26TH REGIMENT, GEORGIA INFANTRY
Company "E" of the 26th Georgia Regiment was previously designated "Old Company "L" from Twiggs County.
The new Company "E", now designated Wiregrass Minutemen, is from Ware County, Georgia.
CONTINUED...
KING, Andrew J. - Private July 10, 1861. Appointed 5th Sergeant September 4, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864.
KING, Perryman - Private April 18, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
KNOX, Ellias - private April 22, 1861. Absent, Cick in Hospital, February 28, 1862. No later record.
LAWSON, James B. Private April 22, 1861. wounded through left hand at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Detailed Acting Commissary Sergeant. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Born in Georgia August 26, 1840.
LEE, John - 1st Sergeant April 18, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant September 4, 1861. Wounded in left arm at 2d Manassas, Va., August 28, 1862. Elected Captain May 8, 1862. Resigned January 16, 1863.
LYON, Charles R. - 2d Sergeant April 18, 1861. Absent without leave May 1, 1862 - August 31, 1864. No later record.
LOPER, William W. - Private April 22, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 10, 1864.
LUNDY, McLin (or McLain) - Private April 18, 1861. Captured at Greenwood, Va. July 7, 1863. took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government and released at Point Lookout, Md. February 22, 1864.
MALPUS, William - See Private Old Company B.
MANNING, John - See Private, Old Company B.
MARTIN, Joseph J. - Private April 18, 1861. Discharged, "having served his time as required by Conscript Act," July 22, 1862. Pension records show he enlisted as a private in Company G, 4th Regt. Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), July 1863. Transferred to a Company in 22d Battalion, Georgia Siege Artillery. In Charlotte, N.C. Hospital with fever, March 20, 1865. Born in Pierce County, Georgia, December 30, 1845.
McSWAIN, Alexander H. - Private 20, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Point Lookout, Md. and released February 23, 1864.
MERCER, Isaac - (or Messer) - Privatge April 18, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 20, 1864. Released at Elmira, N.Y. June 30, 1865.
MILLER, Alexander J. - Private May 23, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865.
MILLER, James B. - Private June 27, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864.
MONAGHAN, John - Private April 18, 1861. Captured at Farmville, Va. April 9k, 1865. Released at Newport News, Va. June 24, 1865.
MONCRIEF, John - Private April 18, 1861. Appointed Hospital Steward August 1861. Died in Virginia July 30, 1862.
MONCRIEF, John P. - Private May 20, 1861. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1862.
MORRIS, William J. - Private April 18, 1861. Appears last on roll for Feb 28, 1862.
MURRAY, William J. - Private transferred from Old Company B. roll for August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present.
MYERS, Doctor P. - Private May 4, 1861. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1862.
MYERS, George C. - 4th Sergeant April 18, 1861. Detailed ordnance Sergeant at Brunswick, Ga., September 4, 1861. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant. Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. K, this Regiment, October 18, 1864. Paroled, Thomasville, Ga., May 23, 1865.
MYERS, Stephen W. - Private May 4, 1861. Killed July 20, 1864.
O'BERRY, Daniel J. (or Oberry) - See private, Old Company N.
O'NEAL, Thomas P. - 2d Lieutenant April 18, 1861. Elected 1st Lieutenant September 4, 1861. Retired May 10, 1862. enlisted as a private in Co. F, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), December 10, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Elected jr. 2nd Lieutenant of Clinch's Battery Georgia Light Artillery. Captured at Fort McAllister, Georgia December 13, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 12, 1865.
PEARCE, E. Louis (or PIERCE) - Jr. 2d Lieutenant April 18, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant September 4, 1861; 1st Lieutenant May 10, 1862; Captain January 16, 1863. Surrendered Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
PETERSON, Charles - Private April 18, 1861. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1862.
PIKE, Charles L. - Private August 11, 1861. Discharged, disability January 1, 1862.
POPHAM, George - Private April 19, 1861. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1862.
POPPLE, J. T. (or J.J.) - Private May 8, 1862. Died in General Hospital #1, at Richmond, Va. March 13, 1863.
QUINN, Thomas - Private August 2, 1861. Died August 15, 1864.
RENNIE, William - Private April 18, 1861. Transferred To Company F. Discharged by expiration of term of service April 22, 1864.
RICE, David P. - Private April 22, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant August 28, 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862.
RIGGINS, James - Private May 20, 1861. elected 2d Lieutenant May 10, 1862. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862.
RIGGINS, James B. - 4th Corporal, Old Conmpany N, September 29, 1861. Appointed 4th Sergeant, December 15, 1861. Mustered out March 31, 1862. Enlisted as private in ;the Company May 11, 1862. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862.
RIGGINS, Robert G. - See Private, Old Company N.
RITCH, William R. - Private April 19, 1861. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864. Died of wounds May 12, 1864.
RUTH, Abraham J. - Private April 18, 1861. Appears last on roll for February 28, 1862.