38th Georgia Volunteer Infantry - Co D

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MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 38th REGIMENT

GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA

McCULLOUGH RIFLES

Text in BOLD added by author and not found in Henderson's Roster of Georgia Confederate Soldiers.

Most of the members of this company were enlisted by Captain John Y. Flowers in the DeKalb Murphy Guards and were mustered into the service of the Confederate States September 26, 1861, at Camp Kirkpatrick, DeKalb County. 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 10/1/1861. Other men were recruited by Captain Bomar and were mustered into the Murphy Guards by Captain Flowers at the different camps of Wright's Legion. Company A became too large and was divided April 1, 1862. The new company became Company D and took the name of the McCullough Rifles.

Rankin, John G.- Captain April 1, 1862 . See 2d Lieutenant Co. A.

McCurdy, John Wilson - 1st Lieutenant April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Wells, George R.- 2d Lieutenant Apt. 1, 1862 . See 2d Sgt. Co. A.

Baxter, John - Jr. 2d Lieutenant April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Hambrick, Robert C.- 1st Sgt. April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

McCurdy, Phillip Burford - 2d Sgt. April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Gresham, J. W.- 3d Sgt. April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Lafoy, John A.- 4th Sgt. April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Carter, John D.- 5th Sgt. April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Hall, John W.- 1st Corporal April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Smith, Tilnon P.- 2d Corporal April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Ray, Robert A.-3d Corporal April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Nash, John Miles - 4th Corporal April 1, 1862 . See Pvt. Co. A.

Akins, Charles Thomas (Aiken) - See Pvt. Co. A.

Anderson, .George J.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Arnold, Oliver H. P.- See Pvt. Co. E.

Baxter, Francis M.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Baxter, George - Pvt. July 31, 1863 . Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865 . On detail duty, nurse in Farmville, Va. hospital, April 11, 1865 , and was paroled there April 11-12, 1865.

Carter, William J.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Cochran, S. W.- See 3d Corporal Co. A.

Coggin, J. F.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Coggin, William M.- Pvt. May 1, 1862 . Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 12/13/1862 . Roll for November 1, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Collier, John E. J.- See Pvt. Co. K.

Conn, William A.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Davis, William Caleb - See Pvt. Co. A.

Dickerson, W. F. A.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Dodgen, William O.- See Musician Co. A.

Ealum, Joel R. (or Elum) - See Pvt. Co. A.

Estes, Gainham T.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Estes, Hilliard - Pvt. April 15, 1862 . Wounded January 1863 . Wounded near Wilderness, Va. May 4, 1864 . Absent, wounded, September 1, 1864 . No later record.

Goss, John W.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Goza, Robert D.- Pvt. May 1, 1862 . Captured at Berryville, Va. August 10, 1864 . Released at Elmira, N. Y. July 7, 1865 .

Grogan, Joseph T. (or Josiah T.) - See Pvt. Co. K.

Grogan, William D.- Pvt. . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 .

Hambrick, James F.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Hambrick, J. T.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Harris, Edmond T.- See 4th Corporal Co. A.

Harris, J. C.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Harris, Sterling G.- See 1st Corporal Co. A.

Hix. A. H.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Holly, H. J.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Huff, J. H.- Pvt. . Killed at Fisher's Hill, Va. September 22, 1864 .

Huff, Thomas P.- Pvt. October 11, 1863 . Wounded in left leg near Strasburg, Va. in 1864 . Sick in 1st .Division Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. February 21, 1865 . No later record.

Ivey, Aaron H.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Ivey, Joseph J.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Jackson, Henry B.- Pvt. November 26, 1862 . On furlough January 1-February 29, 1864 . Roll for August 31, 1864 , shows him "Absent, sent to Macon, Ga. hospital May 4, 1864 ." Pension records show he was in Atlanta, Ga. hospital close of war. (Born in Warren County, Ga. in 1825.)

Jeffers, Bennett Rainey (or Jeffares) -  Pvt.   May  12,
1862 . Wounded and disabled at Gaines Mill, Va. 6/27/1862 . Detailed with ambulance corps. Captured at Farmville, Va. April  6, 1865 . Released at Newport News, Va. June  16, 1865.

Lang, John W. (or Long) - See Pvt. Co. A.

Lang, William B. (of Long, Wiley B.) - See Pvt. Co. A.

Lanier, Pressley - See Pvt. Co. A.

Lanier, William L.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Lawhorn, Joel J.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Leavell, E. F.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Leavell, F. M.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Long - See Lang.

Luckey, J. R.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Lynch, Thomas - See Pvt. Co. A.

Maddox, Thomas L.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Maddox, Thomas L.- (Also listed as J. D. Maddox) See Pvt. Co. A.

Marbut, John S. (or John T.) - See Pvt. Co. A.

Mason, Cornelius A.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Mason, William S.- Pvt. August 6, 1862 . Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. 12/13/1862 .

Medlock, Eli W.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Mehaffey, Francis M.- Pvt. 5/15/1862 . Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. 5/12/1864 . Exchanged at Fort Delaware, Del. March 7, 1865 . Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 10-12, 1865 .

McCandless, Jesse A.- See Pvt. Co. A.

McCurdy, Stephen C.- Pvt. May 1, 1862 . Died in Richmond, Va. hospital October 14, 1863 . Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Nash, J. N.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Nash, Miles H.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Nash, William T.- Pvt. May 1, 1862 . Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/1862 ; Winchester, Va. September 19, 1864 . At home, wounded, November 1, 1864 . (Born in DeKalb County, Ga. 3/1/1834.)

Newsom, Moses H.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Perlinski, Julius - See Regimental Musician.

Ray, John P.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Rosenthal, Adolphus - Pvt. May 1, 1862 . Appointed Ordnance Sgt. June 1, 1862 . Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864 .

Simpson, Robert M.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Simpson, William M.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Singleton,  James  Madison  -  Pvt.    May  1,  1862 . Wounded at Gaines Mill, Va. 6/27/1862 ;  wounded in left hand at Wilderness, Va.  May  5, 1864 . In Macon, Ga. hospital, wounded,  September  1,  1864 . Pension records show he was in Atlanta,  Ga. hospital  close of war.  (Born in  DeKalb County,  Ga. August    23, 1843.  Died at Clarkston, Ga. January  or  February  1905.  Buried in  Zion Cemetery near there.)

Singleton, William Leonard - See Pvt. Co. A.

Smith, Isaac H.- Pvt. 3/20/1862 . Appointed 3d Corporal December 1, 1863 . Captured at Fort Steadman, Va. March 25, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 19, 1865 .

Smith, Thomas - Pvt. May 1, 1862 . Died of typhoid fever in Chimborazo Hospital #3, at Richmond, Va. July 18, 1862 .

Thomas, Thomas Jefferson - See Pvt. Co. A.

Thomas, Wyett L.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Thomas, Zephaniah - See Pvt. Co. A.

Thompson, Richard Govan - See Pvt. Co. A.

Tucker, John T.- See Pvt. Co. A.

Verdin, L. N.- Pvt. October 11, 1862 . Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865 .

Verdin, William J. (or William V.) - See Pvt. Co. A.

Wells, W. S.- Pvt. May 1, 1862 . Sick in Macon, Ga. hospital December 1862 -October 31, 1863 . On detail duty, nurse in Rome, Ga. hospital, November -December 1863 . Absent, sick, November 1, 1864 . No later record.

Wells, Willis Virgil - See Pvt. Co. A.

Williams, T. J.- Pvt. February 28, 1864 . Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. 5/12/1864 . Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. February 1865 . Exchanged at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., March 10, 1865 .

Williams, William Jasper - See Pvt. Co. A.

Woods, S. J.- Pvt. October 11, 1863 . Killed at Fisher's Hill Va. September 19, 1864 .