RICHMOND COUNTY, GA - Civil War 48th Regiment Co C ***************** 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 C, 48th Regiment Richmond County "Georgia Light Guards" Anderson, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia, May 26, 1865. (Born in 1840.) Askew, Cornelius -- Private - February 28, 1862. Captured at Warrenton, Virginia, October 20, 1863. Imprisoned at Washington, D. C., where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and was released, March 22, 1864. Died of disease in Warrenton, Virginia, hospital May 10, 1864. (Born in 1839.) Averett, Robert C. -- Private - March 3, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal January 31, 1864. Died July 29, 1864. (Born in 1843.) Boatwright, James H. -- Private - March 5, 1862. Deserted December 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at City Point, Virginia, December 29, 1864, and furnished transportation to Lansing, Michigan, January 3, 1865. (Born in 1839.) Brown, John T. -- 3rd Corporal - February 28, 1862. Detailed in cotton mill at Augusta, Georgia August 9, 1862. Remained until close of war. (Born in 1840.) Burch, Joseph E. -- Enlisted as a private in Company G, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry, April 30, 1861. Transferred to Company C, 48th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, February 28, 1862; to Company G, March 4, 1862; to Company I. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Burdell, Joseph M. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute, March or April 1862. Caldwell, Benjamin P. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Captured at Farmville, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 26, 1865. (Born in 1839.) Carroll, Patrick -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal January 31, 1864. Died in hospital. (Born in 1836.) Cherry, Charles -- Private - February 28, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1837.) Conrad, Jacob -- Private - December 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, March 24, 1863. Cook, Thomas S. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Wounded near Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 1, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. On detached duty in shoe factory at Atlanta, Georgia December 1863, to close of war. (Born in 1829. Died, result wounds and disease contracted in service, May 31, 1876.) Crawford, William C. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Detailed teamster July 20, 1862. Roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows he was discharged by sentence of Court Martial and imprisoned for duration of war. (Born in 1836.) Davis, Henry -- Private - February 28, 1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas. Virginia, August 30, 1862. Captured at Harper's Farm, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Died at Point Lookout, Maryland, May 7, 1865. (Born in 1842.) DeLaigle, Henry D. -- 5th Sergeant - February 28, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 24, 1862; 1st Lieutenant June 23, 1864. (Born in 1837.) Dortic, Alfred Cumming -- 3rd Sergeant - February 28, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant April 24, 1863. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Died from wounds December 1863. (Born in 1840.) Dortic, Henry S. -- Captain - February 28, 1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in Richmond, Virginia, hospital August 18, 1862. (Born in 1838.) Doughty, Llewellen G. -- 1st Lieutenant - February 28, 1862. Elected Captain August 18, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Imprisoned at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, and transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, February 14, 1864, where he was paroled March 18, 1864. Received at City Point, Virginia, for exchange March 20, 1864. Killed at Petersburg, Virginia, June 23, 1864. (Born in 1840.) Dugas, William H. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Roll dated January 16, 1865, last on file, shows him present. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia May 22, 1865. (Born in 1844.) Dunn, Phillip W. -- Private - March 5, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1842.) Evans, George W. -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, (Ramsey's), July 7, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Georgia May 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company C, 48th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, March 20, 1862. Appointed A.Q.M. March 22, 1862. Serving as Captain and Assistant Quartermaster of Sorrell's Brigade, Mahone's Division, March 5, 1865. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1842.) Evans, Joshua K. -- 2nd Lieutenant - February 28, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant August 18, 1862; Captain June 23, 1864. Name appears on an official paper dated November 30, 1864. Assigned to General Sorrell's Staff. (Born in 1839.) Fleming, J. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal March 27, 1862; 3rd Sergeant April 24, 1863; 2nd Sergeant May 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Appointed 1st Sergeant January 31, 1864. Seriously wounded in skirmish near Petersburg, Virginia, June 13, 1864. Fleming, Robert L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Gallaher, James (or Gallagher) -- Private - February 20, 1863. Substitute. Deserted November 5, 1863. Gallaher, John E. (or Gallagher) -- Private - March 3, 1862. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 16, 1864. (Born in 1842.) Gibson, William -- Private - March 3, 1862. Elected Colonel March 4, 1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1862. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Exchanged. Resigned, S.O. #270, November 12, 1864. Glover, Augustus C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, July 17, 1862. (Born in 1843.) Goodman, Robert M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, September 1862. (Born in 1841.) Green, John A. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal in 1862. Wounded. Died, of consumption contracted in service, December 28, 1866. (Born in 1830.) Guyton, William H. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, disability, September 29, 1863. (Born in 1810.) Harmon, John A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, April 19, 1863. (Born in 1834.) Heard, James Glenn -- Private - March 3, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal May 1863; 1st Corporal January 1, 1864; 5th Sergeant September 1864. (Born in 1843.) Heard, John M. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Heindel, Francis J. (or Hendel) -- Private - March 3, 1862. Appointed Regimental Chief Musician July 15, 1862. (Born in 1843.) Helms, Obediah -- Private - February 28, 1862. Killed by lightning on Rappahannock River, Virginia, August 16, 1862. (Born in 1833.) Henry, Thomas W. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Detailed Orderly to Colonel Gibson. (Born in 1842.) Hewett, William H. -- Private - February 28, 1862. On detail service at Augusta, Georgia August 9, 1862. (Born in 1838.) Hewett, William J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Higgs, John -- Private - February 28, 1862. Deserted March 24, 1863. (Born in 1845.) Hight, Francis M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, (Ramsey's), August 19, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant of Company C, 48th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, February 28, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant June 19, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant August 18, 1862. Resigned, disability, April 8, 1863. (Born in 1844.) Holmes, J. H. -- Private - May 4, 1862. Killed on picket duty. Holmes, James H. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant December 18, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute, April 11, 1863. Reenlisted. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1831.) Hopkins, Thomas N. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, disability, July 10, 1862. (Born in 1839.) Howard, Charles H. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant March 1, 1863. (Born in 1841.) Iler, James F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Richmond, Virginia, June 1862. On detached service in cotton mills at Augusta, Georgia August 9, 1862, to close of war. (Born in 1840.) Jeanes, John J. (or Jeannes) -- Private - February 28, 1862. Killed at Crater near Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864. (Born in 1844.) Jeter, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. Jordan, Thomas -- Private - March 5, 1862. Discharged, disability, in 1864. (Born in Pickens District, South Carolina, November 7, 1837.) Kelly, James -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, disability, July 17, 1862. (Born in 1831.) Kennedy, James H. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal February 1862; 5th Sergeant April 24, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Discharged, December 10, 1863. (Born in 1839.) Kennedy, John C. (or Kennady) -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant in 1862; 4th Sergeant December 1862. Transferred April 14, 1863. (Born in 1822.) King, Roswell -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - February 28, 1862. Resigned June 17, 1862. (Born in 1841.) Laventure, John C. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Died in hospital July 25, 1862. (Born in 1846.) Lee, William H. -- Private - March 3, 1862. Discharged, disability, October 17, 1862. (Born in 1817.) Lundy, James, Jr. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Pension records show he was captured March 1865, and released at Newport News, Virginia, July 1865. (Born in Columbia, South Carolina, May 3, 1844.) Lundy, James, Sr. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged October 22, 1862. (Born in 1817.) McCarty, Isaac -- Private - February 28, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1833.) McCarty, James M. (or McCarthy) -- Private - February 28, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1844.) McGettrick, Lawrence -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed Hospital Steward May 1, 1862. Discharged, furnishing substitute. (Born in 1836.) McKenzie, John H. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal April 1, 1863; 5th Sergeant May 1863; 2nd Sergeant January 31, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1847.) McPhater, William J. -- Private - May 14, 1864. In hospital close of war. McWhorter, Majamin Sidney -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed Ordnance Sergeant May 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1830.) Meredith, Henry L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1824.) Morse, Samuel -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded on march to 2nd Manassas, Virginia, August 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in South Carolina, January 11, 1834.) Mullarky, James H. (or Mullarkey) -- Private - February 28, 1862. Transferred to Company G, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry, March 1863. No later record. (Born in 1836.) Murphey, B. (or Murphy) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent with Captain's consent March 4, 1862. Transferred to Company I. Murrow, Pleasant -- Private - February 28, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered in 1865. (Born in Madison County, Georgia in 1826.) Nelson, William M. K. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1862. Reduced to ranks December 18, 1862. Captured February 28, 1865. Deserted February 28, 1865. Sent to Provost Marshal at City Point, Virginia, March 2, 1865. Received by Provost Marshal at Washington, D. C., March 6, 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and furnished transportation to Rochester, New York, (Born in 1836.) Newman, George W. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, furnished substitute. (Born in 1824.) Newman, John J. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Wounded at Frazier's Farm, Virginia, June 30, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. (Born in Columbia County, Georgia February 9, 1840.) Oakman, Clifford -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 2nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry, May 20, 1861. At home, sick, June 30, 1861. No record of discharge or transfer found. Enlisted as a private in Company C, 48th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, February 28, 1862. Paroled at Richmond, Virginia, April 1865. (Born in 1840. Died at Valdosta, Georgia.) Parson, T. F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Virginia, July 17, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Payne, George P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal in 1862; 4th Sergeant April 24, 1863; 3rd Sergeant May 3, 1863. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Died from wounds December 10, 1863. (Born in 1843.) Poole, Silas -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, disability, October 23, 1862. (Born in 1844.) Pournelle, Marion -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, in 1863. (Born in 1818.) Powell, Carroll -- Private - March 11, 1862. Deserted June 24, 1863. Prather, Thomas P. -- Private - March 5, 1862. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, December 12, 1864; furloughed therefrom for 60 days December 18, 1864, and passport was issued to Hamburg, South Carolina, (Born in Columbia County, Georgia April 1834.) Price, James Jefferson -- Private - March 26, 1862. Appointed Color Bearer. Wounded near Frazier's Farm, September 17, 1862. Absent without leave May 9, 1864. Pension records show he was paroled at Augusta, Georgia, April 1865. (Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, February 10, 1840.) Price, Thomas L. -- Private - February 6, 1863. Deserted near Orange Court House, Virginia, September 28, 1863. Pruitt, John F. (or Pruett) -- Private - February 28, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. (Born in 1839.) Pruitt, T. (or Pruett) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Raiford, David P. -- 2nd Corporal - February 28, 1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1862. Died from wounds July 16, 1862. (Born in 1829.) Randolph, Addison S. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Wounded at Frazier's Farm, Virginia, June 30, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1843.) Read, James Henry -- Private - March 3, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal April 24, 1863; 2nd Corporal May 1863; 2nd Sergeant January 31, 1864. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Died from wounds at Petersburg, Virginia, July 5, 1864. (Born in 1843.) Reaney, William T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Richmond County, Georgia November 5, 1842 or 1843. Died at Soldiers Home, Atlanta, Georgia August 30, 1916. Buried at West View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.) Reynolds, Joseph B. -- Private - April 6, 1864. Absent without leave October 1864. Reynolds, Thomas -- Private - March 4, 1863. On detached duty April 1864. Rhodes, James W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal April 24, 1863; 1st Corporal May 1863; 3rd Sergeant January 31, 1864. (Born in 1840.) Robbe, Charles A. -- 4th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant April 24, 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 11, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864. Elected 2nd Lieutenant June 23, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Rodgers, Charles E. (or Rogers) -- Private - February 28, 1862. Transferred to Company I, Cobb's Legion Georgia Cavalry and appointed 2nd Corporal March 1862. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at Mine Run, Virginia, November 28, 1863. Discharged, disability. (Born in 1842.) Rumley, Elijah -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, disability, July 14, 1862. (Born in 1843.) Saxton William M. (or Saxon) -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal January 31, 1864. Killed in skirmish near Petersburg, Virginia, June 13, 1864. (Born in 1838.) Schemer, George W. -- Private - April 9, 1864. Wounded and captured at Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. Scott, John -- Private - March 11, 1863. Deserted April 15, 1863. Scott, Pinckney -- Private - February 28, 1862. Deserted November 5, 1863. In arrest January 1864. (Born in 1835.) Scott, William W. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas, Virginia, August 28, 1862. Died October 12, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Shaw, Alexander S. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged October 20, 1862. (Born in 1822.) Shaw. William H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed in skirmish near Petersburg, Virginia, June 13, 1864. Sibley, Samuel H. -- 2nd Sergeant - February 28, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant July 16, 1862. Transferred to Company E, April 24, 1863. Discharged, furnished J. Peter Robertson as substitute, May 10, 1863. (Born in 1836.) Smith, William S. (or William F.) -- Private - February 28, 1862. Deserted July 1863. (Born in 1845.) Spivey, Francis M. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal April 24, 1863. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Appointed 3rd Corporal May 1863; 5th Sergeant January 31, 1864. On detached duty at Augusta, Georgia cotton mills close of war. (Born in 1834.) Steiner, Roland -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, disability, May 25, 1862. (Born in 1840.) Tant, Edwin S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Augusta, Georgia September 4, 1862. (Born in 1842.) Tant, Isaac S., Jr. -- Private - March 5, 1862. Discharged, disability, September 5, 1862. (Born in 1847.) Tant, James C. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Missing at Manassas Gap, Virginia, July 25, 1863. Tant, James E. -- 1st Corporal - March 1, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Exchanged. On detached duty October 1864. (Born in 1828.) Thompson, David G. -- Private. Recruit. Died in hospital December 1862. Todd, William R. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. (Born in 1839.) Ware, John D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas, Virginia, August 30, 1862. On detail in Government Shops at Augusta, Georgia April 19, 1863, until close of war. (Born in 1844.) Ware, William H. -- Private - February 28, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. (Born in 1838.) Warren, John H. -- Private - October 19, 1864. Warren, Thomas J. -- Private - March 7, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Paroled January 1864. Killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. (Born in 1833.) Wheeler, William H. -- Private - March 3, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Captured at Gould's or Gold's Bridge, Virginia, April 2, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 8, 1865. (Born in Chatham County, Georgia November 10, 1841.) Williams, Matthew -- Private - February 28, 1862. Discharged, disability, from hospital at Columbia, South Carolina, December 4, 1862. (Born in Burke County, Georgia May 11, 1828.) Zinn, Henry L. -- Private - March 3, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Died from wounds January 1864. (Born in 1844.)