54th Georgia Infantry
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David Allen - Private |
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He was born Kingsbury, NY, 1 Dec 1809 to Seth Allen & Lucy (King) Allen, Married Emeline Prudence Parker 20 Nov 1839, in Syracuse, NY. They moved to Bibb Co., Georgia in 1839 and had 6 daughters. He enlisted as Private, 13 Jun 1863, died 2 Aug 1864. He is my GGG Uncle.
Contact Name: William AllenContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/20/2008
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Joseph F Follendore - Private |
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Joseph was born in Germany He enlisted in Capt T.W. Brantley's Co A Ga Vols in April of 1862. This along with other units became Co A 54th Ga Infantry. Assigned to Dept of Georgia, South Carolina & Florida. In later part of the war it was attached to the Army of Tennessee.
He mustered 22 Nov 1862 at Macon Ga. His first battle was at Grimball's Landing on James Island, Charleston. Atlanta Campaign 1864, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta siege, Jonesboro, Ga, Franklin Tenn, Nashville, Carolina Campaign, Bentonville. 20 Feb. 1865 finds in the Floyds House & Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon Ga with a bad back from lifting seige artillery and a double Inguinal Hernia. He is attached to Smith's and Cleburn's Division. He is granted a sick furlough in late Feb 1865. We are related by a distant marriage.
Contact Name: phillip thomasHe mustered 22 Nov 1862 at Macon Ga. His first battle was at Grimball's Landing on James Island, Charleston. Atlanta Campaign 1864, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta siege, Jonesboro, Ga, Franklin Tenn, Nashville, Carolina Campaign, Bentonville. 20 Feb. 1865 finds in the Floyds House & Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon Ga with a bad back from lifting seige artillery and a double Inguinal Hernia. He is attached to Smith's and Cleburn's Division. He is granted a sick furlough in late Feb 1865. We are related by a distant marriage.
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Date Added: 5/4/2020
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John Herrington - Private |
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Contact Name: James HerringtonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 5/26/2007
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Moses J Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted as a private Co C, 1st Independent Battalion GA State Troops on 17 oct 1861. Mustered out Apr 1862. He next enlisted as a private on 3 May 1862 at Macon, GA in Co A 54th GA Infantry.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 11/28/2008
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Stephen Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted on 12 Mar 1863 at Macon.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/16/2009
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Yelvington Thaxton Urquhart - Asst Surgeon |
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Contact Name: perry bennettContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 9/12/2009
| Company B | |
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Joseph Deen - Private |
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Enlisted into Co.'B', wounded on train wreck carrying troops from Tenn. to Columbus, Ga., left thigh crushed.
Contact Name: Randy PeacockContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 11/14/2005
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Thomas Deen - Private |
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Enlisted 4/28/1862 into Co. 'B', no futher record listed.
Contact Name: Randy PeacockContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 11/14/2005
| Company B | |
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Henry Clay Harris - Private |
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Originally enlisted as a Private in Company B, 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. The 4th Batt'n SS was consolidated into the 54th infantry in 1865. Clay remained in Company B after the consolidation.
Contact Name: Vance HarrisContact Email: Show Email
Contact Homepage: www.theharrislegacy.com
Date Added: 5/5/2007
| Company B | |
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George HERNDON - Private |
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Contact Name: Cheri Rodgers AmarnaContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/2/2012
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George W Moody - Captain |
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Any Photos you can find let me know
Contact Name: Shane ForresterContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 10/7/2008
| Company B | |
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Isham C Ogden - Corporal |
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From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search. Also, CSA Georgia Records, Vol. 5, pg. 309.
Contact Name: Glenn OgdenContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/1/2009
| Company B | |
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Issac Ogden - Private |
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From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search. Also, CSA Georgia Records, Vol. 5, pg. 309.
Contact Name: Glenn OgdenContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/1/2009
| Company B | |
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John R. Ogden - Private |
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From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search. Also, CSA Georgia Records, Vol. 5, pg. 309.
Contact Name: Glenn OgdenContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/1/2009
| Company C | |
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B. R. Graham - Private |
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Enlisted in Co. G, 54th Georgia. Transfered to Co. C on September 1, 1862. Wounded at Resaca, Ga. on May 16, 1864. Suffered a crushed foot in a railroad accident in Mississippi on January 1, 1865.
Contact Name: Wyatt ParkerContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 4/23/2008
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Henry Houston Hall - Corporal |
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Contact Name: James SlackContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 4/1/2014
| Company C | |
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Riley A Herrington - Private |
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Trying to add as much info as I can about my gr gr grandfather
and his brothers.12 brothers,10 of them fought the yankee,s
3 died in battle[2 on the same day in the 2nd battle of winchester,...]6 were pow,s
Contact Name: James Herringtonand his brothers.12 brothers,10 of them fought the yankee,s
3 died in battle[2 on the same day in the 2nd battle of winchester,...]6 were pow,s
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Date Added: 5/26/2007
| Company C | |
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Thomas Lamb - Private |
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Date Added: 2/12/2008
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Loudy Layfield - Private |
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Died 9 Jan 1877
Contact Name: Mark AndersonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 12/20/2009
| Company C | |
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Christopher Columbus Morgan - Private |
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Enlisted as a Private on 06 May 1862 in Company C, 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia. Killed Company C, 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 22 July 1864 in Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Paul SalleeContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 9/6/2008
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Jesse Cleveland Morgan - Private |
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Private May 6,1862. Wounded and permanently disabled near Atlanta, Ga., July 22,1864. At home on wounded furlough close of war.
Contact Name: Paul SalleeContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 9/6/2008
| Company C | |
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Michael C. Peavy - Private |
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Michael was wounded in his right arm, necessitating amputation at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 1864.
Contact Name: Stephanie LincecumContact Email: Show Email
Contact Homepage: http://lincecum.i-found-it.net
Date Added: 7/23/2005
| Company D | |
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Andrew J. Becton - Private |
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Contact Name: Jimmy E. Dailey Jr.Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/27/2007
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Jasper Bragg - 4th Sergeant |
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Contact Name: Wesley BraggContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 4/9/2012
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David M Brinson - Private |
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This is my husbands great, great grandfathers, brother.
Contact Name: Betti O'BrianContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 2/9/2010
| Company D | |
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Charles Thomas Jefferson Claxton - Private |
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Charles T. J. Claxton is my great (x4) grandfather. He lived from July 25, 1844 to Sept 28, 1906. He is the son of Zachariah W. Claxton and Lincelia Bush Claxton. Grandson of Henry Claxton.
Contact Name: Walter WahleContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 3/5/2024
| Company D | |
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Samuel Calhoun Madison Monroe Dickey - Private |
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Contact Name: David DickeyContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 9/4/2008
| Company E | |
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Solomon Griffin - 3rd Corporal |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 12/15/2008
| Company E | |
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William H Griffin - Private |
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Enlisted 6 May 1862 in Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 10/1/2009
| Company E | |
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John Mark Hancock - Private |
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Contact Name: Jerry HancockContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/6/2011
| Company E | |
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Daniel J Handcock - Private |
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Contact Name: Eric PetersenContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/28/2012
| Company E | |
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James Jackson Lee - Private |
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None. I am Cousins of this Man
Contact Name: Zachary BurnettContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/1/2016
| Company E | |
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James J. Luke - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 12/19/2008
| Company E | |
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William H. Luke - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 12/19/2008
| Company E | |
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Hiram Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted in Co E 54th GA Infantry listed as Private 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA, transferred to Co A 1st GA regulars Jan 1864.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 11/28/2008
| Company E | |
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John Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 11/28/2008
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Moses J Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 11/28/2008
| Company F | |
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William Henry Gaskins - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862, Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 11/29/2008
| Company F | |
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James R Griffin - Private |
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Contact Name: Seth SkinnerContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 10/3/2012
| Company F | |
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James Samuel Spear - Private |
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Born August 3rd, 1843 in Muscogee County, GA
Joined the Police Guard, Oct. 3rd, 1861 under command of Captain Curry.
Joined Captain Bussell's Company. Private - May 12, 1862. Diagnosed with Typhoid fever July 4th, 1862 returned home until September 21st, 1862, armed in camp Sept. 22nd, 1862.
Transferred from Company H to Company F, January 1, 1863.
Company F, 'Savannah Cadets', men from Chatham County. The company of Savannah Cadets was organized 17 May 1861 , as a company of boys, most of whom were sixteen years of age. On 13 May 1862, the company was mustered into the Confederate Army and served the Confederacy as a defensive company on the coast around Savannah. Then in May 1863 they joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, GA. under captain W. T. Chisholm,
Captured at Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864.
Released at Camp Morton, Indiana May 22, 1865. - 11 Months as POW
Arrived Home - Columbus, GA. May 31st, 1865.
Contact Name: Morris SmithJoined the Police Guard, Oct. 3rd, 1861 under command of Captain Curry.
Joined Captain Bussell's Company. Private - May 12, 1862. Diagnosed with Typhoid fever July 4th, 1862 returned home until September 21st, 1862, armed in camp Sept. 22nd, 1862.
Transferred from Company H to Company F, January 1, 1863.
Company F, 'Savannah Cadets', men from Chatham County. The company of Savannah Cadets was organized 17 May 1861 , as a company of boys, most of whom were sixteen years of age. On 13 May 1862, the company was mustered into the Confederate Army and served the Confederacy as a defensive company on the coast around Savannah. Then in May 1863 they joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, GA. under captain W. T. Chisholm,
Captured at Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864.
Released at Camp Morton, Indiana May 22, 1865. - 11 Months as POW
Arrived Home - Columbus, GA. May 31st, 1865.
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Date Added: 7/14/2010
| Company G | |
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Abram Moses Slaton Rank Unknown |
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Contact Name: Al SlaytonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 2/22/2011
| Company H | |
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John Henry Land - Private |
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Contact Name: Chuck McMichaelContact Email: Show Email
Contact Homepage: tigermac
Date Added: 4/10/2012
| Company H | |
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Amos P Norris - Private |
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Date Added: 11/5/2011
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Adam Crall RODGERS - Private |
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See Samuel Craig Rodgers. Adam was his brother.
Contact Name: Cheri AmarnaContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/28/2011
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James McCurdy RODGERS - Private |
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James joined up with his three brothers, Samuel, Adam, and Robert. He became sick and was treated at the Camp Bethesda hospital near Savannah, Georgia hospital, Georgia on 29 FEB 1864. Bethesda Orphan Home was converted into a military hospital for the Confederate Soldiers. He survived and lived until 1908.
Contact Name: Cheri AmarnaContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/29/2011
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Robert Hill RODGERS - Private |
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Robert enlisted with his brothers on January 21, 1864 after they had been fighting for almost 2 years . He was present for the roll for February 29, 1864. He also survived the war and live until 1907.
Contact Name: Cheri AmarnaContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/29/2011
| Company H | |
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Samuel Craig Rodgers - Private |
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Samuel was born in 1836 in South Carolina. He enlisted as a Private on 12 May 1862 in Company H 'Russell's Guards', 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 16 May 1862. Surrendered Company H, 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 26 Apr 1865 at Greensboro, NC. He enlisted with four of his brothers. All survived the war. Two of his brothers-in-law also served in the Georgia 20th Regiment.
54th Infantry Regiment, organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1862, contained men recruited in the counties of Lamar, Appling, Harris, Muscogee, Bartow, Chatham, and Barrow. The unit moved to the Charleston area and was involved in numerous conflicts including the fight at Battery Wagner. Later it was assigned to Mercer's and J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 54th participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the Battle of Bentonville. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20 to September 1, it reported 93 casualties and in December, 1864, totaled 168 effectives. The regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865. Colonel Charlton H. Way, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Rawls, and Major William H. Mann were in command.
Contact Name: Cheri Amarna54th Infantry Regiment, organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1862, contained men recruited in the counties of Lamar, Appling, Harris, Muscogee, Bartow, Chatham, and Barrow. The unit moved to the Charleston area and was involved in numerous conflicts including the fight at Battery Wagner. Later it was assigned to Mercer's and J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 54th participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the Battle of Bentonville. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20 to September 1, it reported 93 casualties and in December, 1864, totaled 168 effectives. The regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865. Colonel Charlton H. Way, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Rawls, and Major William H. Mann were in command.
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Date Added: 12/3/2008
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William Matthew RODGERS - 1st Corporal |
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William joined the 54th on May 12, 1862 along with his brothers Samuel, Adam, and James. A fourth brother, Robert, joined with them in 1864. His pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He died in 1919 in Muscogee County, GA
Contact Name: Cheri AmarnaContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/29/2011
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James Samuel Spear - Private |
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Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred
to Company F, January 1, 1863.
Company F, 'Savannah Cadets', men from Chatham County. The company of Savannah Cadets was organized 17 May 1861 , as a company of boys, most of whom were sixteen years of age. On 13 May 1862, the company was mustered into the Confederate Army and served the Confederacy as a defensive company on the coast around Savannah. Then in May 1863 they joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, GA. under captain W. T. Chisholm,
Captured at Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864.
Released at Camp Morton,
Indiana May 22, 1865. - 11 Months as POW
Arrived Home - Columbus, GA. May 31st, 1865.
Contact Name: Morris Smithto Company F, January 1, 1863.
Company F, 'Savannah Cadets', men from Chatham County. The company of Savannah Cadets was organized 17 May 1861 , as a company of boys, most of whom were sixteen years of age. On 13 May 1862, the company was mustered into the Confederate Army and served the Confederacy as a defensive company on the coast around Savannah. Then in May 1863 they joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, GA. under captain W. T. Chisholm,
Captured at Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864.
Released at Camp Morton,
Indiana May 22, 1865. - 11 Months as POW
Arrived Home - Columbus, GA. May 31st, 1865.
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Contact Homepage: www.morrissmitheng.com
Date Added: 3/21/2010
| Company I | |
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Lewis W Rahn - Private |
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Contact Name: Steve ThomasContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 8/18/2007
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Lacy William Simmons - Private |
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Contact Name: Susan RodgersContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 8/24/2008
| Company K | |
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Elijah Dickson - Private |
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Contact Name: Robert T. DixonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 3/3/2012
| Company K | |
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Elisha Dickson - Private |
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Contact Name: Robert T. DixonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 3/3/2012
| Company K | |
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john henry sapp - Private |
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John Henry was my Mothers grandfather
Contact Name: bobby crewsContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/12/2013
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Isham Tyre - Private |
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Direct lineal descendnet of 8 Confederate soldiers.
Contact Name: Odeen L. TyreContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 3/18/2010
| Company Field & Staff | |
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William H. Mann - Major |
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Major William H. Mann: Was elected Captain of Company A, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops 3 October 1861. He was mustered out in April 1862 and elected Major of the 54th Regiment on 16 May 1862. He was killed in fighting near Atlanta, on 22 July 1864.
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Contact Homepage: None
Date Added: 4/9/2025