TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GA -MILITARY - CIVIL WAR  Co d 15th Regiment

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Company D, 15th Regiment
Taliaferro County
"Stephens Home Guards"

Allen, Elisha -- Private - July 15, 1861. Transferred to
Company D, 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 15, 1862.
Appointed 4th Sergeant July 24, 1862. Killed at Mine Run,
Virginia November 29, 1863.

Battle, C. F. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Appears last
without remark as to presence or absence on roll for March-
April 1862.

Battle, George W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Appointed 2nd
Corporal October 25, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia
April 9, 1865.

Battle, Thomas A. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Sent at
Richmond, Virginia hospital October 5, 1861. Discharged on
account of pneumonia, lungs still hepatized, at Camp Georgia
near Manassas, Virginia March 3, 1862. Died in service.

Battle, William J. -- 4th Sergeant - July 15, 1861.
Appointed 3rd Sergeant July 24, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg,
Maryland September 17, 1862. On provost duty at Richmond,
Virginia February 28, 1865. Paroled, Augusta, Georgia May
18, 1865.

Bledsoe, John N. -- 1st Sergeant - July 15, 1861. Elected
1st Lieutenant July 24, 1862. Killed at Thoroughfare Gap,
Virginia August 28, 1862.

Brake, Charles I. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in Taliaferro
County, Georgia December 8, 1840)

Brake, Daniel C. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Captured in
Richmond, Virginia hospital April 3, 1865. No later record.
(Born in Taliaferro County, Georgia November 1838.)

Brake, John W. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Exchanged at Boulware
& Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia February 20-21, 1865.
Captured at Salisbury, North Carolina April 12, 1865.
Released at Camp Chase, Ohio, June 13, 1865. (Born in
Hancock County, Georgia March 4, 1843.)

Brooke, Joseph G. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant July 24, 1862. Wounded and captured at Fort
Harrison, Virginia September 29, 1864. Admitted to General
Hospital at Fortress Monroe, Virginia October 1, 1864, and
died there of wounds October 21 or 25, 1864.

Broom, Marion -- Private - July 15, 1861. Captured near
Knoxville, Tennessee December 18, 1863. Enlisted in U. S.
Army for frontier service at Rock Island, Illinois October
13, 1864.

Broom, Nathaniel -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Garnett's Farm, Virginia June 27, 1862. Roll for February
28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Burdett, George M. -- 3rd Corporal - July 15, 1861.
Appointed Assistant Surgeon of Georgia Hospital at Richmond,
Virginia December 18, 1861; Assistant Surgeon C. S. A. (to
rank from September 5, 1862 ), and ordered to report to
General Lee's Army December 4, 1862; Assistant Surgeon of
Braxton's Battalion C. S. A. Artillery. Captured at
Winchester, Virginia September 19, 1864. Forwarded to
Fortress Monroe, Virginia for exchange January 6, 1865.
Asked for 30 days' leave of absence at Richmond, Virginia
January 11, 1865.

Burnley, James Tolbert -- Private - July 15, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in
Wilkes County, Georgia April 9, 1841.)

Burnley, John D. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Killed at
Garnett's Farm, Virginia June 27, 1862.

Burnley, R. Henry -- Enlisted as a private in Company E, 7th
Regiment Confederate Cavalry August 20, 1862. Transferred to
Company D, 15th Regiment Georgia Infantry. Severely wounded
near Petersburg, Virginia June 24, 1864. On wounded furlough
close of war.

Carter, Charles T. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Paroled at Hammond U.
S. General Hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland and
transferred for exchange in 1864. Received at City Point,
Virginia March 6, 1864. Died December 1864.

Chapman, J. S. -- 1st Corporal - July 15, 1861. Appointed
2nd Sergeant July 24, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia
September 19, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April
9, 1865.

Clemons, William G. (or Clemmons) -- Private - July 15,
1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Cooper, Joseph P. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Died of
pneumonia at Richmond, Virginia March 15, or April 24, 1862.

Davis, John W. -- Private - March 10, 1864. Captured at
Petersburg, Virginia April 3, 1865. Released at Hart's
Island, New York Harbor, June 15, 1865. (Born in Taliaferro
County, Georgia August 11, 1845.)

Dorsey, Lemuel E. (or Lemuel J.) -- Private - June 15, 1861.
Died in Georgia Hospital at Richmond, Virginia November 1,
1861.

Dorsey, Seaborn -- Private -. Discharged and died soon
thereafter.

Ehrlich, Benjamin -- Private - July 15, 1861. Captured near
Knoxville, Tennessee December 20, 1863. Enlisted in U. S.
Army at Rock Island, Illinois October 13, 1864.

Evans, James J. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia November 24, 1861.

Evans, John D. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia August 28, 1862. Discharged,
disability, prior to June 1863.

Evans, Russell J. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged, on
account of paralysis optic nerve of right eye, caused by
concussion of shell, August 31, 1864.

Farmer, Sylvester J. -- Captain - July 15, 1861. Appointed
Surgeon August 1, 1862; Brigade Surgeon. Absent with leave
in Georgia February 28, 1865. No later record.

Fluker, Robert H. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.
(Born in Taliaferro County, Georgia July 1841.)

Fluker, William T. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Wounded at
Garnett's Farm, Virginia June 27, 1862. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Flynt, Henry H. (Hal) -- Private - July 15, 1861.
Discharged, disability, January 26, 1862. Enlisted as a
private in Company E, 7th Regiment Confederate Cavalry May
1, 1863. Transferred to Company E, 10th Regiment Georgia
July 11, 1864. Wounded in 1864. Roll dated October 1864,
last on file, shows him present. Wounded through hip and
permanently disabled at Bentonville, North Carolina March
25, 1865. Died at Crawfordville, Georgia July 24, 1911.

Flynt, James W. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Wounded by fall,
left arm broken and permanently disabled, near Strawberry
Plains, Tennessee February 12, 1864. Transferred to Company
E, 7th Regiment Confederate Cavalry March 12, 1864. Roll for
October 1864, last on file shows him present. No later
record.(Born in Georgia August 8, 1832.)

Flynt, Samuel J. -- 2nd Lieutenant - July 15, 1861. Wounded
at Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862; 2nd Manassas,
Virginia August 30, 1862. Elected Captain October 8, 1862.
Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863; in right
arm at Fort Harrison, Virginia September 29, 1864.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in
Georgia October 17, 1837.)

Ghann, Thomas A. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in Clarke County,
Georgia April 30, 1832.)

Gheesling, Virgil A. -- Private - July 15, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Gibeon, George W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia November 1, 1861.

Gray, Robert -- Private - September 15, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Camp Steiner near Centreville, Virginia,
December 3, 1861.

Greeson, William E. -- Private - September 15, 1861.
Discharged at Richmond, Virginia November 1, 1861.

Hackney, Jesse M. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Accidentally
killed June 16, 1862.

Hamilton, Charles -- Private - July 8, 1862. Substitute for
Aaron Myers. Deserted near Richmond, Virginia July 12, 1862.

Hammock, William H. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Granted
certificate showing that he was entitled to discharge
January 24, 1865. Died of diarrhoea at Crawfordville,
Georgia in 1865.

Hammoek, James M -- Private - July 15, 1861. Hand disabled.
Unfit for field duty. On furlough of indulgence February 28,
1865. No later record.

Harris, William G. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged at
Richmond, Virginia November 29, 1861.

Hendrick, Charles N. -- Enlisted as a private, Company H,
22nd Regiment Georgia Infantry August 31, 1861. Transferred
to Company D, 15th Regiment Georgia Infantry October 1862.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Hendricks, Isaiah J -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
2nd Manassas, Virginia August 30, 1862. Died of disease in
General Hospital #13, at Richmond, Virginia October 4, 1864.

Hendricks, W. W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged at
Richmond, Virginia November 29, 1861.

Hill, Wiley T. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Died at Camp
Steiner, near Centreville, Virginia November 27, 1861.

Hodge, Richard -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged at
Richmond, Virginia October 1, 1861. Enlisted as a private in
Company B, 55th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 5, 1862.
Captured at Cumberland Gap. Tennessee September 9, 1863.
Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois June 14,.1865.

Howell, C. A. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Wounded in left
thigh, date not given. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia
April 9, 1865. (Born in Taliaferro County, Georgia September
1838.),

Howell, Joseph M. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded and
captured at 2nd Manassas, Virginia August 30, 1862. Paroled
at Warrenton, Virginia September 30, 1862. Died of wounds in
General Hospital there December 19, 1862.

Howell, Thomas J. -- Private - September 15, 1861. Captured
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland April 1864. Exchanged at James River,
Virginia April 30, 1864. Killed at Fort Harrison, Virginia
September 29, 1864.

Humphrey, James M. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Appointed 1st
Corporal July 24, 1862. Wounded at Fort Harrison, Virginia
September 29, 1864. Died of wounds at Richmond, Virginia
September 30, 1864.

Humphrey, N. M. -- Private - January 29, 1864. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Ivey, John W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Died of typhoid
fever, at Camp Walker near 'Manassas, Virginia, August 20 or
September 19, 1861.

Ivey, Myrick -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - July 15, 1861. Killed
at Garnett's Farm, Virginia June 27, 1862.

Johnson, James W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Roll for
February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Johnson, John J. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant October 8, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness,. Virginia
May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9,
1865. (Born in Georgia in 1840.)

Johnson, Theophilus J. -- Private - September 15, 1861. Died
at Richmond, Virginia December 3, 1861. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery.

Johnson, William -- Private - January 29, 1864. Wounded at
Spotsylvania, Virginia May 10, 1864, and died there in Field
Hospital same day.

Jones, Benjamin, Jr. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.(Born in Georgia September 9, 1842.)

Jones, John P. -- Private - July 15, 1861. On detached duty
at C. S. Armory at Richmond, Virginia February 28, 1865.
Died at Richmond, Virginia

Jones, William L. -- Enlisted as a private in Company I, 9th
Regiment Georgia Infantry June 23, 1861. Transferred to
Company D, 15th Regiment Georgia Infantry October 20, 1861.
Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him present.
No later record.

King, John H. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Chickamauga, Georgia September 19, 1863. Discharged,
disability, February 1, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1837.)

Kirkpatrick, John K. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant
July 24, 1862. Wounded in face February 1865. On furlough of
indulgence February 28, 1865. No later record. (Born in
Clarke County, Georgia April 24, 1837.)

Leary, James H. -- Private - September 15, 1861. Wounded at
Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corporal
July 24, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9,
1865.

Linn, Joseph C. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged
January 19, 1865.

Lyles, James -- Private - October 9, 1863. Wounded and
captured at Fort Harrison, Virginia September 29, 1864. Died
in U. S. A. General Hospital at Fortress Monroe, Virginia
October 19, 1864.

McCleskey, John (or McCluskey) -- Private - July 15, 1861.
Wounded at Garnett's Farm, Virginia June 27, 1862. Died of
wounds in General Hospital #21, at Richmond, Virginia July
29, 1862.

Meadows, William T. -- Private - July 11, 1862. Died of
meningitis in North Carolina Hospital at Petersburg,
Virginia April 20, 1863.

Monk, R. A. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Died of typhoid
fever at Richmond, Virginia October 20, 1861.

Moore, W. P. -- Private - January 29, 1864. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in Georgia.)

Murden, John M. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Captured at Fort
Harrison, Virginia September 30, 1864. Paroled at Point
Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing,
Virginia for exchange March 17, 1865. No later record.

Murden, Mack H. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded in 1862.
Died near Fredericksburg, Virginia February 4, 1863.

Murden, Redmon S. -- Private - July 15, 1861. On furlough of
indulgence February 28, 1865. No later record.

Myers, Aaron -- 3rd Sergeant - July 15, 1861. Discharged,
furnished Charles Hamilton as substitute, July 8, 1862.

Nunn, Uriah W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Died at Front
Royal, Virginia December 31, 1861. Buried there.

Orrie, Louis -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded in left
arm, necessitating amputation at shoulder, at Malvern Hill,
Virginia July 1, 1862. On detached duty at C. S. Powder
Works, Augusta, Georgia, 1863-1865.

Peek, Josiah S. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Chickamauga, Georgia September 19, 1863. Died of wounds in
Field Hospital September 26, 1863.

Pinkston, William T. -- Private - July 15, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Ray, John T. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Absent, in
consequence of the movements of the enemy, February 28,
1865. No later record.

Reid, Felix C. -- 2nd Corporal - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant
October 25, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9,
1865.

Reid, William W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Virginia in 1861.

Reynolds, James R. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Transferred
to Company A, Phillips' Legion Georgia Infantry October 2,
1862. Captured at Knoxville Tennessee. Exchanged.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Rhodes, Robert M. H. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged
on account of haemoptysis, at Camp Steiner near Centreville,
Virginia, November 20, 1861.

Rhodes, William H. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864. Died of wounds near
Spotsylvania, Virginia May 20, 1864.

Ricketson, William S. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Elected
Jr. 2nd Lieutenant October 8, 1862. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Died of
pneumonia May 27, 1864.

Sharp, Edward T. -- 4th Corporal - July 15, 1861. Appointed
1st Corporal in 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company B,
55th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 5, 1862. Died in Fair
Grounds Hospital at Knoxville, Tennessee December 5, 1862.

Sharp, Levi L. -- Private - March 1, 1862. Died of disease
in Danville, Virginia hospital January 17 or 18, 1863.

Sharp, Thomas J. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at Fort
Harrison, Virginia September 29, 1864. Died of wounds at
Richmond, Virginia September 30, 1864.

Smith, Isaac F. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in Georgia.)

Smith, Thomas S. -- Private - June 11, 1862. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Sorrow, M. H. -- Private - July 15, 1861.Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia November 5, 1861.

Stephens, John Alexander -- Private - July 15, 1861.
Appointed 2nd Corporal. Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company G,
1st Regiment Georgia Regulars September 12, 1861. Resigned
October 10, 1862. Elected Lieutenant in Captain J. W.
Youngblood's Company Signal Corps in 1862. Captured at Port
Hudson, Lousiana July 9, 1863. Paroled to report to the
President in person February 5, 1865. No later record.

Stewart, Thomas J. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at Richmond, Virginia November 13, 1861.(Born in
Taliaferro County, Georgia July 15, 1839.)

Taylor, Columbus W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 5, 1863. Died of disease at
Point Lookout, Maryland October 14, 1863.

Taylor, James L. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Killed at
Wilderness, Virginia May 6, 1864.

Taylor, William C. R.. -- Private - July 15, 1861.
Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. (Born in
Taliaferro County, Georgia August 8, 1844.)

Tilley, John M. -- 1st Lieutenant - July 15, 1861. Killed at
Garnett's Farm, Virginia June 27, 1862.

Veazey, Prior Gardner -- 2nd Sergeant - July 15, 1861.
Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant July 24, 1862; 1st Lieutenant
October 8, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia September
20, 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.

Wagner, Joseph -- Private - February 17, 1864. Captured at
Cold Harbor, Virginia June 4, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New
York March 2, 1865. Captured in Richmond, Virginia hospital
April 3, 1865. No later record.

Walls, John T. (or Wall) -- Private - July 15, 1861. Roll
for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Wellborn, Elijah J. -- Private - September 15, 1861.
Discharged at Richmond, Virginia November 1, 1861.

Wells, Jeremiah S. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Captured at
Petersburg, Virginia April 3, 1865. Released at Hart's
Island, New York Harbor June 15, 1865. Died in Lincoln
County, Georgia June 29, 1895.

Woodruff, J. W. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Wounded at
Richmond, Virginia June 20, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Virginia April 9, 1865.

Wright, John T. -- Private - July 15, 1861. Discharged,
disability, November 4, 1861.