TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GA - MILITARY CIVIL WAR 3rd Regiment Cavalry (State Guards) ***************** 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 For complete Roster of ALL companies: http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/index.html 3rd Regiment Cavalry (State Guards) Company D The State Guard Cavalry Unit from Taliaferro County, GA was the “Tilly Rangers,” commanded by Edmund N. Beazley, belonging to Company D of the 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards). This regiment was organized in August 1863 for six months to serve as local defense in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th Congressional Districts, including the counties of Wilkes, Lincoln, Columbia, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, DeKalb and Fulton. Benjamin F. Acree D Corporal Corporal D.F. Acree D Corporal Corporal Seaborn N. Acree D Private Private John T. Allen D Private Private James W. Asbury D First Lieutenant First Lieutenant Edmund N. Beazley D Captain Captain Zephanich F. Bishop D Corporal Corporal William H. Chapman D Private Private Jesse Darden D Private Private William B. Darden D Private Private Thomas Edwards D Private Private Esaw Ellington D Private Private A. G. Evans D Private Private Absalom Evans D Private Private John B. Flynt D Private Private Henry Gunn D Private Private William R. Gunn D Private Private Willis Gunn D Private Private William G. Harris D Private Private J.T. Harrison D Sergeant Sergeant James P. Harrison D Private Private Thomas J. Harrison D Sergeant Sergeant Elijah C. Hixon D Sergeant Private G.G. Hixon D,C Private Private George Hixon D,C Private Private Thomas S. Irby D Private Private Charles S. Kendrick D Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Robert T. Kendrick D Sergeant Sergeant B.E. Lunceford D Private Private D.H. Lunceford D Private Private Bowlin E. Lunsford D Private Private David H. Lunsford D Private Private Edward A. Meadows D Private Private Green B. Meadows D Private Private Hiram B. Moore D Private Private J. R. Moore D Private Private John B. Moore D Private Private Tillmon Moore D Private Private George Mullikin D Private Private Marion Mullikin D Private Private Joseph C. Murden D Ordnance Sergeant First Sergeant Reuben A. Nash D Private Private Thomas A. Nash D Private Sergeant Joseph F. Nelson D Corporal Corporal Joseph Nelson D Private Private Fuyby G. C. Peek D Private Private Thomas Peek D Private Private Lindsey C. Perry D Private Private George M. Poss D Private Private W.H. Poss D Private Private William Poss D Private Private Benjamin R. Reed D Private Private B. Reid D Private Private Thomas Rhodes D Private Private Robert H. Rhodes D Private Private Thomas J. Stewart D Private Private William F. Stewart D Private Private J.W. Swan D Private Private John Swann D Private Private Littleton B. Taylor D Third Lieutenant Third Lieutenant R.S. Taylor D Private Private James Triplett D Private Private Coleman Wagner D Private Private Z.S. Willingham D Private Private =========== Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate Armies - Georgia Georgia 3rd Cavalry Regiment, State Guard Nickname: Northeast Regiment State Guards Organized 08/04/1863 Mustered into Confederate service for six months 08/04-12/1863 Entered active service 09/15/1863 Mustered out 01/31/1864 First Commander: Robert Toombs, Colonel Field Officers: John M. Freeman, Major Luther H.O. Martin, Lt Colonel Note: Perhaps the Company was named to honor Co D 15th Regiment Tilley, John M. -- 1st Lieutenant - July 15, 1861. Killed at Garnett's Farm, Virginia June 27, 1862.