Pike COUNTY GA Co Co g 27th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lynn Cunningham lcunnin1@bellsouth.net http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/military/civilwar/rosters/g27.txt MusteMuster Roll of Company G, 27th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army of Tennessee C.S.A. Pike and Spalding Counties, Georgia. County Line Guards Rolls on file in Washington, D.C. cover period, partly, between January and April 1864. This company was ordered from James Island, South Carolina, to Lake City, Florida, February 15, 1864. Was engaged in battle of Ocean Pond, Florida, February 20, 1864; battle of Cedar Creek, Florida, March 1, 1864. Ordered to return to James Island, South Carolina, April 19, 1864. Redding, William Dozier -Captain August 21, 1861. Resigned, disability, July 19, 1862. Stanley, Thomas C. -1st Lieutenant August 21, 1861. Resigned, disability, Feb 3, 1862. Beeks, John C. -2d Lieutenant August 21, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant February 20, 1862. Wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Elected Captain July 13, 1862. Wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Died of wounds in Hoffman House Hospital at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 21, 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Hagerstown, Maryland. Buchanan, George B. -Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 21, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant February 20, 1862. Appointed Captain and A.Q.M. (to rank from May 1, 1862 ), July 26, 1862. Relieved from duty with this regiment and assigned as assistant to Brigade Quartermaster of Colquitt's Brigade, where he was serving March 5,1865. Adams, James C. -1st Sergeant September 9, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. (Dates of appointment conflict.) Williamson, William Jasper -1st. Sergeant September 9, 1861. Discharged, hypertrophy of heart and chronic nephritis, from General Hospital at Farmville, Virginia, October 17, 1862. Beckham, James J. -2d Sergeant September 9, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Chapman, Joseph C. -3d Sergeant September 9, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant June 2, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Copeland, John B. -4th Sergeant September 9, 1861. Wounded in left arm at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; in leg at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; hip crushed at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, December 18, 1864. Received at 2d Georgia Hospital, Augusta, Georgia, April 17, 1865. (Born September 15, 1836.) Hagan (or Hagins), Miles R.-5th Sergeant September 9, 1861. Wounded and captured at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. Paroled August 1862. Admitted to General Hospital #11, at Charlotte, North Carolina, April 28, 1865. Transferred to another hospital April 29, 1865. Carriker, Morgan T. -1st Corporal September 9, 1861. Died of typhoid fever and pneumonia, in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Virginia April 25, 1862. Sullivan, John S. -1st Corporal September 9, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia September 28, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Cook, Colby J. -2d Corporal September 9, 1861. Died of pneumonia at Camp Pickens, Virginia, December 11 or 15, 1861. Jordan, James R.-2d Corporal 1861. Appointed Sergeant in 1863. Wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862; Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864; Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864. Captured at Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 28, 1865. (Born in Upson County, Georgia, April 1, 1845. Died of pneumonia at Soldiers' Home in Atlanta, Georgia, March 11, 1937. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia, March 13, 1937.) Hambrick, William J. -3d Corporal September 9, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Carriker, James D.-4th Corporal September 9, 1861. Captured at Weldon Railroad, Virginia, August 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland, and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia, for exchange, March 14, 1865. Received at Boulware and Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 16, 1865. No later record. Akin, John T. -Private September 9, 1861. Wounded in thigh and heel at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 27, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Anderson, W. J. -Private September 10, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia, July 28, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Apperson, J. -Private September 10, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia, November 22, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Banks, John L. -Private September 9, 1861. Captured at Seven (Dates of appointment conflict.) Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia August 5, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Barker, Joshua -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia, with typhoid fever and pneumonia, November 11, 1861. Died November 23, 1861. Beckham, Hiram -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia, November 8, 1861. Discharged, disability, January 29, 1862. Beckham, John D. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia, November 14, 1861, and died November 26, 1861. Beckham, Simeon G. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia, November 29, 1861. Discharged November 29, 1861. Enlisted as a Private in Co. H, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 5, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant December 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Billingsley, Marcus L. -Private September 9, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant April 29, 1862; 2d Lieutenant May 1, 1862; 1st Lieutenant July 13, 1862; Captain September 21, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Bowin, Lindsay -Private. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Boyd, J. W. -Private May 19, 1862. Wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Boyd, Sidney -Private September 9, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Died at Richmond, Virginia, June 9, 1862. Appears also as Boyed and Boyer. Boyd, William H. -Private September 9, 1861. Died of pneumonia at Manassas, Virginia, November 18, 1861. Brooks, Andrew J. -Private September 9, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Died August 1, 1862. Brooks, Robert J. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia November 14, 1861. Returned to duty December 13, 1861. Captured in 1862. Paroled near Keedysville, Maryland, September 20, 1862. No later record. Brown, A. Fleming, Jr. -Private September 9, 1861. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia in 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Burns, John M. -Private February 10, 1864. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, wounded in both hips, June 30, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on disabled furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia December 12, 1833.) Carter, J.J. -Private September 10, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia August 17, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Chapman, William Thomas -Enlisted as a Private in Co. H, 44th Regiment Georgia Inf. March 4, 1862. Wounded in foot while drilling at Goldsboro, North Carolina, May 1862. Discharged at Camp McIntosh near Goldsboro, North Carolina, on account of varicose veins in legs, May 22, 1862. Enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 27th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 4, 1863. Absent, sick, February 20-April 30, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia, December 6, 1830.) Childs, Daniel M. -Private September 9, 1861. Discharged, disability, October 14, 1862. Enlisted as a Private in Co. C, 1st Battn Georgia Reserve Cavalry (Blount's). (Born in Upson County, Georgia March 1837.) Colquitt, William J. -Private February 10, 1864. Received pay at Richmond, Virginia, September 1, 1864. No later record. Cook, Thomas J. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, November 13, 1861. Discharged December 19, 1861. Crawford, J.J. -Private September 9, 1861. Appointed Sergeant; Hospital Steward September 9, 1864. No later record. Creamer, J.B. -Private September 9, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862 Died of wounds in U.S.A. General Hospital #1, at Frederick, Maryland, October 27, 1862. Buried there in Grave #129, Mount Olivet Cemetery. Curtis (or Curtice), John C.-Private September 9, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Dewberry, Thomas -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to Moore Hospital, General Hospital #1, at Danville, Virginia, with dyspepsia, January 16, 1862. Sent to Front Royal, Virginia, No later record. Ellis, Osburn -Private September 16, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Ezell, William -Private September 9, 1861. Died of pneumonia at Camp Stephens, Georgia November 6, 1861. Foster, B.J. -Private May 19, 1862. Wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. On detached duty as Enrolling Officer in Pike County, Georgia, March 25, 1863 - April 30, 1864. No later record. (Born in Georgia, January 8, 1841.) Fowler, E.J. -Private March 19, 1862. Wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Monroe County, Georgia, in 1830.) Fowler, G.W. -Private May 19, 1862. Absent without leave May 12, 1863 -April 30, 1864. No later record. Ganous, Benjamin F. -Private September 9, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, shows him present. No later record. Ganous, Isham S. -Private 1861. Gordy, Asa -Private May 16, 1863. Died at Richmond, Virginia, July 3, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Grisham, William J. -Private September 9, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia in 1864. In Farmville, Virginia, hospital close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1843.) Hagan (or Hagins), Thomas P. -Private March 19, 1863. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Hall, James N. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia January 9, 1862. Furloughed for 30 days January 21, 1862. Discharged, "unfit for duties of soldier on account of rheumatism," at Richmond, Virginia, July 31, 1862. Hambrick, Elsbury -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #5, at Richmond, Virginia, April 10, 1862. Returned to duty May 25, 1862. Died near Richmond, Virginia August 11, 1862. Harper, James -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Virginia, March 7, 1862, and died there of congestion of brain, same day. Harris, Leonard O. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Danville, Virginia, December 17, 1862, where he died of variola, December 27 or 29, 1862. Hinsley (or Hinesly), W.M. -Private February 20, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Horton, James H. -Private September 9, 1861. Wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Died of disease in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Howard, T. Jefferson -Private September 9, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Jones, John D. -Private September 9, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant September 17, 1862; 2d Lieutenant September 30, 1862; 1st Lieutenant June 1, 1864. Pension records show he was wounded at Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19, 1865, and was in Greensboro, North Carolina, hospital close of war. (Born in Pike County, Georgia, December 24, 1837.) Jones, Thomas Zachry -Private 1864. Surrendered; Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Jones, William R.M. -Private September 9, 1861. Wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862; Ocean Pond, Florida, February 20, 1864; through shoulder at Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19, 1865. Sent to hospital April 2, 1865. (Born in Pike County, Georgia, in 1842.) King, Thomas J.M. -Private September 9, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia, May 21, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Kinney, George -Private February 23, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Lee, James M. -Private September 9, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Lee, J.D. -Private May 19, 1862. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, with dysentery, July 24, 1864. Furloughed for 30 days from July 31, 1864. No later record. Lesueur, Seaborn S. -Private September 9, 1861. Pension records show second finger on left hand was shot off at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 3, 1864. Hearing and sight practically destroyed by small-pox. (Born in Georgia, December 22, 1838.) Lifsey, Benjamin Hawkins -Private September 21, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Pike County, Georgia in 1832.) Lifsey, Henry T. -Private September 9, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Elected Jr 2d Lieutenant September 30, 1862. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida, February 20, 1864; Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Died of wounds in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, June 2, 1864. (Born in Pike County, Georgia) Lifsey, James S. -Private May 19, 1862. Wounded in finger, necessitating amputation, at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864; Bentonville, North Carolina, March 18, 1865. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Pike County, Georgia May 21, 1840, and died there in 1921.) Lifsey, John -Private July 6, 1863. Discharged, disability, at Fort Johnson, South Carolina, January 26, 1864. (Born in Monroe Count Georgia February 14, 1822. Died in Pike County, Georgia January 24, 1896. Buried in Fincher's Cemetery.) Lynch, Edward H. (or Edward A.) -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to Moore Hospital, General Hospital #1, at Danville, Virginia January 7, 1862. Sent to General Hospital; Ward 9, where he died of typhoid pneumonia, January 7 or 8, 1862. Mangham, Wiley James (or James Wiley) -Private September 9, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Died of typhoid pneumonia, at Camp Pickens, Virginia, February 14, 1862. Maxey, James F. -Private 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Elected 1st Lieutenant. Wounded in breast and captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Died of wounds in General Hospital there October 13, 1863. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Hagerstown, Maryland. McClure, John C. (or James C.) -Private September 9, 1861 Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia with typhoid fever, June 13, 1862, and died there June 15 or 22, 1862. McKinley, Colbert -Private September 9, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia May 8, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. McKinley, John W. -Private September 9, 1861. Died April 11, 1862. Means, W.H. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia, March 30, 1862; to Chimborazo Hospital #1, same place, with diarrhoea, April 13, 1862. Returned to duty May 13, 1862. No later record. Moore, John C. -Private September 9, 1861. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1862. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him on furlough for 30 days from December 1, 1862; furlough extended. No later record. Moreland, William A. -Private September 9, 1861. Sent to hospital January 9, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Furloughed for 60 days from March 17, 1863. No later record. (Born in Georgia June 20, 1836.) Parker, Christopher C. -Private September 1861. Appointed Sergeant Major September 5, 1861. Furloughed home for 30 days May 10, 1862, "at end of which time he will report to General Winder." No later record. Parks, Walter -Private September 9, 1861. Transferred to Co. C, October 28, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Camp Pickens, Virginia, December 4, 1861. Peters, John B. -Private September 9, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Powell, Augustus N. (or Augustus M.) -Private September 9, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Rainey, John F. -Private August 27, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia, January 3, 1862. Reaves, Simeon -Private October 14, 1861. Died of disease at Camp Stephens, Georgia, October 22, 1861. Reeves, James B. -Private September 9, 1861. Discharged at Camp Stephens, Georgia, October 31, 1861. (Born in Pike County, Georgia, August 2, 1839.) Reeves, Warren -Private September 21, 1862. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. Died of wounds at Richmond, Virginia, in 1864. Reid (or Reed), Columbus A. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia, November 18, 1861. Returned to duty December 27, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia, March 7, 1862. Returned to duty April 10, 1862. No later record. Ross, Robert H. -Private September 9, 1861. Killed at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Ross, Russell -Private September 9, 1861. Absent without leave December 22, 1863 -April 30, 1864. He was wounded in the hip and tailbone and captured at Antietam. He was a prisoner of war at Ft. McHenry, Md, Oct. 18, 1862, paroled and sent to Ft.s Monroe, VA, for excange. In 1863 records how that he received commutation of rations. In 1864 records show that he received clothing. Absent without leave. No later record. Russell and Mary are buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Eastman, Dodge Co. GA. Russell b. 3 Feb. 1834 d. 3 Feb. 1897 Bio http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/monroe/bios/bs60ross.txt Photo http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/monroe/photos.html Rucker, James B. -Private. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation above elbow, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. (Born in Pike County, Georgia, August 2, 1839.) Rucker, J.M. -Private August 4, 1863. Killed at Bentonville, North Carolina, March 18, 1865. Sealey (or Seeley), R. Thomas -Private September 9, 1861. Clothing was issued to him at Pettigrew General Hospital #13, at Raleigh, North Carolina, February 24, 1865, and he was transferred from there same date; remark. "Wake Forest." Died in Raleigh, North Carolina, hospital April 6, 1865. Simmons, W.J. -Private May 19, 1862. Wounded and captured at Williamsburg, Virginia, May 5, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia August 5, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Fort Johnson, South Carolina, January 13, 1864. Slade, James M. -Private September 9, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 13, 1862;1st Lieutenant August 13 or September 7, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Slade, William H. -Private. Pension records show he was wounded in left arm and permanently disabled by bullet passing through shoulder joint and fracturing same, and middle finger of left hand was shot off, at Weldon Railroad, Virginia, August 18, 1864. Discharged, disability, in 1864. (Resident of Georgia since 1865.) Slade, William H.C. -Enlisted as a Private in Co. H, 44th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. G, 27th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 14, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Finger amputated December 31, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Smith, Thomas C. -Private September 9, 1861. Died in Richmond, Virginia, hospital prior to June 4, 1862. Steger, David R. -Private September 1, 1861. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #1, at Richmond, Virginia, March 30, 1862, and furloughed there May 7, 1862. Died of small-pox while home on furlough February 18, 1863. Stewart, William B. -Private February 23, 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Strickland, Carey -Private September 9, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Died of typhoid pneumonia at Camp Pickens, Virginia, January 8, 1862. Sullivan, James M. -Private April 6, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Sweat (or Sweete), John -Private September 9, 1861. Absent without leave March 7-April 30, 1864. No later record. Taylor, John -Private September 9, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Taylor, John W. -Private. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation above elbow, at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862. Threlkeld, Elba H. -Private September 9, 1861. No later record in this company. Enlisted as a Private in Co. E, 6th Regiment Ga. State Guards Inf. August 3, 1863. Roll for January 31, 1864, shows he was detailed permanently by order of General Wayne. Vaughn, J.H. -Private April 4, 1864. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Wadsworth, Frederick J. -Private September 9, 1861. Sick in hospital in Georgia February 14 - April 30, 1864. No later record. Wadsworth, William C. -Private September 9, 1861. Wounded near Richmond, Virginia, June 1862. Died of wounds June 27, 1862. Watts, Christopher C. -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to Moore Hospital, General Hospital #1, at Danville, Virginia, January 16, 1862. Sent to General Hospital at Front Royal, Virginia, in 1862. Died May 31, 1862. Whaley, James Joseph -Private September 9, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia, with typhoid fever, November 12, 1861. Died January 3, 1862. Wheeler, Robert J. -Private September 9, 1861. Died of typhoid pneumonia, in General Hospital #18, at Richmond, Virginia November 24, 1861. Wilder, James -Private September 9, 1861. Discharged at Camp Stephens, Georgia, October 31, 1861. Williams, Josiah N. -Private August 4, 1863. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida, February 20, 1864. Died of wounds at Lake City, Florida, March 6, 1864. Williams, Theophilus -Private September 9, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia, December 31, 1841.) Wood, Matthew -Private September 9, 1861. 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