TATTNALL COUNTY, GA - MILITARY CIVIL WAR 61st Co H ***************** 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: Carolyn Johnson clhjohnson@aol.com MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY H, 61st REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. TATTNALL COUNTY, GEORGIA TATTNALL COUNTY VOLUNTEERS. Smith, James Bell-Captain May 9, 1862. Resigned at Richmond, Va. June 9, 1862. Dasher, John M. 1st Lieutenant May 9, 1862. Elected Captain June 9, 1862. Resigned, disability, October 3, 1862. Died at home in 1862. Brewton, M. B. 2nd Lieutenant May 9, 1862. Killed at Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Moore, Asberry P. 2d Lieutenant. -- See private Co. B. Edwards, Willis F. M. -Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 9, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant in 1862. Resigned, disability, June 17, 1862, to become effective July 18, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Captain Hughes' Company,1st Battn. Ga. Cavalry, September 10, 1862. Transferred to Co. D, 5th Regiment Ga. Cavalry January 20, 1863. Discharged, furnished William H. Smith as substitute, May 4, 1863. Enlisted in Captain A. B. Daniel's Company Ga. Militia. At home, sick fur-lough, close of war. (Born in Ga. Died at Claxton, Ga. January 5, 1926.) DeLoach, Joseph D. Jr. 2nd Lieutenant August 2, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 30, 1862;1st Lieutenant October 20, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 16, 1865. (Born in Tattnall County, Ga. July 26, 1842. Died in Long County, Ga. January 9, 1921.) Stripling, Lauda-Jr. 2nd Lieutenant January 20, 1863. -- See private Co. B. Sikes, Michael M. 1st Sergeant May 9, 1862. Died in Winchester, Va. hospital October 4, 1862. Strickland, Alfred-2nd Sergeant May 9, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant in 1862; 1st Lieutenant August 1862; Captain in 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Captured at Fisher's Hill, Va. September 22, 1864. DeLoach, James E. 3rd Sergeant May 9, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 18, 1862; 1st Lieutenant August 1862; Captain October 20, 1862. Severely wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1863. Captured at Fisher's Hill, Va. September 22, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 21, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1834.) Sikes, D. D. 1st Corporal May 9, 1862. Died in a Virginia hospital in 1862. Burkhalter, Peter-2nd Corporal May 9, 1862. Killed at 2nd Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Kennedy, Alfred-3rd Corporal May 9, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1862. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him present. Arwell, W. B. --- private May 9, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Bacon, A. E. --- private May 9, 1862. Appointed Corporal March 1, 1863. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Transferred to Elmira, N. Y. July 25, 1864. Exchanged February 20, 1865. Transferred to Camp Lee March 4, 1865. Bacon, Benjamin B. --- private May 9, 1862. Died near Lynchburg, Va. August 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery August 22, 1862. No. 10, 2d Line, Lot 176-Clayton's. Bacon, Edmond L. --- private May 9, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Tattnall County, Ga. January 17, 1842.) Bacon, John---- private May 9, 1862. Died in hospital January 1, 1864. Bargeron, Benjamin E. (or Barjarone)- Enlisted as a private in Captain Hughes' Company, 1st Battn. Ga. Cavalry, December 31, 1861. Roll dated April 28, 1862, shows him present. Enlisted as a private m Co. H, 61st Regiment Ga. Inf. May 9, 1862. Wounded in thumb, resulting in amputation, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Captured in 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows he was a prisoner of war. (Born in Burke County, Ga. April 12, 1823.) Barnard, J. J. --- private May 9, 1862. Died in Charlottesville, Va. hospital July 1, 1864. Bazil, J. W. --- private May 9, 1862. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him present. Blair, M. --- private May 9, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Booth, W. --- private May 9, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Boynton, J. B. --- private May 9, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. 9, 1865. Burket, R. --- private May 9, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Burkhalter, Bryant---- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Transferred from Elmira, N. Y. for exchange October 11, 1864. Died in service. Carpenter, C. H. --- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Released May 12, 1865. (Born in Ga. March 11, 1827.) Causey, T. J. --- private May 9, 1862. Captured, date and place not given. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows he was a prisoner of war. Causey, William A. (or William W.)---- private. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him absent. Clifton, William---- private May 9, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal in 1862. Killed at 2nd Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Collins, Horatio---- private May 1862. Wounded, right hand permanently disabled at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Discharged, disability, April 1864. (Born in Tattnall County, Ga. March 12, 1831.) Conley, William Melville Cicero---- private 1862. Appointed Corporal in 1862. Captured at Fisher's Hill, Va. September 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. March 15, 1865. (Born in DeKalb County, Ga. February 1842.) Coppell, Charles H. --- private May 9, 1862. No later record. Coursey, William A. Sr. --- private May 9, 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough March April 1865. (Born in Emanuel County, Ga. August 31, 1830.) Cowart, L. O. Sr. (or Coward)---- private July 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Crawley, W. M. C. --- private May 9, 1862. Wounded in hand at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Defoe, J. A. --- private May 9, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. DeLoach, J. A. --- private May 9, 1862. Died in Charlottesville, Va. hospital in 1862. Dowdy, A. M. --- private May 9, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Findley, S. S. --- private July 18, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Not on original rolls.) Fiveash, Peter---- private May 9, 1862. Died in hospital. Frix, Nimrod---- private May 9, 1862. Missing at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Gayney, William---- private May 9, 1862. Killed at 2nd Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Godbee, W. W. --- private May 9, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant September 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 17, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 30, 1864. Gordon, James---- private May 9, 1862. Discharged on account of tuberculosis, at Richmond, Va., July 29, 1862. Gray, Daniel---- private May 9, 1862. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Gray, George Thomas (or Thomas George)--- See private Co. A. Groomes, W. M. C. (or Grooms)----- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Rapidan River, Va. December 6, 1863. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. February 3, 1864. Died of chronic diarrhoea February 16, 1865. Hardman, Phineas H. --- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. May 31, 1865. (Born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1835.) Hoffman, John N. --- private June 15, 1863. Died of erysipelas in Lynchburg, Va. hospital June 10, 1864. James, Josiah---- private May 9, 1862. Transferred to Co. K. Sick in General Hospital, Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. September 25, 1863. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him absent. James, Michael M. --- private May 9, 1862. On special service May 1-August 31, 1864. No later record. Johnson, Gabriel J. -- See private Co. B. Kennedy, Hampton---- private May 9, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in University Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. July 4, 1862. Kennedy, Henry---- private May 9, 1862. Died of diarrhoea in General Hospital at Howard's Grove, Richmond, Va., July 19, 1862. Kennedy, O. W. --- private May 9, 1862. Discharged, disabled by paralysis, November 1862. (Born in Tattnall County, Ga. March 3, 1835.) Kennedy, Rayford---- private May 9, 1862. Discharged, disability, in 1863. Lang, George---- private May 9, 1862. Died in hospital in 1862. Lang, Henry---- private May 9, 1862. Wounded in Va. in 1862. Died of wounds at Lynchburg, Va. October 16, 1862. Lang, Joshua---- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. September 22, 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, Md. September 30, 1864, and released there in 1865. Lang, William---- private May 9, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died from wounds in Charlottesville, Va. hospital May 5, 1864. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Lynn, Charles W. --- private May 9, 1862. Wounded in left side of face, arm paralyzed, and captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Exchanged October 30, 1864. Pension records show he was at home, wounded, close of war. (Born in Ga. June 8, 1834. Died in Pierce County, Ga. June 11, 1914.) Lynn, J. B. --- private May 9, 1862. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him present. Lynn, Redden Asberry---- private May 9, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Tattnall County, Ga. May 8, 1844.) McDilda, Alderman J. C. --- private May 9, 1862. Wounded in 1863. Furloughed for 30 days October 28, 1863. Returned to duty January or February 1864. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1841. Died in Emanuel County, Ga. August 1922.) McDilda, George F. --- private May 9, 1862. Died with disease in Virginia October 15, 1863. Buried near Orange Court House, Va. McKay, James---- private May 9, 1862. Killed at 2nd Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. McKay, Thomas A. --- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 16, 1865. (Born in Ga.) Mikell, Edward---- private May 9, 1862. Died in hospital in 1862. Moore, Nathaniel---- private May 9, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Odom, Daniel H. --- private. -- See private Co. B. O'Neal, Ephraim---- private May 9, 1862. Killed at 2nd Manassas Va. August 28, 1862. Rainey, C. ---- private May 9, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Ray, O. P. --- private May 9, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. June 2, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Rewis, James M. --- private May 9, 1862. Wounded by falling tree November 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Tattnall County, Ga. September 29, 1827.) Richardson, Samuel---- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 27, 1865. Rogers, M. J. --- private May 9, 1862. Furloughed for 30 days January 7, 1863. On sick furlough January -February 1863. Roll dated Petersburg, Va. March 1865, shows him present. Rogers, S. B. --- private May 9, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 12, l. 864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. July 11, 1865. Ross, William D. ---- private May 9, 1862. Died with chronic diarrhoea, in Camp Winder Hospital at Richmond, Va., August 9, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Sharpe, Hampton---- private May 1862. Wounded in knee in Seven-Days Fight near Richmond, Va. June 27, 1862. Died there from wounds in 1862. Sharpe, Nathan---- private May 11, 1862. Died of brain fever at Lynchburg, Va. August 9, 1862. Sharpe, Wiley W. --- private May 9, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Transferred from Elmira, N. Y. to Point Lookout, Md. and paroled March 10, 1865. Pension records show he was at home on furlough April 9, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. December 11, 1834.) Sikes, Allan J. --- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 5, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and released July 7, 1863. Smith, James D. --- private May 9, 1862. Died in Lynchburg, Va. hospital September 26, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No. 10, 5th Line, Lot 180-College Hospital., Smith, William H. --- private May 4, 1863. Substitute for W. F. M. Edwards. Strickland, Albert---- private May 9, 1862. Died in Charlottesville, Va. hospital in 1862. Strickland, James M. --- private May 9, 1862. Died with measles in Charlottesville, Va. hospital June 10, 1863. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. Stricklans, Willaby T. --- private May 1862. Wounded in jaw "losing nearly all my teeth," and through shoulder, at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Discharged, disability, in 1863. (Born in Tattnall County, Ga. March 11, 1831.) Stricklans, W. ---- private May 9, 1862. Discharged, disability. Thomas, Stephen (or Steven)---- private May 9, 1862. Wounded through left hand and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 4, 1863. Transferred from Point Lookout, Md. to City Point, Va. March 16, 1864. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 1865. (Born in Ga. August 15, 1840. Died in Tattnall County, Ga. January 20, 1922.) Tootle, Marvin G. --- private May 9, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant. Wounded in left arm, necessitating amputation at shoulder, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Discharged, disability. (Born in Ga. November 8, 1827 or 1829.) Wilkes, John O. --- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. At home, a paroled prisoner, close of war. (Born in Robeson County, N. C. in 1828.) Williams, P. A. --- private May 9, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Pension records show he was furloughed for 60 days on account of wounds. Furlough extended. Could not reach command due to intervention of enemy. (Born in Ga. in 1833.) Williams, W. --- private 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.