Showing posts with label 38th Ga Infantry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 38th Ga Infantry. Show all posts

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Liberty Church Cemetery


Location:
Georgia Highway 106
Ila, Madison County, Georgia
N 34° 14.770   W083° 16.378
FAG: 2370144

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017

DJ Higginbotham
CO F
38 Ga Inf
CSA

Joel Hurt
Co A
16 Ga Inf
CSA
             


Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Corinth Church Graveyard

Location:
Corinth Road
Pickens County, Georgia
N34.43135       W084.28278
Date of Visit: October 4, 2013

John A. Satterfield 
Co N
38 Ga Inf
CSA

William C Redden
Co D
24 Ga Inf
CSA

James Whitten Dobson
Capt Co G 8 BN Ga Inf
Feb 16, 1828    Mar 26, 1862


Nathaniel Milesberry Dobson
Pvt Co G 8 Batt Ga Inf
Aug 2, 1825       Jun 22 1862


James Whitten Dobson and Nathaniel Milesberry Dobson were children of Neely Dobson Jr. and Zilpah Goss.  Both joined a local Pickens County company of volunteers. James was elected Captain on October 1, 1861.  This company became Company G, 8th Battalion of Georgia Infantry in early 1862. The regiment was stationed at Camp Black in Savannah Georgia. In March Captain Dobson died of pneumonia and was replaced by Lieutenant Benjamin Goss. On June 11 the regiment moved to Camp Beaulieu some 14 miles away. Camp Beaulieu was located at the 515 area Beaulieu Plantation on the Vernon River. Gun batteries were established here to protect various approaches to Savannah. On the 22nd of June, Private N.M. Dobson died of pneumonia while stationed here. 

Sources

Robert Walker Groves. "Beaulieu Plantation." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (1953): 200-09. Accessed February 16, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40577452.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for N.M. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Field & Staff, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Eugene Perry, The Neeley Dobson Family. Ancestry.com: accessed February 16, 2021. from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

"Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Apr 2021), "Perigo/Armstrong Family Tree" family tree by Julie Fost, profile and gallery for Neely Dobson Jr. (1797-1858). 

Robert Walker Groves. "Beaulieu Plantation." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (1953): 200-09. Accessed February 16, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40577452.





Friday, May 8, 2020

Stone Mountain City Cemetery

Location:
Silver Hill Road
Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia
N 33° 48.786     W084° 10.248
FAG Cemetery #158505
Date of Visit: January 12, 2014

Historical Marker: GHM 044-42A GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956

Unknown Confederate Dead
Here sleep, known but to God, approximately one hundred and fifty Confederate solders, most of whom died from disease, or wounds in the Confederate hospitals that were located near this spot. Some where killed in a skirmish with Federal raiders near here on July 19, 1864.
Although Federal troops raided and burned part of this city, Confederate hospitals were not molested. Brave and gallant Confederate women rendered valuable aid in caring for soldiers in Confederate hospitals here and elsewhere. 044-42A


Serg
George P. Bradley
CO H
8 Ga Inf
State Guards
CSA
Jan 2 1823
Aug 20, 1872

Pvt
Benjamin Thomas Ivie
CO G
Cobbs Legion
Ga Inf
CSA

Sgt
WFA Dickerson
Co D
38 Regt
Ga Inf
CSA
Jul 25 1840
Jun 30 1926




Wilburn R Wells
Feb 22 1833
Jul 12 1906
2nd Lieutenant of Co. K
2nd Regt Ga Reserve Inf
CSA

Sgt
Phil B McCurdy
Co D
38 Ga Inf
CSA

J.L. Sawyer
Oct 21 1847
Jan 19 916
Co B 7th Ga

Pvt Thomas J. Thomas
Co D
38 Regt
Ga Inf
CSA
May 17 1836
June 19 1891

Rufus P. Ferguson
PFC Co A 42 Ga Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 1843   May 1925

E.F. Camp
Co H
2 Ga Cav
CSA
1836 – 1925

Milton A. Herndon
Co G
43 Ga Inf
CSA


NN Humphrey
Pvt 2 Regt Ga Res Cav CSA
May 8 1848.  March 30 1914


Corp
James AJ Duren
Co h
2 Regt
Ga Cav
CSA July 14 1830
Mar 31 1909

Presley Lanier
Born 1820 38 Ga CSA
Killed at Spotsylvania CH
May 12, 1864

Presley enlisted in 1861 Murphy’s Guards of Wrights Legion. This company became  Company D of the 38th Georgia. He was captured at Fredericksburg and paroled for exchange change. He was killed in action at Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia on May 12, 1864.

His grave site is unknown and his name isn't recorded among the confederate dead buried in the Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery.

After the war, his wife Nancy raised the couple's six dependent children and applied for and received a state pension for her husband's service. An inscription honoring Presley Lanier is carved on the back of Nancy Lanier's grave stone at Stone Mountain Cemetery, DeKalb Co., GA.



  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Presley Lanear, Retrieved from at 3-Fold May 8, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).


·       "Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 May 2020), "Baum-Mullennix Family Tree" family tree by MullennixFamily, Note for Presley Lanear (b. 1820 d. 1864).  








Sunday, February 1, 2015

Hood Cemetery


Location:
Hood cemetery Road
Blount County, Alabama
N 34° 03.406    W086° 29.364

Date of Visit: July 4, 2011

John K Jones
Co B
36 Ala Inf
CSA

Andrew Jackson Hood
Sgt Co B 13 BN Ala Rangers
Confederate States Army
1825   1904

Edward Columbus Hood
Sgt  Co A  48 Regt Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1844  1864

It is reported that he was slightly wounded on May 6, 1864 There are no other service records. 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 1, 2015 (http://www.fold3.com).

Elisha B Hendricks
Co E 39 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Sep 13 1838   Feb 18 1908

Sgt
William M McDonald
Co D
12 Regt
Ala Cav
CSA
July 8, 1829
Oct 23, 1864



James Sherrer
Co F
1 Fla Inf
CSA


In Memory of
Eldridge James Reynolds
Pvt Co B 38 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1824   1863

Reynolds was detailed much of 1862 to Naval Yard in Savannah, Georgia. He returned to the regiment some time after January of 1863. On May 4, 1863 he was killed at Marye’s Heights During the Battle of Fredericksburg. 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 1, 2015 (http://www.fold3.com).


Sunday, February 17, 2013

Salem Cemetery


Location:
Salem Church Road
Blount County, Alabama
N 34° 09.560 W086° 28.218

Date of Visits: June 13, 2011

Garland Smith Alldredge
Pvt Co B 19 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 20 1844  Nov 26 1914

Abraham Hyatt
Pvt Co A  48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Mar 7 1826
June 19 1894

George D Shelton
Capt Lewis Battalion Ala Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Aug 22 1828  Oct 29 1911

Capt
George D Shelton
Co E
Lewis’ Ala Cav
CSA

Andrew Jackson Alldredge
Capt Co A  48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 28 1829  Sept 4 1902

William Thomas Gunter
Stewart’s Battalion
CSA
May 2 1845
Aug 28 1931




Samuel L Tucker
Co B
38 Regt
Ga Vols
CSA
 1836  1879

Isaac Timothy Barnette
Pvt Co C Stewart’s Bn Cav
Confederate States Army
Feb 12 1845  July 9 1926


Capt A.O. Dickson
48 Alabama
1839 – 1923

Remus A Cain
Pvt Co A  48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Apr 10 1835 Dec 4 1906

Williams M Suttles
Pvt Co B  19 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jul 5 1838  Aug 21 1912

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Dawsonville City Cemetery

Location:
Georgia Highway 53
Dawsonville, Dawson County, Georgia
N 34° 25.249   W084°  07.346

Date of Visit: 11/4/2010

Marcus F Castleberry
Pvt Co D 1 Regiment
Ga State Line Troops
Confederate States Army
1891


William Hampton Elliot
Pvt  Co N  38 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Mar 5 1845  Oct 14  1921

Robert Howser
2nd Lt  Co I  22 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 23 1828  Dec 27 1861

Henry K Howser
Co K  11 Ga Cav
Confederate States Army

Thomas Howser
Cpl  Co G  16 NC Inf
Confederate States Army
Jul 9 1835  Dec 25 1916

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Tilton Community Cemetery

Location:
East Nance Springs Road
Whitfield County, Georgia
N 34° 39.209 W084° 55.909

Date of Visit: November 28, 2009

James Touchstone
Co A
25 Bn Ga Inf
CSA

Thomas King
Pvt 38 Regt Ga Infantry CSA
June 4 1833 June 10 1910

James A Carter
Pvt Co H 4 Regt Ga Res Inf
Confederate States Army

William Anderson Ray
Co. D 4 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 1828 Aug 1903

A Note to Visitors