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Co. G, 31st Regiment, Ga. Vol. Inf., C.S.A.
MUSTER ROLL
COMPANY G, 31st REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
EVAN'S BRIGADE, GORDON'S DIVISION
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
CHATTAHOOCHEE AND STEWART COUNTIES, GEORGIA

Lowe, John H.--Captain Nov. 10, 1861. Elected Major May
13, 1862. Wounded at Winchester, Va. June 13, 1863.
Elected Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 19, 1863; Colonel May 19,
1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in
Ga. in 1834.)

Redding, Augustus B.--1st Lieutenant Nov. 10, 1861.
Elected Captain May 13, 1862. Appointed Quartermaster
Feb. 23, 1863. Resigned Apr. 22, or 30, 1864.

Allums, James Smith--2d Lieutenant Nov. 10, 1861. Retired
May 13, 1862.

Haynes, William Durham--Jr.2d Lieutenant Nov. 10, 1861.
Elected 2d Lieutenant May 13, 1862; 1st Lieutenant May
14, 1862. Wounded, right leg disabled at Sharpsburg, Md.,
Sept. 17, 1862. Resigned Apr. 11, 1864. (Born in Ga. May
20, 1833.)

Lowe, Augustus LaFayette--1st Sergeant Nov. 10, 1861.
Elected Jr.2d Lieutenant May 13, 1862. Died at Richmond,
Va. Aug. 6, 1862.

Adams, Robert R.--2d Sergeant Nov. 10, 1861. Retired May
13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 10th Regt. Ga.
Inf. in 1862. On detail duty as Sub-enrolling Officer in
Chattahoochee County, Ga. Mar. 30, 1865. No later record.

Pickett, John M.--3d Sergeant Nov. 10, 1861. Retired May
13, 1862. Enlisted as a private in 1862. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.

Reaves, William A.--4th Sergeant Nov. 10, 1861. Private
in 1862. Discharged May 1, 1863.

Wooldridge, Jordan H.--5th Sergeant Nov. 10, 1861.
Appointed 2d Sergeant May 13, 1862. Private in 1863.
Wounded in 1864. Appointed Adjutant Aug. 15, 1864.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Revell, Sanders--1st Corporal Nov. 10, 1861. Killed at
Richmond, Va. in 1862.

Parham, John T.--2d Corporal Nov. 10, 1861. Elected Jr.
2d Lieutenant Sept. 23, 1862. Elected Sheriff of his
county and resigned Feb. 23, 1864.

Reaves, Henry H.--3d Corporal Nov. 10, 1861. Died in
Shenandoah County, Va. Nov. 1, 1862. Buried there in
Mount Jackson Cemetery.

Holcombe, John D.--4th Corporal Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed
1st Corporal Dec. 10, 1861; 4th Sergeant Nov. 1, 1862.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862. Died of
wounds at Richmond, Va. Jan. 16, 1863. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery.

Morgan, Richard S.--Musician Nov. 10, 1861. Transferred
to Regimental Band Apr. 1, 1863. Deserted in Pennsylvania
June 7, 1863. Received at Fort Mifflin, Pa., a
Confederate deserter, July 2, 1863, and released Oct. 14,
1863.

Adams, Charles F.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Killed at
Smithfield, Va. Aug. 28, 1864. Buried at Winchester, Va.

Albritton, John H.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Wounded in
1862. At home on wounded furlough Aug. 31, 1864. Appears
on roll of retired men at Post at Columbus, Ga., dated
Dec. 3, 1864, presence or absence not stated. No later
record.

Applewhite, Robert G.--Private Nov. 10, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in
Stewart County, Ga. Mar. 8, 1838.)

Armstrong, Joseph N.--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Wounded May
1864. In Staunton, Va. hospital, wounded, Aug. 31, 1864.
No later record.

Attaway, Lawson--See Hataway, Lawson

Austin, J.N.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Austin, William J.--Private Mar. 14, 1864. On detail duty
with Division Povost Guard Aug. 31, 1864. No later
record.

Bagley, Samuel M.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Discharged,
disability, near Savannah, Ga. Jan. 10, 1862.

Barfield, Debarry--Private Dec. 5, 1861. Deserted in
1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S.Govt. at Memphis,
Tenn. mar. 26, 1864.

Barfield, Stephen--Enlisted as a private in Co.C, 9th
Battn. Ga. Light Artillery. Transferred to Co.G, 31st
Regt. Ga.Inf. in exchange for Elijah J. Fussell, Mar. 8,
1865. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Barfield, William--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Captured at
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware,
Del. Feb. 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves,
James River, Va. for exchange, Mar. 10-12, 1865. (Born in
Macon County, Ga. in 1840.)

Benton, Samuel T.--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Captured at
Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Released at Point Lookout,
Md. June 4, 1865.

Brewer, John Samuel--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed 2d
Corporal Jan. 16, 1863. Wounded in head at Petersburg,
Va. Apr. 3, 1865. Captured at Richmond, Va. hospital Arp.
3, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. July 28, 1865.
(Born in Ga. in 1846.)

Brooks, John B.L.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Captured at
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware,
Del. Feb. 1865. No later record.

Butt, John C.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Beaulieu near Savannah, Ga. May 8, or 15,
1862. Died at home in 1863.

Carpenter, John J.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed 3d
Corporal in 1861; 5th Sergeant Nov. 2, 1862. Wounded in
1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Carter, Charles--Private Apr. 28, 1862. Discharged,
furnished substitute, in 1862.

Clarke, William R.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Killed near
Richmond, Va. June 29, 1862.

Cobb, Daniel J.--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Captured in
Richmond, Va. hospital Apr. 3, 1865. Released at Newport
News, Va. June 26, 1865.

Cobb, Darling J.--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Wounded in 1863.
Detailed in Columbus, Ga. hospital, on account of wounds,
in 1864.

Cobb, John D.--Private Dec. 16, 1861. In Columbus, Ga.
hospital Nov. 5, 1864. No later record.

Cody, David C.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed Ordnance
Sergeant Dec. 19, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of this
company May 13, 1862; 2d Lieutenant May 13, 1862; Captain
Feb. 23, 1863. Appointed Acting Assistant Inspector
General in 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9,
1865.

Cook, Henry A.--Private May 11, 1862. Wounded at
Shepherdstown, W.Va. Oct. 10, 1862, and died of wounds
Oct. 15, 1862. Buried there.

Cosby, W.H.--Private Feb. 14, 1862. On detail duty in
Columbus, Ga. hospital Nov. 5, 1864. No later record.

Davis, Daniel--Private Jan. 27, 1863. Substitute for J.T.
Robinson. Roll dated Nov. 5, 1864, last on file, shows
him present. No later record.

Davis, Melford--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Discharged from
General Hospital at Farmville, Va., on account of dropsy,
Oct. 13, 1862. (Born in Sumter County, Ga. July 16,
1835.)

Dawson, Brady M.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Admitted to
Chimborazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Va., on account of
debility, June 28, 1862, and transferred to Danville, Va.
July 22, 1862. Died in Charlottesville, Va. hospital in
1862.

Fackler, James M.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed
Marker in 1861; 4th Corporal Dec. 10, 1861; 1st Corporal
Nov. 1, 1862. Wounded in 1862. Captured near Petersburg,
Va. Mar. 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June
12, 1865.

Fackler, Samuel--Private Aug. 1, 1862. Wounded in 1862.
Roll dated Nov. 5, 1864, last on file, shows him ÒAbsent,
detailed at Govt. Shops at Columbus, Ga.Ó No later
record.

Fagan, James--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Died at Camp
Phillips, Ga. Mar. 8, 1862.

Fussell, Elijah J.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Transferred to
Co.C, 9th Battn. Ga. Light Artillery, in exchange for
Stephen Barfield, Mar. 8, 1865.

Garrett, Theophilus--Private Apr. 20, 1862. Sick in
hospital June 1863. Died in service.

George, James F.--Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co.C, 10th
Regt. Ga. Inf. May 18, 1861. Resigned at Williamsburg,
Va. Aug. 22, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 31st
Regt. Ga. Inf. Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed Quartermaster
Sergeant in 1862. Discharged, disability, Mar. 31, 1862.
Elected Colonel of Ga. Reserves or Militia May 13, 1862.
Killed at Griswoldville, Ga. Nov. 22, 1864.

Graham, James--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Wounded at
Winchester, Va. Sept. 19, 1864. At home on wounded
furlough close of war. (Born in Ga. Nov. 30, 1842.)

Graham, William J.M.--Private Dec. 28, 1861. Roll dated
Nov. 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Greene, Peter a.--Private May 15, 1862. Wounded in 1862.
Elected 2d Lieutenant Aug. 4, 1863; 1st Lieutenant Apr.
26, 1864. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Va. Apr. 6, 1865.
Released at Johnson's Island, O. June 18, 1865.

Greene, William James (or James William)--Private Nov.
10, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant Nov. 28, 1862. Roll dated
Nov. 5, 1864, last on file, shows him at home on sick
furlough. No later record.

Grimes, Richard L.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Grissom, John A.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Wounded in right
shoulder at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. June 3, 1843.)

Guy, Zachariah H.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Roll dated Nov.
5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Harrington, John--Private May 1, 1863. Deserted June 14,
1863.

Harrison, James R.--Private June 15, 1863. Paroled at
Farmville, Va. Apr. 11-21, 1865. (Born June 12, 1841.)

Harry, Jasper--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Wounded in 1862. At
home on wounded furlough Nov. 5, 1864. No later record.

Harvey, William B.--Private Feb. 19, 1862. Captured near
Petersburg, Va. Mar. 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout,
Md. June 27, 1865.

Hataway, Lawson--Private Dec. 17, 1861. Roll for Aug. 31,
1864, shows him present. Died of disease in hospital.
Appears also as Attaway and Hadaway.

Helms, Virgil Augustus--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Roll dated
Nov. 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Highnote, Pinckney--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Skidaway Island, Ga. Feb. 28, 1862.

Hill, George--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Killed at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.

Hill, Henry Clay--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Wounded in 1862.
Captured at South Mountain, Md. July 4, 1863. Paroled at
Point Lookout, Md. Feb. 18, 1865. Received at Boulware &
Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange Feb. 20-21,
1865. No later record.

Hines, Thomas J.--Private Nov. 22, 1861. Roll dated Dec.
31, 1861, shows him present, remarks:Ómeasles, no duty.Ó
In C.S.A. General Hospital at Danville, Va. on account of
debility, Aug. 6, 1862. Discharged Sept 5, 1862.

Howard, William S.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Discharged,
over-age, May 15, 1862.

Jones, J.D.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Jones, William R.--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal Nov. 1, 1862; 1st Corporal in 1863. Captured at
High Bridge, Va. Apr. 6, 1865. Released at Newport News,
Va. June 25, 1865.

Mann, William H.--Private Dec. 5, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Mathis, Harvey G.--Private Dec. 5, 1861. Appointed
Musician Dec. 1861. Absent without leave July 8-Dec.
1863. No later record.

Mayo, Stephen J.--Private Jan. 29, 1862. Died of typhoid
fever in Lynchburg, Va. hospital Aug. 8, 1862. Buried
there in Confederate Cemetery. No.2, 3d Line, Lot 165--
Christian's Factory.

McCrary, A.Y.--Private June 24, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in Talbot County, Ga.
Sept. 19, 1846.)

McCrary, Jonathan T.--Private Feb. 4, 1862. Appointed 3d
Corporal Nov. 2, 1862; 5th Sergeant in 1863. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

McGovern, Edward--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Wounded in 1862.
Transferred to Co. C, 10th Regt. Ga. Inf. Apr. 28, 1863.
Deserted to enemy at Richmond, Va. Mar. 6, 1865. Took
oath of allegiance to U.S.Govt. at Bermuda Hundred, Va.
Mar. 21, 1865. Released and furnished transportation to
Boston, Mass. Mar. 24, 1865.

McKenzie, Henry--Enlisted as a private in Co.C, 10th
Regt. Ga. Inf. June 29, 1861. Discharged at Young's Mill,
Va. Dec. 14, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 31st
Regt. Ga. Inf. Apr. 16, 1862. Admitted to General
Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. July 10, 1862.
Returned to duty July 14, 1862. No later record.

Mizell, James (or Mizzell)--Private Nov. 10, 1861.
Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Wounded in right
leg, necessitating amputation below knee, at Cedar Creek,
Va. Oct. 19, 1864. Captured in Richmond, Va. hospital
Apr. 3, 1865. Released from U.S.General Hospital at Point
Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865.

Morgan, John E.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Wounded in 1863.
Died of wounds at Winchester, Va. June 24, 1863.

Nicholson, Luther B.--Private Nov. 22, 1861. Roll dated
Nov. 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Nicholson, Martin L.--Private Nov. 10, 1861.Died in
service, date, place and cause of death not shown.

O'Neal, George W.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed 2d
Corporal Nov. 28, 1862; 4th Sergeant Jan. 16, 1863.
Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Roll dated
Nov. 5, 1864, last on file, shows him at home on wounded
furlough. No later record.

Patten, Samuel--Private Aug. 7, 1863. Wounded and
captured at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864. Died from
compound fracture of left thigh Aug. 27, 1864.

Perkins, Marcus L.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Discharged,
disability, Nov. 10, 1862.

Pry, John T.--Enlisted as a private in Co.G, 46th Regt.
Ga. Inf. Aug. 10, 1862. Transferred to Co.G, 31st
Regt.Ga.Inf. Nov. 1, 1862. Roll for Nov.5, 1864, last on
file, shows him sick in hospital. No later record.

Reaves, J. Newton--Private May 11, 1862. Wounded and
captured at Cedar Creek, Va. Oct. 19, 1864. Died of
wounds in West's Bldgs. Hospital at Baltimore, Md. Nov.
26, 1864.

Richardson, James A.--Private Jan.29, 1862. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1846.)

Robinson, James--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Killed at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.

Robinson, J.T.--Private May 7, 1862. Discharged,
furnished Daniel Davis as substitute, Jan. 27, 1863.

Ryan, William Hampton--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Transferred
to Co.C, 10th Regt. Ga.Inf. Roll for Feb. 28, 1865, shows
him present. Killed in 1865.

Rye, William--Private Feb. 14, 1864. Deserted to enemy
Apr. 28, 1864. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864.
Took oath of allegiance to U.S.Govt. at Point Lookout,
Md. and enlisted in U.S. service May 17, 1864.

Sapp, Forsyth H.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant Major Nov. 19, 1861. Discharged on account of
chronic rheumatism at Richmond, Va. July 10, 1862.

Scott, William Mark--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Captured at
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware,
Del. Feb. 1865. Captured in Richmond, Va. hospital Apr.
3, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, or 28,
1865.

Shipp, James Lewis--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Shipp, William L.--Enlisted as a private in Co.C, 10th
Regt.Ga.Inf.May 18, 1861. Transferred to Co.G, 31st
Regt.Ga.Inf. in 1862; to Co.C. Captured at Spotsylvania,
Va. May 20, 1864. Died at Elmira, N.Y. Sept. 26, 1864.
Grave #370, Woodlawn National Cemetery.

Simons, H.P.--Private Jan. 5, 1862. Discharged,
disability, Nov. 10, 1862.

Sims, William A.--Private Jan. 30, 1862. Transferred to
Co.G, 46th Regt.Ga.Inf. Nov. 15, 1862. Appears last on
roll for Feb. 1864.

Stephens, James R.--Private Jan.29, 1862. Discharged Apr.
1863.

Tatum, J.J.--Private Apr. 28, 1862. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged,
disability, Feb. 1, 1863.

Tatum, William E.--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Appointed
Hospital Steward Jan. 1, 1863; Assistant Surgeon in 1863.
Appears last on roll dated Oct. 5, 1864.

Thomas, William W.--Private Jan.29, 1862. Severely
wounded, date and place not given. Died in Soldiers' Home
at Columbus, Ga. July 31, 1862.

Thomaston, John W. (or Thomason)--Private Jan.29, 1862.
Appointed 3d Corporal in 1863. Wounded and captured in
1864. Released at Chattanooga, Tenn. May 27, 1865.

Thompson, R.J.--Private Apr. 30, 1862. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862. On detail duty in
Chattahoochee County, Ga. Nov. 5, 1862.

Trotman, Jacob--Private May 11, 1862. Killed at Monocacy,
Md. July 9, 1864.

Walters, Seth A.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Roll dated Nov.
5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Ward, Marshall M.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Wounded at 2d
Man, Va. Aug. 28, 1862. Captured. Exchanged May 1863. On
detached duty as Enrolling Officer Chattahoochee County,
Ga. Nov. 5, 1864. No later record. (Born in Ga. Oct. 6,
1841.)

Ward, Wilson S.--Private Jan. 22, 1862.Captured at
Winchester, Va. Sept. 19,1864. Transferred from Fort
McHenry, Md. to Point Lookout, Md. for exchange Feb. 20,
1865. No later record.

Warren, James S.--Private May 11, 1862. Wounded in 1863.
Captured at Burkeville, Va. Apr. 6, 1865. Released at
Point Lookout, Md. June 30, 1865.

Wilkerson, William King--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed
Regimental Musician May 1, 1863. Captured at South
Mountain, Md. July 4, 1863. Exchanged at Fort Delaware,
Del. Mar. 7, 1865.

Williams, James F.--Private Dec. 16, 1861. Captured at
Monocacy, Md. July 10, 1864. Exchanged Oct. 30, 1864. No
later record.

Wise, Meredith--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Discharged on
account of age and disability, at Beaulieu near Savannah,
Ga., Apr. 5, 1862.

Woodall, William M.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Appointed 3d
Sergeant May 13, 1862; 1st Sergeant Nov. 28, 1862.
Captured at Winchester, Va. Sept. 19, 1864. Paroled at
Point Lookout, Md. Mar. 15, 1865. Received at Boulware &
Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, Mar. 18,
1865.

Woodruff, Benjamin F.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Sick in
hospital Dec. 31, 1861. Died June 1862.

Wooldridge, C.J.--Enlisted as a private in Co.C, 10th
Regt.Ga.Inf. May 18, 1861. Transferred to Co.G, 31st
Regt.Ga.Inf. in 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal in 1863.
Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. At home on
wounded furlough Nov.5, 1864. No later record.

Wooldridge, John B.--Enlisted as a private in Co.C, 10th
Regt.Ga.Inf. May 27, 1861. Transferred to Co.G, 31st
Regt.Ga.Inf. in 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant in 1863. Roll
dated Nov. 5, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Wooldridge, Thomas F.--Enlisted as a private in Co.C,
10th Regt.Ga.Inf. May 18, 1861. Transferred to Co.G, 31st
Regt.Ga.Inf.; to Co.D, 3d Regt.Ga. Cavalry Mar. 29, 1865.
No later record.

Wright, William E.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Captured at
Strasburg, Va. Sept. 23, 1864. Released at Point Lookout,
Md. June 22, 1865.

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