Washington COUNTY GA Co. B 28th Regiment File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ash Pollette apollette@hotmail.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/washing.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Visit Ash's page http://www.pollette.com/default.htm for much more information about Washington County Regiments (and many other counties as well) . His pages contain history, photos, and battle information. COMPANY B, 28th REGIMENT "SANDERSVILLE VOLUNTEERS" OFFICERS AND STAFF WARTHEN, Thomas Jefferson, Sr., elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Battalion Georgia Infantry in 1861; Captain of Company B, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry September 10,1861; Colonel September 10,1861; wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862; died from wounds July 3, 1862. HOOK, Edward B., elected 1st Lieutenant September 10, 1861; elected Captain September 10,1861; died of disease at Manassas, Virginia December 1861. MATHIS, Aylesberry M., elected 2nd Lieutenant September 10,1861, elected 1st Lieutenant September 10, 1861; appointed Assistant Surgeon February 17, 1862; Regimental Surgeon June 3,1862; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. FLOURNOY, Robert W., enlisted September 10, 1861, elected Jr.2nd Lieutenant; elected Captain April 2, 1862; resigned, disability, October 30, 1862. He was born December 13, 1841; killed June 8, 1869; buried in Row 4, Lot 15 at Old City Cemetery, Sandersville, Georgia. HAINES, John R., enlisted September 10, 1861, 1st Sergeant; elected 1st Lieutenant March 28, 1862; Captain October 30, 1862; killed at Battery Wagner, South Carolina September 5, 1863. ARNAU, F. M., enlisted September 10, 1861, 2nd Sergeant; appointed Musician in 1862; surrendered; Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. MALPASS, K. F., enlisted September 10, 1861,appointed 3rd Sergeant; discharged, furnished substitute, in 1862. RUDISILL, Edward D., enlisted September 10, 1861, 4th Sergeant, appointed Color Bearer in 1861; discharged, on account of chronic dysentery, at Camp Pickens near Manassas, Virginia December 25, 1861. FRANKLIN, James D., enlisted September 10, 1861, 5th Sergeant September; appointed 3rd Sergeant in 1862; elected 2nd Lieutenant April 2, 1862; 1st Lieutenant October 30, 1862 Captain September 5, 1863; wounded at Ocean Pond, Florida February 20, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Virginia July 30,1864; wounded, shot through both hips at Fort Harrison, Virginia September 30, 1864. He was born in Georgia February 17, 1840. RAWLINGS, Eugene B., enlisted September 10, 1861, 1st Corporal; elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 5, 1863; killed at Petersburg, Virginia July 30,1864. COX, John W., enlisted September 10, 1861, 2nd Corporal September 10, 1861; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. ELKINS, Owens P., enlisted September 10, 1861, 3rd Corporal; killed at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862. SALTER, George W., enlisted September 10, 1861; 4th Corporal; elected Jr. Lieutenant April 3,1862; wounded at Richmond, Virginia in 1862; elected 2nd Lieutenant September 5, 1863 ; 1st Lieutenant February 11, 1864; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1839. --------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- PRIVATES ACHORD, L. S., enlisted September 10,1861, private; captured at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862; exchanged; surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26,1865. ADAMS, Calvin M., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died of disease at Manassas, Virginia in 1862. ADAMS, Horace D., enlisted September 1863, private; surrendered at Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. He died at Macon, Bibb County, Georgia September 5, 1903. AMERSON, Leroy, enlisted September 10,1861, private; killed at Ocean Pond, Florida February 20,1864. ASHLEY, Charles S., enlisted September 10,1861, private; wounded; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1866. ASHLEY, Joseph C., enlisted 1862, private; wounded in ankle at Ocean Pond, Florida February 20,1864; wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 4, 1864. He was born in Washington County, Georgia March 1846. ASHLEY, Joseph H. Jr., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded at Richmond, Virginia in 1862 . ASHLEY, Joseph H., Sr., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died March 10, 1862. "Killed by Louisiana Tigers" AVANT, Augustus S., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 3rd Corporal September 10, 1861; wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862; wounded Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862; wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862; appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1863; 1st Sergeant; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. He was born in 1843. AVANT, John R., enlisted September 10,1861, private; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865 . AVANT, John S., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded, Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1862; transferred to Chemical Department on account of disability August 1864; captured and paroled at Macon, Georgia April 30, 1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1837. BARGE, A. Louis, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed Courier to Colonel August 1862; wounded in right foot at Petersburg, Virginia July 30,1864; leg amputated August 24, 1864. He was born September 28, 1847. BARNES, Alfred Suspense, enlisted March 18, 1861, private in Company E, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry; mustered out at Augusta, Georgia March 18, 1862; enlisted May 1, 1862, private in 3rd Company B, 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery; transferred to Company B, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1862; wounded at Petersburg, Virginia July 30, 1864. BRADY, Francis M., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in Manassas Gap, Virginia hospital October 13,1862 ; buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Virginia No.10, 2nd Line, Lot 181. Crumpton's. BRADY, James S., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; duty as orderly to Colonel December 31, 1863. BUSSELL, George W., enlisted September 10, 1861, private. BUSSELL, Henry C., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in Yorktown, Virginia hospital April 16, 1862 . Bussell, Ransom L., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died at Manassas Junction, Virginia Confederate Hospital May 10, 1862 BYNUM, Richard P., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; discharged, disability, February 12,1862 . Enlisted as a private in Company B, 7th Battalion Georgia State Guards Cavalry August 1863. He was born October 12, 1834; died January 11, 1912; buried Row 14, Lot 208 at Old City Cemetery, Sandersville, Georgia. CAREY, James T., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded in foot at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862; surrendered near Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He was born in Taliaferro County, Georgia July 4,1845. CAREY, Joseph, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; killed at Ocean Pond, Florida February 20, 1864 . CAREY, Marian, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; captured at Weldon Railroad, Virginia August 19, 1864. CAREY, Robert, enlisted November 28,1863, private; died in service. CAREY, William T., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; captured near Kinston, North Carolina March 5, 1865. CASON, John H., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in camp at Manassas, Virginia June 22, 1862 . CORDRY, Augustus, enlisted September 18,1861, private; furloughed for 40 days on account of illness in 1862; died on way home at Manassas Junction, Virginia November 14, 1862 . COX, William A. private September 10,1861; discharged at Camp Stevens. CUMMINGS, David C., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded at Wilmington, North Carolina February 22, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He was born in 1828; died in Washington, Georgia in 1890. CUMMINGS, George Washington, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded at Wilmington, North Carolina February 22, 1865. DAVIS, Henry H., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; awarded medal for bravery at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862. DORTCH, John, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded at Petersburg, Virginia July 30, 1864 . EASTWOOD, James J., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; discharged, on account of paralysis, at Richmond, Virginia December 13, 1861. EDWARDS, Charles J., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; wounded at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14,1862; captured at Weldon Railroad, Virginia August 21, 1864; paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia for exchange, March 14, 1865; received at Boulware and Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia March 16,1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1841. EDWARDS, William Thomas, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in service. EUBANKS, David L., enlisted January 1, 1862, private. "Lost on march from Maryland." EUBANKS, Elijah, enlisted September 10,1861, private; wounded at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862; deserted, went into Federal lines at Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1864; took oath of allegiance to United States Goverment at Fortress Monroe, Virginia November 13, 1864. He was born in Wilkes County, Georgia in 1846; died May 28, 1913. FORD, E. T., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 4th Corporal April 3, 1862; wounded at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. FOWLER, Joseph J., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died of pneumonia in South Carolina Hospital, Post Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia May 1, 1862; buried at Charlottesville, Virginia in Confederate Cemetery. FRANKLIN, Thomas J., enlisted September 10, 1861, private appointed 1st Sergeant March 28, 1862 . Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant July 30, 1864; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865 . GREGORY, Henry, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia with acute dysentery, August 18, 1862; died September 29, 1862 at Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia. HALE, John J., enlisted September 10,1861; appointed A.C.S. April 11, 1862; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; died in 3rd Georgia Hospital at Richmond, Virginia June 2, 1862 . HALE, William O., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. HENDERSON, John, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; killed at Petersburg, Virginia July 30,1864. HODGES, W. Richard, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #1, at Richmond, Virginia as a convalescent, March 7, 1862; left Chimborazo Hospital without permission. HOWARD, C. H., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 3rd Corporal in 1863; killed at Port Walthall, Virginia , during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, May 20, 1864. JOHNSON, Joseph, Jr., enlisted, private. JOHNSON, Joseph, Sr., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died in service. JONES, Howell, Jr., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; killed at Fort Sumter, South Carolina November 6,1863. JONES, William E. (A.K.A. Boss JONES), enlisted August 22, 1863, private; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia December 1826. KENNON, John, enlisted September 10,1861, private; deserted August 1862 . KILGORE, William H. H., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; killed at Bentonville, North Carolina March 18,1865. KING, H. R., enlisted September 10, 1861, private. KNOWLES, William O., enlisted September 10,1861, killed at Richmond, Virginia in 1862. LAWRENCE, George W. Crawford, enlisted as a private; admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia April 17, 1862; wounded in right arm, necessitating amputation above elbow, at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862 . LAWRENCE, H. M., enlisted September 10, 1861, private. LAWRENCE, James M., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in Richmond, Virginia Confederate Hospital after April 1864. LAWRENCE, Junius, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded in foot, necessitating amputation, at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 27, 1862; detailed in A.C.S. Department in 1863. LAWRENCE, Kinchen W., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died December 30, 1861 LAWRENCE, Sherod T., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; captured near Kinston, North Carolina March 8, 1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia April 26, 1829. MATHEWS, J. H., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; captured in 1862; paroled November 19,1862; wounded at Morris Island, South Carolina August 30,1863. (Listed in company history as "killed on Morris Island.") MATHIS, William A., enlisted September 20, 1862, private; appointed Hospital Steward in 1862; wounded; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1842; buried at Mayview Cemetery, Washington County, Georgia. MAYO, George H., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; appointed 4th Sergeant in 1863 ; 2nd Sergeant; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865 . MAYO, Reuben, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 1st Sergeant in 1862; elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant in 1862; 2nd Lieutenant in 1862; 1st Lieutenant September 5, 1863; resigned February 11, 1864 . McCOY, Alexander, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 5th Sergeant in 1862;wounded at Richmond, Virginia in 1862; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. MEDLOCK, Alonzo N., enlisted September 10, 1861, private. MILLS, Solomon L., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in service. MILLS, Thomas, enlisted September 10, 186, private; killed at Funkstown, Maryland July 6, 1863. MORRISON, A. A., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded at Bentonville, North Carolina March 19, 1865; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. MURPHY, Benjamin, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; discharged, disability, in 1861. NORTHINGTON, Kinchen J., enlisted September 10,1861, private; absent without leave December 31, 1863; Union prisoner of war records show him a prisoner in the guard house at Loudon, Tennessee January 28, 1864. (Listed in history of company as "died in service.") ODUM, James, enlisted September 10,1861, private; died in service. ODUM, John A., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died of disease November 1861. Orr, John, enlisted, private. PEISER, Seigmund, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed Commissary Sergeant in 1862 PERRYMORE, William, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; killed at Petersburg, Virginia July 30, 1864 . PHILLIPS, James J., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died in service. PRIDGEN, A. L., enlisted April 1863, private; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. RENFROE, John I., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; transferred to Company H, 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry; transferred to Company C, November 25, 1863. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1839. RENFROE, Lawrence, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; discharged at Camp Stevens. RENFROE, W. J., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. REYNOLDS, Asa J., enlisted September 10,1861, private. REYNOLDS, Floyd, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in service. REYNOLDS, James, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in service. REYNOLDS, William J., enlisted March 4, 1862; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; wounded at Crampton's Gap, Maryland September 14, 1862. He was born in Taliaferro County, Georgia in 1829. SPARKS, Andrew J., enlisted March 1864; wounded through mouth, jaw bone broken, at Bentonville, North Carolina March 19, 1865. He was born in Georgia November 1, 1845. TANNER, James F., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died in service. TANNER, Solomon, enlisted September 10, 1861, private. TANNER, William, enlisted September 10,1861, private; killed in service. TENNILLE, Algernon S., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded in left arm at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862; wounded at Reams Station, Virginia August 21,1864; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. He was born in Georgia November 27,1843 or 1844. TENNILLE, Francis D., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died December 17, 1861 . TENNILLE, William, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died at Manassas Junction, Virginia in 1861. TOMPKINS, Charles, enlisted September 10,1861, private; admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #1, at Richmond, Virginia March 7,1862; died March 15,1862 . TOMPKINS, J. W., enlisted September 10, 1861; missing at Sharpsburg, Maryland September 17, 1862. TOMPKINS, S. B., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed Color Corporal in 1863; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. TOMPKINS, William P., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died of disease in South Carolina Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 5, 1862 . TOMPKINS, Wright, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; killed at Petersburg, Virginia July 30, 1864 . TURNER, John W., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died of tuberculosis in General Hospital #2, at Lynchburg, Virginia July 15, 1862; buried at Lynchburg, Virginia in Confederate Cemetery. No. 7, 5th Line, Lot 161-Ford's. VEAL, Edward B., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded in 1862. WARTHEN, Elijah T., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; appointed 4th Corporal in 1863; killed at Port Walthall, Virginia May 1864, during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of April - June 1864.. WARTHEN, Macon P., enlisted October 3, 1861, private in Company B, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops; mustered out April 3, 1862; enlisted as a private in Company B, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry November 3, 1862; appointed clerk in Ordnance Dept. in 1863; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865 . WARTHEN, Thomas Jefferson, Jr., enlisted March 18, 1861, private in Company E, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry, March 18, 1861; discharged February 8, 1862; enlisted as a private in Company C, 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862; transferred to Company B, 28th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1863; appointed 3rd Sergeant in 1863 ; 2nd Sergeant; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. WARTHEN, William H., enlisted March 23, 1864 at age of 18, private; wounded at Bentonville, North Carolina March 19,1865; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia May 11, 1846. WATKINS, Alexander Mc., enlisted September 10,1861, private; transferred to Company C, 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry and appointed 4th Sergeant March 21, 1863; wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863. (Company history lists him as "killed".) WEBSTER, Aylesberry, enlisted September 10, 1861; wounded at Morris Island, South Carolina August 30, 1863 . WEBSTER, George W., enlisted September 10,1861, private; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862 ; admitted to Moore Hospital at General Hospital #1, at Danville, Virginia January 3, 1862 and to Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Virginia with diarrhea, March 30, 1862; returned to duty May 29, 1862; died August 6, 1862 WEST, J. W., enlisted March 4, 1862, private. WEST, W. , enlisted, private; died near Lynchburg, Virginia May 25, 1862; buried at Lynchburg, Virginia in Confederate Cemetery. No. 10, 3rd Line, Lot 169- Christian's Factory. WIGGINS, G. A., enlisted September 10, 186, private; appointed 1st Corporal; killed at Petersburg, Virginia August 1864 . WOOD, Augustus K., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; died in Washington County, Georgia prior to September 6, 1862 . WOOD, Jacob H., enlisted September 10,1861, private; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865; he was born in Baldwin County, Georgia in 1837. WOOD, Peter O., enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862; admitted to Episcopal Church Hospital at Williamsburg, Virginia June 16 1864; surrendered, Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia November 10, 1838. WOOD, Robert Frank, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; wounded and died of wounds at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862. WYATT, Wiley, enlisted September 10, 1861; killed at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31,1862. YATES, David, enlisted September 10,1861, private. (Company history states "killed in cotton press since the war.") YATES, Joseph H., enlisted September 10,1861, private; died at Richmond, Virginia in 1861. (Company history states: "died at Manassas Junction.") YATES, Theophilus, enlisted September 10,1861; wounded at Petersburg, Virginia August 1864. He was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1839. YATES, Wilson, enlisted September 10, 1861, private; died at Manassas Junction, Virginia February 21, 1862. Ash Pollette PO Box 810 SNEADS FL 32460 apollette@hotmail.com ======================== 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. ==============