COMPANY B, 38th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
MILTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
"MILTON GUARDS"
(also known as Old Co. D. Wright's Legion, Georgia)


Bagwell, John Y. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 28, 1862. Killed at Newtown, Va. Aug. 11, 1864.

Bagwell, Nathan B. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. appointed 4th Sergeant in 1862. Wounded in left leg and captured at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Paroled at Fort McHenry, Md. Nov. 1862. Received at City Point, Va. for exchange in 1862. Leg amputated below knee in 1862. Absent, wounded, close of war

Bagwell, William G. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Killed at Winchester, Va. June 13, 1863.

Baker, William A. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862.

Barrett, John A. - Private May 1, 1862. Wounded and disabled in 1863. On detail duty as Sub Enrolling Officer June 1863-Aug. 31, 1864. No later record.

Bates, George W. ** - Private May 1, 1862 in Savannah, Ga.. To Chimborazo Hospital #2 July 23, 1862. Returned to Duty Aug. 6, 1862. Died Sept. 5, 1862.

Bates, William A. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862. Absent without leave Sept. 1-Nov. 4, 1864. No later record.

Bell, Augustus C. - Private May 15, 1862. (**Elected 3d Lieutenant and transferred to old Co. "N" which later became new Co. "I" in July 1863). Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant Oct. 24, 1862, promoted 2d Lieutenant Feb. 1, 1863. Elected 1st Lieutenant Feb. 25, 1864. Roster dated Mar. 13, 1865 shows him as 1st Lieutenant with remark: "Present incumbent." No later record.

Bennett, Francis M. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Died July 12, 1862.

Bishop, Abner - Private, Oct. 6, 1861. Discharged on account of chronic dyspepsia July 28, 1862.

Bostwick, Green Bery (or Bostick) - Private May 1, 1862. Captured at Hanover, Va. May 24, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. Feb. 1865. Received at Cox's Landing, James River, Va., Feb. 13, 1865.

Brown, J. H. ** - Appears on Register of Claims for Dead Soldiers. Died Feb. 20, 1864, General Hospital #2, Lynchburg, Va. "Chronic Diarrhoea".

Bruce, Baylis ** - Private May 16, 1862 Atlanta, Ga. "Wounded at Wilderness 5th May 1864".

Bruce, Benjamin * - Private, May 16, 1862. Received pay at Richmond, Va. Oct. 10, 1862. No later record.

Bruce, Mack V. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

Burgess, B.F. ** - records filed under 'Pleasant F. Burgess' in Compiled Service Records, but died Oct. 22, 1864 General Hospital Danville "Exhaustion from Travel".

Burgess, F.M. ** - records filed under 'Pleasant F. Burgess' in Compiled Service Records, but recorded in Jackson Hospital, Richmond June 19, 1864 with Chronic Diarrhea, Returned to Duty June 28, 1864.

Burgess, James H. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Sick in hospital Oct. 1863. No later record.

Burgess, Joel - 4th Sergeant Oct. 6, 1861. Appears last on roll for Oct. 31, 1861. Pension records show he was discharged, disability, Apr. 1862. (Born in Ga. in 1837).

Burgess, Pleasant F. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Died of disease at Danville, Va. Sept. 22, 1864.

Burgess, William - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Died at Staunton, Va. of Typhoid fever Nov. 9, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.

Butler, A. S. - Private. Prisoner taken and paroled Warrenton, Va. Sept. 29, 1862.

Cape, William M. - Private May 15, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3 or 4, 1863. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. May 10, 1865.

Carter, Martin - Private Feb. 27, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862.

Cross, Kinchen R. - 1st Sergeant Oct. 6, Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant July 22, 1862; 2d Lieutenant Aug. 18, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 16, 1865. 1861 (**Bounty Pay & Receipt Roll lists him as Private on 6 Oct 1861.)

Cross, Levy J. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Died of "pneumonia"Dec 22, 1862 in General Hospital #2, Richmond, Va.

Day, Allen B. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863.

Day, Edgar M. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Absent without leave Aug. 1-31 1864. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war. (Died in Cherokee County, Ga. Mch. 7, 1910).

DeLaney, William Green - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Transferred to Co. C, Phillip's Legion Ga. Cavalry Apr. 11, 1862. Roll for Oct. 31, 1864, last on file, shows him on detail for horse by order of Gen. Lee since Sept. 19, 1864. No later record. (Died in Fulton County, Ga. Mch. 25, 1911).

Devore, Eldred G. (or Devoir) - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Died of disease at Marietta, Ga. Aug. 7, 1864.

Devore, James Edward - Private May 1, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Captured in Cherokee county, Ga. Sept 12, 1864. Released at Camp Douglas, Ill., June 17, 1865. (Born in South Carolina Sept. 12, 1837).

Dill, James Jasper - Private May 1, 1862. Wounded in head at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862. Wounded in hand, necessitating amputation of two fingers, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Prisoner in Raleigh, N.C. hospital Apr. 13, 1865.

Dill, John A. * - Private Feb. 27, 1862. Absent without leave in 1864. * No record in Compiled Service Records.

Donald, Asa F. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Transferred to Co. C, Phillip's Legion Ga. Cavalry Apr. 11, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N.C. Apr. 26, 1865.

Edwards, Peter Islam - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Discharged on account of tuberculosis at Richmond, Va. Oct. 1, 1862.

Edwards, Thomas J. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Discharged, disability, Nov. 12, 1861.

Erwin, James A. - 3d Sergeant Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded in foot and neck at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 28, 1862. Reduced to ranks Feb. 1, 1864. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Absent without leave Sept. 1 - Nov. 4, 1864. No later record.

Gaines, James H. F. - Private May 1, 1862. Discharged at Savannah, Ga. May 27, 1862.

Gaines, John H. - Private Feb 27, 1862. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va., with hand lacerated by cars, Jan 20, 1863. Returned to duty Apr. 9, 1863. Discharged May 17, 1863.

Gaines, Reuben W. - Private May 1, 1862. Wounded at Spotsylvania May 12, 1864. Absent without leave Sept. 1, 1864. ** Register of Jackson Hospital, Richmond "Amputated R. Arm upper". No later record.

Gibbs, Harvey Jasper - Private Oct. 28 (**), 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal July 28, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Gibbs, Robert D. - Private Oct. 28 (**) 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.

Graham, Joseph W. - Private May 1, 1862. Died of typhoid fever in Chimborazo Hospital #2 at Richmond, Va. Apr. 27, 1863.

Griffin, William F. - 2d Corporal Oct. 6, 1861. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862.

Grogan, Richard W. - 2d Sergeant Oct. 6, 1861. Absent without leave and reduced to ranks July 20, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Govt. at Point Lookout, Md. and enlisted in U.S. service Jan. 24, 1864.

Hall, Joseph H. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Appointed Color Guard Corporal in January 1862. Wounded Winchester June 13-14, 1863. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864.

Hall, Martin - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. On detail duty on account of disabiity, in Richmond, Va. hospital, Jan 1- Nov. 4, 1864. Captured and paroled at Greenville, S.C. May 24, 1865.

Head, John J. - Private May 15, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Absent without leave Jan. 1-Aug 31, 1864. No later record. Henson, Alfred - Private Feb. 27, 1862. No later record.

Henson, William A. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Discharged June 5, 1862.

Herring, Elijah - Private May 15, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Absent without leave Aug. 31, 1864. No later record.

Herring, Wiley B. - Private May 17, 1862. Captured at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862. Wounded and captured Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 5, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Govt. and enlisted in U.S. service at Point Lookout, Md. May 19, 1864.

Holcombe, Garrison L. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. with chronic diarrhoea Sept. 1, 1864. Returned to duty Sept. 16, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on account of disability, Oct. 1864, to close of war. (Born in Cherokee County, Ga. Oct. 7, 1842. Died at Confederate Soldiers Home in Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 13, 1922. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Ga.)

Holcombe, Little B. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Discharged from General Hospital #1, at Lynchburg, Va. on account of anchylosis of left elbow, shortness of thigh and loss of left ear, Feb. 18, 1863.

Holcombe, Tillman D. - Private May 15, 1862. Wounded at Hamilton's Crossing (near Fredericksburg, Va.) May 4, 1863. Absent without leave Aug. 31, 1864. No later record.

Hughes, Phillip L. - Private Feb. 27, 1862. Died May 30, 1862 in Augusta, Ga..

Hughes, Richard P. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Died Apr. 25, 1862.

Ingram, Henry C. - Private Mar. 1, 1864. Captured at Mine Run (near Spotsylvania), Va. May 12, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. Feb. 1865. Exchanged Mar. 7, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. Mar. 10-12, 1865.

Ingram, J.A. ** - Appears on Register of Receiving & Wayside Hospital, Richmond, Va.. Admitted Mar. 11, 1865. Dispatch to Camp Lee.

Jameson, William T. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 28, 1862. Died of wounds Sept. 15, 1862.

Justice, Alexander - Private May 1, 1862. Absent without leave Aug. 1-Nov. 4, 1864. No later record.

Justice, Allen - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Captured at Waterloo, Pa. July 5, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. Feb. 18, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., Feb. 20-21, 1865.

Justice, Francis M. - Private May 1, 1862. Roll dated Sept. 14, 1864, shows him "Absent, special service in disabled cavalry."

King, James Madison - Private May 1, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Roll dated Nov. 4, 1864 shows him "Absent, sick; supposed to be at Mount Jackson Hospital since Aug. 12, 1864." Captured near Petersburg, Va. Mar. 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865.

King, John ** - Private May 15, 1862. Wounded 2d Manassas Aug. 28, 1862. Died Sept. 6, 1862 of Disease.

Kinson, George ** - Appears on Register of Returned Sick in Hospital (Savannah, Ga.) since May 4, 1862.

Land, T. ** - Private. Appears on Register at Receiving & Wayside Hospital, Richmond Va. . Admitted June 25, 1864. Dispatch to Winder.

Landrum, Abner - Private Oct. 28 (**), 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Roll for Nov. 4, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No late record.

Langford, Josiah C. - *(from 31 Dec 1862-1 Mar 1863 Muster Roll) 2d Sergeant May 1, 1862 in Atlanta, Ga. Also on Apr. 31-1 Aug 1864 Muster Roll as Prisoner of War "Wounded at Monocacy, Md. 9th July 1864."

Maddox, Joseph J. - Jr. 2d Lieutenant Oct. 6, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieut. July 17, 1862; 1st Lieutenant Aug. 18, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 16, 1865.

Martin, Jackson (John) M. ** - Private, May 1, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862.

Martin, James ** - Private May 15, 1862. Died July 5, 1862. Chimborazo Hospital #5, Richmond, Va.

Martin, James W. - Private May 1, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862.

Martin, Simeon ** - Private May 15, 1862. Died Sept. 10, 1862.

McCleskey, Francis C. - Private Feb. 27, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant July 22, 1862. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 28, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863.

McCleskey, George W. - Captain Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Died from wounds July 17, 1862.

McDaniel, Joseph W.R. - Private May 1, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Captured in 1864. Exchanged. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

McMakin, Andrew J. - 1st Lieutenant Oct. 6, 1861. Elected Captain July 17, 1862. Resigned Aug. 18, 1862.

McVay, Amos H. (or McVeigh) - Private May 15, 182. Appointed Chaplain of the 28th Regt. Ga. Inf. June 9, 1863. On furlough of indulgence Dec. 31, 1863. Resigned Mar. 16, 1865.

Meaders, William M. - 5th Sergeant Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862. Private in 1863. Absent without leave Sept. 1, 1864. No later record. **Reduced to ranks Sept. 5, 1864. Served in Special Services Disabled Cavalry.

Moore, James A. ** - Private May 15, 1862. Died of Typhoid June 28, 1862.

Moore, John M. ** - Private May 15, 1862. Wounded at Manassas Aug. 28, 1862. Missing in Action "Supposed Killed" at Fredericksburg Dec 13, 1862.

Neal, John W. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Appears last on roll for Oct. 31, 1861.

Orr, Thomas - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Died from Dysentery and Rheumatism in Henningsen Hospital at Richmond, Va. Nov. 1 or Dec. 5, 1862.

Peek, James ** - Private. Admitted to CSA Hospital Danville Va July 23, 1862 for "rubeola". Returned to Duty Aug. 8, 1862.

Peak, Willis L. (or Peeke) - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Roll for Feb. 1863 shows him "Absent, at home sick." Roll dated Nov. 4, 1864, shows him "Absent without leave since Dec. 1862." No later record.

Peak, Zachariah (or Peake) - Private May 15, 1862. Absent without leave Dec. 1862-Nov. 4, 1864. No later record.

Pettit, Daniel - 1st Corporal Oct. 6, 1861. Discharged July 28, 1862.

Pettit, Levy Harvey - Private May 16, 1862. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Paroled at Baltimore, Md. Aug. 23, 1863. Received at City Point, Va. for exchange Aug. 24, 1863.

Pharr, Armenius E. - Private May 15, 1862. Absent without leave Aug. 1-31, 1864. No later record. **Wounded at Wilderness, May 3, 1864.

Phillips, Andrew J. - 2d Lieutenant Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant July 17, 1862; Captain Aug. 18, 1862. Resigned, disability, May 27, 1863. Retired, disability, Jan. 21, 1865.

Pierce, Caleb W. - Private May 15, 1862. On hospital duty at Lynchburg, Va. on account of disability, Aug. 1862-Jan. 19, 1865. Furloughed from Lynchburg, Va. Jan. 19, 1865.

Powell, James C. - Private Oct. 28 (**), 1862. Wounded in left arm, right leg and hip, skull fractured, and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Sent from DeCamp General Hospital N.Y. Harbor, to City Point, Va. for exchange, Aug. 28, 1863. On detail duty as Sub Enrolling Officer in Fayette County, Ga. on account of disability, 1863-Nov. 4, 1864. (Born in Carroll County, Ga. June 27, 1838.

Powell, James P. * - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 28, 1862. Absent, wounded, Aug. 31, 1864. No later record.

Powell, Peter R. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Absent without leave Sept. 1-Nov. 4, 1964. No later record.

Powell, William R. - Private Feb. 27, 1862. Captured at Fort Steadman, Va. Mar. 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 16, 1865.

Powers, J. ** - Mentioned in Letter from 2d Auditor's Office Requesting Receipt of Effects of Deceased Soldiers. Died July 13, 1862.

Pruitt, Zilman - Private Mar. 22, 1862. Discharged Nov. 7, 1862. Died of tuberculosis in Henningsen Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 25, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Pugh, Francis C. (Francis E.) - Private May 15, 1862. Died Feb. 15, 1963.

Reaves, John A. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Received pay Aug. 29, 1864. No later record.

Reaves, Joseph W. - Private May 16, 1862. Captured at Waterloo, Pa. July 5, 1863. Paroled at Fort McHenry, Md. and sent to Fort Delaware, Del. July 9, 1863. Roll for Aug. 1864 shows him "absent, prisoner of war." No later record.

Reece, Jeremiah M. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Absent without leave July-Nov, 1864. Pension records show he was at home sick with fever, close of war. (Died in Cherokee County, Ga. in 1920.)

Reese, Reuben P. (or Reece) - Private May 25, 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Sims, William M. (or Simms) - Private May 15, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862. Absent without leave Aug. 31, 1864. No later record.

Tillotson, James W. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept 17, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Turner, James M. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #9 at Richmond, Va. Mar. 10, 1865 and transferred to Camp Lee near Richmond, Va. Mar. 11, 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

Wayne, Henry A. (or Wane) - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Absent without leave Aug.-Nov. 4, 1864. No later record.

Westbrook, Charles H. - Private May 1, 1862. Wounded in 1862. Died of wounds in General Hospital, at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. Dec. 22, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Westbrook, Reuben T. - Private Feb. 22, 1862. Captured at Fisher's Hill, Va. Sept. 22, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va. Mar. 17, 1865. Received at Boulware's Wharf, James River, Va. for exchange, Mar. 19, 1865. (Born in Ga. Feb. 22, 1841. Died in Cherokee County, Ga. in 1919.)

Westbrook, Talmon H. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Captured at Mine Run, Va. May 12, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. May 10, 1865.

Westbrook, Thompson ** - Private Oct. 6, 1861. No later record.

Westbrook, Wesley E. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Absent without leave Aug.-Nov. 4, 1864. Pension records show he "contracted rheumatism when forced to wade Rapidan River in Virginia. Was sent to hospital. Furloughed home and was unable to return." (Resident of Ga. since Nov. 14, 1832.)

Williams, Alfred - Private May 15, 1862. Absent without leave Dec. 1862. Deserted. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Govt. at Chattanooga, Tenn. Apr. 16, 1864.

Wilson, Hilliard J. - Private on Bounty and Pay Receipt Roll as of Oct. 6, 1861. 3d Corporal Oct. 6, 1861. Reduced to rank

Wood, Thomas J. - Private Oct. 6, 1861. Appointed Musician. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 5, 1863. Paroled at DeCamp General Hospital, David's Island, N.Y. Harbor, Aug. 24, 1863. Received at City Point, Va. for exchange Aug. 28, 1863. Absent without leave May-Nov 4, 1864. No later record.

Woodliff, Thomas J. - Private May 17, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862.

* - Not mentioned in Compiled Service Records of 38th Georgia at National Archives
** - Not mentioned in Lillian Henderson's "Muster Roll of Company B, 38th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry."