Showing posts with label 4th Georgia Infantry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4th Georgia Infantry. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Andersonville Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
Church Street
Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia
32.194606 -24.142131
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2328962

Date of Visit: March 4, 2022

Wilkerson M Clark
Pvt  4 Ga Inf
CSA
October 18 1898

2d LT
John R. Williams
Co C
10 Bn
Ga Inf
CSA
Aug 25 1842
May 2 1921

James Feagin
Co H
64 Ga Inf
CSA

George P Suber
Co K
9 Ga Inf
CSA

George enlisted in Company K, the Americus Volunteer Rifles,  in Americus, on September 3, 1861. He was wounded in the ankle and captured at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. 

At Gettysburg the 9th Georgia was Hood’s Division, Anderson’s Brigade along with 7th, 8th, and 11th Georgia Infantry regiments. It was heavily engaged the woods south of the Wheatfield afternoon of the second day of battle when Longstreet attacked the Union left. 
The regiment had a total of 189 causalities in the afternoon fight.  Captain Hillyer reported that 31 men were missing in his report after the battle. 

Super’s name appears on a roll of POW’s at Hammond General Hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland in October of 1863. He was paroled March 6, 1864 and transferred to J.E. Mulford, Assistant Agent for Exchange along with over 800 officers and enlisted men. On March 12 he was in the Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia and received a 60 day furlough. In August he was admitted to the Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon and it was noted that his wounded still required care. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for George P. Suber, 9th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, April 6, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 27, Part 2, 399, Report of Captain George Hillyer, July 8, 1863.
  • The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 27, Part 2, 283, Organization of Army of Northern Virginia. 
  • Edwin Coddington, The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command, (NewYork: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1968): 402-403. 


Joel W English
11 Ga Arty
CSA

Enlisted in the Sumter Flying Artillery Battery on July 6, 1861, as a private at age 17. On May 23, 1862, the SFA became Battery A of the battalion. Was on leave of indulgence from the end of February to middle of March 1864. Last roll (Jan-Feb 1865) shows him present with the battery. Appears on a list of prisoners paroled by the 10th Michigan Cavalry at Newton, North Carolina on April 19, 1865 – Find A Grave Memorial ID13377502.

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13377502/joel-wenel-english : accessed 06 April 2022), memorial page for Joel Wenel English (6 Jan 1845–17 Sep 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13377502, citing Andersonville Baptist Cemetery, Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by C. T. Lewis (contributor 46817020) .







Sunday, January 13, 2019

Old Summerour Cemetery


Location:
Cemetery Road
Cohutta Springs, Murray County, Georgia
N 34° 52.760     W084° 44.762
Find A Grave # 2167262

Date of Visit: June 4, 2013

Robert Logan
Pvt  Co B   4 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 30 1821.  Nov 30 1863

Military records are not located at Fold 3. The following is from the Murray County Museum Webpage Murray County Men who Died While Serving in the Confederate Army.


ROBERT LOGAN (Private). A grave marker in Old Summerhour Cemetery reads: Robert Logan, Pvt., Co. B, 4th Reg Ga Inf, C.S.A., Nov. 30, 1832 - Nov. 30, 1863. Although military service records were not found, the family history contains this information about his military service: Robert Logan, born about 1821, enlisted as Private, in Co. B, 4th Regiment Ga. Volunteers, CSA. He died of fever in an Atlanta, Georgia hospital November 30, 1863. These details are from Mary Ann (Moreland) Logan's application for a pension. County Census 1860, visitation #660, lists Robert Logan, age 37, wife Mary A., using post office at Hasslers Mills. 


  • Museum, Murray County. Murray County Museum - CIVIL WAR RECORDS. Accessed January 13, 2019. https://www.murraycountymuseum.com.


The following is from the Murray County Museum Webpage Murray County Men who Died While Serving in the Confederate Army.

John L. Trimmer
Died in Army
July 23, 1862

JOHN L. TRIMERER (2nd Sergeant). Service began August 1861. Company D, 22nd Ga Brigade, Wrights. Died of consumption at Norfolk, Virginia, 1862. Preceding was copied from records in Murray County Courthouse, with spelling of battles and place names corrected as needed and dates of engagements added. Military service records contain this information: J. L. Trimmier, enlisted as 2nd Sergeant, Company D, 22nd Ga. September 3, 1861. Died of disease at Norfolk, Virginia July 24, 1862. Although the body probably was never returned, this man has a grave marker in the Old Summerhour Cemetery near Eton, Georgia. Murray County Census 1860, visitation #904, lists John L. Trimerer, age 21, in household of M. T. And Rachel Trimerer using post officer at Upper Kings Bridge. 







John M. Plemons
Georgia
Pvt Co. C 39 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 6, 1843   June 5, 1932

Pvt William S Waters
Co B. 11 Bn Ga Inf
CSA
Nov 22 1815.   Sept 26 1866



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