26TH REGIMENT, GEORGIA INFANTRYCOMPANY "F" (Old Co. "D") Ware Guards from Ware and Pierce Counties; Portions now in Brantley County, Georgia.
NORRIS, William - private August 26, 1861. Discharged, disability, September 23, 1861.
ODOM, Henry W. - See private, Company "K".
PATTERSON, Daniel Peacock- Private Apr. 4, 1862. Wounded in ankle at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862; Gettysburg, Pa. July 1863. Discharged, disability, April 22, 1864.
PATTERSON, John G.S. - 1st Sergeant August 26, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant August 15, 1862. Wounded in head, resulting in loss of hearing and loss of left eye at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant August 28, 1862; 1st Lieutenant Dec. 13, 1862. Resigned, disability, Nov. 1863. Born Appling County, Georgia, March 22, 1836.
PATTERSON, Joseph H.- Private August 26, 1861. wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. Oct. 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. Exchanged at Cox's Landing, James River, Va., Feb. 15, 1865. Pension records show he was home at home on furlough close of war. Born in Appling County, Ga. January 12, 1841.
PHILLIPS, Royal B. (or Ryal B.) - private Aug. 26, 1861. Killed at Richmond, Va., June 1862.
PIERCE, James H. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Died at Point Lookout, Md. Feb. 25, 1865.
RENNIE, William - See private, Company "E"
RIGGINS, Robert G. - Private aug. 26, 1861. Transferred to Company "E". Captured at spotsylvania, Va. May 20, 1864. Died of erysipelas at Elmira, N.Y. May 2, 1865.
RIGGINS, William E. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Roll for Aug. 31, 1864, shows him present. Pension records show he was furloughed Dec. 18, 1864, and could not reach command before close of war. Born in Beaufort County, S.C. Dec. 2, 1844.
RIVERS, William H. - See Private, Company "K"
SAULS, Holliday - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Wounded through left shoulder and left hip at Cold Harbor, Va. June 27, 1862. Surrendered Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Born in Georgia Apr. 29, 1840.
SAULS, Teopilus J. - See Private, Company "E"
SELLERS, John J. - Private August 26, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862, Discharged, disability, April 22, 1864.
SMITH, Alfred - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation, at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864, and captured there July 11, 1864. Paroled at Baltimore, Md. in 1864. released at Military prison, Hampton, Va., and forwarded to point of exchange Sept, 1864. Absent, sick, Nov. 4, 1864.
SMITH, Allen E. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Appointed Musician in 1862. surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Born in Georgia March 28, 1844.
SMITH, Charles C. - Private Sept. 29, 1861. Mustered out of Old Company "N", March 31, 1862. enlisted as private in Company F april 4, 1862. Captured at Monocacy, Md. July 10, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. Oct. 30, 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga. for exchange, Nov. 15, 1864. No later record.
SMITH, Josiah - Private Apr. 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, Feb. 1864.
SMITH, Moses - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant in 1862. Captured at Winchester, Va. Sept. 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md., date not given.
STEEDLEY, David F. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Captured, date and place not given. Paroled Feb. 4, 1864. Absent, sick, Nov. 6, 1864. No later record.
STEEDLEY, Laurence P.- Private Apr. 4, 1862. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 10, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va., Mar. 7, 1865. furloughed for 30 days March 8, 1865.
STEEDLEY, William W.- Private Aug. 26, 1861. Died of disease July 1862.
STRICKLAND, Peter N. - Private Sept. 25, 1861. Admitted to General Hospital #9, at Richmond, Va., on account of debility, Apr. 25, 1864. Discharged, disability, Nov. 10, 1864.
SULLIVANT, John A. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Killed at richmond, Va. June 1862.
SURRENCY, John M. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Discharged, general disability, Apr. 22, 1864.
SWEAT, Abraham - 2d Corporal Auigust 26, 1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Appears on a parole of klprisoners of war dated Office Provost Marshall General Army of Potomac, September 27, 1862. No later record.
SWEAT, Alfred J.- Private Apr. 22, 1862. Wounded in left hip, cauling paralysis of lower limbs and permanent disability, near Richmond, Va., June 27, 1862. Admitted to Institute Hospital at Richmond, Va. June 1862. Transferred to Georgia in 1862. Discharged, disability, Apr. 7, 1863. Born Sept. 11, 1845. Died at Waycross, Georgia July 27, 1917.
SWEAT, Allen A. - Private Apr. 4, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Released at Elmira, N.Y. June 23, 1865. Born in Ware County, Ga., July 26, 1831.
SWEAT, Newton - Private Apr. 4, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va., Apr. 9, 1865. Born in Georgia Jan. 10, 1837.
SWEAT, Randall M.- 3d Sergeant August 26, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862. Died of wounds at Middleburg, Va. prior to January 26, 1863.
SWEAT, Roland (or Rowland) - Private Aug. 26, 1861. wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital at Charlottesville, Va. with flesh wound in left hip, Sept. 1, 1864. furloughed for 50 days Sept. 4, 1864. No later record. Resident of Georgia since July 1, 1845.
TANNER, William M. - Private Apr. 4,1862. Roll for Nov. 6, 1864, shows him present. No later record.
TAYLOR, Gordon S. - Private Apr. 4, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Discharged by civil authority Apr. 1, 1864.
TAYLOR, James B. - Private Apr. 4, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Released at Elmira, NY. June 21, 1865. Born in Georgia in 1840.
TAYLOR, William S.- Private Aug. 26, 1861. roll for Aug. 31, 1864, shows him present. No later record.
THOMAS, James M. - Private Apr. 4, 1862. Absent without leave Aug. 31, 1864. No later record.
THOMAS, John G. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Appears last on roll for Feb. 28, 1862.
THOMAS, Reuben M. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Died July 5, 1864.
THOMPSON, John W. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Appointed Corporal Apr. 1, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Born in Swainsboro, Ga. May 23, 1833.
WALKER, Charles L. - 2d Sergeant August 26, 1861. elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant September 25, 1862; 2d Lieutenant Dec. 13, 1862. Wounded in abdomen and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Died of wounds July 6, or September 3, 1863.
WILKINSON, James - Private, enlisted on April 4, 1962 at Waynesville, Georgia, and sworn in by Captain Donald J. McDonald and Capt Daniel Ezekiel Knowles, Company D (old D), which was later changed to Company "F", 26th Georgia Regiment. Old family letters indicate that Private Wilkinson had experienced various illnesses while in service, none life threatening. On May 4th and 15th, 1862 he wrote home from Camp Smith, Chatham Co., Georgia that he was not well. On May 25th, 1862, he wrote that his Company was leaving Savannah for Charleston and then on to Richmond, Va. On July 11, 1862, he wrote that his Company had left for Richmond and that he was left behind at Charleston with measles. From Charleston he was sent to Columbia, S.C. where he spent 15 days in the hospital. He finally caught up with his Regiment again at Richmond, under Capt D. E. Knoles, which had been in some big fights already. On 12 Feb. 1862, a letters was received by Sarah Miriam Lewis (Wilkinson from James Jackson Wilkinson saying, later indicate that subject, "James" had died of Variola (smallpox) on 26 January 1863, being in the Confederate a little over eight months. One story is, "Subject "James" was taken out of his senses and got in the night and went outside and was found the next morning dead in the snow about a half mile from the hospital." Further information can be obtained from Nancy.)
WILKINSON, James Jackson - Private Feb. 27, 1862. Transferred to Company "K", Nov. 10, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital #9, at Richmond, Va. June 13, 1863. Slightly wounded at 2d Manassas (History of Ware County). Sent to Chimborazo Hospital #2 June 14, 1863. No later record. Born in Georgia Jan. 10, 1842.
WILKINSON, Martin - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.
WILLIAMS, Jonathan R. - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Wounded at Middleburg, Va. Mar. 28, 1862. Died of wounds in 1862.
WILLIAMS, Lewis - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga., Aug. 31, 1862.
WILLIAMSON, George B. - See Private, Company "E"
WILLIAMSON, Henry - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Appears last on roll for Feb. 28, 1862.
YOUMANS, Henry - Private Aug. 26, 1861. Discharged, disability, Sept. 23, 1861.