Showing posts with label 54 Ga Inf. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Kennesaw City Cemetery

Location:

Cemetery Street

Cobb County, Georgia

N 34 01.219.  W084 36.931

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 34830


Date of Visit: July 9, 2017


William P. Stanley

1844-1918

CSA

18th Ga Reg Co A


See Find A Grave Memorial 60392093 for details of Stanley’s Confederate service. 

Thomas Wm Wingo

Pvt Co E 43 Ga Inf

CSA

1834     July 9, 1863

             Vicksburg


Thomas William Wingo enlisted in the Confederate Army in Cumming, Georgia in 1862.  At some point he served as a musician in the regimental band. At Vicksburg he apparently was wounded and died. He is buried in Soldier’s Rest section of Cedar Hill the actual circumstances of Williams death is not clear. Cemetery in Vicksburg. His date of death is five days after the surrender of Vicksburg, so actual circumstances of Thomas’ death is not clear. 


J.T. Chalker

May 3, 1844

Apr 12, 1906



Jacob Taylor Chalker enlisted at Beaulieu near Savannah on March 2, 1863. He served in Company H of the 54th Georgia infantry.  It is reported that he was wounded in the right arm at Kennesaw Mountain on June 18, 1864. The circumstances of this wounding is not clear. The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain occurred about nine days after the 18th. It is likely that Chalker was wounded in the action at Latimer Farm (near present day Marietta Country Club) where Walker’s Division including Mercer’s Brigade and the 54th was in the line of battle next to French’s division when three Union divisions pushed attacked. Johnson was forced to move his troops toward Kennesaw Mountain. 

  • Confederate Pension and Record Department. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865. 7 vols. Hapeville: Longino & Porter, 1955-58. Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
  • William R. Scaife, The Campaign for Atlanta (Kennesaw, Georgia: Kennesaw Mountain Historical Association: Heritage Books, 2007), 190.



Sunday, October 30, 2022

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

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church


Location:
Highway 165
Cottonton, Russell County, Alabama
N 32.16529              W085.05315

Date of Visit: July 18, 2015

In Loving Memory
Davis Sallas
Pvt Co H 54 Ga INf CSA
9/27/1821   7/4/1864
Killed near Atlanta Ga

Lawrence B Day
Co D
3 Regt
Ala Inf
CSA
June 26 1842
Aug 1 1909
Southern Rifles

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Mountain Hill Baptist Church


Location:
Georgia Highway 129
Harris County, Georgia
Lat            32.723636
Long        -85.0021770

Date of Visit: November 15, 2014

David T Zachary
Co H
12 Ga Inf
CSA

1st Sgt
M.L. Brawner
Co H
54 Ga Inf
CSA
June 17 1839
Oct 17 1925

Elijah C. Moultrie
Co G
9 Regt Ga Militia
CSA
1848   1932

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Antioch Baptist Church


Location:
Georgia Highway 129
Harris County, Georgia
Lat            32.676944
Long              -85.059814

Date of Visit: November 1, 2014

J.P Ashmore
Pvt 5 Ga Res Infantry CSA
June 10 1846   Oct 17 1914

Francis M Mullins
Pvt Co E  20 Regt Ga Inf CSA
Jan 10 1839   Nov 27 1916

Jeremiah LeCray
Pvt Co H  17 Regt Ga Inf CSA
May 28 1929    Oct 19 1897

M.C. Layfield
Pvt Co H  17 Regt Ga Inf CSA
April 29 1835   Feb 7, 1925

B.C. Williams
Pvt Co G 9 Regt Ga Mil  CSA
March 11 1846   July 5 1917

William Dawson Cook
Pvt Co G 9 Regt Ga Mil  CSA
July 16 1834   Feb 20 1905

James Hubbard
Pvt Co G 9 Regt Ga Mil  CSA
Jan 10 1829   Dec 12 1904

JH Brawner
Pvt Co H 54 Regt Ga Inf CSA
July 3 1825   Oct 29 1903

Phillip E Webb
Pvt Co H  31 Regt Ga Inf
Dec 25 1837    May 16 1915

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