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    Phillip's Georgia Legion was organized during the summer of 1861 and mustered into Confederate service that fall. Like almost all Confederate Legions, the unit contained a number of infantry companies, a number of cavalry companies and a battery of light artillery. It had originally been thought that legions would operate with all three arms of the service together ( similar to the Combat Team of the Second World War), but it was soon found that the unit was more efficient with its elements detached. Supply and logistics problem for legions with their elements operating together proved impossible to solve. Phillip's Georgia Legion served with its elements detached from each other after July of 1862 .

    Phillip's Georgia Legion's Cavalry Battalion was organized in 1861 with four companies (G,H,I & K). It was expanded during the spring of 1862 with the addition of two newly recruited companies (N & P). It served as a six company battalion until September, 1864, when the unit's strength was brought up to ten companies. This was accomplished by consolidating the Fourth Alabama Cavalry Battalion with the unit. (Technically, under Confederate War Department regulations, the unit should have received a Confederate States designation once it contained companies from more than one state. There is no record of such a step being taken.)

    The Phillip's Legion's Infantry Battalion formed the infantry component of this Georgia unit. As originally organized in 1861 the Legion contained six infantry companies (A -F) and four Cavalry companies. During the spring of 1862, three new infantry companies, L,M and O, were recruited in Cobb and Bartow counties and added to the infantry Battalion. These nine companies, retaining their original company designations, served throughout the remainder of the war. Like almost all Civil War Legions, the infantry and cavalry battalions of the unit were separated fairly early in the war. In the case of The Phillips Legion this separation occurred in late 1862.

    The Legion started out in 1861 with six infantry companies (lettered A-F) and 4 cavalry companies (these were lettered G, H, I & K). When the Legion was expanded in April and May of 1862, three infantry companies were added (L, M & O) and two additional cavalry companies (N & P). It appears that the companies got lettered in the order they mustered in (i.e. two infantry companies L&M, a cavalry company N, another infantry company O, and a final cavalry company P.) At some point in their existence they converted their company designations as follows...........

    G became A
    H became B
    I became C
    K became D
    N became E
    P became F

    In addition a "spare" (11th) company in the Cobb Legion Cavalry was moved over into the Phillips Legion Cavalry and was lettered Company G and known as the "Richmond

    Cavalry Battalion - Lt. Col. William Wofford Rich

    Company G/A. - "DuBignon Cavalry" or "Governor's House Guards" - Charles DuBignon (resigned August 1862), James Hall Nichols - Cobb, Hall and Baldwin Counties.

    Company H/B - Johnson Rangers" - William Wofford Rich, John F. Milhollin (KIA November 1863), Thomas G. Wilkes-Cobb and Bartow Counties

    Company I/C - "Cherokee Dragoons" - William B.C. Puckett, Eli C. Hardin -Cherokee Counties

    Company K/D -" Coweta Rangers" - Dr. Robert Leeper Young Long (resigned April 1864), John B. Willcoxon (resigned 7/3/1862), Hugh Buchanon Coweta, Carroll and Bibb Counties.

    Company N/E (mustered in 5/12/1862) - "Bibb Cavalry" - Samuel Scott Dunlap, Arthur F.Hunter - Bibb County.

    Company P/F (mustered in 5/16/1862) - Wesley Wiles Thomas - Coweta, Henry, Newton and Carroll Counties

    Company G - "Richmond Dragoons" - F. Edgeworth Eve - Richmond County

    Apon being mustered into Confederate service the unit was assigned to duty in the Department of Georgia. This command was subsequently enlarged and renamed the Department of South Georgia, Georgia, and Florida. In the late summer of 1862 Phillip's Legion was transferred to Virginia and assigned to the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. It served in that Army until the final winter of the war. Moved into the Carolinas in January 1865, the unit ended its career attached to the Army of Tennessee.

    Specific higher command assignments of the unit are:

    September to December 1861 - Army of the Kanawha

    January to June 1862 - 6th Military District of South Carolina, Dept of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida

    June to July 1862 - 4th Military District, Dept of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida

    Oct. 1, 1862 - Hampton's Brigade, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia

    Sept. 9, 1863 - Butler's Brigade, Hampton's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

    Dec. 31, 1863 - Young's Brigade, Hampton's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

    Aug. 31, 1864 - Young's Brigade, Butler's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

    Oct. 31, 1864 - Youngs Brigade, Hampton's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

    Dec. 31, 1864 - Young's Brigade, Butler's Division, Hampton's Cavalry Command

    March 1865 - Logan's Brigade, Butler's Division, Hampton's Cavalry Command



    Phillip's Georgia Cavalry Legion participated in more than one hundred various types engagements during it's career.

    March 19-24,1862 - Expedition to May River and Operations near Bluffton, S.C.
    March 20, 1862 - Affair, Bickingham, S.C.
    October 9-12,1862 - Stuart's Raid in Maryland and Pennsylvania (detachment)
    October 10,1862 - Action, Chambersburg, Pa (detachment)
    November 5, 1862 - Action, Barbee's Cross Roads, Va.
    November 28,1862 - Pickett Affair, Hartwood Church, Va. (detachment)
    December 12-15,1862 - Battle, Fredericksburg
    December 19, 1862 - Skirmish, Occoquan Bridge, Va. (detachment)
    December 20, 1862 - Skirmish, Occoquan, Dumfries, Va. (detachment)
    December 27-28, 1862 - Skirmishes near Occoquan, Va.
    February 5-7, 1863 - Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church, Va.
    April 27-May 6, 1863 - Chancellorsville Campaign
    April 29-May 8, 1863 - Operations against Stoneman's Raid
    June 3 August 1, 1863 - Gettysburg Campaign
    June 17, 1863 - Action, Aldie, Va.
    June 21, 1863 - Engagement, Upperville, Va.
    June 28, 1863 - Skirmish - Rockville, Md.
    June 30, 1863 - Action, Hanover, Pa.
    July 1-3, 1863 - Battle, Gettysburg, Pa.
    July 2, 1863 - Action, Hunterstown, Pa.
    July 4, 1863 - Action, Monterey Gap, Pa.
    July 5-24, 1863 - Retreat near Manassas Gap, Va.
    July 5, 1863 - Skirmish, Fairfield, Pa.
    July 5, 1863 - Skirmish near Fairfield, Pa.
    July 6, 1863 - Action, Hagerstown, Md.
    July 6, 1863 - Action, Williamsport, Md.
    July 24, 1863 - Engagement, Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, Va.
    September 9-11, 1863 - Skirmishes, Stevensburg, Va.
    September 11, 1863 - Skirmish, Raccoon Ford, Va.
    September 13, 1863 - Action, Culpepper Court House, Va.
    September 14-16, 1863 - Action,Raccoon ford, Rapidan Station, Va.
    September 15, 1863 - Skirmish, Robertson's Ford, Va.
    September 17, 1863 - Skirmishes, Raccoon Ford, Va.
    September 19, 1863 - Skirmish, Raccoon Ford, Va.
    September 21, 1863 - Skirmish, Madison Court House, Va.
    September 22, 1863 - Skirmish, Jack's Shop, Madison Court House, Va.
    September 23, 1863 - Robertson's Ford, Va.
    October 9,-22-, 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
    October 9-10, 1863 - Skirmishes near James City, Va.
    October 19, 1863 - Action, Buckland's Mills, Va.
    November 7-8, 1863 - Operations against the Advance to the line of the Rappahannock River, Va.
    November 7-8, 1863 - Engagement, Kelly's Ford, Va.
    November 18, 1863 - Skirmish near Germania Ford, Va.
    November 26, 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
    November 27, 1863 - Action, New Hope Church, Va.
    November 29-30, 1863 - Skirmishes along Mine Run, Va.
    November 29, 1863 - Action, Parker's Store, Va.
    February 6-7, 1864 - Operations against the Demonstration on the Rapidan, Va.
    February 6-7, 1864 - Engagement, Morton's Ford, Va.
    May 4-June 12, 1864 - Wilderness Campaign
    May 5-7, 1864 - Battle, Wilderness, Va.
    May 6, 1864 - Action, Brock Road, Va.
    May 7-8, 1864 - Engagement, Todd's Tavern, Va.
    May 8, 1864 - Action, Corbin's Bridge, Va.
    May 8-221, 1864 - Battles about Spottsylvania Court House, Laurel Hill. Ny River and Fredericksburg Road.
    May 9-24, 1864 - Operations against Sheridan's Raid from Todd's Tavern to the James River
    May 11, 1863 - Engagement, Ground Squirrel Church (Ground Squirrel Bridge), South Anna River, Yellow Tavern near Richmond, Va.
    May 12, 1864 - Engagement, Brock's Church (Richmond Fortifications), Va.
    May 24, 1864 - Operations on the line of the North Anna River, Va.
    May 26-28, 1864 - Operations on the line of the Pamunkey River
    May 27, 1864 - Action, Hanovertown, Pamunkey River, Va.
    May 27, 1864 - Skirmish, Hanover Junction, Va.
    May 28, 1984 - Engagement, Haw's Shop, Va.
    May 28, 1864 - Action, Enon Church, Va.
    May 28-31, 1864 - Operations on the line of the Totopotomoy River, Va.
    May 39, 1864 - Action, Hanover Court House, Va.
    May 30, 1864 - Skirmish, Ashland, Va.
    May 21, 1864 - Action, Mechup's Creek
    June 1,-12, 1864 - Battles about Cold Harbor, Va.
    June 7-24, 1864 - Operations against Sheridan's Trevillian Raid, Va.
    June 11-12, 1864 - Engagement, Trevillian Station, Central R.R., Va.
    June 12, 1864 - Action, Newark (Mallory's Cross Roads), Va.
    June 16-January 19, 1865 - Seige Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va.
    June 21, 1864 - Actions, Black Creek (Tunstall Station) and White House (St. Peter's Church), Va.
    June 28-29,1864 - Engagement, Sappony Church (Stony Creek), Va.
    June 29,1864 - Engagement, Ream's Station
    August 18-21,1864 - Battle, Weldon R.R., Globe Tavern (Yellow House) and Black's Station (Six Mile House), Va.
    September 30-October 1, 1864 - Action, Arthur's Swamp, Va.
    October 27-28, 1864 - Engagement, Boydton Plank Road (Hatcher's Run,) Va.
    November 28-December 3, 1864 - Operations against the Expedition to Stony Creek Station, Va.
    December 7-12, 1864 - Operations against Warren's Raid to Hicksford, Va.
    February 1-April 26, 1865 - Campaign of the Carolinas
    February 4, 1865 - Skirmish, Angley's Post Office, S.C.
    February 8, 1865 - Skirmish, Williston, S.C.
    February 8, 1865 - Skirmish near White Post, S.C.
    February 12-13,1865 - Skirmish, North Edisto River, S.C.
    February 16-17, 1865 - Skirmishes about Columbia, S.C.
    February 25, 1865 - Skirmish West Cross Roads, S.C.
    February 26, 1865 - Skirmish near Stroud's Mills, S.C.
    Feruary 27, 1865 - Skirmish, Cloud's House, S.C.
    February 28, 1865 - Skirmish near Cheraw, S.C.
    March 3, 1865 - Skirmish near Big Black Creek, S.C.
    March 3, 1865 - Skirmish near Blakeny, S.C.
    March 3, 1865 - Skirmish near Himsborough, S.C.
    March 8, 1865 - Skirmish, Love's Bridge (Blue Ridge), S.C.
    March 8, 1865 - Engagement, Montoe's Cross Roads, S.C.
    March 14, 1865 - Operations against the Reconaisance from Fayetteville on the Goldsborough Road to the Black River
    March 18, 1865 - Skirmish near Benton's Cross Roads, N.C.
    March 19-21, 1865 - Battle, Bentonville, N.C.
    March 22, 1865 - Skirmish, Hannah's Creek, N.C.
    March 24, 1865 - Skirmish near Mocassin Creek, N.C.
    March 31, 1865 - Skirmish, Gulley's, N.C.
    April 10, 1865 - Skirmish, Mocassin Swamp, N.C.
    April 11, 1865 - Skirmish near Smithville, N.C.
    April 26, Surrender, Bennet's House, Durham Station, N.C.

    According to records found at the National Archives 254 officers and men surrendered with the unit at Greensboro, North Carolina in late April 1865.

    Shortly after being mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Va. on August 9th 1861, the unit was ordered into the mountains of western Virginia (today's West Virginia) to serve in the Army of the Kanawha under General John B. Floyd. The unit endured brutal winter weather and disease until December 16, 1861 when it was ordered to South Carolina. The unit, now expanded with the addition of companies L, M & O, next served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. In July of 1862 the Battalion returned to Virginia as part of Thomas Drayton's mixed Georgia, South Carolina brigade, joining the Army of Northern Virginia. It was reassigned to General T R R Cobb's Georgia brigade in November of 1862 and continued to serve with the ANV until the late summer of 1863 when it was moved west to Georgia along with two divisions of Longstreet's Corps, serving in the Army of Tennessee at Chattanooga and later in the Department of East Tennessee during the Knoxville campaign. Returned to Virginia in April of 1864, the unit again served in the Army of Northern Virginia. In August of 1864, the unit joined the Army of the Valley District where it served in the Shenandoah Valley until November, 1864. Once again returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, the Battalion served in that Army for the duration of the war.

    Specific higher command assignments of the unit are:

    Oct. 16, 1861-Floyd's Brigade, Army of the Kanawha.

    January 1862 -Attached, Sixth Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

    June 1, 1862-Attached, Fourth Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

    July 17, 1862-Drayton's Brigade, D.R. Jones Division, Longstreet's Command, Army of Northern Virginia.


    January 7, 1863-Wofford's Brigade, McLaws Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.


    September 1863- Wofford's Brigade, McLaws Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee


    November 1863-Wofford's Brigade, McLaws-Kershaw's Division, Department of East Tennessee

    May 1, 1864-Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

    August 31, 1864-Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, Army of the Valley District.

    November 1864-Woffords-Dubose's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

    December 1864-DuBose's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

    Phillip's Legion, Georgia Volunteers --- Col. William Phillip's in command (until his resignation 2/13/1863)


    Infantry Battalion --Lt. Col. Seaborn Jones Jr. (resigned 7/4/1862),

    Lt. Col. Robert Thomas Cook (KIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862),

    Lt. Col. Elihu S."Sandy" Barclay, Jr. (resigned 12/31/1863 due to wounds received in 1862),

    Lt Col Joseph Hamilton

    Company A. - "Greene Rifles" - Phillip B. Robinson (resigned Oct 1861). Oliver P. Daniel (resigned 4/27/1863), Frederick C. Fuller (KIA at Spotsylvania 5/10/1864), - Daniel Benjamin Sanford - Greene County

    Company B -"Dalton Guards" - Robert Thomas Cook (promoted Lt Col commanding battalion, KIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862), Thomas Hamilton - Whitfield County

    Company C - "Habersham Rifles" or "Habersham Volunteers" - Elihu S. "Sandy" Barclay, Jr. (promoted to Major of battalion), John S. Norris (promoted to Major of Battalion), - Alexander Smith Erwin - Cobb and Habersham Counties

    " Company D -"Polk Rifles" - Captain Henry Frank Wimberly (resigned 10/3/1862) , John Luthur Dodds - Lieutenant Julius Algernon Peek- Polk County.

    Company E - "Blue Ridge Rifles" - Joseph Hamilton (promoted to Major of battalion), Hardy D. Price (MWIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862), William H. Barber (resigned 6/29/1864), Capt. Jesse M. McDonald - - Lumpkin County.

    Company F. - "Lochrane Guards" - Jackson Barnes (resigned 9/12/1862), Patrick McGovern - Bibb County.

    Company L. - "Blackwell Volunteers" - James M Johnson (KIA at Knoxville 11/29/1863) , James Fletcher Lowrey (MWIA at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865) - Cobb County.

    Company M - "Denmead Volunteers" - James Franklin McCleskey (resigned 2/1/1863), Samuel Young Harris (MWIA at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865) - Cobb County.

    Company O - "Marrietta Guards" - Thomas K. Sproull (resigned 4/25/1863), - Henry Johnson McCormick - Cobb and Bartow County.

    Phillip's Georgia Infantry Legion participated in more than fifty engagements during its wartime career:
    October 1861 - Engagements at Cotton Hill, Va (now W.Va.)
    August 5, 1862-Engagement, Malvern Hill, Virginia
    August 23, 1862 - Engagement, Beverlys Ford, Virginia
    August 25, 1862 - Engagement. Waterloo Bridge, Virginia
    August 29 - 30, 1862 - Battle of Second Manassas
    September 6 - 22, 1862 - Maryland Campaign
    September 14, 1862 - Fox's Gap, (on South Mountain) Maryland (called Battle of Boonsboro by the south)
    September 17, 1862 - Battle, Antietam, Maryland (Called Battle of Sharpsburg by the south)
    September 19 - 20, 1862 - Skirmishes, Williamsport, Maryland
    October 26 - November 10, 1862 - Operations against Loudon, Faquier and Rappahannock Counties, Virginia
    December 12 - 15, 1862 - Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
    April 27 - May 6, 1863 - Chancellorsville Campaign
    May 1 - 5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
    June 3 - August 1, 1863 - Gettysburg Campaign
    July 2 - 3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    July 5 - 24, 1863 - Retreat to near Manassas Gap, Virginia
    September 22 - 24, 1863 - Engagements near Chattanooga, Tennessee
    September 25 - November 13, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
    November 14 - December 23, 1863 - Knoxville Campaign
    November 15, 1863 - Skirmish, Little River, Tennessee
    November 17 - December 4, 1863-Siege, Knoxville, Tennessee
    November 29, 1863 - Assault, Forts Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee
    January 16 - 17, 1864 - Operations about Dandridge, Tennessee
    January 17, 1864 - Action, Dandridge, Tennessee
    January 26 - 28, 1864 - Operations against Dandridge, Tennessee
    January 27, 1864 - Engagement near Fair Garden, Tennessee
    May 4 - June 12, 1864 - Overland Campaign
    May 6 - 7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
    May 8 - 15, 1864 - Battles of Spottsylvania Court House, Laurel Hill, Ny River, Fredericksburg Road, Virginia
    May 12, 1864 - Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania court House, Virginia
    May 22 - 26, 1864 - Operations on the line of the North Anna River, Virginia
    May 26 - 28, 1864 - Operations on the line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
    May 28 - 31, 1864 - Operations on the line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
    June 1 - 12, 1864 - Battles about Cold Harbor, Virginia
    June 16, 1864 - Assault, Petersburg, Virginia
    June 16- August, 1864 - Siege Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia
    June 18, 1864 - Assault, Petersburg, Virginia
    July 27 - 29, 1864 - Demonstration on the North Side of the James River and engagements at Deep Bottom,( Darbytown Road), Strawberry Plains and New Market Road, Virginia
    July 28, 1864 - Engagement, Malvern Hill, Virginia
    August 7 - November 28, 1864 - Operations against Sheridans's Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley
    August 16, 1864 - Engagement, Cedarville, Guard Hill (Front Royal), Virginia
    September 2-3, 1864 - Action, Bunker Hill, West Virginia
    September 19, 1864 - Battle of Opequan, Winchester, Virginia
    September 22, 1864 -Fisher's Hill, Woodstock, Virginia
    October 19, 1864 - Battle, Cedar Creek, Middletown and Belle Grove, Virginia
    December 1864-April 2, 1865 - Siege Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia
    March 28-April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Campaign
    April 6, 1865 - Battle of Sailors Creek, Virginia
    April 9, 1865 - Engagement, Clover Hill, Appomattox Court House, Virginia
    April 9, 1865 - Surrender, Appomattox Court House, Virginia

    An examination of the paroles granted at Appomattox Court House shows that slightly more than ninety officers and enlisted men of Phillip's Georgia Legion were still with the unit when it surrendered.



    Bibb County GA Military Co F - The Lochrane Guards

    File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by
    Kurt Graham galegion@bellsouth.net

    http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bib...osters/cof.txt

    For COMPLETE information about Philip's Legion visit
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    This site by Kurt Graham contains photos,
    all the rosters, as well as
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    Phillips Legion Infantry - Co F - The Lochrane Guards

    See flag description on Infantry Battalion page.
    The following article appeared in the August 31st, 1861
    edition of the Macon Daily Telegraph and explains the
    unique origins and nature of this company.

    The Lochrane Guards

    This noble band of patriots, all natives of the "Emerald
    Isle", under their worthy Captain, Jackson Barnes, full
    80 strong, departed on yesterday morning, by the Macon
    and Western Railroad for Virginia. A large concourse of
    our citizens assembled at the depot to bid them farewell
    and wish them a safe return when the war is ended and
    peace declared; and as the train moved off, cheer after
    cheer went up for the gallant and the brave.

    "There were sad hearts in many a home, When the brave
    left their bower; But the strength of prayer and
    sacrifice Was with them in that hour."

    Colonel Lochrane accompanied them. They expect to receive
    recruits at Atlanta, Calhoun, Dalton and other cities
    sufficient to increase their numbers to one hundred men,
    exclusive of officers. We are confident the warm hearted
    and generous sons of "Green Erin" will acquit themselves
    like men. They are adopted citizens it is true, but yield
    to none in devotion and love to the South - the sunny
    home of their choice. Irishmen naturally spurn wrong and
    oppresssion, and he who is found fighting against the
    South does grave injustice to the Celtic race. The
    members of the Lochrane Guards are,

    "No hirelings trained to the fight But men, firm as the
    mountains who will Pour out their life blood like rain,
    And come back in triumph and honor, or come not again."

    It simply was not to be for this ill-starred company of
    the Legion. Although losing only eight men in battlefield
    related deaths, three men to disease and having another
    eight men disabled by wounds, they had significant
    attrition from other causes. Thirteen men are discharged
    for various health reasons. The officers had either
    resigned, died or been captured by the end of 1863.
    Thirteen men were captured in the fiasco at Fort Sanders,
    Knoxville on 11/29/1863 and are sent off to Rock Island.
    Once there, five join the U S Army and go west to fight
    Indians while one joins the U S Navy! Seven men are
    clearly labeled deserters while eleven more simply
    disappear from the records. There are only four privates
    and a Sgt left as the Legion left Richmond in early April
    1865 and headed west with the rest of the Army of
    Northern Virginia. Three of these were captured with most
    of the Legion at Sailors Creek on 4/6/1865. Only 1st Sgt
    R P Oneill and Private John Sweeney are still in ranks to
    surrender at Appomattox on 4/9/1865.

    Daniel A'Hern - Enlisted 1/1/1863, Captured at Falling
    Waters, Md. 7/14/1863, No Federal POW records, No further
    record

    Jackson Barnes - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as Captain, Resigned
    9/12/1862 due to poor health

    Michael N Barry - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Sgt,
    Discharged due to disability 9/1/1862, Age 34

    Patrick Barry - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to
    hernia 9/25/1862, Age 35

    Thomas Blake - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 12/5/1863 near
    Knoxville and imprisoned at Rock Island until released
    5/23/1865

    John Bonner - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to
    respiratory problems 11/10/1862, Age 29

    Francis Brady - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to poor
    health 9/23/1864

    Robert Brown - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Went AWOL 7/20/1862 and
    never returned

    Robert Bryce - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 10/30/1862

    William Carey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, 12/2/1862 roll states
    "deserted at battle of Sharpsburg 9/17/1862 and not since
    heard from", No Federal POW or deserter records

    William Carroll - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (thigh) and
    captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Federal hospital
    record (Washington, D.C.) shows sent to Provost Marshall
    (for exchange) 10/16/1862, No further record

    Daniel Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Present on all
    rolls, Paroled at Farmville, Va between 4/11/1865 and
    4/21/1865

    Hugh Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville
    11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Released
    10/17/1864 with notation" joined USA"

    Terrence Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged
    10/30/1862 due to disability, Age 47

    Timothy Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Drew clothes
    11/27/1864, No further record

    Bernard Conway - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 9/14/1862 at
    Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Died 1/24/1863 at
    Richmond GH #2 from pneumonia

    Patrick Corcoran - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged
    11/25/1863, Age 30

    Patrick Deignan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at
    Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until
    released 6/17/1865, Age 27

    Richard Deignan - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Corporal,
    Shown as 4th Sgt on roll dated 12/2/1862, Captured
    9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Elected
    2nd Lt 12/18/1862, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and
    imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio until transferred to Ft
    Delaware prison 3/27/1864, Released 6/12/1865

    Francis Dever - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 5th Sgt on
    12/2/1862 roll, Shown as 1st Sgt on Jan/Feb 1863 roll,
    Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock
    Island, Enlisted in US Army for frontier service
    10/6/1864

    Andrew Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, "Present" on roll dated
    10/5/1864, No further record

    James Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captures at Knoxville
    11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released
    6/17/1865, Age 33

    James A Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown "absent sick" on
    roll dated 1/14/1864, No further record

    Thomas F Downing - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at
    Gettysburg and imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Took Oath and
    released 3/31/1865

    John Doyle - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 3rd Sgt, WMIA (leg
    amputated) and captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Died at
    Middle Brook hospital near Knoxville 12/10/1863

    Miles Doyle - Enlisted 8/1/1861, AWOL on 8/1/1862 roll,
    Discharged on surgeons certificate at Richmond 9/25/1862,
    Age 18

    Dennis Drew - Enlisted 8/1/1862, WIA 8/30/1862 at Second
    Manassas (left leg amputated), Disabled remainder of war,
    Age 30

    Dennis Driscoll - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA & captured at
    Sailors Creek 4/6/1865 (left thigh & hip), Released from
    Lincoln hospital, Washington, DC 6/12/1865 Cornelius
    Duggan - Enlisted 8/24/1861, "Present" on 11/1/1861 roll,
    No further record

    John W Duggan - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Lt, KIA at Fox's
    Gap, Md. 9/14/1862

    Neill S Duggan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg
    12/13/1862, Newspaper casually list shows severe wound to
    ankle, All further rolls show "disabled" or "at
    hospital", Listed on 10/31/1864 roll at Columbus Georgia
    Confederate hospital

    William Fahey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, June 1862 roll shows
    "under arrest", Captured at Frederick, Md. 9/12/1862,
    Exchanged 10/2/1862, AWOL on rolls from 11/1/1862
    through Feb 1863, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and
    imprisoned at Rock Island, Takes Oath and joins U S Army
    for frontier service 10/13/1864

    John Flanagan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg
    12/13/1862 (shoulder), All further rolls show him absent
    at hospitals, Last shown on a roll at Liberty, Va.
    Confederate hospital 4/21/1864, No further record

    James C Flynn - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 1st Sgt, Discharged
    4/15/1862 due to disability

    Matthew Foley - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 2nd Corporal
    on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 1st Corporal on Sept/Oct 1863 roll,
    All further roll show "sick at hospital" but there are no
    hospital records for him, No further record

    James H Fullam - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Joined Legion band
    May 1862, "Present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further
    record

    Patrick Furlong - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at
    Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (wrist), Shown as 3rd Corporal
    on Jan/Feb 1863 roll and 2nd Corporal on Sept/Oct 1863
    roll, All further rolls show "sick at hospital" Last
    shown on roll at Liberty, Va. Confederate hospital
    8/4/1864, No further record

    Richard Furlong - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Roll dated 12/2/1862
    states "Captured 9/14/1862 at South Mountain and not
    heard from since, deserted" BUT no Federal POW or
    deserter records, No further record

    Francis P Garey - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Lt, Resigned
    7/20/1862 claiming paralysis of side

    Patrick G Garey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA & captured at
    Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Sent to Fort Monroe for
    exchange 12/18/1862, Discharged for disability 7/24/1863,
    Age 47

    Richard G Gillespie - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (arm & side)
    at Sharpsburg 9/17/1862, WIA (neck) at Fredericksburg
    12/13/1862, MWIA (leg amputated) & captured at
    Gettysburg, Died in Federal II Corps hospital 4 miles
    southeast of Gettysburg 7/8/1863, Body disinterred in
    1872 and reburied at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond,
    Virginia

    Patrick Gleason - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at
    Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Took
    Oath and joined U S Army for frontier service 10/13/1864

    Andrew Glenn - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 5th Sgt, Demoted to
    private and detailed to service as a boilermaker at
    Savannah, Ga. 3/22/1862 - 10/5/1864, Late 1864 rolls show
    him AWOL, No further record

    Dennis Graham - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown AWOL on roll
    dated 7/20/1862 and on all rolls through 1/14/1864, Later
    rolls show "at hospital", No further record

    James Haffey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 10/20/1864 at
    Harrisonburg, Va. and imprisoned at Point Lookout until
    released 5/13/1865

    Anthony Halligan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 2nd
    Corporal on roll dated 12/2/1862 then as 2nd Sgt on
    Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 1/14/1864 roll shows "at hospital", No
    hospital records, AWOL on all further rolls,

    Timothy Harrigan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 1st
    Corporal on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, Captured at Gettysburg
    7/3/1863 and imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Takes Oath and
    joined 1st Connecticut Cavalry

    James Harvey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Deserted 5/1/1862, Not
    clear when he returns but is not shown on 1862/1863
    rolls, Declared unfit for service in 1864 and detailed as
    a shoemaker at Macon, Ga.

    Daniel Hearn - (Some possibility that this may be the man
    listed earlier as Daniel A'Hern) - Enlisted 8/1/1861,
    Roll dated 10/5/1864 states "missing since 7/8/1863", No
    further record

    Thomas Huban - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Sick at hospital
    8/12/1862, All later rolls show same status, One hospital
    record showing him at Danville Confederate hospital
    5/20/1863, No further record

    John Hughes - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville
    11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released
    6/20/1865, Age 32

    John Kavanaugh - Enlisted 8/1/1861, May/June 1864 rolls
    shows "MIA 6/3/1864", July/Aug 1864 roll shows
    "hospital", Roll dated 10/5/1864 shows "hospital
    wounded", No further record

    Patrick Keating - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at
    Fredericksburg (left leg amputated), Died 3/6/1863 at
    Richmond GH #16 from after-effects of amputation

    John Kelly - Enlisted 8/1/1861, MWIA & captured at
    Sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/1862, Died 9/23/1862

    Joseph Kennelly - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Discharged due to
    hernia 9/21/1861

    James Lawler - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 9/15/1862 in
    Maryland, Exchanged 10/6/1862, Discharged 11/18/1862

    Walter Lynch - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Age 51, Discharged
    10/31/1862 BUT later rejoins company, Captured 7/5/1863
    at Gettysburg, Exchanged 8/23/1863, Shown AWOL on all
    later rolls, Paroled at Augusta, Ga. 6/2/1865

    John McCabe - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Roll dated 1/14/1864
    shows "absent sick", AWOL on all later rolls, No further
    record

    William McCullough - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 4th Sgt,
    Deserted at Dublin, Va. 1/20/1862, No further record

    Stephen McDowell - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Absent at home
    sick 10/1/1861, Deserted at Macon 6/1/1862, No further
    record

    Bernard McEvoy - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Discharged due to
    disability 4/30/1862

    Cornelius McGinley - Enlisted 8/1/1861, KIA at
    Sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/1862

    Dennies McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged
    12/26/1862 but rejoined company later, Captured at
    Falling Waters, Md. 7/14/1863, Imprisoned at Old Capitol
    Prison in Washington, Took Oath 12/20/1863 and sent
    north, No further record

    Michael McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown absent sick
    since battle of Second Manassas, Shown AWOL on all
    further rolls, No further record

    Patrick McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Promoted to 1st Lt
    1/30/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862,
    Exchanged 10/6/1862, Promoted to Captain 12/4/1862,
    Dropped from rolls for prolonged absence 2/24/1864

    William McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861 - Enlisted 8/1/1861,
    5th Sgt on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 4th Sgt on Sept/Oct 1863
    roll, WIA & captured at Knoxville 11/29/863 (right arm
    amputated), At Louisville Federal hospital until sent to
    Fort Delaware 3/7/1864, Paroled from Fort Delaware
    9/14/1864, In Richmond hospital 9/22/1864, Furloughed
    home disabled 9/26/1864

    Patrick McGuire - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (head) at
    Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Furloughed home 12/15/1862, In
    hospitals thereafter until retired by Medical Examining
    Board 4/13/1864

    Charles McIntyre - Enlisted 8/1/1861, "Present" on rolls
    throughout war, Paroled and released at Farmville, Va
    between 4/11/and 4/21/1865

    Patrick McLane - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Gettysburg
    (left side), Age 30 in 1863, WIA (right arm) and admitted
    to Richmond hospital 5/17/1864, Furloughed for 60 days on
    7/19/1864, No further record

    James Meara - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 1st Lt, Disabled by
    accidental gun shot wound to knee October 1861, Resigned
    1/13/1862

    Joseph Mitchell - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Second
    Manassas 8/30/1862, Died 9/25/1862 in Danville hospital
    from pyemia (blood poisoning)

    John A Moore - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Promoted to 2nd Lt
    12/18/1862, WIA & captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, At
    Louisville Federal hospital until sent to Fort Delaware
    3/27/1864, Released 6/12/1865

    Michael Murphy - Enlisted 8/1/1861, AWOL 6/30/1862, No
    further record John Murphy - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Deserted
    at Bermuda Hundred 3/8/1865, Took Oath and sent to Oil
    City, Pa.

    Thomas Nolan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Died 11/5/1862 at
    Charlottesville, Va. hospital from typhoid, Buried
    University of Virginia Confederate Cemetery,
    Charlottesville, Va.

    James O'Brien - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Joined Legion band in
    1862, Last shown "present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No
    further record

    Dominick O'Byrne - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Died 9/8/1861 at
    Claytor's Tobacco Factory hospital, Lynchburg, Va. of
    typhoid, Buried Lynchburg City Cemetery #7 in 5th line of
    lot 178, Name shown in cemetery record as D O Byne, Age
    28, Born in Ireland

    Michael O'Connell - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured at
    Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Takes
    Oath and joins U S Army for frontier service 10/4/1864

    James O'Neill - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Last shown "present on
    1/1/1863 roll, No further record

    R P O'Neill - Originally enlisted in Co B 6/11/1861 as
    4th Sgt, Transferred to Co F 4/20/1862 as 1st Sgt,
    Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865

    Felix Rush - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured at Knoxville
    11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Takes Oath and
    joins U S Navy 1/25/1864

    Cornelius Shanahan - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured
    11/29/1861 at Knoxville and imprisoned at Rock Island
    until released 5/20/1865

    John Sweeney - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Surrendered at
    Appomattox 4/9/1865 Michael Walsh - Enlisted 8/4/1861,
    Roll dated 10/5/1864 shows "at home on sick furlough",
    All later rolls show same status, Captured at Macon, Ga.
    4/30/1865

    Michael S Walsh - Enlisted 8/21/1861 as 1st Corporal.
    Elected 2nd Lt 1/31/1862, Promoted to 1st Lt 12/4/1862,
    Captured at Gettysburg 7/3/1863 and imprisoned at
    Johnsons Island until released 5/12/1865, Age 26,

    Interesting document in his record shows that he applied
    to take the Oath of Allegiance for release in December
    1864, This statement reads "Was born in Ireland and went
    to Savannah, Ga. in 1858 and was employed as a printer in
    the Savannah Morning News office at the commencement of
    the war. Voluntarily joined the C S Army in July 1862
    (sic) as a private in which capacity he served about five
    months when the company elected him 2nd Lt. Served as
    such until December 1862 when he was promoted 1st Lt.
    Says that when the army fell back from the field of
    Gettysburg he concealed himself among some rocks for the
    purpose of giving himself up to the Federals which he
    done to the first ones he saw; that he wishes to take the
    Oath of Amnesty because he is tired of the C S service
    and does not wish to fight for the South any longer; that
    all his relatives reside in Ireland and he wishes to go
    there. Says he has one brother in the South who is under
    British protection; that he could have had the same
    protection had he waited longer before entering the Army.
    Is twenty five years of age." Obviously, his request was
    not acted upon as he was not released until after the war
    had ended. Compiled by Kurt Graham




    The Lochrane Guards from Macon (Co F, Phillips Legion Infantry Battalion) saw action manning the stone wall at Fredericksburg in December 1862








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