RABUN COUNTY, GA - MILITARY - Civil War Co.E 24TH Regiment "Rabun Gap Riflemen" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com Company E, 24th Regiment Rabun County "Rabun Gap Riflemen" Arrendale, James -- Private - August 24, 1861. Died in Rabun County, Georgia, date not given. Arrendale, Willis -- Private - July 21, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Arrowood, Isham D. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Admitted to Howard s Grove Farm, Richmond, Virginia March 4, 1863 Transferred to Company E, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia June 10, 1864. Discharged, disability, June 1864. Ashley, James W. -- Private - October 29, 1862. Died of disease in hospital March 1, 1864. Atkins, Balus F. (or Bailes F.) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Wounded, permanently disabled and captured, at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 12, 1864. Paroled August 31, 1864. No later record. (Born in Hall County, Georgia January 18, 1840.) Atkins, Hutch B (or B. Hutch) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent, at home without leave. No later record. Beal, Rolly S. -- 5th Sergeant - August 24, 1861. Rejected September 10, 1861. Beavert, Leander M. -- 1st Lieutenant - August 24, 1861. Elected Captain July 20, 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Beck, Andrew L. -- Private - April 22, 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Beck, Jasper Newton, Jr. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Transferred to Company E, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Beck, Jasper Newton, Sr. -- 1st Sergeant - August 24, 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 15, 1862. Killed at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. Bradley, Jefferson -- Private - July 21, 1862. Killed near Richmond, Virginia in 1862. Cannon, Horace Bowen -- 3rd Sergeant - August 24, 1861. Discharged, disability, at Washington, North Carolina December 18, 1861. Reenlisted as a private August 27, 1863. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent, at home without leave. No later record. Cannon, Horace P. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Elected Captain October 27, 1862. Died at Gordonsville, Virginia April 29, 1864. Cannon, Patrick H. -- Private - March 14, 1862. Died, disease at home, December 11, 1862. Cannon, Jabel Van Buren -- Captain - August 24, 1861. Killed at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. Cannon, Russell E. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Killed near Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. Cantrell, John A. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Discharged on account of defective vision at Cross Roads, Virginia May 14, 1862. Carver, Thomas J. -- Private - September 6, 1862. Wounded at Get- tysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Carver, Willis -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1861. Died in service. Chappell, William A. (or Chapel) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Died at Washington, North Carolina in 1861. Chastain, John -- Private - July 6, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia September 12, 1862. Chastain, Newton -- Private - July 21, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Coffee, James L. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1861. Coffee, Joel Hymer -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed 3rd Sergeant in 1863. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Died in 1923. Coffee, William R. -- Private - August 24, 1861 Elected Sheriff of Rabun County, Georgia and discharged in 1863. Cox, Swepson William -- Private - August 24, 1861 Appointed Assistant Surgeon, C.S.A., for State of North Carolina April 17, 1862, to take rank February 22, 1862, and was to report to General Gatlin. Paid February 2, 1865, for services rendered as Assistant Surgeon of Poague's Artillery Battalion, 3rd Corps, from November 1, 1864, to January 31, 1865. No later record. Dickens, J. T. -- Private - August 16, 1862. Paroled in Virginia in 1865. Dickerson, Loring William (or Dickinson) -- Enlisted as a private in Company F, 52nd Regiment Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 3, 1863. Exchanged July 4, 1863. Received at City Point, Virginia July 6, 1863. Transferred to Company E, 24th Regiment Georgia Infantry April 1, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Dickson, John -- Private - June 1, 1864. Killed at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Dilliard, W. F. -- Private - July 21, 1862. Died of pneumonia in General Hospital #1 at Lynchburg, Virginia January 15, 1863 Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No.1, 1st Line, Lot 183- Clayton's Factory. Dockins, John Tennessee (Jack) -- Private - August 20, 1862. Detailed teamster August 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Duncan, J. D. -- Private - October 29, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and exchanged February 13, 1865. No later record. Duncan, John -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant in 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Died of Typhoid pneumonia at Elmira, New York November 14, 1864. Grave #313, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Duncan, William W. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1861, shows him present. Killed in service. Ellenburg, Nichols (or Elinburg) -- Private - August 24, 1861. On sick furlough October 31, 1861. No later record. Elliott, Thomas N. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Captured at Burkeville, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland June 26, 1865. Ellison, E. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Gambrel, Stephen A. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed 3rd Corporal in 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York July 11, 1865. Gibson, Elijah (or Gipson) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Died at home of small-pox in 1865. Gillespie, James D. (or Gillispie) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1861, shows him in hospital sick. No later record. Godfrey, John J. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Captured at Farmville, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland June 27, 1865. Godfrey, Wesley William (or William Wesley) -- 4th Sergeant - August 24, 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant in 1863. Captured at Knoxville, Tennessee December 6, 1863. Died of variola in Military Prison Hospital at Louisville, Kentucky January 18, 1864. Buried there in Cave Hill Cemetery. Green, J. W. -- Private - August 27, 1863. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. Elected Judge of Rabun County Court and discharged April 1865. Harper, Henry -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll dated October 31, 1861, shows him present, sick. No later record. Hopkins, Samuel O. -- Private - August 11, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia for exchange, March 28, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia March 30, 1865. No later record. Hopper, James G. (or James S.) -- Private - September 8, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New York for exchange February 20, 1865. Hunter, Jacob -- Private - July 6, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Hunter, William M. -- Private - July 15, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia November 17, 1862. (Born in Rabun County, Georgia March 10, 1841. Died in White County, Georgia February 7, 1921.) Johnson, Manley F. (or Martin F.) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Discharged, over-age, July 25, 1862. Jones, Abram (or Abraham) -- Private - July 6, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 6, 1865. Jones, Isaac V. -- 2nd Lieutenant August 24, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia May 2, 1862. Justice, Francis E. -- Private - March 14, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Virginia August 13, 1862. Justice, Jacob (or Jubal) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Died near Richmond, Virginia July 25, 1862. Justice, William -- Private - August 24, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital at Danville, Virginia March 14, 1863, and died of pneumonia March 29, 1863. Keener, Abraham LaFayette (or Albert LaFayette) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 21, 1865. Keener, Isaac M. (or J. M.) -- Private - September 8, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 21, 1865. Keener, William J. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Killed at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Lambert, James R. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1863. Wounded, date and place not given. Retired to Invalid Corps on account of gunshot wound in leg, December 29, 1864. Detailed for enrolling service in the 9th Congressional District February 11, 1865. Langston, James Ira -- Private - August 24, 1861. Elected Lieutenant. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Langston, William D. -- Private - March 14, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal in 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Love, James R. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal in 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Love, William -- Private - July 6, 1862. Sent to hospital November 30, 1862. Died in service. Lovell, John J. -- Private - July 6, 1862. Admitted to U.S.A. General Hospital #1, at Frederick City, Maryland September 1862. Transferred September 18, 1862. Appears. on a parole of prisoners of war dated "Office Provost Marshal General, Army of Potomac, September 24, 1862." No later record. Mangold, Micajah -- Private - August 24, 1861. Died near Lynchburg, Virginia January 5, 1863. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 8, 2nd Line, Lot 79-Miller's C.D.H. Mathis, Hugh T. (or Mathews) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Died at Suffolk, Virginia April 17, 1862. McKinney, Doctor T. -- 2nd Corporal - August 24, 1861. Died in 1862. McKinney, William M. -- 1st Corporal - August 24, 1861. Deserted October 1, 1864. (Born in Rabun County, Georgia in 1837.) Moore, Hiram V. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1863. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 1, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 14, 1865. Moore, John B. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Moore, Levi -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant in 1863. Captured at Farmville, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland June 29, 1865. Moseley, David E. (or Mosely) -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - August 24, 1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 15, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware June 17, 1865. Moseley, Thomas N. (or Mosely) -- Private - July 6, 1862. Died at Lynchburg, Virginia June 24, 1863. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 9, 4th Line, Lot 192-Christian's. Moseley, William S. (or Mosely) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Nichols, Charles -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1861, shows him present, sick. Died in service. Page, Logan L. -- Private - April 22, 1864. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 10, 1864. Furloughed for 60 days, having been granted certificate for retirement, October 14, 1864. Phillips, Evan S. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Returns for November 1862, show him sent to hospital. Died in service. Ramey, John Jasper -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll for October 31, 1861, shows him present, sick. Died in service. Ramey, Terry -- 3rd Corporal - August 24, 1861. On sick furlough October 31, 1861. Discharged, disability, in 1862. Ramey, Thomas -- Private - August 24, 1861. Died at Washington, North Carolina January 8, 1862. Reams, Benjamin M. -- Private - May 27, 1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange February 1865. Received at Cox's Landing, James River, Virginia February 14-15, 1865. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia with rheumatism February 15, 1865. No later record. Reid, Wilson (or Reed) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Richards, William Thomas -- Private - August 24, 1861. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Scruggs, William C. -- Enlisted as a private in Company H, l6th Regiment North Carolina Infantry May 14, 1861. Transferred to Company E, 24th Regiment Infantry March 28, 1863. Captured, date and place not given. Paroled March 3, 1864. Roll dated Jan 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough March 1865, to close of war. Shed, James T. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Captured at High Bridge, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland June 19, 1865. (Born in Pickens County, South Carolina March 21, 1842.) Singleton, Blanford T. (or Blenford T ) -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed Musician in 1864. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Singleton, Francis M. -- Private - October 29, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Died of pneumonia at Elmira, New York January 29, 1865. Grave #1806, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Singleton, George W. -- Private - June 1, 1864. Admitted to General Hospital #9, at Richmond, Va September 23, 1864. Furloughed for 40 days from September 24, 1864. No later record. Singleton, Henry H. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Singleton, John R. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Stonecypher, Franklin -- Private - August 14, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital at Howard's Grove Farm, Richmond, Virginia October 29, 1862, and died there of pneumonia November 20, 1862. Stonecypher, John -- Private - August 24, 1861. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Stonecypher, Thomas J. -- 2nd Sergeant - August 24, 1861. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Stower, A. L. -- Private - June 1, 1864. Deserted prior to August 31, 1864. Taylor, C. L. -- Private - July 6, 1862. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Taylor, Duncan David -- Private - August 24, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and enlisted in U. S. service at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 25, 1863. Discharged from U. S. service July 25, 1865. Turpin, Ambrose J. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. Turpin, James H. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1861. Wall, Calvin J. -- 4th Corporal - August 24, 1861. Captured near Knoxville, Tennessee December 3, 1863. Died of variola at Rock Island, Illinois January 5, 1864. Wall, John -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant of Company E, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York May 29, 1865. Wall, John Beck LaFayette -- Private - August 24, 1861. Captured at Crampton's Gap, Maryland Sept 14, 1862, and sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia November 10, 1863. Transferred to Company E, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was in Virginia on detail to procure rations when war closed. (Born in Georgia January 1, 1844. Died in Atlanta, Georgia May 26, 1929. Buried there in Crestlawn Cemetery.) Wall, Littleton M. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Transferred to Company E, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Retired by Medical Examining Board September 10, 1864. Wall, Martin N. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Transferred to Company E, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 10, 1864. Wall, Milton D. C. -- Private - Aug 24, 1861. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia August 16, 1864. Died of pneumonia at Elmira, New York November 23, 1864. Grave #925, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Wall, Nace L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company E, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Wall, William, Jr. -- Private - August 24, 1861 Appointed Sergeant. Detailed shoemaker in 1863 Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him on detached duty at Augusta, Georgia No later record. Watkins, Terrell -- Private - July 1, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital #4, at Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia September 25, 1862. Died January 12, 1863. Wilkins, William -- Private - August 24, 1861. Returns for November 1862, show him absent sent to hospital. Died in service. Williams, David -- Private - October 29, 1862. Roll dated January 30, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record. Williams, James Henry -- Private - March 14, 1862. Appointed Musician in 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in Rabun County, Georgia March 26, 1844. Died September 22, 1939.) Williams, S. P. -- Private - October 29, 1862. Woodall, James P. -- Private - July 16, 1862. Wounded in 1864. Absent, wounded, June 1864. Absent at home without leave July -August 1864. No later record. Woodall, Jordan Jasper (or Jasper Jordan) -- Private - March 14, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1863. Deserted October 1, 1864. (Born in Rabun County, Georgia in 1845.) Woodall, William -- Private - July 11, 1862. Died at Camp Lee near Richmond, Virginia July 24, 1862. Worley, James -- Private - August 24, 1861. Killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. Worley, Thomas W. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Captured at Petersburg, Virginia June 29, 1864. Held prisoner at Point Lookout, Maryland and Elmira, New York and was released from latter place June 21, 1865. York, Alexander -- Private - August 24, 1861. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1861. York, J. B. -- Private - September 8, 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. York, Jerry S. -- Private - September 28, 1862. Absent, at home without leave, August 31, 1864. No later record. Young, Anderson N. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Returns for November 1862, show him on extra duty. No later record.