Adjutant. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia May 19, 1865. Webb, James Ross -- Private - May 12, 1862. Wounded at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Died in Phenix City, Alabama June 5, 1899. West, E. H. (Tip) -- Private - August 12, 1862. On detail duty as ambulance driver, June 2, 1863. No later record. Williams, A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. On detail duty as teamster in Quartermaster Dept. June 1, 1863. No later record. Williams, S. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Georgia May 12, 1862. Williams, William -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at New Hope Church, Georgia May 25, 1864. Williford, William C. -- Private - January 22, 1863. Captured at Marietta, Georgia, July 3, 1864. Enlisted in 5th Regiment U. S. Volunteer Infantry at Camp Douglas, Illinois April 6, 1865. Wright, E. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Died of fever at Savannah, Georgia July 27, 1862. Wright, John -- Private - May 12, 1862. 54th Infantry Regiment, organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1862, contained men recruited in the counties of Lamar, Appling, Harris, Muscogee, Bartow, Chatham, and Barrow. The unit moved to the Charleston area and was involved in numerous conflicts including the fight at Battery Wagner. Later it was assigned to Mercer's and J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 54th participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the Battle of Bentonville. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20 to September 1, it reported 93 casualties and in December, 1864, totalled 168 effectives. The regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865. Colonel Charlton H. Way, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Rawls, and Major William H. Mann were in command.