MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY H, 49th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
WASHINGTON COUNTY, GA.
COLD STEEL GUARDS
Jones, Charles Mc.- Appointed Ensign of Co. E, 1st Regiment
Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) March 18,1861 . Captured at Cheat River
Bridge, W. V. July 13,1861 . Paroled at Beverly, W. Va. July
16,1861 . Elected Captain of Co. H, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. *March
4, 1862 . Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863 . (Born in
1838.)
Jernigan, Augustus Daniel-Appointed 4th Sergeant of Co. E
1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) March 18, 1861 . Elected lst
Lieutenant of Co. H, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4,1862 ; Captain
in 1862 . Resigned on account of ill health July 7,1862 . (Born
in 1827.)
Newsome, Thomas W.- 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862 . Elected
1st Lieutenant July 7, 1862 . Wounded at Cedar Run, Va.
August 9, 1862 . Elected Captain in 1863 . Appointed Assistant
Surgeon, C. S. A., (to rank from November 7,1862 ,) June 13,1863 ,
and ordered to report to Surgeon H. V. Miller at Savannah,
Ga., where he was serving as Assistant Surgeon September 24,1864 .
No later record. (Born in 1840.)
Kinman, L. M. (or Kinmon)-Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 4, 1862 .
Died at Richmond, Va. June 27, 1862 . (Born in 1837.)
Wiggins, Luther D.- 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Reduced to
ranks August 1, 1862 . Appointed 3d Sergeant August 1, 1863 .
Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 . (Born in
1835.)
Sheppard, Patrick H.-2d Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Reduced
to ranks August 1, 1862 . Pension records show he was fur-
loughed for 30 days March 1865 . (Born in Washington County,
Ga. August 26, 1831. Died there November 1901 or 1902.)
Duggan, David D.- 3d Sergeant March 4,1862 . Died at Golds-
boro, N. C. July 2,1862 . (Born in 1840.)
Bland, Simeon D.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862 . In Richmond
Va. hospital in 1863 . Returned to duty February 12,1863 . Elected
1st Lieutenant July 3, 1863 . Died at Richmond, Va. (Born in
1834.)
Wiggins, Aylesberry F.-5th Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Wound-
ed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Surrendered at Ap-
pomattox, Va. April 9,1865 . (Born in 1841.)
Pound, Robert T.-1st Corporal March 4, 1862 . Surrendered
at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865 . (Born in 1845.)
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*Dates of promotions and appointments conflict in this roll.
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Harrison, Seaborn U.- 2d Corporal March 4, 1862 . Captured
at High Bridge, Va. April 6,1865 . Released at Newport News,
Va. June 25, 1865 . (Born in Washington County, Ga. in
1826.)
Meadows, Caney S.- 3d Corporal March 4, 1862 . Appointed
4th Sergeant August 1, 1863 ; 1st Sergeant in 1864 . Captured
at Petersburg, Va. March 25,1865 . Released at Point Lookout,
Md. June 25, 1865 . (Born in 1843.)
New Daniel-4th Corporal March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Fred-
ericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862 . Pension records show he was
on detail to collect forage for company, at McCrary's Store
near Appomattox, Va., March -April 9, 1865 . (Born in Ga. in
1842.)
Abney, B.- private March 4, 1862 . Died at Richmond, Va.
June 5, 1864 . Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.
Adams, Hopewell F.- private April 15, 1864 . Died at Rich-
mond, Va. June 2,1864 . Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.
Amerson, E. G.- private in 1863 . Pension records show he
was sick in Danville, Va. hospital close of war. (Born in
Washington County, Ga. November 8,1825.)
Bailey, Ezekiel M. (or Ezekiel N.)- private April 27, 1863 .
Died June 20, 1863 .
Bailey, James Wimberly-Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 1st
Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) June 30, 1861 . Mustered out at
Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. H,
49th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 14, 1862 . Appointed 1st Sergeant
August 1, 1862 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 7, 1863 . On
furlough of indulgence February 28, 1865 . Captured at Macon,
Ga. April 20-21,1865 .
Bailey, William Greene- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at
Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864 . Pension records show he
was furloughed for 30 days February 14, 1865 , and was cut off
from command by Federal Army at Augusta, Ga. March 16,
1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1843.)
Barron, William T.- private March 4,1862 . Died in Richmond,
Va. hospital November 27, 1862 . (Born in 1826.)
Bell, Charles A.- private March 4,1862 . Wounded at Mechan-
icsville, Va. June 26, 1862 . Captured at Cashtown, Pa. July
3,1863 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Point Look-
out, Md. January 31, 1864 , and entered U. S. Service. (Born in
1838.)
Bell, C. Riley (or T. Riley)- private September 10, 1862 . Missing
at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3,1863 .
Bell, Joseph- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed Corporal.
Deserted February 22, 1865 . (Born in Wilkes County, Ga. in
1832.)
Bell, Joseph J.- private May 14, 1862 . Wounded at Seven
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Pines, Va. May 31,1862 . Died at Camp Gregg, Va. March 15,
1863 .
Bell, William G.- private March 4, 1862 . Elected 2d Lieuten-
ant July 26,1862 ;1st Lieutenant in 1863 . Wounded at Chan-
cellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Elected Captain August 1863 .
Retired to Invalid Corps June 1864 . (Born in 1838.)
Birdsong, A. H.- private May 1862 .
Bland, E. S.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded on march to
2d Manassas, Va. August 26, 1862 . Died at Richmond, Va. in
1862 . ( Born in 1840.)
Brantley, William- private May 1862 .
Brown, George W.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed Musi-
cian. Discharged January 17, 1863 . (Born in 1847.)
Buck, William- private March 4, 1862 . Absent, unaccounted
for April 30, 1862 ."
Carr, W. H.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Fredericks-
burg, Va. December 13,1862 .
Carter, Wiley- private March 4,1862 . Roll for March 4 to April
30,1862 , shows he was absent without leave. No later record.
Cheeves, John D.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 27,1862 ; left arm permanently disabled at
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864 . On wounded furlough April
1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1839. Died in Washington County, Ga.
in 1916.)
Conaway, C. R.- private March 4,1862 . Killed at Wilderness,
Va. May 6,1864 . (Born in 1843.)
Conaway, James M.- private March 4,1864 . Killed at Wilder-
ness, Va. May 6,1864 .
Cook, A. Thomas-Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 1st Regiment
Ga. Inf. Ramsey's,) June 30, 1861 . Mustered out at Augusta,
Ga. March 18,1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 49th Regiment
Ga. Inf. April 1, 1862 . Wounded through breast at Frazier's
Farm, Va. June 30, 1862 . Roll dated February 28, 1865 , last on
file, shows him at home on sick furlough. No later record.
(Born in Jefferson County, Ga. in 1840. Died in Washington
County, Ga. in 1916.)
Cox, Moses- private March 4, 1862 . Discharged on account of
failing eyesight February 14, 1865 . (Born in Washington County,
Ga. in 1803.)
Daniel, Joseph R.- private March 4,1862 . Appointed 4th Ser-
geant June 20, 1862 . Discharged August 30, 1862 . Enlisted as
a private in Co. B, 7th Battn. Ga. State Guard Cavalry August
1863 . (Born in 1845.)
Davis, Thomas G.- Elected 2d Lieutenant of Hollifield's
Battn. Ga. Light Artillery, State Troops, February 22, 1862 . Mus-
tered out at Savannah, Ga. May 1862 . Enlisted as a private
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in Co. H, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 8,1862 . Roll for February 28,
1865 , last on file, shows him present.
Davis, William- private March 4,1862 . Died in service. (Born
in 1834.)
Duggan, Archelaus- private March 4, 1862 . Transferred to
Co. E, 32d Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1862 . Discharged, disability, May
14, 1862 . (Born in 1833.)
Duggan, Green W. (or George W.)- private March 4, 1862 .
Appointed 4th Sergeant. Died of diarrhoea in Petersburg, Va.
hospital June 4, or 11, 1862 . (Born in 1845.)
Duggan, J. C.- private March 4, 1862 . (Born in 1829.)
Dunigan, Patrick- private August 4, 1862 . Captured August 15,
1862 . (Born in 1833.)
Fluker, B. W.- private March 4,1862 . Appointed 1st Sergeant
in 1863 . Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864 . (Born in
1842.)
Gallaher, William- private March 4,1862 . Appointed Sergeant
Major August 1, 1863 . Pension records show he surrendered at
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 . Died at Sandersville, Ga.
August 1903.
Gladin, Lee A.- private January 6, 1864 . Surrendered at Appo-
mattox, Va. April 9, 1865 . (Born in Ga.)
Godfrey, Linson F.- Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 1st Regi-
ment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops October 3, 1861 . Mustered
out April 3, 1862 . Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 49th Regiment
Ga. Inf. May 14,1862 . Wounded, knee permanently disabled
at 2d Manassas, Va., August 30, 1862 . Remained in hospital
until October 1863 , when he was discharged for disability. Roll
for December 1863 , last on which borne, shows he was absent, de-
tailed in Georgia. (Born in Ga. in 1842. Died at Warthen,
Ga. January 29,1914.)
Godfrey, William H. (or William F.)- private March 4, 1862 .
Appointed Regimental Musician November 1,1864 . (Born in 1844.)
Graybill, Michael Robert- private March 4,1862 . Wounded at
Mechanicsville, Va. June 26, 1862 . Transferred to Co. A,
28th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1863 . On detached duty at Fort Sumter,
S. C. December 30, 1863 . Pension records show he surrendered
at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1844 or
1845.)
Harnage, G. J.- private March 4, 1862 . Deserted May 24,
1862 . (Born in 1837.)
Harrison, B. T.- private May 14, 1862 . Captured at Fort
Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released in 1865 .
Harrison, Josiah C.- See private Co. G.
Hartley, Riley M.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded in right
leg at Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862 . Discharged, disability,
October 13, 1863 . (Born in Washington County, Ga. May 6,
1828. Died there in 1903.)
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Hughes, Thomas (or Hughs)- private March 4, 1862 . "Absent
unaccounted for, April 30, 1862 ."
Jackson, Lemuel- private March 4,1862 . Wounded at Fairfax,
Va. September 1, 1862 . Died from wounds at Frederick City, Md.
October 30,1863 . (Born in 1835.)
Jernigan, William L.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed Hos-
pital Steward in 1862 . Discharged, furnished substitute, March
9, 1863 . (Born in 1839.)
Jones, Seaborn- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Cold
Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862 . Died from wounds July 9, 1863 .
(Born in 1837.)
Jordan, Aylesberry W.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at
Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862 . Discharged, disability, August
30,1862 . (Born in 1834.)
Jordan, Jackson- private March 4,1862 . (Born in 1842.)
Jordan, Stephen J.- private March 4, 1862 . Elected Jr. 2d
Lieutenant December 1, 1862 . Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va.
May 3, 1863 . Elected 2d Lieutenant August 1, 1863 ; 1st Lieu-
tenant June 3, 1864 . Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va. March
25, 1865 . Paroled at Richmond, Va. hospital April 20, 1865 .
(Born in Ga. in 1836.)
Kittrell, Stanley J.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 5th
Corporal in 1862 . Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27,
1862 . Discharged on account of wounds January 2, 1863 . Ap-
pointed Corporal Co. B, 7th Battn. Ga. State Guards Cavalry
August 4, 1863 . (Six months' troops.) Roll for January 31, 1864 ,
last on file, shows him present. (Born in 1847. Died November 14,
1918.)
Lowe, William D.- private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Wil-
derness, Va. May 5,1864 . Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 30,
1865 . (Born in Washington County, Ga. in 1846.)
Massey, John W.- private March 4, 1862 . Deserted February 23,
1865 . (Born in Washington County, Ga. in 1831.)
Massey, J. P.- private March 4,1862 . (Born in 1837.)
Massey, Kinchen- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 3d Ser-
geant August 1, 1862 . Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December
13, 1862 . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 .
(Born in 1834.)
Massey, Robert- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 2d Ser-
geant August 1, 1862 ; 1st Sergeant August 1, 1863 . Detailed in
Government shoe shop in 1864 . (Born in 1835.)
Massey, Samuel- private March 4, 1862 .
Matthews, Eli J.- private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Peters-
burg, Va. April 2, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. July
1865 . (Born in Jefferson County, Ga. in 1841. Died in Wash-
ington County, Ga. in 1903.)
Mayo, M. D. F.- private March 4,1862 . Died at Goldsboro, N.
C. June 15, 1862 . (Born in 1837.)
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Mayo, V. M.- private March 4, 1862 . Killed at Seven Pines,
Va. May 31,1862 . (Born in 1832.)
Mayo, W. R. W.- private March 4,1862 . Died at Petersburg,
Va. June 5,1862 . (Born in 1840.)
McCoy, F. Seaborn- private March 4,1862 . Deserted April 30,
1862 . (Born in 1834.)
Meadows, W. S. (or Medders)- private May 14, 1862 . Died
at Richmond, Va. August 4,1862 .
Miller, Lee R.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Seven
Pines, Va. May 31, 1862 . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va.
April 9, 1865 . (Born in 1841.)
Miller, William Frank- private June 6, 1864 . Wounded
through left knee and permanently disabled at Ream's Sta-
tion, Va. June 21, 1864 . On detail in Richmond, Va. hospital
as nurse close of war. (Born in Ga. October 7,1846. Died in Han-
cock County, Ga. May 5, 1906.)
Moxley, W. A. (or Maxley)- private March 4, 1862 . On de-
tail in Richmond, Va. hospital August 1863 . Pension records
show he was home on sick furlough May 1, 1864 , to close of
war. (Born in Burke County, Ga. March 12, 1829.)
New, E. M.- private March 4, 1862 . Died at Richmond, Va.
July 24,1862 . (Born in 1841.)
Nolinson, Daniel (or Nolisson)- private March 4, 1862 . Died
at Raleigh, N. C. July 23, 1862 . Buried there in Confederate
Cemetery.
Parker, Mathew- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded at Gettys-
burg, Pa. July 2, 1863 . Disappeared. (Born in 1830.)
Posey, J. J.- private May 14, 1862 . Wounded in foot and
captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864 .
Powell, L. S.- private in 1863 .
Prescott, Eli- private Mch 4,1862 . Wounded at 2d Manassas,
Va. August 30,1862 . (Born in 1840.)
Price, A. H.- private March 4, 1862 . Died at Camp Gregg,
Va. April 4, 1863 . (Born in 1841.)
Price, Franklin (Bud)- private March 4,1862 . Died in Winder
Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 1, 1862 . Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1845.)
Price, L. B.- private March 4,1862 . (Born in 1838.)
Renfroe, John I.- Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 28th Regiment
Ga. Inf. September 10, 1861 . Transferred to Co. H, 49th Regiment Ga.
Inf. ; to Co. C, November 25,1863 . On furlough of indulgence February
13-March 15,1865 . (Born in Washington County, Ga. in 1938.)
Robinson, Elbert A. (or Robison)- private March 4, 1862 .
Wounded at Cedar Run, Va. August 9, 1862 . Dropped for
desertion February 23,1865 . (Born in 1838.)
Robinson, Joshua S. (or Rabison)- private March 4, 1862 .
Wounded and disabled at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862 .
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Sick in hospital December 1863 . Died at Aiken's Landing, Va. prior
to March 5,1864 . (Born in 1832.)
Robinson, J. W. (or Robison)- private April 1,1862 .
Robinson, Samuel (or Robison)- private March 4, 1862 . Died
in Goldsboro, N. C. hospital July 25,1862 . (Born in 1832.)
Rockett, Richard B. private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 3d
Corporal August 1863 . Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6,
1864 . Released at Elmira, N. Y. June 14, 1865 . (Born in
Washington County, Ga. August 14,1839.)
Ross, John C.- private March 4, 1862 . Killed at 2d Manassas,
Va. August 28,1862 . (Born in 1844.)
Roughton, George W.- private March 4, 1862 . Elected Jr 2d
Lieutenant July 26,1862 . Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August
29, 1862 . Elected 2d Lieutenant August 29, 1863 . Elected 1st
Lieutenant in 1863 . Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6,
1864 . Elected Captain June 3, 1864 . Released at Fort Dela-
ware, Del. June 16,1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1834. Died in Wash-
ington County, Ga. January 5,1895.)
Smith, V. W. (or V. M.)- private March 4, 1862 . (Born in
1834.)
Tennille, John C.- Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 28th Regiment
Ga. Inf. September 10,1861 . Transferred to Co. H, 49th Regiment Ga.
Inf. October 1,1863 . Wounded in left leg, necessitating amputa-
tion below knee, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864 . At home
on wounded furlough, close of war. (Born in Ga. Died in
Washington County, Ga. in 1912.)
Tennille, W. A.- private March 4,1862 . Surrendered at Appo-
mattox, Va. April 9,1865 . (Born in 1835.)
Terrell, C. S.- private March 4, 1862 . "Unaccounted for April
30, 1862 ."
Valentine, John- private March 4, 1862 . Sick in hospital December
1863 . No later record. (Born in 1840.)
Valentine, Louis (or Lewis)- private March 4, 1862 . Deserted
May 24, 1862 . (Born in 1846.)
Veal, Reuben H.- Enlisted as a private in Co. E,1st Regiment Ga.
Inf. (Ramsey's,) March 18, 1861 . Discharged August 15. 1861 .
Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 49th Regiment Ga. Inc. March 4,
1862 . Died of disease at Richmond, Va. in 1863 .
Walker, A. T.- private May 14, 1862 .
Walker, B.- private November 1, 1863 . Surrendered at Appomat-
tox, Va. April 9, 1865 .
Walker, John B.- private March 4, 1862 . Died August 1, 1862 .
(Born in 1832.)
Ward, John- private November 1, 1863 .
Ware, John E.- private November 1, 1863 .
Watkins, Doc G.- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 4th Ser-
geant August 1, 1862 . Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May
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3,1863 . Pension records show he was furloughed for 30 days
February 14, 1865 . Cut off from command by Federal army at
Augusta, Ga. Mch 14, 1865 . (Born in Washington County,
Ga. in 1834.)
Watkins, Fabian A.- private March 4, 1862 . Captured at Fort
Steadman, Va. March 25,1865 . Released June 22, 1865 . (Born
in Ga. in 1842.)
Welch, Allen H.- private July 1864 . On detail at Selma, Ala.,
transportating Federal prisoners, April 1865 . (Born in Ga.)
Welch, Asa F. See private Co. C.
Welch, John S.- See private Co. C.
Whiddon, David C.- private March 4, 1862 . Discharged, dis-
ability, June 25, 1862 . (Born in 1840.)
Whiddon, Franklin- private May 14, 1862 . Died while on
furlough in 1862 .
White, W. J.- private March 4,1862 . Died at Richmond, Va.
January 11,1863 . (Born in 1840.)