Muster Roll of Company A
65th Regiment
Georgia Volunteer Infantry -- Army of Tennessee - C.S.A.
Gilmer and Pickens County, Georgia -- "Gilmer Light Guards"
Vol. 6, Pages 573-585
These records were abstracted from Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 compiled for the State of Georgia by Lillian Henderson, Director Confederate Pension and Record Department. These volumes give more information that what is listed below, in most cases it will give the length of the soldier's service, if he was promoted and if he died during his enlistment. Be sure and use these books for more complete information on your Confederate Soldier.
ABOUT the Muster Roll of Company A Muster Roll of Company A 65th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army of Tennessee C.S.A. Gilmer and Pickens County, Georgia "Gilmer Light Guards" Company A was organized in May 1862, as Co. B, Infantry Battalion., Smith's Legion, GA Volunteers. It became Co. A, 65th Regiment. GA Infantry in March of 1863.
OFFICERS
Williams, Samuel F. Captain
Smith's Legion May 13, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Glass, W. L. 1st LT May 13, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Steele, Benjamin F.(or B.A.) 2nd LT
Smith's Legion May 13, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Russell, Elijah Jr. 2nd LT.
Smith's Legion May 13, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Woodward, Wilson C. 1st Sargeant
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
May, S. B. 2nd Sargeant
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Thompson, James J. 3rd Sargeant
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Teem, Martin V. 4th Sargeant May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Russel, John (or Russell) 5th Sargeant
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Young, E. M. 1st Corporal
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Pritchett, Henry W. 2nd Corporal May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Sawyer, Neal C. 3rd Corporal
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Debord, John B. (or Debbord, DeBoard, DeBord)
4th Corporal
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Hampton, M. F. Musician
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
ENLISTED MEN
Allen, E. M. Private
Smith's Legion May 12, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Barrenton, J. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Bean, Jesse Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Blankenship, M. C. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Bradley, Judson L. Private Nov 12, 1863
Bramlett, John C. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Bramlett, J. W. Private May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Bryant See O'Briant
Burns, Thomas Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Cantrell, ??? Private
Smith's Legion Sep 1, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Charles, B. G. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Clark, John H. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Clark, M. C. (or M.E.) Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Collins, Joseph Private
Smith's Legion Jan 24, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Copeland, C. C. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Cowart, Glenn Private
Smith's Legion Jun 23, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Cox, John R. Private
Smith's Legion Sep 1, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Davenport, Drury C. Private
Smith's Legion May 12, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Davenport, John F. Private
Smith's Legion May 12, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Dotson, David (or Daniel) Private Jan 24, 1864
Dover, Thomas Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Erwin, B. J. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Evans, H. J. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Evans, Willis Name appears only a list of rebel
deserters who took oath of allegiance
to United States Government at
Knoxville, TN, Feb 4, 1864.
Felmet, H. D. Private See Co. H
Fields, Thomas J. Private Mar 10, 1863
Fields, W. L. (or W.S.) Private
Smith's Legion Jun 25, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Finley, Daniel Private
Smith's Legion Jun 25, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Freeman, John C. Smith's Legion Aug 29, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Gaddis, B. J. (or Gaddish) Private
Smith's Legion Feb 14, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Gaddis, Peter J. Private
Smith's Legion Feb 14, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Gartrell, John R. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Glynn, Calvin Van Buren (or Glenn)
Private
Co. F, 16th Reg. TN to
Smith's Legion Aug 4, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Goble, John R. (or Gable) Private May 20, 1863
Goss, Milton H. Private
Smith's Legion Jul 22, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Greer, Moses Benton (or Grier or Green)
Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Griggs, James H. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Griggs, John E. (or D.) Private
Smith's Legion Jan 24, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Griggs, Thomas Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Hall, James Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Harden, John (or Hardin) Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Head, John J. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Henson, Daniel Private
Smith's Legion Aug 20, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Henson, Isaac Private Aug 14, 1863
Higgins, Thomas Private
Smith's Legion Feb 11, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Holt, James R. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Humphries, Jesse Private
Smith's Legion ????
Transferred to Co. A Mar/Apr 1863
Hunnicutt, James Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Hunnicutt, John Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Jamison, Wesley (or Jameson) Private
Smith's Legion Sep 26, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Jenkins, William R. (or Jinkins) Private
Smith's Legion Feb 11, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Kimmons, Rollen Private
Smith's Legion Jun 25, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Kimmons, William Private
Smith's Legion Aug 12, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Lanning, F. A. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Ledford, Enoch Private
Smith's Legion May 13, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Mealer, Merret B. (or Muler) Private
Smith's Legion Sep 1, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Mealer, M.A. (or W.A./or Meeler, Merdith A.)
Private Sep 22, 1863
Miller, John C. Private Mar 24, 1863
Milton, L. D. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Morris, E. Madison Private Jul 25, 1863
Muler See Mealer
Mulkey, J.B. (or Mulky) Private May 1, 1863
Mulky, Leander H. (or Mulkey)Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Neal, William Private
Smith's Legion Feb 11, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Nelson, T. F. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Nicholson, William Thomas (or Nickalson or Nickolson)
Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
O'Briant, John H. (or O'Bryant) Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Penly, William B. (or Pendley or Penley)
Private
Smith's Legion Jun 25, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Pickett, Thaddeus Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Poston, John (or Posten) Private
Co. F, 6th Regt. GA Cal.
Transferred to Co. A May 1, 1863
Poston, Robert (or Posten) Private
Co. F, 6th Regt. GA Cal.
Transferred to Co. A May 1, 1863
Quarles, David Private
Smith's Legion Feb 10, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Quillian, Walter Terrell Colquitt Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Ray, Enoch Private
Smith's Legion Feb 10, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Ray, John Private May 11, 1863
Ray, Newton M. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Riddle, Ephraim T. (or Reddel or Riddle)
Private
Smith's Legion Jun 25, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Russel, James K. P. (or Russell) Private
Smith's Legion Dec 4, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Stanford, C.W. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Sharyer, Thadeus (or Sharzer or Sarver)
Private Apr 4 or 13, 1864
Sharyer, W. J. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Sitton, L.A. (or Samuel A.)Private Mar 1, 1863
Sitton, T.C. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Smith, J. G. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Sosebee, J. C. Private no date given
Suddeth, Jeptha Private Sep 25, 1863
Sutherland, G.W. (or G.M. Southland)
Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Thompson, John W. Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Turner, Elias Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Wadkins, W.R.D. (or Watkins) Private May 22, 1864
Watkins, Abner, Jr. (or Wadkins) Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Watkins, Abner, Sr. (or Wadkins) Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Watkins, Heskett (or Hart) Private
Smith's Legion Feb 14, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Watkins, Joseph Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Watkins, Memory C. Private
Smith's Legion May 16, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Weaver, John A. Private
Smith's Legion Jun 25, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Westbrook, Thomas Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Whitten, Cornelius Private
Smith's Legion Aug 2, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Wiginton, Elisha D. (or Wigginton) Private
Smith's Legion Sep 6, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Worley, W. B. Private
Smith's Legion Jun 25, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Wright, Allen Private Sep 25, 1863
Wright, James Private
Smith's Legion Jan 25, 1863
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
Young, Thomas Private
Smith's Legion May 15, 1862
Transferred to Co. A Mar 1863
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