POLK COUNTY RANGERS

"I have wrought with my own hands this battle flag, which I take pleasure in presenting to you, and through you, to your gallant company.

While in your keeping, I feel assured that its motto, 'Liberty or Death', will ever be your watch-word, inspiring each and all of you to noble and heroic deeds of daring, which will render your names immortal.

Accept this flag and with it, the prayers and best wishes of the donor, for your health, happiness and triumphant success on every battle-field and when the bloody struggle is over, may you return, unharmed, to your home, to enjoy the fruits of liberty and independence. And now...

Waddell, James D.- Captain, June 1, 1861. Elected Major, June 14, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, May 5, 1863; Colonel, July 12, 1863. Parolled in Augusta, Georgia, on May 23, 1865.

Blance, Sheppard W.- 1st Lieutenant, June 1, 1861. Elected Captain, June 14, 1862. Resigned April 10, 1864.

Peek, David L.- 2nd Lieutenant, June 1, 1861. Died at Gordonsville, Virginia, August 20, 1861.

Thompson, Richard R.- Jr 2nd Lieutenant, June 1, 1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant, August 20, 1861. Resigned because of a disability, April 2, 1862.

Spence, William C.- 1st Sergeant, June 1, 1861. Elected Jr 2nd Lieutenant, October 24, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, April 2, 1862; 1st Lieutenant, June 14, 1862; Captain, April 10, 1864. Wounded at Darbytown Road, Virginia, October 7, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Carter, John L.- 2nd Sergeant, June 1, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant, October 24, 1861. Elected 2nd Lieutenant, April 2, 1862; 1st Lieutenant, April 10, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Hughs, James M.- 3rd Sergeant, June 1, 1861. Appointed 2nd Sergeant, October 24, 1861. Furnished a substitute and discharged, February 28, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant, Company F, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Cavalry, May 10, 1862. Captured at New Haven, Kentucky, September 29, 1862. Received near Vicksburg, Mississippi, for exchange, November 1, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 12th Battalion, Georgia Militia Cavalry, July 20, 1864. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia, May 12, 1865.

Whaley, James L.- 4th Sergeant, June 1, 1861. Appointed 3rd Sergeant, October 24, 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Absent and wounded, October 31, 1864. No later record.

Hopper, Madison R. (Pony)- 1st Corporal, June 1, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Garris, John- 2nd Corporal, June 1, 1861. Appointed Regimental Musician. Absent becauce of illness, May 6, 1863- October 31, 1864. No later record.

Vernon, William T.- 3rd Corporal, June 1, 1861. Surrenderd as a private at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Brown, John L.- 4th Corporal, June 1, 1861. Discharged because of a disability, Fairfax, Virginia, October 2, 1861.

Adams, Alfred- Private, February 25, 1862. Died at Richmond, Virginia, July 25, 1862.

Agan, Peter M.- Private, June 14, 1861. Appointed Regimental Musician. Absent without leave, June 22, 1864- October 31, 1864. Pension records show that he was detailed to make ammunition in Bartow County, Georgia. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia, May 12, 1865.

Barry, N. Stokes- (Webmaster's note: I believe that this name should read, Barry N. Stokes, but I will leave it as is until confirmed) Private, June 1, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Harris County, Georgia, September 11, 1841)

Baugh, Woodson V.- Private, June 1, 1861. Appointed 2nd Sergeant, 1864. Killed at Fort Harrison, Virginia, September 29, 1864.