MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY C, 38th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
EVANS' BRIGADE, GORDON'S DIVISION WRIGHT'S LEGION ARMY OF NORTHERN
VIRGINIA C. S. A. BULLOCH & EMANUEL COUNTIES, GEORGIA
This company was ordered into Camp of Instruction August 1861, by
Colonel John B. Campbell, but he, having failed to raise his regiment,
they were mustered into Confederate service as Wright's Legion October
1, 1861.
This company was also known as Old Co. A, New Co. D, and Co. M. It was
originally called "McLeod Artillery," later "Ben Hill Guards." It was
detached from Wright's Legion May 6, 1864. F, 4th Regiment Ga. Inf.
April 29, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant of Co. C, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf.
May 1863; 1st Sergeant August 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va.
April 9, 1865.
McLeod, William L. - Captain October 1, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 1, 1863.
Sherrod, John H. - 1st Lieutenant October 1, 1861. Appointed Adjutant
October 12, 1861. Resigned April 30, 1862.
Wright, Miller A. - 2d Lieutenant October 1, 1861. Elected 1st
Lieutenant October 12, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September
17, 1862. Resigned November 30, 1863.
Williamson, John A. - Jr. 2d Lieutenant October 1, 1861. Elected 2d
Lieutenant October 12, 1861. Resigned July 14, 1862.
Pughsley, Jacob Perry - 1st Sergeant October 1, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d
Lieutenant October 12, 1861; 2d Lieutenant July 14, 1862; 1st
Lieutenant January 12, 1864. Wounded and disabled at Wilderness,
Va. May 5, 1864. Admitted to Stuart Hospital at Richmond, Va.,
debility and old wounds, March 28, 1865. Returned to duty March
31, 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
Thompson, Andrew J. - 2d Sergeant October 1, 1861. Appointed 1st
Sergeant October 12, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3,
1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865. Received at
Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, March
10-12, 1865. (Born in Montgomery County, Ga. November 11, 1834.)
Higdon, Ebenezer G. (or Rigdon) - Enlisted as a private.
Pughsley, George W. - 3d Sergeant October 1, 1861. Appointed 2d
Sergeant October 12, 1861; Ordnance Sergeant February 1863.
Wounded, disabled and captured, at Fort Steadman, Va. March 25,
1865. In Fair Grounds Post Hospital at Petersburg, Va. May 25,
1865.
Hays, John (or Hayes) - 4th Sergeant October 1, 1861. Appointed 3d
Sergeant October 12, 1861. private in 1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas,
Va. August 28, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864.
Prisoner of war November 7, 1864. No later record.
Williamson, V. L. - 5th Sergeant October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th
Sergeant October 12, 1861. Appears last on roll for April 1862.
Webb, Levi E. - 1st Corporal October 1, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga.
February 5, 1862.
Coleman, Isaac W. - 2d Corporal October 1, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant
in 1862. Captured at Fredericksburg, Va. December 18, 1862.
Paroled for exchange December 17, 1862. On sick furlough January -
April 1863. Reduced to ranks in 1863. Absent without leave April
1863 -November 7, 1864. No later record.
Odom, William G. - 3d Corporal October 1, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant
in 1862. private in 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863.
Died at Point Lookout, Md. January 11, 1864.
Truitt, James Valentine - 4th Corporal October 1, 1861. Appointed 3d
Corporal in 1862; 1st Corporal May 1863. Captured in Petersburg,
Va. hospital April 8, 1865. In Fair Grounds Post Hospital at
Petersburg, Va. May 25, 1865.
Allen, W. Y. - private May 8, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June
27, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Paroled at
Point Lookout, Md. April 27, 1864. Received at City Point, Va.
for exchange April 30, 1864. Died of disease at Richmond, Va. May
1864.
Anderson, Calvin - private October 1, 1861. Discharged in 1862.
Atkinson, Alexander, (or Adkinson) - private October 1, 1861. Wounded
at Shepherdstown, W. Va. October 1, 1862. Died at Staunton, Va.
December 1862.
Bennett, J. P. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md.
September 17, 1862. On detail duty as hospital nurse February -
December 1863. No later record.
Boyd, Abraham - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal in
1862. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862.
Boyd, Benjamin H. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 3, 1863. Captured at Boonesboro, Md. July 5, 1863. Died
of wounds in General Hospital at Frederick, Md. July 28, 1863.
Boyd, James - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va.
June 27, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864.
Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Aiken's Landing,
Va. for exchange March 28, 1865.
Boyd, John - private January 1, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June
27, 1862.
Braddy, James (or Joseph) - private May 1, 1862. Died November 15, 1862.
Brinson, James D. - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania,
Va. May 12, 1864.
Campbell, Isla - private October 1, 1861. Died of typhoid fever at
Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., July 22, 1862.
Chew, John C. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded in 1862. Appointed
Regimental Sergeant Major July 20, 1862.; Quartermaster Sergeant.
Transferred to Co. G, this regiment, as a private December 18,
1863. Received pay at Richmond, Va. April 26, 1864. No later
record.
Coleman, Mathew - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal in
1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862.
Cooksey, Thomas B. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cedar Creek,
Va. October 19, 1864. Absent, wounded, November 7, 1864. Paroled
at Augusta, Ga. May 18, 1865.
Corbin, Nelson - private October 1, 1861. Discharged, disability,
April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Claghorn's Company, Chatham
Siege Artillery, February 2, 1863. Roll for February 1865, last on
file, shows him present. (Died in Emanuel County, Ga. May 1896.)
Corbin, Silas S. - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. \
June 27, 1862.
Curl, John - private October 1, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital
July 11, 1862.
Curl, Mathew - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal January
12, 1864. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Died of
wounds at Mount Jackson, Va. September 18, 1864. Buried there.
Curl, Peter - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va.
June 27, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1866.
Curl, Reuben - private October 1, 1861. Sick in hospital April 1862.
No later record.
Daniels, Benjamin E. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862. Roll for September 1, 1864, shows him "Absent,
detailed for hospital duty at Augusta, Ga. August 1864." No later
record.
Daniels, Freeman H. - private October 1, 1861. Transferred to Co. D,
48th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 6, 1863. Wounded at Petersburg, Va.
June 22, 1864. Roll for October 31, 1864, last on file, shows him
present. No later record.
Davis, William Jackson - private October 1, 1861. Captured at Wilder-
ness, Va. May 6, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. and sent to James
River, Va. for exchange March 14, 1865. Received at Boulware's
Wharf, James River, Va., March 18-21, 1865.
Dix, James F. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Winchester, Va.
September 19, 1864. Captured at Fort Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865.
Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865. (Born in Houston
County, Ga. November 6, 1844. Died at Fitzgerald, Ga. October 28,
1910.)
Dix, John H. - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 2d Corporal in 1862.
Private May 1863. Appointed 3d Corporal August 1863; 2d Corporal
January 1864. Captured at Port Republic, Va. September 27, 1864.
Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and enlisted in U. S.
service at Point Lookout, Md. October 17, 1864.
Dix, W. R. - private October 1, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va.
May 20, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. June I4, 1865.
Douglass, D. D. - private May 8, 1862. Wounded and captured at Gettys-
burg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Transferred to Provost Marshal July 14,
1863. Admitted to Hammond U. S. A. General Hospital at Point Look-
out, Md. January 12, 1864. Died from gunshot fracture of right
leg March 10, 1864.
Dudley, James - Appointed 2d Corporal of Co. H, 48th Regiment Ga. Inf.
March 4, 1862; 5th Sergeant June 26, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant February 1863; 3d Ser-
geant May 1863. Transferred to Co. C, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. in
1863. Captured at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. Exchanged at
Point Lookout, Md. January 17, 1865. At Camp Lee near Richmond, Va.
January 25, 1865. No later record. (Born in 1822.)
Dudley, James W. - private. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862.
Durden, Norris N. - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant Jan-
uary 12, 1864; 2d Sergeant May 1864. Captured at Farmville, Va.
April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 25, 1865.
Faircloth, Benjamin - private October 1, 1861. Surrendered at Appo-
mattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
Faircloth, George W. - private October 1, 1861. Died near Port Royal,
Va. January 8, 1863.
Faircloth, James - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862. Absent without leave August 11 - September 1,
1864. No later record.
Flanders, John R. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor,
Va. June 27, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862.
Appointed 5th Sergeant February 1863. Transferred to Co. H, 48th
Regiment Ga. Inf. September 1863. Appointed 3d Sergeant September
1863. Wounded at Riddle Shop, Va. June 13, 1864. Captured at
Swainsboro, Ga. November 29, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md.
June 27, 1865. (Born in Emanuel County, Ga. May 6, 1843.)
Grant, William J. - private October 1, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas,
Va. August 28, 1862.
Gregory, Ephraim - private May 8, 1862. Died August 1, 1862. Buried in
Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Va.
Griffith, William S. - private October 1, 1861. Died August 8, 1862.
Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Va.
Hamilton, J. H. - private October 1, 1861. Absent, sick, August 1863 -
November 7, 1864. No later record.
Hampton, Robert C. - private October 1, 1861. Appointed pioneer in
1863. Roll for November 7, 1864, last on file, shows him present.
No later record.
Harrell, John W. - private October 1, 1861. Absent, sick, June 1864.
Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 28, 1864. Died at Camp Douglas,
Ill. December 16, 1864.
Harrell, Robert - private October 1, 1861. Appears last on roll for
December 31, 1861.
Harrington, Drury S. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Winchester,
Va. June 13, 1863. Absent without leave October 28 - November 7,
1864.
Harrington, James W. - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Winchester,
Va. June 13, 1863.
Hays, James (or Hayes) - private October 1, 1861. Wounded in 1863.
Detailed for hospital duty at Lynchburg, Va. January 1864, and
paroled there April 13, 1865.
Hays, Leroy (or Hayes) - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 2d Corp-
oral in 1862. Died at Lynchburg, Va. Buried there in Confederate
Cemetery. No. 2, 3d Line, Lot 162 - Cooledge.
Higdon, John B. - Enlisted as a private, Co. F, 4th Regiment Ga. Inf.
April 29, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. G, 28th Regiment
Ga. Inf. August 2, 1861. Resigned February 12, 1862. Enlisted as
a private in Co. C, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 16, 1862. Elected
2d Lieutenant November 1, 1862; Captain July 1863. Wounded and
disabled at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864. Paroled at Albany,
Ga. May 15, 1865.
Holton, Daniel (or Holden) - private October 1, 1861. Died from
poison at Orange Court House, Va. May 4, 1864.
Hooks, Joseph W. - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Winchester, Va.,
June 14, 1863.
Johns, William - private October 1, 1861. Appears on register of
General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. for April 28, 1864,
with remarks "To report to Surgeon Chambliss for duty." On July 22,
1864, at Richmond, Va., he applied for transfer from Winder Hos-
pital to Augusta, Ga. for hospital duty. No later record.
Johnson, Henry J. - private October 1, 1861. Died at Camp Mercer,
Savannah, Ga., April 1 or 3, 1862.
Johnson, Jasper - private October 1, 1861. Died at Richmond, Va. July
6 or 7, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.
Jordan, Thomas F. - Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 48th Regiment Ga.
Inf. March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. C, 38th Regiment Ga Inf.
April 6, 1863. Wounded at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864, and captured
there July 10, 1864. Exchanged at Fort McHenry, Md. October 30,
1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga. November 15,
1864. No later record. (Born in 1844.)
Kersey, J. A. - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va.
June 27, 1862.
Kersey, S. J. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va.,
June 27, 1862. Roll for November 7, 1864, last on file, shows him
present.
Lewis, Joshua K. - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant in
1862. Pension records show he was elected Sheriff of Emanuel
County, Ga. and discharged October 21, 1863. (Born in Ga. in 1839.)
Lumpkin, Joseph - private October 1, 1861. Absent without leave October
1, 1863.
McLean, John - private October 1, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va.
August 28, 1862.
McLean, P. H. - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va.
June 27, 1862.
McLean, William - private October 1, 1861. Wounded in hand, neces-
sitating amputation of two fingers, at Seven Pines, Va. May 31,
1862. Pension records show he was discharged in 1862. (Born in Ga.
February 1841.)
Meeks, Elisha - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va.
May 10, 1864.
Meeks, John - private October 1, 1861. Died at Richmond, Va. August
15, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.
Morris, B. T. - private May 8, 1862. Appointed Corporal; 3d Sergeant
May 1863. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 14, 1863; 2d Lieutenant
January 12, 1864. Roster of officers dated March 13, 1865, shows
him present. (Born in Ga.)
Moxley, Henry M. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg,
Va. December 13, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,
1865.
Moxley, Joseph - private October 1, 1861. Wounded February 1863.
Absent, wounded, April 1863. No later record. (Died October 27,
1916. Buried in Moxley Cemetery at Swainsboro, Ga.)
Mullen, Francis M. - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal
August 1863; 3d Corporal January 1864; Sergeant. Killed at Win-
chester, Pa. September 19, 1864.
Murray, Benjamin - private October 1, 1861. Absent, sick, June - Oct-
ober 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. October
14, 1864. Returned to duty December 4, 1864. Surrendered at Appo-
mattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
Murray, William - private October 1, 1861. Absent without leave July
1863 - November 7, 1864. No later record.
Odom, Elijah A. - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 3d Corporal in
1864. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Emanuel County, Ga. in
1839.)
Phillips, James W. - private October 1, 1861. Appointed Color Guard in
1861. Died of chronic bronchitis in General Hospital at Camp Win-
der, Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.
Phillips, John D. - private July 21, 1862. Discharged on account of
defective eyesight December 7, 1862. (Died in Montgomery County,
Ga. March 13, 1912. Buried in Phillips' Cemetery at Tarrytown, Ga.)
Phillips, J. R. - private July 21, 1862. Discharged December 7, 1862.
Phillips, Thomas L. - private May 8, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg,
Va. December 13, 1862.
Prescott, John R. - private May 12, 1862. Appointed Commissary Ser-
geant in 1862. Roll for June 1863, shows him present. No later
record.
Rich, W. J. - private May 8, 1862. Discharged, disability, December 20,
1862.
Scott, William Thomas - private October 1, 1861. Appears last on roll
for October 31, 1861. (Died in 1892. Buried in Scott Cemetery at
Swainsboro, Ga.)
Smith, David M. - private October 1, 1861. Absent without leave Feb-
ruary - September 1, 1864. No later record.
Smith, Ebenezer P. - private October 1, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 3, 1863. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. February 18,
1865.
Smith, George W. - private October 1, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va.
June 27, 1862.
Steele, John H., Jr. - See private Co. M.
Story, Josiah - private August 1, 1862. Wounded at Winchester, Va.
September 19, 1864. Absent, wounded, November 7, 1864. No later
record.
Thompson, Berry A. - private October 1, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 2, 1863, and sent to Fort Delaware, Del. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Govt. and enlisted in the 1st Regiment Con-
necticut Cavalry prior to October 4, 1863.
Thompson, Solomon - private October 1, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant
October 10, 1861. Wounded in 1862. Captured at Richmond, Va. April
3, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 25, 1865.
Truitt, David - private October 1, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa.
July 2, 1863. Captured at Jericho Ford, Va. May 22, 1864. Paroled
at Point Lookout, Md. March 14, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's
Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, March 16, 1865.
Truitt, William P. - private October 1, 1861. Discharged, disability,
July 28, 1862.
Watts, John R. - private October 1, 1861. Discharged in 1862. Died
December 15, 1862, or January 1, 1863.
Wiggins, Ashley E. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded February 1863.
Absent without leave December 1863 -September 1, 1864. No later
record.
Wilkes, Francis - private May 8, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va.
October 19, 1864. Absent, wounded, November 7, 1864. No later
record.
Wilkes, F. M. - private. Died at Lynchburg, Va. November 1864. Buried
there in Confederate Cemetery November 4, 1864. No. 5, 3d Line,
Lot 198 - Reid's.
Wilkes, Peter J. - private October 1, 1861. Appears last on roll for
February 1863.
Williamson, Andrew J. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded in 1862.
Appointed 4th Corporal December 1862; 2d Corporal May 1863; 3d
Sergeant January 1864. Killed at Snicker's Gap, Va. July 18, 1864.
Williamson, George Washington - private October 1, 1861. Died in Lynch-
burg, Va. hospital August 12, 1862. Buried there in Confederate
Cemetery. No. 9, 5th Line, Lot 177 - Burton's Factory.
Williamson, John G. - private October 1, 1861. Wounded March 1863.
Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1863; 3d Sergeant September 1863.
Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Furloughed from hospital
for 60 days February 1865. Pension records show him at home on
wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Ga.)
Williamson, Riley - private October 1, 1861. Absent without leave
January - September 1, 1864. No later record.
Woods, A. R. - private June 1, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va.
April 9, 1865.
Woods, John D. - private October 1, 1861. Died of tuberculosis in
General Hospital g25, at Richmond, Va., December 20, 1862.
Woods, John R. - private October 1, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania,
Va. May 18, 1864. Died of typhoid fever at Elmira, N. Y. February
17, 1865. Grave #235, Woodlawn National Cemetery.
Woods, William J. - private October 1, 1861. Captured at Gettysburg,
Pa. July 2, 1863. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. May 3, 1865.
Wright, Alexander H. - private October 1, 1861. Detailed for hospital
duty at Greensboro, N. C. September 1862. In Bell Hospital at
Eufaula, Ala. February 29-November 1, 1864. No later record.
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