Walker COUNTY GA Company J, 39th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gerald Hodge rebel6@mailhub.icx.net http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/walker/civilwar/rosters/j39.txt See Gerald Hodge's web page http://39thgavolinfrgt.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html for complete history, letters, battles and much more about this regiment. Company K, 39th Regiment Walker County "Walker County Volunteers" Aiken, Fleming (or Akin) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Georgia May 26, 1862. Alexander, A. L. -- 5th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant January 1, 1864. Captured at Egypt Station, Mississippi December 28, 1864. Paroled at Alton, Illinois, February 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia for exchange, March 6-9, 1865. Alexander, W. O. -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. Died from wounds November 27, 1863. Anderson, James M. -- Private - January 12, 1863. Wounded through right thigh and shoulder at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia April 13, 1836. Died in Chattooga County, Georgia May 2, 1915.) Autry, Philip G. (or Phillip Y.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Georgia May 1, 1862. Baker, L. -- Private - January 12, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Deserted August 12, 1863, remark: "Never reported after paroled." Bates, B. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave December 20, 1863 -January 13, 1864. No later record. Bird, J. N. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave July 1862. Pension records show he was "Discharged on account of rheumatism. Enlisted in Company E, 3rd Confederate Cavalry. Captured at Loudon, Tennessee November 1863, and sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware" (Born in Blount County, Tennessee in 1849.) Bird, S. M. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Absent without leave November 26, 1863. Deserted in 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky December 16, 1863. Brady, John W. - Captain - March 4, 1862. Elected Chaplain. Killed at Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864. Brice, Robert W. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Detailed in Captain C. A. King's Signal Corps, 1st Division Army of Mississippi, April 1, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Brice, S. A. -- 1st Corporal - March 4, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Brock, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave July 1862. No later record. Cannon, J. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Castleberry, Benjamin W. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Wounded in lung and captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 15, 1863. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Hall County, Georgia June 7, 1835.) Castleberry, D. P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave October 31, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee January 3, 1864, and released there July 4, 1864. Catlett, E. C. -- 3rd Corporal - March 4, 1862. private. Absent without leave December 20, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Catlett, R. M. A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Chafin, W. H. H. -- 2nd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was wounded at Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19, 1865, and was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1840.) Chastain, H. J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave November 15, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee February 24, 1864. Clement, M. G. -- Private - March 18, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Clement, W. G. -- Private - October 2, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Coker, Pendleton G. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Deserted in 1863. Received at Louisville, Kentucky, a Confederate deserter, December 24, 1863, where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government, and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war, December 25, 1863. Cooper, Augustus A. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Died in Vicksburg, Mississippi hospital December 11 or 25, 1862. Crawford, John W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 15, 1863. Never reported after paroled. Deserted August 12, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released February 24, 1864. Culberson, W. B. -- Private - March 30, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 12-October 31, 1863. Dobson, James J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Exchanged at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 4, 1863. Absent without leave November 15, 1863. Deserted in 1863. Received at Louisville, Kentucky, a Confederate deserter, December 13, 1863, where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and was released December 16, 1863. Duncan, H. L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Evett, C. M. (or Evatt) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at home in Walker County, Georgia June 9, 1862. Evett, J. S. H. (or Evatt) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Georgia, date not given. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Evett, T. M. (or Evatt) -- Private - May 15, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Foster, T. J. -- 2nd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant January 1, 1864. Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 31, 1864. Resigned April 20, 1865. (Born in Walker County, Georgia) Garner, M. S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded and captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Admitted to 1st Mississippi C. S. A. Hospital at Jackson, Mississippi May 20, 1863, and sent to General Hospital May 23, 1863. Absent without leave December 9, 1863 - January 13, 1864. No later record. Gill, H. J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee January 11, 1864. Gill, J. B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Received at Camp Morton, Indiana, July 22, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him "Prisoner, in the hands of the enemy." No later record. Gill, Jesse T. (or Jesse J.) -- Private - August 12, 1863. At home, sick, November 10, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 11, 1864. Gill, T. Monroe (or Monroe T.) -- Private - January 12, 1863. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana, in 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia for exchange, March 10-12, 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 15, 1865. Gray, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record. Griffin, Needham -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave December 23, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Haile, G. A. J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 11, 1864. Haile, W. B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Lenoir Station,Tennessee November 4, 1862. Hamilton, A. F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Hamilton, Newton -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave November 24, 1863. Deserted in 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky, and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, December 16, 1863. Harris, M. J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 28, 1862. Hawks, John H. (or Hawkes) - private. Captured at Chattanooga, Georgia July 4, 1864. Died of inflammation of lungs at Camp Douglas, Illinois, September 5, 1864. Hendrix, C. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty payroll dated March 28, 1862. Higgins, E. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 4, 1864. Houston, R. M. -- Private - August 15, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Hovis, J. C. -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. Died from wounds November 30, 1863. James, James M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at home in Walker County, Georgia June 20, 1862. James, M. C. -- Enlisted as a private in Company G, 1st Regiment 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops October 8, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company K, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 15, 1862. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 4, 1864. James, W. H. -- Enlisted as a private in Company G, 1st Regiment 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops October 8, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company K, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry May 15, 1862. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 4, 1864. Jay, Reuben -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave November 26, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky, and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, December 16, 1863. Keeling, L. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appears last on roll for January 13, 1864. Keith, Joel M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty March 28, 1862. Transferred to Company F, 8th Battalion Georgia Infantry June 28, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia September 20, 1863. Pension records show he was captured at Franklin, Tennessee in 1864, and was in prison at Camp Chase, Ohio, close of war. (Born in Hall County, Georgia) Kinsey, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted near Dalton, Georgia April 5, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 1864. Little, Zara A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Lofton, I. J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Long, B. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave November 12, 1863 - January 13, 1864. No later record. Lowery, Benjamin C. (or Lowry) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave December 1, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Lowery, Wesley (or Lowry) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at LaFayette, Georgia December 22, 1863. Died of variola at Rock Island, Illinois, February 11, 1864. McAllister, William M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty March 28, 1862. No later record. McConnell, James S. -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave September-October 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 3, 1864. Medaris, T. E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Walker County, Georgia May 7, 1862. Mills, G. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Wounded in 1864. Died of wounds in Fair Grounds Hospital #2, at Macon, Georgia, June 7, 1864. Mills, Hugh -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Killed in Alabama, February 1864 or 1865. Mitchell, William K. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 15, 1863. Admitted as a prisoner of war to St. Louis U.S.A. General Hospital at New Orleans, Lousiana, with typhoid fever July 21, 1863, and died there July 27, 1863. Buried in Cypress Grove. Moore, W. D. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Absent without leave November 12, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 4, 1864. Moore, William L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded, and sent to hospital February 25, 1864. Deserted in 1864. Received at Louisville, Kentucky, a Confederate deserter, August 3, 1864, where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government, and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war, August 4, 1864. Morton, Joel -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Captured at Franklin, Tennessee December 17, 1864. Paroled at Camp Douglas, Illinois, and forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange February 20, 1865. Oxford, D. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Oxford, John Henry -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there in 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. (Born in Georgia.) Partin, H. A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 3, 1863. Exchanged July 4, 1863. No later record. Phelps, J. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of tuberculosis in Floyd County, Georgia February 10, 1863. Phillips, J. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave November 15, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Pike, J. N. J. (or J. A. J.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave November 26, 1863-January 13, 1864. No later record. Poe, S. T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave July 31, 1862. No later record. Powell, A. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Pursley, Alonzo J. -- Captain. See 3rd Sergeant Company D. Redwine, Henry T. -- Private - January 1, 1865. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Reese, J. L. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Absent without leave December 9, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 4, 1864. Robertson, J. F. (or Roberson) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. No later record. Robertson, S. M. (or Roberson) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave August 12, 1863-January 13, 1864. No later record. Self, J. L. -- Private - January 12, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Deserted near Dalton, Georgia January 1, 1864. Self, Jesse F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured near Ringgold, Georgia November 29, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Illinois, May 23, 1865. Shields, W. W. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 15, 1863. Absent without leave August 12, 1863- January 13, 1864. No later record. Smith, K. G. -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - January 2, 1863. Died in Mississippi January 23, 1863. Tarvin, Anson Aaron -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. Released at Rock Island, Illinois, May 23, 1865. Tate, D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty March 28, 1862. No later record. Tate, E. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Transferred to Company A, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Avery's) September 1, 1863. Pension records show he was paroled at Salisbury, North Carolina, May 1865. (Born in South Carolina in 1832. Died in Walker County, Georgia in 1916.) Tate, W. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Taylor, J. J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Roll dated April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent, left in hospital in Mississippi, March 15, 1863." No later record. Taylor, J. N. -- Private - March 4, 1862. "On roll for September-October 1863, last on which his name appears (and canceled) presence or absence not shown." Thomas, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee June 11, 1862. Tipton, S. P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Tucker, R. J. -- Private - May 15, 1862. Captured at Covington, Kentucky September 12, 1862. Exchanged and received on board Steamer Metropolitan near Vicksburg, Mississippi December 2, 1862. No later record. Turner, Berry B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Turner, J. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave November 27, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Nashville, Tennessee and released January 6, 1864. Wall, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Union prisoner of war records show he was released at Chattanooga, Tennessee May 23, 1865. Ward, Alford C. -- 1st Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Elected Captain May 15, 1864. Wardlaw, J. R. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave July 1862. No later record. Warnick, James W. (or Warnock) -- Private. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 15, 1863. Died in 1863. Warnock, E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Absent without leave. Warnock, John A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of disease at Atlanta, Georgia May 18, 1862. Weaver, W. A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected Sr. 2nd Lieutenant January 31, 1863; 1st Lieutenant May 15, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Died in Walker County, Georgia in 1917.) White, L. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured near Franklin, Tennessee December 17, 1864. Died of erysipelas in Prison Hospital at Camp Chase, Ohio, April 11, 1865. Grave #1853, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. White, P. G. -- 4th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant January 1, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Anderson County, South Carolina in 1838.) Williams, James -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Versailles, Kentucky October 12, 1862. Sent from Louisville, Kentucky to Vicksburg, Mississippi for exchange, November 29, 1862, and died, date not given. Williams, T. B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Newsome Hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee May 2 or 3, 1862. Wilson, J. J. C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Wilson, J. L. -- Private - April 15, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll dated January 13, 1864, shows him "Absent in arrest December 28, 1863." No later record. Wilson, W. W. -- Private - April 15, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent without leave December 1, 1863- January 13, 1864. No later record. ======================== 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============