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4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
Company A
William J Bird - Private
Enlisted on Sept 29, 1861 as a Private in Company G, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry 'The Baker Volunteers' Transferred to Company A, 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters May 1863. Wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. Pension records show he was in a hospital in Macon Georgia when the war closed.
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Date Added: 3/22/2014

Company B
Wright Murphy Carter - Captain
He was elected the original 1st Lieutenant of 'The Barnesville Blues' on April 20, 1861. This Company later became Company D, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry. He was promoted to Captain of the Company on June 28, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters as Captain on May 4, 1863. He was wounded severely in both legs at the Battle of Hoovers Gap on June 24, 1863. Paroled with the surrender of the Army of Tennessee on April 26, 1865
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Date Added: 6/2/2013

Company B
Henry Clay Harris - Private
Enlisted on November 5, 1863 at Missionary Ridge Tennessee at the age of 17. He was wounded around the time of the Battle of Atlanta either in that Battle, the Battle of Peachtree Creek, the Battle of Jonesboro, or the Battle of Utoy Creek.. He was paroled with the Surrender of the Army of Tennessee. Filed for Pension in Pike County Georgia in 1910.
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Date Added: 5/17/2013

Company B
George Marion Ross - Private
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Date Added: 8/7/2015

Company B
John R Sikes - Private
Originally enlisted as a Private in Company D, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry 'The Barnesville Blues' on February 17, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters on May 3, 1863. Paroled with the surrender of the Army of Tennessee on April 26, 1865.
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Date Added: 6/1/2013

Company B
Julius F. White - Private
(12/26/1837 - 12/6/1906). Store Clerk at High Falls, Monroe County, Georgia. Son of Edward White and Elvira Fambrough. Enlisted as a private with the 'Barnesville Blues', Co. D, 3rd Georgia Battalion; transferred to Co. B, 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863. Gunshot wound in the right leg below the knee, fracturing both bones, rendering leg substantially and essentially useless. Sent to hospital in Atlanta, permanently disabled. Married Mary Elizabeth Middlebrooks (1847-1904)on January 19, 1871 in Monroe County. Circumstantial evidence strongly suggests Julius & Mary are buried in unmarked graves at Providence Congregational Methodist Church at High Falls, where his parents and siblings are buried.
Contact Name: Gregory C. White
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Date Added: 7/10/2015

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