J W Johnson - Enlisted 9/3/1862, WIA & captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865 (shell fractued left tibia), No further record
Lewis W Johnson - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 20, Died 1/20/1863 at Chimborazo hospital in Richmond of pneumonia, Buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery
Willis Johnson - Enlisted 9/6/1862, Last entry in service record is Aug 1864 muster roll showing him "present", 1906 Roster Commission roll states "killed near Appomattox, Va April 1865", Age 5 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Born in NC, Son of Jacob and Crisa Johnson
Anson Jones - Enlisted 3/1/1863, Roll dated 1/14/1864 shows that he deserted near Cleveland, Tn 11/7/1863, Carried as AWOL on rolls thereafter, Took Oath of Allegiance at Chattanooga and joined Co I of 12th Tennessee Federal Cavalry 2/29/1864, Enlistment shows him to be 18 years old, Discharged from US service at 10/7/1865 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Born 1844, Moved to California in 1866, Married Catherine Agnes Daugherty 7/3/1875, Died at Colfax, California 7/26/1898
Barnabus Jones - Enlisted 6/24/1861 in Co G 18th Ga, WIA (eye) at Second Manassas, A J Reese letter dated May 1863 stated that Jones had been transferred into Co E in exchange for William A Spencer, Deserted around 9/20/1863, AWOL on rolls thereafter, Took Oath of Allegiance at Chattanooga 4/13/1864 and joined Co I of 12th Tennessee Federal Cavalry, Died at sea shortly after war enroute to California
Samuel Jones - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, AWOL on roll dated 1/14/1864 and all rolls thereafter, Took Oath of Allegiance at Chattanooga 3/30/1864 and joined Co I of 12th Tennessee Federal Cavalry at Nashville, Enlistment shows him to age 22 6'1&1/2" tall with blue eyes and light hair, Paid a $100 bounty, Mustered out at Fort Leavenworth Kansas 10/7/1865, Died 1918, Buried in Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery, Lumpkin County, Ga
William D Land - Enlisted 8/15/1861, Age 25, Captured 7/9/1864 while home on furlough, Died 12/25/1864 at Camp Douglas, Ill of small pox, Buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Harrison M Lannier - No enlistment date, Not shown on any muster rolls, Only records are Federal POW records which may indicate this man was using an assumed name, Captured at Cleveland, Tn 2/14/1865 and sent to Camp Chase 3/24/1865, Entry dated 4/22/1865 states that he had enlisted in the U S Army
Andrew H Lee - Enlisted 8/13/1861, Age 38, AWOL on roll dated 1/14/1864 and all rolls thereafter, No further military records but we know he survived the war as he applied for a veterans pension in Georgia, Application states that he went home sick in 1863 and remained too ill to return, Born 7/31/1823 in SC
Edmund Thomas Loggins - Enlisted 3/4/1862, MWIA at Spotsylvania 5/14/1864, Died at Winder Hospital, Richmond 6/26/1864, Buried at Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery section U lot #593, Born about 1844 to Martin & Lorrey Loggins, Brother of Thomas Loggins
Thomas Loggins - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865 and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, Born about 1841 to Martin & Lorrey Loggins, Brother of Edmund T Loggins
Joseph Newton London - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 18, WIA (hand) at the Wilderness 5/6/1864, Furloughed from Danville hospital 7/5/1864, Shown as AWOL on all rolls thereafter, brother of Samuel London, Applied for a veterans pension in Alabama stating that he joined Ed Monson's Cavalry when furloughed home in 1864 and surrendered in May of 1865 at Kingston, Ga
Samuel London - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, Died 10/4/1861 at Ladies Relief Hospital, Lynchburg, Va of disease, Buried in Lynchburg City Cemetery # 2 in 5th line lot 159, Brother of Joseph N London
Samuel Lowery (Lowry) - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 22, KIA at Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/1862
E Frank (or Frank E) Mayes - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 17, 2nd Cpl on February 63 roll, WIA 9/24/1863 near Chattanooga, A J Reese letter dated 9/26/1863 notes that Frank Mayes was wounded "in the right thigh pretty bad" and goes on to state that "they started him off yesterday to the hospital in Atlanta", Nancy Wimpy letter to A J Reese dated 10/5/1863 says that "Dr Howard had seen Frank and thought it very doubtful about his recovery", UDC burial lists show a Cpl E Mayes Co E Phillips Legion buried in the Whelchel Family Cemetery in Lumpkin County so he probably died in Atlanta and was sent home for burial
Franklin Alexander McAfee - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, KIA at Beverlys Ford, Va on the Rappahannock River 8/23/1862, "Both legs torn off by shell" (per chaplain George Smith's account), Born 4/10/1840, Younger brother of William H McAfee, Age 9 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Thomas and Eliza McAfee
William Hamilton McAfee - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 28, Transferred to 22nd Ga as 3rd Lt 10/20/1862, Age 16 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Thomas and Eliza McAfee
Lt. Jesse M McDonald - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, Promoted to 2nd Lt 12/13/1862, Promoted to 1st Lt 1/26/1863, WIA (left thigh) near Chattanooga 9/24/1863, Promoted to Captain 6/29/1864, Furloughed home 1/20/1865, Declared AWOL 2/20/1865, Never returned to the company
Alvis McManus - Enlisted 4/12/1864, Captured at Burkeville, Va 4/6/1865, Imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865
W C Morgan - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Honorably discharged 8/9/1861
Hezekiah Morris - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 20, Shown as "sick at hospital" on February 1863 roll, At Liberty, Va hospital March 1863, At Lynchburg, Va hospital 7/8/1863, Shown as AWOL on all rolls after Feb 1863, Captured in Cherokee County, Ga Aug 1864, Took Oath at Louisville, Ky 8/27/1864 and sent north, Age 8 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of John and Rebecca Morris
2nd Cpl E P Morrison - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 26, 2nd Sgt on Dec 1862 roll, MWIA (abdomen) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Died at Chimborazo hospital #2 Richmond, Va 12/18/1862
A J Moss - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 22, Deserted near Petersburg, Va 7/14/1864, A letter written by Lt A J Reese on July 20th 1864 states "I am sorry to say that five of the boys deserted a few nights ago. Two of them were very poor soldiers; H Davis and M M Grizzle. But Moss and the two Norrises were very good soldiers", No Federal POW or deserter records
Andrew Myers - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 27, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/1863, At Fort McHenry 7/6/1863, Sent to Fort Delaware July 1863, In prison hospital 1/1/1864 - 3/10/1864 and again 5/24/1864 - 6/15/1864, No further military records but we know he survived the war as he applied for a veterans pension in Alabama in 1899, This application states that he was wounded in the right arm at Fredericksburg and in the right side at Gettysburg
Alford Norris - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 22, Cited for gallantry at Gettyburg 7/2/1863, Deserted near Petersburg, Va 7/14/1864, A letter written by Lt A J Reese on July 20th 1864 states "I am sorry to say that five of the boys deserted a few nights ago. Two of them were very poor soldiers; H Davis and M M Grizzle. But Moss and the two Norrises were very good soldiers", No Federal POW or deserter records, A descendant provides info that he applied for a pension after the war in Virginia so we know that he survived the war
Wesley Norris - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 20, WIA (thigh) at Gettysburg 7/2/1863, Deserted near Petersburg, Va 7/14/1864, A letter written by Lt A J Reese on July 20th 1864 states "I am sorry to say that five of the boys deserted a few nights ago. Two of them were very poor soldiers; H Davis and M M Grizzle. But Moss and the two Norrises were very good soldiers", No Federal POW or deserter records, A descendant provides information that he lived in Louisville, Ky after the war so we know that he survived
Gilbert F Parker - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 17, drummer, Died 10/18/1861 at Richmond Ferry, Va (W.Va) on New River of "brain congestion"
1st Lt Hardy Denton Price - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 40, MWIA (left side, hip) at Fredericksburg, Va 12/13/1862, Died 1/26/1863 at Richmond GH #4, Buried at Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery, Body removed after 1866, Posthumously promoted to company Captain effective 12/13/1862
E B Pruitt - Conscript enlisted 9/2/1862, Captured at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 6/1/1864, Imprisoned at Point Lookout until transferred to Elmira, NY prison 7/12/1864, Released from Elmira 7/7/1865
Color Cpl Robert A Quillian - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 19, Transferred to 52nd Ga 6/17/1862, Age 8 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of George F and Elizabeth Quillian
John Ray - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 23, deserted near Fredericksburg, Va 2/8/1863, Arrested and returned for court martial 2/19/1863, Court martial record ANV GO #55 shows him found innocent of desertion but guilty of a lesser charge of going AWOL, Sentenced to 12 month at hard labor and forfeiture of 12 months pay, Deserted again near Chattanooga 9/23/1863, Carried AWOL on rolls until a roll dated 1/30/1865 states, "John Ray was killed by Wheeler's scouts at home, exact time not known"
1st Sgt Andrew Jackson Reese - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 20, Promoted to 2nd Lt 1/26/1863 upon death of Lt Price, Promoted 1st Lt 6/29/1864, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 as commanding officer of Company E, Died in 1884 and buried at Mt Hope Cemetery, Dahlonega, Ga
Thomas Benton Reese - Enlisted 2/1/1864, younger brother of Lt A J Reese, WIA (left leg amputated) at Gaines Farm (Cold Harbor) 5/30/1864, Furloughed home 8/5/1864, At Charlottesville, Va hospital 12/4/1864, Transferred to Richmond hospital 3/28/1865, Age 4 in 1850 Lumpkin County census
H W Riley Jr - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 14, WIA (left hip) at Hanover Jct, Va 5/27/1864, Furloughed from Richmond hospital 7/11/1864, Shown as AWOL on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record
James Roberts - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 15, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865
Benjamin F Rumney - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 16, Discharged from service 2/9/1862
William Satterfield - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 22, Died 10/5/1861 at Lewisburg, Va (W Va) of disease
Daniel J Simmermon(Simmenson) - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 18, KIA 8/29/1862 at Second Manassas by artillery fire, Age 17 in 1860 Dawson County census, Son of Jacob and Loucinda Simmenson
Sgt Benjamin Franklin Sitton - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 46, Discharged 10/14/1862
Edward Jasper Smith - Enlisted 9/15/1861, Captured a Federal color at Gettysburg, WIA (lost finger) 5/6/1864 at the Wilderness, Received clothing 5/16/1864 at Liberty, Va hospital, No further record,
T R Smith - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 30, Discharged 3/4/1862
Archibald Wimpy Sparks - Enlisted 3/4/1862, KIA 8/23/1862 at Beverlys Ford, Va on Rappahannock River by artillery fire
William A Spencer - Enlisted 7/19/1861, Age 19, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Admitted Chimborazo #2 hospital in Richmond 12/15/1862 with shell wound in hip, Furloughed for 30 days 12/31/1862, AWOL on Feb 1863 roll, May and June 1863 letters from J M McDonald and A J Reese stated that Spencer had stolen money from the mails and had been reduced to ranks and transferred to the 18th Ga in exchange for Barnabus Jones, Spencer does not show up on rolls for the 18th Ga, Elected Captain of Co G, 8th Ga Cavalry while at home and did not return to Virginia
A J Spriggs - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 47, Discharged for disability 4/6/1862
David Stancel - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 17, Deserted near Cleveland, Tn 11/8/1863, Must have returned because he deserted again near Winchester, Va 9/7/1864, No Federal POW or deserter records, No further record
John W Stancel - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 21, 10/21/1863 court martial sentences him to death but Jefferson Davis commutes sentence (see A&IG SO #75/18 dated 3/30/1864) to spending remainder of war at hard labor on the Richmond fortification, Apparently rejoined unit near war's end as he surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Pension application states birth date as 2/14/1829 which conflicts with age given at enlistment
Martin Stevens (shown as Stearns in service records) - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 23, KIA 11/29/1863 at Knoxville, Tn per Lt A J Reese letter dated 12/11/1863
R F Stephenson - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/1863 and imprisoned at Point Lookout until exchanged 2/18/1865, No further record
James A Stone - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 19, MWIA (through knee) and captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Died at Middle Brook US GH 2/14/1864, Buried "at brick house near Knoxville"
G W Tippen - Enlisted 8/15/1861, Age 19, Discharged 12/13/1861
George William Asbury Vaughn - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Deserted near Fredericksburg 1/23/1863, Returned under arrest 2/12/1863, Court martial record ANV GO #40 dated 3/16/1863 notes that he was found guilty of desertion and sentenced to spend the rest of the war at hard labor, forfeit all pay and be branded with a "D" on his left hand, Sentence must have been remanded or shortened as he was then captured at Gettysburg 7/5/1863 and sent to Fort McHenry, He was transferred to Point Lookout 9/15/1863 and died there 11/14/1863 of chronic dysentery, Buried at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery at Scotland, Md
Stephen G Wade - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 18, Deserted near Fredericksburg 1/23/1863, Returned under arrest 2/12/1863, Court martial record ANV SO #40 dated 3/16/1863 shows him guilty of desertion and sentenced the same as George W Vaughn (see above), Sentence must have been remanded or shortened as he returns to the company, Last shown on a roll dated 1/30/1865, No further military records although he states in a postwar pension application that he surrendered at Appomattox, Records do not confirm this, Died in Bartow County September 1920, Age 7 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of Tyler and Winnie Wade
George Washington Walker - Enlisted 8/8/1861, Born 4/4/1845 to West and Fatima Bryan Walker, AWOL on a roll dated 10/5/1864 and all rolls thereafter, 1906 Roster Commission roll and his pension application state that he was furloughed home in March of 1864 due to loss of use of his right hand, Younger brother of James Berry Walker, Died 8/29/1915, Buried in Yahoola Baptist Church Cemetery, Lumpkin County
James Berry Walker - Enlisted 8/8/1861, Age 26, AWOL on rolls from 8/10/1862 through February 1863, Feb 1863 entry states he deserted, WIA (head) May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Roll dated 1/14/1864 states that he deserted near Chattanooga 9/20/1863 implying that he had returned to the company in 1863, Deserted again near Winchester, Va 9/7/1864, No further record however a postwar listing shows that he is living in Warrenton, Ohio indicating that he may have taken the Oath of Allegiance and gone north, Age 14 in 1850 Lumpkin County census, Son of West and Fatima Walker
2nd Sgt Henry W Ward - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 41 (born in Tennessee 12/16/1820), Detailed as a shoemaker at Richmond until February 1864, Furloughed home 2/12/1864 and does not return, Pension application states that he joined another (unspecified ) unit, Died in 1897
Francis M "Frank" White - He appears on the 1906 Roster Commission roll for Co E with the notation "Killed, Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864" but he is not listed in the compiled service records for the Legion. It is likely that he had just joined Co E shortly before his death so he's included here based upon that probability. He is listed in the January 1864 "Joe Brown Militia Census" (which delineated all Georgia men age 16 to 60 NOT in service) in Lumpkin County as F M White, age 16 yrs 5 mos. A May 31,1864 letter from Lt Andrew Jackson Reese of Co E states that Frank was killed 5/31/1864 which would place his death in the actions around Cold Harbor, Va, Younger brother of Noah White, Son of Joabert and Sally White
Noah White - Enlisted 8/8/1861, Age 20, WIA at Fox's Gap Md 9/14/1862, Promoted Cpl during 1863, Roll dated 10/5/1864 shows him sick at home, AWOL thereafter, Pension application says he was recruiting at home at war's end, Died in 1910, Buried Corinth Church Cemetery in Lumpkin County, Older brother of F M "Frank" White, Son of Joabert and Sally White
Harrison Lee Wilson - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age stated 26, KIA at Gettysburg 7/2/1863, Born 1841 in Ga to Ransom and Elizabeth Wilson
Aaron W Woody - Enlisted 7/9/1861, Age 14, Honorably discharged 8/5/1861, He and his father John Woody later joined Co G 10th Tennessee (USA) Cavalry, Aaron enlisted 2/15/1864 at Nashville and was promoted to Cpl 2/23/1864, He was reduced back to private 4/1/1864, He was court martialed (offense unknown)at New Orleans in early 1865 and his pay was reduced by $5 a month, Mustered out 8/1/1865 at Nashville, Age 18
Compiled by Kurt Graham
