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Troop G OFFICERS AND STAFF Captain William Lowndes WALTHOUR was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in The Liberty Independent Troop, Captain Winn's Company, 1st Georgia, Volunteer Cavalry Battalion on 1 Oct 1861. When Captain Winn resigned in Oct 1861, William was elected captain. The Liberty Independent Troop was designated as Company G, 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment by general order # 20 on 20 Jan 1863. Colonel Robert Houstoun Anderson, of Savannah, commanded the regiment. In 1864, when Col Anderson was promoted to Brigadier General, and was given command of a brigade in Major General Joe Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee, Captain Walthour became the Inspector General on the Brigade Staff of General R. H. Anderson. He appears to have served in this position until the end of the war. [ MIL REC - HOUSTON] 1st Lieutenant William Augustus FLEMING was elected 1st Lieutenant, Liberty Independent Troop, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 1 Oct 1861. The Liberty Independent Troop became Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. On General Joe Wheeler's 1864 Tennessee raid he was left sick at Columbia, Tennessee, and captured there on 4 Sep 1864. He was sent to a Union Army Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky, and transferred to Johnson's Island. Ohio, 6 Oct 1864. Captain Fleming was released on 16 Jun 1865.[MIL REC - RLIT BY FLEMING - FAM HIS ANCESTRY.COM ]
William Augustus FLEMING,
1st Lieutenant George T. Hendley was elected 2nd Lieutenant 1 Oct 1861, of the Liberty Independent Troop, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry. He was later elected 1st Lieutenant. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was wounded at Fayetteville, North Carolina, on 13 Mar 1865. [MIL REC] 2nd Lieutenant William M. Stevens was appointed Sergeant 1 Oct 1861, then elected 2nd Lieutenant in 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. The 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry captured Lt. Willie Stevens at the Raymond Cay house, Walthourville, Georgia, on 14 Dec 1864. He was released at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on 17 Jun 1865. Lt. Stevens walked home from Richmond, Virginia, after his release. [MIL REC] 1st Sergeant Samuel Law Fleming was appointed 1st Sergeant Liberty Independent Troop, Winn’s Company, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 9 Oct 1861. transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment. Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. The roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent Without Leave." [MIL REC] 2nd Sergeant Edward W. RUSSELL (Ted Russell) was appointed 2nd Sergeant, Liberty independent Troop, 1st Georgia Battalion Cavalry 22 Oct 1861. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863.. was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, in 1865. [MIL REC] 3rd Sergeant G. Frederick KING enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry, on 17 May 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Sergeant King surrendered at Hillsboro, North Carolina, in April 1865. [MIL REC] 4th Sergeant Russell WALTHOUR was appointed 4th Sergeant of Captain Winn’s Liberty Independent Troop, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 1 Oct 1861. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Sergeant Walthour served as Color bearer in 1864. He Saved the Regimental colors and himself by giving the colors to a mounted member of the color guard and then playing dead as union troops passed over him at the Battle of Bear Creek Station, Georgia, on 16 Nov 1864. [TOMMY HOUSTON - MIL REC NARA MICROFILM INDEX M266 ROLL 7] Russell WALTHOUR, son of George Washington Walthour and Mary Amelia Ann Russell, was born in Liberty County, Georgia, in 1841, and died in Liberty County, Georgia on November 23, 1878. He married Matilda Olivia Fleming on 19 Dec 1860. She was a daughter of the Hon. William Bennett Fleming. [TOMMY HOUSTON - MIL REC NARA MICROFILM INDEX M266 ROLL 7] Sergeant Miles R. MIXON was born, raised and died in Hampton County, South Carolina. His grave marker lists him as "SERG CO G 5 GA CAV." He died in 1920. [FAM REC - Submitter] 1st Corporal Josiah L. FLEMING enlisted on 1 Oct 1861. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry. He was wounded in one ear near Savannah, Georgia, in December 1864. Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent Without Leave since 26 Nov 1864." He surrendered at Tallahassee, Florida, on 10 May 1865. He was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, 21 May 1865. [MIL REC] Josiah Law FLEMING, son of Peter Winn FLEMING and Matilda LAW, was born in Liberty County, Georgia, on 25 Mar 1841. He married Mary Alice MALLARD on 1 Jan 1868. He died while in Thomasville, Georgia from cancer on 24 May 1891. He was a farmer. [MIL REC]
2nd Corporal John David CAY
John David CAY , son of Raymond CAY and Eliza Ann STETSON, was born in Liberty County on 17 Sep 1840. John David is listed in the 1850 Liberty County Census in the household of Raymond and Eliza CAY. John married Georgia WINN in Liberty County, Georgia, on 4 Jun 1868. He died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, on 3 Jul 1916. [MIL REC - CAY ITS - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE] Photo: SEE PHOTO IN PHOTO GALLERY. 4th Corporal Edward FENNELL was wounded in action at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, and was home on wounded furlough at close of the war. [MIL REC] 5th Corporal Fleming LAW was appointed 5th Corporal of Liberty Independent troop on 17 May 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry. Corporal Law surrendered at Hillsboro, North Carolina, in 1865. [MIL REC] Corporal James Oglethorpe VARNEDOE transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry 20 Jun 1863. He was listed as Absent Without Leave from December 1, 1864. He returned to duty from 30 days furlough near the close of the war. He was returning to his command when news of the surrender reached him in South Carolina. He was paroled at Macon, Georgia. [MIL REC] Colonel James Oglethorpe Varnedoe, son of Prof. Samuel McWhir Varnedoe and Caroline Fraser Law, was born in McIntosh County, Georgia, 24 June 1842. He married Harriet Louise Busby in 1864. He later married Anna Elizabeth Rogers. James Oglethorpe served as a colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. [INFORMATION FROM: ANCESTRY.COM. A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA. PROVO, UT. MYFAMILY.COM INC. 2004. A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA. HARDEN, WILLIAM,. CHICAGO. LEWIS PUB. CO.. 1913. PAGE 2_783] PRIVATES Charles Atwood ALEXANDER enlisted in Captain Winn’s Liberty Independent Troop, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 1 Oct 1861, and transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863, and was elected 2nd Lieutenant. He was transferred to Capt. J. W. McAlpin's Company, Engineer Troops, Company E, 2nd Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops in 1864. Appointed 1st Lieutenant 8 Mar 1865 to rank from 27 Oct 1864. He was paroled at Chester, South Carolina, on 5 May 1865. [MIL REC - HOUSTON - FAM REC CHARLES MILLER] Charles Atwood ALEXANDER, son of Adam Leopold ALEXANDER and Sarah GILBERT, was born in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, on 4 Nov 1838. Lieutenant Alexander is the younger brother of General Edward Porter ALEXANDER. [MIL REC - HOUSTON - FAM REC CHARLES MILLER] Luther Wesley Alexander Charles David ANDERSON enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 18 Jul 1862. On 20 Jan 1863, the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment was formed, and the Liberty Independent Troop became Company G of the Regiment. He served the entire war in this unit and was paroled at Hillsboro N. C. on 3 May 1865. [OUTTC FAM REC - MIL REC] Charles David ANDERSON was born in Manassas, Georgia 15 Feb 1836, son of Peter ANDERSON (1799-1884) and Mary LYNN. On June 9,1857 he married Mary Ann DANIEL (1836-1902) daughter of James Pierce ANDERSON and Elizabeth GLISSON of Tattnall County. This union produced twelve children, all born in Manassas, Georgia. [OUTTC FAM REC - MIL REC] Clifford W. ANDERSON enlisted in 1864, in Company G, 5th Georgia Cavalry. He remained in camp one day before being promoted to Acting A. D. C for Brigadier General R. H. Anderson. He severed as a courier on the staff of the 5th Georgia Cavalry until the surrender. Clifford W. Anderson was one of those selected to carry cartel of surrender between General Johnston and General Sherman in April 1865. [PEN GSU - MIL REC] Clifford W. ANDERSON is a brother of General R. H. Anderson, Alfred C. BACON enlisted 16 Jan 1863. Absent, sick in December 1864. [MIL REC] William H. BACON enlisted in April 1863. He was a substitute for John Snyder. Listed as absent , sick in Dec 1864. [MIL REC] William S. BAKER enlisted in the Liberty Independent troop on 17 May 1862. He was wounded in Florida on 20 Feb 1864, and at Peachtree Creek, Georgia, and 21 Jul 1864. He was paroled at Augusta, Georgia, on 5 Jun 1865. [MIL REC] F. W. BALDORFF enlisted in Captain Winn’s Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Calvary on 1 Oct 1861. He was then appointed Company Commissary. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. Private Baldorff was wounded in arm at Saltville, Virginia, October 2, 1864. He was home on sick furlough in December 1864. [MIL REC] J. E. BERRY enlisted 19 Apr 1864. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, May 3, 1865. [MIL REC] John Isaiah BIRD enlisted on 17 May 1862 in the Liberty Independent Troop, 1st Battalion, Georgia Calvary. Private Bird transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Calvary on 20 Jan 1863. He surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina on 26 Apr 1865. John Isaiah Bird was born on 27 Sep 1827 and died on 28 Aug 1869. [MIL REC] Thomas Butler BLOUNT enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862. Thomas B. Blount transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Calvary on 20 Jan 1863. Records show he was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, May 3, 1865. [MIL REC] Jonathan B. BREWTON enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on December 23, 1862. He then transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry. Private Brewton was discharged by order of the Secretary of War, Special Orders No. 37, A. & I.O.G., Richmond, Virginia, 13 Feb 1864. [MIL REC] T. S. BRADLEY entered service in July 1862, as a substitute for Private J. .S. WILSON of the Liberty Independent Troop. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment. Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. He is listed on detail duty 31 Dec 1864. Paroled at Albany, Georgia, May 6. 1865. [MIL REC] John Wallace BRUMBY enlisted in the Liberty Independent troop on 27 Nov 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. He was elected Captain of Company D, 24th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, 26 Sep 1863. He later transferred to Company I, 7th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry. Company Roll dated 27 Feb 1865, shows him "Absent,” by authority of Lt. Gen. Ewell since 1 Nov 1864. [MIL REC] ___ BRUTON Joseph B. CALDWELL enlisted in Company G, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 15 Apr 1864. Joseph B. Caldwell was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] Robert H. CALDWELL enlisted in Company G, 5th Georgia Cavalry on March 12. 1864. Records show he was paroled at Hillsboro. North Carolina, on 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] Raymond CAY enlisted on 26 Jan 1864, at Green Pond, South Carolina. He escaped capture by Captain Hancock’s Company, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, at his father’s home in Walthourville, Liberty County, Georgia, in Dec 1864. Records show he was home on furlough at close of war. [MIL REC] O. Devant CHESTER enlisted on 1 Jul 1864. He was struck and bruised by a minnie ball at Aiken, South Carolina. Records show he was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, 3 May 1865. Thirteen O. D. Chester is found in the 1860 Cobb County census, living in the home of his physician father, N. L. Chester. He has an Marietta address. [MIL REC - ITS_p115] William W. CHISHOLM enlisted 12 Nov 1863. Private Chisholm was detailed with the Signal Service as telegraph operator, 12 Nov 1863. Records show he was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] Thomas Carolin CLAY enlisted as a private in Capt. Winn’s Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry on June 30, 1862, known as the Liberty Independent Troop. On December 20, 1862, he was detailed to the Signal Corps, and on January 20, 1863 he was transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry. He was paroled with the Signal Corps at Albany, Georgia on May 6, 1865. [MIL REC]
Thomas Carolin CLAY
was the second son of
Thomas Savage
CLAY (1801-1849) and
Matilda
Willis McAllister Clay (1818-1869) of
“Richmond,” Bryan County, Georgia. The Clays were successful rice
planters on the Ogeechee River and
Thomas
Carolin Clay was brought up in a family that valued
education and religion.
Thomas Savage
Clay was the son of Joseph
Clay, Jr., a well-respected jurist and later a
Baptist minister. T. S. Clay was educated at Harvard College and
later helped organize the Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church near his
plantation in Bryan County.
Matilda
Willis McAllister Clay was a daughter of a
neighboring planter,
George Washington McAllister
(1781-1850), and
Mary Bowman
McAllister.
Her brother,
Joseph
Longworth McAllister
(1820-1864), had Fort McAllister built on his lands at the mouth of the
Ogeechee River and served as Lt. Colonel of the Hardwick Rifles, later
part of the 7th Regiment of Georgia Cavalry. McAllister was
killed in action against troops commanded by Gen. George A. Custer at
Trevilian’s Station, Virginia, on June 11, 1864.
Although
his older brother and aunt disapproved of the war,
Thomas Carolin Clay enlisted as a private in Capt.
Winn’s Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry on June 30,
1862, known as the Liberty Independent Troop. On December 20, 1862, he
was detailed to the Signal Corps, and on January 20, 1863 he was
transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry. He
was paroled with the Signal Corps at Albany, Georgia on May 6, 1865.
Thomas Carolin Clay had his own Sharps rifle, which was finely engraved
and fitted with target sights, and a standard issue pine army trunk for
his belongings as part of his accoutrements. Harrison CLIFTON enlisted in Company G, 11th Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, C. S. A., Tattnall County, "Tattnall Invincibles" on 4 Mar 1862 . He transferred to Company G, 47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry on 12 May 1862. On 12 Aug 1862, he transferred to Captain Abial Winn's Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry. He transferred with most of his company to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. His pension records show he was on detail at the close of the war. [MIL REC - PEB REC] John H. CLIFTON enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on September 6, 1862. Transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Records show he was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] Thomas CLIFTON enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop 17 May 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5thRegiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent Without Leave since November 26th." [MIL REC] John COBB enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 30 Jun 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Records show him listed as deserted on July 19, 1864. [MIL REC] Wesley COBB enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop 17 May 1862 Transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Private Wesley Cobb was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina. May 3, 1865. [MIL REC]
Ovid Isaac CULBERSON
Samuel CULBERSON George Walthour CURTIS enlisted 22 Jan 1864. Private Curtis was paroled at Salisbury, North Carolina, 1 May 1865. [MIL REC] Henry DAVIS enlisted 12 Sep 1863. Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent at camp, convalescent horse." [MIL REC] Mirarbeau M. DOYLE enlisted on 15 Apr1864. Private Doyle was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] B. F. DYE enlisted 17 May 1862, in Captain Winn’s Company, 1st battalion, Georgia Cavalry. He transferred with most of his company to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Records show he was on detail with Hood's Supply Train 31 Dec 1864. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 3 may 1865. [MIL REC] Joel EASTERLING entered service as a paid substitute for W. H. HULL in 1863. Records show he deserted. [MIL REC] J. J. EPPINGER enlisted 18 Mar 1864. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] S. H. EVANS enlisted on 12 Mar 1864. He was detailed as a courier for General Hood in 1864. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina. May 3. 1865. [MIL REC] John N. FENNELL enlisted on 1 Nov 1863, and was accidentally wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, on 19 Jun 1864. [MIL REC] John N. FENNELL, son of John W. A. FENNELL, was born on 26 Sep 1826, in South Carolina. He was a one time sheriff of Liberty County, farmer, and plantation overseer, He moved to Liberty County with his father as a child. He married Mary Elizabeth Girardeau on April 13, 1848. John served briefly in the Liberty Guards, before enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop. He managed the Montevideo plantation for some years before removing to Savannah. He died on December 14, 1881 in Savannah, Georgia. [MIL REC] James Wilson FLEMING enlisted in the Liberty Independent troop on 17 May 1862 He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. He was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, on 23 May 1865. [MIL REC] John Sidney Fleming enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop 17 May 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Georgia cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. Records show he transferred from Flemstone Hospital, Barnesville, Georgia, to General Hospital at Macon, Georgia, 23 Sep 1864. He was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, 21 May 1865. [MIL REC - FAM REC ANCESTRY.COM] John Sidney Fleming, the son of John Sidney FLEMING and Jane Amarintha QUARTERMAN of Liberty County, Georgia. [MIL REC - FAM REC ANCESTRY.COM] Thomas Madison FLEMING in the Liberty Independent troop in November 1861. he transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file. shows him "Absent on special duty, drummer. headquarters." [MIL REC] Thomas Quarterman "Que" FLEMING enlisted in Captain Winn's Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, 1 Oct 1861. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. Thomas Quarterman FLEMING served as a member of Color Guard. Records show he was on "Special Detail" at brigade headquarters at the close of the war. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 3 May 1865. [MIL REC FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE PENSION # A02875 - PAPERS OF Eleanore Eulalie "Lalie" CAY] Thomas Quarterman "Que" FLEMING, the son of John Sidney FLEMING and Jane Amarintha QUARTERMAN married Eleanore Eulalie "Lalie" CAY, daughter of Raymond CAY and Eliza Ann STETSON, in Liberty County, Georgia, on 19 Dec 1866. He died on 7 Feb 1917 at Jessup, Wayne County, Georgia. [MIL REC FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE PENSION # A02875 - PAPERS OF Eleanore Eulalie "Lalie" CAY] Elias C. FORT enlisted in the Liberty Independent troop 1 Oct 1861. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry; to 4th Regiment, Clinch's Cavalry, 1863. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant 1864. He was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, on 9 May 1865. [MIL REC] William M. GASKIN enlisted in the Liberty Independent troop on 17 May 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. He was listed as deserted 19 Jul 1864. [MIL REC] Gilbert W. GIGNILLIAT enlisted 17 May1862, in the Liberty Independent Troop. Private Gignilliat transferred to Company G. 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry‑ 20 Jan 1863. He was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, May 13, 1865. [MIL REC] I. Axon GIRARDEAU was born on 15, Apr 1838. He enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 16 Oct 1862. Private Girardeau transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 3 May 1865. he died on 19 Aug 1873, and is buried at Taylors Creek Cemetery, Fort Stewart, Georgia. [MIL REC - Taylors Creek Cemetery] John J. Axon GIRARDEAU was killed in a rice field near Savannah, Georgia, in 1864. Fleming reports in his Reminiscences of The Liberty Independent Troop "Near Allendale Private John Girardeau of Co G. was killed while acting as courier for General Anderson." [MIL REC] Len M. GRIFFIN was elected 2nd Lieutenant Company G, 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, March 18, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Georgia, March 18, 1861. He enlisted in Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 23 Feb 1864. Private GRIFFIN was captured at Bear Creek Station, Georgia, on 16 Nov 1864. He was released at Point Lookout, Maryland, on 27 Jun 1865. [MIL REC] N.B. HARDEN enlisted on August 7, 1863. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, May 5, 1865. He was born in Reidsville, Georgia, in 1847. [MIL REC] Uriah H. HARDEN enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. [MIL REC] W. H. HALL enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He transferred to Company G., 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows he deserted. [MIL REC] James A. HARLEY enlisted on 19 Apr 1864. He was captured at Bear Creek Station, Georgia, and was released at Point Lookout, Maryland, in June 1865. [MIL REC] J. J. HAYMANS enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 4 Jul 1862. Private J. J. Haymans transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. [MIL REC] David C. HILL was born on 31 May 1845 in Stewart County, Georgia. was enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 1 Aug 1862. He was a substitute for Thomas MANDEVILLE. Private Hill transferred with most of company to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was on detail at camp for convalescent horses 31 Dec 1864. Private Hill was paroled at Albany, Georgia, 6 May 1865. Pension record states he was discharged at Macon, Georgia. [MIL REC FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE PENSION # A07792] George Washington HORTON enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 3 May 1865. [Jesup Sentinel – FAM REC SUE MILLER]
George Washington HORTON J. D. JARRIEL S. Rowan JENKINS enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He and others in the company were home on remount furlough November - December 1864. He escaped capture when Lieutenant Stevens and most of his men were captured on 14 Dec 1864. [MIL REC] George Washington JONES Malachi JOHNS enlisted in The Liberty Independent Troop , on 17 May 1862 Records show him on special duty at brigade headquarters on 31 Dec 1864. He was wounded at Aiken, South Carolina. Private Malachi JOHNS surrendered at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on May 3, 1865. [MIL REC & RLIT FLEMING] E. KENNEDY enlisted in Company G, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 23 Feb 1863. Company Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent with General Hoods army." [MIL REC] EDMOND KENNEDY, son of STEPHEN and MARY KENNEDY, was born 24 Mar 1824, in Tattnall County, Georgia. He married 1. ELIZABETH BIRD, daughter of WILEY BIRD, and 2. SARAH ALDERMAN. [FAM MEM GA 1995] Bayard Hand KING was born in Cobb County, Georgia, on 4 Sep 1846. He enlisted on 17 Mar 1864, and was captured near Bear Creek Station, Georgia, on 16 Nov 1864. He was paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland, for 40 days or until exchanged on 16 Mar 1865. He was home on furlough at close of the war. Records show he was residing at Fort Meade, Florida, in Aug 1927. Bayard Hand KING died in Florida and is buried there. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE PENSION # A08439] Julian Clarence KING enlisted in Captain Winn’s company on 17 May 1862 He was transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. Private Clarence King was captured by the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry on 14 Dec 1864 at Walthourville, Liberty County, Georgia. [MIL REC] McLeod KING enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was discharged because of disability on 2 Jun 1863. [MIL REC - FAM RECORD ANCESTRY.COM] McLeod KING, son of William KING and Sarah Elizabeth McLEOD, married Julia Elizabeth CAY, daughter of Raymond CAY (b. 12 APR 1805 in Baracoa, Cuba) and Eliza Ann STETSON, on 31 Dec 1856. [MIL REC - FAM RECORD ANCESTRY.COM] Roswell KING enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 18 Nov 1861. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. Records show he surrendered at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 26 Apr 1865. James T. LAMBRIGHT enlisted at the age of 17, as a private in the Liberty Independent Troop in May 1862, at Palmyra, near Sunbury, Liberty County. The Independent Troop remained in that locally guarding the coast from Savannah to the Altamaha River. In the winter of 1862, the Independent Troop transferred to the vicinity of Fort McAllister, and remained there during the bombardment of the fort by the Federal Ironclads. The Company was then ordered to Savannah, Georgia, where the Fifth Georgia Cavalry Regiment was formed on January 20, 1863. The Independent Troop became Company G, of the regiment. Private Lambright surrendered at Company Shops, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. He wrote: "After the surrender we started on our return to our homes in Georgia, and after arriving at Augusta we separated in small parties, each selecting the most direct route. I arrived at Tebeauville, Ware county, where our family refugeed, rejoining them after an absence of three years, May 1862 - May 1865." James wrote a history of the Liberty Independent Troop in 1910. His work may be found in the history section of this web site. [ MIL REC Lambright] Proctor LAWRENCE enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 19 Oct 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He received a slight wound to the forehead near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was captured near Jonesboro, Georgia, on 16 Nov 1864. He was paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland, and transferred to Cox's Landing, James River, Virginia, for exchange in February 1865. He was born in Beaufort County, South Carolina., and died in Atlanta, Georgia. [REC - ITS-ODC-113] John Hand "Skip" LONG enlisted in Capt Walthour's Company of the First Georgia Cavalry at the age of 17 years in May 1862. Transferred to Company G of the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment by Special Order No. 20 on 20 January 1863. He was placed on special duty at Brigade Headquarters on 31 Dec 1864 as personal courier for Brigadier General Robert Houstoun Anderson who nicknamed him "Skip"; his horse was named "Andrew Jackson". His fellow troopers have credited John H. Long with “extraordinary daring and unexcelled horsemanship.” Skip was temporarily promoted to Corporal and was wounded but not incapacitated at the Battle of Noon Day Church, Georgia. Records show he was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina on 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] Robert W. LONG enlisted in Captain Winn’s Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, on 17 May 1862 He was a substitute for Norman Gignalliat. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. Records show he was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] Dr. James F. MANDEVILLE enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] Cicero C. MATTOX enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He then transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent Without Leave." [MIL REC] Dr. Lucius Cornelius MATTOX, MD, enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 Dr. Mattox transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Records show he lost two fingers at Saltville, Virginia, 2 Oct 1864. Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Home on sick furlough."[MIL REC - "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia by Judge Huxford" Volume 5, pg. 275. Information from FAM REC Everett Hicks, Chaplain Dixie Camp 1861]
Michael McKenzie MATTOX, enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862, and was transferred to Company G, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. As a member of Company G, 5th Georgia Cavalry, Michael McKenzie Mattox rode a black mare named "Dixie" all through the war; Dixie brought him home again after the war and then dropped dead. Mattox wasn't wounded. In addition to being a soldier, Michael McKenzie Mattox was a Primitive Baptist Elder in his later years, his greatest theme in preaching being the suffering and death of Christ, which he could portray with zeal and energy. [FAM Judy Schrader ]
Robert MITCHELL enlisted in Company C, 1st Battalion, Reserve Cavalry, January 12, 1862. Transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was captured at Bear Creek Station, Georgia, on 16 Dec 1864. Private Mitchell was exchanged at Point Lookout, Maryland, 13 Feb 1865. [MIL REC] Henry McGILLIS enlisted in the Liberty Independent troop on 23 Dec 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was captured near Smithfield, North Carolina, on 17 Apr 1865. Records show he was released at Newport News, Virginia, 6 Jun 1865. [MIL REC] Rory McINTOSH Swinton W. McINTOSH enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862. Private McIntosh transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He surrendered at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on May 3, 1865. [MIL REC] Augustus Munro McIVER enlisted 1 Oct 1861, in Captain Winn’s Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry. Private McIver transferred to Company G, 5thRegiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He surrendered at Hillsboro, North Carolina, 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] James Eli McFAIL, son of Eli McFAIL and Elizabeth SMART, enlisted in the 1st Company F, 25th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, on 16 Sep 1861. He transferred to Captain Walthour's Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, on 1 Oct 1862. He then transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1862. On 1 Nov 1863 he transferred to Company D, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry. He was wounded at Noonday Church, Georgia, on 20 Jun 1864. James E. McFail died of wounds in an Atlanta, Georgia, hospital on 4 Jul 1864. [MIL REC] D. McQUAIG entered service as a substitute for J. MANDEVILLE, in Oct 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Sep 1863. Records show he was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, May 3, 1865. [MIL REC] John C. McQUAIG Charles S. McKINNEY G. M. McWILLIAMS Andrew J. PADGETT entered service on 17 May 1862. Records show he was a substitute. He is listed as “Deserted" 19 Jul 1864. [MIL REC] D. A. P. PERRY John S. POPE enlisted on 15 Apr 1864. [MIL REC] Bayard PRATT Augustus S. QUARTERMAN was captured in Liberty County, Georgia, 14 Dec 1864. He was released at Point Lookout, Maryland, in June 1865. [MIL REC] Joseph Henry QUARTERMAN enlisted on 1 Oct 1861. The 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry captured Joe Quarterman 14 Dec 1864 at Walthourville, Liberty County, Georgia, while severing as a member of a remount detachment, commanded by Lieutenant Willie Stevens. He was released at Fort Delaware, Delaware, June 17. 1865. He walked home from Richmond, Virginia, after release. [MIL REC - RLIT LAMBERT] Robert H. QUARTERMAN [MIL REC NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS DATABASE] Robert Keith QUARTERMAN William J. QUARTERMAN enlisted in the Liberty Independent troop, on 17 May 1862 He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. The 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry captured Private Willie Quarterman 14 Dec 1864, at Walthourville, Liberty County, Georgia, with Lieutenant Willie Stevens’ Remount Detachment. He was released at Fort Delaware, Delaware, June 17, 1865. He walked home from Richmond, Virginia, after release. [MIL REC] Joseph J. ROBERTS was wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, and died in an Atlanta, Georgia, hospital. [MIL REC] B .A. K. ROBINSON Jacob "Jake" Henry ROKENBAUGH, Jr. died 19 August 1864 in a Military Hospital at Kittrell Springs, North Carolina. He was buried 26 Aug 1864, at the Contentment Bluff Cemetery, Liberty County, Georgia. [MIL REC - Imogene Hancock ] Jake ROKENBAUGH, Jr. was born in McIntosh County, Georgia, in 1843, and died 19 August 1864 in a Military Hospital at Kittrell Springs, North Carolina. He was buried 26 Aug 1864, at the Contentment Bluff Cemetery, Liberty County, Georgia. He married Ida Rosalie McCornell. His daughter, Ida Henry ROKENBAUGH, was born Christmas Day, 1864 in Thomasville, Georgia, while her mother was fleeing from Sherman's Army. Ida died in 1865. [MIL REC - Imogene Hancock ] John Thurston ROWLAND, Jr. enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. John Thurston Rowland, Jr. was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina. [MIL REC] Henry RUSSELL was wounded at Aiken, South Carolina. [RLIT FLEMING] James Newton RUSSELL enlisted in Company B, 21st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, 13 May 1862 and transferred to Company E and then to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry on 1 Aug 1863. James was wounded in the right thigh at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. Roll dated 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent Without Leave since November 27th." [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE PENSION # A07071] James Newton RUSSELL, son of Edward William RUSSELL, was born in Walthourville, Georgia, on 10 Oct 1830. On 10 Jan 1854, he married Mary H. EVE. On 17 Nov 1874, he married Anna H. CURTIS. James Newton died at Seabreeze, Florida, on 11 Jun 1916. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ONLINE PENSION # A07071] Henry A. RUSSELL enlisted on 20 Feb 1864. He was wounded in the head at the Battle of Aiken, South Carolina. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 3 May 1865. [REC] [ITS-ODC-113] Henry Porter STEVENS enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 22 Oct 1861. He was accidentally wounded at Marietta, Georgia, in 1864. He was captured at Walthourville, Georgia 14 Dec 1864. Private Stevens was released at Point Lookout, Maryland, on 19 Jun 1865. [MIL REC] William Crawford STEVENS enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 1 Oct 1861. He was captured at Walthourville, Georgia on 14 Dec 1864. He was released at Point Lookout, Maryland, on 19 Jun 1865. [MIL REC] John STRIPLING enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 5 Jan 1863. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was wounded at Newnan, Georgia, 28 Jul 1864. He was absent from the company, wounded, on 31 Dec 1864. Later reported to Colonel Clinch’ Cavalry, where he remained until ordered to Macon, Georgia. He was at his home in Limestone Springs, Alabama, wounded, at the end of the war. [MIL REC] Josiah Peyton Randolph SYKES enlisted in the 5th Georgia Cavalry, Company G and served until February 1864 when he was honorably discharged to take up duties as Tattnall County's Probate Judge. [Joe Spann - Library Manager Polk County Historical and Genealogical Library, Polk County, Florida] Edward Jonathan THOMAS enlisted in Captain Winn's Company, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863, and was appointed assistant quartermaster. Edward J. Thomas was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina in 1865. [MIL REC - FAM TONY THOMPSON Memoirs of a Southerner 1840-1923]
William E. TIPPINS Charles Carroll VARNEDOE enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 1 Oct 1861.He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863; to Company D, 20th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, on 30 Jun 1863; to Company I, 8th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, in 1864. Company Roll for Dec 1864, last on file, shows him on horse detail since 19 Nov 1864. Records show he was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, 17 May 1865. [MIL REC] Rufus A. VARNEDOE Charles WALKER James WALKER enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, 3 May 1865. [MIL REC] Dr. Andrew WALTHOUR enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 17 May 1862 He was discharged because of disability on 20 Jan 1863. He later served as contract surgeon with Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, from February 18 - April 1863. [MIL REC] Robert H. WALTHOUR Taylor WALTHOUR Walter A. WAY William J. WAY enlisted in Captain Winn’s Company on 10 Nov 1861. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment. Georgia Cavalry, 20 Jan 1863. Discharged because of disability 30 May 1863. [MIL REC] A. J. WILLIAMS enlisted on 1 Jul 1863, in Company G, 5th Georgia Cavalry. The Company Roll dated 1 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him Absent Without Leave since 26 Nov 1864. [MIL REC] Floyd WILLIAMS enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on September 2, 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. Pension records show that he was sent home on 30 days furlough on account of fever in November 1864. His furlough was extended 60 days. He was unable to rejoin his command before it surrendered. He died in Tattnall County, Georgia, in 1920. [MIL REC] Francis William WILLIS enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 20 Jun 1862. He was detailed in Signal Corps December 20, 1862. He transferred to Company G, 5th Georgia cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. He was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina, May 3, 1865. [MIL REC] Walter A. WILLIS William Maxwell WINN escaped capture when Lieutenant Stevens' detail was captured 14 Dec 1864. Lt. Stevens and several troops from Company G were captured at the Cay house, Walthourville, Georgia, on 14 Dec 1864, by the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry. [MIL REC - ITS] Y. H. WYNN Redden YEOMANS, Jr. enlisted in the Liberty Independent Troop on 19 July 1862. Redden transferred to Company G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. Roll from 30 Jun to 31 Dec 1864, last on file, shows him "Absent Without Leave since October." No later record. [OUTTC - FAM]
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