Company H, 47th Georgia Infantry

Formed in March 1862 as Company H, "Liberty Rangers," Glynn County, 11th Georgia Infantry Battalion, They served on the Georgia coast in 1862 before becoming Company H, "Fighting 47th" Georgia Infantry Regiment, Mercer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee on 12 May 1862. They fought at James Island, SC; Jackson, MS; Scessionville, MS; Chickamauga, GA; Missionary Ridge, TN; Dalton; Resaca; Oostanaula; New Hope Church; Kennesaw Mountain; Atlanta; John's Island; Honey Hill; Tulafinny; Pocataligo; Averysboro; and Bentonville. Before surrendering with Gen. Joseph Johnson near Goldsboro, NC in April 1865, they were merged with the 46th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Bonaud's Battalion, and the 28th Georgia Infantry Battalion to form the "1st Georgia". Several articles on their campaigns on the South Carolina coast were published in the Southern Historical Society Papers.

Caraway Brown, enlisted March 1 862, private; died in Academy Hospital, Marietta, GA, October 17, 1863.

Mathias C. Adams, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; obtained Alexander Graham as a substitute. Adams was born in 1828.

J.F. Barbee, enlisted March 1862, private; killed Tanner's Ferry, 1864.

J. R. Brown, enlisted March 1862, private. Uames R. Brown who was in Catoosa Hospital, Griffin, GA, December 21, 1863) He was born December 25, 1842.

Jesse BrownI (Company K), died of disease at home, July 4,1862.

Samuel W. Brown, enlisted March 1862, private; in Catoosa Hospital, Griffin, GA, December 21, 1865. He was born in 1839.

Lovett Brown, enlisted March 1862, private; killed Chickamauga.

Hamilton Clark, enlisted March 1862, private, later corporal and sergeant.

Marion Clark, enlisted March 1862, private. (The company rosters show a John M. Clark Sr., a John M. Clark Jr., and a C.M. Clark.)

Jackson (J. A.?) Carmichael, enlisted March 1862, private. He was born in Telfair County in 1844.

Daniel F. Clements, enlisted March 18622, private. He was born . October 27, 1841.

Wesley T. Clements , enlisted March 1862, private. (Served in Company G; deserted February 9, 1865; sent to New York City.)

Henry Cooper, enlisted March 1862, private. He was born March 16, 1833.

Green Couley, enlisted March :862, private. (M,G. Conlry?)

Mathew Clark, enlisted March 1862, private.

C.M. C!ark, enlisted May 1, 18622, private; discharged because of disability, June 8, 1862.

John A.Darley, enlisted March 1862, private; mortally wounded at Chickamauga; died in hospital in Atlanta, October8, 1863. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery.

James Darley, enlisted March 1862, private; died in hospital, Jackson, MS, January 8, 1863.

Thomas C. Darley, enlisted March 1862, private. He was born in 1827.

C.C. Fails, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; surrendered at 'Tallahassee, FL, May 15, 1865.

Benjamin Guess, enlisted March 1862, private; killed Chickamauga. (C.C. Guest? See 18A. below.)

William T. Gibson, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; captured at Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; released December 9, 1863.

Alex Graham, enlisted March 1862, private, as a substitute for M.C. Adams.

C.C. Guest, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; killed Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. His father was B.Y. Guest.

Jackson W. Grimes, enlisted March 1862, private. He was born May 14, 1834.

William Gillis, enlisted March 4, !862, private; died of disease, July 27, 182. Father was Malcolm W. Gillis.

Neill Gillis, enlisted March 1862, private. He was born February 15, 1840.

William W. Hamilton, enlisted March 1862, private, later sergeant; died in hospital of diarrhea, December 14, 1863.

James Hamans (sp?), enlisted March 1862, private; killed at Camp Williams, Savannah by accidental shot, September 16, 1862. Lucinda Haymons was his mother.

Homer Hamans, enlisted March 1862, private; died in hospital, Savannah, May 31, 1862. His mother was Lucinda Haymans.

Bradley Harrelson, enlisted March 1862, private; wounded Tanners Ferry.

John A. Hampton, enlisted March 1862, private.

David Knowles, enlisted March 1862, private. (Daniel Nighton (sp?) below?)

George W. McIntyre, enlisted March 1 862, private; surrendered at Greensboro, NC, April 26, 1865; died December 30, 1930.

J.S. Mosley, enlisted March 1662, private.

Martin Mosley, enlisted March 1862, private; captured Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; exchanged December8, 1863; captured Richmond, VA, April 13, 1865.

John H. Mosley, enlisted March 1862, private; killed James Island, SC, June 10, 1862. Eda Mosley was his widow.

Dennis Mosley, enlisted March 1862, private.

Jesse Morris, enlisted January 8, 1863, private.

J.R. Mosley, enlisted March 1862, private. He was born in 1840.

Daniel Nighton (sp?) enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died at home July 17, 1862. Father was James J. Knighton (sp?).

Jackson J. O'Neal, enlisted March 1862, private. He was born in North Carolina in 1839.

Archibald Peterson, enlisted March 1862, private; appointed fifth sergeant, June 1862.

George W. Peterson, enlisted March 1862, private; wounded Chickamauga. He was born March 22, 1840.

Alexander Pope, enlisted March 1862, private; killed Chickamauga, September 19, 1863.

John A. Thompson, enlisted March 1862, private; wounded Missionary Ridge; surrendered Augusta, GA, May 26, 1865.

Thomas Thompson, enlisted March 1862, private; wounded Missionary Ridge. He was in a hospital in Montgomery, AL, at the end of the war.

Berry (Barney?) Thompson, enlisted March 1862, private.

Elisha Thornton, enlisted March 1 862, private. He was born in Wayne County January 5, 1841.

Daniel Watson, enlisted May 1, 1862, private.

William Watson, enlisted March 4, 1862, private; died at Camp Davis, April 21, 1862.

Ephraim Willis, enlisted March 1862, private. (J.E. Willis?)

Jacob E. Willis, enlisted May 1, 1862, private. He was born 'n Emanuel County in 1834.

Sherrod Willis, enlisted March 1862, private.

J.J. Williams, private

Seaborn D. Willis, enlisted March 1862, private.

Reuben Willis, enlisted March 1862, private.

George Wilkes, enlisted March 1862, private; died near Charleston 1864. (George B. Wilkes of Company B?)