Confederate Soldiers

The Campbell County Georgia Confederate Soldiers Page

This page is dedicated to the memory of those brave men who fought for their home and country in the War of Northern Aggression. The purpose of this page is not to inflame or inflict hate on anyone or any group but to preserve and protect the memory of those who fought for what they believed in and maybe help a few people find their southern roots as well. If you have pertinant information and wish to contribute to this effort let me know.
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A special thank you is due Bill Burdette for generously compiling and contributing this information.

Consolidated Muster Roll

Confederate Soldiers from Campbell County, Georgia

Compiled By Wm. R. Burdette, Jr.
June 2, 1997

Campbell Confederate Soldiers A-L

Campbell Confederate Soldiers M-Z

NOTES: Compiled from "ORIGINAL HISTORY of FULTON COUNTY", by Walter G. Cooper, /c/ 1934; APPENDIX, pages 902-906; Published at the direction of the Georgia Legislature and Superior Courts by the Fulton County Commissioners to commemorate the 200th Birthday of the State of Georgia.

Company "F", 30th Regmt., known as "Campbell Sharpshooters" ;
Company "G", 30th Regmt., known as "Campbell Gray";
Company "K", 30th Regmt., known as "Chattahooche Vols";

Company "E", 35th Regmt., Army of N. VA, C.S.A., known as Campbell Volunteers";
Company "A", 21st Regmt., known as "Campbell County Guards";
Company "K", 41st Regmt., Army of Tenn., C.S.A., known as "Campbell Salt Springs Guards";

The Source documents in the book were stated to be "(From the State Rolls at the Capitol)". The above entries were copied "as is", even though there appeared to be several scrivener errors such as identical Christian' names for Ashburn J. Bullard and Ashburn J. Casey, whose names appeared adjacent in the Appendix. No doubt, the Compiler may have added to existing errors, and would appreciate hearing from anyone finding such errors or omissions.

Wm. R. Burdette, Jr.
19 Anita Place S. E.
Mableton, GA 30126.

Reference and suggested reading:

Brief History of the 30th Georgia Regiment; by A. P. Adamson, 1st Sgt. Company E.

Units of the Confederate States Army; by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.

Georgia State Archives, Microfilm Department.

Click hear for a history of Company K 41st Georgia Army of Tennessee Campbell Salt Springs Guards

Contributed by Mitchell Kelly

This brief history of Company K. 30th Georgia was contributed by Kelly Madaris descendant of Jackson Madaris, Pvt. Company K, "Chattahoochee Volunteers" 30th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, CSA.

In September 1861, Georgia Congressman David J. Bailey established Camp Bailey with the permission of Governor Joseph E. Brown. Camp Bailey was located between Fairburn and Palmetto, Georgia along the railroad track. The actual location of this site is not known today, but is believed to be under the Owens Corning Plant. Bailey recruited men of Campbell and Carroll Counties along the Chattahoochee River for the Confederacy. This company became known as Company K, the "Chattahoochee Volunteers".

Company K was joined at Camp Bailey by ten other Companies that were organized from Butts, Bartow, Fayette, Clayton and Chattahoochee Counties in Georgia. On December 16, 1861, the 30th Georgia moved to Griswoldsville in Jones County, Georgia. By the 23rd it was encamped just below Savannah, Georgia.

The 30th Georgia was involved in several engagements near Savannah. Company K then served at Charleston, and in February 1863 had about 300 effectives. They were brigaded with the 25th, 29th, and 66th regiments, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, and the Fourth Battalion Louisiana.

The 30th Regiment traveled to North Georgia and fought in the Battle of Chickamauga in late September 1863. Company K remained on detachment until the spring of 1864 along the East Coast, therefore it was not involved in the Chickamauga or Mississippi campaigns. While enroute to Dalton, in North Georgia, to rejoin the Regiment, many of the troops jumped train in Palmetto and Fairburn, Georgia to visit their homes in Campbell County.

Company K continued north and participated in battles at Calhoun, Ga., the Battle of New Hope Church, Kennesaw, Peachtree Creek and the Battle of Jonesboro in the Atlanta Defense. Then the 30th regiment traveled north again and fought battles in Franklin and Murfreesboro, North Carolina, Decatur and Nashville, Tennessee.

Many of the men were captured in the battles in Tennessee and were taken to Camp Chase Ohio, a Union Prison Camp. They suffered conditions comparable to what the Union soldiers experienced in Andersonville, Georgia. Many starved to death and many were lost to disease and exposure in the extreme cold of the North. Those who exchanged this harsh prison life for signing allegiance to the US were placed in blue uniforms and sent west to fight Indians. They were known as "Galvanized Yankee's", a term for a Confederate Gray soldier coated in Union Blue.

The loss to this regiment by both battle and disease dwindled it's numbers considerably. Few of the men surrendered under General Joseph E. Johnston on April 26, 1865.

Some More Campbell County Boys From Other Units

These soldiers lived in Campbell County, but enlisted in units formed in other counties.

Information on the following contributed by Robert James [email protected]

The following enlisted as privates in Co. D, 7th. Ga. Reg.:

Hiram Bobo, George W. James, Samuel W. James, Zachariah M. James, Jesse A. Renfro. h3>

Information on the following contributed by Rebecca Miller [email protected]

McWire, Tilman D. - Muster Roll of Company H, 41st Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army of Tennessee, C.S.A. Carroll County, Georgia - Wool Hat Boys. 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Resigned at Tupelo, Miss. July 20, 1862. Enlisted as a private March 15, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll for Dec. 31, 1863, last on file, show him present. No later record.

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