Fifth Georgia Cavalry

 

Troop A
Chatham County, Georgia


OFFICERS AND STAFF
William H. Wiltberger
 Captain of Company A (Georgia Hussars)
 PHOTO FROM ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906)
 BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN
Submitted by Guy Power

Captain William H. WILTBERGER, son of Captain Peter Wiltberger (1791-1853) and Susan  (Green) Wiltberger (1788-1849), was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 17 Sept 1825. William was elected Captain of Company "B" Georgia Hussars on 9 Sep 1861. He was commissioned  Captain of Cavalry in the Confederate Army on 23 Nov 1861, and was given command of Company D, 2nd Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Cavalry, or the “Georgia Hussars”. On 20 Jan 1863 the 2nd Battalion was consolidated with the 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry and re-designated as Company A of the 5th Cavalry Regiment.  He commanded the company through the Coastal Campaign, Olustee, Florida, and the Atlanta Campaign. On 26 Jul 1864, he was promoted to Major and given command of a Confederate Army Convalescent Camp at Union Springs, Alabama. Major Wiltberger served the final 11 months of the war as camp commander. He was paroled at Albany Georgia 6 May 1865. He succeeded his father’s position as the proprietor of the Pulaski House for the rest of his life. [TOMMY HOUSTON & ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Captain James A. ZITRONER served as 1st Lieutenant from 9 May 1862 until he was prompted to Captain on 26 Jul 1864. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

1st Lieutenant  Phillip YONGE enlisted as a private on 23 Nov 1861at Savannah, Georgia. The Jan - Feb 1862 muster roll lists him as 5th Sergeant, and he was appointed 2nd Sergeant on 1 Apr 1862. Sergeant Young was promoted to Jr. 2nd Lieutenant on 9 May 1862. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and promoted A. D. C. to Brigadier General Robert H. Anderson on 26 July 1864.  [MIL REC MICROCOPY 266 # 15 & ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Jr. 1st Lieutenant Fredrick  H. BLOIS enlisted as a private on 23 Nov 1861 and was appointed First Sergeant on 9 May 1862. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 26 Jul 1864. Lieutenant Blois was captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on 6 Sep 1864, and remained a prisoner of war until the close of the war. This man is listed in the 1850 Chatham County census as a 24 year old clerk. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

2nd Lieutenant John H. ASH enlisted as a private on 23 Nov 1861, and was promoted to 3rd Corporal on 9 May 1862. He continued to be promoted thru the ranks and on 22 Aug 1863 he was promoted to First Sergeant. On 26 Jul 1864, he was appointed First Lieutenant. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

2nd Lieutenant Erasmus P. HILL enlisted as a private on 23 Nov 1861, and was elected Lieutenant on 9 May 1862. He resigned on 2 Jul 1863.  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Jr. 2nd Lieutenant William L. WAKELEE was with troop dismounted at Fort Pulaski in January 1861. He enlisted as First Corporal on 23 Nov 1861, and was appointed Jr. 2nd Lieutenant on 26 Jul 1864. Lieutenant Wakelee was wounded on the attack on Kilpatrick's Camp in Mar 1865. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

1st Sergeant Augustus B. LaROCHE enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 1 Mar 1862, and was appointed 4th Corporal on 1 Jul 1862.  He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and was appointed 1st Sergeant in 1864. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

2nd Sergeant William G. COOPER enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was appointed 2nd Corporal in 1862, and 3rd Corporal in 1863. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1864.[ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

3rd Sergeant James McP.  FARR enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 3 Dec 1861. He was appointed 2nd Corporal in May 1862, and later 4th Sergeant. George transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and was appointed 3rd Sergeant. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Sergeant Stephen ENGLISH enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 7 Apr 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Sergeant W. D. HEDLESTON

3rd Sergeant Augustus G. GUERARD enlisted on 23 Nov 1861 as 3rd Sergeant. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

3rd Sergeant George H. HENNING enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was appointed 4th Corporal in May 1862. George transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and was appointed 3rd Sergeant in Sep 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

4th Sergeant J. W. EDMONDSON enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 5 Sep 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and appointed 3rd Corporal. He was later appointed 3rd Sergeant. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Corporal W. E. SKINNER

3rd Corporal David H. BAILEY enlisted as a private in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 1 May 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and was promoted to 3rd Corporal in 1864. David was captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on 6 Sep 1864. He was from Clark County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Corporal George HARPER

4th Corporal John D. HARRELL enlisted as a private on 26 Feb 1862 at Camp Cumming, near Savannah, Georgia. He was appointed 4th Corporal on 28 Oct 1862. The muster roll for Nov - Dec 1862, last on file, lists him as present. On 1 Jul 1863, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant of the Stonewall Hussars of the 29th Battalion Georgia Cavalry, and saw service in Florida. He later became a Representative of Decatur County in both the House and Senate, and in 1893 was United States Marshall for the Southern District of Georgia. [MIL REC MICROCOPY 266 # 14 & ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Asst. Surgeon Dr. B. F. PALMER enlisted as a private in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was captured 6 Sep 1864 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Private Samuel WALLS enlisted, as a substitute for J. I. STODDARD, in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 22 May 1862.  He was appointed Farrier in 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He he died in Savannah, Georgia, on 10 Mar 1864. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Private Jno. W. WATERS enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and was appointed Bugler in 1863. He was from Bulloch County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Private George F. ALLEN enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 3 Mar 1862. He was listed as Farrier in 1862  and Teamster in 1863.  He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

PRIVATES

David A. ADAMS enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 22 Feb 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

L. AKINS enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 11 Dec 1862.. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

George A. ALLEN

William ANDREWS enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 4 Sep 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Charles H. BAKER enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 11Jan 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. Charles was captured at Saltville, Virginia in October 1864. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Stephen J. M. BAKER enlisted in the Georgia Hussars (Company A), Second Georgia Cavalry Battalion in Oct 1861, at Savannah, Georgia.  He transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was paroled at Goldsboro, North Carolina in April 1865. Stephen J. M. Baker was born 19 Feb 1826 in Bryan County, Georgia. [GSU-PEN]

Jno.  W. BAILEY enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Samuel L. BOWMAN enlisted in the Georgia Hussars on 23 Nov 1861, and was transferred to the C. S. Navy in 1864. ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Jefferson J. BOYD enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 5 Sep 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863.  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN - Brig. Gen. John C. Carter Camp #207 ~ Waynesboro, Georgia]

R. E. BRANTLEY enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry,  26 Nov 1862 . He Transferred to Company A, 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863.  On 1 Sep 1863, he transferred to Company F,  54th Regiment Georgia Infantry. He appears on roll of Company E, 1st Regiment Troops and Defenses, Macon, Georgia, for November - December 1864, as present. Detailed clerk at Camp Wright Hospital. No later record. [Hen]

William " Robert" J.  BRINSON enlisted as a private in the Georgia Hussars on 23 Nov 1863. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was dishonorably discharged on 4 Jul 1864. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Fredrick A. CANUET enlisted as a private in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 1 Dec 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863.[ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

C. P. CAREY enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 22 Jul 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

George R. CLARK

Frank B. CLEARY enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Joseph F. DAVIS enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 1 Mar 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

W. H. DEAN enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 42Sep 1863. He was captured at Bear Creek Station, Georgia, on 16 Nov 1864.. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Houston DEMERE enlisted as a private in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 6 May 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was from Bryan County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

William H. DIXON enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 18 Apr 1863. He was a substitute for B. C. WAGNER. William H. Dixon deserted on 30 Jan 1864. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

J. J. EADY enlisted, as a substitute for W. H. SNIDER, in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 18 Oct 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and on 1 Jul 1863 transferred to Company B, 12 Battalion Georgia Infantry. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

T. P. ELKINS

William H. FARMER

F. W. FINCH enlisted, as a substitute for W. H. TURPIN, in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 26 Sep 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

William B. FISHER enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

W. C. FLEMISTER enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 15 Feb 1863. He was from Adams Run, South Carolina. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

W. J. FOREHAND enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 17 Jan 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and died of Typhoid fever in Emanuel County, Georgia on 5 Jul 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

W. J. FOREHAND was born in 1826, and died in 1863. He is buried at Old Lane Cemetery, Emmalane, Jenkins County, Georgia. [CARTER SCV CAMP # 207]

A. Jones FRANKLIN enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 15 Feb 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Ebenezer W. GIFFORD enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 13 Feb 1862. He was appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, as a private. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

J. F. GOWEN enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 26 Sep 1863. He was appointed Captain and A. C. S. of the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

P. GUERARD enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 18 Oct 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

A. W. GRESHAM  enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 5 Sep 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was discharged near Marietta, Georgia, on account of arm wound. He was from Maxey's, Calhoun County, Georgia.. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Charles J. HALLMAN  enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 1 Dec 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was from Griffin, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

W. T. HAMM

G. HARPER enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 22 Aug 1863. He was from Clark County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Thomas C.  HARDEN transferred 13 Aug 1862 to Company D, 2nd Georgia Battalion from the Chatham Light Horse. He had enlisted on 13 Aug 1862.  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

J. A. HARLEY 

J. HARRELL enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 15 Mar 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He transferred to Company K, 2nd Georgia Cavalry Regiment on 4 Mar 1863. He was from Bainbridge, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

P. E. HAYDEN enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and transferred to Company B, 22nd Georgia Battalion Artillery on 15 Dec 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Horace N. HEIDT enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 3 Mar 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

R. F. HERRINGTON, enlisted 11 Dec 1862, in Company E, 63rd Georgia Infantry.  He  transferred to Company A, 5th Regiment Ga. Cavalry, on 1 Aug 1863. [HEN] 

Pleasant HIGGINS

Thomas R. HOLLIDAY enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 13 Dec 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was from Bulloch County, Georgia., [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

John R. HOLTZCLAW enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 8 Aug 1863,  and was killed at Izzard's Plantation, South Carolina.. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Hardyt HOOKE enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 13 Oct 1863, and deserted on 16 Oct 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Jacob HOOKE enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 13 Oct 1863, and deserted on 16 Oct 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Robert T. HOYT enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was from Rome, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Henry  HUMPHREYS enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

William Bulloch JACKSON enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was detailed to the Quarter Master Department in Feb 1863, and  promoted A. D. C. to General H. R. Jackson on 17 Feb 1864. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

T. N. JENKINS enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 17 Dec 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

George W. JOHNSON enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863,and deserted on 10 Mar 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Clark JOLLY enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 4  Sep 1863.. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

H. C. LANIER enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 25 Jan 1863, and was killed in action at Noon Day Church, Georgia on 20 Jun 1864. He was from Bulloch County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

W.  W. LANIER enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 26 Aug 1863.He was from Bulloch County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN - CARTER CAMP # 207]

Carter SCV Camp # 207 lists this man as WILLIAM WESLEY LANIER born 23 Sep 1822, and died 25 Oct 1892. He is buried at the Hart Cemetery, Jenkins County, Georgia. His son was HENRY LANIER and may be the H. C. LANIER listed above.

WILLIAM WESLEY LANIER married AMELIA WIGGINS. William Wesley and Amelia had the following children: 1.Henry C. LANIER b: 16 Aug 1842, 2.Thomas J. LANIER b: 1 Oct 1845 in Georgia, 3.Mary W. LANIER b: 16 Aug 1847 in Georgia, 4.George P. LANIER b: 7 Dec 1849, 5. John M. LANIER b: 1 Oct 1851 in Georgia, 6. Sarah J. "Sally" LANIER b: 11 Mar 1854 in Georgia, 7. Missouri Zude LANIER b: 12 May 1857 in Georgia , 8.Margaret F. LANIER b: 6 May 1859 in Georgia , 9. Jefferson D. LANIER b: 2 Aug 1861 in Georgia, & 10. Lovell Randolph LANIER b: 8 Nov 1866 in Georgia. [LAURA BUCKMASTER ANCESTRY.COM]

George C. LEWIS enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 3 Aug 1863, and was captured on 6 Sep 1864 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

L. LIPPMAN enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 4  Sep 1863, and transferred to Company D, 22nd Georgia Battalion Artillery. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

James J. LOGAN enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 3 Aug 1863. He was from Bibb County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

J. C. MARTIN enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 10 May 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. On 23 Jul 1863, he transferred to Company E, 63rd Regiment Georgia Infantry.  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

William MASON, JR. enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 13 Dec 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was from Clark County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

C. C. MATTOX

James Henry McCOMMONS was living in Greene County, Georgia, in 1897, when he was a witness for Thomas S Wilson's pension application. He was from Bairstown, Georgia. [PEN & ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN

D. McDONALD enlisted in  Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry and transferred to C. S. Navy as 3rd Assistant  Engineer on 31 Jul 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN

Thomas McGLASHAN enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 28 Dec 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863,and then transferred to Company D, C. S. Engineers on 26 Sep 1863. He was from Thomas County, Georgia.. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

J. H. McLEMMORE enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 7 Jul 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Joseph H. MORGAN

John R. MORTON enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 23 Aug 1863.He was from Clark County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

B. F. NEWTON enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was from Bulloch County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN - Brig. Gen. John C. Carter Camp #207 ~ Waynesboro, Georgia]

B. F. NEWTON  is Buried at Elam Baptist Church Cemetery, Jenkins County, Georgia.  [Brig. Gen. John C. Carter Camp #207 ~ Waynesboro, Georgia]

John Calhoun NEWTON enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 7 Jul 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was from Bulloch County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN - Brig. Gen. John C. Carter Camp #207 ~ Waynesboro, Georgia]

John Calhoun NEWTON was born 3 June 1844, and died 2 Jan 1910. J. C. Newton is Buried at Elam Baptist Church Cemetery, Jenkins County, Georgia. [Brig. Gen. John C. Carter Camp #207 ~ Waynesboro, Georgia]

Stephen W. OUTLAW enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 4 Jan 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was confined for desertion in Feb 1863, and transferred to Company I, 1st South Carolina Artillery on 30 Nov 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

He was actually sentenced to execution by firing squad for stealing one of the Captain's horses.
A day before it was to take place General Beauregard ordered for the execution to be delayed for 14 days, as he had received a letter from Father O'Neil requesting a respite.
In March of 1863, Outlaw received a reprieve from the President (Jefferson Davis), and sentenced to be confined for six months wearing a ball and chain, be subjected to solitary confinement for 7 periods of 14 days, and forfeit all pay. [FROM HEIDI MOYE]

Mahlon PADGETT enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was from Griffin, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Charles Braddock PATTERSON was born in Sep 1845. He enlisted on 2 Dec 1861, In Company D, 1st Regiment "Savannah City Light Guards". He was discharged by civil authority on 14 Jan 1863. He enlisted at a private Company A, 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry, on 17 Aug 1863. Paroled Hillsboro, North Carolina, on  3 May 1865 , with remark, "absent with wagon train near Greensboro, North Carolina."   Charles Braddock Patterson died 27 Nov 1920. [HEN]

J. M. PATTERSON enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 22 Dec 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

John T. RAHN enlisted Georgia Hussars on 3 Dec 1861.   The Hussars became Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry in 1862 and Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was captured at the Battle of Bear Creek Station in 1864 and was paroled at Point Lookout Maryland on 17 Jun 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE # A04139]

John T. RAHN married Almera J. Collins in Echols County, Georgia, on 22 Aug 1869. John died in Lowndes County, Georgia on 1 Jul 1887. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE # A04139]

W. A. ROBERTS enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

W. C. ROGERS enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Oct 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863, and died 4 Jun 1863, at Savannah, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

A. C. SCOTT, Jr.

William F. SEWELL enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 8 Jan 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He died of wounds received at Monroe's Cross Roads, North Carolina.  His body was found, on the banks of Persimmon Branch, lying on a pallet made from part of a tent.  His horse was still by his side. He was from Athens, Clark County, Georgia. [KCNS MANGUM II -  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

J. J. SHEPPARD enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 1 Jul 1863. He  transferred from 12th Battalion Georgia Infantry. He deserted in Jun 1864. . [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

W. E. Skinner  enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 21 Apr 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He transferred to the C. S. Navy on 1 Sep 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Robert B. SLATER enlisted 10 Jun 1861 in Company I, 9th Regiment "Toombs Guards".  He was discharged, on account of general debility, at Culpeper, Virginia, on 2 Jan 1862. He then enlisted as a private in Company D, 2nd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, on 11 Dec 1862. He transferred to Company A, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry 20 Jan 1863. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. [FAM JOHN W. RICKMAN, JR. - MIL REC HEN]

Robert B. SLATER  married Anna Jane (Janie) NEVILLE on 13 Jun 1859 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Janie is the sister of Corporal John A. NEVIL of Company F. [FAM JOHN W. RICKMAN, JR. - MIL REC HEN]

Charles S. SMITH enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 13 Dec 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Julius J. SMITH enlisted as a private 1 Aug 1861 in Company B, 8th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged at Richmond, Virginia, 1 Jan 1862. He then enlisted as a private in Company D, 2nd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry 26 Feb 1862. On detail as clerk in Office of Chief Surgeon at Savannah, Georgia, 31 Jul - 30 Nov 1862 . Transferred to Company A, 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry Dec 1862. On detail as clerk in Office Chief Surgeon, Savannah, Georgia, 1 Jan - 18 June 1863 , on which date he was transferred to C. S. Navy. Captured at Savannah River, Georgia, while serving as paymaster's clerk on C. S. S. Resolute, December 13, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, and forwarded to City Point, Virginia, for exchange 27 Feb 1865. No later record. [HENDERSON]

M. SMITH 

Thomas SMITH enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 29 Apr 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

William  C. STALEY [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Seymour C.  STEWART enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 13 Dec 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863.[ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

H. M. STODDARD was enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia cavalry by Captain WILTBERGER on 19 Feb 1863. He was discharged by order of Confederate State Court Judge HARDIN, 23 Jun 1863. Re-enlisted 13 Oct 1863 in Company I, 5th Georgia Cavalry by Captain Henry J. STROBHAR. He was detailed, by order of General MERCER, to the Signal Corps as a telegraph operator. He appears to have remained in the Signal Corps until the end of the war. [MIL REC]

Joseph R. THOMPSON enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. Joseph transferred to Company D, C. S. Engineer Battalion on 20 Sep 1863.  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Joseph F. ULMER  enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Henry J. WADE  enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, on 3 Mar 1862 at Camp Read. The muster roll for Nov - Dec 1862, last on file for the 2nd Battalion, lists him as present. He transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. Missing since engagement of 20 Jun at Noon Day Church, Georgia. [MIL REC MICROCOPY 266 # 15 - NPS S&S DATABASE]

Barnard C. WAGNER enlisted as a 5th Sergeant, in the Georgia Hussars, on 23 Nov 1861 at Savannah, Georgia.  The Jan - Feb 1862 muster roll lists him as a private. The muster roll for Nov - Dec 1862, last on file, lists him as present. He was discharged after furnishing W. W. DIXON as a substitute. He is listed as returning to the ranks on 18 Apr 1863. [MIL REC MICROCOPY 266 # 15 & ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

E. P. WAIT enlisted in  Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 4 Sep 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN

Robert W. WALL enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Nov 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

John W. WALTERS

J. H. WATSON

John S. WEATHERLY enlisted in  Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 3 May 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Joseph M. WEATHERLY enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 13 Dec 1861. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

John P. WEBB [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

John W. WEED [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Michael WIGGINS enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 26 Feb 1863. He was from Bulloch County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

P. C. WIGGINS enlisted in Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 15 Oct 1863.He was from Bulloch County, Georgia. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

Eben H. WILLIAMS enlisted as 4th Corporal in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 23 Nov 1862 at Savannah, Georgia. He is listed as 3rd Corporal on the Mar - Apr 1862 muster roll. Corporal Williams resigned his "Corporalcy" on 19 May 1862. The muster roll for Nov - Dec 1862, last on file for the 2nd Battalion, lists him as present. [MIL REC MICROCOPY 266 # 15 - NPSS&S DATABASE]

Frank M. WILLIS enlisted in Captain Chisholm's Company Georgia State Troops 17 May 1861, and was mustered out May 1862 . He was then enlisted and appointed 2nd Corporal of Company F, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry on 13 May 1862 . He transferred to Company A, 5th Regiment Ga. Cavalry on 1 Sep 1863 . He is listed on detail duty with Captain Wiltberger's Horse Infirmary 7 Aug - 31 Dec 1864 . No later record. [HEN]

Thomas S. WILSON enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 5 Sep 1862. He transferred to  Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. His pension records indicate he was married to Ann R. ______  22 Feb 1860 in Lincoln County, Georgia. He died in Wilkes County, Georgia on 7 Feb 1904. [GA PEN REC]

William B. WOODBRIDGE enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 28 Feb 1862. He was detailed to the Signal Corps in Jun 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

A. I. YONGE enlisted in  Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 2 Sep 1863. [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN

Andrew J. YOUNG 

J. P. YOUNG enlisted in Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 26 Sep 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863.  [ROLL AND LEGEND OF THE GEORGIA HUSSARS (1906) BY, ALEXANDER McC. DUNCAN]

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