MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - 54th Regiment - Company H ***************** 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 H, 54th Regiment Muscogee County "Russell Guards" Alverson, Elias (or Alberson, Elias) -- Private - November 8, 1862. Transferred to Company F, January 1, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia in 1841.) Ansley, William -- Private - May 20, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was "on road returning from Nashville, Tennessee and was discharged in Alabama in 1865." (Born in Warren County, Georgia January 1, 1832.) Arrow, John P. -- Private - November 8, 1862. No later record. Ashfield, Joseph D. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was in hospital with frost bitten feet close of war. (Born in Putnam County, Georgia August 5, 1832. Died in Talbot County Georgia June 10, 1902.) Attaway, John T. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company C, 27th Battalion Georgia Infantry (Non-Conscript,) November 1, 1863. Roll for April 1864, last on file, shows he was discharged by writ of habeas corpus March 1864. Avant, James P. -- Private - November 10, 1862. Detailed teamster in Quartermaster Dept. February 1864. Bates, C. J. -- Private - November 5, 1862. Detailed in Pioneer Corps January 1, 1863. Bazemore, I. -- Private - November 10, 1862. Beal, R. F. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Discharged, furnished George T. Pigg as substitute, January 16, 1863. Bedell, John K. -- 2nd Lieutenant - May 12, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant December 15, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Blackman, Henry H. (or Blackmon) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company E, 46th Regiment Georgia Infantry December 15, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Blake, Levis S. -- Enlisted as a private in Company I, 20th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia, June 23, 1861. Reenlisted July 26, 1861. Discharged, disability, November 1, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry January 28, 1863. Roll dated February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Bolan, Thomas -- Private - May 12, 1862. Boles, Cornelius J. -- Private - November 5, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Bonnard, C. C. -- Private - May 10, 1862. Detailed Orderly to Colonel Way February 1863. Captured at Dalton, Georgia October 14, 1864. Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois June 17, 1865. Bowles, Neely (or Boles) -- Private - January 28, 1862. Bowles, V. (or Boles) -- Private - January 28, 1863. Branner, James Henry -- Private - May 12, 1862. Contracted severe cold, resulting in hemorrhage of lungs and deafness, in 1863. Discharged, disability. (Born in Georgia July 3, 1825.) Brannon, Walter (or Brannen) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Georgia June 18, 1864. Died at Martinsburg, Virginia Brawner, James Lemuel -- Private - No. 5, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, shows him present. Brawner, M. L. -- 3rd Sergeant - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia. Died in Harris County, Georgia October 16, 1925.) Braynard, S. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Discharged at Savannah, Georgia July 18, 1862. Brewer, J. L. -- Private - November 8, 1862. Brewster, T. F. -- 1st Lieutenant - May 12, 1862. Dismissed the service December 13, 1863. Enlisted as a private December 20, 1863. Appointed Hospital Steward February 12, 1864. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Brewster, T. F. -- See 1st Lieutenant. Brigman, Isaac -- Private - November 10, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Brigman, Thomas -- Private - November 7, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee December 31, 1864. Broadaway, J. (or Broadway) -- Private - October 31, 1862. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah, Georgia October 31, 1862. [Burial Linwood Cemetery - Columbus GA) http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/photos/tombstones//broadway7339gph.jpg Brown, John M. -- Private - January 18, 1863. On detail duty in Engineer Dept. December 22, 1863 -February 29, 1864. No later record. Brown, John R. -- Private - May 20, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was on detail to build pontoon bridges close of war. (Born in Tattnall County, Georgia in 1816.) Bryan, Benjamin F. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, October 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 5th Regiment Georgia Reserve Infantry May 1864. On detail to guard bridges in South Carolina March-April 1865. (Born in Muscogee County, Georgia July 5, 1845.) Buce, C. C. (or Buse) -- Private - February 11, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Paroled at Montgomery, Alabama May 18, 1865. Bullard, E. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted May 20, 1862. Cash, Henry -- Private - March 4, 1862. Sick in camp February 29, 1864. No later record. Chalker, J. Taylor -- Private - March 2, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Right arm disabled at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864. (Born in Georgia May 3, 1844.) Claxton, James -- Private - January 23, 1864. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Cochran, James A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company F, January 7, 1863. On enrolling service February 28, 1863. No later record. Collins, C. Columbus (or Callins) -- Enlisted as a private in Company K, 46th Regiment Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Discharged, under age, August 6, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry January 28, 1863. Appears last on roll for January-February 1863. Cook, James -- Private - January 28, 1863. Cook, S. S. -- Private - January 28, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Cook, William W. -- Private - January 28, 1863. Wounded in left arm in 1865. Admitted to C. S. A. General Hospital #11, Charlotte, North Carolina , March 30, 1865. Furloughed April 14, 1865. Corbitt, Noah -- Private - February 10, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Crutchfield, Thomas -- Private - December 9, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Cummings, Owen (or Cummins) -- Private - May 3, 1862. Transferred to Company A, September 1, 1862. Died of pneumonia in Confederate Hospital at Savannah, Georgia January 1863. Doggett, Thomas J. – Private - March 15, 1863. On detail duty in Engineer Dept. December 22, 1863 -February 29, 1864. No later record. Dorough, Joseph T. -- Private - January 28, 1863. Detailed nurse in Bethesda, Georgia hospital January 1864. Reported present on hospital roll of Joe Thompson Artillery for February 29, 1864. No later record. Dowdell, Luther M. -- Private - July 18, 1863. Elected 2nd Lieutenant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Dunaway, George W. -- Private - February 24, 1864. Pension records show he was discharged at Savannah, Georgia December 1864. (Born in Warren County, Georgia August 28, 1838.) Dunaway, Lew Curtis (Kirk) -- Private - May 20, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Dunaway, Thomas -- Private - May 20, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Dunaway, William -- Private - August 13, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Dyal, J. D. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company K, in 1862. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah, Georgia September 12, 1862. Ely, A. Judson -- Enlisted as a private in Company E, 46th Regiment Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry December 15, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal December 1862; Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Muscogee County, Georgia in 1840.) Ely, George W. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 46th Regiment Georgia Infantry April 6, 1862. Discharged, under age, at Charleston, South Carolina October 13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Barnwell's Battery Georgia Light Artillery March 1, 1864. Transferred to Daniell's Battery Georgia Light Artillery March 29, 1864, to Company H, 54th Georgia Infantry June 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Ely, James D. -- Private - August 12, 1862. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation, at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Ely, Marcus B. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant January 19, 1863; 2nd Lieutenant December 15, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Everidge, Anderson -- Private - November 28, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Felzer, ? -- Private - May 12, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Discharged October 31, 1862. Freeman, Henry -- Musician - May 10, 1862. Transferred to Regimental band January 29, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. German, W. T. -- See Company C. Goodman, Jasper -- Private - May 12, 1862 Goodman, Joseph G. -- Private - January 27, 1863. Captured at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Transferred from Camp Chase, Ohio to City Point, Virginia for exchange March 2, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 10-12, 1865. (Born in Mitchell County, Georgia September 2, 1843.) Gorman, Charles – Musician - May 10, 1862. Transferred to Regimental band January 29, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863; last on file, shows him present. Hamer, James T. -- 4th Corporal - May 12, 1862. Wounded in right eye, resulting in loss of sight, at Powder Springs, Georgia, June 18, 1864. In Macon, Georgia hospital close of war. (Born in Georgia August 9, 1843.) Hancock, William -- Private - May 20, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Hart, William J. -- 4th Sergeant - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia March 11, 1837.) Harvey, William H. -- Private - March 1, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Hewell, Joseph Adkin -- Private - January 28, 1868. Roll for December 31, 1863, shows him present. Pension records show he was wounded in head, resulting in deafness and loss of left eye, at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 25, 1864. (Born in Georgia December 2, 1826.) Hightower, Seaborn Jones -- Private - May 12, 1862. Accidentally wounded in left arm at Atlanta, Georgia July 9, 1864. Arm amputated near shoulder. (Born in Harris County, Georgia November 24, 1825. Died at Confederate Soldier's Home, Atlanta Georgia, August 29, 1910.) Hightower, William J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant July 5, 1862. Dropped from rolls by order of General Beauregard January 7, 1863. Holloway, D. W. -- Private - February 26, 1863. Roll for February 1863, shows him present. Paroled at Albany, Georgia May 19, 1865. Horne, L. J. (or Horn) -- Private - November 1862. Pension records show he was discharged August 1863. Enlisted as a private in Company G, 9th Regiment Georgia Militia in 1864. Paroled in 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia August 1847. Died there July 4, 1930.) Horne, Thomas Jefferson (or Horn) -- Private - November 5, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he enlisted in Company I, 9th Regiment Georgia Militia May 1864. Paroled in 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia August 1847. Died at LaGrange, Georgia) Houston, Edwin A. -- Private - January 28, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Howard, William LaEayette -- Private - January 28, 1863. Killed at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Hubbard, A. J. -- 2nd Corporal - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Henry County, Georgia August 1831.) Hubbard, Erasums -- Private - February 25, 1864. No later record. Hubbard, Richard J. -- Private - January 27, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. (Born in Harris County, Georgia September 15, 1840.) Huckaby, J. Cater (or Huckabee) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Exchanged at Rough & Ready, Georgia September 19-22, 1864. Died at Macon, Georgia Buried there in Rose Hill Cemetery. Huckaby, Oliver B. (or Huckabee) -- Private - May 12; 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Hutchinson, Raymond R. (or Hutcherson) -- Private - August 25, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Warren County, Georgia October 27, 1817.) Jones, Seaborn L. -- Appointed 2nd Corporal of Company. B, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry (Ramsey's,) March 18, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Georgia March 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry August 13, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Kendrick, C. B. -- Enlisted as a private in Company C, 2nd Regiment Georgia Infantry July 24, 1861. Discharged, disability, October 21, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Kendrick, William -- Private - May 12, 1862. Kennon, Henry A. J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Upson County, Georgia February 5, 1837.) Kilcrease, James A. -- Private - January 28, 1863. Transferred to Company F, 63rd Regiment Georgia Infantry February 1, 1864. (Not on rolls Company F, 63rd Regiment Georgia Infantry) Kilcrease, William -- Private - January 28, 1863. Land, Aaron -- 1st Sergeant - May 12, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Died in Muscogee County, Georgia October 11, 1901. Land, Harvey M. T. -- Private - September 15, 1863. Transferred to Company B, 37th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1864. Wounded at Franklin, Tennessee November 30, 1864. Captured at Pulaski, Tennessee December 25, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, Ohio June 13, 1865. Land, John -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Langford, W. Pierce -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia June 1846.) Marshall, M. A. (Babe) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Died in Harris County, Georgia July 12, 1900. Massey, John J. -- Private - December 8, 1862. Roll for February 24, 1864, last on file, shows him present. McCants, William Albert -- Private - September 15, 1862. Captured at Resaca, Georgia May 16, 1864. Died of typhoid malarial fever in Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky, May 31, 1864. Buried there in Cave Hill Cemetery. McCoy, Clay M. -- 5th Sergeant - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Thomasville, Georgia May 23, 1865. McCraw, B. B. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Absent without leave from February 26, 1863. No later record. McGee, William H. -- Private - December 6, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. McGinty, Valerius A. -- Private - September 3, 1862. Captured at Salisbury, North Carolina April 12, 1865. Released at Camp Chase, Ohio June 13, 1865. McLeroy, Abraham E. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was severely wounded at New Hope Church, Georgia June 5, 1864. Remained in Field Hospital until July 15, 1864. Sent to Distributing Hospital at Atlanta, Georgia July 1864, and from there to Madison, Georgia hospital in 1864. Sent to Columbus, Georgia hospital August 1864, where he remained until after April 26, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia November 27, 1836.) McLeroy, Nathan -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Miller, John W. -- Private - October 14, 1863. Killed at Big Shanty, Georgia June 9, 1864. Moody, Allen -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company K, in 1862; to Company F, January,1, 1863. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1863. Moore, William B. -- Private - September 1, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Morgan, A. J. (or A. P.) -- Private - February 1863. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Warren County, Georgia May 3, 1845.) Morgan, James Nathan -- Private - August 12, 1862. Wounded, left hand permanently disabled at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 20, 1864. Morgan, Robert J. -- Private - May 12, 1862. On detail as teamster June 3, 1863 -February 29, 1864. Pension records show he contracted rheumatism in both legs in service. Totally deaf from exposure in service. (Born in Harris County, Georgia January 1, 1836.) Mullins, Jackson A. -- Private - October 9, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Narramore, Henry L. -- Private - April 11, 1863. Furloughed for 10 days February 21, 1864. No later record. Norris, Amos P. -- Private - February 24, 1864. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia May 20, 1865. (Born in Warren County, Georgia May 3, 1845.) Norris, James Marcus -- Private - December 6, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Warren County, Georgia March 18, 1844.) Nunnally, L. B. -- Private - November 3, 1862. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee December 28, 1864. O'Conner, Frank -- Private - March 13, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Palmer, Thomas H. -- Private - June 5, 1863. Captured at Marietta, Georgia June 18, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana and forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange February 19, 1865. Palmer, W. J. -- Private - February 11, 1863. Roll for February 24, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Perdue, James M. -- Private - February 6, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was "discharged at close of war." (Born in Chattahoochee County, Georgia in 1844.) Phillips, William P. -- Private - March 23, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia in 1842.) Pigg, George Tillman -- Private - January 16, 1863. Substitute for R. F. Beal. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Raiford, C. L. -- Private - November 3, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Raley, Jefferson -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Raley, John F. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Ramsey, John -- Private - September 1, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Robinson, W. A. -- Appointed 3rd Sergeant of Captain Witt's Company (Express Infantry,) August l, 1863. Transferred to Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry October 5, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Rodgers, Adam C. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1843.) Rodgers, James M. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Sick in Bethesda, Georgia hospital January 16-February 29, 1864. No later record. Rodgers, Robert -- Private - January 21, 1864. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Rodgers, Samuel C. – Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Died near Columbus, Georgia January 1915. Rodgers, T. J. -- Private - November 12, 1862. Discharged by civil authority January 20, 1864. Rodgers, William Matthew -- 1st Corporal - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in South Carolina in 1838. Died in Muscogee County, Georgia in 1919.) Russell, Charles R. -- Enlisted as a private in Company G, 2nd Regiment Georgia Infantry April 16, 1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company C, July 24, 1861; 1st Lieutenant April 28, 1862. Resigned May 1862. Elected Captain of Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Died in Muscogee County, Georgia in 1891. Russell, D. G. -- Private - May 12, 1862. On detail duty, clerk to Adjutant, February 29, 1864. No later record. Russell, Roland A. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - May 12, 1862. Elected Lieutenant of Company F, 64th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 11, 1863. Wounded through right hip and captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware June 17, 1865. Sallis, David (or Sallas) -- Private - October 3, 1863. Died July 4, 1864. Sallis, Ephraim (or Sallas) -- Private - November 2, 1863. Appointed Corporal. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Shanks, W. W. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Deserted May 14, 1862. Silas, A. -- Private - September 4, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Georgia June 23, 1862. Spear, G. W. (or Speer) -- Private - November 12, 1862. Deserted March 18, 1863. Admitted to U. S. A. General Hospital Ladies' Home, New York City, April 18, 1863. Returned to duty April 1863. Paroled April 20, 1863. Admitted to U. S. A. Convalescent Hospital at Fort Wood, Bedloe Island, New York, April 20, 1863. Transferred to 51st Hospital April 21, 1863. No later record. Spear, James Samuel -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company F, January 1, 1863. Captured at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864. Released at Camp Morton, Indiana May 22, 1865. Spinks, C. T. -- Private - 1864. Wounded and disabled at Jonesboro, Georgia September 1, 1864. Stevenson, Joseph S. (or Stephenson) -- Private - July 18, 1862. On detail, nurse in hospital, October 1862. Detailed Hospital Steward November 1862; hospital nurse December 1862. No later record. Stott, Abdiel (or Abdal) -- Enlisted as a private in Company E, 15th Battalion Alabama Partisan Rangers May 8, 1862. Transferred to Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry September 14, 1862. Roll dated February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Strawbridge, W. B. (or Strunbridge) -- Private - November 3, 1862. Appointed Ordnance Sergeant December 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Stripling, Berry A. (or Stribling) -- Private - October 1, 1863. Pension records show he was wounded through knee and right eye near Decatur, Georgia August 9, 1864. Discharged, disability, October 9, 1864. (Born in Harris County, Georgia February 17, 1842. Died in Muscogee County, Georgia in 1902.) Stripling, George M. (or Stribling) -- Private - November 17, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Stripling, John A. (or Stribling) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Stripling, Milton (or Stribling) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Died December 20, 1862. Tarvin, Solomon T. -- Private - November 3, 1862. In Lee hospital at Columbus, Georgia October 31, 1864. No later record. Tarvin, William -- Private - November 3, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Columbia County, Georgia in 1825.) Teel, Alexander -- 2nd Sergeant - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Died December 22, 1895. Thomas, Lafayette -- Enlisted as a private in Company B, 31st Regiment Georgia Infantry October 5, 1861. Discharged, disability, in 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry November 8, 1862. Transferred to Company F, January 1, 1862. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 25, 1865. Thomas, William H. H. -- Private - December 8, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864. last on file, shows him present. Twilley, Henry (or Twilly) -- Private - January 28, 1863. Wounded in right arm, necessitating amputation above elbow, at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. (Born in Georgia October 7, 1845. Died at Columbus, Georgia in 1900 or 1901.) Upton, James P. -- Private - January 28, 1863. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Veatch, Franklin -- Private - March 1, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee December 30, 1864. Wade, Nathaniel -- Private - September 10, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present, on picket duty. No later record. Walker, John J. -- 3rd Corporal - May 12, 1862. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1863. Pension records show he enlisted as a private in Company F, 5th Regiment Georgia Reserve Infantry in 1864. Surrendered at Smithfield, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Muscogee County, Georgia March 12, 1846. Died there September 1919.) Weldon, James T. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred to Company F. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Whitehead, William F. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Roll for February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present, on picket duty. No later record. Williams, George Washington -- Private - November 5, 1862. Detailed with Pioneer Corps February 1864. Surrendered at Tallahassee, Florida May 10, 1865. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 18, 1865. (Born in North Carolina in 1862. Died in 1910.) 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.