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COMPANY I, 6th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
C. S. A.
TWIGGS COUNTY, GEORGIA
"TWIGGS COUNTY GUARDS"

Formed May 27, 1861

Barclay, John A.--Captain May 27, 1861. Resigned,
disability, June 30, 1862.

Crocker, William H.--lst Lieutenant May 27, 1861.
Resigned Sept. 21, 1861.

Wimberly, Frederick D.--2d Lieutenant May 27, 1861.
Elected Ist Lieutenant June 10, 1862; Captain July
1, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

Slappey, Mathew E.--Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 27, 1861.
Resigned Aug. 27, 1861.

Nelson, Jared M.--lst Sergeant May 27, 1861. Elected
Ist Lieutenant Sept. 20, 1861; Captain June 10,
1862. Killed at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862.

Whitehead, Romaldo R. (or Rolando R.)--2d Sergeant
May 27, 1861. Deserted Sept. 6, 1862.

Brown, James N.--3d Sergeant May 27, 1861. Killed at
Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862.

Bush, Moses H.--4th Sergeant May 27, 1861. Died at
Yorktown, Va. July 31, 1861.

Tharpe, Simeon--lst Corporal May 27, 1861. Elected
2d Lieutenant of Co. C, 4th Regt. Ga. Inf. Dec. 19,
1861; Ist Lieutenant May 21, 1862. Wounded, date and
place not stated. Absent without leave from June 22,
1864. Dropped from rolls for continued absence
without leave Jan. 16, 1865.

Whitehead, Henry J.--2d Corporal May 27, 1861.
Discharged at Yorktown, Va. Nov. 5, 1861.

Ellis, John B.--3d Corporal May 27, 1861.
Discharged, disability, June 13, 1861.

Jarvis, Daniel W.-4th Corporal May 27, 1861.
Transferred to Co. G, 48th Regt. Ga. Inf., in
exchange for W. J. Chitty, June 2, 1862. Elected Jr.
2d Lieutenant Oct. 20, 1862; 1stLieutenant Mar.
1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.

Anderson, Christopher C.--Private May 27, 1861.
Appointed Ist Sergeant Sept. 20, 1862. Wounded at
Ocean Pond, Fla. Feb. 20, 1864. Transferred to Macon
Light Artillery, in exchange for William Maddox,
Aug. 4, 1864. Wounded at Petersburg, Va. Oct. 10,
1864. Roll for Feb. 28, 1865, last on file, shows
him present. No later record.

Andrews, John C.--Private May 27, 1861. Killed at
Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.

Andrews, Joseph B.--Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded,
date and place not given. Roll for Apr. 30, 1864,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Arnold, George F.--Private May 27, 1861. Died at
Yorktown, Va. Aug. 8, 1861.

Arnold, William H.--Private May 7, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Arrington, Thomas--Private May 27, 1861. Appointed
Corporal in 1861; 4th Sergeant July 31, 1861.
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862;
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d
Lieutenant Sept. 15, 1864. Surrendered Greensboro,
N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. Died Jan. 6, 1911.

Banks, John R.--Private May 27, 1861. Discharged at
Yorktown, Va. "by reason of having to attend to his
family," Aug. 20, 1861.

Barclay, Francis Sterling--Private May 27, 1861.
Discharged, disability, Yorktown, Va., Jan. 31,
1862. Born in Jasper County, Ga. Oct. 21, 1839. Died
at Gordon, Ga. Nov. 24, 1910.

Beall, William--Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded at
Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Bennett. Felix--Private Julv 1, 1864. Died in
service. Boynton, Sidney H.--Private Apr. 1863.

Bozeman, J. William W.--Private Aug. 18, 1861.
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862;
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Discharged, mental
disability, due to gunshot wound in skull, Oct. 24,
1863.

Bryan, Clem--Private May 27, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal June 2, 1862. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla.
Feb. 20, 1864. Roll for Apr. 30, 1864, last on file,
shows him absent,wounded, since battle of Ocean
Pond, Fla. No later record.

Bullard, Charles--Private May 7, 1862. Discharged,
disability, June 10, 1862.

Bullard, Henry H.--Private May 27, 1861. Appointed
4th Sergeant. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27,
1862. Wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept.
17, 1862. Died from wounds in Sharpsburg, Md.
hospital.

Bullard, Ira--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Killed at Bentonville, N.
C. Mar. 18, 1865.

Bullard, Wiley--Private May 7, 1862. Died of disease
in 1862.

Bunn, Henry--Private July 11, 1861. Killed at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.

Bunn, Judson S.--Private May 27, 1861. Discharged,
disability, Chickahominy, Va., May 13, 1862.

Chance, William B.--Private May 27, 1861. Appears
last on roll for Dec. 31, 1861. No later record.

Chance, William C.--Private May 27, 1861.
Surrendered Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Chapman, John C.--Private June 15, 1861. Died at
Yorktown, Va. Sept. 1, 1861.

Chapman, John Iverson--Private June 15, 1861. Died
from pneumonia in Ist Ga. Hospital at Richmond, Va.
June 21, 1862.

Chapman, William M.--Private June 15, 1861.
Discharged, disability, Yorktown, Va. Jan. 31, 1862.

Chitty, Nathan G.--Private May 27, 1861. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Chitty, William J.--Enlisted as a private in Co. G,
48th Regt. Ga. Inf. Mar. 4, 1862. Transferred to Co.
I, 6th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for Daniel W.
Jarvis, June 8, 1862. Roll for Feb. 28, 1863, shows
him present. No later record.

Coley, John B.--Private Nov. 10, 1861. Transferred,
command not given, June 10, 1862.

Coley, Richard H.--Private May 27, 1861. Appointed
Sergeant. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon,
Ga. Apr. 13, 1865. Returned to duty Apr. 29, 1865.
Captured and paroled at Macon, Ga. Apr. 1865.

Coley, W. H. H.--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

Collins, Jacob--Private Mar. 4, 18fi2. Discharged,
disabilitv, Aug. 10, 1862.

Coombs, James T.--Private May 27, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Coombs, William H.--Private May 7, 1862. Elected 2d
Lieutenant Oct. 1862. Killed at Ocean Pond, Fla.
Feb. 20, 1864.

Crocker, Evans L.--Private May 27, 1861. Discharged
at Yorktown, Va. Nov. 5, 1861.

Davis, Andrew J.--Private Apr. 13, 1864. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Davis, Daniel D.--Private May 27, 1861. Killed at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

Davis, Jonathan--Private May 27, 1861. Died at
Yorktown, Va. Oct. 13, 1861.

Davis, Wiley W.--Private Aug. 18, 1861. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Dye, William M.--Private Apr. 13, 1864. Admitted to
C. S. A. General Hospital #11 at Charlotte, N. C.,
with chronic diarrhoea, Apr. 20, 1865. Transferred
to another hospital Apr. 21, 1865.

Edmonds, William A.--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded
at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Captured at
Weldon Railroad, Va. Aug. 21, 1864. Transferred from
Pt. Lookout, Md. to Cox's Landing, James River, Va.
for exchange, Feb. 14, 1865. No later record.

Edwards, Washington--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded
at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Roll for Apr. 30,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Evans, John S.--Private May 7, 1862. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Evans, William C.--Private May 27, 1861. Appointed
Corporal in 1862. Captured at South Mountain, Md.
Sept. 15, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Va.
Nov. 1, 1862. Killed at Bentonville, N. C. Mar. 18,
1865.

Everett, John Barrett--Private May 7, 1862. Wounded
at Petersburg, Va. July 30, 1864. No later record.

Floyd, Everett--Private Aug. 18, 1861. Wounded at
Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Discharged at Camp
Milton, Fla. Mar. 14, 1864.

Gilmore, George W.--Private Feb. 27, 1864. Killed at
Cold Harbor, Va. June 3, 1864.

Glover, George R.--Private May 27, 1861. Elected Jr.
2d Lieutenant July 12, 1862; Ist Lieutenant in 1864.
Wounded at Bentonville, N. C. Mar. 18, 1865.
Captured in Raleigh, N. C. hospital Apr. 13, 1865.

Glover, John T.--Private May 7, 1862. Appointed Ist
Sergeant July 1, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant Nov.
1862. Appointed Adjutant June 1864. Surrendered
Greenshoro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Glover, William Walker--Private May 27, 1861.
Appointed 2d Sergeant Sept. 6, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Harrell, William H.--Private Feb. 19, 1864.
Surrendered Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Hasty, Henry C.--Private Aug. 18, 1861. Died June 1,
1862.

Hasty, Josiah W.--Enlisted as a private in Co. G,
48th Regt. Ga. Inf. Mar. 4, 1862. Transferred to Co.
I, 6th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for John McCrea,
Dec. 31, 1862. Absent without leave Dec. 1, 1863 -
Apr. 30, 1864. No later record.

Herrington, Obediah A.--Private May 27, 1861.
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.
Surrendered Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Holland, James B.--Private May 27, 1861. Discharged,
disability, Yorktown, Va., July 13, 1861.

Holliday, Thomas H.--Private May 27, 1861. Captured
at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 19, 1864. Paroled at Pt.
Looltout, Md. Mar. 1865. Exchanged at James River,
Va. Mar. 16, 1865. No later record.

Horton, Isaac J.--Private May 27, 1861. Absent,
sick, and in arrest Apr. 30, 1864. No later record.

Horton, John--Private May 7, 1862. Roll for Feb. 28,
1863, shows him present. Died in South Carolina
hospital in 1864.

Hughes, Elbert W.--Private Mar. 4, 1862. Transferred
to Co. G, 48th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for W. J.
Rooks, June 8, 1862; to Co. I, Aug. 17, 1862. No
later record.

Johnson, Francis M.--Private May 27, 1861. Killed at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

Johnston, John S.--Private May 7, 1862. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Jones, Archibald Baldwin--Private May 27, 1861.
Wounded at Petersburg, Va. June 16, 1864.
Surrendered Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

King, Thomas M.--Private May 27, 1861. Died in
Richmond, Va. hospital Sept. 1, 1862.

Kitchens, David H.--Private Aug. 18, 1861. Killed at
Ocean Pond, Fla. Feb. 20, 1864.

Kitchens, John F.--Private Aug. 18, 1861. Killed at
Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.

Kitchens, William L.--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded
through left thigh and right ankle and permanently
disabled at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record. Died at Chester, Ga. May 18, 1916.

Lamb, Arthur--Private May 27, 1861. Died of variola
in General Hospital at Howard's Grove, Va. Dec. 17,
1862.

Lamb, Samuel D.--Private May 27, 1861. Appointed 3d
Sergeant July 1, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md.
Sept. 17, 1862.

Lamb, Thomas R.--Private May 27, 1861. Died at
Yorktown, Va. July 29, 1861.

Lamb, William F.--Private May 27, 1861. Killed at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

Latson, Francis Marion--Private Apr. 14, 1864. Died
at Richmond, Va. July 12, 1864. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery.

Lee, Needham S.--Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 2, 1863. Admitted to
Macon, Ga. hospital, with gunshot wound in right
hand and wrist, Dec. 2, 1863. Detailed in Macon, Ga.
hospital. No later record.

Lowe, Franklin--Private Sept. 11, 1863. Wounded at
Ocean Pond, Fla. Feb. 20, 1864. On detached duty
Mar. 29 - Apr. 30, 1864. No later record.

Lowe, Thomas A.--Private June 9, 1863. Wounded at
Bentonville, N. C. Mar. 18, 1865. Paroled at General
Hospital in Thomasville, N. C. May 1, 1865.T

Maddox, William--Enlisted as a private in Macon
Light Artillery Dec. 16, 1862. Transferred to Co. I,
6th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for C. C. Anderson,
Aug. 4, 1864. Killed at Petersburg, Va. in 1864.

McCoy, James M.--Private May 7, 1862. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

McCoy, Warren S.--Private Sept. 14, 1863. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

McCrea, John A.--Private May 27, 1861. Transferred
to Co. G, 48th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for
Josiah W. Hasty, Dec. 31, 1862. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Elected Jr. 2d
Lieutenant Sept. 5, 1863; 1st Lieutenant July 30,
1864. Surrendered Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

McMillan, Milton--Private May 27, 1861. Discharged,
disability, Richmond, Va., Sept. 10, 1861.
Reeniisted Mar. 4, 1862. Roll for Apr. 30, 1864,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Melton, Daniel B.--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded at
Drewry's Bluff, Va. May 16, 1864. No later record.

Melton, Jasper H.--Private May 27, 1861. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Methvin, William F.--Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded
in arm, resulting in amputation, at Seven Pines, Va.
May 31, 1862. Discharged, disability, Aug. 10, 1862.

Nelson, Franklin C.--Private May 27, 1861.
Discharged, disability, Yorktown, Va., Feb. 28,
1862.

Nelson, John--Private May 27, 1861. Appointed 4th
Sergeant in 1861. Discharged at Yorktown, Va. Nov.
1861.

Newby, Josiah--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded in
foot, resulting in amputation, at Chancellorsvilie,
Va. May 3, 1863. On detail duty Jan. 1 - Apr. 30,
1864. No later record.

Nobles, Bryant E.--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded at
Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Died from wounds in
1862.

Norris, Isaac--Private May 27, 1861. Died of typhoid
fever at Receiving Hospital in Gordonsville, Va.
Jan. 10, 1863.

Norris, Isaiah B.--Private May 27, 1861. Died at
Yorktown, Va. July 18, 1861.

O'Brien, Francis T.--Private May 27, 1861. Detailed
on gunboat at Richmond, Va. Nov. 1861. On detached
duty Jan. 1, 1862. No ]ater record.

Pace, William H.--Private Mar. 23, 1864. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Paul, James R.--Private May 27, 1861. Killed at
Petersburg, Va. July 18, 1864.

Pearce, Theophilus A.--Private May 27, 1861.
Discharged, disability, Richmond, Va., June 13,
1861.

Phillips, William T.--Private May 7, 1862.
Surrendered Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Price, Franklin--Private July 1, 1863. Roll for Apr.
30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Puckett, James W.--Private Mar. 8, 1862. Absent
without leave Feb. 15 - Apr. 30, 1864. No later
record.

Puckett, John E. B.--Private Aug. 18, 1861.
Appointed Regimental Musician Dec. 1862. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Radford, James L.--Private May 27, 1861. Discharged,
disability and under age, Sept. 2, 1862.

Raspberry, Sanders--Private Aug. 18, 1861.
Surrendered Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Roberts, William H. H.--Private May 27, 1861.
Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1861;  1st
Lieutenant; Captain July 1, 1862. Roll for Apr. 30,
1864, last on file, shows him absent, sick. at home
on furlough close of war.

Rogers, John--Private May 27, 1861. Died at
Yorktown, Va Sept. 2, 1861.

Rogers, Peter--Private May 27, 1861. Died at
Yorktown, Va. Aug. 14, 1861.

Rogers, Stephen--Private Feb. 1, 1863. Roll for Apr.
30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.

Rooks, William J.--Enlisted as a private in Co. G,
48th Regt. Ga. Inf. Mar. 4, 1862. Transferred to Co.
I, 6th Regt. Ga. Inf., in exchange for E. W. Hughes,
June 8, 1862. Died Dec. 25, 1862.

Sandiford, George W.--Private May 27, 1861.
Appointed Sergeant Nov. 1862. KiIled at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 3, 1864.

Sandiford, Henrv J.--Private May, 27, 1861. Died
while home on sick furlough in 1865.

Sandiford, James A.--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded
at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Sandiford, Joseph J.--Private May 27, 1861. Died in
Twiggs County, Ga. Aug. 21, 1861.

Sauls, Theophilus--Private May 27, 1861. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Sessions, Abner D.--Private May 27, 1861. Appointed
Corporal. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.
Died at Macon, Ga. Dec. 15, 1864. Buried there in
Rose Hill Cemetery.

Slappey, Robert R.--Private May 27, 1861.
Discharged, disability, Yorktown, Va-, Apr. 25,
1862.

Smallwood, Wilkinson--Private May 27, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Va. Aug. 27, 1862.

Solomon, John W.--Private May 27, 1861. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Solomon, Ruffin A.--Private May 27, 1861. Died in
Twiggs County, Ga. Aug. 9, 1862.

Tharpe, Alexander C.--Private May 27, 1861. Captured
at Williamsport, Md. Sept. 15, 1862. Exchanged at
Aiken's Landing, Va. Oct. 2, 1862, Transferred to
25th Regt. Ga. Inf. Jan. 31, 1863. (Not on rolls of
25th Regt. Ga. Inf.)

Tharpe, Charnick--Private May 27, 1861. Died in
Twiggs County, Ga. June 25 or July 9, 1862.

Tharpe, Judson--Private Mar. 4, 1862. Died of
disease at Richmond, Va. July 25, or Aug. 10, 1862.

Thompson, Heywood--Private Sept. 11, 1863. Wounded
at Bentonville, N. C. Mar. 18, 1865.

Thompson, Thomas--Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded in
arm, resulting in amputation, at Sharpsburg, Md.
Sept. 17, 1862. Discharged, disability, at James
Island, S. C. Oct. 24, 1863.

Thompson, Tucker--Private Aug. 18, 1861. Wounded at
Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. No later record.

Wade, Doc--Private May 27, 1861. Wounded at Drewry's
Bluff, Va. May 16, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va. June 1,
1864. No later record.

Warren, Thomas Abner--Private May 27, 1861.
Appointed Assistant Surgeon July 17, 1861. Resigned
disability, Mar. 10, 1862. Appears on register of
Medical Director's Office, Army of Tenn., which
shows he contracted with Surgeon General Feb. 7,
1863. Appointed Surgeon of the 4th Regt. Ga.
Reserves May 23, 1864. Appears on register Medical
Purveyor's Office District #4, South Ga., Macon, Ga.
for Apr. 3, 1865.

White, Nelson C.--Private May 27, 1861. Discharged,
disability, Aug.10,18G2.

Williams,John--Private May 1864. Killed Sept. 1864.

Wimberly, Edward--Private May 27, 1861. Roll for
Apr. 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.

Wimberly, Fred D.--Private June 15, 1861. Appointed
Commissary Sergeant May 1, 1862. Surrendered
Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Wimberly, Fred E.--Private June 15, 1861. Appointed
1st Sergeant Oct. 9, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant
July 1, 1862. Killed Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

Wimberly, George E.--Private May 27, 1861. Died at
Guinea Station, Va Dec. 25 or 27, 1862. Buried in
Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. No. 2, 4th
Line, Lot 10l-Ferguson's.

Wimberly, John L.--Private June 15, 1861. Discharged
near Richmond, Va May 28, 1862. Reenlisted.
Surrendered Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Wynne, Alcanon R.--Private June 15, 1861. Wounded at
Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Captured at
Bentonville, N. C. Mar. 16, 1865. Released at Pt.
Lookout, Md.June 22, 1865.

Wynne, Needham W.--Private June 15, 1861. Died at
Richmond, Va. Aug. 10, 1862.



Source:

Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia
1861 - 1865
compiled for the State of Georgia by
Lillian Henderson