Muscogee COUNTY GA Company G - 54th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by : ESandyBL@aol.com Sandy Lunsford http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/military/civilwar/rosters/g54.txt MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY G, 54th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA Knight, George Walton-Captain May 12, 1862. Resigned on account of serious illness of his wife June 5, 1863. Roberts, N. B.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 2d Regiment Ga. Inf. April 16, 1861. Discharged, disability, November 7, 1861. Elected lst Lieutenant of Co. G, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. "He was examined by a Board and found fully com petent for promotion February 10, 1864. No record found of pro motion as Captain." Thomas, Grigsby E., Sr.- 2d Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Wounded at Resaca, Ga. May 16, 1864; Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Elected Captain for gallantry at Bentonville, N. C. March 18, 1865. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. McClary, Samuel B.- Jr.2d Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Killed at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27, 1864. Granberry, Thomas J.- 1st Sergeant May 12, 1862. Elected Jr.2d Lieutenant June 27, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C., April 26, 1865. Harned, Samuel B.- 2d Sergeant May 12,1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Appointed 1st Sergeant June 27, 1864. Ritch, Thomas J.- 3d Sergeant May 12, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute, in 1863. Appointed Sergeant of Co. K, l2th Regiment Georgia State Guards Cavalry (Robinson's,) August 4, 1863. Mustered out at Atlanta, Ga. February 4, 1864. Odom, Benjamin F.-4th Sergeant May 12, 1862. Wounded and disabled at New Hope Church, Ga. May 25, 1864. In hospital close of war. Parker, S. D.- 1st Corporal May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Stripling, Thomas J.- 2d Corporal May 12, 1862. Surrender- ed at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Jackson, Andrew-3d Corporal May 12, 1862. Wounded at Bentonville, N. C. March 18, 1865. In hospital close of war. Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia May 21, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1838. Died in Muscogee County, Ga. October 19, 1913.) Slaughter, John W. 4th Corporal May 12, 1862. Wounded, right leg and ankle crushed at Resaca, Ga. May 16, 1864. Sent to Columbus, Ga. hospital May 1864. Captured at Rus sellville, Ala. March 24, 1865. Delivered to Captain W. B. Gates, Provost Marshal 2d Division Cavalry Corps, M. D. M. Paroled at Columbus, Ga. May 1865. (Born in Ga. in March 24, 1846.) Griffin, Lucius (colored)-Musician May 12, 1862. Trans- ferred to regimental band. Roll for February 28,1863, last on file, shows him present. Aaron, A. D.- private May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Alford, James-Pension records show he enlisted as a private, date not given. Wounded at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. At home on 30 days furlough, sick with measles, April 1, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Ga. 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 perma- nently disabled at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12,1864. Surrender ed at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Edgefield County, S. C. in 1828.) Bishop, John- private May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Savannah, Ga. August 18, 1862. Regimental returns show he was transferred to Co. C, September 1, 1862. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 20,1865. Blackstock, Henry- private. May 12, 1862. Boatright, D. D.- private May 12, 1862. Transferred to Co. C. Wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 15, 1864. Boyd, S. F.- private May 12, 1862. Died at Savannah, Ga. July 27, 1862. Boyd, W. A.- private May 12,1862. Brakefield, H. M.- private May 12,1862. Deserted at Savan- nat, Ga. May 12,1862. Brooker, John (or Booker)- private May 12, 1862. Ap- pointed 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 Lieu tenant Colonel J. A. DeLagnel, Commandering C. S. Arsenal, Columbus, Ga., August 22, 1864. Discharged at Columbus, Ga. April 1865. (Born in Greene County, Ga. 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, Ga. 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, Ga. as teamster February 18, 1863. No later record. Burger, Henry- private September 13, 1862. Cannady, D. B. (or Kennedy)- private May 12,1862. Trans- ferred to Co. 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, Ga. July 22,1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, O. and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange March 4, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., 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. Sur- rendered at Greensboro, N. C., April 26, 1865. Dawkins, Rufus- private February 24, 1863. No later record. Dawkins, Thomas J.- private January 27, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. 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, N. C. April 26,1865. (Born in Harris County, Ga. July 5,1838. Died there January 1, 1915.) Duncan, John D.- private January 22, 1863. Captured at Mari- etta, Ga. July 2, 1864. Died of small-pox at Camp Chase, O. October 13, 1864. Grave #310, Camp Chase Confederate Ceme tery. Dunn, Martin- private February 23, 1863. Captured at Calhoun, Ga. May 17, 1864. Enlisted in U. S. Navy at Rock Island, Ill. June 10, 1864. Ellis, Andrew J.- private January 22, 1863. Surrendered at Grensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Emanuel County, Ga. November 14,1833. Died in Worth County, Ga. March 31,1904.) Ellison, Richard Lane- private January 22, 1863. Captured at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. July 3, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Ind. and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange February 19, 1865. Admitted to U. S. A. Small- pox Hospital at Richmond, Va., 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 Co lumbus, Ga., 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 Co. C. On detached duty as picket at Purysburg, February 21, 1864. Surrendered at Augusta, Ga. May 18, 1865. Goens, Boswell (or Goyens)- private December 20, 1862. Mortally wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27, 1864. Goulding, Thomas Edwards- private June 23, 1862. Substi- tute for L. B. Rovy. Captured at Marietta, Ga. June 18, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Ind. and forwarded to Point Look out, Md. for exchange March 15, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 23, 1865. Graham, B. R.- private May 12, 1862. Transferred to Co. C, September 1, 1862. Wounded at Resaca, Ga. May 15, 1864. Right foot crushed in railroad accident in Mississippi January 1, 1865. (Born in Ga. June 4, 1839.) Granberry, George L. (or Granbury)- private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Green, Bartlett Wiley- private May 12, 1862. Detached and sent to Savannah, Ga. on teamster, February 18, 1863. Died of pneumonia in General Hospital #1, Savannah, Ga., April 24, 1864. Grimes, Jackson-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 20th Regiment Ga. Inf. July 15, 1861. Discharged, disability at Richmond, Va. November 10, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Detailed in Govt. shoe factory at Co lumbus, Ga. 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 lst Ser- geant. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. 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, Ga. May 15, 1864. (Born in Ga. 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 Ser- geant 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 wound- ed at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27, 1864. In Columbus, Ga. hospital close of war. (Born in Talbot County, Ga. May 1,1840.) Johnson, B. L.- private May 12, 1862. Transferred to Co. C, September l,1862. On detached duty, nurse in Savannah, Ga. hos pital, February 28, 1864. Surrendered at Augusta, Ga. May 18, 1865. (Born in Ga. Died near Thrift, Ga. in 1904.) Johnson, John-Enlisted as a private Co. B, 8th Regiment Ga. State Troops December 11, 1861. Mustered out in 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Trans ferred to Co. C, September 1, 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 24, 1865. (Born in Ga.) 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, Ga. September 4, 1864. (Born in Ga. in 1835. Died in Chattahoochee County, Ga. in 1919.) Kennedy, b. B.-See Cannady. Kirkland, N. G.- private May 12, 1862. Transferred to Co. C, September 1, 1862. No later record. Lamb, Eatonton W.- private January 25, 1863. Died at Con- federate General Hospital No. 1, at Columbia, S. C. September 22, 1863. Langford, George W.- private January 22, 1863. Appointed 3d Corporal. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Lanier, T. J.-See private Co. C. Laws, William A.- private May 12, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Layfield, James N.- See private Co. C. Lee, David J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 8th Regiment Ga. State Troops December 11, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. En listed as a private in Co. G, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Transferred to Co. C, September 1,1862. Roll dated February 29,1864, last on file, shows him sick in Hardeeville, S. C. hospital since February 24, 1864. No later record. Lowe, Andrew J.- private May 12, 1862. Appointed 1st Ser- geant in 1862. Discharged at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. September 25, 1862. Martin, J. B.- private November 15,1862. Deserted December 15,1862. Martin, LaFayette- private January 28, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Meadows, A.- private May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Ga. May 12,1862. McDonald, La Fayette- private May 12, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Ga. June 18, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Ind. and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange March 4, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 10-12, 1865. McDonald, Samuel H.- private May 12,1862. Right leg frost bitten at Murfreesboro, Tenn. December 20,1864. Right leg ampu tated at Camp Chase, O. March 2, 1865. Released there May 16, 1865. (Born in Ga. May 2, 1842.) McDonald, William H.- private May 12, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Ga. Died in Harris County, Ga. February 1908.) McHugh, John- private September 25, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. McKinney, J.- private May 12,1862. Appointed 4th Corporal in 1862. Discharged at Savannah, Ga. 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. McElroy, James M.- private January 22, 1863. Surrendered at Grensboro, N. C., April 26,1865. (Born in Ga.) Morrow, G.- private May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Ga. May 12,1862. Mulkey, John H.- private July 6, 1863. Captured at Mari- etta, Ga. July 3,1864. Enlisted in 5th Regiment U. S. Inf. April 6, 1865. Nease, Leonard J.-See private Co. I. Ogletree, James B.- private August 8, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. 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, Ga. October 31, 1862. Parker, L. H.- private May 12, 1862. On detail duty as am- bulance 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. Parkman, William- private May 12, 1862. Deserted at Sa- vannah, Ga. May 25,1862. Pate, Jordan P.- private January 22, 1863. Roll for February 28, 1863, only roll on file, shows him present. (Born in Ga. January 6, 1833. Died in Chattahoochee County, Ga. 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, Ga. 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. Cap- tured at Marietta, Ga. July 3, 1864. Transferred from Camp Douglas, Ill. May 4,1865, and exchanged at New Orleans, La. May 23, 1865. Platt, Mark (or Plott)- private May 12, 1862. Roberts, Francis- private May 12,1862. Appointed 3rd Cor- poral in 1862; Sergeant in 1862. Discharged, furnished R. P. Anderson as substitute, January 15, 1863. 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, N. C. April 26,1865. (Born in Harris County, Ga. in 1835.) Slaughter, Richard J.- private in 1863. Sent to hospital with measles March 1865. In Columbus, Ga. hospital close of war. (Born in Ga. in 1847.) Sloman, T. J.- private November 11,1862. Deserted December 15,1862. Smith, A. A.- private May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Ga. 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, Ga. April 20-21,1865. Stripling, Robert- private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Swalz, Joseph O.-See Oswalt. Tarvin, George J.- private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. (Born in Harris County, Ga. in 1834.) 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. Tyler, A. Jackson- private May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Tucker, James Madison Hill- private January 22, 1863. Sent to Columbus, Ga. hospital, sick with fever, February 1,1865. Paroled at Columbus, Ga. May 1, 1865. (Born in Russell County, Ala. March 12, 1845. Died in Atlanta, Ga. January 25, 1925.) Wade, William Scott- private May 12, 1862. Captured at Cassville, Ga. May 19, 1864. Transferred to Point Lookout, Md. for exchange February 15, 1865. Wardlaw, William- private May 12, 1862. Ware, Warren A.- private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Watson, George S.- private January 22, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. 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 Ser- geant-Major November 3,1862. Detailed drillmaster January 22,1863. Appointed Adjutant. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 19, 1865. Webb, James Ross- private May 12, 1862. Wounded at At- lanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. Died in Phenix City, Ala. 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 team- ster in Quartermaster Dept. June 1, 1863. No later record. Williams, S.- private May 12, 1862. Deserted at Savannah, Ga. May 12, 1862. Williams, William- private May 12, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. V Jounded in leg, necessi tating amputation, at New Hope Church, Ga. May 25, 1864. Williford, William C.- private January 22, 1863. Captured at Marietta, Ga., July 3, 1864. Enlisted in 5th Regiment U. S. Vol. Inf. at Camp Douglas, Ill. April 6, 1865. Wright, E.- private May 12, 1862. Died of fever at Savan- nah, Ga. July 27,1862. 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