Company " B "
41st. Georgia Infantry Regiment
Cobb Co., Georgia
Kennesaw Infantry
OFFICERS
Lester, George N.- Captain March 4, 1862. Wounded in right arm, necessitating
amputation above elbow, and
captured at Perryville, Ky. October 8, 1862. Exchanged December 4, 1862. Resigned February
19, 1863. Elected Colonel of the 7th Regiment State Guards Inf. September 19, 1863.
Resigned November 24, 1863. Resignation accepted to become effective December 9, 1863,
having been elected Representative in C. S. Congress from the 8th Congressional District
of Georgia.
Hoy, Andrew Coan - 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Resigned July 10, 1862.
McCleskey, David Sanford - 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected Captain February 19,
1863. Wounded and captured at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. November 25, 1863. Died of wounds in
U.S.A. General Hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn. December 1, 1863.
Ward, Burton D.- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Deserted in 1864. Received
at Louisville, Ky., a Confederate deserter, July 16, 1864. Took
oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt., and released to remain north of
Ohio River during war, July 18, 1864.
Hinton, James A.- 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862. Wounded, right arm disabled, at
Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Furloughed October 27, 1864. No later record. (Resident of Ga.
since March 14, 1835)
Gray, Daniel S.- 2nd Sergeant March 4, 1862. Discharged at Tupelo, Miss. July
15, 1862.
Williams, Eldridge J.- 3rd Sergeant March 4, 1862. Died at Crawford, Miss. May
26, 1862.
Moss, James C.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C.
April 26, 1865.
Rutledge, Peter P.- 5th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Died at Lauderdale, Miss. May
10, 1862.
Brake, Alva C.- 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. Killed at Perryville, Ky. October
8, 1862.
Smith, William D.- 2d Corporal March 4, 1862. Captured near Marietta, Ga. June
20, 1864. Released at Camp Morton, Ind. June 12, 1865.
McCleskey, LaFayette - 3rd Corporal March 4, 1862. Transferred to
Andersonville, Ga. to guard prisoners in 1863, and remained there until close of war.
Hairston, Josiah M.- 4th Corporal March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant
February 19, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6,
1863. Elected Captain in 1864.
Abner, Pinkney F.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Captured at
Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.
June
18, 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, Ind. March 15, 1865.
Alexander, David - private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Tupelo, Miss. July 4,
1862.
Alexander, William - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July
4, 1863, and paroled there July 6,
1863. No later record.
Alexander, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last
on file, shows him absent without leave since September 19, 1863.
No later record.
Armstrong, George W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured in Ga. June 20, 1864,
and in charge of Provost Marshal near Marietta, Ga. Remarks:
"Captured-retained. Discharged by order of Major General Schofield."
Babb, Joseph G.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April
26, 1865.
Baggett, Joshua A.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Lauderdale, Miss. July 6,
1862.
Bell, Richard N.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Columbus, Miss. June 16,
1862.
Bennett, William A.- private March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty pay roll
dated March 29, 1862.
Benson, Enoch M.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Perryville, Ky. October 8, 1862.
Berdine, James P.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. April 27, 1862.
Bradley, James - private March 4, 1862. Died at Lauderdale, Miss. August 30, 1862.
Brake, James M.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Perryville, Ky. October 8,
1862.
Brinkley, William - private March 4, 1862. Wounded, arm permanently disabled,
and captured at Perryville, Ky. October 8, 1862. Exchanged November 1862. (Resident of Ga.
since June 10, 1834)
Brown, E. J.- private March 4, 1862. Died of measles at Vicksburg, Miss. April
1863.
Brown, George M.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Jackson, Miss. June 18, 1863.
Bruce, J. H.- private March 1, 1865. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April
26, 1865.
Bryant, Thomas A.- private November 24, 1862. Wounded at Atlanta, Ga. July 22 1864. Died
of wounds in Empire Hospital at Vineville, Macon, Ga. September 6, 1864.
Bullard, Francis M.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last
on file, shows him present. Died in service.
Bullard, Micajah - private March 4, 1862. Died June 27, 1863.
Burroughs, Henry W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Resaca, Ga. May 16,
1864. Paroled at
Camp Morton, Ind. and sent to City Point, Va. for exchange February 26, 1865.
Campbell, Robert - private March 4, 1862. Wounded, left leg permanently
disabled, at Perryville, Ky.
October 8, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6,
1863.
(Born in Ga. September 10, 1835)
Chappell, John H.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. Killed at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863.
Chumblee, Baxter (or Chamblee) - private March 4, 1862. Died at Columbus,
Miss. April 21, 1862.
Coker, Jeremiah W.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Meridian, Miss. April 21,
1862.
Collins, James W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there
July 6, 1863. Died July 21, 1863.
Conn, James - private March 4, 1862. Missing at Perryville, Ky. October 8,
1862.
Conn, John Thomas - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Perryville, Ky. October
8, 1862. Exchanged. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Cobb
County, Ga. September 30, 1843)
Conn, Wesley - private August 15, 1863. Died of disease at home October 22, 1863.
Conn, William E.- private March 4, 1862. Died of fever at Atlanta, Ga. April
26, 1862.
Curry, Willis W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Perryville, Ky. October 8,
1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in
Oglethorpe County, Ga. April 20, 1833)
Davis, Milton - private March 4, 1862. Captured near Atlanta, Ga. July 22,
1864 . Released at
Camp Chase, O. June 10, 1865. (Born in Fayette County, Ga. February 22, 1836)
Dobbs, John C.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant in 1863 .
Surrendered at
Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Dobbs, Thomas J.- private March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant February 1863.
Captured at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Detailed to command Co. C
October 1863. Resigned, Special Order #256, October 27, 1864.
Dupre, Samuel A.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Lauderdale, Miss. June
5, 1862.
Durham, Nathaniel H.- private March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty pay roll
dated March 29, 1862.
Ellis, Esidore - private March 4, 1862. Appointed Adjutant May 25, 1862.
Killed at Baker's Creek, Miss. May
16, 1863.
Ellison, Lumpkin J.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Perryville, Ky. October
8, 1862.
Fleming, Henry S. (or Henry L.) - private March 4, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. On detached duty with Pioneer Corps, Stovall's Brigade,
December 31, 1863. No later record.
Florence, Sterne T.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for August 1, 1862, shows he
was "Attached to Medical College Hospital at Atlanta,
Ga. as medical nurse April 14." No later record.
Freeland, Jeremiah W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured near Atlanta, Ga. July
22, 1864. Died of fever at Camp Chase, O. October 15,
1864. Grave #220, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery.
Glore, James R.- private June 28, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Newsome
Hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn., October 13, 1862.
Green, Harrison - private March 4, 1862. Died at Lauderdale, Miss. June 3,
1862.
Griggs, Benjamin W.- private March 4, 1862. Absent without leave September
19-December 31, 1863. Captured at Chattahoochee River,
Ga. July 5, 1864. Deserted in 1864. Received at Louisville, Ky., a
Confederate deserter, July 16, 1864, where he took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt., and
was released to remain north of Ohio River during war,
July 18, 1864.
Griggs, Robert C.- private July 12, 1862. Wounded at Perryville, Ky. October
8, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll
for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
present. No later record.
Griggs, William G. B.- private March 4, 1862. Deserted in 1864. Received at
Louisville, Ky., a Confederate deserter, July 16, 1864, where he took oath of allegiance
to U. S. Govt., and was released to remain north of Ohio
River during war, July 18, 1864.
Grisham, Watson - private March 4, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tenn. November
4, 1862.
Hairston, Jefferson Monroe - private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal November 1863.
Captured near Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. May 18, 1865.
(Born in Cobb County, Ga. November 10, 1840)
Hairston, Oliver H. P.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant February
1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss.
July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file,
shows him "On
detached duty since December 25, 1863. Returned since muster." No later record.
Hairston, Pinckney M.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there
July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension records
show he "Was furloughed for ten
days February 1865. Cut off from command by Sherman's Army. Rejoined
Captain Rose's Company (Tennessee)." (Resident of Ga. since January 10, 1844)
Hairston, Thomas J.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Columbus, Miss. July 26,
1862.
Hamilton, Henry H.- private March 4, 1862. Died of fever at Tupelo, Miss. June
20 or July 22, 1862.
Hays, Jehu O.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Columbus, Miss. August 20, 1862.
Hodge, James H.- private March 4, 1862. Captured near Atlanta, Ga. July 22,
1864. Sent via
Camp Chase, O. to Point Lookout, Md. and exchanged at James River, Va. March 27, 1865.
James, John W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there
July 6, 1863. Absent, sick, December 1863. Admitted to Pettigrew Hospital #13, at Raleigh,
N. C. April 8, 1865.
Johnson, Samuel W.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal in 1863. Captured at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July
16, 1863. Sent from Vicksburg, Miss. via New Orleans, La. for
Mobile, Ala. July 30, 1863. Died of typhoid pneumonia in Ford (Foard) Hospital at
Marietta, Ga. April 14, 1864.
Jones, Henry P.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Tupelo, Miss. July 4, 1862.
Jones, Richard R.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Atlanta, Ga. July 22,
1864. Released at
Camp Chase, O. May 1865.
Jones, William S.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865.
Paroled at Thomasville, Ga. May 19, 1865.
Jones, W. P.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Bethel Springs, Tenn. May 20, 1862.
Laster, John H.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there
July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.
Lenox, William T.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, February 28, 1863.
Lester, James W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July
6, 1863. Appointed 3rd Sergeant in 1863. Wounded at New Hope Church, Ga. May 25, 1864.
Died from wounds.
Martin, Francis M.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Bethel Springs, Tenn. April
21, 1862.
Mayes, Allison Thomas - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss.
July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. Killed at Madisonville, Tenn. January 23, 1865.
Mayes, Thomas J.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863.
Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record.
McGehee, John H. (or McGee) - private March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. June
20, 1862.
Mitchell, Henry - private March 4, 1862. Wounded in right leg at Perryville, Ky. October
8, 1862.
Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Wounded in left
leg and permanently disabled, at Missionary
Ridge, Tenn. November 25, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863,
last on file, shows him absent, wounded. (Resident of Ga. since January 18, 1830)
Mitchell, James M.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Wounded
at Resaca, Ga. May 14, 1864.
Mitchell, M. R.- private April 10, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 3,
1863, and paroled there July 1863. Roll for December
31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later record.
Moon, Thomas J.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Ga. June 21, 1864. Paroled
at
Camp Morton, Ind. and forwarded to City Point, Va. for exchange February 23, 1862.
Morgan, William H.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Atlanta, Ga. June 12, 1862.
Newell, Robert C.- private March 4, 1862. Died of disease at Lauderdale, Miss. June 28,
1862.
Newton, Jasper - private March 4, 1862 . No later record.
Ogburn, Joseph T. C.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Lauderdale, Miss. June 16, 1862.
Oglesby, George W.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Lauderdale, Miss. June 11,
1862.
Oglesby, James T.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. April 24, 1862.
Oglesby, William C.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 1863. Appointed
5th Sergeant October 1863 . Wounded and permanently disabled at Resaca, Ga.
May
14, 1864.
Parker, Jacob D.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged in Mississippi.
Payne, George - private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Payne, Larkin - private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Tupelo, Miss. July 4,
1862.
Pickens, James S.- private March 4, 1862 . Died of pneumonia at Chattanooga, Tenn., or
Atlanta, Ga., November 8, 1862.
Pickens, Robert H.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863.
Died at
Fort Delaware, Del. June 21, 1863.
Post, Pleasant D.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there
July 6,
1863. On detached service with 3rd Maryland Battery December 31, 1863. Pension records
show he was in Marion, Ala. hospital close of
war. (Born in Troup County, Ga. March 31, 1842. Died at Holly Springs,
Ga. December 15, 1937)
Rakestraw, George - private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Tupelo, Miss. July 4, 1862.
Reeves, Andrew J.- private March 4, 1862 . Wounded and captured at Perryville, Ky. October
8, 1862. Exchanged. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863. Sent via
New Orleans, La. to Mobile, Ala.
July 30, 1863. Wounded, left arm permanently disabled, at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864.
At Augusta, Ga., wounded, close of war.
Reeves, James R.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows
him present. Pension records show he was paroled at Selma, Ala. in 1865. (Born in Gwinnett
County, Ga. in 1844. Died at Atlanta, Ga. August 27, 1927)
Rice, Archibald W.- private August 12, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file,
shows him present.
No later record.
Richardson, John A.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863. and
Paroled. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. John A. Richardson is buried in
Nevada County, Arkansas in Union Cemetery. H.
David Richardson
Richardson, William H.- private March 4, 1862. Champion Hill on May 16, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Appointed 1st Corporal October 1863. Roll for
December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was wounded,
right leg permanently disabled, at Bentonville, N, C. March 19, 1865. In hospital close of
war. (Born February 19, 1841) William is buried in Cobb County, Georgia near
Marietta. H. David Richardson
Roberts, William W.- private March 4, 1862. Absent, sick.
Sharner, William (or Shader) - private March 4, 1862. Died at Lauderdale,
Miss. July 4, 1862.
Simpson, Albert J.- private March 4, 1862. Captured in Cobb County, Ga. in
1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at
Louisville, Ky., and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, November 15,
1864.
Smallwood, Hiram - private March 4, 1862. Died in Atlanta, Ga. April 13, 1862.
Smith, Walter B.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in 1862. Discharged at
Tupelo, Miss. July 4, 1862.
Sparks, Singleton - private March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. June 17, 1862.
Spullock, Joseph - private March 4, 1862. Died at Bethel Springs, Tenn. April
24, 1862.
Spullock, William - private March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. May 29, 1862.
Steele, John V.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there
July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him absent, sick. No later
record.
(Born July 26, 1834)
Stewart, William E.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga. June 25,
1862.
Tolbert, Andrew J.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged at Tupelo, Miss. July 4,
1862.
Trout, Benjamin F.- private August 4, 1863. Captured at Macon, Ga. April
20-21, 1865.
Trout, Robert G.- private March 4, 1862. No later record.
Turner, Thomas Jackson - private March 4, 1862. Discharged in 1862. Enlisted
as a private in 2nd Co. F
1st
Confederate Regiment Inf. December 1, 1862. Wounded, date and place not given. Died of
disease
near
Powder Springs, Ga. June 22, 1864.
Vandergriff, John T.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Mississippi in 1863.
Wadkins, Jackson C. (or Watkins) - private March 4, 1862. Died at Lauderdale,
Miss. July 2, 1862.
Wagnon, Joseph Marion - See private Co. I.
Ward, Thomas J.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Marietta, Ga. June 23,
1864. Paroled at Camp Morton,
Ind. and forwarded to City Point, Va. for exchange March 4, 1865.
Ward, William P. (or William U.) - private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at
Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Wardlaw, Robert T.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Sergeant in 1862. Died at
Chattanooga, Tenn. or Lauderdale, Miss. November 5, 1862.
Watson, Grisham - See Grisham, Watson.
Weaver, William F.- private Wounded and captured at Atlanta, Ga. July
22, 1864. Paroled at Camp
Douglas,
Ill. and forwarded to Point Lookout, Md. for exchange February 20, 1865. Died at Richmond,
Va. March 6, 1865 . Buried there in Hollywood
Cemetery. (Born in 1843)
West, Euclides J.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Marietta, or Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.,
June or July 21, 1864. Released at Camp Morton, Ind. May 23, 1865.
White, John E.- private March 4, 1862. Pension records show he was wounded, skull
fractured, at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Sent to Macon, Ga. hospital. In
hospital close of war. (Born in Franklin County, Ga.
March 9, 1825)
Whitehead, John L.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Surrendered at Greensboro,
N. C.
April 26, 1865.