TOWNS COUNTY GA Co E - 52nd Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lynn B. Cunningham" http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/towns/military/civilwar/rosters/coe52.txt MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY E, 52d REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. TOWNS COUNTY, GEORGIA HIAWASSEE RANGERS Killian, David W. Captain March 4, 1862. Resigned December 21, 1863. England, William Jasper 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. Paroled there July 7, 1863. Wounded at New Hope Church, Georgia, May 25, 1864. Appears on Inspection Report dated September 19, 1864, as "Absent, furloughed." Resigned on account of wounds in 1864. (Born in Towns County, Georgia March 18,1834. Died in Georgia November 2, 1870. Buried in Mount Zion Church Cemetery near Hiawassee, Georgia.) Stephens, John 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. England, Martin Van Buren, Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. Exchanged July 7, 1863. Resigned, S. O. #256, October 27,1864. (Born in Towns County, Georgia, October 3, 1836, and died there August 22, 1909. Buried in Mount Zion Church Cemetery near Hiawassee, Georgia.) Kimzey, D. P. (or Kimsey, D. C.) 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862. Wounded and captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. Absent without leave October 1863. Reduced to ranks November 1863. Discharged, disability. Stroud, James William 2d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 6th Regiment Ga. Cavalry February 18, 1863. Roll dated February 13, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Died in Towns County, Georgia, in 1921. Edmondson, George W. (or Edmunson) 3d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Joined James Young's Battalion in 1864. Rogers, Perry 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 1863. Brown, B. L. 5th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Deserted December 15, 1863. Battles, James F. 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. Denton, John P. 2d Corporal March 4, 1862. Moore, C. C. 3d Corporal March 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave since October 7, 1863. Morgan, Enoch 4th Corporal March 4, 1862. Captured December 1863. Alden, Thomas Private October 11,1863. Deserted December 6, 1863. Allen, John Private March 4,1862. Deserted December 13, 1863. Allen, Joseph P. Enlisted as a Private in Co. D, 8th Regiment Ga. State Troops November 7, 1861. Detailed with Artillery January 1, 1862. Mustered out May 1862. Enlisted as a Private in Co. E, 52d Regiment Ga. Inf. July 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 1863. Beaver, J. J. Private July 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, reports him detailed nurse in hospital December 15, 1862. Brewster, G. W. Private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave since October 7, 1863. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. (Born in North Carolina in 1838.) Brookshire, G. W. Private March 4,1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4,1863. Paroled there July 4,1863. Deserted December 19, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 27, 1864. (Born in North Carolina in 1838. Died in Towns County, Georgia, in 1911.) Brown, A. J. Private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave since October 7, 1863. Brown, D. L. Private March 4, 1862. Died while home on furlough in 1862. Brown, Hugh A. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi April 13, 1863. Brown, H. N. Private September 9, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave November 12, 1862. Brown, Jason W. Private March 4, 1862. Died December 30, 1862. Brown, Javan Private March 4, 1862. Brown, John M. Private September 8, 1862. Pension records show he contracted rheumatism in Kentucky in 1862. Sent to Chattanooga, Tennessee hospital and from there to Tunnel Hill, Georgia, where he developed typhoid fever, and remained until January 3, 1863. Sent to Catoosa Springs, Georgia, hospital in 1863, with relapse of fever. Furloughed home March 14, 1863. Enlisted in the 6th Regiment North Carolina Inf. November 1863. Captured, date and place not given. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware, May 10, 1865. (Born July 31, 1838.) Brown, J. H. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 3, 1863. Brown, J. V. Private March 4,1862. Pension records show he was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. Paroled there July 12, 1863. At home, sick with fever, close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1842.) Bryson, William Y. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Mari- etta, Georgia July 3, 1864. Died at Camp Morton, Indiana, July 31, 1864. Burch, Albert Private March 4,1 862. Deserted December 15, 1863. Burch, Dewitt C. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1862. Burch, Mortimer Private July 4, 1862. Deserted December 19, 1863. Burrell, George W. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Georgia, July 3, 1864. Enlisted in U.S. service at Camp Morton, Ind. March 22, 1865. Cantrell, M. P. (or M. T.) Private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Big Shanty, Georgia, in 1862. Carroll, J. W. Private March 4, 1862. Carroll, Lafayette S. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Georgia, December 12, 1862. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Cathey, Joseph H. Private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave since October 7, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 26, 1864. Chastain, Martin S. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. Paroled there July 1863. Died of measles at Acworth, Georgia, August 4, 1863. Buried at Marietta, Georgia. (Born in Union County, Georgia in 1827.) Clarke, William H. Private March 4, 1862. Died near Knoxville, Tennessee in 1863. Cook, John Private July 4, 1862. Cowart, Jason Private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave since November 12, 1862. Davenport, John A. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal November 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Denton, Francis M. Private July 9, 1862. Sent from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Jackson, Mississippi, with typhoid fever in 1863, and died in hospital there in 1863. Denton, Marion Private March 4, 1862. Died near Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1863. Dodgens, Tillman M. (or Dodgins) Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 26, 1863. Edmondson, N. B. (or Edmonson) Private March 4, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Died October 1, 1863. Edmondson, Richard (or Edmonson) Private September 9, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Eller, H. W. (or H. P.) Private March 4, 1862. Wounded in right thigh at Lookout Valley, Tennessee, in 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia July 16, 1844. Died in Towns County, Georgia, in 1909.) Eller, Jacob Private March 4, 1862. Killed at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Eller, Jeffers (or Jeffrey) Private March 4, 1862. Eller, John P. Private March 4, 1862. Pension records show he was wounded in right foot near Atlanta, Georgia, July 1864. At home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Towns County, Georgia June 11, 1844. Died in Towns County, Georgia, October 19, 1925.) Eller, R. H. Private March 4, 1862. Eller, Samuel J. Private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 1863. last on file, shows him absent without leave since November 12, 1862. Deserted at Knoxville, Tennessee, prior to February 1863. Pension records show he was transferred to Co. H, 1st Regiment South Carolina Heavy Artillery in 1863. "At home on special furlough December 25,1864." (Born in Towns County, Georgia, in 1843.) Elliott, S. P. Private March 4, 1862. Deserted November 16, 1862. Emerson, Asbury Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 26, 1863. Emerson, Jesse Private July 4, 1862. Deserted to enemy December 19, 1863. Emerson, William Private July 4, 1862. Deserted December 7, 1862. Gettys, M. M. Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 29, 1863. Griggs, Jesse R. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 1863. Hall, M. Lewis Private March 4, 1862. Died at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. Harris, Charles Private March 4, 1862. Heden, Joseph (or Hedden) Private March 4, 1862. Henson, James Private March 4, 1862. Holden, Benjamin F. Private March 4, 1862. Died of measles at Knoxville, Tennessee, May 18,1862. Holden, Joseph Private March. 4, 1862. Died of measles at Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1863. Holden, Richard T. Private March 4, 1862. Hooper, William J. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him at home sick. Died in Towns County, Georgia, May 2, 1933. Kelly, B. P. Private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave since October 7, 1863. Kelly, John P. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Resaca, Georgia, May 16, 1864. Received at Military Prison, Alton, Illinois, May 25, 1864, with remark: "September 1, 1864, not accounted for." No later record. Land, T. C. Private September 3, 1862. Deserted December 28, 1863. Lane, Peter (or Lance) Private March 4, 1862. Langham, John H. (or Langdon) Private March 4, 1862. Captured, date and place not given. Died at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Ledford, Daniel J. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi, May 16, 1863. Paroled July 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Va. July 6, 1863. Under arrest December 31, 1863. No later record. Little, Isaac M. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863. Logins, John (or Loggins) Private September 3, 1862. Died November 17, 1862. Martin, John Private April 30, 1862. Died in service. Martin, Reuben B. Private March 4, 1862. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee March 26, 1864. McClure, Thomas W. Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 13, 1863. McClure, William J. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed Musician. Died near Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863. Moore, James H. Private March 4, 1862. Moore, William F. Private April 30, 1862. Deserted December 7, 1862. Nelson, Z. Private July 4, 1862. Died in 1862. Nichols, A. A. Private July 4, 1862. Pension records show he was at home on furlough close of war. Nichols, Robert C. Private July 4, 1862. Norton, J. G. Private March 4, 1862. Deserted to enemy December 26, 1863. Parks, John Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 26, 1863. Philyaw, Moses H. Private March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. F. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent with out leave since September 20, 1863. Pension records show he was commissioned Justice of Peace, and was discharged in 1863. (Born in Burke County, North Carolina, in 1835.) Pritchard, R. T. Private March 4, 1862. Rogers, William C. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1863. Russell, A. D. Private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant in 1862;1st Sergeant November 1863. Deserted at Dalton, Georgia, August 12, 1864. Captured in Towns County, Georgia, in 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky, and released September 26, 1864. Self, John B. Private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. Paroled July 7, 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave since October 7, 1863. Shiver, Joseph N. (or Spira) Private March 4, 1862. Shook, Alexander S. Private March 4, 1862. Wounded near Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Union County, Georgia, May 5, 1840. Died in Towns County, Georgia, March 8, 1931.) Shook, N. M. Private July 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 1863. Smith, Joseph C. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 1863. Smith, S. D. Private March 4, 1862. Smith, Thomas Private March 4, 1862. On detached service November 1863. Smith, William C. Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 26, 1863. Stroud, William Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 18, 1863. Sweatman, John Private March 4, 1862. Taylor, Jeremiah M. (or Jerry M.) Private March 4, 1862. Died of mumps in Marietta, Georgia hospital June 21, 1862. Buried in Oakland Cemetery at Atlanta, Georgia. Thomas, U.M.C. Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 18, 1863. Waldrop, John (or Waldroop) Private March 4, 1862. Watkins, Joel W. (or Wadkins) Private March 4, 1862. Died of measles at Knoxville, Tennessee June 9, 1862. Watkins, Samuel I. Private March 4, 1862. Deserted December 19, 1863. Pension records show he was transferred to Co. A, 6th Regiment Ga. Cavalry and surrendered at Newton, North Carolina April 1865. (Born in Greenville, South Carolina, July 6, 1834. Died in Union County, Georgia, in 1909.) White, B. R. (or B. K.) Private October 11, 1863. Deserted to enemy December 6,1863. Wikes, William L. (or Wike) Private March 4, 1862. Died at home in 1862. Wood, E. J. Private March 4, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863. Wood, William E. Private March 4, 1862. Died February 29, 1863. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. 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