Phillips Legion Infantry - Company O - The Marietta Guards
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David R Adams - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Absent sick on 11/30/1862 roll and thereafter, Furloughed home from Richmond hospital 11/15/1862, Absent at home sick on February 1863 roll, Transferred to Co A 40th Ga in exchange for A C Brake, Captured in July 1863 at Vicksburg and paroled same month, Shown "present" on a December 1863 roll, No further record
Andrew Jackson 'Jack' Argo - Enlisted 5/6/1862, MWIA (left arm) 10/19/1864 at Cedar Creek, Died 10/27/1864 at Charlottesville hospital, Buried at University of Virginia Confederate Cemetery Charlottesville, Va
Alfred G Arwood - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA at Sharpsburg, Md 9/17/1862, Death claim filed by widow Mrs Lucinda Arwood, Born 1836 in GA to Jogn Evans and Mary Ann Graham Arwood
Thomas C Austin - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Cited for gallantry at Gettysburg on Confederate Roll of Honor, August 1863 letter from Gen W T Wofford notes that Austin was involved in a hand to hand combat for a Federal color in the Wheatfield on July 2, 1863, Casualty list in 11/9/1864 Athens Southern Banner lists him as slightly wounded in the head 10/19/1864 at Cedar Creek, Roll dated 10/5/1864 states "absent wounded at hospital", Shown at Lynchburg hospital 12/31/1864, No further military record but known hat he survived the war as Arkansas pension records show he died there 3/12/1916
David Dixon Barfield - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Sick from June - September 1863, Listed sick at Liberty Va hospital 11/26/1864, Roll dated 1/30/1865 shows him sick at Piedmont, Va hospital, No further record, Born 11/22/1834 to Alexander and Elizabeth Underwood Barfield, Brother of Samuel P Barfield of Co C, Died 04/26/1894, Buried at Mayes-Sewell Family Cemetery
Thomas G Benedict - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died at Winchester, Va hospital 10/5/1862, Cause of death not stated, Buried at Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester
Theophilus G Bowie - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 3rd Lt, Promoted 2nd Lt 10/17/1862, Promoted 1st Lt 4/25/1863, WIA at Knoxviile 11/29/1863, KIA at the Wilderness 5/6/1864, Born 1833 in Anderson county South Carolina to Charles and Frances Johnson Bowie
J M Bradley - Enlisted 2/1/1864, Deserted 3/31/1864 at Jonesboro, Tn, No further record
A C Brake - Enlisted 3/4/1862, 1st Sgt, Died at home in Sumter County, Ga 7/1/1864, Cause of death not stated, Very strong possibility that this is Alva C Brake from Co B 41st Ga Infantry, Alva is shown as having enlisted in Co B of the 41st on 3/4/1862, His record with this unit ends without explanation in November 1862 but records for David R Adams of Co O seem to indicate that he and Brake swapped units
John H Brake - Enlisted in Co D 7th Ga Infantry 8/23/1861 and served until 2/5/1862 when given a disability discharge, Reenlisted in Co O 5/6/1862 as 2nd Cpl, Promoted 5th Sgt 10/16/1862, WIA (left shoulder) 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg, WIA (hand) 5/6/1864 at the Wilderness, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/24/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'10" with brown hair and hazel eyes, Born 1/2/1840, He married and became a policeman in Americus Ga after the war and was murdered 12/28/1880 in a dispute with a man named Stovall, Buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus
J Harrison Bruce - Enlisted 5/15/1862 - Medical discharge 7/15/1862
Cicero L Brumbaloe - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Deserted near Petersburg 3/19/1865, Took Oath of allegiance and sent to Springfield, Illinois, 1907 pension application filed in Alabama states his age as 65
G A Camp - No muster roll entries, Possible late war recruit or conscript, There is a G H Camp 40 listed in the 1860 Cobb census and this might be him, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/9/1865
Thomas L Camp - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to Co A 40th Ga Infantry 1/1/1863, Elected 2nd Lt 4/4/1863, Resigned 4/13/1865
James H Carlisle(Carlile) - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Furloughed home sick from Richmond GH #13 10/16/1862, Absent sick on 1863 rolls and on roll dated 1/19/1864, Detailed as nurse to Winder hospital Richmond 5/6/1864, Furloughed to Griffin Ga 8/20/1864, Paid at Atlanta 10/16/1864, AWOL on 12/31/1864 roll, No further military record but pension application stated he was WIA (left leg) 9/17/1862 at Sharpsburg, Born in South Carolina 5/24/1831, Died 4/7/1891 in Cobb County, Buried Old Sandy Plains Cemetery in Cobb County
George W Channell - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 11/29/1863 at Knoxville, Shot through lung and fractured radius, Born 12/30/1843 to John and Elizabeth Greer Channell, Brother of Henry and Thomas Channell
Henry M Channell - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Last shown sick at Charlottesville hospital on February 1863 roll, No further record, Lt Marcus Green diary entry for 5/2/1863 at Chancellorsville mentions what appears to be a Herin Cammel as wounded. (letter is faded and handwriting is poor) Since Henry Channel is the only name in the company close to Herin Cammel it is possible that he may have been wounded at Chancellorsville and died from the effects of his wound. Born 8/6/1840 to John and Elizabeth Greer Channell, Brother of George and Thomas Channell
Thomas J Channell - Enlisted 5/6/1862, AWOL 1/15/1864 until 7/1/1864, Deserted 2/20/1865 near Petersburg, Sent to Washington DC 2/22/1865, No further record but we know he survived the war since he applied for a pension in 1897, Application states that he was captured near Richmond in February 1865 and held at Washington for the rest of the war, Born 8/6/1840 in Cobb County to John and Elizabeth Greer Channell, Brother of George and Henry Channell, Died 2/25/1897, Buried at Greer Family Cemetery in Cobb County
Emsley J Childers - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Age 14 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Martin and Elizabeth Childers, Brother of Lewis Childers
Lewis G Childers - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/26/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7&1/4" with auburn hair and blue eyes, Age 12 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Martin and Elizabeth Childers, Brother of Emsley Childers
Thompson Colbert - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown absent sick on all rolls through 1/30/1865, No further military record but Ga pension application states that he left his unit due to illness in November 1862 and never returned, Born 12/16/1828 in Hancock County, Died in 1906, Buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Polk County Ga, Age 21 in 1850 Cass County census
William R Conger - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (side) 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/26/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7" with light brown hair and blue eyes, Born in Ga 1837
Zachariah M Conger - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 10/19/1865 at Cedar Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until exchanged 3/17/1865, No further military record but Ga pension application states he was home on furlough at the end of the war, Born 1/16/1830
William Rufus Culver - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured at Jackson hospital Richmond 4/3/1865, Died 5/3/1865 at Jackson hospital Richmond of chronic dysentery, Buried at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond grave #95, Age 9 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Gabriel and Lavinia Culver
Andrew J Davis - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (compound fracture of humerus) and captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md, Exchanged 10/17/1862, Disabled at home remainder of war, Roll dated 1/30/1865 shows him sick at hospital, No further record
James C Dunton - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown "absent sick" on rolls dated 11/30/1862 and February 1863, A roll dated 1/19/1864 shows on detached service at Atlanta, A roll dated 10/5/1864 indicates he is at a Richmond hospital with heart/lung disease, Last shown at Richmond barracks 3/3/1865, 1906 Roster Commission roll lists him as J C Denton and states that he "died in hospital" and he can't be found in postwar census records so it is possible that he died in Richmond in March or April of 1865, 21 in 1860 Cobb County census
George Perryman Earp - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Designated to transfer to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863 but all muster roll entries for him in that unit state "absent sick" or "absent in Phillips Legion", AWOL 9/19/1863 (when Legion passed through Cobb County on their way north to Ringgold) through roll dated 10/5/1864, "Present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, Appomattox surrender record for G P Carp is very likely for him since there was no one named Carp in the Legion, Postwar pension application indicates he was born in NC in 1827, Died 12/10/1910
Grey Earp - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 6/18/1864 at Howards Grove hospital in Richmond of measles, Buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery Richmond as G Eppes
Allen C Edwards - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown "absent sick furlough on all rolls through 1/19/1864, "Present on roll dated 10/5/1864, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/11/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7" with dark brown hair and blue eyes
Reuben J Edwards - Enlisted 9/22/1863, Died 10/19/1863 of dysentery near Chattanooga (per Lt Marcus Green's diary)
William J Eubanks - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 3rd Sgt, Detached as an aide to General W T Wofford in late 1864, Returned to Georgia with General Wofford in January 1865 and surrendered at Kingston, Ga in May 1865, Born 5/30/1834 in Lumpkin County Ga, Died 8/22/1907 in Cobb County Ga, Buried at New Salem Cemetery
George Washington Fenn - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred 7/1/1862 to Co C, Age 15 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Thomas A and Lydia Fenn
Samuel E Fields - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862
John T Finch - Enlisted 4/4/1863, AWOL 9/19/1863 (when Legion passed through Cobb County on their way north to Ringgold), Captured 10/6/1864 in Cobb County and imprisoned at Camp Douglas in Chicago until released 6/17/1865, His Oath shows him to be 5'10" with black hair and grey eyes
Elisha Free - Enlisted 4/15/1863, Furloughed 12/15/1863 suffering from debility, At Danville hospital with gun shot wound to hand 6/4/1864 (probably wounded at Cold Harbor), "Present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record, Born 1845 in Habersham County to Elisha and Mary Crow Free
James Newton Green - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 8/30/1862 at Second Manassas, Uncle of Lt M L Green, Death claim filed by mother Elizabeth Green
Marcus Lafayette Greene - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Promoted 3rd Lt 10/16/1862, Promoted 2nd Lt 4/25/1863, Furloughed home 3/28/1864, Sent resignation letter to 1st Lt T Bowie in late April but Bowie was KIA at Wilderness 5/6/1864 before he turned the letter in, This resulted in Green's being declared AWOL, Dropped from company roll 12/6/1864, Green joined the Cavalry in Georgia, served out the war in Ga and was on detached service at Macon at war's end, Nephew of James N Green, Born 5/24/1841, Died 12/17/1914 in Cobb county, Buried at New Salem Cemetery
James C Greer - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Present" on all rolls through the war Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox (listed as J C Green)
Benjamin F Guess - Enlisted 5/6/1862 as 3rd Sgt, Reduced to Private 10/17/1862 at his own request, Died 1/20/1864 at Emory & Henry College Va of disease, Death claim filed by father Henry Guess, Born 12/25/1837, Buried at Emory Cemetery
Alexander Roberson Hardage - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 11/9/1862 at Staunton, Va from typhoid, Buried at Thornrose Cemetery, Augusta County, Va., Death claim filed by father John T Hardage
Jesse N Hardage - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to Co D 7th Ga Infantry 6/20/1863 (his brother Thomas J Hardage was the 1st Lt of this company), Served with this unit until furloughed home 1/20/1865, Shown AWOL as of 2/16/1865, A January 1865 descriptive list shows him to be 20, 5'6" with light hair and blue eyes
William N Hardage - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Promoted 3rd Cpl 10/16/1862, Shown as 2nd Cpl on roll dated 1/19/1864, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/28/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7" with dark hair and blue eyes, Born 11/29/1829 in Hall County, Died 9/3/1910, Buried at Shiloh Baptist Church cemetery in Cobb County
Thomas J Hardy - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Captured 8/16/1864 at Front Royal and imprisoned at Elmira until released 6/16/1865
Charles Wesley Harris - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (foot) between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864 per casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox, Born 3/24/1843 to Charles F and Rachel Martindale Harris, Died 2/17/1901 in Polk County and buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cartersville Ga., Brother of Jesse B Harris
Jesse B Harris - Enlisted for 12 months as a Private 1st Confederate Infantry 3/18/1861, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted in Legion Co O 5/6/1862 as 2nd Sgt, Promoted 1st Sgt 10/16/1862, Promoted 3rd Lt 6/29/1863, Died 2/25/1864 at Dandridge, Tn (Lt Marcus Green's diary states he died at Jonesborough, Tn on this date), Cause of death not stated, Age 12 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Charles F and Rachel Martindale Harris, Brother of Charles Wesley Harris
Hiram A Harrison - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA 11/29/1863 at Knoxville per casualty list in 2/3/1864 Athens Watchman, Shown "absent wounded" on 1/19/1864 roll then listed as AWOL on 1864 rolls, Marcus Green diary states that Harrison was severely wounded in the head at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Captured at Greenville, SC 5/24/1865, Born 3/20/1833, Postwar pension application stated that his skull was fractured by a grapeshot at Knoxville, Died Feb 1893 at Elizabeth Ga and buried at Noonday Ga
John Ransom Hawkins - Enlisted for 12 months as Private 1st Confederate Infantry 3/18/1861, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md
Newton T Hayes - Enlisted for 12 months as a Private 1st Confederate Infantry, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862 in Legion, Transferred to 18th Ga Infantry between March and August 1863, Captured 6/1/1864 at Cold Harbor and held at Elmira, NY until released 7/11/1865
Charles Pinckney Henderson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA(right leg) 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Subsequent rolls show him "absent on wounded furlough" then "absent sick" through 1/30/1865, No further military record but Alabama pension application (from Winston County) tells us that he survived the war, Born in SC 2/14/1840 to Sterling and Anna Brenks Henderson, Married Eugenia Rice at Powder Springs, Ga 10/5/1865, Moved to Winston County Alabama in 1880, Died 4/10/1924 at Leoma Tn and buried there
John F Henderson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 3/13/1863 at Richmond GH#9 from chronic dysentery, Buried at Richmond's Oakwood Confederate Cemetery as J S Henderson
John M Henderson - Enlisted 9/20/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, WIA(shoulder) during May 1864, Furloughed home then captured in Cobb County in August 1864, Took Oath of Allegiance and sent north of the Ohio River, No further military record but Alabama pension application (from Calhoun County) tells us that he survived the war, Application states he was wounded through both shoulders at the "battle of the horseshoe" (thus indicating Spotsylvania) in May 1864, Age 59 in 1900
William H Henderson - Enlisted 9/20/1862, Transferred to Co F 22nd Ga Infantry in early 1863, Sept/Oct 1864 roll states that he died 10/18/1864 at Richmond's Jackson hospital from wounds received 10/8/1864
Willis H Henderson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (leg) between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864 per casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox
William P Hill - Does not appear on muster rolls, Died 3/28/1863 at Gordonsville from typhoid, Death claim filed by mother or widow Martha Hill, Highly probable that he was a March conscript or enlistee who died before ever being recorded on a muster roll, Born 1829 in Habersham County, Married Martha Free 4/16/1853 in Habersham County
Darius N Houze - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Last shown on January 1865 roll on furlough, No further record
John H Houze - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (shoulder) 12/13/1862 at Fredricksburg, Died at home in Ga 1/10/1863 from effects of wound (and smallpox per Lt Marcus Green diary), Death claim filed by Stephen Jackson guardian of Houze's orphaned brothers and sisters (Sarah E, Nancy Ann, James S, Harris(or Jarvis) N and William Y)
Jesse M Jackson - Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md.
William L Johnson - Enlisted for 12 months as a Private 1st Confederate Infantry 3/18/1861, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox
Marcus A Lane - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured and paroled by Federal Cavalry at Warrenton Va hospital 9/29/1862, Died 11/5/1862 at Warrenton, Buried at Warrenton Confederate Cemetery
Augustus Lindsey - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 6/1/1864 at Cold Harbor, Died 10/30/1864 at Elmira NY prison from chronic dysentery, Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira NY, Grave #745
James E Lindsey - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (head) 5/12/1864 at Spotsylvania, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'10&1/4" with light brown hair and dark blue eyes
M C Lovell - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Deserted 12/24/1862 at Fredericksburg, No Federal desertion or POW records so he must have headed south, No further record
R Mann - No enlistment record, Appomattox surrender record only, May have been late war recruit or conscript
William Jeter Manning - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Shown AWOL on all rolls through one dated 1/19/1864, "Present" on roll dated 10/5/1864, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'10&1/2" with light hair and blue eyes, Born 1842 in Chester SC, Mopved to Cobb County in 1851, Died November 1915 in Cobb County
Henry Johnson McCormack - Enlisted for 12 months as a Private in 1st Confederate Infantry 3/18/1861, Discharged in March 1862, Reenlisted 5/6/1862 as 2nd Lt, Accidentally wounded (foot amputated) near Pocataligo SC 5/31/1862, Detailed to serve as enrolling officer in Bartow County, Ga (and later in Macon, Ga), Promoted 1st Lt 10/17/1862, Promoted Captain 4/25/1863, Retired 2/24/1865, Born in SC 2/10/1838 (or 1839), Died 11/17/1930 in Bartow County and buried at McCormick/Hawkins Cemetery at Taylorsville, Ga
Stephen Thompson McGinnis - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Present" on all rolls through war, Marcus Green diary entry for Chancellorsville notes that "McGintis was wounded" there, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'9" with light hair and blue eyes, Born in 1836, Nephew of Captain T K Sproull, Age 15 in 1850 Cass County census, Son of Hames and Leah McGinnis
John C Meadows - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Captured 12/2/1863 at Knoxville and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/19/1865, Oath shows him to be 24, 5'6&1/2" with dark brown hair and light blue eyes, Born 3/24/1837 in SC
Joseph A Miles - Enlisted 5/6/1862, Died 8/25/1862 at Augusta Ga from disease
William O Miles - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Sick at hospital" on rolls from Sept 1862 through February 1863, Shown hospitalized June 1863 and again in August and September 1863 with typhoid, Roll dated 1/19/1864 lists him AWOL, "Present" on rolls dated 10/5/1864 through 1/30/1865, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, His Oath shows him to be 5'9" with light hair and blue eyes, Born 5/17/1840
Martin Van Buren Mize - Enlisted 5/6/1862, "Present" on rolls throughout war until roll dated 1/30/1865 shows him "absent on furlough", No further military record but postwar pension application states that he was unable to return to Virginia at the conclusion of his furlough due to Federal troops in the Carolinas so he joined General Wofford's Ga State troops
Robert Moore - Enlisted 5/6/1862, WIA (hip) & captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/17/1862, WIA ((hand) between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864 per casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'6" with dark brown hair and hazel eyes, Born 1840 in Henry County, Ga to John and Hannah Ewing Moore, Died Polk County, Ga 9/12/1908
Drury Mote - Enlisted 9/22/1863, Roll dated 1/19/1864 lists him AWOL, Rolls dated October and December 1864 show him hospitalized in Richmond and Macon Ga suffering from chronic dysentery, "Present" on 1/30/1865 roll, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/29/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7" with auburn hair and blue eyes
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