Sugar Valley Baptist Church (Update)

Location:

US HWY 136

Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 34.501   W085° 01.480

This cemetery was originally visited in 2009. Subsequent visits in 2018 and 2024 resulted in the location of burials of the following Confederate soldiers.  The cemetery was originally blogged on June 21, 2009. 

John Hamilton Bridges

Corp Co C  39 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1839      1915

William John Hall 

February 5, 1825

October 26, 1889

In 2018 William John Hall's grave  was marked with the Southern Cross of Honor. Hall He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company C , 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion. Company C, known as Littlefield's Volunteers was recruited from Gordon County Georgia and mustered at Blackwood Springs in the fall of 1861. He was captured in 1864 and sent to Camp Chase in Ohio. He was paroled at Richmond in 1865. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76150306/william_john-hall: accessed August 13, 2024), memorial page for William John Hall (5 Feb 1825–26 Oct 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76150306, citing Sugar Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Sugar Valley, Gordon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by NB (contributor 47589535).

Red Wine Cove Cemetery Find A Grave Survey

Location:

Redwine Cove Road SW

Whitfield County, Georgia

34.65030 -85.03170

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 36549

Date Completion of Survey: January 7, 2022

Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

1. There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
4. Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

This is a survey of Redwine Cove Cemetery in Redwine Cove of Whitfield County, Georgia using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 137 memorials of which 88% have been photographed. 

James N. Redwine

Co C

39 Georgia Inf

CSA

Jun 31 1840

Nov 15 1891

Isaac Gilbert 

Isaac Gilbert is thought to be buried in Redwine Cove Cemetery in an unmarked grave. He served in Company K of the 14th Georgia. He listed in 1862 and served until being captured at Petersburg. He was a prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac Gilbert, 14th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 27, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96321827/isaac-gilbert: accessed 27 July 2023), memorial page for Isaac Gilbert (5 Oct 1820–23 Dec 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96321827, citing Redwine Cove Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Harlon (contributor 47533220).

Dogwood Valley Cemetery

Dogwood Valley Cemetery

Find A Grave Survey

Location:

West Addis Road

Tunnel Hill, Catoosa County, Georgia

34.82500 - 85.07720

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 33645

Date Completion of Survey:

Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

1. There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
4. Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

This is a survey of Dogwood Valley Cemetery in Catoosa County using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 862 memorials and 90 % have been photographed.  I think I visited this cemetery many years ago and left without finding any Confederate solider markers. 

W.H.C. Freeman

Aug 27, 1839

Apr 10, 1931

Co. C 39 GA

Hamilton Young

Born 1821

Died Jan 10, 1897

Hamilton Young served as a Captain of Company D in the 1st Georgia Infantry (State Guards).

• 1st Regiment Georgia State Guards, http://www.researchonline.net/gacw/unit210.htm

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Hamilton Young, 1st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

W.R. Russell

Born

Sept 24, 1830

Died

Oct. 21, 1894

William R Russell enlisted at Whitfield County, Georgia March1 19, 1862 in Company I of the 36th Georgia Volunteer Regiment. He rose in the ranks to 1st Lieutenant and was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863. He was paroled and returned to duty. During the Atlanta Campaign he was accounted for as being in a hospital near Lovejoy Station.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107797773/william-robert-russell: accessed 12 March 2023), memorial page for William Robert Russell (24 Sep 1830–21 Oct 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107797773, citing Dogwood Valley Cemetery, Catoosa County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by R Walters (contributor 47994390).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William R. Russell, 36th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

L.J. Deck

Sept 19 1824

May 4 1862

Leonard Jacob Deck besmear sa privaste in Compmany C of the 39th Georgia.  In 1862 Leonard died of measles. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for L.J. Deck,39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Hodge, Gerald, Company C, 39th Regiment, Whitfield County, ”The Wells Guards”  USGEWeb,http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/whitfield/civilwar/rosters/c39.txt

Alpine Community Church

Alpine Community Church

Location:

State Road 337

Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia

N 34° 27.691   W085° 29.031

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:2213087

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

In memory of Adam Miller Rice

April 17, 1821 – Jun 10, 1864

In Confederate Service

Killed near Alpine, Georgia

Erected 1979 by his Grandchildren

Margaret Rice in 1896 stated that her deceased husband Adam M. Rice was a private in Captain Millsap’s Company of Alabama Cavalry. This company was a part of Davenport’s Battalion. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

In Memory of

John W Cline

Pvt Co F 10 Tenne Inf

Civil War

1842

John W. Cline of Sullivan’s Branch, Cheatham County, Tennessee was a member of the Union 10th Tennessee. 

There are 23 cenotaphs located in the new section of this cemetery. These VA Confederate headstones were put up for those soldiers buried in the Alpine Cemetery that did not have a military marker. 

Pvt

William G. Agnew

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Sept 18, 1837

May 12 1863

William enlisted in Summerville June 12, 1861 as a member of the Chattooga Volunteers company. He served as an ordinance teamster in early 1863. He died of disease in Petersburg, Virginia on May 12, 1863. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.G. Agnew, 9th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 5, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Leroy Davis Agnew

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 14 1846  Sep 4, 1917

AL Barry

Co E

6 Ga Ca

CSA

Sep 8 1833    Apr 25, 1889

2nd Serg

Alfred L Alexander

Co K  Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 28, 1842   Sept 17, 1906

Pvt William Beavers

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Mar 28 1845     Jan 11 1877

Serg

CC Boyle

Co G

6 Ga State Guards

CSA

Aug 9 1824

May 27 1890

Amariah Hassell

Co E

6 Ga Cav

Aug 22 1810

Jul 13 1895

2nd Lieut

James D King

CSA

Co H

39 Ga Inf

Jul 28 1830

Jan 10 1915

Lieutenant King entered the service as a private in May of 1862. He served until March of 1864 when he resigned as he had been elected the Chattooga County Receiver of Taxes in January. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.M.D. King, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 18, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

Christopher C Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 9 1822   Jun 17, 1897

Serg

Basil Lamar Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Jan 7 1842

Feb 29 1908

Pvt

LM Herndon

Co C

60 Ga Inf

CSA

Sept 15 1826

Aug 26 1909

John Montgomery

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 24 1842

Apr 29 1862

John Montgomery enlisted in the service on March 4, 1862. He was killed or wounded on April 29, 1862 at Bridgeport. There is a record of  John Montgomery dying at the Newson Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 2 1862 and of his father claiming his effects. In Bridgeport there a marker for John Montgomery II whose was killed April 29, 1862 in Battle of Bridgeport. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John M. Montgomery, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 5, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• “Bridgeport” The Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83788
• Henderson, Lilian, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Volume 4, Longino & Porteer, Hapeville, 1960, page 323

John H Hutchins

Co E

Ga Cav

CSA

Jan 29 1832   Jun 19 1880

J.H. Hutchins was a private in Company E of the 6th Georgia Calvary. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.H. Hutchins, 6th Georgia Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 19, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

J Loyd Neal

Co B 9 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 30 1842    Nov 13 1912

Pvt

Isaac S Smith

Co E 6 Ga Inf

CSA

June 26 1820    Sept 20 1897

There was an Isaac Smith in Company E of the 6th Georgia Calvary. He enlisted in Summerville. There is not a record of Isaac Smith in the 6th Georgia Infantry. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac Smith, 6th Georgia Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 19, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

Isaac Gilbert

Co D 34 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 8 1824

Jun 15 1905

1st Lieut

Thomas J Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Feb 21 1831

Aug 8 1882

2D Lieut

Joseph M Wyatt

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Feb 21 1831

Aug 8 1882

James R. Wyatt

Co E 

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 8 1839    

Sep 24 1902

Pvt

Virgil F Wyatt

Co E  

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 25 1845

Jun 8 1900

Pvt

James A Neal

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

1837

1881

James Aldophus Neal was a private in Company B of the 9th Georgia Infantry. On October 18, 1861 he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 in Richmond, Virginia with Typhoid Fever. James died on the 5th of November. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41733603/james-adophus-neal: accessed 30 October 2022), memorial page for Dr James Adophus Neal (1837–5 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41733603, citing Alpine Community Church Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Patti Lee (contributor 46799858) .
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.A. Neal, 9th  Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 30, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

William M Smith

Co K 21 Ga Inf

CSA

1846

1911

Pvt

WJ Jennings

Co C

54 Ga Inf

CSA

1842

1921

Cedar Grove Cemetery

South Cedar Lane

Walker County, Georgia

 34.6880989, -85.4449997

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 33185

Date of Visit: February 8, 2022

There are no traditional or modern Confederate markers in this cemetery. However, there are graves marked with iron South Cross of Honor. 

A.J. 

Holland

Born

Apr 5 1842

Andrew Jackson Holland Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company D, 6th Georgia Calvary. Holland appears on the muster rolls of Captain William Mahan’s company Culberson Battalion Calvary. This unit became the 6th Battalion Calvary, State Guard. Andrew enlisted August 1, 1863. At some point he transferred to a unit in Gilmer County, Georgia. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742750/andrew-jackson-holland : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Andrew Jackson Holland (5 Apr 1842–10 Mar 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742750, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Robie Merritt Loriaux-Roberts (contributor 47189425) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.J. Holland, 6th Battalion of Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

H.W. Rogers

Born

Nov. 9, 1822

Died

Apr 5 1898

Harvey Wilson Rogers Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company I of the 12th Georgia Calvary. 

A man identified as H. Rogers enlisted September 1, 1863 at Varnell Station in Whitfield County, Georgia in Company I 4th Regiment of Georgia Calvary. This regiment became the 12th Georgia Cavalry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32026224/harvey-wilson-rogers : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Harvey Wilson Rogers (9 Nov 1822–5 Apr 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32026224, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for H.W. Rogers, 12th Georgia Calvary Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

P.H. Shankle

Born

June 8 1830

Died

Feb 5, 1898

The Find a Grave Memorial for Peter Holland Shankle states that he served in Company A, 3rd Georgia Calvary. His name appears of the rolls of Camp Chickamauga of Confederate veterans. A Holland Shankle does appear on the rolls of Company A of the 3rd Regiment of Confederate Calvary. 

• James Alfred Sartain, The History of Walker County, Georgia, (Dalton: The A.J. Showalter Company, 1932), 150. Ancestry.com: accessed February 24, 2022. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32036579/peter-holland-shankle : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Peter Holland Shankle (8 Jun 1830–5 Feb 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32036579, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Holland Shankles, 3rd Confederate Calvary Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

T.N. Jones

Born

Apr. 18, 1839

Died

Jan 1, 1900

The Find a Grave Memorial for Thomas Newton Jones states that he served in Company D, 1st Confederate Regiment Volunteers, Infantry. He appears on the muster roll of Company D of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry that appears in Sartain’s History of Walker County, Georgia. Jones enlisted in Captain Dodson’s Walker and Catoosa County company May 1, 1862 and was discharged October 25, 1862 because he furnished a substitute. While on duty he was sick in his quarters during one company muster. Uncited sources posted on his Find A Grave Memorial indicate that his wife sold a slave in order to have the money needed to hire a substitute. 

• James Alfred Sartain, The History of Walker County, Georgia, (Dalton: The A.J. Showalter Company, 1932), 138. Ancestry.com: accessed February 24, 2022. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742801/thomas-newton-jones : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Pvt Thomas Newton Jones (18 Apr 1839–1 Jan 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742801, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for T.N. Jones, 1st Confederate Regiment, Georgia Volunteers. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Nimrod I. 

Kell

Born

July 2, 1837

Died 

Mar. 7, 1910

The Find a Grave Memorial for Nimrod Kell states that he served in Company A, 3rd Georgia Calvary. In 1937 Nimrod’s widow applied for a Widows Pension from the U.S. Government. His military records had been summarized in this application. Nimrod had enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment Confederate Calvary in Dunlap, Tennessee in September of 1862. He transferred to Company A on August 1, 1863 and was captured on August 10, 1863. During this time the regiment was picketing the Tennessee River at Caperton Ferry and retreating in the face of the enemy’s movement into northwestern Georgia.  He never returned to his command. 

• Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742815/nimrod-i-kell : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Nimrod I. Kell (2 Jul 1837–7 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742815, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 48858087) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Nimrod J. Kell, 3rd Confederate Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Organizations from the Confederate Government  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for 3rd Confederate Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Wesley Hobbs

Born

Dec 24, 1839

Died

Dec 25, 1914

The following is posted on the David Wesley Hobbs Find a Grave Memorial:

Son of David and Nancy (Williams) Hobbs.

1st Corporal, C.S.A., in Co. "E" - 39th Regiment, GA Vol. Infantry, "Walker Co. Light Guards"; enlisted March 04, 1862.

Gun shot wound to left knee in "Battle of Baker's Creek"; was part of a prisoner exchange while hospitalized in Washington, D.C.. Discharged at Vicksburg, Miss. July 17, 1863. Received civil war pension.

Married Elizabeth Jane Smith, 24 Sept. 1859. They were farmers and had eleven children together.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22694867/david-wesley-hobbs : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Corp David Wesley Hobbs (24 Dec 1839–25 Dec 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22694867, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by K. Johnston (contributor 46950050) .

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Citing Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Wesley Hoabs, 39th  Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

James 

Henson

Born

Sept 29, 1834

Died

Sept 27, 1889

The Find a Grave Memorial for James states that he served in Company E, 52nd Georgia Infantry. There was a James Henson that enlisted in Company D of the 52nd Georgia on March 4, 1862 in Hiwassee, Georgia. This James Henson died at Vicksburg in 1863. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16743071/james-henson : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for James Henson (29 Sep 1834–27 Sep 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16743071, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James Henson, 52nd  Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

William B. Moore

Born 

July 11, 1848

Died

Oct 26, 1901

The Find a Grave Memorial for William B. Moore states that he served in Company G, 6th Georgia Calvary. A William Moore appears on muster rolls of Captain William Hawkins’s company Culberson Battalion Calvary. This unit became the 6th Battalion Calvary, State Guard. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William Moore, 6 Batt’n Calvary (State Guards). Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 29, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32027671/william-b-moore : accessed 29 March 2022), memorial page for William B. Moore (11 Jul 1848–26 Oct 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32027671, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

J.H. Looney

Born

Feb 9 1833

Died

Mar 22 1907

The Find a Grave Memorial for J.H. Looney states that he served in Company K, 25th Tennessee Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32026897/john-h-looney : accessed 14 May 2022), memorial page for John H. Looney (9 Feb 1833–22 Mar 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32026897, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

A.J. McDaniel

Born

Mar 11 1837

Died

Oct 2 1914

The Find a Grave  Memorial for Andrew Jackson McDaniel states that he served in Company E, 39th Georgia Infantry. He enlisted in Lafayette on march 4, 1862. The 39th was surrendered at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. McDonald signed a parole. In Louisville, Kentucky he took an oath of allegiance in December and was released north of the Ohio River. There is no record of him returning to the southern army. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32027347/andrew-jackson-mcdaniel : accessed 14 May 2022), memorial page for Andrew Jackson McDaniel (11 Mar 1837–2 Oct 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32027347, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.J. McDaniel, 39th Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 29, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Garmany Cemetery

Location:

Georgia State Highway 136

Lafayette, Walker County, Georgia

N 34° 48.218   W085° 21.359

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 34097

Date of Visit: January 5, 2022

Three men are marked with the iron South Cross of Honor in this cemetery: William N. Garmary, John Wiley Adam Campbell, and Samuel Vance Price. 

S.V. Price

Born

Aug 31, 1840

Died

Feb 27, 1886

Samuel V. Price’s Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company H, 26th Georgia Infantry. There are no records of Price in National Archives Compiled Service records. For the 26th Georgia.  However, his name does appear the 26th Tennessee Infantry/1st Georgia Infantry Memorial on the Chickamauga battlefield. This company was captured at Fort Donelson and sent to the POW camp at Camp Douglas. Eventually it was exchanged and reorganized as a part of the First Georgia Infantry. Samuel was a member of Captain J.C. Gordon’s Company raised at Crawfish Springs, Georgia in April of 1861. The company traveled to Knoxville as a part of the 3rd East Tennessee Infantry and became Company H of the 26th Tennessee Infantry. Samuel name actually appears on a detachment of the 26th Tennessee whom escaped from Fort Donelson. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31831303/samuel-vance-price : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for Samuel Vance Price (31 Aug 1840–27 Feb 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31831303, citing Garmany Memorial Gardens, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
• 26th Tennessee Infantry / 1st Georgia Infantry Memorial, HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=106548, accessed February 22, 2022
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for S.V. Price, 26th Tennessee Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 22, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

William N. 

Garmany

Aug 4, 1826

Mar 30, 1910

William Newton Garmany’s Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company E, 6th Battalion, Georgia State Guards. William enlisted in Captain J.C. Hall’s Company of Cuberson’s Battalion of Calvary for six months of local defense serve on August 1 1863. Captain hall’s company was designated Company E and Cuberson’s Battalion became known as the 6th Battalion of Calvary, Georgia State Guards.  Garmany provided his own horse and saddle valued at over 300 dollars. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William N. Garmany, 6th Battalion of Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 21, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31831198/william-newton-garmany : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for William Newton Garmany (4 Aug 1826–30 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31831198, citing Garmany Memorial Gardens, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

J.W.A. Campbell

1843-1921

Wife

Mary E. Payne

1841-1896

John Wiley Adam Campbell’s Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company E, 39th Georgia Infantry. There are no records of Campbell in National Archives Compiled Service records nor does his name appear on a roster of this company found in Sartain’s History of Walker County, Georgia. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31831425/john-wiley_adam-campbell : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for John Wiley Adam Campbell (1843–1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31831425, citing Garmany Memorial Gardens, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

Cove United Methodist Church Cemetery

Location:

State Road 341 (Cove Road)

Walker County, Alabama

N 34° 49.053   W085° 19.693

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 37332

Date of Visit: January 5, 2022

Pvt

Richard Morgan

Co E

6 Ga Cav

State Guards

CSA

William J Morgan

Co D

39 Ga Inf

CSA

William was the son of Richard Morgan and Mahana Wyatt. In 1915 the Commissioner of Pensions received the following from the Adjutant General McCain: The records show that William Morgan, private, Co D, 39th Georgia, Infantry, C.S.A. , enlisted March 4, 1862; that he was captured at Champion Hill May 16, 1863, and exchanged at City Point, Va, July 6, 1865, and that he deserted November 22, 1863. No later record of him has been found. 

He appears on registers of prisoners at Camp Morton in Indianan and Fort Delaware in Delaware before being exchanged. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William J. Morgan, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 17, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42858322/william-j-morgan : accessed 17 February 2022), memorial page for William J. Morgan (15 May 1843–11 Jan 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42858322, citing Cove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

Reuben E Massey

Pvt Co G 5 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Reuben died October 2, 1862. According to the Commissioner of Pensions in 1915 Reuben did not appears on any rolls of the company. Company G of the 5th was raised in Schley County. There was a Reuben Massey in Cobb’s Legion, but he died in Arkansas in 1865.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Reuben E. Massey, 5th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 17, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

Archibald Bonds

Co E

6 Ga Cav

State Guards

CSA

Pvt

James M. Bonds

Co E

6 Ga Cav

State Guards

CSA

Pvt

J.W. Glenn

Co H

39 Ga Inf

1863

John W. Glenn and wife Eliza lived in a cabin on a hill near the Wilder Tower monument on the Chickamauga battlefield.  John left for with the 39th Georgia and died in a Mobile, Alabama hospital some time in 1863.  When battle began in September of 1863 along Chickamauga Creek Union General Rosecrans established his headquarters in the Widow Glenn’s cabin. She and son Avery found their way south to her fathers house near this church. The last night of the battle the cabin caught fire and burned to the ground. The widow Glenn never returned to her and John’s home place. She married W.B. Crumpton. Both are also buried here with John. 

• James Alfred Sartain, The History of Walker County, Georgia, (Dalton: The A.J. Showalter Company, 1932), 109. Ancestry.com: accessed February 17, 2022. 

In Memory of John Alexander

Son of JC and LW Hall

Born Dec 9 1841

Died April 21, 1862

A John A. Hall mustered into Company E of the 39th Georgia Infantry.  This J.A> Hall was paid at Camp McDowell on March 8, 1862. There are no other records. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.A. Hall, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 17, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• James Alfred Sartain, The History of Walker County, Georgia, (Dalton: The A.J. Showalter Company, 1932), 138. Ancestry.com: accessed February 17, 2022. 

Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Macedonia Road

Gilmer County, Georgia

N 34° 40.613   W084° 19.648

Find A Grave # 35120 

Date of Visit: December 2, 2021

Pvt

Franklin Benson Walker

Co C

39 Regt

Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 7 1841

Mar 11 1890

F.M. Mulinax

Nov 9 1842

May 19 1891

Inft Co H 5 Tenn Reg

Millis Killian McClure

Pvt Co D 6 Georgia Cav

Confederate States Army

Dec 20 1833   Apr 3 1912

Isaac Webster Rackley

1844-1918

Confederate Soldier Civil War

Wounded in Battle of 

Franklin Tenn Nov 1864

Issac enlisted in Company C of the 8th Georgia Battalion. In the battle of Franklin he was wounded in his left shoulder and captured by Union forces. On December 26 he was admitted to Number 1, USA General Hospital in Nashville. As a prisoner of war he would be sent to Camp Chase, Ohio and then to Point Lookout, Maryland. On June 5, 1865 he signed the Oath of Allegiance. 

Issac applied for a pension because of the disability caused by the gunshot wound. In the application it is said that the ball entered his left shoulder at the junction of his collar bone and breast bone, passing through the left shoulder coming out the backside of his left arm, passing thorough the should joint. Bones was said to have be shattered. The joint was rendered useless.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac Rackly, 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, Deceber 10, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

Original data:Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives.

Brown’s Gap Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 301

Dade County, Georgia

N 34° 50.574   W085° 33.597

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

Wm Henry Daniel

Co D

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Nathaniel Gass

Co A

3 Confederate

Cav

Elias Craig (Non-military tombstone)

Born 1829

Died

Aug 22 1863

Elias was born in 1829 and died August 22, 1863. He was son of James and Annie Craig, also buried here. It appears he joined Company C of the 2nd Battalion of Alabama Infantry in 1862. This company became Company H of the 7th Alabama Calvary. This was later known as the 9th Alabama Calvary (Malone’s). During the summer of 1863 Malones regiment was in Wheeler’s Calvary, Army of Tennessee and in numerous operations and engagements. Record of Elias’ death has not been found. 

Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/mil_org.html.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Elias Craig, Malones 9th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 16, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).

Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1992), 37.