Phillips Legion Infantry - Co E - The Blue Ridge Rifles
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Abraham Anderson - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 14 in 1860 Lumpkin County census, Honorably discharged 8/9/1861, Son of William and Margaret Anderson
John P Austin - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Honorably discharged 8/9/1861, Buried at Old Concord Cemetery in Henry County, Ga
2nd Lt William H Barber - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 31, 1st Lt 12/13/1862, Captain 1/26/1863, Resigned 6/29/1864, Buried Mt Hope Cemetery, Dahlonega, Ga
James Knox Polk Bates - Enlisted 4/12/1864, Captured at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/1864, Imprisoned Point Lookout prison until transferred to Elmira, NY prison 7/12/1864, Released 7/7/1865, Age 62 in 1911 per Georgia pension application, Born 11/17/1845 in Cherokee County to Dr Francis Marion and Sarah Bell Bates, Died 5/17/1920 in Milton County, Buried Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Brother of Jasper M T Bates and Newton Lee Bates
Jasper M T Bates - Enlisted 8/7/1861, Age 19, WIA at Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/1862, Arm amputated and sent home disabled 1/25/1863, Born 9/30/1842 to Dr Francis Marion and Sarah Bell Bates, Died 9/10/1914 in Cobb County, Brother of James K P Bates and Newton Lee Bates
Newton Lee Bates - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 20, Captured at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/1864, Imprisoned at Point Lookout prison until transferred to Elmira, NY prison 7/12/1864, Released 7/7/1865, Applied for a veterans pension in Alabama, Married in 1885 to Laura Catherine Herring, Born 8/22/1840 in DeKalb County to Dr Francis Marion and Sarah Bell Bates, Died 8/14/1914 in Etowah County, Al and buried at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Blount County Al
Andrew Jackson Blackwell - Enlisted 3/12/1863, Born 2/22/1844, Shows "present" on August 1864 roll dated 1/30/1865, No further military record although a descendant provides the information that he survived the war and died in Texas 12/25/1919, Buried at Alameda Cemetery in Eastland County TX, Brother of James and Jesse Blackwell, Son of John and Talitha Reece Blackwell
James Madison Blackwell - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Born 10/22/1840, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, October 1863 roll states "deserted 11/8/1863 near Cleveland, Tn" BUT is back on the March/April 1864 roll (dated 10/5/1864) with the notation "WIA at Hanover Junction (Va) 5/27/1864", Received clothing 11/5/1864, No further military record although a descendant provides the information that he survived the war and lived until his death in Oklahoma 4/11/1908, Buried at Duke-Nebo Cemetery in Murray County OK, Brother of Jesse and Andrew Blackwell, Son of John and Talitha Reece Blackwell
Jesse Green Blackwell - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Born 10/2/1842, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Shows as 3rd Corporal on Jan/Feb 1863 roll and as 5th Sgt on Sept/Oct 1863 roll, Shows furloughed home on Mar/Apr 1864 roll dated 10/5/1864 then "AWOL" on later rolls, A descendant provides the information that he survived the war and died in Texas 4/21/1910, Buried at Alameda Cemetery in Eastland County TX, Brother of James and Andrew Blackwell, Son of John and Talitha Reece Blackwell
1st Cpl Augustus Franklin Boyd - Enlisted 7/9/1861 as 1st Cpl, Age 17, Transferred in August 1862 to become Sgt Major of the 52nd Ga commanded by his father Col Weir Boyd, Elected Captain of Co B 52nd Ga, KIA at Bakers Creek, Miss 5/16/1863, He has a memorial marker at Mt Hope Cemetery, Dahlonega, Ga. but was buried on the battlefield
John M Boyd - Enlisted 8/15/1861, Age 44, Discharged 3/4/1862 as overage
John D Boyt - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 31, Shows "deserted 9/16/1862" on rolls from Sept 1862 through Feb 1863, Court Martial Record ANV GO#66 dated 5/25/1863 finds him innocent of desertion but guilty of lesser charge of being AWOL, sentenced to one month at hard labor, Sept/Oct 1863 roll dated 1/14/1864 shows "deserted at Chattanooga 10/4/1863, Carried AWOL on all further rolls, No Federal desertion or POW records
Martin V Brown - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Died at Charlottesville, Va 1/7/1863 of pneumonia, Buried at University of Virginia Confederate Cemetery, His mother Elizabeth Brown filed a death claim in June 1863 stating that previous death claim filed 3/12/1863 by purported wife Rebecca Brown is false and that her son was not married
Merida (Meridith) Brown - Enlisted 3/4/1862 - Present throughout war, WIA (left side & back) by shell at Sailors Creek, Va 4/6/1865 and captured, Died Lincoln General Hospital Washington DC 4/25/1865, Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Terrell Brown - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 20, 2nd Cpl on Oct 1863 roll, WIA at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/1864 and on wounded furlough 7/22/1864, 1906 Roster Commission Roll states that he was wounded at Cold Harbor and died from these wounds, In this case it turns out that the 1906 Roster Commission roll was incorrect since he is shown on South Carolina's 1901 roll of pensioners living in Greenville County, He was listed as a class C pensioner which indicates a veteran disabled by wounds, His disabling wound is listed as being to the right thigh
5th Sgt James Calvin Burt - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 18, WIA at Sharpsburg 9/17/1862, 2nd Lt 1/26/1863, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Age 17 in 1860 Dawson County census, Son of Reuben and Mary Caroline Merry Burt, Born 4/28/1843, Died 5/30/1899, Buried at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Dawson County
Reuben Elisha Burt - Enlisted 5/10/1864, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Born 4/9/1846 to Reuben and Mary Caroline Merry Burt, Died 1/13/1924 in Texas, Buried at Texas State Cemetery in Travis County
Jesse Cain - Enlisted 9/23/1861 at Lynchburg, Va, 1906 Roster Commission Roll states "Died in W.Va 11/9/1861", Pension application filed by his widow Mary in the 1890s state that he died between 11/9/1861 and 12/20/1861 in W.Va. or Dublin, Va of measles, In this application three Co E veterans attest to his death from disease as stated in 1861
Martin V Campbell - Enlisted 7/31/1861, Age 21, WIA (hand) 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg per casualty list in 7/20/1863 Atlanta Southern Confederacy, Captured at Cold Harbor 6/1/1864, Imprisoned at Point Lookout prison until transferred to Elmira, NY prison 7/9/1864, Federal POW records show him forwarded to James River for exchange on 3/14/1865, but a later record shows he died on 3/20/1865, Age 9 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Robert and Catharine Campbell, Brother of William M Campbell
William M Campbell - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 17, Died 11/19/1861 on retreat from Cotton Hill in western Virginia, Cause not stated but almost certainly disease, Age 6 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Robert and Catharine Campbell, Brother of Martin V Campbell
David J Cavender - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Died at Camp Winder Hospital Richmond 3/5/1863 of pneumonia, Buried Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Age 7 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Joseph and Eliza Cavender, Brother of William Cavender
William P Cavender - Enlisted 8/8/1861, Age 21, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Shows sent to Camp Chase prison in Ohio 12/15/1863 BUT died in US Military Hospital at Knoxville of pneumonia, Buried Knoxville City Cemetery, Age 9 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Joseph and Eliza Cavender, Brother of David Cavender
Daniel J Cimmermon - (See Daniel J Simmermon)
James M Clements(Clemens) - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 20, Served reliably through entire war, Surrendered at Appomattox as Sgt J M Clemmons although this rank is not shown in his service record, Age 8 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Benjamin and Esther Clemens, Died 8/14/1903 in Shelby County Alabama
Nathaniel V Collins - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, WIA (shell concussion) at Chancellorsville May 1863, WIA (hand) at Spotsylvania 5/12/1864, Shows as AWOL on all rolls thereafter, Age 10 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Edley and Jane Collins
Benjamin F Croft - Enlisted 8/5/1861, Age 22, WIA (lungs & left thigh) at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Captured & died at Middlebrook General Hospital 12/18/1863, Buried "in woods near shops 4 miles from Knoxville"
George Washington Croft - Enlisted 5/16/1862, Born April 1828 in South Carolina, Issued clothing 11/26/1864, No further military record but we know that he survived the war as he applied for a pension, In the application he states that he was furloughed home in January 1865 but could not return to Virginia as Sherman's Federals had blocked the route back so he joined General Wofford's Georgia Militia, Died 1/11/1908
Henry Davis - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 23, Deserted at Fredericksburg 1/23/1863, Arrested 2/12/1863, Court Martial Record ANV GO #41 Dated 3/17/1863 finds him guilty of desertion and sentenced to branding with a "D" on left hand and hard labor for remainder of war, Shows as AWOL on Sept/Oct 1863 and Mar/Apr 1864 rolls, May/June/July/Aug 1864 rolls state "deserted at Petersburg 7/14/1864", A J Reese letter dated 7/20/1864 notes this desertion and describes Davis as a "very poor soldier", He then shows captured at Harrisonburg (in the Shenandoah Valley) on 9/25/1864, Imprisoned at Point Lookout prison until released 5/13/1865, Age 13 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Thomas and Jemima Davis
J. Fountain Davis - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, Died at Ladies Relief Hospital Lynchburg 9/7/1861 of disease, Buried Lynchburg City Cemetery #6 in 2nd line lot 159
4th Cpl John Newton Davis - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 23, 5th Sgt on Nov 1862 roll, WIA (forehead) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, 1st Sgt on Oct 1863 roll, WIA at Chattanooga (hip) 9/24/1863, WIA at Petersburg 6/30/1864, furloughed home 7/16/1864, Carried on later rolls as AWOL, Pension application states that he joined Johnsons regiment of Georgia Militia and surrendered at Kingston, Ga 5/12/1865, Buried Auraria Cemetery, Lumpkin County, Ga
William Davis - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 25, Deserted at Fredericksburg 2/8/1863, Arrested 2/19/1863, Court Martial Record ANV GO#55 dated 4/9/1863 finds him innocent of desertion but guilty of lesser charge of being AWOL, Sentenced to 12 months at hard labor and forfeiture of pay, KIA at Chattanooga 9/24/1863
James M Dempsey - Enlisted 7/19/1861, Age 15, WIA (back) at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Furloughed home 10/13/1862, Feb 1863 roll notes "still gone wounded", No further military record but 1888 pension application states that half of his right shoulder blade was shot away rendering his right arm virtually useless, A doctor's certification confirms this, He further states that he was discharged from the army due to the wound, The fact that he is not shown as AWOL on rolls after Feb 1863 would indicate that this is true, Died in 1917 at Atlanta Confederate Soldier's Home, Buried at Westview Cemetery grave #320, Fulton County, Ga
John M Dempsey - Enlisted 7/19/1861, Age 25, Deserted at Fredericksburg 2/8/1863, Arrested 2/19/1863, Court Martial Record ANV GO#55 dated 4/9/1863 finds him innocent of desertion but guilty of lesser charge of being AWOL, Sentenced to 12 months at hard labor and forfeiture of pay, Deserted at Cleveland, Tn 11/7/1863, No further record
John H Dowdy - Enlisted 8/8/1861, Age 22, Last on Nov 1861 roll, Card for Manuscript #1966 dated 12/6/1863 simply states "died", Actual record in National Archives is a small scrap of paper requisitioning two coffins for the remains of J H Dowdy of Co E & G White of Co B Phillips Ga. Legion, Requisition appears to be signed "G C Thresher - Surgeon in Charge - Sue (or Lue) Springs Hospital", A letter written December 6th 1861 by Jesse R Duke to Dowdy's father, John M Dowdy relates that he died on December 2nd 1861 at Red Sulphur Springs Va. from consumption and pneumonia fever
Jesse Rowland Duke - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 33, Discharged for disability 5/5/1862, Born 9/9/1828, Died 3/25/1920
William M Dyer - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 19, Deserted at Cleveland, Tn 11/8/1863 BUT later records show him captured at Elgin Creek, Tn 6/21/1864, Imprisoned at Camp Douglas prison in Chicago until he takes the Oath of Allegiance to the Union and joins Co I of the 5th US Infantry 4/15/1865, Enlistment shows him to be 22, 5' 6 & 1/2" tall with brown eyes and brown hair, Died at Fort Dodge Kansas Post Hospital on August 6th 1865 from "inflammation of the bladder", Age 8 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Daniel and Jane Dyer
James Fields - Enlisted 7/19/1861, Age 17, MWIA (thigh) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Died 12/30 or 31/1862 at Richmond GH #14, Buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery in Richmond
M H Fields - Enlisted 7/19/1861, Age 24, Born 1837 in North Carolina, Captured near Knoxville 12/5/1863, Oct 1864 roll says AWOL, Later roll states "paroled not exchanged", Jan 1865 roll states "absent", No Federal POW records, Post war pension application states that he escaped from the Federals and went home
R J Fields - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 19, WIA (hand) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Deserted near Cleveland, Tn 11/?/1863, Captured at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/1864, Imprisoned at Point Lookout prison until transferred to Elmira, NY prison 7/17/1864, Died at Elmira of variola 3/5/1865, Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY, grave #1969
Champion Forest - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 28, 1906 Roster Commission Roll states "Died in Dublin, Va", The Legion was only in this area at the end of 1861 and he is not carried on rolls after 1861 so it is highly probable that he was one of the many who died of disease during the 1861 campaign in western Virginia, Age 16 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Born in SC, Son of Berry and Matilda Forrester
Cpl Hardy D Forest - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, Sgt Jan 1863, WIA (both thighs) at Hanover Junction (Va) 5/27/1864, Furloughed home in July 1864, Joined Findley's Regiment of the Home Guard and served out the war in Georgia
A W Gaddis - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Honorably discharged 8/5/1861
William M Gearing (Gerrin) - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 30, WIA at Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/1862, Admitted to Farmville, Va hospital 6/12/1863 with gun shot wound to left eye (he had been at home in Georgia recuperating), Received clothing 11/20/1864, No further military record but he applied for a pension in 1887, His application states that he was hit in the corner of the left eye with a minie ball which ranged around inside his skull and lodged behind his left ear, This wound was received 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg, A Doctor certified that the bullet is still in his head, that he is blind in his left eye and unable to work, Application also states that he surrendered at Appomattox, but he is not on the parole list, Died 6/19/1917
William F Glass - Enlisted 2/25/1863, Casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer shows him as WIA between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864 indicating that he was wounded at Wilderness or Spotsylvania, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Born in 1828, Died 2/1/1897, Buried at New Harmony Church Cemetery on Cherokee/Forsyth county line
Eli J Grizzle - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 22, Cpl in late 1862, Sgt in 1863, WIA at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Captured and sent to Camp Chase, Paroled/exchanged Feb 1865, Died 3/10/1865 at GH #9 Richmond of chronic dysentery, Buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery as E J Grezzetway
James A Grizzle - Enlisted 3/4/1862, WIA at Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/1862 (right thigh), AWOL thereafter, Pension application states that he was hospitalized at Lynchburg for three months after being wounded and was then furloughed home, He goes on to state that the wound never properly healed rendering him incapable of returning to his unit during the war, Born 7/18/1844, Died 1926, Buried in Yahoola Cemetery, Lumpkin County, Ga
Marvin (Marvel) M Grizzle - Enlisted 8/8/1861, Age 23, Teamster, Deserted at Petersburg, Va 7/16/1864, A J Reese letter dated 7/20/1864 notes this desertion and describes Grizzle as "a very poor soldier", No Federal deserter or POW records, Applied for a Georgia veterans pension, Application states that he was furloughed by the quartermaster in August of 1864, joined another unit while home in Georgia and surrendered at Kingston, Ga in May 1865, Age 12 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of John and Sally Grizzle, Brother of William Grizzle
William Grizzle - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Born 4/5/1831, Teamster, AWOL on roll dated 10/5/1864 and all rolls thereafter, He states in his pension application that he was furloughed home in February 1864 while in Tennessee. He goes on to say that he was cut off and joined Finleys regiment Co E and surrendered at Kingston, Ga in May 1865, 21 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of John and Sally Grizzle, Bother of Marvin(Marvel) Grizzle
Coatesworth C Hamilton - Served as a volunteer aide to his older brother Captain Joseph Hamilton when the Legion went north to Lynchburg in August 1861, A November 1861 letter from A F Boyd of Co E mentions that Captain Hamilton had gone home with the body of his brother, 'Coates' Hamilton. In an ironic twist of fate, fifteen year old Coatesworth Hamilton, a cadet at Georgia Military Institute who had been drilling the troops at Camp McDonald, was, at the request of his father, assigned to older brother Joe as a volunteer aide. Dr Hamilton hoped that the youngster would quickly tire of the rigors of the field and return to his studies at GMI. Unfortunately, the firestorm of disease (typhoid, measles and mumps) that swept through the Legion that fall claimed the youngster in November
Captain Joseph E Hamilton - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Stated age as 22 but may have been only 19, WIA (left arm) at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, promoted to Major 12/18/1862, WIA (right arm) at Knoxville 11/29/1863 per A J Reese letter & January 1864 roll, Promoted to Lt Colonel commanding Legion Infantry Battalion 12/31/1863, WIA (neck) at Cold Harbor 6/3/1864, Absent on wounded furlough until January 1865, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and sent to Johnsons Island prison, Released 7/25/1865, Oath of allegiance shows his residence as Social Circle, Ga, Described as being 5'8" with light hair and blue eyes, Married Julia A Stokes 1/13/1864 , Became a teacher and moved to Los Angeles in 1875, Died there 6/12/1907, There is a VA marker for him at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery, Cobb County, Ga but he is actually buried at Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, Ca.
Martin Helton - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 16, Present on rolls until sent to hospital in Richmond 5/17/1863 with fever, Transferred to Danville, Va hospital 6/12/1863, Furloughed home from Danville 8/20/1863, Shown on Sept/Oct 1863 roll dated 1/14/1864 as AWOL and on all rolls thereafter, Federal records show that he took the Oath of allegiance 4/16/1864 at Chattanooga but it is not clear whether he deserted or was captured, Age 14 in 1860 Cherokee county census
William H Hendrix - Enlisted 5/8/1862, MWIA (lung) at Sharpsburg, Md 9/17/1862, Died at Richmond GH #9 11/20/1862, Buried in Oakwood Confederate Cemetery Richmond as M H Henrich
John H Holyfield - Enlisted 7/19/1861, Age 23, Deserted near Chancellorsville 5/2/1863, AWOL on later rolls, Took Oath of allegiance at Chattanooga 2/20/1864, Age 13 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Born in NC, Son of Jacob and Manimmia Holyfield
James E Howell - Enlisted 2/1/1864, Captured at Burkeville, Va 4/6/1865, Imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/13/1865
Cpl Andrew Jackson Hulsey - Enlisted 8/5/1861, Age 17, WIA at the Wilderness 5/6/1864, Admitted to Chimborazo hospital Richmond 5/8/1864. No record of furlough from hospital, AWOL on rolls thereafter, Oklahoma state pension office asks DC for records in 1915 which would indicate that either he or his widow was requesting a pension, Born 9/3/1844 in Dawson County Ga. to James M and Martha Hulsey, Died 10/18/1932 at Old Soldiers Home in Norman Oklahoma, Buried at Collins Cemetery, Pottawatomie County Ok,
Rice Ross Hulsey - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 28, Died 2/5/1862 at Hardeeville, SC from disease, Born 1833 in Hall County to Burrell and Lauriette Bates Hulsey, Married 1/27/1854 to Mary Hamilton
William John Turner Hutcheson - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, Promoted to 3rd Cpl in early 1862, WIA (leg) 8/29/1862 at Second Manassas, Promoted to Sgt Jan 1863, WIA (thigh) at Chancellorsville May 1863, WIA (lost finger on left hand) at Spotsylvania 5/12/1864, Furloughed home 5/23/1864, Shown as AWOL on all further rolls
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