Washington County Georgia Military Co A 28th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ash Pollette apollette@gtcom.net Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Visit Ash's page http://www.pollette.com/default.htm for more information. His pages contain history, photos, and battle information. COMPANY A, 28th REGIMENT "IRVIN (OR IRWIN ) VOLUNTEERS" OFFICERS AND STAFF GRAYBILL, Tully, elected Captain September 10, 1861; elected Major May 3, 1862; captured at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; exchanged September 1, 1862; elected Colonel November 3, 1862. IRWIN, Jared I., elected 1st Lieutenant September 10,1861; resigned January 20, 1862; elected 1st Lieutenant of Company B, 7th Battalion Georgia State Guards Cavalry August 27,1863. TUCKER, John R., elected 2nd Lieutenant September 10,1861; elected Captain May 3, 1862; wounded at Mechanicsville, Virginia June 26, 1862; resigned, disability, May 16,1863. BRASWELL, Asa Gordon, elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 10,186; died in Confederate Army Hospital May 2,1862. WOOD, William M., enlisted July 11,186, private in Company F, 14th Regiment Georgia Infantry; transferred to Company A, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry and appointed 1st Sergeant September 10, 1861; elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant July 14, 1862; 1st Lieutenant September 11, 1862; Captain May 16, 1863; killed at Petersburg, Virginia May 20, 1864. HODGES, H. L., enlisted September 10, 1861, 2nd Sergeant; elected 2nd Lieutenant September 11, 1862; killed at Boonsboro, Maryland September 14, 1862. HUNT, James A., enlisted July 11, 1861, private in Company F, 14th Regiment Georgia Infantry; transferred to Company A, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry and appointed 3rd Sergeant September 10, 1861; elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 11, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant September 13, 1862 ; 1st Lieutenant May 20, 1863; Captain July 1864. JOYNER, Virgil S., enlisted September 10, 1861, 4th Sergeant; appointed 1st Sergeant July 14, 1862; wounded in 1862; detailed forage agent in Georgia, on account of disability, October 1864. He was born December 20, 1839; died March 5, 1889; buried Row 6, Lot 61 at Old City Cemetery, Sandersville, Georgia. BROWN, Thomas S. enlisted September 10, 1861, 5th Sergeant; appointed 2nd Sergeant September 11, 1862; elected 2nd Lieutenant May 20, 1863; wounded in railroad accident April 10, 1864. SCOTT, J. W., enlisted September 10, 1861, 1st Corporal; wounded at Petersburg, Virginia May 20,1864. BUSH, J. Z., enlisted September 10, 1861, 2nd Corporal September; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He was born in Laurens County, Georgia June 17, 1841. BEDGOOD, J. A., enlisted September 10, 1861, 3rd Corporal; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. WOOD, G. P., enlisted September 10, 1861, 4th Corporal; died of chronic diarrhea in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia September 25, 1864. PRIVATES AVANT, H. H., enlisted September 10, 1861, private. BARGE, Cicero M., enlisted September 10,1861, private; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862; died of wounds June 5,1862. BEDGOOD, S., enlisted October 11,1861, private; wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863 . In General Hospital #16, at Richmond, Virginia May 21, 1863. BEDGOOD, William H., enlisted July 11, 1861, private in Company F, 14th Regiment Georgia Infantry; transferred to Company A, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry; appointed Musician; killed at Ocean Pond, Florida February 20,1864. BELL, J. R., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded in 1862; died of disease in 1863. BLAND, S. D., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 19,1863; on detached duty at Fort Sumter, South Carolina December 31, 1863; transferred to Colonel Inge's ( ?) Scouts and was on duty at Macon, Georgia close of war. BLAND, William F., enlisted August 1, 1861, private; transferred to Company C. 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry June 20, 1862; died in Richmond, Virginia hospital August 29,1862 . Buried at Richmond, Virginia in Hollywood Cemetery. BRANTLEY, Green J., enlisted September 10, 186, private; died in Mount Jackson, Virginia hospital January 17, 1862 . Buried at Mount Jackson, Virginia. BRANTLEY, G. M., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 5th Sergeant August 1863. BRANTLEY, Jerry; enlisted September 10, 1861, private; detailed on boat at Kingston, North Carolina; died June 20, 1864. BRANTLEY, Jesse M., enlisted September 10,1861, private. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1840. BRANTLEY, M. H., enlisted September 10, 1861 private; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862; died of wounds June 20, 1862. BRANTLEY, William, Sr., enlisted September 10, 186, private; discharged, on account of rheumatism at Camp Pickens, Virginia, December 13, 1861. BRANTLEY, W. H., enlisted September 10, 1861 private. BULLARD, John A., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; discharged, disability, September 17, 1862 at 18 years of age; on hospital duty at Americas, Georgia close of war. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1844. BUSH, J. F., enlisted September 10,186, private; wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida February 20,1864; died of wounds February 22,1864. BUSH, Thomas J., enlisted March 12, 1862, private; died of disease in Richmond, Virginia hospital June 3, 1862. BUSSELL, Hans G., enlisted, private; surrendered as a private in Company F, 28th Georgia Regiment at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. CASON, Levi R., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. CHESTER, Absalom, enlisted September 10,1861, private; wounded; admitted to General Hospital at Howard's Grove Farm at Richmond, Virginia June 27, 1862, and died there July 12, 1862. CHIVERS, John T., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 2nd Corporal; died of disease in hospital June 25,1862. CHIVERS, W. R., enlisted March 12,1862, private; on detached duty at Fort Sumter, South Carolina December 31,1863. CLARK, B. J., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; on detached duty at Fort Sumter, South Carolina December 31, 1863; killed at Petersburg, Virginia May 20, 1864. COX, W. B., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died of disease in a Confederate Army Hospital June 28,1862. EVERETT, E. W., enlisted September 10, 186, private; died of disease in Confederate Army Hospital May 2, 1862. EVERETT, Joshua M., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia March 27,1838. GRAYBILL, Michael Robert, enlisted March 4,1862, private in Company H, 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry; wounded at Mechanicsville, Virginia June 26,1862; transferred to Co A, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1863; on detached duty at Fort Sumter, South Carolina December 30, 1863; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. HAMILTON, J. S., enlisted September 10, 186, private; died of disease in hospital August 6, 1862. HIGHTOWER, Joseph W., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded in 1862; transferred to Company F, 14th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1864; listed as captured in Virginia May 1864; released at Elmira, N. Y. June 19,1865. He was born in Laurens County, Georgia in 1842. HODGES, M. A., enlisted September 10,1861, private; killed at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862 . HOLT, J. J., enlisted September 10,1861, private; appointed Corporal; died of pneumonia, April 8 or 18, 1862; buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Virginia. JOHNSON, Reuben W., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; on detached duty at Fort Sumter, South Carolina December 31, 1863. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1843. JOHNSON, Washington, enlisted September 10, 1861, private. JONES, John, enlisted September 10, 1861; appointed Sergeant.; discharged May 1, 1862; died June 5, 1862. JONES, William J., enlisted at Tenille, Georgia on March 12, 1862, private; entered Chimborazo Hospital May 27, 1862; discharged from service at Confederate States Army General Hospital, Farmville, Virginia, due to atrophy of the muscles of the right thigh consequent in Rheumatism, September 3,1862. He was born in Wilkerson County in 1827; died in Washington County, Georgia in 1881. ( Certificate of Disability). (Family History) JOYNER, Augustus A., enlisted September 10,1861; elected 2nd Lieutenant June 27,1862; died August 1,1862. JOYNER, Jesse G., enlisted September 10, 1861, private. JOYNER, J. G., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded in 1862; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. JOYNER, M. A., enlisted Sept, 10, 1861, private; appointed 1st Corporal.; wounded in 1864; paroled, Augusta, Georgia May 18,1865. KEEN, Willis, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in service. KENNEDY, Robert T., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia October 2, 1864. KENNEDY, S. W., enlisted September 10,1861, private; wounded; admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Georgia October 10, 1864. LAWRENCE, John S., enlisted March 4, 1862, private in Company C, 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry; transferred to Company A, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry June 20, 1862; on detail duty as teamster in Virginia December 31,1863. LAYTON, J. L., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed Musician June 1863. LAYTON, W. T., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in service. MCAFFEE, S. T., enlisted September 10; 1861, private; appointed 3rd Sergeant; 1st Sergeant August 1, 1863; wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida February 20, 1864; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. MOYE, B. A., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; transferred to 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery; surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9,1865. MOYE, G. W., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died at Staunton, Virginia December 16, 1862; buried in Thornrose Cemetery at Staunton, Virginia. MOYE, John E., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia with nephritis, March 7, 1862 , and died there March 28, 1862. OLIVER, W. L. , enlisted September 10, 1861, private; killed at Petersburg, Virginia May 20,1864. PARKER, W. J., enlisted March 12, 1862, private; appointed 4th Sergeant July 14, 1862; detached duty at Fort Sumter, South Carolina December 31,1863. PEACOCK, John A. J., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 3rd Sergeant; 1st Sergeant in 1862; elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 2,1862; killed at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. PHILLIPS, T. M., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died of disease June 22,1862. POSEY, Martin V., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died January 10,1862. ROBISON, John S., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 5th Sergeant; wounded in left thigh at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862 ; wounded in left leg at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862 ;wounded in left knee near Petersburg, Virginia May 20,1864; surrendered Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He was born in Georgia January 13, 1843. SIMMONS, Thomas A., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 1st Sergeant; elected 1st Lieutenant January 20, 1862; wounded, left arm permanently disabled at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862; resigned, disability, September 13,1862. SMITH, James G., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died of typhoid fever in General Hospital at Culpeper, Virginia December 27, 1861. SMITH, W. A., enlisted July 1, 1862, private. SUMNER, D. C., enlisted March 12, 1862, private; killed at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. SUMNER, J. T., enlisted March 12,1862, private; killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27,1862. SUMNER, R. H., enlisted March 12,1862, private; died of typhoid fever in Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia August 6, 1862. SWEAT, W. H. W., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died of disease in camp July 5, 1862. TENNILLE, John C., enlisted September 10,1861, private; transferred to Company H, 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry October 1, 1863; wounded in right foot, necessitating amputation, at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia May 6,1864. TUCKER, T. M., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 3rd Corporal; elected 2nd Lieutenant May 3, 1862; killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862. URSIVE, David, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in General Hospital at Staunton, Virginia December 12,1862. VANN, Robert, enlisted September 10, 1861; killed at Fort Sumter, South Carolina in 1864. VANN, R. D., enlisted July 1, 1862, private; wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863; died of wounds May 16, 1863. VANN, S. R., enlisted August 30,1862, private. WHITAKER, Samuel, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died of pneumonia February 16, 1862. WILLIAMS, John, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded in 1862; deserted in Smith County, Tennessee April 24,1862. WOOD, Alexander F., enlisted September 10,1861, private; appointed Color Corporal; died of typhoid fever at Camp Pickens, Virginia February 19,1862. WOOD, B. J., enlisted May 1864, private; wounded at Petersburg, Virginia June 19, 1864 , and admitted to General Hospital there same day; transferred to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia June 30, 1864. He was born in Washington County, Georgia August 13, 1831. WOOD, Joseph Jackson, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 4th Corporal; wounded in left arm at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862; killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17,1862. WOOD, Joshua S., enlisted November 10, 1862, private; appointed 4th Corporal December 1,1863; wounded at Petersburg, Virginia June 20, 1864; wounded in Virginia August 31, 1864; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. WOOD, J. W., enlisted May 1, 1862, private; wounded in 1864; admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, wounded, June 30,1864; killed at Fort Harrison, Virginia September 29, 1864. WOOD, North Carolina, enlisted August 11, 1862, private; in Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals, at Macon, Georgia January 1, 1864; died of disease at Charleston, South Carolinain 1864. WOOD, W. T., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. Also Listed as members of this Company: BRANTLEY, W. J., BURNS, T. T., JENKINS, N. L., JOHNSON, S. B., MORRIS, William, SESSIONS, B. F. INFANTRY UNITS Company E, 1st Regiment Company A, 28th Regiment Company B, 28th Regiment Company H, 28th Regiment Company E, 32nd Regiment Company C, 49th Regiment Company H, 49th Regiment Company G, 57th Regiment Company B, 59th Regiment Company D, 59th Regiment Company F, 62nd Regiment Link to: Company H, Second Regiment, Georgia State Line