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CIVIL WAR FOR MURRAY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES
Co. C, 39th Infantry Regiment Georgia. "The Wells Guards"
Roster Co C, 39th Infantry Regiment
Whitfield COUNTY GA Military Civil War Roster Co C 39th Regiment
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Company C, 39th Regiment
Whitfield County
"The Wells Guards"
Date of enlistment of this company given also as March 10, 1862.
Alexander, Frank C. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Wounded
at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. In
Ladies' Hospital at Montgomery, Alabama November 15,
1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,
1865.
Beavers, Spencer G. -- 2nd Corporal - July 1, 1862.
Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 8, 1863. Wounded at Missionary Ridge,
Tennessee November 25, 1863. Appointed 1st Corporal in
1864. Killed at Bentonville, North Carolina March 18,
1865.
Black, John F. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Deserted.
Captured in Whitfield County, Georgia September 1864.
Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at
Chattanooga, Tennessee, and released to remain north of
Ohio River during war, September 16, 1864.
Black, Thomas H. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Appointed
Corporal. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Appears last on
roll dated January 18, 1864.
Bowman, E. J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Wounded at
Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
Bowman, William A. J., Jr. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Killed at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
Bowman, William, Sr. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Wounded
and captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
Paroled May 27, 1863. Roll dated April 30, 1864, last on
file, shows him "Absent, wounded, returned since time of
muster." No later record.
Box, William B. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Died
February 10, 1863.
Brandrick -- See Broadnic.
Bridges, John H. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 16, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file,
shows him present. Pension records show that he
surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
(Died at Tunnel Hill, Georgia January 29, 1915.)
Bridges, William M. -- Enlisted as a private in Company
B, Phillips' Legion Georgia Infantry June 11, 1861.
Transferred to Company C, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry
November 10, 1862. Wounded, left arm broken below elbow,
resulting in permanent disability, at Jonesboro, Georgia
August 31, 1864. Sent to Forsyth, Georgia hospital.
Furloughed in five or six weeks to Greenville, South
Carolina Sent to disabled camp at Lauderdale, Mississippi
January 1, 1865. Discharged March 1, 1866. (Born in
Georgia)
Broadnic, Drury (or Brandrick) -- Private - March 10,
1862. Died at New Orleans, Lousiana, July 29 or 31, 1863.
Brotherton, James M. (or James W.) -- 1st Sergeant -
February 28, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant November 7,
1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16,
1863. Died of wounds May 19, 1863.
Brotherton, William H. -- 2nd Lieutenant - February 28,
1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant August 8, 1862; Regimental
A. C. S. September 5, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg,
Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 1863.
Roster dated November 29, 1864, shows he was discharged,
Special Order #71, date not stated.
See NOTES below on Brotherton brothers:
Cady, William J. V. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Killed
at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
Caldwell, David L. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured
at Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864. Released at Camp Morton,
Indiana, May 18, 1865.
Cantrell, Jeremiah J. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Appointed Corporal. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi
July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Absent
without leave July 28-October 31, 1863.
Cardin, A. W. -- Private - May 20, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Appears last on roll for January 13, 1864.
No later record.
Cardin, Andrew J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Deserted
in 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at
Chattanooga, Tennessee February 25, 1864.
Cardin, C. H. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Cardin, Russell S. -- Private - May 20, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released
February 25, 1864.
Carter, Caleb A. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Received
$50 for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later record.
Chastain, A. M. -- Private - October 1, 1862. Roll for
April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.
Clarke, J. F. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Compton, John J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Left sick
in Kentucky October 1862. Captured in 1862. Union
prisoner of war records show he was sent from Lexington,
Kentucky to Louisville, Kentucky October 23, 1862, and
was received near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on board
Steamer Maria Denning, November 15, 1862. No later
record.
Creekmore, Jesse C. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Dake, J. E. J. (or Deck) -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Wounded at Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Died in
Macon, Georgia hospital.
Dannigan, Ezekiel J. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at
Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March 2, 1864.
Dantzler, Addison P. -- Private - April 26, 1862.
Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last
on file, shows him present. No later record.
Dantzler, James N. -- Appointed 5th Sergeant of Company
F, 10th Regiment Georgia State Troops January 29, 1862.
Mustered out in 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company C,
39th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1862. Died at
Vicksburg, Mississippi May 29, 1863.
Deck, Leonard J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Died of
measles April or May 1862.
Dillard, T. P. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Appointed 2nd
Corporal August 31, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro,
North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Faith, James A. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file,
shows him present. No later record.
Faith, Samuel A. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Ferrell, Benjamin F. (or Farrell) -- 4th Corporal -
February 28, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Appears also
on rolls of Company D.
Ferrell, Charles A. (or Farrell) -- Private - March 10,
1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26,
1865. Appears also on rolls of Company D.
Ferrell, D. T. (or Farrell) -- Private - August 24, 1862.
Died at home April 12, 1864.
Fielder, John G. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Absent without leave July 1863-January 13,
1864. No later record.
Ford, Timothy -- Captain - February 28, 1862. Dropped
from rolls March 8, 1863.
Fraker, Caleb S. -- 4th Sergeant - February 28, 1862.
Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 8, 1863. Captured August 1863. Roll
dated January 13, 1864, shows him "Absent in hands of
enemy since August 1863." No later record.
Fraker, G. D. M. -- Private - March 17, 1864. Surrendered
at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Appears
also on rolls of Company D.
Fraker, John A. M. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Fraker, William M. H. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Captured at McDonough, Georgia September 5, 1864.
Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois, June 17, 1865.
Freeman, William H. C. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 31, 1864; 1st Lieutenant.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Glover, Eli J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Sent to
Strawberry Plains, Tennessee hospital July 16, 1862. No
later record.
Glover, James N. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Received
$50 bounty March 28, 1862.
Gray, R. W. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Griffin, Allen A. -- Private. Captured in Whitfield
County, Georgia Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and released to
remain north of Ohio River during war, May 27, 1864.
Griffin, Edward -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Griffin, William -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file,
shows him present. No later record.
Hair, George W. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
McDonough, Georgia September 5, 1864. Released at Camp
Douglas, Illinois, June 17, 1865.
Hammontree, Edward A. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 8 1863. Roll dated April 30, 1864,
last on file, shows him "Absent, at home sick, without
leave since October 20, 1863." No later record.
Haynes, Charles G. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured
at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. On furlough March 22-April 30, 1864. No
later record.
Haynes, J. M. -- Private - March 17, 1864. Deserted. Took
oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga,
Tennessee, and released to remain north of Ohio River
during war, March 11. 1865.
Hayward, C. G. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Head, Isaac N. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Appointed 4th
Corporal September 1863; 3rd Corporal in 1864. Wounded at
Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Died of wounds in
1864.
Head, John C. (#1) -- Private - March 10, 1862. Appointed
Corporal. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi November 24,
1862.
Head, John C. (#2) -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured in
1862. Paroled November 15, 1862. Wounded through right
lung at Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Admitted to
Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Georgia, with flesh wound
apex right lung, passing out under axilla, September 26,
1864. Left at Decatur, Alabama, being unfit to travel,
December 1864. On detail with 3rd Regiment Confederate
Cavalry. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia, May 12,.1865.
(Born in Georgia in 1845. Died in Polk County, Georgia
January 20, 1929.)
Herndon, John F. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Deserted.
Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at
Chattanooga, Tennessee June 24, 1864, and released at
Louisville, Kentucky July 1864.
Herndon, T. D. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Herndon, William -- Private - March 10, 1862. Received
$50 bounty for reenlisting March 28, 1862. No later
record.
Hill, Alexander C. -- 3rd Sergeant - February 28, 1862.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 14, 1862; 1st Lieutenant
March 8, 1863. Killed at Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864.
Hill, Edward M. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Hill, Marion W. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Appointed 4th Sergeant September 1863; 3rd
Sergeant in 1864; Regimental Ensign April 25, 1864,
remarks: "Color bearer for regiment for past 12 months."
No later record.
Hix, B. K. -- Private - March 21, 1863. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
November 25, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North
Carolina April 26, 1865.
Hix, J. B. -- Private - July 14, 1862. Transferred to
Company A, 10th Regiment Confederate Cavalry December 10,
1863. Roll for June 30, 1864, last on file, shows him
present. No later record.
Holly, John B. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Deserted.
Captured in Gordon County, Georgia, a Confederate
deserter, in 1864. Sent to Louisville, Kentucky, where he
took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government, and was
released to remain north of Ohio River during war, July
18, 1864.
Houston, David S. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Died at
Knoxville, Tennessee April 15, 1862.
Howell, Marion -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Appears last on roll for October 31, 1863.
Jackson, Jasper N. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Appointed
3rd Sergeant June 1863. Captured at Vicksburg,
Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863.
Appointed 2nd Sergeant September 1863; 1st Sergeant in
1864. Wounded at Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. Died
at Macon, Georgia October 1864. Buried there in Rose Hill
Cemetery.
Jewell, Addison T. -- 1st Corporal - February 28, 1862.
Killed at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863.
Jewell, Marshall C. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Died of
measles at Bridgeport, Alabama April 29, 1862.
Jones, John R. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Killed at
Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
Jones, Thomas M. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863. Delivered among sick
and wounded soldiers at Mobile, Alabama, to Confederate
authorities after parole at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July
8, 1863. Roll dated April 30, 1864, last on file, shows
him "Absent, at home, sick since July 28, 1863, without
leave."
Jones, William -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Nashville, Tennessee December 31, 1864.
Keown, Milton J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Killed at
Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
Lane, Gideon T. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Lavender, Hardee B. (or Hardy B.) -- Private - March 10,
1862. Died of measles at Chattanooga, Tennessee April 24
or 27, 1862.
Lloyd, Benjamin -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863 Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
November 25, 1863. Roll dated April 30, 1864, last on
file, shows him "Absent, at home from wounds since
November 26, 1863, without leave."
Longley, Jasper -- Private - March 10, 1862. Surrendered
at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. Appears
also on rolls of Company D.
Longley, William J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured
at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file,
shows him present. No later record.
Malone, George Edward (or George W.) -- Private - March
10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Appointed 3rd
Corporal September 1863; 2nd Corporal in 1864. Killed at
Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864.
Manning, Marjaman -- 5th Sergeant - February 28, 1862.
Appointed 3rd Sergeant September 1863; 2nd Sergeant in
1864. Wounded at Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864, and
captured there September 20, 1864. Died of chronic
diarrhoea at Camp Douglas, Illinois, March 21, 1865.
Massengale, Ephraim -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Matheny, Green B. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Appointed
Corporal. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.
Matheny, Robert A. -- Musician - March 10, 1862. Killed
at Vicksburg, Mississippi June 7, 1863.
McAbee, James E. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Wounded,
date and place not given. Died of wounds at Macon,
Georgia August 30. 1864. Buried there in Rose Hill
Cemetery.
McArdle, James -- Private - March 10, 1862.
McCutchen, William P. (or William T.) -- Private - March
10, 1862. Captured in 1863. Paroled May 23, 1863. Roll
for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No
later record.
McHan, Augustus -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - February 28,
1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant September 5, 1862; Captain
March 8, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Roll for April 30,
1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.
McIntire, Felix -- Private - July 15, 1863. Transferred
to Company C, 52nd Regiment Georgia Infantry March 25,
1864. No later record.
McIntire, Frank -- Private - March 10, 1862. Surrendered
at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. Appears
also on rolls of Company D.
McKein, James -- Private - March 10, 1862. Deserted. Took
oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga,
Tennessee and released March 2, 1864.
McYork, Hugh -- Private - March 10, 1862. Absent without
leave July 31, 1862. No later record.
Mitchell, John F. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Died of
pleuro pneumonia at Chattanooga, Tennessee May 10, 1862.
Appears also on rolls of Company G.
Morris, Leander C. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Roll for
April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.
Neal, Robert P. -- Private - May 20, 1862. Elected Jr.
2nd Lieutenant June 11, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg,
Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant May 15, 1864. Wounded at
Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864. "Admitted to 2nd
Division Hospital 15th Army Corps, near Jonesboro,
Georgia, diagnosis, flesh wound middle third right thigh,
August 31, 1864, and left at Jonesboro, Georgia" No later
record.
Pepper, A. J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Pepper, John -- Private - March 10, 1862. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Plemmons, John M. -- Private - March 10, 1862. "Union
Prisoner of War records show him as a Confederate
deserter who voluntarily surrendered and took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee
June 8, 1865."
Plumer, J. W. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Absent without
leave October 1863.
Pollard, Joshua J. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Roll
dated April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent
without leave, at home sick since July 28, 1863."
Deserted in 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Louisville, Kentucky, and released to
remain north of Ohio River during war, May 31, 1864.
Pritchett, Anderson -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured
at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Paroled at
Fort Delaware, Delaware July 3, 1863. Exchanged July 4,
1863. Captured at McDonough, Georgia September 5, 1864.
Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois, June 17, 1865.
Queen, James M. -- Private - May 20, 1862. Wounded at
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. "A
Confederate deserter who took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Louisville, Kentucky May 30, 1864."
Queen, William J. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Redwine, James N. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Wounded at
Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Redwine, L. S. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Discharged
prior to 1863.
Roberts, Isaac M. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Roll for
April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.
Robinson, James A. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Received
$50 bounty March 28, 1862. No later record.
Routh, James C. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Appointed
1st Sergeant June 11, 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
April 11, 1864. Killed at Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864.
Seay, Alexander M. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Granted
certificate of disability by Medical Board at Dalton,
Georgia, date not shown, entitling him to discharge.
Unfit for service. No record of discharge found.
Certificate received at A. & I. G. O. May 17, 1862.
Senter, John F. -- 1st Lieutenant - February 28, 1862.
Died August 8, 1862.
Sloan, Robert B. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Wounded at
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. Captured
at McDonough, Georgia September 5, 1864. Released at Camp
Douglas, Illinois, June 17, 1865.
Small, George W. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Killed at
Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
Stone, James -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation,
at Jonesboro, Georgia August 31, 1864.
Strickland, Wilson -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Thompson, William -- Private - March 10, 1862. Deserted
March 1, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released March
2, 1864.
Thornton, Alexander N. -- Private - March 10, 1862.
Appointed Sergeant. Surrendered at Greensboro, North
Carolina April 26, 1865.
Vining, Cosby L. -- Private - March 10, 1862. On detached
service March 1, 1863-April 30, 1864. No later record.
Weaver, Andrew J. -- 2nd Sergeant - February 28, 1862.
Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
Paroled and left in hospital there. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant June 10, 1863. Resigned, having been elected
Tax Collector of Whitfield County, Georgia, March 21,
1864.
Whaley, Ambrose V. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured
at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 31, 1864. No
later record.
Whaley, John -- Private - March 10, 1862. Killed at
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863.
White, John -- Private - March 21, 1864. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Williams, Amos C. -- 3rd Corporal - February 28, 1862.
Absent without leave July 1863. Reduced to ranks July 31,
1863. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Chattanooga, Tennessee and released there
March 2, 1864.
Williams, William G. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Died
January 1, 1864.
Wilson, D. N. -- Private - July 15, 1863. Wounded at
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee November 25, 1863. Sick in
Atlanta, Georgia hospital April 21-30, 1864. Captured at
Macon, Georgia April 20-21, 1865.
Wilson, James K. W.- Enlisted as a private in Company C,
52nd Regiment Georgia Infantry December 15, 1862.
Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 1863. Exchanged October 8, 1863.
Transferred to Company C, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry
March 25, 1864. Captured at Cassville, Georgia May 26,
1864. Enlisted in U. S. Navy and transferred from Rock
Island, Illinois, June 10, 1864.
Wilson, Reuben -- Private - May 7, 1862. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.
Wright, Joseph P. -- Private - May 9, 1862. Appointed 1st
Sergeant May 1863. Killed at Vicksburg, Mississippi May
24, 1863.
ADDITIONAL NOTE:
http://specialcollections.library.emory.edu/guides-cw/battles.html
Vicksburg Campaign
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Vicksburg Campaign
Brotherton, Levi, 1810-1893 (MSS313)
Papers, 1832-1919; 142 items
Includes one letter from Levi's son James M. Brotherton
(d. 1863) discussing the fortification of Vicksburg,
Mississippi. See EUCLID record for a more detailed
collection description.
Brotherton, William H., 1839-1908 (MSS278)
Papers, 1862-1908; 2 folders, 1 oversized bound volume, 1 reel microfilm
enlisted in the Confederate Army (Georgia Infantry,
39th Regiment) with his brother, James, in 1862. The
brothers were in various military camps in east
Tennessee (1862), and participated in the siege of
Vicksburg, Mississippi (1863). James died of wounds
received at Baker's Creek (or Champion Hill),
Mississippi on May 19, 1863. William served in Georgia
until the close of the war and left the army as a
captain. The papers include correspondence from the
brothers to family members. See EUCLID record for a
more detailed collection description.
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