UPSON COUNTY, GA - MILITARY  6th Regiment  Co. I

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Co. I, 6th Regiment Georgia State Troops

Gustavus Adolphus Miller enlisted as a Private in the
Woodson Guards of Upson Co., Ga., Co. I, 6th Regiment
Georgia State Troops, October 27, 1861. The Captain of Co.
I, was Dr. Thomas O. Heard.

Captain Thomas O. Heard was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
and 1st Lieutenant Allen B. Mallary was promoted to
Captain.

Co. I, 6th Regiment Georgia State Troops were enlisted for
a period of 6 months. They were sent to Savannah, Ga. 

Other members of this Company were:

Heard, Thomas O. Captain
Brooks, Alexander S. 1st Lt.
Lewis, John F. 2nd Lt.
Atwater, James W. 3rd Lt.
Matthews, Benjamin F. 1st Sgt.
Beall, William H. 2nd. Sgt.
Meadows, Benjamin F. 3rd. Sgt.
Brown, Allen W. 4th. Sgt.
Williams, Goodrich D. 5th. Sgt.
Holloway, Jesse S. 1st. Corpl.
Nelson, Thomas J. 2nd. Corpl.
Trice, William B. 3rd. Corpl.
Holloway, Whitfield B. 4th. Corpl.
Tilman. John W. Musician
Tilman, Joel D. Musician

CHANGES IN OFFICERS
Heard, Thomas O. Captain
Elected Lt. Col. Left camp October 25, 1861.
Mallary, Allen B. Elected Captain
Atwater, James W. 3rd Lt.
Resigned November 4, 1861, elected Captain of Foster Guards, Co. K.
Meadows, Benjamin F. Elected 3rd. Lt.
Lyles, William F. Appointed 3rd. Sgt
Brown, Allen W. 4th. Sgt.
Discharged on November 11, 1861
Williams, Goodrich D. Appointed 4th. Sgt.
Nelson, Thomas J. Appointed 5th. Sgt.
Trice, William B. Appointed 1st. Corpl.
Blasinghame, Thomas J. Appointed 3rd. Corpl.
Foster, Shepherd A. Appointed 4th. Corpl.


PRIVATES

Abercrombie, John T.
Abercrombie, William A.
Adams, Curtis Albert
Andrews, James A. Died February 25, 1862
Ballard, Joseph
Blasinghame, T. J.
Boles, Benjamin R.
Boling, Lewis
Butts, J. A.
Brooks, S. H.
Brown, J. F.
Brown, T. H. Discharged for disability January 12, 1862
Caraway, John D.
Collier, G. A.
Coots, Shep W.
Cox, O. Perry
Dickinson, Jacob K.
Elliott, Stephen
Farr, Arthur
Foster, Sheppard A.
Franklin, J. Robert
Gibson, J. W.
Harris, David
Hickman, J. Thomas
Howard. A. C.
Hutchinson, Ambrose
Jackson, John H.
Langley, William
Lewis, D. W.
Mallory, Allen B.
Mallory, Thomas J.
McFarlin, William G.

Miller, G. A. enlisted as a private in Company I, 6th
Regiment Georgia State Troops on 18 Oct 1861, and mustered
out in Apr 1862 enlisted as a private in Company I, 32nd
Regiment Georgia Infantry, on 7 May 1862. He was later
discharged as over-age.

Minter, W. C.
Mitchell, George M. T.
Moore, J. W.
Morgan, J. R.
Neely, James M.
Perry, D. R.
Perryman, Robert Discharged February 24, 1862
Pickard, John Henry
Riviere, A. M.
Russ, James David
Summerville, William H.
Thomas, A. Lee
Tolbert, A. D.
Tolbert, B. E.
Trayler, T. G.
Trayler, William A.
Trice, John T.
Williams, A. Jeptha
Zorn, William J.

The Regiment which this Company belongs was known at the
time of its organization as the 4th. Regiment but now is
known as the 6th. Regiment.

This Company has received no clothing, or blankets, or
bedding, from the government nor pay for them or any part
thereof.

The uniforms of the Company is of brown domestic jeans that
cost from $1.25 to $2.00 per yard.

I have received from the Quartermaster 3 picket tents, 3
axes, 2 hatchets, 3 spoons, 1 coffee mill, 8 camp kettles,
3 spades, 1 gr letter paper, 1 gr fod cap paper, 1 pack of
envelopes, 1 bottle of ink, 2 axhelves. The remainder of my
equipment we have furnished.

Capt. A. B. Mallary, Commander Co., I, 6th Regiment

This Company is well uniformed in brown colored domestic
jeans costing from $1.25 to $2.00 per yard. They have in
addition each: 3 blankets, 1 great coat, 1 fatigue coat, 1
vest, 3 pair pants, 4 shirts, 3 pair draws, 4 pair socks, 2
caps, 1 matrass.

The Georgia State Troops were volunteer soldiers in state (rather than Confederate) service from October, 1861 to April, 1862 as defenders of the Georgia coast. Many companies enlisted as a unit in the Confederate army after their six-month term in the Georgia State Troops ended. These records can be viewed at the following Web Page:

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/what_do_we_have/online_records/default.htm