The Civil War
1861-1865

Milledgeville was the capital of Georgia during the civil war.

Did your ancestor fight in the Confederacy while living in this County? Do you have diaries, letters, reunion memorabilia to share? Do you know of published material about their Regiment's history? Let's get our County Confederate Soldiers descendants together! Send to:Virginia Crilley

INDEX to Confederate Material:

BOOKS

BIOGRAPHIES
     The Final Resting Place of Private Jemison
     Dr. Andrew Jackson Foard
     Captain Daniel Benjamin Sanford
     General Bryan Morel Thomas
     Benjamin Curtwright Ward, The Last Surviving Confederate Soldier in Baldwin County

CEMETERIES
    Baldwin County Cemeteries
    Soldiers from Baldwin County who died during war
    24  Confederate Georgia Milita Soldiers Died in Confederate Hospital in Milledgeville and Buried in Milledgeville 1864
    5  Confederate Soldiers who died in Confederate hospital in Milledeville and buried at old Midway Cemetery 1864-1865
    Marietta National Cemetery
    National Cemetery Gravesite Locator
    Military Marker for Grave of Veteran

FORUMS
     Civil War Forum
     American Civil War Forum
     Rootsweb Civil War Forum

MISC.
     Civil War Page AHGP
     Baldwin County 1864 Census for Re-organizing the Ga Militia

PENSIONS
      Baldwin County Confederate Pension Records On-Line  A-L and Supplements
      NARA - Georgia Confederate Soldiers and Widow Pension Applications

REGIMENTS
        Index of Georgia Regiments during the War Between the States.
        Regiments by County.
        Regimental Index
        Georgia State Line
       Georgia Military Institute Cadets  Who Served in the Civil War

ROSTERS
   Baldwin County
       3rd Regiment Georgia Reserves, Co. B
       3rd Ga Reg. Reserves Casualties Dec. 6 & 9, 1864
       4th Regiment, Co.  H, "Baldwin Blues"
           Diary of W.G. Whitaker
           Casualties at Gettysburg
        6th Georgia Infantry  Co. F (State Guards)
        9th Georgia Co. F,  "Baldwin Volunteers"
        9th Regiment, Georgia State Guards, Co. K
        26th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Reserve Corps), Co. A.
        45th Regiment, Co. G. "Myrick Volunteers"
        57th GA. Co. H., "Independent Volunteers"
       Walker, Scott, Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia, Survival In A Civil War Regiment, Scott Walker, 2005.
        Baldwin Infantry  (Captain J. N. Moore's Company, Six Months Local Defense Troops, Georgia).
        Baldwin Cavalry (Company C, Linton Stephens' Battalion, Local Defense Troops, Georgia).
        Pruden's Battery, Georgia Artillery (State Troops)
        Oconee Guards (Company K, 9th Georgia State Guards)
        Capital Guards
        State Armory Guards (Captain J. W. Green's Company, Six Months Local Defense Troops, Georgia).
        Milledgeville Guards(Captain Wm. Caraker's Company, Six Months Local Defense Troops, Georgia)
        Governor's Horse Guards ( Phillip's Legion)
        Black Springs Rifles
        University Guards
        Jordan Grays, organized by Professor Nathaniel A. Pratt in 1861.  Professor Woodson was detached and reassigned
              to ordiance,  company equipped by Leonidas Jordan
       First Georgia Regulars,  Companies H & I,  (State Troops)
       Soldiers from Baldwin County who died during war
      Medical Officers from Milledgeville in the C.S.A.

    Master List of all GEORGIA Rosters ON-LINE

     NARA Georgia Confederate Military Records

     Alphabetical Listing of Soldiers

   Civil War Soldiers and Sailors  Search online database. Information includes list of confederate and union soldiers,   African American Sailors in the Union Navy, regiments, battles, Fort McHenry confederate prison, Andersonville union prison, Petersburg Cemetery burials,  medals and civil war related national parks.

UNION
      Soldiers from Baldwin
          Army

 David R Snelling, one of Sherman's soldiers during March to the Sea.  Enlisted as Private May 10, 1862. Enlisted   Co. H, 57th Inf. Reg. May 24, 1862, deserted in Bridgeport,  Tn August  15 1862. Enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant in Union Army. On 11/7/1862 he was commissioned into "D" Co. TN 5th Cavalry. He was transferred out on 7/15/1863 and On 7/15/1863 he transferred into "I" Co. AL 1st Cavalry. He was Mustered Out on 10/20/1865.  Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.  - Index to Compiled Military Service Records,  - Official Army Register of the Volunteer  Force 1861-1865. (c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com

 Albert Johnson , Residence:  Milledgeville, Georgia

Occupation:    Farmer Enlistment Date:    30 May 1863 Side Served:    Union State Served:    Massachusetts Unit Numbers:    967 967 Service Record:    Enlisted as a Private on 30 May 1863 at the age of 18 Enlisted in Company F, 55th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 15 June 1863. Died of disease Company F, 55th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 28 November 1863 in Folly Island, SC.

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:  - Index to Compiled Military Service Records,  - Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force 1861-1865. (c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com

     Navy
            Charles Batton,  Union Navy Sailor
           Fred Smith, Union Navy Sailor

     Union Soldiers Casualities/Captures near or in Milledgeville, Ga in 1864

RESOURCE BOOKS TO BEGIN YOUR SEARCH
 

ROSTERS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA by Lillian Henderson.

(Contains Volunteer and Regular Regiments only - not Artillery, Calvary, or State Guard, Reserve, Militia, State Line Regiments) Six volumes with index in separate volume by Juanita Brightwell.

Lookup: ROSTER OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA, 6 vols. Lillian Henderson. On CD.
Kristopher L Swinson kswin@juno.com
 

The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865.

Janet B. Hewett, ed. (Wilmington, NC; Broadfoot Publishing Co, 1996)

This is a multi-volume set derived from the microfilmed indexes to CSA Compiled Military Service Records. As such, it is an alphabetical roster of all CSA soldiers listed in those indexes at the National Archives! I suggest readers check out a nearby college/university library and photocopy the pages (from Hewett) listing the family names they are researching. Make sure to copy every listing that renders your family name phonetically, or renders it in a way attributable to unclear penmanship (the letter n may turn into u; m may be n, or vice versa, etc.) Thus, "Mangham" may be rendered as "Maughan," "Maugham," "Mangum," "Mangrum," "Magham," etc. Don't underestimate the creativity of Confederate First Sergeants and company clerks! (Or of Union PoW camp registrars, hospital attendants, etc.)

The listings in the Hewett rosters will read as follows, for example: Mangham, John W. GA 2nd Bn. S.S. Co. B Cpl.

(This shows that John W. Mangham was a corporal in a Georgia unit known as the 2nd Battalion Sharpshooters.)

(My great-great-grandpa is also listed as Manghham,__ GA 5th Inf. Co. L; this reflects a muster roll entry from Company L, 5th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, which gives his last name only--and that was misspelled.) If your local library doesn't have the Hewett rosters yet, you can doubtless have them call another library which will photocopy a couple of pages for you without any hassle (if they won't, you should try calling!) At one stroke, you will get a very good idea about which of your ancestors and cousins may have served in the CSA, and in which units; then it's fairly simple to order their service records from the Natl. Archives as described below.Contributed by:Major Dana Mangham

Confederate Research Sources: a guide to archive collections, by James C. Neagles. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Pub. 1986

Military Bibliography of the Civil War by Charles Dornbusch. New York: Public Libary, 1961-87.

copyright Eileen B. McAdams 2004