MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY H, 34th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
C. S. A.
BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA
Also known as Co. B. NOT EVERY SOLDIER LISTED ON THE ROSTER IS LISTED ON THIS PAGE. PLEASE CHECK THE ROSTER BEFORE ASSUMING YOUR ANCESTOR WAS NOT IN THIS COMPANY.
Dorough, Thomas Travis-Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 24th Regiment Ga. Inf.
August 24, 1861. Discharged, disability, March 1862. Elected Captain of Co.
H, 34th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862; Major of the 34th Regiment Ga. Inf.
May 17, 1862. Resigned, disability, February 1, 1863. Elected Colonel of the
2d Battn. Ga. Militia Cavalry September 1, 1864. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May
19, 1865. Died at Commerce, Ga. November l, 1877.
Neal, Thomas A. 1st Lieutenant May 12,1862. Elected Captain May 17, 1862.
Resigned, disability, December 26, 1862.
Waters, William L. 2d Lieutenant May 12, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant April
1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8,
1863. Unofficial records show he was elected Captain September 1864.
McDonald, Martin Luther-Appointed lst Corporal of Co. A, 2d Regiment Ga. Inf.
April 20, 1861. Discharged, disability, October 31, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d
Lieutenant of Co. H, 34th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862; 2d Lieutenant April
1, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863, and paroled there July
8,1863. Resigned on account of tuberculosis January 21, 1864. (Born in Banks
County, Ga. March 14, 1843, and died there November 4, 1923.)
Bowden, George W.1st Sergeant May 12, 1862. Wounded in leg, permanently
disabled and captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863, and admitted to
Prison Hospital there, May 17 or 23, 1863. Received monthly pay at Augusta,
Ga. October 14, 1864. Pension records show he was unfit for further service.
Morris, William F. 2d Sergeant May 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss.
July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant in
1864. Killed at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864.
Burns, William N. 3d Sergeant May 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July
4,1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. Unofficial records show he was missing
at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. November 25,1863.
Chambers, Thompson R. 4th Sergeant May 12, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant. Died
in hospital in 1863.
Morris, Richard V. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 2d Regiment Ga. Inf.
August 7, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant of Co. H, 34th Regiment Ga. Inf. May
12,1862;1st Sergeant May 16,1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,
1865. Born in Hall County, Ga. February 8,1834.
Meadows, Daniel A. 1st Corporal May 12, 1862. Severely wounded at Jonesboro,
Ga. August 31, 1864. Captured and paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 18, 1865.
Chastain, William B. -2d Corporal May 12, 1862. Killed at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863.
McWhorter, John N. 3d Corporal May 12, 1862. No later record.
Anthony, J. K. Polk- 4th Corporal May 12, 1862. Abbott, William F. private
May 12, 1862. Died in hospital in 1862.
Andrews, Daniel W. private May 12,1862. Died of measles at Chattanooga, Tenn.
June 22, 1862.
Anthony, James A. private June 12, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal. Captured at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. No later
record.
Ash, Alexander J. private May 12, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant October
26,1826. Died at Vicksburg, Miss. March 1863. Barnwell, David C. private May
12, 1862. Died at Lexington, Ky. December 3, 1862.
Boling, McKinney M. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 2d Regiment Ga. Inf. July
10,1861. Transferred to Co. H, 34th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12,1862. Severely
wounded and captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863, and admitted to
Prison Hospital there. No later record.
Boling, Nathaniel S. private March 26, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss.
July 4,1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. Transferred to Co. A, 2d Regiment
Ga. Inf. August 1, 1864. Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 29, 1864.
No later record.
Boling, Reuben C. private May 12,1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July
4,1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. Pension records show he left command,
sick with typhoid dysentery, March 15, 1865, and was at home on sick furlough
close of war.
Bond, James- private May 12, 1862. No later record. Bond, Reuben P. private
May 12, 1862. Died August 27, 1862.
Bond, Robert L. private May 12, 1862. Died in Knoxville, Tenn. hospital
September 1, 1862.
Borders, Andrew M. private May 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July
4,1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. No later record.
Borders, J. M. J. private August 1862. Pension records show he was in
Augusta, Ga. hospital close of war.
Borders, LaFayette E. private May 12, 1862. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at
Macon, Ga. € with chronic diarrhea July 8,1864, and transferred, place not
stated, July 22, 1864. No later record.
Borders, Stephen L. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 2d Regiment Ga. Inf.
April 20,1861. Appears last on roll for October 31,1861. Enlisted as a
private in Co. H, 34th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg,
Miss. July 4,1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Captured near Nashville,
Tenn. December 16, 1864. Received at Louisville, Ky. January 2, 1865, and at
Camp Chase, Ohio. January 4, 1865. No later record.
Borders, William A. private May 12, 1862. Admitted to C.S.A. Post Hospital at
Dalton, Ga. with dyspepsia December 23, 1862. Sent to Atlanta, Ga. hospital
January 6, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. No later record.
Boswell, Robert L. private May 12, 1862. Died in Lexington, Ky. hospital in
1863.
Bowden, Alanson G. private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C.
April 26, 1865.
Bray, David A. private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April
26, 1865.
Bray, Thomas L. private May 12, 1862. Died of disease at Lenoir Station,
Tenn. November 4, or 11, 1862.
Brown, Nathan S. private May 12, 1862. No later record. Buffington, W. Newt-
private. Recruit. Killed at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31,1864.
Burns, John M. private May 12,1862. Discharged in 1862. Burt, William L.
private May 12, 1862. Died in Lexington, Ky. hospital October 1, 1862.
Butler, General- private May 12, 1862 Appointed Corporal. Disabled in 1862.
Received pay from May 12, 1862, to October 31, 1863, at Marietta, Ga.
December 2, 1863. No later record.
Candler, Allen Daniel- private May 12, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant May 17,
1862; Captain October 26, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Regiment Ga.
Reserve Inf. May 20, 1864. Wounded in left eye, resulting in loss of sight,
at Jonesboro, Ga. September 1, 1864. Elected Colonel February 1865.
Surrendered in Florida May 1865. (Born in Georgia November 4, 1834. Died in
Atlanta, Ga. October 26, 1910. Buried in Alta Vista Cemetery at Gainesville,
Ga.)
Carson, James L. private May 12,1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant April 1,
1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8,
1863. Elected 2d Lieutenant August 31, 1864; 1st Lieutenant September 1864.
Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Cartledge, John L. private May 12, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant. Captured at
Edward's Station, Miss. May 17, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. July 3,
1863. Transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange July 4,1863. Wounded and
captured at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864. Forwarded from Nashville, Tenn.
to Louisville, Ky. December 9, 1864. Received at Camp Douglas, ILL.. December
16, 1864, and released there June 18, 1865.
Cartledge, Joseph W. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, l6th Regiment Ga. Inf.
July 11, 1861. In Richmond, Va. hospital October 20,1862, and February
21,1863. Transferred to Co. H, 34th Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for
William S. Grimes, September 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April
26,1865.
Chambers, Joshua S. private May 12,1862. Severely wounded in back at Baker's
Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863. Transferred to Co. A, llth Regiment Ga. Cavalry in
1864.' Surrendered at Augusta, Ga. May 25, 1865. (Born February
28, 1839. Died in Banks County, Ga. June 5, 1921.)
Chastain, John W. Appointed 4th Sergeant of Co. A, 2d Regiment Ga. Inf. April
20, 1861. Discharged on account of chronic rheumatism December 7, 1861.
Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 34th Regiment Ga. Inf. in 1863. Wounded in
left hand, necessitating amputation of two fingers, at Baker's Creek, Miss.
May 16, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Collins, Artemius- private.
Collins, Thomas J. private May 16, 1862. Died at Bridgeport, Tenn. July 15,
1862.
Davis, Madison N. A. J. private May 12,1862. Died in General Hospital at
Lauderdale Springs, Miss. June 25, 1863. Davis, William-See private Co. F.
Drake, William T. private June 19,1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. No later record.
Edwards, James- private May 12, 1862. Appears on roll dated May 16, 1862,
showing payment of bounty of $50.00. No later record.
Epperson, James W. private May 12, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal. Died of
disease at Vicksburg, Miss. April 22, 1863.
Evans, George W. private May 12,1862. Died in Lexington, Ky. hospital
September 30, 1862.
Evans, Pinkney H. private May 12, 1862. Died in Fair Grounds Hospital at
Atlanta, Ga. December 23, 1862. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery.
Ford, Isaiah- private February 3, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. No later record.
Freeman, Henry C. private May 12, 1862. Union prisoner of war records show he
was arrested October 31, 1862, and received for exchange by Major N. G.
Watts, C.S.A., on board Steamer Metropolitan near Vicksburg, Miss., December
4, 1862. Died in Lexington, Ky. hospital October 1, 1863.
Freeman, John N. private May 12, 1862. Union prisoner of war records show he
was arrested October 30, 1862, and was received for exchange by Major N. G.
Watts, C.S.A., on board Steamer Metropolitan near Vicksburg, Miss. December
4, 1862. Died in Lexington, Ky. hospital November 26, 1863.
Garrison, Henry F. private May 12,1862. Died in Knoxville. Tenn. hospital
November 13, 1862.
Garrison, Silas Morgan- private September 1, 1862. Killed at Atlanta, Ga.
July 22,1864.
Gillespie, James Lowery- private May 12, 1862. Wounded in right hand at
Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. May 20, 1865.
Glasure, James H. private May 12,1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April
26,1865.
Goode, James C. private May 12, 1862. Pension records show he surrendered at
Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Rutherford County, N. C. October
1824.)
Gordon, Daniel W.- private May 12, 1862. Discharged, furnished Jonathan
Vickers as substitute, July 15, 1862.
Graham, Elijah- private May 12,1862. Wounded in left leg at Jonesboro, Ga.
August 31,1864. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Ga. September 8,1864,
and died there from wounds September 9,1864. Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Macon, Ga.
Graham, John W. private May 12,1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon,
Ga. with chronic rheumatism October 23, 1864. Transferred, place not stated,
October 27, 1864. No later record.
Greenway, David- private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April
26,1865.
Greenway, William- private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C.
April 26, 1865.
Grimes, William S. private May 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July
4,1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. Transferred to Co. A, l6th Regiment
Ga. Inf., in exchange for Joseph W. Cartledge, September 1863. Captured at
High Bridge, Va. April 6, 1865. Paroled at Newport News, Va. June 25, 1865.
Released June 26, 1865.
Hall, Isaac- private 1862. Transferred to Co. B, in exchange for Samuel B.
Wilson, in 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865.
Harper, John E. private May 12,1862. Appointed Assistant Commissary Sergeant
July 16, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863, and paroled there
July 8, 1863. Detached and serving as Captain and A. C. S., Cumming's
Brigade, July 1864. No later record.
Holley, Augustus C. private May 12, 1862. Received pay at Atlanta, Ga. April
30, 1864. Died in Atlanta, Ga. hospital June 9,1864. Buried there in Oakland
Cemetery.
Hopper, William O. M. private May 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July
4,1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. Pension records show he was wounded in
left leg at Atlanta, Ga. July 22,1864.
Johnson, William L. private May 12, 1862. Admitted to C.S.A. Post Hospital at
Dalton, Ga. with typhoid fever December 24, 1862. Died of smallpox January
14, 1863.
Kell, James L. private July 1864. Admitted to Macon, Ga. hospital August 31,
1864, and transferred or furloughed September 11, 1864. No later record.
Long, Thomas A. private May 12, 1862. Discharged, disability, August 1,1862.
Manley, James W. private May 12, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May
16, 1863. Received at City Point, Va. for exchange July 6,1863. At Camp Lee,
Richmond, Va., July 19, 1863. No later record.
Mayes, Crawford S. private May 12,1862. No later record. Mayes, Harvey W. private May 12, 1862. No later record. McDonald, Robert A. private May 12,1862. Died of disease in Richmond, Ky. hospital September 18, 1862.
McDonald, William W. private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C.
April 26, 1865.
McWhorter, Theodore E. private May 12, 1862. Admitted to C.S.A. Post Hospital
at Dalton, Ga. with dyspepsia October 20, 1862. Returned to duty October 25,
1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863, and paroled there July 8,
1863. No later record.
Meade, Alden T. private June 19,1862. Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. September 1,
1864. No later record.
Meade, John M. private June 19, 1862. Captured near Franklin, Tenn. December
17, 1864. Received at Camp Chase, Ohio. January 4, 1865, and died there, of
variola, in Military Prison February 22,1865. Grave #1380, Camp Chase
Confederate Cemetery.
Meade, Thomas T. private May 12, 1862. Died at Bridgeport, Tenn. September
27, 1862.
Mize, William M. private May 12, 1862. Roll dated May 16, 1862, shows he was
rejected.
Moore, Eli D. private. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled
there July 8,1863. On duty at Atlanta, Ga. May-June 1864. Captured at Macon,
Ga. April 20-21, 1865.
Morgan, Samuel- private May 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. In Frank Ramsey Hospital at Cassville,
Ga. December 31, 1863. Unofficial records show he was wounded at Atlanta, Ga.
July 22, 1864.
Norwood, Daniel B. private May 12, 1862. Wounded, date and place not given.
Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals, at Macon, Ga., wounded in
face, November 28, 1863. Wounded at Resaca, Ga. May 14, 1864. Captured at
Rough and Ready, Ga. August 31, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Government at Camp Douglas, Ill. and enlisted in Co. H, 6th Regiment U. S.
Vols. April 1, 1865. Discharged February 3, 1866.
Nunn, William T. private May 12, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April
26, 1865.
Owens, James- private May 12, 1862. No later record.
Parsons, Joseph- private May 12, 1862. Rejected by Surgeons May 12, 1862.
Parsons, Oliver W. private May 12, 1862. In General Hospital at Lauderdale
Springs, Miss. April 1863. No later record.
Porter, Russell- private May 12, 1862. Roll for May 16, 1862, shows he was
rejected.
Prickett, Fletcher A. private May 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July
4,1863, and paroled there July 8,1863. Appears on roll of Co. B, 2d Battn.
Troops and Defenses, "Macon, Ga., as Absent, Provost Guard at Atlanta, Ga.
December 31, 1864." Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Prickett, John Wesley- private May 12, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Captured at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Admitted to
St. Mary's Hospital at West Point, Miss, with rheumatism January 10,1865.
Admitted to War Hospital at Meridian, Miss. February 5,1865, with remark.
"returned," opposite his name. No later record. Died at Cartersville, Ga.
February 3, 1910.
Prince, Ira H. private July 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. No later record.
Pruitt, Ezra - private May 12, 1862. Unofficial records show he
was killed at Vicksburg, Miss. June 30, 1863.
Redman, Reuben J. private. Appears on register of Floyd House and Ocmulgee
Hospitals at Macon, Ga. as follows. "Date, September 2, 1864. Hospital,
Ocmulgee. Disease, measles, complicated symptoms of phthisis.
Richey, James M. - private May 12, 1862. Killed at Baker's Creek,
Miss. May 16, 1863.
Rowe, Stephen- private April 1864. Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864.
Captured September 2, 1864. Died in hands of enemy at Atlanta, Ga., September
4, 1864.
Russell, George Noble- private August 1863. Wounded in right thigh at
Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864. Admitted to General Hospital at Atlanta, Ga.
September 17, 1864, and died there of
wounds September 19,1864.
Sanders, Mathew- private May 12, 1862. No later record.
Sanders, Moses H. private May 12, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. date not given.
Sheridan, H. A. private June 12, 1864. Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31,
1864. Admitted to Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga., with left
arm fractured, November 11, 1864. No later record.
Sheridan, Thomas D. private May 12,1862. Appointed Corporal in 1862. Captured
at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,1863, and paroled there July 1863. Pension records
show he left command near Gadsden, Ala., ill with chills and fever, October
1864. Could not reach command. Enlisted in Captain Allen's Company while at
home, and was discharged in 1865.
Sparks, Thomas Jefferson- private May 12, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Died at
home with yellow fever December 30, 1862.
Taylor, Thomas M. private May 12,1862. Captured at Powder Springs, Ga.
October 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Chattanooga,
Tenn. November 24,1864.
Threlkeld, Francis- private May 12, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. hospital in
1862.
Threlkeld, Madison Warren - private June 19, 1864.
Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Vickers, Jonathan- private July 15, 1862. Substitute for
Daniel W. Gordon. Appointed Corporal April 22, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg,
Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. No later record.
Waters, John- private May 12,1862. No later record.
Watson, Daniel S. private May 12, 1862. No later record.
Watts, John W. private May 12, 1862. Died of disease at Point Clear, Ala.
July 25, 1863.
Watts, Robert D. private May 12, 1862. Wounded in eye, resulting in loss of
sight, at Vicksburg, Miss. June 30, 1863, and captured there July 4, 1863.
Paroled July 15, 1863, and delivered to Confederate authorities at Mobile,
Ala. No later record.
Willbanks, Levi G. private May 12, 1862. Roll dated May 16, 1862, shows he
was rejected.
Wilson, Samuel B. See private, Co. B.
Wise, D. L. private January 1864. Left command on account of chronic
diarrhea October 1864. Furloughed home. Never able to return. Clothing was
issued to him November 22, 1864. Captured and paroled at Athens, Ga. May 8,
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