38th Georgia Volunteer Infantry - Co. I

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*MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY I, 38th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
DAWSON COUNTY, GEORGIA
DAWSON FARMERS

*This company was also known as New Co. I, Old Co. N, and New Co. G. Date of enlistment given also as 5/15/1862.

Blackburn, Elijah - Captain 5/6/1862 . Died of typhoid pneumonia in Gordonsville, Va. hospital September 2, 1862 .

McAfee, William Hamilton - Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. E, Phillips' Legion Ga. Inf. July 1, 1861 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. I, 22d Regiment Ga. Inf. October 20, 1862 ; Captain of Co. I, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 22, 1863 . Resigned to become Chaplain of the 22d Regiment Ga. Inf. February 25, 1864 . Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr 9, 1865

Johnson, Samuel C.- Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. L, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862 . Elected 1st Lieutenant of I, 5/6/1862 ; Captain September 2, 1862 . Resigned. disability, September 2, 1862 .

Hill, William A.- 2d Lieutenant May 6, 1862 . Elected 1st Lieutenant September 2, 1862 ; Captain September 2, 1862 . Died near Guinea Station, Va. January 23, 1863 .

Goswick, John W.- Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. H, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) July 21, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. I, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. 5/6/1862 ; 2d Lieutenant September 2, 1862 ; 1st Lt. September 2, 1862 . Captured at Fredericksburg, Va. 12/13/1862. Exchanged. Elected Captain 2/25/1864. Wounded through right shoulder at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864 . Wounded near Canton, Ga. September 19, 1864 . Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Lumpkin, Ga. September 11, 1839. Died in Confederate Soldiers' Home at Atlanta, Ga. March 27, 1922. Buried at Alpharetta, Ga.)

Bell, Augustus C.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant October 24, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. B.

Richardson, John C.- 1st Sgt. 5/6/1862 . "Received pay at Atlanta, Ga. on January 3, 1863 , to 1st of November 1862 ." Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent without leave since June 1862 ."

Kelly, William - 2d Sgt. 5/6/1862 . Died of disease July 18, 1862 .

Hill, Andrew H.- 3d Sgt. May 6, 1862 . Wounded at Gaines Mill, Va. 6/27/1862 ; Antietam, Md. September 17, 1862 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant September 25, 1862 ; 2d Lt 10/24/1862 . Resigned on account of wounds 2/13/1863 .

Wallis, David J.- 4th Sgt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. 8/28/1862 . Died from wounds October 8, 1862 .

Godfrey, William L.- 5th Sgt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. 8/28/1862 . Received pay at Atlanta, Ga. January 3, 1863 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent without leave since December 1862 ; unknown where." Green, Monroe M.- 1st Corporal 5/6/1862 . Died of rheumatism of the heart in Howard's' Grove Hospital at Richmond, Va., November 16, 1862 .

Martin, Eli T.- 2d Corporal 5/6/1862 . Pvt. December 1862 . Appointed 3d Corporal January 1864 . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 .

McDonald, Lewis W.- 3d Corporal 5/6/1862 . Appointed 2d Corporal March 1863 . Deserted in 1863 .

Tatum, F. Daniel - 4th Corporal 5/6/1862 . Wounded at Antietam, Md. September 17, 1862 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent, detailed in C. S. Laboratory
April 1863 ."

Wilson, Richard V.- Musician May 6, 1862 . Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865 . Released at Newport News, Va. June 25, 1865 .

Anderson, James P. (or Andrews) - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Captured October 1862 . Exchanged in 1862 . Deserted in 1863 .

Anderson, R. N.- Pvt. 5/15/1862 . Deserted in 1863 .

Andrews, John F.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded in 1862 . Deserted subsequent to January 3, 1863 .

Andrews, Samuel E.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Captured in 1862 . Paroled in 1862 . Appointed 3d Corporal August 1863 ; 1st Corporal in 1864 . Sick in Staunton, Va. hospital 10/1864 . Died of disease in 1864 .

Bennett, Hiram P.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Died July 8, 1862 .

Blackburn, Henry W.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Died of smallpox at Guinea Station, Va. March 4, 1863 .

Blackstock, Richard - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Captured at Rockville, Md. July 14, 1864 . Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. March 14, 1865 .

Brooks, Aaron A.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. 8/28/1862.

Brooks, Moses A.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Died of disease at Orange Court House, Va. May 6, 1864 .

Burns, Cornelius - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded and captured at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864 . Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. in 1864 . Exchanged at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga., November 15, 1864 . No later record.

Burns, George W.- See Pvt. , Co. L.

Callis, John W.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Sick in hospital January 1863 . Died of smallpox. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. January 2, 1863 . No. 21, 4th Line Y. S.

Carlyle, John - Pvt. 6/13/1862 . Died of fever in Shady Grove Hospital at Staunton, Va. August 7, 1862 .

Carlyle, W. Henry - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows he was "Sick in hospital at Atlanta, Ga. when last heard from in December 1862 ."

Castleberry, Benjamin W.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. 6/26/1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1843. Died in Forsyth County, Ga. January 5, 1931.)

Castleberry, Timothy R.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Captured at Harrisonburg, Va. September 25, 1864 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865 . (Born in Forsyth County, Ga. May 20, 1841.)

Collier, Zada A.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. 8/28/1862 . Died of smallpox at Guinea Station, Va. March 1863 .

Croy, William J.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded in head at 2d Manassas, Va. 8/28/1862 . Captured at Chambersburg, Pa. July 5, 1863 . Received at Fort .Delaware, Del. August 19, 1863 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent, prisoner of war." No later record. (Resident of Ga. since 1843.)

Darnell, Elias - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862 . Appointed 2d Sgt. October 1862 . Wounded and disabled in 1864 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent without leave, County Surveyor, Dawson County, Ga., since January 1864 ." No later record.

Dufrees, Elias (or Dufraes) - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. 8/28/1862 . Died of wounds October 27, 1862 .

Edwards, Sylvester - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Discharged, disability, July 22, 1862 . Died in General Hospital #8, at Richmond, Va. July 24, 1862 .

Ellis, Bailey M.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Died of disease in Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Va. 6/9/1863 .

Forbes, William M.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Killed at Gaines Mill, Va. 6/27/1862 .

Green, Bishop S.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Died of disease at Staunton, Va. November 9, 1862 . Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. The roll of Confederate dead at Point Lookout Prison, Maryland shows B. S. Green, CO I, 38th GA.

Grogan, W. D.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Died of smallpox at Guinea Station, Va. March 1863 .

Hicks, Henry W. (or Hix) - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at Gaines Mill, Va. 6/27/1862. Killed at Monocacy, Md. 7/9/1864 .

Hill, Starling Emanuel - Pvt. May 1, 1864. Captured at Fisher's Hill, Va. September 22, 1864 . Sent to Point Lookout, Md. 10/1/1864. No later record. Listed among Confederate prisoners buried at Point Lookout, MD.

Holtzclaw, John - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Discharged June 6, 1862 .

Jay, John W.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Wounded and disabled at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Appointed 4th Corporal January 1864 . Roll dated November 7, 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent at home on wounded furlough since June 1864." No later record.

Jay, Robert H.- Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. H, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) 7/24/1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. 3/18/1862. Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. I, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. 5/15/1862. Appointed 3d Sgt. 9/25/1862 . Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. 7/4/1863. Paroled at DeCamp General Hospital, David's Island, N. Y. Harbor, 8/24/1863. Exchanged at City Point, Va. 8/28/1863. Appointed 2d Sgt. 5/1864. Wounded and
permanently disabled at Monocacy, Md. 7/9/1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war.

Kellis, John W.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at Cedar Mountain, Va. 8/9/1862 . Died of wounds in 1862.

Kelly, John - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent without leave since August 1863, Deputy Sheriff, Dawson County, Ga."

Lawrence, James A.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Died of variola in General Hospital at Danville, Va. 12/16/1862.

Loggins, J. A. (or E. A.) - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. 5/12/1864 . Wounded and disabled at Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864 . At home on wounded furlough November 7, 1864 . No later record.

Loggins, Thomas A.- Pvt. May 6, 1862. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862 . Deserted in Forsyth County, Ga. January 1864 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Chattanooga, Tenn. April 7, 1864 .

Loggins, Timothy S.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. 6/27/1862 .

Martin, Absalom C.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Appointed 2d Corporal in 1864 . Wounded at Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864 . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 .

Martin, John M.- Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. H, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) March 18, 1861 . Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862 . Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. I, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. 5/15/1862 . Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 20, 1864 . Transferred from Point Lookout, Md. to Elmira, N. Y. July 6, 1864 , and died there of chronic diarrhoea October 24, 1864 .

Martin, Thomas M.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. 6/27/1862 .

Martin, Van Buren - Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. H, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) July 24, 1861 . Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862 . Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. I, 38th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 15, 1862 . Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862 . Captured and paroled at Fredericksburg, Va. 12/13/1862 . Appointed 3d Sgt. August 1863 . Wounded, disabled and captured at Spotsylvania, Va. 5/10/1864 . Exchanged August 31, 1864 . Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough from 1864 , to close of war.

Mashburn, (or Mashbourne) John Wesley - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Appointed 1st Sgt. July 8, 1862. Captured near Mine Run, Va. May12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865. Exchanged March 7, 1865. Died of disease soon after returning home . His wife, M. M. Mashbourne, appears on a pension roll for Confederate Veterans widows, for Gordon County, GA. Additional information may be found in the Georgia State Archives concerning his pension and war service. Source: History of Gordon County GA, 1933 by Lulie Pitts.

McDonald, W. L.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Appointed 6th Sgt. October 1862 . Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. December 18, 1862 . Appointed 4th Sgt. in 1864 . Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. 5/12/1864 . Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865 . Exchanged March 7, 1865 .

Millsaps, P. J. (or Isaiah) - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. 5/12/1864 .

Payne, B. E.- Pvt. 5/15/1862. Captured at Falling Waters, Md. July 4, 1863 . Exchanged at Point Lookout, Md. February 18, 1865 . At Camp Lee near Richmond, Va. February 21, 1865 .

Payne, Samuel H.- Pvt. May 15, 1862 . Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 12/13/1862 . Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863 . Exchanged July 31, 1863 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him absent without leave since October 1863 .

Payne, Zebulon C.- Pvt. May 15, 1862 . Wounded and disabled at Cedar Mountain, Va. August 9, 1862 . Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. with rheumatism May 18, 1864 , and furloughed for 60 days December 15, 1864 . No later record.

Perry, James G.- Pvt. 5/15/1862. Accidentally wounded in 1862. Discharged June 17, 1862 .

Purdy, Thomas N.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 12/13/1862 . Deserted March 1864 . Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Chattanooga, Tenn. And released March 16, 1864 .

Reese, Jonas (or Reep)- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Appointed 4th Sgt. August 1862 ; 2d Sgt. in 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. 12/13/1862 .

Robinson, George R.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Discharged, having been elected to civil office, February 26, 1864.

Rudicil, Emanuel - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Discharged May 26, 1862 .

Simmemon, D. W.- Pvt. 5/15/1862 . Deserted. Received from Provost Marshal General, Army of Potomac, 3/26/1865 , and sent to Colonel T. Ingraham, P. M. G., as a Confederate deserter 3/29/1865 .

Sluder, W. R.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Accidentally wounded June 26, 1862 . Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. 5/12/1864 . Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865 . Exchanged at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., May 10, 1865. (Died in Dawsonville, Ga. November 17, 1917.)

Smith, Joseph - Pvt. 5/15/1862 . Discharged, disability, October 5, 1862 . Enlisted as a Pvt. , Co. A, 11th Regiment Ga. Militia Cavalry in 1864 . Surrendered in Dawson County, Ga. in 1865 .

Smith, Solomon J.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Enlisted in G. W. Lee's command in Atlanta, Ga. February 1864 . Pension records show he was discharged, disability, February 1864 , and enlisted in Findley's Cavalry August 1, 1864 , and was discharged at Macon, Ga. 4/15/1865 . (Born in Ga. in 1844.)

Swilling, James M.- Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Appointed 4th Sgt. October 1862 . Reduced to ranks August 1863 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent without leave since 7/1/1863 ; not known where."

Tatum, Van Buren - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, at 2d Manassas, Va. 8/28/1862 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows him "Absent, Enrolling Officer in Pickens County, Ga. since July 1863 ."

Terry, J. D.- Pvt. 5/15/1862 . Died 7/3/1862 .

Tescunier, John - Pvt. June 19, 1862 . Died 9/1/1862 .

Thackston, James Martin - Pvt. 5/6/1862 . Died of typhoid fever July 28, 1862 . Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Charlottesville, Va. Born Gwinett Co. Ga., left a widow and no children.

Thomas, Andrew J.- Pvt. 5/6/1862. Discharged on account of chronic rheumatism at Gordonsville, Va. July 22, 1862 .

Thompson, W. G.- Pvt. 5/15/1862 . Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. 6/27/1862 . Deserted in 1863 .

Tumlin, Lewis - Pvt. 5/16/1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862 . Discharged, disability, October 28, 1862 .

Turner, T. W.- Pvt. 5/15/1862. Deserted prior to 8/21/21, 1864.

Wallis, David - Pvt. 5/15/1862. Appointed 1st Corporal December 1862 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, bears remark: "Gone to the Western Army February 1864 ."

Wallis, Harvey C.- Pvt. May 15, 1862. Wounded through thigh and permanently disabled, at Gaines Mill, Va. 6/27/1862 . Roll dated November 7, 1864 , last on file, shows he was on unlimited furlough. (Born in Ga. October 12, 1840.)

Weatherby, G.- Pvt. Captured at Bowling Green, Ky. June 1, 1864 . Died of chronic diarrhoea at Elmira, N. Y. September 25, 1864 . Grave #368, Woodlawn National Cemetery.

Westbrook, John R.- Pvt. 5/15/1862. Appointed 4th Corporal August 1863 ; 5th Sgt. in 1864. Sick in Lynchburg, Va. hospital October 1864. No later record.