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November 1-Daniel R. Bize and Mary L. Harris ; 15, Bassil M. Conway and Mary Tillery ; 17, John H. Clegg and Martha A. Smith; 22, Rolf. S. Sanders and Martha C. Billing, Eli S. Langford and Dorcas A. Gilpin ; 27, William B. Screws and Mary P. Culbertson.
December 4-Thos. J. Hammock and Maria J. Spurlin, Aaron C. Trotman and Anna E. Birdsong; 6, Aaron Land and Angia Lokey ; 12, Isaac A. Mooney and Hattie M. Jackson ; 13, James M. Crockett and Elizabeth Hill ; 17, Levi D. Philips and Margaret S. Williams ; 20, Giles T. Williams and Anna A. Brown ; 24, Abel Smith and Thirza B. Kirvin; 25, John Kelly and Frances Page, Wm. H. D. Cram and Emily C. Giddings; 28, John L. Pickett and Mary Crockett ; 30, Joseph Land and Frances Lokey ; 31, Calvin Duffield and Henrietta Russell.
DEATHS.
January 4-Child of Mr. Garrard, Powell Robinson, Mr. McArdle , 11, Mr. McGee; 12, child of Mr. Matheson, child of Mr. Horn, child of Mr. Duffy ; 15, Mrs. Brith, Mr. Storckel, Isaac M. Ralls, child of Mr. Wynne, child of Mr. Needham, child of Mr. Horn ; 16, Mr. Watts ; 18, child of Mr. Duffy, Mrs. V. Grice, Mr. Dixon, child of Mr. Booher, Mr. Bright ; 24, child of Mr- Treadwell; 27, Blake Robinson; 29, Hampton Horton, child of Mr. Grant.
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WARMLY CONTESTED MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
February 2-James Ligon, Samuel Hall, child of Mr. Bric ?: 18, child of Mr. Copeland, H. Hurd, William Daniel, Amanda V. Williford, child of Mr. Silver, Patrick Murphy, child of Mr. Sherly, child of A. Picket, ; 25, child of J. B. Starker, child of Mr. Sherman, Mr. Kennedy, child of Mrs. McArdel.
March 6-Child of A. Brannon, child of Mr. Matheson, Mr. Britton, child of Mr. Hunt, child of H. Nance; 10, child of Mr. Martin. Mrs. B. Walker, William Connor, child of Mr. Hicks ; 13, child of Mr. Cadmun, Mr. McCairn, Mrs. Thomas ; 16, child of Mrs. Bonds, Miss Peabody ; 17, Lucinda Britt, Wm. McMichael ; 18, Emily Coursey, Mr. Mattox.
No reports published for the months intervening between above and the following months :
October 12-Child of Mr. Boyd, child of Mr. Preer; 14, child of Mrs. Delonaugh; 19, child of Mr. Bailey ; 20, Leonard Black, Mr. Raiford, Jasper Preer ; 25, Mr. Talbot, child of John O'Bryan; 28, child of Jesse Bradford, child of Mr. Bivin.
November 1- Child of Mrs. Emily Moottey ; 6, Neil Fulgham; child of Mr. Hall; 7, Harvy Nance ; 14, Mr. Paine, child of Mrs. Cooper ; 18, Hen- rietta Wood, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Bumbush; 19, child of James Smith, child of Mrs. Robison.
(FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.)
April 30-Henry Epping, infant son of S. H. Hill.
May 4-Carolina Lucy, child of L. T. Downing ; 7, Victoria Core, infant child of J. W. King ; - , James Redd, Jr. ; - , Rev. Wm. H. Grace.
June 19-Yelverton, son of John W. King; 27, Mrs. Sarah Ann, wife of Thomas Ragland ; 28, Mrs. Martha Irene Abbott.
July 4-Sallie Georgia, daughter of Van Marcus; 9, Mrs. Juliana Hulen ; 11, Mrs. Nian W. Chalfant ; - ,Samuel J. Hicks; - , Isaac T. Cary ; 26, Dr. Gilbert Reese.
August 1-Eula, infant daughter of Hatch Cook ; 24, L. W. Pryor.
September 5-(near Pine Knot Springs) Thomas, son of Thomas De Wolf ; 15, George Van Doren, infant son of James A. Girdner ; 24, Charles Henry, infant son of J. H. Weeks.
October 11-Mrs. Mary Lamar.
November 30-Benjamin H. Hurt ; - , H. Bishop.
December 18-B. Y. Martin.
1861.
ยท First Year of the War-Military Companies.
The election for municipal officers, on the second Saturday in December last, was contested in a lively manner. There were four candidates for Mayor-D. B. Thompson, F. G. Wil-
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POLITICAL EXCITEMENT-CONVENTION, ETC.
kins, W. N. Hutchins and William Perry. The vote stood- Thompson 300, Wilkins 281, Hutchins 186, Perry 140. The following gentlemen were elected Aldermen: 1st Ward, G. W. Dillingham, T. S. Spear ; 2d, J. F. Bozeman, F. C. John- son ; 3d, J. Hazleton, T. O. Douglass ; 4th, John Ligon, W. L. Salisbury ; 5th, E. Croft, Van Marcus ; 6th, George Stein, J. M. Bivins. James M. Hughes was elected Marshal; Geo. A. Huckeba, Deputy Marshal ; George W. Jones, Clerk of Council; Jas. D. Johnson, Treasurer; H. M. Harris, Sexton.
Council elected John Peabody, City Attorney; Joseph E. Webster, Wharfinger; C. F. Neuffer, Magazine Keeper ; Mrs. Isabella McGehee, Hospital Keeper ; - Jordan, Bridge Keeper; W. R. Jones, Clerk of the Market; Times, City Printer ; A. Ingmire, James M. Everett, W. S. Holstead, Jas. M. Denson and Sam'l Law, Port Wardens. Health Officers- Dr. Flewellen, B. F. Coleman, A. O. Blackmar, Dr. Baird, J. Kyle, T. H. Sloan, R. W. Denton, Hatch Cook, Joseph Drum- right, James Kivlin, John Seeley, D. S. Porter.
The political excitement caused by the election of Lincoln as President continued and increased. The Georgia Legisla- ture had called a State Convention to consider the question of Secession, and had appointed the 2d of January as the day for the election of delegates. The two parties in Georgia were the immediate Secessionists and the Co-Operationists. The former nominated Hon. H. L. Benning, Jas. N. Ramsey, Esq., and A. S. Rutherford as their candidates for delegates for Muscogee ; the Co-Operationists nominated Hon. Hines Holt, N. L. Howard and Porter Ingram, Esqrs. The Seces- sion ticket was elected by a vote of 944 to 459. Notwith- standing the great excitement and the vast importance of the issue, the vote of the county was two hundred short of that cast at the Presidential election in November previous.
The several Military Companies of Columbus were among the first to signify to Gov. Brown their readiness to respond to any call for the defence of the State. This they did before Georgia had seceded.
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LEAVING OF THE FIRST MILITARY COMPANY.
The Georgia State Convention passed the ordinance of Se- cession on the 19th of January, and on the night of the 21st Columbus was brilliantly illuminated in honor of the event. Cannons were fired, a great torchlight procession, with trans- parencies and banners, paraded the streets; the Military Companies of the city then organized-viz: the Columbus Guards, City Light Guards, Georgia Grays, Muscogee Mount- ed Rangers, and company D of the Southern Guard, also Fire Company No. 5, which had assumed a military character, participated in uniform. The illumination was general and the whole display was a very imposing and inspiring one.
The "Muscogee Mounted Rangers," a new military compa- ny raised by Col. John A. Strother, in view of the probability of a war between the States, was organized, in February.
A Board of Trade was organized in Columbus on the 29th of March, by the election of the following officers: President, R. M. Gunby ; Vice President, H. S. Estes ; Secretary, Geo. W. Dillingham.
All of the organized military companies of Columbus were prompt to tender their services to the support of the cause of the Confederacy. The first one called out was Company "D" of the Southern Guard, Captain Wilkins. It was called out by Governor Brown, in response to a requisition by Presi- dent Davis for two thousand Georgia Troops. This company left Columbus, to rendezvous at Macon, on the first of April. The following is a list of officers and members of the com- pany, made out a day or two before its departure. It receiv- ed several recruits afterwards :
COMPANY " D," SOUTHERN GUARD.
Captain-F. G. Wilkins. Lieutenants-1st, James N. Ramsey ; 2d, Geo. W. Atkinson ; 3d, W. R. Turman. Sergeants-1st, Lawrence W. Wall ; 2d, James W. Dennis ; 3d, James M. Wiley ; 4th, James J. Lovelace ; 5th, Chas. H. Althiser. Corporals-1st, Peter Key; 2d, Thomas Sweet ; 3d, Wm. H. Thompson ; 4th, M. G. Watson.
Privates-William F. Allen, Wilkins Brooks, Reason Banks, Wm. H. Bry- ant, Chas. W. Baker, Frank Bussey, John Barker, Wm. Baker, James Clegg, Wm. Benton, Robert H. Clinton, Frank Collier, Luke Conly, George W. Cooper, Seaborn Cook, Junius Currence, Burwell M. Denson, Richard
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COLUMBUS GUARDS.
Deshaser, Christopher Edwards, Stephen Etchinson, Patrick Foran, J. E. Flynn, Nath. C. Ferguson, William L. Foyle, Jno. Fletcher, Wm. Hall, Moses Hall, James Henderson, John P. Hellings, Jos. B. Hagans, Wm. Holstead, Seaborn L. Jones, Randolph Key, Drewry A. Lawrence, Mat. Murphy, James McElrath, George Magnus, Richard Massey, John C. McCurdy, Milton Malone, Alex. McDaniel, Leva D. Matthews, James H. Nix, Vincent Ogletree, Levi D. Phelps, David Purcell, John Chappel Reese, Aug. B. Ridenhour, T. J. Smith, Lewis Simmons, Jason T. Smith, Thos. Sturdevant, John W. Seats, Isaac. Smith, Geo. F. Taylor, J. W. Tucker, Jeptha Wiggins, James Wood, Jacob P. White, Clayton Wilson, Leonard H. Young, A. P. Sanderland, James Lynah, James P. Lawrence-61.
This company was at Macon incorporated into the First Georgia Regiment, of which 1st Lieutenant James N. Ramsey was elected Colonel. The regiment passed through Columbus in a few days after its organization, en route for Pensacola.
COLUMBUS GUARDS.
Capt. P. J. Semmes having been appointed a Brigadier General by Governor Brown, resigned his position as Captain of the Columbus Guards, and on the 15th of April Lieut. Roswell Ellis was elected Captain of that com- pany; W. C. Hodges, 1st Lieut., W. G. Clemons, 2d, and J. M. Everett, 3d. This company left Columbus on the 16th of April for Savannah, the place of rendezvous, with 112 men rank and file ... It was there made Company G of Second Georgia Regiment, of which P. J. Semme's was elected Colo- nel. After a short service on Tybee island, it was ordered to Brunswick, Ga., and thence in July, 1861, to Virginia. The following account of the services of this company dur- ing the war, and list of its members and casualties at vari- ous times, we copy from Haddock's Directory of Columbus : This company furnished from among its privates more officers than any other Company, some of them rising to the position of Colonels. In Vir- ginia they were attached to Toombs' Georgia Brigade. They participated in the following engagements, besides numerous skirmishes :
April 16, 1862, siege of Yorktown; June 27, 1862, Garnet's Farm; July 1, 1862, Malvern Hill; Aug. 29, 1862, Thoroughfare Gap; Aug. 30, 1862, Second Manassas; Sept. 17, 1862, Sharpsburg; Dec. 13, 1862, Fredericksburg; May 3, 1863, Siege of Suffolk; July 2 and 3, 1863, Gettysburg; July 25, 1863, Thornton River; Sept. 19, 20, 1863, Chickamauga; Oct. 28, 1863, Lookout Valley; Nov. 16, 1863, Campbell's Station; Nov. 18 to 30, 1863, siege of Knox- ville ; Dec. 14, 1863, Bean Station; Jan. 17, 1864, Dandridge; May 6, 1864,
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OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OF COLUMBUS GUARDS.
Wilderness ; May 8th to 14th, 1864, Spottsylvania ; May 23 to 26, 1864, Han- over Junction ; May 28th to 30th, 1864, Totopotomy; June 1st to 6th, 1864, Second Cold Harbor; June 17, 1864, Bermuda Hundreds; June 18th to 30th, 1864, siege of Petersburg ; Aug. 14, 1864, Deep Bottom; Aug. 16, 1864, Fus- sell's Mills; Sept. 29, 1864, Fort Gilmer ; Sept. 30, 1864, Fort Harrison ; Oct. 7, 1864, Darbytown ; Oct. 13, 1864, Darbytown Road; April 2, 1865, Peters- burg ; April 9, 1865, Appomattox.
When the war closed, they were few in numbers, most of them having been killed, or died in the service of their country.
Officers :- Capt. Paul J. Semmes, elected Col. 2d Ga., May, '61, promoted Brigadier General December, '61, died from wounds received at Gettysburg, July, 1863.
Roswell Ellis, 1st Lieutenant, promoted Captain May, 1861, and Adjutant General of Brigade December, 1863.
W. C. Hodges, 2d Lieutenant, promoted 1st Lieutenant, May, 1861, and Lieutenant Colonel 17th Georgia, and subsequently Colonel.
W. G. Clemons, 3d Lieutenant, promoted Adjutant, April, 1862, and Major Cumming's Brigade, March, 1863.
J. M. Everett, 4th Lieutenant, promoted 3d Lieutenant May, 1861, and died in Columbus, summer 1863.
J. S. Allen, jr., 1st Sergeant, promoted to Lieutenant, 1862, and Adjutant 2d Georgia.
J. M. Denson, 2d Sergeant. promoted 1st Lieutenant.
Van Marcus, 3d Sergeant, transferred to Quarter Master. Department, Columbus.
R. Potter, 4th Sergeant, promoted Lieutenant and killed at Malvern Hill.
J. D. Carter, jr., 1st Corporal.
Wm. Redd, 2d Corporal, transferred and promoted Lieutenant and Ad- jutant.
J. R. Sanders, 3d Corporal, promoted Sergeant.
T. Chaffin, jr., 4th Corporal, promoted Captain, April, 1862.
Rev. J. H. DeVotie, Chaplain.
Privates : - J. C. Apple; S. R. Andrews, jr., transferred to artil- lery; W. L. Anderson, G. H. Abercrombie; Wiley Abercrombie, promoted Sergeant Major of Regiment to Gen. Canty's Brigade ; O. S. Acee, A. E. Acee ; W. A. Barden, promoted Lieutenant Colonel; T. M. Bar- nard; J. F. Birch, promoted Lieutenant, killed at the Crater, Petersburg, 1864 ; John Ballard, died near Richmond; J. J. Bradford, transferred and promoted Major 37th Georgia; P. S. Bradford, transferred and promoted Lieutenant Co. B, 37th Georgia; W. Banks, killed at Atlanta, July, 1864 ; E. Banks, killed at Resaca, July, 1864; E. B. Briggs, promoted Sergeant Major and Captain and aid to Gen. Semmes; C. A. Bailey, killed at Gettys- burg, July, 1863; Wm. K. Bedell, J. G. Blalock, J. R. Bedell; H. B. Beech- er, Sergeant Major, 2d Georgia; T. E. Blanchard, promoted Captain and transferred to Co. B, 37th Georgia; T. M. Beasley, promoted Lieutenant ;
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LIST OF PRIVATES.
D. B. Booher, promoted Lieutenant and killed at Crater, Petersburg, 1864 ; Jos. D. Bethune, transferred to Nelson Rangers; John G. Bethune; Wm. A. Brown, transferred to Nelson Rangers; W. B. Butt, transferred to Nelson Rangers; R. A. Bacon; A. A. Coleman, transferred to Telegraph Depart- ment; C. Coleman, transferred and appointed drill officer; T. G. Coleman ; T. M. Carter, transferred to Nelson Rangers; A. A. Calhoun, transferred to Nelson Rangers ; J. C. Calhoun, promoted to Captain and Ass't Q. M. ; J. A. Cody, transferred and promoted Captain on Gen. Cumming's staff; J. J. Clapp, O. Cromwell; W. G. Croft, transferred and promoted Lieutenant artillery; J. H. Crowell, transferred and promoted Captain; W. S. Davis, transferred and promoted Lieutenant, killed at Spottsylvania; A. B. Davis ; R. A. Daniel, transferred to Nelson Rangers; S. M. Dixon; B. H. Dixon, died in Richmond, Va., 1861; J. G. DeVotie; G. W. Dillingham, promoted Capt., and transferred to Commisary Department, 1863; D. T. Dawson; M. D. Doney, died in Columbus, 1864; James Dubose, J. A. Dunn ; Robert En- derman, died from wounds received at Chickamauga; J. A. Fogle ; T. T. Fo- gle, promoted Lieutenant and killed in battle Wilderness; W. F. Fergusson ; J. L. Girdner, transferred and promoted Lieutenant; H. H. Hall, W. F. Hall, J. C. Hogan; W. R. Houghton, promoted O. Sgt .; R. N. Howard, transferred and promoted Lieutenant; R. M. Howard, J. T. Howard, A. Harris, J. W. Hughes ; B. H. Hudson, transferred and promoted Lieutenant ; D. C. Henry died in 1863; B. H. Holt, promoted Lieutenant Colonel; J. H. Hicks; W. N. Hawks, Jr., transferred; W. N. Hutchins, transferred, promoted Captain and killed at Chickamauga ; Harris Johnson, killed at Wilderness; Arthur Ingmire, acting Q. M. of. Company ; J. T. Johnson, transferred, promoted and killed at Wil- derness; L. Q. Johnson ; W. E. Jones, Jr., promoted Sergeant, May, 1861 ; Boykin Jones ; W. Jones ; S. L. Jones, transferred to navy and promoted Midshipman ; J. E. King ; W. D. Kyle, transferred and promoted Captain ; B. C. Luckie ; E. M. Luckie ; J. L. Lindsay ; J. B. Lindsay ; James R. Lively'; W. M. Moses; Allen Matthews; M. J. Moses, transferred and appointed Surgeon ; T. H. Muse, killed at Gettysburg ; W. A. McDougald, transferred and promoted to Lieutenant; W. A. Martiniere, trans- ferred to Nelson Rangers ; J. R. Munn, died 1861; G. W. Mays, promoted Lieut. and killed at Gettysburg; Etter Martin ; C. McBride ; T. J. Nuckolls, transferred and promoted Lieutenant ; J. S. Owens, promoted Lieutenant in Nelson Rangers ; W. T. Patterson, promoted Lieutenant and killed at .Chickamauga ; R. C. Pope ; J. C. Perry, died 1861; W. H. Perrine ; G. H. Peabody ; T. G. Paine; J. T. Park, transferred and promoted Lieutenant; S. R. Pitts, transferred and promoted Lieut .; George Phelps ; T. F. Ridenhour ; N. L. Redd, promoted Lieutenant; Wm. Redd, promoted Lieutenant ; J. K. Redd, Jr., promoted aid to General Semmes, raised a Company and was Captain, killed near Petersburg, 1864; N. B. Roberts; G. G. Ragland, transferred and made Captain Nelson Rangers ; A. E. Ragland, transfer- red and promoted Captain .; O. S. Ragland, transferred and promoted Lieutenant ; G. G. Rucker ; Z. C. Rucker, R. M. Rutherford, transferred and promoted ; A. H. Rutherford, transferred and promoted ; C. R. Russell, transferred to Company K., promoted Captain 1861; E. S. Shorter, transferred and promoted ; L. G. Schues- sler ; C. V. Smith, transferred and promoted in Wheeler's Cavalry ; J. H. Sanders ; J. H. Slade, killed at Sharpsburg ; W. S. Shepherd, transferred, promoted Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel; E. G. Stewart, promoted Lieutenant and Adjutant ; I. C.
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CITY LIGHT GUARDS.
Spivey, killed at Sharpsburg ; D. C. Seymour, transferred and promoted Captain ; W. Walker, transferred; J. A. Weems ; David Ware, transferred and promoted Lieutenant ; M. W. Wooten ; C. H. Williams, transferred to Ist Ga .; M. A. Wil- liams, transferred to Nelson Rangers ; John Wise ; A. C. Wingfield, transferred ; J. H. Ware, transferred and promoted Lieutenant, killed at Mechanicsville; Wm. A. Young, transferred.
The following is a list of the members of Columbus Guards present at the final surrender of the army by Gen. R. E. Lee, at Appomattox Court House :
Thomas Chaffin, Jr., Captain; Eugene Stewart, Lieutenant. W. R. Houghton ; J. C. DuBose ; W. L. Anderson ; T. G. Coleman ; Martin Etter ; J. G. Blaylock ; W. F. Hall ; G. G. Rucker; G. W. Dillingham ; John O. Payne ; W. M. Moses.
In June, 1873, the company re-organized and received arms from the State, and are now well drilled and in good discipline. The officers elected on its re-organization were: W. S. Shepherd, Captain ; Chas. H. Williams, Ist Lieutenant ; Wm. N. Hawks, 2d Lieutenant; Thos. W. Grimes, 3d Lieu- tenant; Cliff. B. Grimes, 4th Lieutenant. At the present time (1875) the following are the commissioned officers: W. S. Shepherd, Captain; T. W. Grimes, 1st Lieutenant; Cliff. B. Grimes, 2d; J. J. Clapp, 3d.
HOME GUARD.
About the middle of April, a large company called the Home Guard, composed of men from 45 to 70 years of age, was formed, and organized by the election of R. A. Ware, Captain; John A. Urquhart, 1st Lieutenant ; Hines Holt, 2d Lieutenant ; J. J. McKendree, 3d Lieutenant ; J. M. Hughes, 1st Sergeant. This company numbered upwards of 90 mem- bers.
CITY LIGHT GUARDS.
The City Light Guards were the next Columbus company called into active service. They were ordered to report at Norfolk, Va., and left for that place on the 20th of April. The following muster-roll and war-record of this company are also copied from Haddock's Directory :
Enlisted in the Southern Cause, April 19th, 1861, and were sent to Norfolk, Va., while the Navy Yard was still burning. At Norfolk they became a part of 2d Georgia Battalion of Infantry, and on the 20th of May, 1861, were engaged from battery at Sewell's Point with the enemy's vessels, Star of the West and Steam Tug, carrying cannon. In this, the first engagement in Virginia, they succeeded in disabling and driving off the vessels. Remaining at Norfolk eleven months, they were ordered to Goldsboro, and afterwards to Wilmington, North Carolina. Here they were re-organized. May, 1862, by the election of Lieutenant C. J. Moffett, Cap- tain, and were ordered to Petersburg, Va., from that time becoming part of the
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CITY LIGHT GUARDS.
Great Army of Northern Virginia, taking part in the battles around Richmond, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Gettysburg, Petersburg, Farmville, &c., suffering severely in every campaign, and finally surrendered with Gen. R. E. Lee, at the fatal Appomattox Court House, the first and only time the Company was surrendered during the entire war between the States. The members of this Company having gained an enviable reputation in the service of their country, when the smoke of battle was over returned with equal energy to the quiet pursuits of life, and are all to-day active, useful members of society, endeavoring to place themselves and section in their former condition of prosperity.
P. H. Colquitt, Captain afterwards Colonel of 46th Ga. Reg. Ist Infantry, and kill- ed at Chickamauga. Charles J. Moffett, Ist Lieutenant, elected Captain at the re-organization in 1862, promoted to Major 2d Ga. Battalion Infantry after battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. J. A. Shingleur, 2d Lieutenant, in 1862 went upon staff of Gen. S. G. French, afterwards promoted to Major on staff. F. S. Chapman, 2d Lieutenant, resigned 1861, raised a Company and joined Georgia Regiment. H. M. Sapp, elected Ist Lieutenant at re- organization May,1862, and subsequently Captain. R. B. Lockhart, ensign. Rev. Thos. H. Jordan, Chaplain ; V. H. Taliaferro, surgeon. W. H. Williams, Ist Sergeant, promoted Brevt. 2d Lieutenant, May, 1861; A. M. Luria, 2d Sergeant, promoted Lieutenant, and killed at battle Seven Pines, June, 1862 ; E. V. White, 3d Sergeant, promoted to engineer on Steamer Merrimac; W. D. Mathews, Corporal ; J. J. McKendree, Jr., Corporal. John Cook, Quartermaster, discharged from disability. Geo. B. Young, Commissary, promoted Lieutenant of Artillery, December, 1861.
PRIVATES-S. W. Alexander, transferred ; R. Bugg ; H. Brown, killed at Chan- cellorsville, May, 1863 ; J. G. Brown, transferred; E. L. Bailey, killed near Gettys- burg, July, 1863; Scott Bussey, died in Richmond, December, 1862 ; G. M. Bryan, transferred ; R. A. Chambers, promoted Adjutant 2d Ga. Battalion, afterwards Captain General Canty's staff; Henry W. Chapman; James Cargill, wounded at Petersburg, June 1864. O. C. Cleveland, James J. Carnes ; H. H. Colquitt, pro- moted to Lieutenant, General Colquitt's staff; C. C. Dunn, killed at Petersburg, June, 1864 ; T. L. Devore, discharged from disability, December, 1861; G. W. Doles; Mark Daily, detailed to Q. M. department; T. Deaton, killed at Gettysburg, July, 1863; T. T. Edmunds; Z. M. Estes, transferred to Q. M. department, Richmond; J. S. Esler, transferred to Q. M. department, Richmond; W. S. Freeman. transferred to cavalry and promoted Sergeant; Jas. Fricker, Thomas J. Garrison, E. Goldman, J. D. Godwin; S. Lowther, wounded at Petersburg, June 1863; J. H. Loeb; C. C. McGehee, transferred to Q. M. department, Columbus; M. Metzga, discharged by substitution; E. McDonald, discharged from disability; W. W. Martin; Z. N. Mayo, died since war; W. McKendree; J. B. O'Neil, killed at Fredericksburg, December, 1861; Wm. Nesbitt transferred to Ala. Regiment; J. B. Oliver, transferred to Q. M. department, Columbus; J. T. Odom, missing; Albert Porter, discharged; R. Z. Rucker; W. S. Robinson, promoted to Adjutant 2d Ga. Battalion; J. J. Reese, J. P. Ryan, discharged from wounds at Gettysburg; M. Riley; W. C. Seats, discharged; P. T. Schley, Jr .; Ed. B. Schley, detailed to surgeon department; G. P. Shepper- son, missing; L. C. Strong, discharged from disability; Isaac Sterne; R. Sheridan; C. A. Shivers, transferred to Signal corps; G. E. Thomas, promoted to Ordnance Sergeant, department Petersburg; H. M. L. Torbett, promoted Sergeant; C. F. Taliaferro, discharged from disability; V. H. Taliaferro, promoted to surgeon 2d Ga. Battalion, May, 1861, and Colonel of Cavalry, 1862; M. Thweatt, discharged; S. T. Thweatt, died in Richmond, December, 1864; W. J. Underwood, transferred; D. D.
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GEORGIA GRAYS.
Updegraff; W. C. Vincent, transferred; E. P. Wagner, killed at Culpepper C. H., August, 1863; T. Waldren, transferred to signal corps; W. R. Wilkerson; A. M. Kimbrough, promoted 2d Leutenant, died Jan'y, 1865; G. J. Peacock, promoted 2d Lieutenant, March, 1863; W. J. Mims; A. Young, promoted Captain of Artillery, 1861; J. Adams. discharged from disability, since dead ; - Sullivan, transferred to artillery, killed ; Henry Henes, transferred to scout duty, died since the war ; W. J. Alston ; J. C. Brown ; J. C. Calhoun ; James Davis ; H. Fields; B. E. Ledbetter ; George Stovall ; D. Saxon ; L. A. Roberts; R. Johnson ; James Williams ; -- Huff; C. C. Shepperson, promoted Sergeant; B. S. Shepperson ; W. H. Mims ; Thos. D. Threwitts, died since the war.
The following were the members present at the surrender of Gen. R. E. Lee, 9th April, 1865 :
Maj. C. J. Moffett, commanding 2d Georgia Battalion ; G. J. Peacock, Lieutenant commanding ; H. M. L. Torbet, 3d Sergeant ; J. P. Parker, 3d Corporal.
PRIVATES -- Chas. E. Booher, Thos. F. Brown, James J. Carnes, H. W. Chapman, John M. Coleman, George W. Doles, P. J. Golden, Thomas M. Golden, George W. Henderson, J. E. Jenkins, B. E. Johnston, Grigsby T. Long, Uriah P. Mitchell, Wesley A. Oliver, Ben. S. Shepperson, George W. Stovall, Charlton Thompson, W. R. Wilkerson.
In 1872 the company re-organized, and elected the following officers : Captain, C. J. Moffett ; W. H. Williams, Ist Lieutenant; G. J. Peacock. 2d Lieutenant ; F. L. Brooks, 2d Brev. Lieut. At the present writing (1875) the following are the com- missioned officers : W. A. Little. Captain ; F. L. Brooks, Ist Lieutenant ; A. W. Brantley, 2d Lieutenant ; John C. Cheney, 2d Brevet Lieutenant.
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