By Major William Carraway
Historian,
Georgia National Guard
Left: Crest of the Macon Volunteers. Right: The Codori Farm, Gettysburg. Photo by Maj. William Carraway
Introduction
The Macon Volunteers experiences in the American Civil War were the subject of much interest to the City of Macon in the years following the war. Nevertheless, there is a surprising paucity of narrative histories devoted to the Macon Volunteers of 1860-1865. While the Center for Military History at Fort McNair, Va. maintains an official lineage and honors sheet for the Macon Volunteers, the document only provides dates of mobilizations and does not detail the various campaigns in which the Volunteers fought. Compiled service records of confederate Soldiers, maintained by the National Archives, encompasses records of nearly 200 Soldiers who passed through the ranks of the Macon Volunteers during the Civil War. Aggregation and analysis of these records along with review of records from higher echelons of command reveal a more complete picture of the Volunteers from Macon to Appomattox.
Formation and Early Movements of the Macon Volunteers
With an initial complement
of 75 Soldiers, the Macon Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Robert Anderson Smith,
a 36-year-old Macon attorney, was designated as Company D, 2nd
Georgia Battalion.[1]
The battalion marched to the railway the
evening of April 20 and boarded a train bound for Portsmouth, Va. Arriving at
Portsmouth, Va. on April 23, the Volunteers were stationed at the Naval
Hospital and reported for duty at Norfolk on April 26. From there, the
Volunteers marched to Sewell’s Point, Va. arriving in a thunderstorm and
camping on the ground with no tentage.[2] The Macon Volunteers
received their baptism of fire during the Battle of Sewell’s Point May 18-19,
1861, in which two federal gunboats exchanged fire with the confederate battery
there.[3]
Sewell's Point (Center) E. P. Dutton, Library of Congress
The Volunteers remained on
duty at Sewell’s Point until September 6, 1861, when, by order of Maj. Thomas
Hardeman, commanding 2nd Battalion, they marched to Camp Huger
located approximately one and a half miles from Norfolk. On October 27, Maj.
Gen. Benjamin Huger, commanding general of the Department of Norfolk, ordered
the 2nd Battalion to dispatch a detachment to Currituck Island, N.C.
to secure the cargo of the ship Seraphim, which had beached just off the coast.
The detachment of soldiers from the four companies of the 2nd
Battalion commanded by 1st Lt. John F. Dupree of Company D (The
Spalding Greys), dutifully marched for Currituck and successfully retrieved the
cargo of coffee from the cargo hold of the Seraphim.[4]
Through the winter of 1861
and 1862, the 2nd Battalion remained in Norfolk, assigned to the
Second Brigade commanded by Col. William Mahone.[5] In that time, the
Volunteers rotated through guard duty in Norfolk and at the Indian Poll Bridge
from their encampment on the fairgrounds near Norfolk.
On to Richmond
On March 20, 1862, the
routine of camp life on the coast ended abruptly when, at the direction of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, Maj. Gen. Huger dispatched the 2nd Battalion to
Goldsborough, N.C. along with a Louisiana Battalion and 1st South
Carolina Infantry Regiment with its battery of four guns. The troops set out to
report to Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commanding, Department of North Carolina.[6] Three days later, Special
Order 83 directed Brig. Gen. J. G. Walker to proceed “with his brigade and
battery attached” and report to the adjutant general’s office for further
orders,[7] but on March 24, Walker
was again ordered to Goldsborough to report to Maj. Gen. Theophilus Holmes, who
had replaced Anderson.[8] It is unclear whether the
2nd Georgia Battalion was part of Walker’s Brigade when it began its
march on the 20th of March, but by the end of the month, it was thus
assigned and would be through the end of the Seven Days’ Battles.[9]
The same day that Walker
received orders to proceed to Goldsborough, Macon Volunteers Capt. Robert Smith
was appointed colonel of the 44th Georgia Infantry Regiment. In the
officer elections that followed, 2nd Lt. George S. Jones, a
32-year-old Macon merchant and native of South Carolina,[10] was elected to succeed
Smith. Jones defeated 1st Lt. Albert G. Butts, a 48-year-old native
of New London, Conn.[11] who had worked as a land
agent before the war.[12]
By April 2, federal Maj.
Gen. George B. McClellan established the headquarters of the Army of the
Potomac in the vicinity of Fort Monroe with the intention of moving his forces
along the James’ Peninsula to threaten Richmond. In response, the command of Gen.
Joseph Johnston was extended to cover the peninsula and Norfolk and the
Department of North Carolina was subsequently extended to the south bank of the
James’ River.[13]
Through June 1862, Walker’s Brigade was stationed from Richmond to Drewry’s
Bluff securing artillery batteries and reporting a steady stream of
intelligence on the movement of federal gunboats.[14] By June 26, the
intelligence picture was clear enough for the Secretary of War to order
Walker’s Brigade from Drewry’s Bluff to reinforce Huger’s Division on the James
Peninsula leaving one regiment behind to support the artillery battery there.[15]
Artillery emplacement at Drewry's Bluff overlooking the James River. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.
While the Macon Volunteers
were gingerly crossing a pontoon bridge spanning the James River, their former
commander, Col. Robert Anderson Smith was leading his 44th Georgia
Infantry Regiment in its first engagement near Ellerson’s Mill on Beaver Dam
Creek. Amidst a hail of fire from federal artillery and unforgiving terrain,
Smith fell mortally wounded and died from his wounds two days later.[16] Of the 514 soldiers of
the 44th Georgia who went into action at Beaver Dam Creek, 335 were
killed or wounded.[17]
Beaver Dam Creek near the Ellerson Mill, where Col. R. A. Smith, formerly of the Macon Volunteers, was mortally wounded.
Photo by Maj. William Carraway
Upon negotiating the James
River, the Volunteers and Walker’s Brigade rejoined Holmes’ Division on June 29
with 3,600 men and two artillery batteries.[18] Holmes’ troops encamped
for the night near Cornelius Creek and moved out the next day for New Market.
Advised of federal troops massing a defense at Malvern Hill, Holmes dispatched
artillery with infantry support to shell the position on May 30; however,
receiving counter battery fire from the federal position and gunboats on the
James River, Holmes recalled this force. Nevertheless, Holmes’ Division
remained under the effect of federal artillery through the Malvern Hill
engagement. Walker’s Brigade suffered 12 casualties, including Walker himself;
however, the Macon Volunteers emerged unscathed.[19]
Fredericksburg
At the conclusion of the
Seven Days’ Battles, The Army of Northern Virginia turned north, bound for
Manassas and the Maryland town of Sharpsburg along the Antietam Creek. The
Macon Volunteers remained in Virginia and would not rejoin the ANV until November
whereupon they were assigned to Brig. Gen. Ambrose Wright’s Brigade of Maj.
Gen. R.H. Anderson’s Division. Wright’s units, which included the 3rd,
22nd and 48th Georgia Infantry Regiments,[20] were positioned north and
west of Marye’s Heights between the brigades of Brig. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox and
Brig. Gen. William Mahone.[21] On December 12, with
federal forces massing across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg, the 2nd
Battalion was dispatched forward of Wright’s Brigade to perform picket duty. It
was withdrawn the following morning before the federal assault on Marye’s
Heights. In the fighting of Dec. 13, 1862, the 2nd Battalion lost
one killed and one wounded, with no casualties from the Macon Volunteers.[22]
Transfers and Discharges
While the Macon Volunteers
had not yet suffered a combat casualty, its ranks had been thinned through
other means. Private Joel Hogg died of typhoid fever July 13, 1862.[23] By the end of the month,
sixty Volunteers had left the company due to discharge, transfer, or promotion.
Among them was a 20-year-old graduate of Oglethorpe University who enlisted in
the Macon Volunteers July 10,1861 and was transferred to the Signal Corps July
21, 1862. Captured later in the war, he was imprisoned at Point Lookout, Md.,
where he contracted tuberculosis. We remember that Macon Volunteer today not
for his works in the American Civil War but for his post-war works of poetry.
Sidney Lanier, formerly a private in the Macon Volunteers, succumbed to
tuberculosis in 1881 at the age of 39.[24]
Another company loss was
Charles Benger who was discharged due to old age. The African American musician
had served in the Macon Volunteers since shortly after its founding in 1825 and
marched with the Volunteers during the Second Seminole War.[25] Enlisting May 1, 1861,
Benger did not initially travel with the Volunteers to Virginia. Nevertheless,
when he arrived at the camp of the Volunteers in January 1862, his arrival was
“most enthusiastically received by all hands.”[26] When he was discharged
July 20, 1862, Benger received a letter signed by the commander of the Macon
Volunteers and 2nd Battalion testifying to his service. On the eve
of Benger’s departure, the Macon Volunteers unanimously approved the following
resolution, which was published July 28, 1862, in Macon the Macon Telegraph:
Resolved, That in parting with this “Historic Old Fifer”
we part with a faithful old soldier and a devoted old friend. We cannot do less
than commend him to the kindness and attention of all who love our cause and
appreciate worth.[27]
Chancellorsville
The Volunteers remained
encamped near Fredericksburg until stirred to action by the efforts of Maj.
Gen. Joseph Hooker and the Army of the Potomac to maneuver north and envelop
the ANV. Learning of the growing threat to his left on April 29, 1863, Gen. Robert
E. Lee ordered Anderson to move his brigades to blocking positions on the roads
from Chancellorsville to Fredericksburg.[28] Wright’s Georgians, who
had been positioned eight miles south of Fredericksburg along the Telegraph
Road, marched through the night and joined the brigades of William Mahone and
Carnot Posey at daylight west of the junction of the Orange Plank and Orange
Turnpike.[29]
Having marched 27 miles in 21 hours, Wright’s troops were placed with their
right flank on the Plank Road and the left on the Fredericksburg Gordonsville
Railroad.[30]
Wright began advancing along the Plank Road at noon, and after travelling about
a mile, his skirmishers made contact with a federal force which withdrew. The
Georgians pressed forward and after another mile the heavy woods gave way to
the open ground of the John Aldrich farm. federal soldiers were massed under
cover of woods to the north of the clearing. Rather than engage these troops,
Anderson ordered Wright to maneuver west by means of an unfinished railroad cut
to get in the rear of the federal force. Wright’s Georgians executed the march
and by 6:00 pm had reached the Welford Iron Furnace. [31]
Actions of Wright's Brigade May 1, 1863.
Placing the 3rd
Georgia and 2nd Georgia Battalion in reserve, Wright dispatched the
48th and 22nd Georgia forward. While these regiments
managed to push the federals back, darkness, impassable terrain and want of
artillery ended the action for the day.[32]
Wright reported two killed
and 22 wounded as a result of actions on May 1. Among the wounded was Sgt. John
T. Bass of the Macon Volunteers, who had been wounded in the head. He died from
the effects of his wound May 15, 1863. Private Samuel G. Johnson was slightly
wounded in the arm during the day’s fighting. Johnson was treated and
furloughed but died at home in Clinton, Ga. June 16, 1863.[33]
On May 2, Wright’s Georgians
moved in support of Posey’s Brigade who was heavily engaged with federals of
the XII Corps. While Wright was thus engaged, Lt. Gen. Thomas Jackson executed
a flank attack on the federal right Routing the XI Corps. Wright reported his
casualties of the day were slight; however, the Macon Volunteers suffered four
wounded.[34]
Wright’s Brigade was again
engaged the following day. In fighting along the Plank Road, Wright’s Georgians
captured 10 companies of the 27th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
which was fighting a delaying action to permit the Federal Army to reorganize
after the crushing defeat of May 2. As a consequence of the day’s engagements,
Wright reported 17 killed and 163 wounded.[35] Among the casualties was
George S. Van Valkenberg of the Macon Volunteers, who was wounded in the arm.
The 2nd Georgia Battalion suffered two killed and 26 wounded during
the Chancellorsville Campaign.[36] Of these, seven were from
the Macon Volunteers.
Gettysburg
In the reorganization of the
ANV following Chancellorsville, Anderson’s Division was assigned to the newly
created 3rd Corps under Lt. Gen. A. P. Hill. In support of Gen.
Lee’s second attempt to take the war to the north, the Macon Volunteers took up
the march on June 14 and entered Pennsylvania on June 26.[37] Alerted to the presence
of federal forces at Gettysburg July 1, Anderson’s Division, then in Cashtown,
marched to the battlefield and assembled on Herr Ridge by 5:00 that evening.[38]
On the morning of July 2,
Hill ordered Anderson to advance and occupy positions on
Array of forces July 2, 1863. Robert Knox Sneden,
and William H. Paine. Map of the Battle of
Gettysburg, Penna.: Showing Positions
Held July 2nd. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map.
Library of Congress.
Seminary Ridge
preparatory to an assault on federal lines. The confederate assault proceeded
en echelon from the right as Longstreet’s 1st Corps initiated the
assault with an artillery barrage at 2:00 pm. It would take more than three
hours for the units to the right of Anderson’s Division to be committed. With
the advance of Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws immediately to his right, Anderson ordered
his brigades forward.[39] Wright positioned his
regiments with the 28th on the right adjacent to the 2nd
Florida of Lang’s Brigade. The 3rd advanced in the center with the
48th Georgia to their left. Wright ordered the 2nd
Georgia Battalion to advance forward of the brigade as skirmishers. Rushing
forward, the battalion posted behind a split rail fence northwest of the Codori
Farm and the Emmitsburg Road.[40] Two federal regiments,
the 82nd New York and 15th Massachusetts were on the
opposite side of the road supported by Battery B, 1st Rhode Island
Artillery commanded by Capt. Thomas Brown.
The Macon Volunteers and
others of the battalion passed several tense minutes in their forward exposed
position before Wright’s regiments reached them. Whereas the 2nd
Battalion was supposed to fall into the marching order on the left of the 48th
Ga., its soldiers were disrupted as the brigade passed through its ranks and
the Volunteers were compelled to fall in with the advancing regiments. Though
undulating terrain and tall grass obscured their early advance, the Georgians
were exposed to a galling fire from three brigades of infantry and three
artillery batteries as they approached the Emmitsburg Road. Nevertheless,
Wright’s advance was so swift that by the time Brown observed them he scarcely
had time to bring two of his sections to bear. Unleashing a devastating volley
that sent “scores of Wright’s men sprawling in the grass,”[41] the New Yorkers realized
with horror that Wright’s line, three regiment’s wide, would presently envelop
their left flank. Reading the tactical situation, the veterans of the 82nd
N.Y. began to withdraw and with them followed the 15th Mass. As its
infantry support melted away, Brown’s Battery was engulfed by the 48th
Georgia which captured the guns and mortally wounded Brown. Seizing the
opportunity afforded by the fleeing federals, the 22nd and 3rd
Georgia, supported by elements of the 2nd Battalion swiftly advanced
as the federal units to their front could not fire for fear of hitting their
own men. Wright regarded this opportunity while casting fleeting glimpses to
his left. Posey’s brigade had failed to match the advance of Wright’s Georgians
leaving their left flank exposed. Into this flank 1st Lt. Alonzo
Cushing’s Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery, poured a murderous fire of
grapeshot and cannister. In the maelstrom of combat, Capt. George S. Jones,
commanding Macon Volunteers, was desperately wounded in the face, side and arm
and collapsed to the ground. He was captured and sent to Johnson’s Island.
Subsequently exchanged, Jones rejoined the Volunteers and fought on until the
surrender at Appomattox Court House.[42]
The Codori Farm viewed from the position of Cushing's Battery. The Macon Volunteers passed over this ground July 2, 1863.
Photo by Maj. William Carraway
Command of the Macon
Volunteers devolved to 1st Lt. Edward Grannis, but he scarce had
time to execute command before he fell mortally wounded not far from his
captain. He died the following day. Second Lieutenant Thomas Kennedy Campbell,
the sole remaining officer of the Macon Volunteers, was shot through the lower
abdomen by cannister fire. He was captured, treated at a federal field
hospital, and dispatched to Fort McHenry, Md.[43]
Wright’s Georgians had
penetrated the federal line and advanced farther than any confederate troops
that day, farther indeed than any of the Soldiers who would cross over the same
fields the next day as part of Maj. Gen. George’s Pickett’s doomed charge.
Nevertheless, surveying the murderous scene, Wright realized that his gains
were unsustainable. Seething at the absence of support from adjacent units,
Wright ordered his troops to withdraw to their pre-assault position on Seminary
Ridge where they remained until called forward to help cover the retreat of
Pickett’s shattered units the next day.
On the evening of July 4,
the 87th anniversary of the independence of the United States,
Wright’s Brigade, and what remained of the Macon Volunteers quietly marched
away From Gettysburg. Ten days later, they crossed the Potomac with half the
men they had taken north just 19 days earlier.[44]
In his report on the
Gettysburg Campaign, Wright bitterly lamented the sacrifice his troops had made
for naught. He credited his troops with capturing 25 artillery pieces, noting
that the 2nd Battalion had accounted for “as many as 5 or 6 pieces.”[45] The cannons came at a
high price. Wright reported 688 killed or wounded and a casualty rate of nearly
51 percent. Three of Wright’s four regimental and battalion commanders fell
including Maj. George Ross of the 2nd Battalion who was mortally
wounded and captured at the crest of Cemetery Ridge.[46] The 2nd
Battalion lost 82 out of 173 who went into action.[47]
Analysis of the Macon
Volunteers service records finds that of an aggregate strength of 52, 16 were
killed, wounded, or captured including all the company’s officers. In a
rear-guard action at Manassas Gap, July 23, 1863, the company lost five of its
remaining 36 Solders to a superior federal force.[48]
The Denouement: 1864-1865
The Army of Northern
Virginia, like the Macon Volunteers, had been crippled but not destroyed at
Gettysburg. Both would fight on, but the losses of the campaign had a permanent
impact. Of the 194 Macon Volunteers who served during the war, more than two
thirds had already passed out of the ranks, and the company would never again
be at or near full strength. Nevertheless, the Volunteers fought on through the
Bristoe and Mine Run Campaigns; through the dark confusion of the Wilderness
and the mud-soaked lines of Spotsylvania. More would fall along the North Anna
River, at Cold Harbor and the long Siege of Petersburg. By April 9, 1865, only
seventeen Volunteers remained for the surrender at Appomattox.
Postscript
On Aug. 4, 1864, more than
one year after being shot through the bowels by cannister at Gettysburg, and
long after other prisoners from Gettysburg had been exchanged, 2nd
Lt. Thomas Campbell of the Macon Volunteers penned the following letter to Col.
William Hoffman, commissary general of prisoners, from his cell at Fort McHenry
hospital:
Sir,
I have the honor to submit my care to you for your human
consideration. I was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg July 2, 1863. Ball
entering the left side of the bowel, passing through making its exit near the
spinal column. I have been confined to the bed ever since... I feel quite sure
from the condition I am in at this time that my stay upon the earth will be
short. My only desire is to be permitted to return to my home and spend the few
days left me in this life in the bosom of my family where their kind attention
may soothe my journey to the grave. Hoping this application may meet with your
approval and early considerations.
I am, colonel, your most obt. svt.
Thos. K Campbell
Lt. Co. B 2nd Ga Batt[49]
Campbell died from the
effects of his wound September 23, 1864, at Fort McHenry. He was 31 years old.
For
the last few years of his life Benger received a pension from the company whose
members contributed the funds themselves.[50] When he died, March 25, 1880, at the
age of 88,[51] Benger was laid to rest in his dress uniform
and received a final salute from the Macon Volunteers.[52]
Roster of Soldiers with
service in the Macon Volunteers, 1861-1865.[53] [54]
*Indicates original member
who enlisted in 1861:
Allston, James – Captured
July 23, 1863, Manassas Gap. Exchanged and returned to Macon Volunteers.
Surrendered at Appomattox
Alston, Joseph – Transferred
to Macon Volunteers September 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox Court House
*Amos, Edward D – Discharged
June 7, 1862
*Amos, Frank M – Captured
July 5, 1863, near Gettysburg, teamster
*Baldwin, Charles Fox –
Transferred December 28, 1863
*Baldwin, Washington P.
Transferred October 4, 1862
Bass, Henry N. – Discharged
July 15, 1862. Transferred to Hampton’s Legion
*Bass, John Hicks. –
Transferred, October 6, 1862, and appointed sergeant major, 61st Ga.
Inf. Regt.
*Bass, John T. – Appointed
third sergeant, October 1, 1862. Mortally wounded, Chancellorsville
Baxter, John Springs. – Appointed
surgeon of the 46th Ga. Infantry Regt. August 26, 1862
*Bearden, Rufus M. – Discharged
March 22, 1862
Beasley, E. Hilliard –
Missing in action following Manassas Gap, July 23, 1863
*Beaver, William H. –
Transferred September 12, 1861
*Benger, Charles – Musician.
Discharged July 22, 1862
Benns, Charles – Killed in
action July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg
*Benton, William A. – Third
Corporal. Discharged April 20, 1861, and assigned to Telegraphic Corps
*Bigbee, F. A. – Surrendered
at Appomattox
*Bigbee, J. T. – Surrendered
at Appomattox
Bowdre, L. – Transferred to
artillery in 1862
*Branham, Joel – Appointed
second lieutenant and drillmaster, October 29, 1862, transferred
Branham, Junius W. Appointed
second lieutenant and drillmaster, October 29, 1862, transferred
Brantley, Theodore F. –
Captured at Deep Bottom, Va. August 16, 1864
Brown, John E. – detailed to
Macon Armory in 1864
Brown, Joseph E. – Died at
Macon, February 20, 1863
*Brown, Walter Edgar
*Brown, William F. –
Discharged due to disability in 1862
Butts, Albert G. – Appointed
adjutant of 2nd Battalion in 1862, resigned in 1863
Cain, W. – Entered service
in 1862. Discharged in 1862
*Campbell, Charles E. Fifth
corporal. Appointed fourth sergeant November 1, 1861. Discharged May 24, 1862
Campbell, James H. – Wounded
in June 1863. Elected second lieutenant of Company B, 29th
Battalion, Ga. Cavalry, transferred
*Campbell, Thomas K. – Elected
second lieutenant September 23, 1862. Mortally wounded and captured at Gettysburg,
July 2, 1863
Carter, William B. –
Appointed corporal. Surrendered at Appomattox
Castlen, Bradford G. –
Enlisted in Macon Volunteers August 19, 1864. Discharged October 6, 1864
*Cobb, John Addison –
Transferred to Company H, 16th Ga. Inf. Regt. August 11, 1861
*Cobb, Lamar – Appointed
sergeant major of the 16th Ga. Inf. Regt. July 31, 1861
Collins, Appleton P. –
Appointed assistant surgeon October 1, 1862, and assigned to Macon smallpox
ward
*Collins, Thomas – Killed at
Petersburg July 23, 1864
*Connor, Charles G. –
Discharged and assigned to Telegraphic Corps September 17, 1861
*Conner, Granville C. –
Appointed adjutant, 61st Ga. Inf. Regt, 1863. Captured 1864
*Conner, Zephaniah T. –
Captured April 12, 1865, at Salisbury, N.C.
Cook, J. Osgood A. – Appointed
chaplain, 2nd Ga. Bn. Captured July 5, 1863, Gettysburg
*Cook, Samuel K. – Appointed
sergeant major, 2nd Ga. Bn.
*Cottingham, Henry M. –
Appointed fifth sergeant. Wounded, May 14, 1864, Spotsylvania Court House.
Transferred to cavalry in 1865
Cowles, Jerry Sedgwick –
Transferred to Company A, 25th Ga. Inf. Regt. in 1862
*Daniel, Thomas L. –
Surrendered at Appomattox
Daniel, Young – Appointed
first corporal in October 1862. Died in Richmond November 25, 1862, and rests
in Hollywood Cemetery
Davidson, David – Wounded
and captured July 2, 1863, Gettysburg
Davis, Gilbert M. L. –
Discharged in 1861
Davis, Jacob – Detailed to
light duty in 1864
*Deaver, William – Appointed
adjutant of 1st N.C. Inf. Regt. September 12, 1861
*DeGraffenreid, Marshall K. –
Transferred, elected second lieutenant of Company F, 1st Ga. Inf.
Regulars February 5, 1862
*Dessau, Isaac – First
corporal. Appointed third sergeant November 1, 1861. Captured, July 23, 1863, Manassas
Gap
Dessau, Napthali –
Discharged in 1862 after furnishing a substitute
*Dewberry, William G.
Appears on muster rolls through 1861
DeYoung – Discharged 1862
Dillard, Robert A.
*Dingler, George D. – Dingler
received an overage discharge September 15, 1862. He re-enlisted with the 28th
Siege Artillery. Dingler died in 1899 and rests in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon
*Duckworth, John S. –
Transferred to a North Carolina regiment in 1861
Dunn, William H. –
Surrendered at Appomattox
Durrett, David M. – Captured
July 23, 1863, at Manassas Gap. Exchanged and surrendered at Appomattox
Dyson, Thomas J. – A lawyer
before the war, Dyson transferred to Company A, 5th Ga. Inf. Regt.
May 1, 1862. He was killed at Baker’s Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863
*Elders, Steven –
Surrendered at Appomattox
*Emmell, Charles K. –
Transferred to the signal corps in 1862
English, Isaac B. – Severely
wounded, August 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va.
Flanders, David M.
Franklin, Cleveland B. –
Wounded, July 2, 1863, Gettysburg
*Grannis, Edward J. – Second
sergeant. Elected first lieutenant September 23, 1862. Killed, July 2, 1863, Gettysburg
Graves, Henry Lee –
Discharge January 19, 1862. Appointed second lieutenant, C.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1862
*Graybill, Charles B. –
Discharged July 17, 1861
Graybill, James – Detailed
as a clerk in the Macon mail office
Grieve, John – Captured July
2, 1863, Gettysburg
*Griffin, C. G. – Appointed
surgeon, 1862
*Griffin, John R. – Surrendered
at Appomattox
Griffin, Walter B. –
Transferred, elected second lieutenant Co I, 1st Regt Ga. Regulars
Gruber, Charles W. –
Surrendered at Appomattox
Halloway, Moses C. –
Transferred to Macon Volunteers September 27, 1864. Deserted February 23, 1865
*Hardie, George W. – Ensign.
Transferred to home reserves June 28, 1861
*Hardie, Robert C. –
Discharged, June 28, 1861
Hardiman, Robert Vines. –
Transferred to 45th Ga. Inf Regt. in March 1863
*Harrison, James G. –
Appointed sergeant. Surrendered at Appomattox
Hart, William L.
*Hempstead, George B. –
Deserted June 20, 1861, from camp at Sewell’s Point, Va.
Hightower, A. Taziwell –
Service records indicate Hightower was captured at Deep Bottom, Va. August 16,
1864, and died of scurvy March 11, 1865, at Point Lookout, Md. Henderson
records that Hightower was killed in action at Deep Bottom.
*Hill, Hiram David. –
Appointed third corporal, October 1, 1862, and subsequently promoted to
sergeant. Surrendered at Appomattox
Hill, Oliver C. –
Surrendered at Appomattox
Hill, Thomas J. – Entered
service with Macon Volunteers April 25, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox
Hogg, Joel (or James) – Died
of typhoid July 13, 1862
Holloway, Moses C. – Entered
service with Macon Volunteers September 27, 1862. Deserted at Petersburg in
1865
*Holt, Allen F. – Appointed
fourth corporal November 1, 1862. Transferred to 10th Regt.
Confederate Cavalry in 1864
Hopson, William A. –
Transferred to 2nd Company, Millican’s Independent Signal Corps July
21, 1862
Howard, Harmon A. –
Appointed corporal. Wounded May 2, 1863, Chancellorsville. Wounded, June 30,
1864, Peterburg
Howard, J. Marcus –
Discharged June 11, 1862
Hunt, Wilkins W. – Wounded and
captured, July 2, 1863, Gettysburg
*Hunter, Samuel – Appointed
captain and assistant quartermaster December 31, 1862. Resigned September 29,
1863
English, Isaac B.
*Isaacs, Emanuel – Fifth
sergeant. Discharged, May 26, 1862
Johnson, Abner H. – Died in
Bibb County in May 1863
Johnson, Crowell William
Johnson, L. C. – Captured in
1863. Died, January 24, 1864, Point Lookout, Md.
*Johnson, Samuel G. –
Transferred, appointed third corporal of Jackson Artillery September 18, 1861.
Reduced to private May 1, 1862. Mortally wounded and captured, May 3, 1862, Chancellorsville
*Johnson, William F. –
Transferred to Navy June 27, 1861
*Jones, George Salley -Wounded
at Gettysburg and Sailor’s Creek Paroled at Appomattox
*Jones, John William –
Appointed assistant surgeon of the 22nd Ga. Inf. Regt. April 11,
1863. Surrendered at Appomattox
Jones, Thomas Henry – Joined
the Macon Volunteers May 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox
*Keith, George A. – Wounded,
June 22, 1864, Petersburg
*Kimball, Alonzo E. –
Deserted June 20, 1861
*Lamar, John Hill – Elected major
of 61st Ga. Inf. Regt. October 1, 1862. Killed, July 9, 1864, Monocacy,
Md.
Lane, Luke Abraham
Lanier, Clifford A. –
Transferred to Signal Corps July 21, 1862
Lanier, Sidney Clopton –
Transferred to Signal Corps July 21, 1862. Captured November 6, 1864, on
steamer Lucy.
Lightfoot, Robert (Ross) J.
– Transferred to Signal Corps September 14, 1862
Lockett, James - Discharged in
April 1862
Lockett, William C. –
Appointed quartermaster sergeant, 2nd Ga. Bn.
Mangham, Thomas W. – Fourth
sergeant. Transferred, promoted to first lieutenant, and assigned as adjutant,
44th Ga. Inf. Regt. Severely wounded, September 19, 1863, Chickamauga
McArthur, Daniel –
Discharged October 1, 1863
McCarthy, Charles E. –
Transferred to 28th Bn. Siege Artillery September 7, 1864
Mcarthy, William Henry –
Killed at Culpepper Court House, Va. November 30, 1863
*McDonald, James L. –
Appointed third assistant engineer, Confederate Navy, April 16, 1864
McDonald, Joseph W. – Wounded
and captured July 2, 1863, Gettysburg
Moffett, Alexander –
Discharged May 29, 1861
*Morris, Robert A. –
Severely wounded, August 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va.
Napier, Briggs Hopson –
Discharged January 19, 1862
Napier, Leroy – Transferred,
appointed first lieutenant in artillery June 6, 1861
Nelson, James B. –
Discharged April 14, 1862
Newman, James R. – Wounded
June 30, 1864, Petersburg
Newsome, John S. – Killed
July 2, 1863, Gettysburg
Oliver, Robert L. –
Transferred to Hampton’s Legion April 22, 1862
Phillips, William H.
Poe, Washington – Detailed
to quartermaster department in Macon in 1863
Powell, Adolphous H. –
Discharged March 12, 1862
Price, James G. –
Transferred to 8th Ga. Cavalry November 16, 1864
Ray, Alonzo – Transferred to
Phillip’s Legion July 2, 1862. Died of typhoid October 24, 1862
Ray. John B. – Appointed
fourth sergeant October 1, 1862. Died in Twiggs County, Ga. March 7, 1863
*Reagan, John – Appointed
second corporal October 1, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va., March 25, 1863
*Register, John T. –
Surrendered at Appomattox
*Rhodes, Louis B. –
Surrendered at Appomattox
Rice, Tullius M. C. –
Assigned as assistant surgeon, 2nd Ga. Bn. May 1, 1862. Surrendered
at Appomattox
*Ripley, Lorenzo – Promoted
to second sergeant October 1, 1862, and first sergeant in 1863. Wounded and
captured, July 2, 1863, Gettysburg
Rogers, Augustus C. –
Discharged June 20, 1862
Rogers, Charles H. –
Appointed assistant commissary, 2nd Ga. Bn.
Rogers, E. C. – Transferred
December 22, 1862
*Rogers, George T. –
Appointed third corporal November 1, 1861, and promoted to first sergeant
October 1, 1862. Detailed to serve in the Georgia Relief Hospital Association
in Richmond, Va. May 19, 1863
Rogers, Simeon William –
Wounded, July 2, 1863, Gettysburg. Killed June 22, 1864, Petersburg
Rogers, Warren Augustus –
Appointed corporal. Surrendered at Appomattox
Rutherford, Robert W. – Transferred
to Macon Volunteers July 1, 1864
Saulsbury, Edwin – Appointed
agent with the Georgia Relief Hospital Association in Richmond, Va. in 1862
*Sewell, J. Wesley – Died in
Richmond, Va. February 3, 1863
Seymour, Asa F. – Discharged
in 1862
Seymour, George W. – Wounded
and captured July 2, 1863, Gettysburg. He was exchanged, returned to the Macon
Volunteers, and surrendered at Appomattox
*Shinholser, John W. –
Detached as surgeon in Richmond, Va. in 1862. Wounded, December 13, 1862,
Fredericksburg. Surrendered at Appomattox
*Shinholser, J. – Discharged
in 1862
Shirley, John A. – Captured,
May 24, 1864, near the North Anna River, Va.
Singleton, Joseph H. -
Wounded, May 4, 1863, Chancellorsville. Detailed as an enrolling officer in
Georgia
Singleton, W. Russell -
Wounded, May 4, 1863, Chancellorsville. Discharged
*Sisson, W. Henry – Second corporal.
Discharged, 1863
*Smith, Benjamin C. –
Surrendered at Appomattox
Smith, John – Deserted July
2, 1862
*Smith, Robert A.- Captain. Promoted
to colonel and assigned to command 46th Ga. Inf. Regt. March 15,
1862. Mortally wounded, Gaines Mill, Va. June 26, 1862
Smith, Thomas D. –
Surrendered at Appomattox
Speer, Albert F. – Entered
service with the Macon Volunteers August 11, 1861. Died in Richmond, August 17,
1863
Speer, Francis A. – Died of
Typhoid in Richmond, Va. March 17, 1863
Speer, Henry A. – Received
an underage discharge in 1862
*Subers, Samuel M. –
Appointed quartermaster sergeant, 2nd Ga. Inf. Bn. May 16, 1861
Sullivan, Cornelius –
Captured, July 2, 1863, Gettysburg
*Theall (Theatt), James H. –
Discharged, August 7, 1861
*Theus, Samuel E. –
Appointed fourth sergeant in 1863. Severely wounded, July 2, 1863, Gettysburg.
Discharged September 4, 1864
Thomas, James W.
Thomas, Moore B. – Died of
typhoid in Richmond, Va. December 16, 1862
Tooke, William J. – Elected
second lieutenant. Resigned in 1862
*Treadwell, Henry B. –
Discharged September 11, 1861
Trippe, Albert – Died of
pneumonia in Richmond, Va. December 19, 1862
Tye, Franklin – Promoted to
third corporal. Wounded, November 30, 1863, Mine Run, Va. Surrendered at
Appomattox
Van Giesen (VanGrieson,
Uriah – Detailed to the engineer department. Captured in Macon
*Van Valkenberg, George S. –
Wounded, May 2, 1863, Chancellorsville
*Vardell, Henry T. – Fourth
corporal. Appointed sergeant in August 1861. Discharged, November 8, 1861
Walker, James R. –
Discharged in 1862
*Walker, William H. –
Discharged December 6, 1861
Weaver, George Alvah –
Discharged in April 1863 following a January 20, 1863, medical furlough
*Wells, Joseph E. –
Discharged to serve as a clerk in the adjutant general’s office January 1, 1864
Wells, Theodore – Appointed
corporal. Surrendered at Appomattox
*White, William G. –
Appointed sergeant major of the 62nd Ga. Inf. Regt. October 3, 1862
Whitehurst, James E. –
Discharged, October 10, 1861
Whittle, Powhatan B. –
Entered service with the Macon Volunteers in 1862. Elected lieutenant colonel
of the 38th Va. Inf. Regt. Wounded, July 3, 1862, Malvern Hill, Va.
Whittle, John - Musician
*Wiley, Charles M. – Second
sergeant. Appointed first sergeant in August 1861. Transferred to 44th
Ga. Inf. Regt. June 26, 1862
Williams, George – Entered
service as a substitute. Deserted near Guinea Station, Va. April 4, 1863
*Williamson, Charles J. –
Transferred, elected captain, Company D, 66th Ga. Inf. Regt. August
3, 1863. Wounded May 20, 1864, Peachtree Creek, Ga.
*Wing, Levi H. – Appointed
corporal September 1, 1861. Elected second lieutenant September 23, 1862.
Appointed adjutant in January 1863. Wounded and captured, July 2, 1863,
Gettysburg
*Wise, Bazil A. –
Transferred to Lamar Infantry October 5, 1861
Wood, Andrew - Musician
Woodson, Frederick B. –
Captured, August 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va.
Woodward, Orran L. –
Discharged in 1862 after providing a substitute
*Worsham, William T. –
Wounded, June 22, 1864, Petersburg
*Wrigley, William W. –
Discharged in 1862 after providing a substitute
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