20th Georgia Cavalry

This battalion was formed in 1862 as "Millen's Battalion Georgia Partisan Rangers," also known as the 1st Georgia Partisan Rangers. They were later re-designated as the 20th Georgia Cavalry Battalion, Yancey's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia before being broken up by special order of 11 July, 1864. Company B was transferred to Company G of the Cavalry Battalion of the Jeff Davis Legion, Mississippi troops. Company F, "the Liberty Mounted Rangers" or "Liberty Dragoons" of Liberty County, was formed Jul, 1862, from men of Liberty, Thomas, and Montgomery counties. On July 24, 1864, they were officially transferred to the 10th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, and as such served under General Joseph Wheeler in the Atlanta campaign. The men of these two companies left Georgia for the Army of Northern Virginia in April 1864, and fought at Haw's Shop, May 28, 1864; Trevillian Station, June 1l 12,1864;WhiteHouse, June20,1864; Nansis Shop, June 24, 1864; Sopri Church, June 28-29, 1864; New Market, July 16, 1864; Charles City Courthouse; White Oak Swamp, July 18, 1864; Reams Station, August 25, 1864. Memoirs of this regiment by Charles Paine Hansell (microfilm reel 283/27) and James Reid Jones (microfilm reel 283/29) are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. Also see the letter of T. R. Reddick, May 8, 1864, in the Civil War Miscellaneous Collection, Georgia Department of Archives and History. All men listed below, except where noted, served in Company B. (From: "A History of Montgomery County, Georgia to 1918" by Robert Scott Davis, Jr.)

  • Lachlan Neil Barlow, enlisted April 1862; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863; Killed at Cumming, GA, October 1, 1864. Married Eliza Oliver May 8, 1848.
  • William Calhoun, enlisted April 1862, private; died September 11, 1923 at Uvalda, GA, where he is buried.
  • William Conner, enlisted April 1862, private; mortally wounded and and captured at Haw's Shop, May 28, 1864.
  • J.S. Cowart, private, transfer from Company B, 54th Georgia Regiment. (He may not have been from Montgomery County.)
  • Cullen, Cowart, enlisted April 1862, private,.
  • D.B. Curry, enlisted February 15, 1863.
  • Peter Galberth, enlisted April 1862, private.
  • Peter Geer, enlisted April 1862, private; killed. (P.F.M. Greer?)
  • Samuel Godwin, enlisted April 1862, private; Killed.
  • John C. Holmes, enlisted April 1862, private.
  • John G. Hamilton, enlisted April 1862, private.
  • A. Hughes (Archibald P. Hughes), private, enlisted August 4, 1862; transferred to Company F.
  • John Johnson, enlisted April 1862, private. (John C. Johnson of Company F?)
  • Alex Johnson, enlisted April 1862, private; mortally wounded and captured at Haw's Shop, May 28, 1864; died May 31, 1864.
  • William Jarrell, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863; died December 4, 1864 in hospital at Greensboro, NC.
  • Duncan McArthur, enlisted April 1862, private; died November 7, 1929 and buried in McAllister Cemetery 11-8-29; fought at Haw's Shop.
  • Jas. W. McArthur, enlisted April 1862, private; wounded Grisville, GA.
  • J.O.A. McAllum, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863; died 1921 in Wheeler County, GA.
  • Neil McAllum, enlisted April 1862, private
  • Duncan McAllum, enlisted April 1862, private
  • Bryant McAllum, enlisted April 1862, private; died in hospital, Richmond, VA, June 2, 1864, of pneumonia.
  • Archie Y. Mckay, enlisted April 1862, private; mortally wounded by being "mashed by horses" at Cold Harbor, May 30, 1864; died June 11, 1864.
  • G.M.T. McLeod, enlisted April 1862, private.
  • John A. McMillian, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863; surrendered at Augusta, May 22, 1865.
  • Wm. McMillian, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863; died near Petersburg, July 29, 1864.
  • Daniel McRae, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863; wounded at Rheams Station, August 25, 1864; died Swainsboro 1865.
  • Philip M. McRae, enlisted April 1862, private and musician; discharged to become a mail contractor.
  • A. Morrison, enlisted July 8, 1862, private. (May not have been from Montgomery County.)
  • Roderick Morrison, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • Benjamin Morris, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • Neil Morrison, enlisted April 1862; private; Transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • Aaron Moses, enlisted April 1862; private.
  • Joshua Moses, enlisted April 1862; private; died near Petersburg, October 28, 1864.
  • A.W.S. Mays, enlisted April 1862; private. (Albert Mozo? captured at Cold Harbor, May 30, 1864; exchanged September 18, 1864.)
  • Thomas Miller. enlisted September 12, 1863, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • J.E. Mobley, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • William Morris, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • John Morrison, enlisted April 1862, private; Killed Haw's Shop, May 28, 1864.
  • Hugh Morrison, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • Gilbert Prist, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863; died at home September 12, 1864.
  • Alexander Peterson, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • Alexander Spivey, enlisted April 1862, corporal.
  • Frank Spivey, enlisted April 1862, private.
  • J. Spivey, private, transferred from 57th Georgia Regiment; deserted.
  • Littleton Sharpe, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • Matthew Sharpe, enlisted April 1862, private; transferred to Company F, September 12, 1863.
  • Hiram Sharpe, enlisted April 1862, private;. (H. Sharpe of Company F?)
  • William Sharpe, enlisted April 1862, private. (W. H. Sharpe of Company F?)
  • Robert A. Smith, enlisted April 1862, private; died typhoid fever, Charleston, September 16, 1862.