New Bethel Cemetery

Location:

Reeceburg Relay Road

Floyd County, Georgia

N 34° 08.417   W085° 10.506

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 35729

Date of Visit: March 30, 2013

Pvt

William P. Gossett

Co B  21 Ga Inf

CSA

Dec 14 1842

Sep 5 1878

Pvt

Thomas L Gossett

Co G   22 Ga Inf

CSA

Nov 4 1836

Aug 18 1886

HC Meroney

Confederate Soldier

This may be the gravestone of Hugh C. Meroney, son of Benjamin Davis Meroney and Mary Ann Nolen of Floyd County. He is said that he died in a Lynchburg, Virginia hospital on June 27, 1862. There are no other records of Hugh. His father did serve in the 1st Georgia Calvary. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90710455/h-c-meroney : accessed 01 June 2022), memorial page for H. C. Meroney (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90710455, citing New Bethel Cemetery, Floyd County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by James M Trapp (contributor 47687441) .
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for B.D. meroney, 1st Georgia Calvary,  Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 1, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• 1860 U.S. Census, Floyd County, Georgia, Population Schedule, Census Place: Barker’s District, , p.232, dwelling 692, Benjamin Meroney: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 01 June 2022),  NARA Roll M653_121, Family History Library Film: 803121.

William Pickney Caldwell

1835 – August 20 1876

POW   Wounded

This tombstone is not an US Government style monument. William Pickney Caldwell joined Company C of the 40th Georgia in June of 1862.  In the summer of 1863 Caldwell was captured at Champion Hill near Vicksburg. In July he was at Fort Delaware prisoner of war camp in Delaware. He was paroled and exchanged. He spent some days spending time in Chimborazo Hospital Number 2 for an ankle injury. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.P. Caldwell, 40th Georgia Infantry,  Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 1, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Whitesburg Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 27

Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia

N 33° 30.038   W084° 55.089

Find a Grave: 37729

Date of Visit: November 9, 2013

3rd Sergeant

Moses Denham Watkins

Co A

21 Regt

Ca Vol Inf

Amry of Northern Virginia

CSA

Mar 8 1845     Aug 8 1899

Pvt

James E Meek

Co F

Phillips Legion

Calvary

CSA

Nov 11 1832     Dec 22 1899

Henry J Smith

Pvt Co I. 42 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1846      1916

George T Forbes

Co A

24 Ga Inf

CSA

1 Lt

Richard E. Thurman

Co C

56 Ga Inf

CSA

J.S. Moore

Cav Bn

Phillips Legion

CSA

Pvt

James T. Mullenax

Co C 26 Ga Vol

CSA

Jan 9 1819

Feb 17 1906

Francis M Richards

Co E

11 Ark Inf

CSA

Charles Christian Wager

C.C. Wager

Serg Co K  Fannin’s Ga Res

Confederate States Army

1815      1901

Charles Christian Wager was born in 1815 at Bade-Wurttemberg, Germany. He came to the United  States in 1847 and served in the War with Mexico. In 1864 he enlisted in a militia unit commanded by James H. Fannin. 

Sources: 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57069081/charles-christian-wager : accessed 26 October 2021), memorial page for Charles Christian Wager (24 Dec 1815–8 Aug 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57069081, citing Whitesburg Cemetery, Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Ed & Sue Anderson (contributor 46739770) .

• “B.F. Wager Dies; Brother of J.J. and G.W. Wager” The Cleburne News, May 6, 1937, p. 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87787036/obituary-for-b-f-wager-aged-78/

• "Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2021), "Kathy Adkins Family Tree" family tree by Kathy Adkins (kl_adkins), profile for Charles Christian Waagers (Dec. 24, 1815-Sept. 1 1901).   

Emmaus Primitive Baptist Church

Location:

Emmaus Road

Hoganville, Troup County, Georgia

N 33° 09.540              W084° 52.032

Date of Visit: October 16, 2011

Wilson L Smith

Georgia

Pvt Co K 13 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Nov 9 1830   Feb 11 1873

William N Sims

Georgia

Cpl Co B 13 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

James L. Sims

Georgia

Pvt Co B 13 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 10 1837  May 27 1897

James H. Phillips

Georgia

Pvt Co F 21 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Feb 5 1835  July 13 1862

Twenty-two year old Phillips enlisted August 3, 1861. He died in a field hospital on July 13, 1863. He was wounded at Cold Harbor on June 27 and died of his wounds on July 13. 

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 12, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

·      Civil War Battles in Virginia 1862 , https://www.civilwaracademy.com/civil-war-battles-in-virginia-1862, accessed November 12, 2017

·      Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 2, State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Retrieved November 12, 2017 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.

Albert Phillips

Georgia

Sgt Co E 28 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Nov 24, 1843   March 20 1864

Sergeant Phillips enlisted in 1861. His name appears on a roll of causalities from the Battle of Olustee in Florida dated April 21, 1864.  Causality lists compiled at the 28^th Georgia Volunteer Infantry website has Albert as being killed in this battle.

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 12, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

·      28^th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, www.28ga.org, accessed November 12, 2017

Killed at Ocoena Pond (Olustee) on Feburary 20, 1864. - Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 3, State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Retrieved November 12, 2017 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.

William T Beland

Georgia

Sgt Co E 28 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

July 12 1827   April 26 1863

Third Sergeant Beland enlisted in Griffin Georgia in 1861. He was admitted to the Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond Virginia on May 13, 1862 with Typhoid Fever.  He returned to duty in June. The June 1863 muster roll notes that he died at home April 26, 1863. There is no record of wounding at Fredericksburg and he was dead by the time of the Chancellorsville campaign. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 12, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

New Hope #2 Baptist Church

Location:

County Road 1682

Blount County, Alabama

Date of Visit: July 5, 2011

James S. McGriff

Pvt  Whitmeyer’s Company

Confederate States Army

Oct 10 1845   Sep 7 1918

John Stewart

Co E 21 Regt Ga Inf

CSA

1812 1864

William E Anderson

Co 13 5 Ala Batt

Confederate States Army

Apr 20 1841  Jan 2 1931

Anderson was in Company B.  Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 8, 2015 (http://www.fold3.com).

James M Chambers

Co H  14 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

Jan 22 1843   May 11 1925

James M Hendrix Sr.

Pvt  Co F 41 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 1830    Mar 1911

Andrew Jordon DeWitt

Pvt Co F  63 Ala Vol Regt

Confederate States Army

Dec 14 1842   Feb 26 1930

Benjamin F McGinty

Pvt Co F 21 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Apr 3, 1823    Dec 20 1902

Artemus Noble

Pvt Co B  45 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

June 18 1843   Mar 18 1910

George W King

Lieut Co B  19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 25 1833   Mar 4 1880

Johnston King

Pvt Walker’s 40 Tenn Regt

Confederate States Army

Mar 7 1820   Mar 4 1904

Francis Marion Chance

Pvt  Co C 19 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

John Mitchell

Pt Co A  48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 16 1840   Aug 15 1897

Wesley Y Barnett

Pvt  Co G  2 KY Cav

Confederate States Army

Feb 7 1837 Apr 25 1877

James M Hodge

Co E

15 SC Inf

CSA

Jefferson J Hazelwood

Pvt Co. I 19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Sep 11 1839  Oct 8 1904

Wynnville Cemetery

Location:

County Road 34

Susan Moore, Blount County, Alabama

N 34° 04.868              W086° 23.674

Date of Visit: July 4, 2011

W.T. Kelley

Co I

52 Ga Inf

CSA

Benjamin G Hamby

Co E

21 Ga Inf

CSA

John L Moses

Serg   Co H   41 Ga Inf 

Confederate States Army

Jan 22 1836   Aug 3 1886

Mt. Carmel UMC Cemetery

Location:

Hall Memorial Road

Bartow County, Georgia

N 34° 18.089              W084° 56.371

Date of Visits: March 24, 2010

3 Corp

John S Ward

Co K

44 Ga Regt

CSA

Jan 22, 1828

Apr 21, 1862

Pvt

Thaddeus C Ward

Co C

21 Ga Inf

CSA

Jul 1826   Mar 1864

John Clark Dunaway

Kolb’s Battery of

Alabama Artillery

Confederate States Army

July 1831

July 5 1915

Sgt

Thomas S Kitchens

Co C

2 Confederate

Engr Troops

Jacob Sherman

Co K

19 Ga Inf

CSA

Trenton Baptist Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 11

Trenton, Dade County, Georgia

N 34° 52.951              W085° 30.206

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

Pvt

McKenzie Nicholas

Co B

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Aug 30 1832

Jun 17 1913

Pvt James Allen O’Neal

Co F

34 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 9 1840

Oct 12 1912

Jackson L Quinton

Co D

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Pvt

Moses E Maxwell

Co F

34 Ga Inf

CSA

May 12 1833 

Nov 28 1904

In Memory of

Pvt

Brittain B O’Neal Sr

Co H  21 Ga Inf

CSA

1811

July 27 1862

Pvt O’Neal was killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor.

Company H, 21st Regiment Dade County "Silver Grays" or "Yancey Invincibles"

http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/infantry/rosters/21st_inf_regt_rost_h.html

Harris Chapel Cemetery

Location:

Hogjaw Valley Road

Jackson County, Alabama

N 34° 57.487              W085° 39.990

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

Pvt

Docker Hiram Gibson

Co H  21^st Ga Vols

CSA

Apr 30 1845  Sep 13 1898

In Memory of

Pvt John Gibson

Co H

21 Ga Inf

CSA

1840

1862

Gibson, John -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died near Lynchburg, Virginia August 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No.5, 3rd Line, Lot 177-either Ford's or Crumpton's. - Company H, 21st Regiment Dade County "Silver Grays"

or "Yance Invincibles",

http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/infantry/rosters/21st_inf_regt_rost_h.html

Pvt

Jefferson L Gentry

Co C

49 Ala Inf

CSA

Apr 11 1845

Feb 2 1917

In Memory of Pvt

Ananis A Gentry

Co C

49 Ala Inf

CSA

1864

Pvt

Albert Gallaton Gentry

Co C

49 Ala Inf

CSA

1840

1862

Pvt

Robert Lyle Hembree

Co G

3 Conf Cav

CSA

Dec 18 1825

Apr 26 1892

In memory of Pvt

Andrew J Hembree

Co K

4 Ala Inf

CSA

1843

1863

Corp

W.R. Brown Co E

55 Ala  Inf

CSA

Jul 22 1822   Jul 12 1903

16 Unknown Confederate Soldiers killed in the Battle of Ladd’s Farm February 3-4, 1865.

1 Unknown Confederate solider killed Ringgold Gap, Georgia November 27, 1863. 

Lyerly Cemetery

Location:

Cemetery Street

Lyerly, Chattooga County, Georgia

N 34° 24.552   W085°  23.867

Date of Visit: October 7, 2012

Hugh W Richardson

Pvt Co C 1 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Mar 20 1844   Oct 10  1896

Gillis R Ennis

Co I

10 Ala Inf

CSA

AJ Mosteller

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Thomas J Foster

2 D Lieut   Co B  9 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 8 1836   Apr 4 1911

EL Pollock

2D Serg Massenburg’s Btry

Ga Light Artillery

Jackson’s Artillery

Confederate States Army

Aug 8 1839    Aug 22 1904

1^st Lieut

John N Talaferro

Co I

19 Va Inf

CSA

Oct 9 1841 

Mar 26 1927

James J Thomas

Asst Surg  6 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Jan 1 1839   Oct 18 1899

John A Starling

Pvt Co D  34 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Mar 11 1834   Nov 2  1894

Pvt Henry D Barker

Co D

34 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 21 1805

Aug 11 1862

Pvt William H Atkinson

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 13 1841   Aug 3 1890

Pvt

James D Smith

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

1827

1909

Joseph J Bradley

Corp  Co F  1 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Mar 12 1839   Jan 6  1918

1^st Lieut

Henry Vann Rambo

Co F

65 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 12 1833   May 28 1922

Pvt

Aquilla F Clowdis

Co H

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 16 1838   Nov 5 1890

Pvt

Henry J Cook

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Nov 29 1829   May 11 1899

Pvt

John P Horn

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Sep 10 1840    Jan 30 1900

2^nd Lieut

George W Roberts

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Dec 14 1844

Dec 24 1903

James L Huie

Pvt

Co D  34 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Mar 31 1831   Feb 1 1904

William H Berry

Co G

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 7 1831

Nov 4 1891

Pvt

William H Strain

Co H

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Mar 6 1841   Apr 23 1925

Capt

Kinchen R Foster

Co K

21 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 12 1839   Jun 30 1909

James William Baugh

Co D

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Aug 10 1824

Jan 26 1897

Corp

William J Kimbell

Co H

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Pvt

Arnold Shamblin

Co H  3 Ga Cav

CSA

CSA

May 21 1837

May 21 1915

Pvt

Charles I Holland

Ga Lt Arty

Jackson Arty

CSA

Nov 30 1844

Sept 3 1905

Concord Church

Location:

West Armurchee Road

Walker County, Georgia

N 34° 40.402 W085° 08.459

Date of Visit: October 19, 2010

Pvt

Major J Harris

Co K 39 Ga Inf

CSA

Dec 12 1841 May 11 1862

Pvt

Thomas J Harris

Co D

65 Ga Inf

CSA

1836

1919

Andrew S Carpenter

Co G

21 Ga Inf

CSA

Aug 13 1862

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
Pleasant Hill Road
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 32.792 W084° 46.711

Date of Visit: August 22, 2009

Hiram Moss
Co. D 8th Ga Inf
CSA

Corp. Adolph Taylor
Co. D 18 Ga Inf
CSA

Benjamin M. Wofford
Co. E 40 Ga Inf
CSA

Cornel Bowman
Co. G 21 Ga Inf.
(Note: No picture)

Galvin A. McTeer
Co. I 5 Tenn Inf

Sugar Valley Baptist Church

Location:
US HWY 136
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 34.501 W085° 01.480

Date of Visits: 5/30/09

Pvt. J.F Long
21st Ga Regt
Dabney’s Rifles
CSA
Oct. 7, 1840 – May 22, 1925

James W. Jamison
Co. A
16th Ala. Inf. CSA