Georgia Military Co C 49th 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. INFANTRY COMPANIES Company C/49th COMPANY C, 49th REGIMENT (WASHINGTON GUARDS) Company C, 49th Georgia Regiment was formed in March 1862. The Company name was the "Washington Guards". The Regiment was assigned to Thomas Brigade, General A. P. Hill’s Light Division, Army of Northern Virginia in 1862 and took part in the battles of the Peninsula Campaign, 2nd Manassas, Siege of Harpers Ferry, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and most all the other major battles of the Army Of Northern Virginia. This regiment took heavy looses from battle and disease with only four company members surrendering at Appomattox, Virginia in 1865. OFFICERS AND STAFF JORDAN, John T., enlisted March 18, 1861, Private in Co. E, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry. Discharged July 20, 1861. Enlisted March 4, 1862, Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Infantry; elected 2nd Lieutenant; Promoted up through the ranks to Colonel. Wounded at Petersburg, Va. April 2, 1865. He was born 1840. CARTER, William Wooten , enlisted March 18, 1861, Jr.2nd Lieutenant of Co. E, 1st Regiment Ga. Infantry,. Resigned June 3, 186. Enlisted March 4, 1862, Captain of Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf.. Resigned, disability, July 31, 1862. He was born April 18, 1825, Burke County, Georgia CLAY, Nicholas H, enlisted March 4, 1862, 1st Lieutenant. Resigned July 24, 1862. Enlisted Co. H, 2nd Regiment Ga. State Troops February 16,1863, 2nd Lieutenant. He was born in 1824 in Washington County, Georgia DUGGAN, Joseph Franklin, enlisted March 4, 1862 ,private, 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant; wounded at Fort Steadman, Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865; died of wounds April 5,1865 . He was born 10 October 1840 in Washington County, Ga. Left widow Susan Marie Reynolds and children: Lawrence A. Duggan and Hugh Duggan. NEWMAN, Mark, enlisted March 4, 1862, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, Adjutant. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3,1863 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 2, 1865. BLAND, Marshall H., enlisted October 4, 1862, 1st Lieutenant October 4, 1862 . Died in Richmond, Virginia on February 6, 1863 of Typhoid fever. He was born in 1833. TANNER, Isaac S., enlisted, March 4, 1862, 2nd Sergeant. He was born in 1831. ADAMS, Irwin L., enlisted March 4, 1862 . 1st Sergeant August 1864. He was born in 1840; d. April 1894 in Washington County, Georgia TANNER, David F., enlisted March 4, 1862, 4th Sergeant . Discharged, disability, May 19, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 2nd Regiment Ga. State Troops February 16, 1863. He was born in 1836 SMITH, Herschel E., enlisted March 4, 1862.Elected 2nd Lieutenant. He was born in 1842 JACKSON, Joseph R., enlisted March 4, 1862, 1st Corporal. Captured at Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. He was born in 1833 VEAL, James M., enlisted March 4, 1862 . 2nd Corporal. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital July 1862 of disease. He was born in 1842 LAWRENCE, Miles Y., enlisted March 4, 1862. 3rd Corporal; wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, Va. May 5,1864 . Died at Richmond, Va. July 22, 1864. He was born in 1818 GILES, John I., enlisted March 4, 1862, 4th Corporal, 1st Lieutenant; captured at Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. He was born in 1838. ADAMS, John Q., enlisted November 5,1864, private. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. ADAMS, Jordan S., enlisted March 4, 1862, private. Died as prisoner of war. ADKINS, Alexander J. W., enlisted March 4, 1862, 3rd Sergeant. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. He was born in 1834 PRIVATES AMASON, E. G., enlisted February 15,1863, private. BAILEY, James M., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died of "typhoid pneumonia", April 25, 1863. He is buried in Confederate Cemetery No.1, 1st Line, Lot 184-Camp Davis, Lynchburg, Va. He was born in 1829 BAILEY, Stephen R., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded in 1863. He was born in 1832 BEACHAM, Elijah L., enlisted March 4, 1862, private. He was born in Laurens County, Georgia, August 23, 1837. BLAND, Micajah H., enlisted March 4,1862, private . Died at Richmond, Virginia, June 20, 1862 . He is buried Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. He was born in 1828. BLAND, William F., enlisted August 1, 1861, private, Co. A, 28th Regiment Ga. Inf.; transferred to Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 20, 1862 . Died in Richmond, Va. hospital August 29, 1862. He was buried at Richmond, Virginia in Hollywood Cemetery. BURGAMY, Elisha B., enlisted March 4, 1862, private. He was born in 1841. CARLISLE, William F., enlisted May 5, 1864, private. Captured at Petersburg, Va. April 2,1865. CHEEK, Calvin D., enlisted April 30, 1862, private. Died of disease in Richmond, Va. hospital August 22,1864. CLAY, Adam, enlisted March 4, 1862 , private, Co. G, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf.; transferred to Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 22, 1862; wounded at Richmond, Va. June 28, 1862 ; died in hospital at Richmond, Va. June 29, 1862 . CLAY, Thomas R., enlisted March 4, 1862, private, 4th Corporal January 1,1863; captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died March 14, 1865 at Richmond, Va.. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. He was born in 1835. COLE, James A., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. He was born in 1838. COX, George W., enlisted March 4, 1862, private, 3rd Corporal July 1862. Retired to Invalid Corps, April 15, 1864. He was born in 1839. CRIBB, John, enlisted May 5, 1862, Private; wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13,1862. His right leg was amputated above the knee as a result of the leg wound. Remained on enrolling duty in Georgia. He was born May 15, 1830. DAVIS, James, enlisted March 4,1862, private, discharged, general debility, at Camp Mason near Goldsboro, N. C., April 26, 1862 at the age of 21; enlisted Co. D, 59th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 9, 1862, discharged at Richmond, Va. December 29, 1862. He was born in 1841. DAVIS, Thomas G., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; discharged, disability, April 26, 1862 at age 22. He was born in 1840. DUGGAN, Cullen, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; discharged, disability, August 1, 1862. He was born in 1837. DUGGAN, David C., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died of typhoid fever in Goldsboro, N. C. May or July 1862. DURDEN, Jackson W., enlisted March 4, 1862, private. He was born in 1836. DURDEN, Wiley James , enlisted March 4, 1862, private; 3rd Corporal; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. He was born in Hancock County, Ga. April 9, 1837. FARRIS, James, enlisted May 5, 1864, private, transferred to Co. D, 59th Regiment Ga. Inf. January 1, 1865; wounded in left leg near Petersburg, Va. March 1865. He was born in 1937 in Ga. GARNER, James E., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; 4th Corporal January 1864; wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864; Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. He was born in 1844. GLADIN , Benjamin F., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863 . He was born in 1838. GLADDEN, Solomon L., enlisted May 8, 1862, private, Co. .D, 59th Regiment Ga. Inf.; wounded in eye at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863; transferred to Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. November 22, 1864; . surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. GLOVER, Richard, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded and discharged on account of wounds in 1862. He was born in 1844. GRIFFIN, Frederick, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died of typhoid fever October 3,1862 . He was buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. No. 7, 2d Line, Lot 180. He was born in 1844. HALL, James P., enlisted March 4, 1862, private, 1st Corporal January 1863. He was born May 11, 1844. HARDY, James, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died of pneumonia in General Hospital at Lynchburg, Va. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery No. 2, 2nd Line, Lot 191. He was born in 1840. HARDY, John, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; killed at Seven Pines, Va. May 31,1862 at age 23. He was born in 1839. HARRISON, Benjamin L. enlisted October 3, 1861, 1st Corporal, Co. B, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops.; mustered out April 3, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 59th Regiment Ga. May 8, 1862 . Transferred to Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf.; captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864 . Died at Elmira, N. Y. April 17, 1865 and is buried in Grave #1353, Woodlawn National Cemetery. HARRISON, James Madison, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; 2nd Sergeant, January 1863. He was born in 1844 and died in 1896. Son of Joseph and Ester Jenkins Harrison.. HARRISON, Thomas B., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; captured at Battle of the Wilderness, Va. May 12,1864 . He was born in 1822. Married Jane A. Gilmore HAYNES, Thomas Harris, enlisted March 18, 1861, private in Co. E, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,); discharged September 3, 1861 . Enlisted March 4,1862, private; transferred to 3rd Co. B, 12th Battn. Ga. Light Artillery May 1,1862. He was born in 1841. HITCHCOCK, William J., enlisted May 5, 1862, private, 2d Corporal July 8, 1862; wounded, left leg disabled at Cedar Run, Va., August 9, 1862. He was born in Ga. January 11, 1844. HOLMES, Green H., enlisted May 5,1862, private; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863; captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. HOLMES, James T., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died at Richmond, Va. April 26,1863 . He was born in 1838. HOLMES, John J., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died in Richmond, Va. hospital June 24, 1862 . He was born in 1841. HOLMES, Jordan, enlisted May 5,1862, private; died in camp of fever July 1, 1862. HOLT, J. C., enlisted March 4, 1862, private, died at Richmond, Va. November 19, 1862 . he is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. HOOD, Bryant, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; killed at Battle of Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862 . He was born in 1844. HOOD, James, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died in Division Hospital near Richmond, Va. July 27, 1862. He was born in 1841. HOOD, Sherrod, enlisted May 5,1862, private. HOOD, William B., enlisted March 4, 1862, private. He was born in Washington County, Ga. in 1837. HORTON, Henry H., enlisted March 4,1862, private; wounded February 1863; wounded at Mine Run, Va. November 28, 1863; deserted, Petersburg, Va. February 22,1865 . He was born in 1844. HORTON, William F., enlisted March 4,1862, private; wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862; died from wounds at Richmond, Va. December 30, 1862 . Her was born in 1840. INGRAM, John T. , enlisted March 4, 1862, private; 5th Sergeant ; captured at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864; died of dropsy of liver September 26, 1864. He was born in 1839. JACKSON, Benjamin, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died of measles at Goldsboro, N. C. hospital June 5,1862 . He was born in 1836. JOHNSON, William T., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died of pneumonia at Gordonsville, Va. December 8,1862 at age 18. He was born in 1844. JOINER, John T., enlisted March 4,1862, private; died of typhoid fever 5,1862 at age 23. He was born in 1839. LAWRENCE, John S., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; transferred to Co. A, 28th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 20,1862 . LAWRENCE, Miles Y., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded in Virginia in 1864; died at Richmond, Va. July 22, 1864 . He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. LAWSON, William Hugh, enlisted May 7, 1861, private, 1st Corporal, Co. E, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf.; mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862 . Enlisted May 5, 1862, private; 2nd Sergeant; Sergeant Major, Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. LEVERETT, Matthew O., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded in arm at Fort Steadman, Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865; captured in hospital April 31, 1865. He was born in 1841. LINDSAY, James T., enlisted March 4, 1842, private; wounded in right thigh at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864 ; died of wounds in C. S. A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. May 24,1864. He was born in 1832. LORD, Allen W., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863 . Exchanged April 27, 1864 . Deserted from camp at Petersburg, Va. February 22,1865. He was born in 1844. McCOY, William, enlisted March 4,1862,private; killed at Cedar Run, Va. August 9, 1862. He was born in 1841. McGLAWHORN, James, enlisted March 4, 1862, private. .He was left sick at Fredericksburg, Va. September 12,1862 and unit never heard from him again. He was born in 1820. McGLAWHORN, William G., enlisted March 4, 1862, private.. MILLS, Daniel J., enlisted March 4, 1862 ,private. Died at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., September 20,1862 . He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va.. he was born in 1835. MILLS, Dolphin, enlisted March 4, 1862, private. He was born in 1824. MILLS, Stephen B., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded in 1862. He was born in 1862. OSBORN, William D., enlisted March 4, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863; died of wounds July 10, 1863. PERKINS, John T., enlisted March 4, 1862, private. He as born in 1843. PRITCHARD, John, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; transferred to Co. E, 48th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 2, 1862; died April 11, 1862. He was born in 1844. RAY, John L., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; 4th Sergeant; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863 .He was born in 1844. RENFROE, John, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died in Goldsboro, N. C. hospital on May 21, 1862 . He was born in 1844. RENFROE, William H., Sr., enlisted March 4, 1862, private, 1st Corporal, 4th Corporal; wounded at Cedar Run, wounded, left arm at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863. He was born in Ga. December 9, 1837. ROBERTS, John Benjamin, enlisted March 18, 1861, private, 1st Corporal in Co. E, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,); transferred to regimental band in 1861 . Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862 . Enlisted May 1, 1862,3d Co. B, 12th Battn. Ga. Light Artillery, private; transferred to Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. January 1, 1863, private; musician; Sergeant Major,; 2d Lieutenant; Captain; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 ; Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Promoted to Captain of Co. G, for gallantry, by Secretary of War on recommendation of Commanding General, November 12, 1864 . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 . He was born in Georgia November 12, 1840; died at Atlanta, Ga. August 30, 1917. RODGERS, E. M., enlisted March 4, 1862, private He was born in 1842. ROOKS, John, enlisted November 25,1862, private; deserted and took oath to U. S. SAMMONS, Wiley G., Sr. enlisted March 4, 1862, private; transferred to Co. A, 48th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 2, 1862; wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862; Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863; Spotsylvania, Va. May 10,1864 ; Hatcher's Run, Va. February 6,1865 ; Petersburg, Va. April 2, 1865 . Captured in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. in 1865. He was born in 1836. STANLEY, Doctor, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded at Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862 . Transferred to Co. B, 59th Regiment Ga. Infantry; surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 . He was born in Washington County, Georgia. September 2, 1841; died at Macon, Georgia. July 23, 1912. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Macon Georgia. STANLEY, William R., enlisted March 4, 1862, private, 2d Corporal; transferred to Co. D, 59th Regiment Ga. Inf.; surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. He was born in 1837. SWINT, Moses Thomas, enlisted May 5, 1862, private, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant; 2nd Lieutenant. SWINT, Patrick Henry, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia October 26, 1841. THOMASON, Virgil H., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died of disease December 31,1862. He was born in 1836. TRAWICK, Alphon H., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; discharged due to disability, December 4, 1862. Enlisted July 1864, private in Co. D, 3d Regiment Ga. Militia. Surrendered at Augusta, Ga. April 1865. He was born in Washington County, Georgia, September 20, 183; died in Washington County, Georgia in 1914. UNDERWOOD, James B., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; 3rd Sergeant; wounded and captured at Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. He was born in Georgia in 1840. VEAL, George W., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; discharged, disability, April 26, 1862. He is born in 1840. VEAL, Uriah W., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863 . Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. He was born in 1844. WARTHEN, Thomas Jefferson, Jr., enlisted March 18, 1861, private, in Co. E, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. discharged February 8, 1862. Enlisted March 4, 1862, private; 3rd Sergeant; 2nd Sergeant. Also in Co. B, 28th Regiment Ga. Inf. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. He was born in 1839. WATKINS, Alexander Mc., enlisted as a private in Co. B, 28th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 10, 1861, private, transferred to Co. C, 49th Regiment Ga. Infantry, 4th Sergeant ; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. WELCH, Asa F., enlisted March 4, 1862, transferred to Co. H, November 25, 1863;killed at Petersburg, Va. June 13, 1864. He was born in 1845. WELCH, John S., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; transferred to Co. H, in 1862; wounded at 2nd Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862;discharged due to disability, October 31, 1863; enlisted in Ga. Militia; captured November 25, 1864, at Washington, Georgia. He was born in Georgia July 13, 1840. WELCH, William B., enlisted March 4, 1862, private; killed at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13,1862. He was born in 1843. WIGGINS, Abajiah P., enlisted March 4, 1862, private March 4, 1862. He was born in 1840. WILLIAMS, James Matt, enlisted March 4,1862, private; killed at Battle of Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862. He was born in 1841. I 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