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BRIEF HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 THIRTIETH GEORGIA REGIMENT 
 
 BY 
 
 A. P. ADAMSON, 
 
 REX, GA. 
 
 [1912 
 THE MILLS PRINTING CO.' 
 
 GRIfpIN, fiEORQlA, 
 
A. P. ADAMSON. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 A few years ago, at a reunion of the Thirtieth Georgia 
 Regimentj a committee was appointed to get up a history of 
 the regiment, and the writer was chosen to collect such data 
 as he had and could obtain, pertaining to the history of the 
 regiment, and to compile and publish same. 
 
 Soon after the war this would have been an easy task, 
 comparatively; but the lapse of years has so dimmed the 
 memory of the survivors, and removed so many of them 
 from life that* it is now very difficult to get full and accu- 
 rate information. However, by the aid of old letters pre- 
 served, and a short diary, kept during the war, together with 
 such facts as could be gathered from war records and sur- 
 viving comrades, I have succeeded in getting together as 
 full a record as I could get under the circumstances. 
 
 The company rolls. and records are made from the best 
 information obtainable from members of the different com- 
 panies, and perhaps there are mistakes and omissions in 
 them, for which I am not entirely responsible. It was my 
 desire to give an accurate record of every man of the regi- 
 ment, but under the circumstances, I find it impossible to 
 do 'so. Had I not been a prisoner during the latter part 
 of the war, I could doubtless have made this work much 
 more complete, as my diary and personal recollections would 
 have covered the latter period of the regiment's operations. 
 I would have been glad to have given as full a history of 
 each company as is given of Company E, to which I be- 
 longed, and would have done so, had the necessary infor- 
 mation been obtainable. However, I am indebted to many 
 comrades for assisting me with facts without which this his- 
 tory would have been incomplete. Owing to a lack of funds, 
 
I have been reluctantly compelled tO' abridge this work to a 
 considerable extent. 
 
 I have gone to considerable expense and have given 
 much time to the preparation of this work, but it has been, 
 in a great mesure a labor of love ; and if my feeble efforts 
 to perpetuate the deeds and valor of the soldiers of the 
 '60s are appreciated by my comrades and the relatives of 
 those who have passed to their reward, I will feel that my 
 labor has not been in vain. A. P. Adamson, 
 
 Rex, Ga. 
 
CHAPTER I. 
 
 Causes of the War 
 
 ■ It is. not the purpose of the writer in this work to go into 
 an extended review of the causeswhich produced "the war 
 between tlie states" from 1861 to 186S. Only a brief, cur- 
 sory glance, or reference to the organization of the govern- 
 ment and some of the chief events, connected witli its his- 
 tory will be given: Mucl^ has been said and vvritten upon 
 this subject, and some of the. writers have gone into an 
 •elaborate discussion of the question in an impartial man- 
 ner, while others have failed to do justice to the South. 
 The South has always been willing to commit her cause 
 to the verdict of an intelligent people who will view it from 
 an impartial standpoint. But she is not, and ought not to 
 be willing for the garbled and distorted views of extreme 
 men, who will not give her people justice; to traduce her 
 sons, who contended for what they believed was right, and 
 make their posterity believe they were traitors. She is en- 
 titled to have accorded to her people the same honesty of 
 purpose which actuated those who fought for , the 'Other 
 side. Most of those who have written of that great strug- 
 gle attributed the main cause to the agitation of the slavery 
 question; but some go further and show that there were 
 great principles involved. "The Youth's History of the 
 War," by Rushmore G. Horton, and the comprehensive 
 work of Hon. A. H. Stephens go back to the very founda- 
 tion of the government and show conclusively that the sev- 
 eral states which ratified the Constitution , retained their 
 sovereignty, and there were rights and powers which they 
 never delegated to the Federal government ; that these rights 
 had not been respected, and that there were numerous en- 
 croachments and violations of the Constitution upon the part 
 of several Northern states. Mr. Stephens says : "The war 
 had its origin in opposing principles." He , further says : 
 "They lay in the organic structures of the governments of 
 
6 History of The 
 
 the states. The conflict in principle arose from different and 
 opposing ideas as to the nature of what is known as the 
 general government. The contest was between those who 
 held it to be strictly federal in its character and those who 
 held it to be thoroughly national. It was a strife between 
 the principles of federation on one side, and centralization 
 on the other." 
 
 The first union between the states was formed under the 
 Articles of Confederation in 1777, during the Revolutionary 
 war This compact was entered into to make a closer union 
 between the states, and for their common defense. In these 
 Articles the states retained their sovereignty. (See Article 
 2nd : "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and inde- 
 pendence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is 
 not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United 
 States Congress.") 
 
 After the successful termination of the Revolutionary 
 ivar in 1787 a convention was called to make a more perfect 
 imion between the states. In this Convention were some 
 of the ablest men of that day. Washington was president 
 of the Convention; Madison, who has been called the 
 "Father of the Constitution," was a delegate from Virginia ; 
 Benjamin Franklin, James Wilson and Ingersoll, of Penn- 
 sylvania ; Alexander Hamilton, of New York ; Ellsworth of 
 Connecticut; Gerry, of Massachusetts; Luther Martin, of 
 Maryland; Pinckney and Rutledge, of South Carolina; 
 Baldwin and Few, of Georgia, were among the delegates. 
 Some of the delegates, under the lead of Hamilton, favored 
 a strong, centralized government, with monarchial tenden- 
 cies, but the majority favored a government by the people 
 and for the people — one which rested upon the consent of 
 the governed. The Convention completed their labors on 
 the 17th of September, 1787, and submitted the new Con- 
 stitution to the several states for ratification. In this in- 
 strument the rights of the states were guaranteed as sover- 
 eign, and co-equal; each state was given an equal represen- 
 tation in the senate, which was strongly opposed by those 
 who favored centralization, but time and subsequent events 
 have shown the wisdom of giving the small states an equal 
 voice in the senate, and had it not been done, the Constitu- 
 tion would have failed of ratification. The rights of prop- 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 7 
 
 erty in slaves was recognized by Article IV.., Section 2, as 
 folloVvsr "No person held to service or labor in one state 
 under the laws thereof, escaping into another in consequence 
 of any law or regulation therein, shall be: discharged from 
 such service or 'labor, but shall be delivered' upon claim of 
 the party to whom such service be due." 
 
 All the thirteen original states ratified this Constitution, 
 several of them with little or no opposition ; but in Virginia, 
 New York, Massachusetts and' Pennsylvania there was 
 strong opposition to the measure. After a protracted debate 
 the Constitution was ratified. by a vote of 89 to 79. It is 
 noted that the Convention expressly declared and made 
 known that the powers granted under it may be resumed 
 by them whensoever they may be perverted to their injury. 
 This Virginia did in 1861,- by withdrawing from the Union. 
 The other states adopted the Constitution, after being satis- 
 fied that their rights as sovereign states were guaranteed. 
 North Carolina and Rhode Island were the last to ratify 
 it. In 1790 the states all ,held slaves, although, owing to 
 their not proving profitable, the number was small in some 
 of them. New Hampshire, had 158, Vermont 17, Massachu- 
 setts, Rhode Island 952; Connecticut 2,759, New York 
 21,324, New Jersey 11,423, Pennsylvania 2>,7Z7, Delaware 
 3,887. The Southern states had a large number. Down to 
 the very moment when our independence was won, slavery, 
 established by the. common law of England., had become 
 the common law of all the thirteen states. The South was 
 not responsible for the institution of slavery ; it had been 
 handed down by the English, and existed not by their will. 
 In fact, every efifort made by the South looking to the stop- 
 page of the slave trade and the emancipation of slaves met 
 with violent opposition. The New England Puritans had 
 been reaping great profits from the slave trade, and did not 
 wish it to stop. At the time of the Revolution some of the 
 Northern Colonies had taken incipient steps to abolish slav- 
 ery, but they made their provisions perspective. It was to 
 be abolished after a certain time in the future — just enough 
 to give their people convenient opportunity to sell their 
 slaves to Southern planters. It was not abolished in New 
 York until 1826. These Northern men did not see the sin 
 of slavery until they had been well paid for their slaves; 
 
8. History op The 
 
 then the agitation began. It began by a people who had been 
 great persecutors themselves. In Pennsylvania the Quakers 
 had been persecuted for their religious opinions. In Massa- 
 chusetts Roger Williams had been banished and driven out 
 into the wilds among the Indians, who proved to be better 
 friends to him than those he left behind. Also in that state 
 a religious craze prevailed. A number of people, some of 
 them of good standing, were charged with witchcraft and 
 arrested on frivolous pretexts, tried, condemned and exe- 
 cuted. This, too, by a people who claim that they had to 
 flee from Europe for conscience sake, to escape persecu- 
 tion, and afterwards became the worst persecutors. During 
 the administration • of John Adams, they passed alien and 
 sedition laws, which caused great trouble, and these people 
 were the first to ever hint secession, which they advo- 
 cated in the Hartford Convention during President Jeffer- 
 son's administration. When Madison was president, during 
 the war of 1812-1815, with England, they threw many ob- 
 stacles in the way. of the government, and the majority of 
 them gave little aid to that war which resulted in great ben- 
 efit, to their section. When Monroe was president, the 
 slavery agitation began in a more violent manner. In 1819, 
 Missouri applied for admission as a slave state,, and was only 
 admitted after a long and bitter struggle, of two years' dura- 
 tion. It was at that time the famous "Missouri Compro- 
 mise" was adopted, which was thought would be the means 
 of preventing future agitation; but some of the very men 
 who helped to enact it were among the first to violate it. 
 The "Missouri Compromise" was the result of a confer- 
 ence report upon the disagreeing votes of the-two houses of 
 Congress. 
 
 It was indeed a great , concession upon the part of the 
 South, one which yielded to the North nearly all that im- 
 mense territory which was obtained under President Jeffer- 
 son's administration. But it did not stop the agitation of 
 the .slavery question but for a short time. Mr. Jefferson, 
 in writing upon the "Missouri Compromise," expressed 
 great sorrow at its passage, and said that he regarded "it as 
 a death knell to, the Union,, "It is," said he, " hushed for 
 the moment; this is a reprieve only, not .a final sentence." 
 (See Political Text' Book 1858, page 336.) 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 9 
 
 Slavery ^was not the only question upon which the North 
 and, South differed. As far back as 1807, when Jefferson 
 wa,s president, the Embargo Act was passed, which so dis- 
 pleased the ,New, England states that they threatened to se- 
 cede. They had, also, opposed the acquisition of the Lou- 
 isiana Territory for fear it would increase the power of the 
 South. .During Madison's administration they opposed the 
 war with Great Britain and gave very little, aid to it, after 
 being instrumental in .bringing it about. In 1814 the Hart- 
 ford Convention was held, and again they threatened to 
 secede. The tariff, was also a question which divided the 
 sections. The North favored a high tariff, which suited 
 them after they had exchanged their negro property for ma- 
 chinery. The protective' tariff of 1815 and 1828 met With 
 strong opposition f irom the South, the last being called "the 
 black tariff," and during Jackson's administration in 1832, 
 South Carolina threatened to secede and passed Nullifica- 
 tion laws ; but in 1833 this excessive tariff was modified and 
 a. better feeling followed, ,In- 1846 the Walker tariff was 
 passed, which is said to be the bes;t tariff Ml ever enacted. 
 The national bank also caused serioiis differences , between 
 the sections. The Northern Whigs and Federalists, with 
 some of the Southern Whigs, f avor.ed a national bank, while 
 the south and the Democratic party generally was opposed 
 to it. President Jackson opposed it, ^nd also President Van 
 Buren, but the question was agitated all through the admin- 
 istration, and in the presidential election of 1840 he was de- 
 feated for re-election by Gen, jWilliam Henry JIarrison, who 
 only lived one nionth after iriauguratiQn, and w3,s succeeded 
 by Vice President, Tyler. During Tyler's administration a 
 National Bank Bill was passed, but was vetoed by the presi- 
 dent. and failed to beconae a, law. His. administration was 
 characterized by much bitterness,, a.nd' Northern ideas 
 mostly prevailed. Tyler was , succeeded by. James K., Polk, 
 who was elected over Henry Clay, and during his, adminis- 
 tration the war witn Mexico occurred, which resulted 'in 
 the acquisition, of 'the inimense territory of Texas, California 
 and New Mexico; then the slavery question again came to 
 thcifront. In the election of 1848 Gen. Taylor was electied 
 president, defeating Gen- Cass, the Democratic , candidate. 
 This result was brought about by a large element knqwn as 
 
10 History of The 
 
 the Free Soil Democrats, supporting Mr. Van Buren,, who 
 had become estranged from the party for failing to nomi- 
 nate him in 1844. President Taylor died in 1850, and Mil- 
 lard . Filmore became president. When Congress met in 
 1849 a protracted struggle ensued ior the election of Speaker 
 of the House. The Democrats supported Howell Cobb, of 
 Georgia, and most of the Whigs voted for Robert C- Win- 
 throp, of Massachusetts. There was a small number of Free 
 Soilers and a, few Southern Whigs, who refused to vote for 
 either candidate, thus preventing an election by the majority 
 rule, which was required. After three weeks' balloting the 
 plurality rule was adopted for the first time in the history ci 
 the government, and Mr. Cobb was chosen by a vote of 102 
 to 99 for Winthrop, with about twenty scattering votes. For 
 several years prior to this time a few Free Soilers, led by 
 ex-President John Q. Adams; Mr. Slade, of Vermont; Da- 
 vid Wilmot, of Pennsylvania, and Joshua R. Giddings, of 
 Ohio, kept up a continual agitation of the slavery question, 
 which now threatened to disrupt the Whig and Democratic 
 parties, and a few years later completely destroyed the Whig 
 party. In the Thirty-first Congress both parties were about 
 equally divided, with the Free Soilers holding the balance of 
 power, and the whole session was characterized by stormy 
 scenes and exciting debates, hitherto unprecedented. Cali- 
 fornia applied to the Union as a free state; and while the 
 South had little or no opposition to her admission, they de- 
 termined to resist it until they could obtain satisfactory guar- 
 antees regarding the other territories. The South made 
 knov^fn her reasonable demands and many of the ablest men 
 who ever sat in the councils of the nation . participated in 
 the debates which followed. Mr. Stephens says they were 
 the most interesting debates he ever heard. In the senate, 
 Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Benton, Cass, Douglas, Hunter, 
 William R. King and Jefferson Davis were among those who 
 discussed these questions. In the house, Stephens and 
 Toombs, of Georgia; Boyd, of Kentucky; Stanton, of Ten- 
 nessee ; McClernand and Richardson, of Illinois ; Vinton, of 
 Ohio; Gentry, of Tennessee, and many others figured con- 
 spicuously in these debates. Mr. Clay introduced his famous 
 Compromise Bill and made one of the ablest speeches of his 
 life upon it. Mr. Webster, in his great speech, for the first 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 11 
 
 time took strong ground against restriction. Mr. Calhoun's 
 speech, the last of his life, and one of the ablest, fully de- 
 fended the rights of his section, and predicted what would 
 follow if the North continued to violate the Constitution. 
 It was his last appearance in public life, and being too weak 
 to .deliver his speech, it was read by Mr. Mason, of Vir- 
 ginia. He died a few weeks later, after forty years in the 
 service of his state and country, as representative, senator, 
 vice-president and cabinet officer ; he was unquestionably one 
 of the very ablest men the country ever produced. These 
 debates lasted several months, and finally, through the aid 
 of Mr. Douglas, McClernand and Richardson, of Illinois, 
 with a few more Northern Democrats, a compromise was 
 made by the admission of California, and a satisfactory 
 measure for the territories, and the enactment of a fugitive 
 slave law. It was a victory for the Anti-Restrictionists, and 
 had the compromise agreed upon been adhered to there 
 would have been no further agitation of the slavery question. 
 Just before the passage of this measure, President Taylor 
 died and Millard Filmore became president in July, 1850. 
 In party conventions of both parties in 1852, the compromise 
 measure was indorsed. Gen. Scott was the Whig candidate, 
 and Franklin Pierce was the Democratic candidate. Mr. 
 Pierce was overwhelmingly elected, many of the Whigs re- 
 fusing to support Scott, and the Free Soilers voting for 
 Hale, who received a considerable vote in the North. 
 
 During President Pierce's administration, the slavery 
 question was renewed in regard to the territories of Kan- 
 sas and Nebraska, and continued through his whole term. 
 It was during this controversy in 1854' that the Missouri 
 Compromise line was repealed at the suggestion and move 
 of Senator Douglas. About this time a new party known 
 as the American, or Know Nothing party, sprung into ex- 
 istence, the old Whig party becoming completely disrupted. 
 In the election for Congress in the fall of 1854 this new 
 party, by a combination with the Free Soilers and most of 
 the Whigs in the North, elected a number of members ; and 
 in the election of 1855 made a godd showing in the Southern 
 states. A number of leading Whigs in the South, among 
 whom were Messrs. Stephens and Toombs, of Georgia; 
 Jones, of Tennessee; Pearce, of Maryland, and others, united 
 
12 History op The 
 
 with the Dembcr'atic' party. When Congress met in Decem- 
 ber, 1855, a long struggle for the Speakership took place. 
 In the meantime the Ftee 'SoiFers had taken the name of 
 Republicans, and it was a motley crowd which liiet in this, 
 the Thirty-fourth ' Congress. There was from the South 
 sixty-two Democrats, and from the North twenty-two, mak- 
 ing eighty-four. There wfere from the South thirty Know 
 Nothings, with a'few from the North.' Most of those from 
 the 'North,' who had been elected by that party, joined the 
 AboUtion,' or Republican ' party, which, with this addition, 
 numbered more' than one hiindred'.- Mr. N. P. Banks, who' 
 had been elected as a Know Nothing Democtat, was Made 
 the candidate of the Republicans. The Democrats supported 
 William A. Richardson', a conservative Democrat from Illi- 
 nois, and the Americans supp'orted Henry M. Fuller, of 
 Pennsylvania;! The Deriioctf alts and the Southerrl Americans 
 combined had about half "the members, and, could, with the 
 few Northern men' who voted for Fuller, have elected' the 
 Speaker. In' their efforts'' to Unite on a man who' was not' 
 sectional' the ' Democrats voted' at times ' for several men, 
 finally uniting on Mr. 'Aiken', of South Carolina. 'After 
 two months' balloting, the plurality rule was adopted, and a 
 Republicah '-was, for' 'the' first time 'in American" histoi'y, 
 chosen to preside over the house df representatives. The 
 vote stood; Bariks 193, Aiken 100, Fuller 6v- Campbell,' of " 
 Ohio, 4, 'Wells, of Wisconsin, 1.' All the Southern Ame'ri^ ' 
 cans, except Heni-y Winter Davis, of Maryland, and Cullen, 
 of Delaware, voted for Aikeh. These two, with four North- 
 erii "Arnericans, voted ' for Fuller. 'Had they voted' for 
 Aikeri, as thfey^ had done on the previous day, he would have 
 been ejected. Those who voted for Campbell were called 
 Americans,, but they afterWat-ds acted with the Republicans. 
 The only Democrat who threw away Ms vote on Mn Wells 
 was Hickman, of Pennsylvania, who' fblir- years later be- 
 came a Repuhlican. 
 
 In the presidential 'election' c)f 1856,- James Buchanan', 
 wa^ -the -Democratic hdrnihee, John C. Fremont the' Repub- 
 lican and- Millard FiMore' the' American ckndidate.'- 'Bu- 
 chanan was' elected, 'r'eceivirtg the vote 'of all' thfe Southern' 
 states, except Maryland ('-vyhich voted for F*ilmore) , 'Vvith' 
 the states of California!,' Indiana,' Illinois, Neisr Jersey and 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 13 
 
 Pennsylvania. Fremont carried the other states. The elec- 
 toral vbte was: Buchanan 174, Fremont 114, Filmore 88. 
 The Thirty-fifth Congress was Dfefn/ocratic by a consider- 
 able majority, but the Kansas-Nebraska question caused 
 some of the Northern Democrats to differ -with Mr. Bu- 
 chanan, and his whole term of office was disturbed by acri- 
 monious discussions on the slavery question in the terri- 
 tories. When the Thirty-seventh Congress met in 1859, an- 
 other long struggle ensued for Speaker: The Republicans 
 had alrnost a majority of the whole humbei-, aild put forward 
 John Sherman, of Ohio, for a candidate.' The Democrats 
 at first voted for Mr. McClernand and Mr. Bocock, of Vir- 
 ginia, and the Arriericans for Mr. Gilmer, of North Caro-- 
 lina. The final result hinged ' on ■ the ^otes of some half- 
 dozen Americans and two or three Anti-Lecdmpton Demo- 
 crats. The Sduthern men' alternated their vbtes ■ between a 
 number of men besides Mr. Bocock, and on' several balloti- 
 bdth t)embcrats arid Americans united.' Mr. Gilmer, Mr. 
 Smith, of North Carolina'; Mr. Bbteler, of Virginia, and 
 Mr.' Mayhard, of Tennessee, all A'meric'ahs, received almost 
 the entire D'eniocratic vote on different ballftts'. The South- 
 ern-Americans, except two of three, 'also voted for' several 
 Democrats.' The' Republicans', 'finding they cb'uld not elect 
 Sherman, put forward Williani F^hnitigtoh,' 6f ■ New Jersey^ 
 He was eventually elected, reeeiving' 117 votes, one more 
 than necessary for a choice'. He received the 'votes df Da- 
 vis and Harris, of Maryland; arid the' Northefri Americans, 
 and three Northern Derriocf ats, who had 'beconiei alienated 
 from their party on the K'ansas-Nebra'ska'" question. Later 
 oh all theseriien joined the' Republican 'party.' In October, 
 1859, occurrtd the John Brdwn raid' at" Harper's Ferry, 
 Va.. which c'ause'd quit^ aserisatidri'at that time. 
 
 Brown and several' of his followers Were captured, tried 
 in the civil courts, condemned and executed. ■ On the day 
 of his execution bells were tolled and 'guns fired irl riiariy 
 Northern cities; meetings werfe held, arid he was extolled 
 as a rhartyf and praised 'fdr'His bloody deeds. Previous 'fo 
 this he had' b'eeri a ringleader in many bloody affairs in 
 Kansas. ' About this time 'a book Called "The Im'petiditt^ 
 Crisis," a' very' incendiary publication, wafe extensively cir- 
 culated in 'the North.' 'It had the indorserhent of sixty-seven 
 
14 History of The 
 
 memibers of Congress. This book, together with "Uncle 
 Tom's Cabin," which appeared about the same time, did 
 much to arouse bitter feelings in the North towards the 
 South. In April, 1860, the Democratic convention to nom- 
 inate a presidential cantiidate assembled in Charleston. The 
 Northern wing of the party favored the indorsement of the 
 Cincinnati platform of 1856, and the nomination of Senator 
 Douglas, of Illinois. 
 
 The South, with a few delegates from the North, fa- 
 vored an additional plank in the platform, which prevented 
 a territorial legislature abolishing slavery until the people 
 of such territory so voted. They also opposed the nomina- 
 tion of Mr. Douglas on account of his postion on the Kan- 
 sas Lecompton bill in 1858. After several days spent in 
 trying to adopt a satisfactory platform:, the delegates from 
 the Southern states withdrew and agreed to meet at Rich- 
 mond in June following. The Douglas wing adjourned, to 
 meet in Baltimore on June 23, and requested the states from 
 which delegates had withdrawn to fill the vacancies, which 
 was done in some of the states. When they met in Balti- 
 more Mr. Douglas was nominated, with Senator Fitzpat- 
 rick, of Alabama, for vice-president. The latter declining, 
 Herschell V. Johnson, of Georgia, was substituted. The 
 Southern wing of the party met in Baltimore; the place 
 of meeting had been changed in the hope that party harmony 
 could be restored. All the Southern states were represented, 
 with a considerable delegation from several of the Northern 
 states. The convention nominated John C. Breckinridge, 
 of Kentucky, for president, and Joseph Lane, of Oregon, for 
 vice-president. Stephen A. Douglas, was a man of great 
 ability. He had long represented the state of Illinois in 
 Congress, first in the house and then in the senate. He wa.. 
 one of the leaders of the Democratic party, and had on 
 many occasions voted with the Southern members, ' and it 
 was through his instrumentality that the Missouri Compro- 
 mise was repealed in 1854. In 1858 he differed with most 
 of the senators and with President Buchanan in regard to 
 the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution. 
 Had it not been for this difference, he would no doubt have 
 been elected president in 1860. John C. Breckinridge was 
 also among the ablest men of his day. He was, at the time 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 15 
 
 of his nomination, vice-president of the United States. He 
 was a man of fine personal appearance, possessed great ora- 
 torical powers, and was very popular. The American party, 
 which had taken the name of "The Constitutional Union"' 
 party, met in convention in May, 1860, and nominated John 
 Bell, of Tennessee, for president, and Edward Everett, of 
 Massachusetts, for vice-president. Both these men had a 
 national reputation, having long been in public life, and 
 served in both branches of Congress. The Republicans met 
 and nominated Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hannibal 
 Hamlin, of Maine. Mr. Lincoln had served in Congress 
 during the Twenty-seventh Congress, as a representative 
 from an Illinois district. In 1858 he ran for United States 
 senator, but was defeated by Senator Douglas. Hamlin, the 
 candidate for vice-president, was at that time, and had been 
 for several years, a senator from Maine. The campaign was 
 very bitter in many of the states, but the final result, which 
 was predicted by many eminent men, could be easily fore- 
 seen. With the Democracy divided, sectionalism prevailed; 
 had they united the result would doubtless have been dif- 
 ferent. 
 
 If we view the difference which then existed from an im- 
 partial standpoint, we can now readily see how easy it 
 would have been to reconcile matters, but intense excite- 
 ment prevailed at that time, and our leading men on both 
 sides contended for what they thought best for the party, 
 and were doubtless actuated by honest and patriotic views. 
 Abraham Lincoln was elected president, receiving 180 elec- 
 toral votes; Breckinridge had 72 votes, Bell 39 and Doug- 
 las 12. The popular vote stood : Lincoln, 1 .856,352 ; Doug- 
 las, 1,375,157; Breckinridge, 845,763; Bell, 589,581. It will 
 be seen that Lincoln failed to receive a majority of the pop- 
 ular vote, and could have been defeated had not the oppo- 
 sition been so badly divided. Notwithstanding the agitation 
 of the slavery question, the period from 1850 to 1860 was 
 quite prosperous all over the United States. Mr. Carlisle 
 has truly said that it was "the golden decade of American 
 history." This prosperity was in a great measure due to 
 the Walker tariff of 1846, and the compromise measures of 
 1850, which the South and conservative people at the North 
 hoped would settle for a long time the much vexed question 
 
16 History of The 
 
 which had been- the source of 'much bitter strife. Besides' 
 this ' prosperous condition of the country, the most of the 
 states were ably represented in the councils of .the nation. 
 "The great trio," Clay, Galhoun and Webster, and also Wil- 
 liam R. Kihg; all of whom had been conspicuous as leaders 
 in Congress, had died in the early 'SO's; but many other 
 able men were there: - In the .senate from the North were 
 Douglas, Cass,' Rigler and Toucy. From the South, Bayard, 
 of Delawafe; Pearce, 'of Maryland; Hunter and Mason, of 
 Virginia; Butler, of South Carolina; Toombs and Iverson, 
 of Georgia ; Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi; Slidell- and 
 Benjamin, of Louisiana, all Democrats, with Crittendonj of 
 Kentucky; Bell, of Tennessee, Arriericans. Seward, of New 
 York; Wilson and Sumner, of Massachusetts; Trumbull, of 
 lillinois; CoUamer and Foot, of Vermont were prominent 
 leaders of the Republicans. These men, with many others, 
 made the senate of that day a very able and. noted body. 
 In the house, on' the Democratic side, was our own Alex- 
 ander H; Stephens, with Crawford, Cobb and Jackson as 
 his colleagues; Bocock and Goode, of Virginia; Clingman, 
 of North Carolina ; Lamar, of Mississippi ; Jones and Sav- 
 age, of Tennessee ;'Keitt and Orr,, of South Carolina; Pen- 
 dleton, of Ohio; Richardson and McClernand, of Illinois, and 
 English, of Indiana. Among the South'ern Americans were 
 Marshall, of Kentiicky; Zblicoffer, . -of Tennessee, and Gil- 
 mer, of North Carolina, all men of prominence. At no time 
 in the history of the country was there an abler body of, men 
 in Cong^ress. " But these men, with their -transcendent abiliT 
 ties, love and devotion to- the Constitution,, their earnest ap- 
 peals for 'equal rights to all sections, could not stem the tide 
 of fanaticism which,, like a, besom ,of-destructiqn, , swept 
 over the land and culminated in the election, of Mr, Lincoln 
 and the success^ of a^ party, which had set at,iv>ught the ,con- 
 stitution of the land.-. The party which elected Mr. Lincoln 
 had for years advocated- measures detrimental to the Southr 
 ern states. 
 
 Beginning as a ismall band of Abolitionists, under the 
 guise of philanthropical reform, they pursued a course of 
 energy, boldness and unrelenting bitterness, until they had 
 grown to such dimensions as to threaten the existence of 
 the civil government. Nothing short of the consummation 
 
Thirtieth Georgia ' Regiment 17 
 
 of their uncompromising fanaticism would satisfy them. 
 With them the rights of property were nothing ; the ac- 
 knowledged and iiicontestable powers of the state were 
 nothing. They openly defied the Constitution arid laws, 
 and ridiculed the decisions of the highest tribunal of the 
 country. They had carried their extreme views into the 
 pulpit and churches, succeeding in causing a division among 
 several of; the leading denominations. Dne of their mm- 
 ist.ers. Rev. Henry Wright, of Massachusetts, said: "The 
 God of hurnanity is not the God of slavery. If so, shame 
 upon such. a God. I scorn Him; I will never bow to His 
 shrine ; my head will go off with my hat when I take it off 
 to such a God as that. If the Bible sanctions slavery, the 
 Bible is a self-evident falsehood; find, if God should declare 
 it to be right, I would fasten the chain upon the heel of such 
 a God and let the man go free ; such a God is a phantom." 
 
 They had denounced the Constitution as "a league with 
 the devil and a covenant with hell." Books and tracts were 
 circulated all over the country, abounding in the grossest 
 misrepresentations of the people of the South. In one 
 of these, called "The Impending, Crisis," by Hinton R. 
 Helper, on page 156, is the following:, "On our banner i& 
 inscribed: No co-operation with slaveholders in politics; 
 no fellowship with them in religion ; no afSliation with them 
 in society; no recognition of pro-slavery rnen, except as ruf- 
 fiaiis,, outlaws arid .criminals." This book of Helper's had 
 the indorsement of sixty-eight members of Congress. The 
 sayings of Wendall Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Owen 
 Lovejoy, Senator Hale, William H. Sfeward, and others were 
 equally obnoxious. Mr. Chase, of Ohio, in his speech to the 
 Peace Congress which met soon after, the election of Mr. 
 Lincoln, in referring to the Constitution and the Fugitive 
 Slav.e L^w, said that his people would never fulfill their pan 
 of the compact. Mr. Lincoln said :, "If. I were in Congress 
 and a bill should come up on a question prohibiting slavery 
 in a new territory in spite of the Dred Scott decision, I 
 would say that it should pass." , 
 
 The nefarious attempt of John Brown to create an insur- 
 rection, by his raid' into Virginia, . was endorsed by many at 
 the. North, who tolled bells for his fate on the day of his 
 execution and held meetings in honor of his memory. This 
 
18 History of The 
 
 event caused many of the Southern people to believe that 
 the ultra wing of the Republican party contemplated con- 
 fiscation of their property, and the destruction of their lives. 
 Personal liberty bills had been passed in utter defiance of 
 the Constitution by eleven Northern states. In fact, the 
 political course of this party had been one of constant ag- 
 gression upon the South. Mr. Hindman, of Arkansas, said 
 in a speech 'delivered in Congress in 1860, that "the princi- 
 ples, the practices, the tenets of the Republican party lead 
 to bloodshed, murder and rapine. This is shown by John 
 Brown's raid into Virginia, and the slaughter of her peaceful 
 citizens. The Republican party may disclaim all sympathy 
 with that old traitor, but until they have abandoned the Re- 
 publican party and repented their connection with it, a dis- 
 cerning and intelligent public will spurn and deride all such 
 protestations." 
 
 The election of Mr. Lincoln caused intense excitement 
 throughout the South. Men who had always been strongly 
 attached to the Union were alarmed for the safety of the 
 country. The more conservative men endeavored to do 
 something which would be the means of allaying the threat- 
 ened conflict; and for this purpose a Peace Congress was 
 called to meet in Washington to consider the situation, 
 which was attended by a number of able and influential 
 statesmen from several of the states, but no satisfactory ad- 
 justment of the differences could be agreed upon. Several 
 compromise measures were rejected by Congress, the house 
 being controlled by a sectional party. Many of the debates 
 were exciting, and the voice of reason and justice seemed 
 to be quelled. In the meantime South Carolina passed the 
 ordinance of secession on the 20th of December, 1860, 
 and was followed by Mississippi on the 9th of January, 
 1861, Florida January 10, and Alabama January 11. In 
 Georgia an election of delegates to the State Convention 
 was held on the first Monday in January, 1861, and the con- 
 vention met on the 16th. This convention was composed in 
 part of many of the ablest menof the state, -including A. M. 
 Stephens, H. V. Johnson, : Robert Toombs, Benjamin H. 
 Hill, Hiram Warner, E. A. Nisbett and George W. Craw- 
 ford. While nearly every man in the convention believed 
 the state had a right to secede, there were many who debated 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 19 
 
 the policy of secession and favored co-operation. Messrs. 
 Stephens, Johnson and Hill were the leaders of those who 
 favored co-operation with all the Southern states. On the 
 second day of the session of the convention Hon. E. A. Nis- 
 bett introduced two resolutions, the first declaring that the 
 state had a right to secede and ought to do so; the second 
 authorizing the appointment of a committee to draft an ordi- 
 nance of secession. Ex-Governor Johnson offered as a sub- 
 stitute a series of resolutions inviting all the Southern states 
 to a convention to be held in the month of February to con- 
 sider the situation and bring about a co-operation of all 
 these states. This substitute was the first test vote in the 
 convention and was defeated by, yeas 133, nays 164, thus 
 showing a majority in favor of immediate secession. The 
 resolutions of Mr. Nisbett were then adopted by a vote of 
 208 to 89, and a committee of seventeen appointed to draft 
 the proposed ordinance. This ordinance was signed by ev- 
 ery member of the convention except six, who declined to 
 sign it. The signing of the ordinance by those who opposed 
 immediate secession was done in accordance with a resolu- 
 tion almost unanimously adopted as a pledge of the deter- 
 mination of the convention to stand by and defend the action 
 of the state, regardless of past differences and views. Mr. 
 Stephens says in his work: "Thus the convention became 
 unanimously committed to the maintenance of the sover- 
 eignty of the state of Georgia ; however much they had dis- 
 agreed on the policy of the expediency of her thus resum- 
 ing the full exercise of her sovereign powers under the cir- 
 cumstances." Men rose to the greatness of the occasion, 
 and were willing to yield their individual views and present 
 a united front to the world for the policy adopted. They 
 well knew that differences and distractions among them- 
 selves would be the worst calamity that could befall them. 
 There was a universal determination to stand by the state. 
 Subsequent events demonstrated how well and how loyally 
 this pledge was carried out. Mr. Stephens became vice-pres- 
 ident of the Confederate government, which was soon after 
 organized. Later on Gov. Johnson and Mr. Hill served in 
 the Confederate senate, and hundreds and thousands who 
 doubted the policy of secession enlisted early in the service 
 and heroically illustrated Georgia's valor on the battlefield. 
 
20 History of The 
 
 Georgia was the fifth state to secede, and was soon fol- 
 lowed by Louisiana, on the 26th of January, and Texas on 
 the 1st of February. These states met in convention at 
 Montgomery, Ala., February 4, and organized the Confed- 
 erate States government. , The seven seceded states were 
 represented in this convention by fifty delegates, and Mr. 
 Stephens, in referring to these delegates says that they were 
 as able a body of men as he was ever associated with in his 
 long public life,- all being men of more tha,n average ability. 
 Howell Cobb, of Georgia, was president of the convention; 
 he was .considered one .of , the ablest men of his, day. He 
 had been governor of G'eorgia and a representative in Con- 
 gress for several terras,, and. was Speaker, of, the house of 
 representatives for two years. He was . secretary of the 
 treasury under Mr. Buchanan's administration, which posi- 
 tion he resigned a short time, previous to the secession ot 
 his state. This convention, on I^etruary 9, elected Jefferson 
 Davis as president, and A. H. Stephens vice-president, ^r. 
 Davis had been in public life for a number of years, servipg 
 his state in the United States senate with great abilty. He, 
 bad been secretary of war during.ithe administration, of Pres- 
 ident Pierce. At the time' of his election he was at his home 
 in Mississippi, having only' a short time. before resigned his 
 seat in the senate upon the secession of his state., Per^iaps 
 no man has been more misrepresented than Mr. Davis. In- 
 stead of advocating immediate , seces,sion, he adhered to the 
 Union as .long as he saw, there was , any., chance fo obtain 
 satisfactory guarantee? ,of the.rightS' of the South. . His at- 
 tachment to ■ the . Union, and his earnest advocacy of pacific 
 measures,. which would prevent the w'tljdrawal of the South- 
 ern states frorn the Union, is fully proven by his speeches 
 and efforts in theisenate to accomplish this purpose after , the 
 election of Mr. .Lincoln. 
 
 Mr. Stephens was a man of great ability, haying in early 
 life served his people in the Georgia Legislature for a num- 
 ber of years, and: as representative in Congress, from 1843 
 to 1.859. He was strongly attached to tlie Union under the 
 Constitution, hut at the same time a strong believer in State' 
 Rights, and when his state seceded he cheerfully espoused 
 the cause of. .the South., 
 
 A Constitution was adopted by the convention for the 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 21 
 
 permanent government of the Southern Confederacy, and 
 ■submitted to the several states for 'ratification, which was 
 promptly done. In the meantime^ most of the forts and pub- 
 lic property in the seceded states had been taken possession 
 of by the states in which they were located. Fort Sumter, 
 in Charleston harbor, remained in the possession of the 
 United States government, and was occupied by a garrison 
 under command of Maj. Robert Anderson. Mr. Buchanan, 
 as president at the time, took no steps to reinforce the fort ; 
 in fact, he was opposed to using force to coerce the seceded 
 states.' Soon after' the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln on 
 March 4, the Confederate governinent sent three commis- 
 sioners, to-wit: Ex-Governor Romgjro, of Louisiana; Hon. 
 Martin J. Crawford, of Georgia, and Mr. Forsyth, to Wash- 
 ington to confer with the Federal government in relation to 
 Fort Sumter, and other forts occupied' by United States 
 troops. They addressed a communication to Mr. ' Seward, 
 secretary of state, in which they set forth the state of af- 
 fairs and rilade known their desire for a peaceable evacuation 
 of the places then held; Mr. Seward avoided a direct an- 
 swer at first, btit a few days aftei: gave an assurance that 
 no attempt would 'be made to reinforce Fort Sumter, and no 
 steps taken in regard to Fort Pickens without notice. , The 
 commissioners waited a few days, and- in the meantime they 
 were infot;med by Gen. Beauregard that Maj. Anderson was 
 strengthening the fort and that reinforcements were on the 
 way from New York. They again asked Mr. Seward as to 
 the intention of his government, and he replied that faith 
 would be kept, as he had before said. But the commission- 
 ers had been deceived, and finding that nothing could be 
 done and that further delay would result in a strong rein- 
 forcement reaching the fort. Gen. Beauregard was ordered 
 to possess himself of it. 
 
 He did as ordered, and captured the fort after a bombard- 
 ment which, fortunately, resulted in no casualties. It has 
 frequently been said that the South began the war by firing 
 on Fort Sumter, but certainly they were justified in doing 
 so, on account of the deception used Sy the Federal gov- 
 ernment and their secret efforts to reinforce it by sending a 
 vessel with troops and provisions for that purpose. Mr. 
 Stephens says their action in that respect was a declaration 
 
22 History of The 
 
 of war against the South. Fort Sumter was surrendered 
 on the 15th of April. ,Mr. Lincoln issued his proclamation 
 calHng for 75,000 troops to quell the so-called rebellion and 
 repossess the fort which had been taken. A requisition was 
 made upon all of the states for their quota of troops. The 
 Northern states responded to the call, but the border states 
 refused to comply and the governors of Virginia, North 
 Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Delaware and 
 Maryland informed Mr. Lincoln that their states would fur- 
 nish no troops for the purpose of coercing their Southern 
 sister states. Up to this time there were many who. hoped 
 for a peaceable solution of the troubles, and that the Union 
 plight still be preserved on a basis of just principles; but 
 this class now lost all hope of such being done. The Vir- 
 ginia convention, then in session, immediately passed an or- 
 dinance of secession, on April 17; Arkansas followed on 
 May 6; North Carolina May 26; Tennessee June 8, 1861. 
 These states joined the Confederacy and the seat of gov- 
 ernment was removed from Montgomery to Richmond. 
 Later Kentucky and Missouri joined the new government, 
 but their act was inforrnal. While these things were going 
 on, the Southern people were not idle, but were preparing 
 for the struggle which was impending. Military companies 
 were organized all over the country which tendered their 
 services to the government. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 23 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 Regimental History 
 
 In the early days of October, 1861, ten companies of 
 volunteers \yent into camp at Camp Bailey, near Fairburn, 
 Ga. These companies met at the request of Hon. David 
 J. Bailey, who had obtained leave from Governor Brown 
 to organize a regiment of infantry for the Confederate 
 service. The date of enlistment was from September 25-, 
 and for a period of twelve months. About the 10th of Octo- 
 ber, an election was held for field officers, which resulted in 
 the election of David J. Bailey for Colonel ; M. M. Tidwell 
 for Lieut. Colonel, and Cicero A. Tharp as Major. The 
 following compafties composed the regiment : 
 
 Company A-^Butts' Invincibles, Capt. J. L. Barriett. 
 
 Company B— Butts County, Bailey Volunteers, Capt. 
 Henry Hendrick. 
 
 Company C — Hunter Guards, Spalding and Butts Coun- 
 ties, Capt. J. G. Lindsey. 
 
 Company D — Hugeney Rifles, Bibb County, Capt. T. J. 
 Bartlett. 
 
 Company E — Bartow Invincibles, Henry County, Capt. 
 R. M. Hitch. 
 
 Company F— Campbell Sharpshooters, Campbell County, 
 Capt. W. N. Magouirk. 
 
 Company G — Campbell Greys, Campbell County, Capt. 
 John Edmondson. 
 
 Company H — Fayette Volunteers, Fayette County, Capt. 
 F. M. Harrell. ■ , 
 
 Company I — Clayton Invincibles, Clayton County, Capt. 
 C. A. Dollar. 
 
 Company K — Chattahoochee Volunteers, Campbell 
 County, Capt. W. B. Richards. 
 
 Bailey, Tidwell and Tharp had at first organized, and 
 been elected Captains of Companies C, H and D, respec- 
 tively, but were elected regimental officers as aforemention- 
 
24 History, OF The 
 
 ed. Owing to a confusion of numbers, the regiment was at 
 first known as the Twenty-fifth Georgia, but upon rear- 
 rangement it was designated at the Thirtieth Georgia, which 
 name it bore through the war. Thomas W. Mangham was 
 the first Adjutant, and James S. Boynton, Sergeant Major. 
 
 The regiment remained at Camp Bailey until December 
 16, when it was sent to.GriswoIdsville, Jones County, where 
 it stayed until the latter part of January, 1862, when it was 
 ordered to Savannah, which place it reached on the 23rd, 
 and went into camp ■ about six miles below the city. In 
 April, 1862, the conscript bill was passed by the Confederate 
 Congress. By the terms of this bill all twelve-months troops 
 were given the privilege of re-enlisting and reorganizing, 
 and obtaining a bounty. All over thirty-five and under 
 eighteen were discharged if they so desired. 
 
 In pursuance of this law, the regiment was reorganized 
 by the re-election of Col. David J. Bailey and the election 
 of Thomas W.' Mangham as Lieut. Colonel and James S. 
 Boynton as Major. J. W. McCord was appointed Adjutant. 
 A re-arrangement o.f companies followed, according to sen- 
 iority of officers, and new ones elected. Several of the first 
 officers retired from service. The following was the order 
 under the new organization : > ^ . ' 
 
 Company A — Formerly Company B, Capt; Henry Hen- 
 drick. 
 
 Company B — Formerly Company E, Capt. R. M. Hitch. 
 
 Company 'C — Fot-merly Company F, Capt. W: N. Ma- 
 gouirk. 
 
 Company D — No change, Capt. Hudson Whitaker. 
 
 Company E — Formerly Company T,' Capt. C; A. Dollar. 
 
 Company F — Formerly Company C, Capt. R. . J. An- 
 drews. 
 
 Company G — Formerly Company H, Capt. F. M. Har- 
 rell. 
 
 Company H — Formerly Company G, Capt. J; O. Red- 
 wine. 
 
 Company I^Fdrrherly Company A, Capt. F. L. Wal- 
 thall. 
 
 Company K^-No change, Cdpt. G. F. Lorigino. 
 
 There were a number of changes in both' commissioned 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 25 
 
 and non-commissioned officers, which will be noticed more 
 fully in the sketches of the several companies. 
 
 While at Carhp Bailey and Griswoldville many of the 
 men had the measles ; some of them were sent home on fur- 
 loughs, some returned before they were well and relapses 
 followed, which, together with chills and fever, caused a 
 large per cent of the regiment to be on the sick list during 
 the early months of 1862. The first death to occur was that 
 of Henry M. Sanders, of Company E, who died in October 
 1861, a few weeks after enlistment. A few died at Gris- 
 woldville, and during the first half of the year 1862 the 
 mortality was considerable. Some who were apparently the 
 strongest and most robust were the first to fall victims of 
 disease. For several months the men had no arms, except 
 such as had been sent them by friends and relatives, which 
 consisted of old-time rifles and shotguns of various kinds, 
 mostly flint and steel locks, many of them being of little 
 account. In July, 1862, the regiment was armed with new 
 Enfield rifles and a proud body of men they were when 
 they first appeared on dress parade with their new guns. In 
 the meantime the drilling of the men had not been neglected, 
 and hardly a day passed without company or battalion drill. 
 Col. Mangham was one of the best disciplinarians in the 
 service and took great pride in having the men well drilled. 
 
 In this he had the support of the company officers, some 
 of whom vied with others as to see who should have the 
 best drilled company. During the spring and summer of 
 1862 the regiment was largely recruited, conditions as to 
 ' ealth had improved, and the regiment, in the fall of 1862, 
 was a large and well disciplined body of men, presenting a 
 fine appearance on drill and dress parade. 
 
 The first camp at Savannah was Camp Bartow, on the 
 borders of a lake, and was considered very unhealthy. The 
 next was at Camp Hardee, near Thunderbolt; afterwards 
 we moved to Camp Young, which was our last camp at 
 Savannah. A brigade was formed consisting of the Twenty- 
 fifth, Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth regiments, First Battalion, 
 Georgia Sharpshooters, arid Fourth Louisiana, Battalion, 
 and was at first commanded by Gen.' H. W. Mercer, and 
 later by Gen W. H. T. Walker. 
 
 A large proportion of the regiment were country boys. 
 
26 History of The 
 
 coming direct from the farm, and many of them from the 
 best families of Middle Georgia. The officers were also 
 mostly from the country; and very few had even a.- limited 
 military education. Such were the men who laid aside their 
 school books and implements of husbandry in 1861, and 
 voluntarily left their homes, donning the uniform of grey to 
 become participants in the greatest struggle of any age, in 
 defending their native Southland. Gamp life at Savannah 
 was far from being dull and was not at all monotonous. 
 Many little incidents of a humorous nature occurred. Sports 
 of various kinds were engaged in, which were shared by both 
 officers and men. Occasionally some of tlie boys would "run 
 the blockade," as it was called, and go to Savannah without 
 leave, thus running the' risk of being put upon double, duty, 
 or digging stumps, which were the usiial punishments in- 
 flicted. One man of Gompany E could so well imitate. the 
 signature of' the commanding officer, that he frequently 
 gave himself and others leave to go to the city. In such 
 cases they always returned in time for drill, and but few 
 knew of it. On one occasion at night, soon after we went 
 to Savannah, a false alarm was given, the men, were hastily 
 aroused and called into line with their old flintlock guns; 
 much confusion followed ;• some could not find their com- 
 panies, sorne ran over stumps and against each other, and 
 two or three of Company B fell into an old well, which was, 
 however, very shallow, but they yelled loudly for help. It 
 was soon found to be a false alarm, gotten up by some of 
 the officers to try the men and have some fun. We were 
 provided with good tents and, for the most part, comfort- 
 ably cared for, with plenty to eat, but some of the boys 
 wanted a change of diet, and, discovering a flock of goats 
 belonging to Judge De Lyon, a wealthy old gentleman who 
 had a farm near the camps, the result was nearly all the 
 goats disappeared, leaving the owner quite angry. The boys 
 would say the goats tried to run over them, and they had to 
 act in self-defense. 
 
 While in camp near Thunderbolt, the regiment built 
 extensive fortifications and aided in mounting them with 
 heavy artillery. They also assisted in obstructing the chan- 
 nel below, and so formidable were the works that it would 
 have been almost impossible to successfully assail them. The 
 
Thirtieth Geoegia Regiment 27 
 
 men for several months daily picketed White Marsh and 
 adjacent islands, but had the good fortune never to meet the 
 enemy, who kept their gunboats in the neighborhood of Fort 
 Pulaski. 
 
 TRIP TO FLORIDA AND RETURN. 
 
 On the 3rd of October, orders were received to go to 
 Florida to reinforce Gen. Finnegan, who had retreated from 
 Jacksonville. On the 4th the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth 
 regiments left Savannah and arrived at Groover's Station, 
 in Brooks County, at eight o'clock p. m. They then marched 
 across the country to MonticpUo, Fla., at which place they 
 arrived on the morning of the 5th and left in the evening 
 for Lake City, arriving there on the morning of the 6th. 
 At both Monticello and Lake City the men were bountifully 
 fed by the ladies of these places. So generous was the en- 
 tertainment we were quite loath to leave. On the evening 
 of the 6th we reached B'aldwin, a small place within a few 
 miles of Jacksonville, and went into camp a short distance 
 from the little town. Contrary to expectations, the enemy 
 did not advance from Jacksonville, but returned to their gun- 
 boats, which lay at anchor in the river at that place. 
 
 The regiment had been here only a few days, doing picket 
 duty and expecting to encounter the Yankees, which did not 
 happen. Capt. Dollar, with about twenty picked men, went 
 into Jacksonville one night and remained on the streets near 
 the river until daybreak, when he left without being discov- 
 ered. After a few days the troops were ordered back to 
 Savannah, having been gone about ten days. 
 
 THE REGIMENT SENT TO SOUTH CAROLINA. 
 
 On the 22nd of October, 1862, Gen. Mitchell, Federal 
 commander at Beaufort, S. C, sent a considerable body of 
 his men to destroy the railroad between Savannah and 
 Charleston at Pocotaligo. A battle occurred at that place 
 and at Coosaxyhatchie, in which the Federals were repulsed. 
 The Thirtieth Georgia regiment was ordered to reinforce 
 the -Confederates, and went to Coosawhatchie, but the Fed- 
 eral's had returhed to Beaufort before our arrival, and the 
 regiment returned to Savannah in a few days. The Federal 
 commander evidently expected to cut the communication be- 
 
28 History OF The 
 
 tween Charleston and Savannah and draw troops from these 
 places, so as- to weaken the Confederate forces there. After 
 our return to' Savannah, we' resumed picket duty on the 
 islands below the city. 
 
 WE GO TO NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 About the I7th of December the brigade' was sent to 
 Wilmington, N. C, which place was threatened by the 
 Yankees. While there we were stationed about two hailes 
 from the city, and occupied the tents of the Fifty-first North 
 Carolina, which fegiment had been hastily, sent to Golds- 
 boro. The Federals did not advance upon Wilmington, as 
 expected and we were ordered back to Savannah. We left 
 Wilmington January 1, 1863^ and on the evening of the 3rd 
 reached the old quarters at Camp Young. On January the 
 18th the regiment was again sent to Wilmington and sta- 
 tioned hear Masonboro Sound, several miles from the city. 
 On the first night of Oiir arrival a severe storm occurred, 
 'which blew down our tents, the few we had, and' caused 
 some cohfusioii. On the same night a Yankee steamer ran 
 aground in thS channel not far from our camps and was 
 captured by the Confederates. The prisofiers- were brought 
 through our camps the n.pxt day, and, being the first we had 
 seen, were objects off considerable attraction. The wrecked 
 steamer had bri board a large cargo of arms and provisions, 
 and so desirous were some of bur men to reach the wreck 
 that two or three were drowned in the attempt. We re- 
 mained there until February the 6tli, and returned to ' Sa- 
 vannah, reaching there on the 9th of February. 
 
 On the night of March the 1st we were hastily marched 
 to Caustens Bluff, it being thought the Yankees were ad- 
 vancing on Savannah, but their failing to do so, we went 
 back to our camps the next day. 
 
 April the 9th the whole brigade was sent to Charleston, 
 where we remained until the 19th, when we returned to 
 Savannah. Nothing of interest occurred during the trip. 
 On the 27th of April we were sent to Pocotaligo, S. C, 
 where we remained until March the 4th, when we returned 
 to Savannah. In the meantime orders were received to join 
 Gen. Johnston at Jackson; Miss. 
 
ThirtieI'h Georgia Regiment 29 
 
 THE 'MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN. 
 
 On May the 4th we arrived, at the. old camps at Savannah 
 and on the 7th Gen. Walker was ordered to report forthwith 
 with his whole brigade, to Gen. Jpseph B. Johnston at Jack- 
 son, Miss. The Thirtieth regiment was the last of the 
 brigade to get transportation, .and did not reach Jackson un- 
 til the 14th of , May, under the command of Lieut. Col. 
 Boynton, Col. Mangham being absent on leave. Col. Boyn- 
 ton reported to Brig. Gen. Adams, in comrnand at. Jackson, 
 and was ordered to proceed with haste to join the brigade. 
 We had considerable difficulty in finding the proper roads, 
 and after dark halted near Clinton. , To ,our consternation, 
 we, found that the qijartefmaster had failed to bring along 
 our cooking utensils ; consequently we had to do without 
 both supper and, brpakfast. The good ladies of Clinton, 
 and some gentlemen who had refuged froni , Vick^burg at 
 once went to work, and to our surprise appeared about 12~ 
 o'clock, while the men were in line of battle, with a bountiful 
 dinner for the whole regiment. All of our brigade were 
 dressed in neat, clean uniforms and carried well-filled knap- 
 sacks. About sundown, the troops, started, on, a retrogade 
 movement towards Jackson. Early the, next morning the 
 men were ordered to. wrap a change of underwear in a 
 blanket and pile, up their knapsacks, with the assurance that 
 the Quartermaster would, convey them along, but we never 
 saw our knapsacks again. We were hastily formed in line 
 of battle on the west of Jackson, and engaged the enemy in 
 a slight skirmish for an, hour or two, .when we began our re- 
 treat. This was the first time that. the regiment was under 
 fire, but all behaved well. We marched for miles in a heavy 
 rain and the roads soon, became, sloppy, so much so that the 
 feet of the men sunk into, the sticky mud over the tops of 
 their shoes. The next morning our men were wet and 
 muddy, some of them .barefooted; hats and caps were 
 drooped and appeared dilapidated. Our retreat was contin- 
 ued through Canton, and, we bivouacked in a grove near a 
 small stream beyond that place. We' were next marched to 
 a station on the railroad, where we remained several days ; 
 thence west to Yazoo City. . The day we reached Yazoo 
 City we made a forced march of twenty-five miles over dusty 
 
30 History of The 
 
 roads, from one to two inches deep in fine dust. The 
 weather was intensely hot, and the land was cleared on 
 'both sides of the road, We suffered terribly for want of 
 water, for in this section all the streams dry up in summer, 
 and there was no way to get water, except from cisterns 
 and stock ponds, which were made for watering stock. 
 These ponds were often shallow, and the water covered with 
 a green scum and thick with mud. This bad water and the 
 reduced rations allowed caused a great deal of sickness. 
 From Yazoo City the little army of Gen. Johnston was 
 marched to a point east of Big Black River, near where the 
 railroad from Jackson to Vicksburg cros.ses the stream. On 
 the 4th of July the army was ordered to be in readiness to 
 march at 12 o'clock that night. It was generally understood 
 that we were to cross the Big Black River and harrass the 
 Federal army in the rear, and otherwise aid in the efifort to 
 relieve Gen. Pemberton, who was besieged in Vicksburg by a 
 large force under Gen. Grant, but when we were aroused 
 and were making ready for the march. Gen. Johnston re- 
 ceived official information of the surrender of Pemberton. 
 In consequence of this information, an immediate retreat 
 toward Jackson was ordered. The Thirtieth Georgia regi- 
 ment, under command of Col. Thomas W. Mangham, was 
 ordered to march in the rear and keep up stragglers and aid 
 the sick and disabled. These duties rendered a longi hot and 
 disagreeable march riiore onerous. We started just after 
 midnight on the 4th and marched twenty-four hours. There 
 was no rest except a stop ten minutes every hour. The day 
 was extremely warm and the sun shone brilliantly ; the roads 
 were dusty, and we had no water, which caused intense suf- 
 fering and great fatigue. The march on the sixth was a 
 repetition of the previous day, only we were not in the rear, 
 which was some relief. When we reached Clinton the good 
 citizens of that place manifested their patriotism by open- 
 ing their water cisterns to the thirsty ooldierri. Many of the 
 men drank too much water and suffered in consequence. 
 About twelve o'clock we' were halted in a flat of low land; a 
 heavy rain fell during the night, which covered the ground 
 with water and made it impossible to sleep. T,he next morn- 
 ing we were marched to the west of Jackson, where we 
 halted and stacked arms. A few minutes later a cannon ball 
 
Thirtieth Georgia IIjegiment 31 
 
 came screaming along, mortally wounding two men of the 
 Fourth Louisiana B'attalion, and passed directly over our 
 heads. This shot was followed by many others, which 
 caused no little confusion, but sppji subsided, and we at once 
 fell in line and marcljied a short distance to the left, and 
 the line formed along an old creek, which was then dry, 
 where the men protected themselves as best they could by 
 digging -in the banks, and throyving up breastworks. Here 
 we remained several days, -continually exposed to the fire 
 of the enemy. Several of our men were wounded. On the 
 15th Companies A; E and H were' sent to the front near the 
 enemy line on picket duty. At twelve o'clock the next day, 
 j.ust, after vye were relieved, the Yankees charged the line 
 which had taken our places. They retreated and ran by our 
 three companies for the fortifications., We, of course; fol- 
 lowed them in quick order, and regained our position with 
 the balance of the regiment. In the evening of the, 16th the 
 Thirtieth regiment, under Col. Mangham, and the Twenty- 
 fourth Texas were ordered to, recapture and re-establish the 
 picket line. 
 
 The Thirtieth Georgia was ordered to get over the breast- 
 works, form line of battle and march fibout 500 yards across 
 a large open field in close range ^nd . in plain ' view of the 
 enemy's sharpshooters, who were at the edge of a thick 
 woods on the opposite side of the field. The line of battle 
 moved to the attack in splendid order and perfect alignment, 
 preceded by Company E, deployed as skirmishers, about 
 seventy-five yards in advance, with orders to withhold their 
 fire unless the enemy made strong resistance, and in case 
 they did so, to fire and fall, so the main line could charge 
 over them. Our skirmish line had not proceeded more 
 than one-third the distance across the field when they were 
 greeted with heavy volleys from the enemy's line, which 
 wounded several of our men. Our skirmishers returned the 
 fire and dropped to the ground, and the regiment raised the 
 rebel yell and rushed forward at double quick, driving back 
 the enemy to their original position and re-established our 
 picket line, which was held until we were relieved by other 
 troops. 
 
 The conduct of the regiment on this occasion was in 
 full view of Gen. W. H. T. Walker, who was enthusiastic 
 
32 History of The 
 
 in his praise of the men and officers of the regiment, highly 
 complimenting them in a general order which he issued for 
 the fearless manner in which they charged, and put to rout 
 a superior force of the enemy, who had gained an import- 
 ant position in front of our entrenchments. 
 
 The following list of casualties in the regiment is taken 
 from the Atlanta Intelligencer of July 1863, and furnished 
 that paper by the author of this work : 
 
 Casualties in the Thirtieth Georgia Regiment during the 
 Siege of Jackson, July 8 to 16, 1863. 
 
 Company A, Capt. A. T. Towles commanding — Mortally 
 wounded, Lieut. J. G. S. Ham ; wounded, Capt. A. T. 
 Towless, Privates James Brady, A. H. Lewis, S. H. Bailey, 
 Isaac Hammell and Wilkerson. 
 
 Company C— Killed, Sergt. A. W. Ballentine; wounded, 
 James McEachern, Perry Bullington, J. Henderson, Sefgt. 
 S. McLarty and Sergt. J. C. Mori-iss. 
 
 Company D — Wounded, William Draughan and Elbert 
 Millirous. 
 
 Company E- — Wounded, A. C. Smith, P. J. Daily, J. F. 
 Daily (died from wounds) ; slightly wounded, Sergt. J. H. 
 Buchanan, Sergt. W. A. Lawson, Privates W. P. Conine 
 and J. B. Guice. 
 
 Company F — Wounded, T. W. Dumas. 
 
 Company, G — Killed, Uriah Mann; wounded, George 
 Spratlin, Peter Spraggings, George Davis, L. B. McElroy 
 and W. J. Cox. 
 
 Company H — Killed, William Walker. 
 
 Company I — Killed, Jasper Barnes; wounded, Corp. J. 
 G. Stewart and J. F. Preston. 
 
 Coriipany B was on detached service in the city, and not 
 engaged. 
 
 Company K was on detached service at Savannah. 
 
 There were a few. casualties not included in the fore- 
 going list. On the night of the 16th the army fell hack to 
 Morton. 
 
 CHICKAMAUGA. 
 
 On Monday, the 24th of August, 1863, the regiment left 
 Mjorton to join Gen. Bragg's arrhy, which was in and around 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 33 
 
 Chattanooga. We arrived at Atlanta at 2 o'clock on the 
 morning of the 28th, and left at 5 o'clock over the W. & 
 A. railroad, and reached Chickamauga Station the evening 
 of the same day. On arriving there it was ascertained that 
 a large number of the men had taken "French leave" by 
 jumping from the cars at East -?^oint and Fairburn to visit 
 their homes for a few days in the surrounding counties. We 
 had left Mississippi with 450 men and arrived at our destina- 
 tion with little more than half that number; but it is due 
 those who went home to say that nearly all of them re- 
 turned in a few days. 
 
 The non-commissioned officers arhong them were re- 
 duced to ranks and the privates were not disciplined, owing 
 to the active movements then in progress. From Chicka- 
 mauga Station we went to Tyner's Station, Tenn., where we 
 remained until the 7th of September, when we returned to 
 Chickamauga, where we spent- the whole night loading com- 
 missary supplies on the cars. On the 8th we went to Ring- 
 gold and on the 9th made a hard march to Lafayette, a dis- 
 tance of twenty-six miles. Gen. Bragg had evacuated Chat- 
 tanooga on the 7th and retired with most of his army to the 
 vicinity of Lafayette, to save his communications and con- 
 front the columns of the Federal army, which were de- 
 scending into McLemore Cove. Several days were spent by 
 both armies maneuvering for positions. Gen. Bragg gave 
 two orders for an attack, one on the 10th, for Cheatham's 
 and Hindman's divisions to attack the advanced divisions of 
 the enemy ; and again, on the 13th, for Polk's corps and part 
 of D. H. Hill's corps to attack the Union forces under Gen. 
 Crittenden near Rock Springs. Want of co-operation by the 
 corps commanders caused a failure in both instances, and no 
 attack was made. Walker's division, to which the Thirtieth 
 Georgia regiment belonged, formed part of Hill's corps, 
 and on the 13th we remained in line of battle for several 
 hours, expecting every moment to move to the attack of the 
 Federals. It was said that if these attacks had been made 
 as designed by Gen. Bragg, a large portion of Gen. Rose- 
 crans' army would have been cut off and annihilated, and 
 the great battle of Chickamauga, which occurred a few days 
 later, would not have been fought. From the 13th to the 
 18th we were kept going from one point to another, maneu- 
 
34 History of The 
 
 vering for the great struggle soon to come. On the 18th 
 Bragg issued orders for a general advance, which was at 
 once begun. Walker's division had orders to cross the 
 Chickamauga at Alexander's bridge, but on arriving there 
 he encountered strong resistance, and found the bridge so 
 badly destroyed that he had to go some distance down the 
 river to Byram's ford, where a crossing was effected lite 
 in the night, by wading the river and uniting with Hood's 
 and Wheeler's forces north of the Chickamauga. So the 
 night of the 18th found Bragg's army divided, with com- 
 paratively a small portion north of the river, separated from 
 the main army. Had Rosecrans availed himself of the 
 opportunity, he could easily have crushed this small force, 
 but he did not do so, and the morning of the fateful 19th 
 of September dawned. 
 
 Our regiment, after crossing the river on the night of 
 the 18th, bivouacked near by. and the men, greatly fatigued 
 by the hard day's march, lay down to sleep, which to many of 
 them was their last earthly sleep. Early on the morning of 
 the 19th other troops crossed the river, and preparation made 
 for an immediate advance upon the enemy. The ranks of 
 the regiment had been considerably augmented by recruits 
 and the return of those who had been at home and in the 
 hospitals, and more men were present than for some time 
 past. Mangham, the brave and beloved Colonel of the reg- 
 iment, was at its head, eager to lead his men to the combat. 
 Boynton was at his post, and the gallant color bearer, T. E. 
 Moore, of Campany B, proudly held aloft the beautiful 
 battle flag of the regiment, which had been presented by the 
 daughters of Col. Bailey. About eight o'clock we were 
 called into line. Rufus E. Lester, of Col. Wilson's staff, 
 rode up to Col. Mangham, and the writer heard him say: 
 "Colonel, we are going to have hot times just over yonder ; 
 get your men ready." 
 
 The brigade was commanded by Col. Wilson, of the 
 Twenty-fifth Georgia, and formed in the following order: 
 Twenty-fifth Georgia on the right ; Twenty-ninth and Thir- 
 tieth Georgia, Fourth Louisiana Battalion and First Battalion 
 Georgia Sharpshooters on the left. The line moved for- 
 ward, and after going a short distance, wheeled into line by 
 the right flank at double quick time and formed behind a 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 35 
 
 fence with an open field in front, in which, among the weeds, 
 the Yankee skirmishers were hidden. We advanced, pre- 
 ceded by Company E, commanded by Capt. Dollar, as skir- 
 mishers; the enemy's pickets were driven back into the 
 woods to their main line. Our colmn continued to aavance 
 in the face of a heavy and destructive fire, but still they 
 pressed forward until the terrible firing from both front and 
 left flank tore their ranks to pieces and checked them for 
 a while. The scene was dreadful to behold. Amid the roar 
 of musketry could be heard the rebel yell and the shouts of 
 the officers encouraging their men, and the shrieks of the 
 dying and -^the wounded. The intrepid Mangham was 
 wounded in the hottest of the fight, while in front, gallantly 
 leading his men. Almost at the same time the gallant Lieut. 
 Huie, afterwards Captain of Company E, received three 
 wounds. Capt. Andrews, of Company F, was dangerously 
 wounded and had to be taken from the field. Sergt. Bry- 
 ant, of Company D, fell in a heap of four of his comrades. 
 Evans and Trammell, of Company E, who had returned to 
 the regiment only two days before, lay dead upon the field, 
 and about a dozen of the same company were wounded. 
 Harrison, Lanier, Farr and others of Company G were 
 killed or mortally wounded. Camp, Smith, Still and others 
 of Company A were killed, and every company in the regi- 
 ment lost in killed and wounded. 
 
 The color guard consisted of L. J. Ball, of Company A ; 
 J. M. T. Mayo, of Company I ; A. P. Adamson, of Company 
 E; J. W. Willis, of Company F, and H. A. Bachelor, of 
 Company H. The three last were wounded and taken from 
 the field. T. E. Moore, the color bearer, came out un- 
 harmed. The odds against our lines were too great, and 
 the regiment was compelled to fall back a short distance, but 
 rallied and held their line until reinforcements arrived, and 
 the enemy driven back. 
 
 The official reports show that early in the day, about 
 7:30 o'clock, Gen. Forrest was engaged with Croxton's 
 brigade of Baird's division, composed of the Tenth and 
 Seventy-fourth Indiana, Fourth and Tenth Kentucky and 
 Fourteenth Ohio regiments and First Ohio Light Artillery, 
 with an effective forc6 of 2,401 men. Forrest, being hard- 
 pressed, brought Wilson's brigade from near Alexander's 
 
36 History of The 
 
 bridge, to attack Croxton, who immediately changed front 
 from east to south and met the- attack, but was at first driven 
 back ; but being reinforced by the Thirty-first Ohio, of Con- 
 nell's brigade, with an effective force of 517 men, making 
 his effective force 2,918 men, recovered his position. After 
 nearly an hour's hard fighting, with varying success, and 
 being attacked on the left flank by Scribner's brigade, Wil- 
 son was forced back to his first position, which was held until 
 reinforcements arrived and Croxton was forced to retire. 
 Wilson had in this engagement about 1,800 men against 
 2,917 and forced back two strong lines before being com- 
 pelled to fall back. The marker on the battlefield shows 
 the position of the Thirtieth regiment immediately in front 
 of the Seventy-fourth Indiana. The regiment went into ac- 
 tion with twenty-six officers and 308 men, making a total 
 of 334. Croxton's loss in killed and wounded was, very 
 heavy. 
 
 The Thirtieth was again engaged on the next day in a 
 different part of the field, and suffered some loss. The bat- 
 tle of Chickamauga was one of the bloodiest and most stub- 
 bornly contested battles of the whole war. The Confeder- 
 ates were victorious, but the victory was dearly won, and 
 at a heavy loss. The Federal army fell back to Chatta- 
 nooga, which was at once invested by Bragg's army. 
 
 Casualties at Chickamauga. 
 
 The following is a list of the casualties of the Thirtieth 
 Georgia regiment in the battle of Chickamauga, September 
 19 and 20, 1863, as appears from the official report of Lieut. 
 Col. James S. Boynton : 
 
 Field and Staff — Wounded, Col. Thomas W. Mangham, 
 Adjutant John W. McCord. 
 
 Company A, Lieut. M. V. B. McKibben, commanding — 
 Killed, Sergt. James C. Smith, Lewis C. Camp, William 
 Clements, William Chancelly, William Still, Riley Moore 
 and Simon Gray ; wounded, George W. Folds, E. W. Bailey, 
 A. Henson, S. E. McMichael, Troy S. Sanders, W. h! 
 Bryant and J. A. Wise. 
 
 Company B, Capt. R. M. Hitch, commanding — Killed, 
 Columbus Jones ; wounded, E. S. Graden, J. T. Nolan, J. O. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 37 
 
 Morgan, W. Y. Metts, E, J. M. Blackmon and H. E. Dunn,; 
 missing, James Clark. 
 
 Company C, Capt. C. P. Bowen, commanding — Killed, 
 Sergt. T. H. Williarhson, W. J. Strickland ; wounded, Capt. 
 C. P. Bowen, Sergt. W. R. Selman, J. H. Walden, W. W. 
 Walden, W. M. James, Wilkes Vansant, J. G. Norton, J. W. 
 Meeks, J. D. Laminach, J.,M. Dorsey and Joseph Endsley. 
 
 Company D, Capt. Hudson . Whitaker, commanding — 
 Killed, Sergt. James Bryant, W. J. Jessop, J. M. Champion, 
 C. C. Champion, G. M. Moncrief, N. J. Lee, Marion Heard 
 and W. M. Young;, wounded, J. R. Miller, A. J. Tharpe, 
 A. J. Gibson, C. Elliott, Thomas Kimbrough, A. J. Richard- 
 son and Lieut. J. F. Barfield. 
 
 Company E, Capt. C. A. Dollar, commanding — Killed, 
 James F. Evans and R. T. Trammell ; wounded, Lieut. J. H. 
 Huie, First Sergt. J. H. Buchanan, A. P. Adamson, J. G. 
 Ansley, J. W. Carnes, S. G. Dickson, B., G. Guice, R. S.. 
 Qzburn, J. M. Smith and J. W. Stephens, and Sergt. D. J. 
 Culpepper, of Company A, Forty-first Georgia assigned to 
 duty with the company. 
 
 . Company F, Capt. R. J. Andrews, commanding — Killed, 
 J. B. Moran and W. G. Wooten- wounded, Capt. R. J. An- 
 drews, J. W. Willis, R. S. Brown, W. H. Brown, J. W. 
 Frazier, J. F. Lewis, S. Phillips, W. C. D. Hodge, R. W, 
 Mays, W. T. Stanley, J. B. Slaughter, P. Gory; missing, A. 
 T. Heard. 
 
 Company H, Capt. J. O. Redwine, commanding — Killed, 
 G. J. Smith, S. P. Sewell, T. J. Thaxton; wounded, Lieut. 
 W. R. Elder, M. E. Dor^ett, R. N. Langston, J. W. Ed- 
 wards, H. A. B'atchellor, W. M. Sewell, S. W. Abbott, H. 
 Edgar, L. R. Eidson, John Robinson and T. J. Vincent. 
 
 Company, I, Capt. F. Walthall, commanding — Killed, 
 A. R. Hull, T. L. Carter, G. S. Ethridge, John Carter and 
 Edward Weaver; wounded, Capt. F. L. Walthall, J. H. 
 McCullum, J. C. Barnes, J. A. Dodson, F. L. Giles, W. B. 
 Hodges, W. Hodges, Wiley Holifield, W. A. Lemon, M. 
 C. Bowles and J. R. Duke (died from wounds). 
 
38 History op The 
 
 THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN. 
 
 After the battle of Chickamauga Rosecrans, with the 
 Army of the Cumberland, about 1-5,000 strong, was en- 
 trenched in Chattanooga, and Gen. B.agg's army occupied 
 Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Gen. Rosecrans 
 was superseded by Gen. Thomas, and a few days later Gen. 
 Grant was placed in command and large reinforcements 
 were sent him under Sherman and Hooker. On November 
 24th and 25th, the battle of Missionary Ridge occurred, and 
 Bragg's army was defeated, being greatly outnumbered by 
 Grant's immense army. The brigade to which the Thirtieth 
 Georgia regiment belonged took very little part in this bat- 
 tle. They, however, sustained some loss by quite a number 
 being taken prisoners. While at Missionary Ridge, some 
 changes were made in the brigade. The Louisiana troops 
 were transported to another brigade and the Sixty-sixth 
 Georgia regiment and battalion were added to it. Col. C. C. 
 Wilson, who had been in command since leaving Savannah, 
 died at Missionary Ridge, and Gen. C. H. Stevens, of South 
 Carolina succeeded him. Gen. Stevens was a strict disci- 
 plinarian, but soon won the admiration of his command by 
 the interest he showed in their welfare; besides he was a 
 brave officer and a polished gentleman. After the defeat at 
 Missionary Ridge, Bragg's army retired to Dalton and went 
 into winter quarters, and Grant's army returned to Chatta- 
 nooga. The winter of 1863 and 1864 was quite severe, but 
 the army fared very well. The soldiers built log houses 
 which they occupied, some of which were very comfortable. 
 The men had to do some picket duty occasionally when our 
 brigade was sent up to Red Clay, near Spring place, when 
 an advance was apprehended, but we returned the next day. 
 During the month of March we had a heavy fall of snow, 
 and the famous "snow battle" occurred, the Tennessee troops 
 attacking Gist's brigade with snowballs. They also went 
 through the quarters of our brigade, but most of the men 
 of the Thirtieth regiment were away on picket duty. Our 
 regiment spent about ten days in Dalton on provost duty 
 and during this time they were quartered in the courthouse. 
 
 Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had succeeded Gen.' Bragg soon 
 after the battle of Missionary Ridge, and Gen. Sherman had 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 39 
 
 succeeded to the command of the Federal forces. Active 
 operationss began in the early spring, and on May 6, Sher- 
 man's army was disposed as follows: Gen. Thomas, with 
 60,000 near Ringgold; McPhersop, with 24,000 at Lee and 
 Gordon's Mill, on the road to Rome, and Schofield, with 
 14,000 at Red Clay making the total of 98,000 men. 
 
 Gen. Johnston's forces at this time amounted to only 
 42,000, not half as large as Sherman's. On, May 7, Thomas 
 attacked the Confederates north of Dalton and was re- 
 pulsed. McPherson, with the right wing, moved down to 
 Snake Creek Gap, with the intention of turning east and 
 striking the railroad in Johnston's rear, while Schofield 
 moved the left wing from Red Clay to within a short dis- 
 tance of Dalton, so it can be seen that Johnston had a large 
 force attempting to flank him on both sides, besides an army 
 of 60,000 at his front, and consequently had to fall back. 
 Thomas moved most of his forces through Snake Creek 
 Gap on the 10th and 11th, and invested Resaca. Gen. 
 Johnston had already retired to this place and formed his 
 army in line of battle in the shape of a horseshoe, the 
 Oostanaula River being the base of the horseshoe. 
 
 On the 14th there were assaults made by McPherson's 
 corps, which were repulsed by the divisions of Bates, Cle- 
 burne and Cheatham. Walker's division, to which the Thir- 
 tieth Georgia was attached, was just across the river in 
 plain view, and part of the time under fire, but did not par- 
 ticipate in the battle. On the night of the 15th our division 
 was sent to Calhoun, and Gen. Walker reported to Gen. 
 Johnson that the Federals were crossing the Oostanaula 
 near that place, and McPherson's corps were crossing at 
 Lay's Ferry, below, so Johnston was flanked out of his po- 
 sition at Resaca. On the 16th, there was some hard fighting 
 done near Calhoun and in the vicinity of Lay's Ferry, in 
 which Polk's brigade of Cleburne's division, and a part of 
 Walker's division, drove back the enemy and enabled John- 
 ston to gain a new position at Adairsville. In the engage- 
 ment of the 16th the Thirtieth regiment participated, and 
 forced back a strong line of the enemy for some distance, 
 but sustained considerable loss in killed and wounded. 
 Among the killed were: T. R. Adams, of Company G; 
 Robert Sparks, of Company K., and several whose names 
 
40 History op The 
 
 are not remembered. In this engagement the regiment was 
 commanded by Maj. Hendrick. 
 
 Gen. Johnston fell back into a strong position at Cass- 
 ville and issued an order for battle but in a council of 
 war two of his Corps Commanders, Hood and Polk, 
 deemed it unwise to risk a battle, while Hardee was 
 willing; the result was that the army fell back to Alatoona 
 Pass. Sherman finding this place too strong for him 
 again resorted to his favorite flank movement by sending 
 part of his forces in the direction of Dallas, and at New 
 Hope church, on May 27, a hard fought battle occurred 
 in which Cleburne's division of four thousand men re- 
 pulsed a large force of the enemy, inflicting upon him a 
 heavy loss, while the Confederate loss was not so great. 
 It was said that seven hundred of the Federal dead were 
 within fifty feet of Cleburne's line. Johnston fell back 
 to Kennesaw Mountain, and Sherman advanced and con- 
 centrated his army at Big Shanty. On June 14, Gen. 
 Polk was killed on the line at Pine Mountain. Sherman 
 up to this time had lost several thousand men while 
 Johnston's loss was 2,643 killed, and some wounded and 
 taken prisoners. Johnston had received reinforcements 
 under French, Loring and Canty, besides some Georgia 
 State troops, under Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, and thus 
 his effective force was about 60,000 men. Sherman had 
 been reinforced by the Seventeenth Army Corps under Gen. 
 Blair, and also some other troops, his reinforcements 
 being about equal to his losses of the last thirty days. 
 His army still numbered about 98,000 men. Johnston's 
 army now occupied a strong position in a semi-circle 
 North and West of Marietta and Kennesaw, which posi- 
 tion he held for more than three weeks, during which 
 time the fighting was almost continuous; the artillery 
 firing was described by one writer as awful, and if a 
 soldier showed his head above the breastworks, he was 
 almost sure to be shot by some picket. On the 23rd of 
 June, at Knobb's Farm, a battle was fought between 
 Hood's and Hooker's corps with no decided advantage to 
 either. 
 
 On the 27th a strong assaulting column of several 
 divisions seven lines deep numbering about 35,000 mtn, 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 41 
 
 attacked the lines of Loring and Hardee, and were driven 
 back with heavy loss, Cheatham and Cleburne with about 
 6,000 men received the main a,ssault. It was on one point 
 of the line held by Maney's Brigade of Tennessee, and called 
 by the Yankees "Dead Angle" that the battle raged the 
 fiercest, but the enemy was repulsed, and in front of this 
 gallant brigade 385 yankees were killed, while in front 
 of Vaughn's brigade 415 lay dead. Sherman having 
 failed in his assault on Johnston's lines in front of Mari- 
 etta, again decided on a flank movement. The twenty- 
 six days on this line had cost him nearly 10,000 men, 
 while Johnston's losses were 3,948. On July 2, Sherman 
 ordered McPherson to extend his lines on the left to the 
 Chattahoochee river and on the 3rd Johnston fell back 
 to Smyrna, and on the 9th across the Chattahoochee, 
 two corps of the Fed,eral army having already crossed 
 the river higher up; Everything was now quiet until the 
 seventeenth when Gen. Johnston was relieved of the 
 command of the Confederates and Gen. Hood placed in 
 'command. This was a staggering blow to the Confed- 
 erates who had great confidence in "Old Joe," as he was 
 familiarly called. They all loved him and believed he 
 was doing the best he could under the circumstances. 
 For two months he had resisted the advance of Sherman's 
 great army, now being about two to his one, and had 
 repulsed every direct attack on his main lines, inflicting 
 heavy loss on his adversary, and never fell back until 
 compelled to, by flank movements of a largely superior 
 force. Gen. Johnston will go down in history as one of 
 the greatest generals of the age. Hood was now in 
 command with his army all on the South side of the 
 Chattahoochee river and around Atlanta. On the 18th of 
 July, Thomas, with a large force, crossed Peachtree Creek, 
 and was attacked by a portion of Hood's forces, but the 
 attack proved a failure and resulted in a heavy loss to 
 the Confederates. The Thirtieth Georgia took part in this 
 battle and sustained considerable loss. In this battle 
 Gen. Stevens, who commanded the brigade, was killed; 
 his loss was severely felt by his command. On the 2lst 
 Thomas advanced the left wing of the Federal army, and 
 McPherson extended the left and occupied Decatur. 
 
42 History of The 
 
 Hood now attempted a flank movement by moving Hardee 
 and Cheatham's corps down tiie McDonough road for 
 a few miles, then turned to the left towards Decatur, 
 and gave orders to attack the Federals at daylight, on 
 the morning of July 22nd, but the Confederates did not 
 get in position as early as was expected and it was even- 
 ing when the assault was made. Hardee's and Cheat- 
 ham's corps assaulting three Federal corps behind breast- 
 works. The assault on part of the line was only parti- 
 ally successful but nearly a mile of the enemy lines were 
 taken and held. The men fought with vigor and cap- 
 tured a dozen pieces of artillery, and a number of stands 
 of colors, but the sacrifice was great, the loss being, 
 heavy. Among the killed was Maj. Gen. Walker, who 
 had been our division commander ever since we left 
 Savannah. No braver, or more daring officer was ever 
 enlisted in the Southern army, and his death was a severe 
 loss to his country. Gen. McPherson, one of the most 
 skillful officers of the federal army, was killed in this 
 battle. The loss of the 30th regiment in this battle was 
 conisderable, in both officers and men.. Among the killed 
 was Capt. Morris, of company K. CoK Boynton was 
 severely wounded. Capt. J. H. Huie, of Company E, and 
 Lt. King, of Company K, were captured. 
 
 On the 28th there was an engagement on left of 
 Hood's line which was one of the bloodiest of the cam- 
 paign. On August 30th the Federals by a flank move- 
 ment were in the vicinity of Jonesboro. Hardee's and 
 Lee's corps were hastily sent to meet them and on the 
 evening of the 31st a bloody engagement ensiied, with a 
 heavy loss to both sides. The battle was resumed on 
 Sept. 1st arid the lines held which enabled Hood's forces 
 to get out of Atlanta, and fell ba:ck to Lovejoy, six miles 
 below Jonesboro. 
 
 The 30th Georgia regiment participated in the battle 
 of Jonesboro, and several of their number was killed and 
 wounded.' In this battle Company' E was fighting in 
 their own county, and defending the homes of their 
 loved ones, and some of them fell almost in sight of their 
 homes. The' battle of Jonesboro was one of the 
 bloodiest engagements of the war. The Confederates with 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 43 
 
 thinned ranks had to contend against more than three 
 times their number. The valor displayed by Gibson's 
 Louisiana brigade, the Kentucky brigade, and several 
 other commands was not surpassed at any other time by 
 any body of men. Col. Estee, who commanded an Ohio 
 brigade in the Federal army, in his report says: "He 
 never at any time during the war saw such fighting, and 
 that more than half his men were killed and wounded." 
 
 This battle closed the Georgia campaign except a few 
 minor combats near Lovejoy and other places. 
 
 Sherman ha.d left Dalton May 7th, with 98,000 men, 
 and had received reinforcements which augmented his 
 army to 109,000, which number he reported on June 1st. 
 He lost during the campaign in killed and wounded, and 
 captured, 37,081, according to his official report. 
 
 Gen. Johnston left Dalton with 42,756 men, and his 
 reinforcements swelled ,this number to 60,564. He lost 
 up to the time Hood took command July 18th, in killed, 
 wounded and captured, 11,814, in a campaign of seventy- 
 two days, against twice . his numbers. On July 18th 
 Hood took command, and reported 48,750 men of all 
 branches of his army. He ,lost up to Sept. 1, a campaign 
 of forty-three days, 13,817 men killed, wounded and cap- 
 tured, with Johnston's total, of 11,814 makes a grand total 
 of 25,631, which was 11,450 less than the Federal loss. 
 
 THE TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN. 
 
 After the battle of Jonesboro, Sherman's army re- 
 turned to Atlanta, and Hood. gathered his forces at Love- 
 joy and Jonesboro. On Sept. 18th he .moved his army to 
 PalmettQ, where on the 26th they were reviewed by 
 President Davis. His three corps under Lee, Hardee and 
 Stewart numbered 24,794 men, with 3,794 cavalry, under 
 Gen. W. H. Jackson; Wheeler's .cavalry had been s.pnt 
 into North Alabama. .Gen. Hood, riovv determined upon 
 his Tennessee campaign,, hoping to .cut ofE Sherman, he 
 crossed the Chattahoochee and struck the W. & A. Rail- 
 road at .Big Shanty,, and captured the garriso.n at that 
 place. He made;, an .unsuccessful ^.ttack upon Altoona, 
 but, captured the gajrison at Resaca, Dalton,., aii,d Tunnell 
 Hill,. then turned into,, Alabaina, by way of , LaFayettp. 
 
44 History op The 
 
 Sherman, with four corps of his army, followed Hood 
 to Gaylesville, Alabama, and then returned to Atlanta, 
 but sent Schofield's and Stanley's corps to Chattanooga, 
 to join Gen. Thomas. Hood then went by Gadsden to 
 Tuscumbia and Florence, where he remained three 
 weeks; this delay enabled Thomas to collect his forces 
 in Middle Tennessee. Sherman cut loose from his base; 
 gave orders to burn Atlanta, and on Nov. 16th, started on 
 his march through Georgia, to Savannah, with 65,000 men. 
 The destruction of Atlanta left thousands of women and 
 children homeless, and was an outrage unprecedented 
 in civilized warfare. His march through Georgia was 
 marked by wanton destruction of property, and pillaging 
 of all kinds. In his report he says $100,000,000 of prop- 
 erty was destroyed, $80,000,000 of it being a waste. Hood 
 encountered the enemy at Decatur, Alabama, and in a 
 skirmish in which the 30th Ga. regiment took part Lieut. 
 O. S. Berry was killed, there was a few other casualties. 
 Hood crossed into Tennessee, with Schofield in his front 
 who had retreated to Springhill, when on the 29th of 
 Nov. Hood ordered an attack, but owing to some mis- 
 takes his orders were not carried out. Had they been, it 
 is probable Schofield could not have continued his re- 
 treat to Franklin, which he did on that night. On the 
 30th Hood found his adversary entrenched in a strong 
 position, with an abatis of locust trees in front of him. 
 He at once determined on an attack. Cheatham was in 
 command of Hardee's old corps, composed of Bate, 
 Brown and Cleburne's divisions, and formed the left of 
 Hood's line. Bate's division, of which the Thirtieth Georgia 
 regiment was a part of Jackson's brigade, was on the ex- 
 treme left. 
 
 Stewart's corps, composed of French, Loring and 
 Walthall, formed the right wing of Hood's army. Lee's 
 corps except part of one division, did not arrive in time 
 to take part in the battle. At four o'clock in the evening 
 the battle commenced, and lasted until after dark. Gen. 
 J. D. Cox, who commanded a corps in the Federal army 
 at the battle of Franklin, said in his report : "Gen. Hood 
 moved his men to the assault with less men than Scho- 
 field had behind his vvorks." Again the same writer 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 45 
 
 said: "When the Confederates formed and marched for- 
 ward, no more magnificent spectacle was ever witnessed." 
 An open field of more than a mile separated the armies, 
 across the plain in open view of 24,000 yankees, who lay- 
 behind strong works with heavy artillery and double 
 lines of bayonets, the assaulting column of 16,000 Con- 
 federates marched, and succeeded in taking one line of 
 works and part of another. One writer said : "They con- 
 tended with a force one-third larger than their own 
 across the second line of works, with bayonets and butts 
 of guns for two long hours — a fight the like of which 
 has never been surpassed on this continent, and finally 
 forced the yankees to retreat from their trenches." At 
 midnight the enem'y began to withdraw in the direction 
 of Nashville. This was called a Confederate victory but 
 was dearly bought; in fact, it was a perfect slaughter of 
 many of the grandest and noblest men who ever went to 
 battle. Gen. Hood's official report showed that out of 
 the 16,000 men he had in killed and wounded and miss- 
 ing 4,500, more than thirty per cent. It was here that 
 brave Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne, who had led his men 
 to victory in many battles, fell at the head of his column 
 across the enemy's works. Brigadier Generals Gist, Strahl, 
 Adams, Carter, Cranberry, and several others, fell while 
 leading their men. In this battle the Thirtieth Georgia regi- 
 ment and Jackson's whole Brigade bore a prominent part; 
 many of the men performed deeds of bravery which were 
 highly comm'ended by their officers. The loss of the 
 regiment in killed and wounded was heavy, for the num- 
 ber engaged, among the killed was the gallant A. O. 
 Hardy, of Company B, who carried the colors of his 
 regiment; W. A. McPeak, of the same company; L. H. 
 Mitchell, of Company G ; Serg. W. Q. ' Anthony, and 
 Charles Hancock, of Company E, and several whose 
 names are not remembered. On Dec. 2, Hood marched 
 his shattered forces to Nashville, and found Gen. Thomas 
 with an army of 30,000, which was reinforced in a few 
 days to nearly 60,000. On Dec. 4, Hood sent Gen. Bate, 
 with his three brigades, among which was Jackson's, to 
 Murfreesboro, with orders to destroy the block houses, 
 and bridges from that place to Nashville. Instead of 
 
46 History of The 
 
 finding Murfreesboro evacuated, as he expected, he found 
 it fortified and held by nearly 10,000 troops under Gen. 
 Rosseau. Gen. Bate struck the railroad two or three 
 miles above Murfreesboro, and Jackson's brigade was 
 put to tearing up the railroad. Late in the evening the 
 yankees attacked the Florida brigade, and drove it back 
 and wounded Col. Bullock, who was in command. Jack- 
 son's brigade was ordered forward and drove back the 
 enemy; holding the field with a slight loss. On the 5th, Gen. 
 Forrest, being Bate's senior in rank, took command, and 
 began offensive operations; his line was attacked by the 
 yankees, and a portion of it driven back. Smith's brigade 
 of Tennesseeans and part of Jackson's repulsed a fierce 
 attack of the enemy, and held the ground until ordered 
 away. In the engagement around Murfreesboro, the 30th 
 Ga. regiment lost a considerable number of men in killed 
 and wounded, arriong whom was Lieut. Nathan Camp, 
 of Company A. On Dec. 9, Bate's division was ordered 
 to rejoin Hood at Nashville. T.he march from Murfrees- 
 boro to Nashville, a distance of thirty miles, was over 
 rough and rocky roads covered vtfith mud and ice which 
 was very hard on the men, many of whom were bare- 
 footed, and poorly clad — the suffering was intense. The 
 division of Bate arrived at Nashville two or three days 
 before the battle at, that place, and joined Cheatham's 
 corps, which was on Hood's right. On the 15th, Gen. 
 Thomas, who commanded the Federals, attacked Hood's 
 line, and succeeded in breaking his leit. On the right, 
 part of Cheatham's corps was attacked by a large force 
 under Gen. Steadman; most of his command were ne- 
 groes, and they were handsomely repulsed, with a heavy 
 loss. On the evening of the 15th Cheatham's corps to- 
 which the Thirtieth Georgia regiment belonged, was moved 
 to the left of Hood's line and the next morning Thomas 
 attempted to turn the left flank, and severe fighting en- 
 sued with varying success. Late in the afternoon. Bate's 
 division, which occupied a hill, was subjected to a heavy 
 cannonade, and the troops on the left gave way, .which 
 exposed the brigades of Jackson and Smith to an en- 
 filading fire. They nobly held their ground until sur- 
 rounded, and nearly. all killed or wounded- and captured. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 47 
 
 Gen. Bate said in his official report: "Two Georgia regi- 
 ments fought until completely surrounded." These were 
 the 29th and 30th regiments under command of Col. 
 Mitchell, of the 29th, and Major Hendrick, of the Thirtieth. 
 Very few of the command escaped capture. The Federal 
 force which effected the capture of Jackson's brigade, 
 was commanded, from the best information obtained, by 
 Col. Hubbard, and was composed of the 11th Missouri, 
 8th Wisconsin and 5th and 9th Minnesota. Gen. Jack- 
 son was captured by Lieut. Bishop of the 5th Minnesota. 
 In this battle the battle flag of the Thirtieth regiment was 
 captured; the color bearer was that brave young' soldier 
 boy, David Worsham, who was never heard of after the 
 battle. There are conflicting reports as to his fate. One 
 that he was killed and the flag torn to pieces, another 
 that after being wounded he tore the flag from its staff, 
 and tried to save it by thrusting it into his bosom. This 
 is partially corroborated by the reports of the Federal 
 officers, found in Series L, Volume 45, Part I, of the 
 records of the rebellion, which show that several strands 
 of colors were captured, and in one instance the color- 
 bearer, being wounded, tried to tear his colors from the 
 staff, but was captured. Lieut. Jesse Anthony, of Com- 
 pany E, says that on the day after the battle he with 
 other captured officers was in the second story, of a 
 building, in Nashville, and saw a lot of wounded Con- 
 federate prisoners marched through the .streets, and 
 among them he recognized David Worsham. It is very 
 probable that he died in the hospital at Nashville, as he 
 was never heard of after the war. The flag was captured 
 by either the 5th Minnesota, or the Uth Missouri regi- 
 ment. The writer has written several letters hoping to 
 recover the flag, but his efforts have proven unsuccess- 
 ful, so far. The battle was lost, arid the remnant of 
 Hood's little army retreated South being closely pressed 
 by the victorious yankees, and had it not been for the 
 skill shown by the officers in command of the rear guard, 
 the whole of them would have been captured. To show 
 how the ranks had been depleted, the seven brigades 
 selected to protect the rear of the army, only numbered 
 1,600 men. This little band was under command of Gen. 
 
48 History op The 
 
 E. C. Walthall, one of the best and bravest officers of the 
 war, and by continual skirmishing, kept back the enemy. 
 Hood was finally enabled to cross the Tennessee with his 
 little force. Gen. Hood had fought the battle of Nash- 
 ville with 22,000 m'en against nearly 60,000. His loss in 
 killed, wounded and captured was 4,500, which reduced 
 his force to less than 1,800 men. His further losses on 
 the retreat reduced his force to 16,900 according to the 
 army reports made Jan. 20, 1865, at Tupelo, Mississippi. 
 On Jan. 23, he was relieved of his command, and Gen. 
 Richard Taylor was assigped to the position. The little 
 army was sent by rail to South Carolina. In February Gen. 
 Joseph E. Johnston was again appointed to the com- 
 mand. From Newberry, S. C, they went to Bentonville, 
 N. C., where Johnston, again confronted his old antagon- 
 ist, Sherman; some fighting followed, in which the small 
 force of the Confederates inflicted considerable loss to 
 the enemy. On the 19th of April a truce was agreed 
 upon, and on, the 26th the little army of Gen. Johnston, 
 surrendered to Gen. Sherman at Gi^eertsboro, N. C. Only 
 . about forty of the Thirtieth regiment Was present at the sur- 
 render. The writer endeavored to obtain a roll of those 
 present but it seems that none has been preserved ,by the 
 United States Government, and a correct list cannot be 
 given. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 49 
 
 CHAPTER III 
 
 HISTORY OF OFFICERS AND COMPANIES 
 
 Col David J. BaUey 
 
 David J. Bailey was born at Lexington, Oglethorpe 
 County, Ga.,,in 1812. His father was a n;ative of Virginia, 
 and emigrated from near Petersburg to Oglethorpe County, 
 Ga. He had the advantage of a good e^ducation, and chose 
 the law for his profession and began its stjjdy whien quite 
 a young man. . $.ot being of: legarage,,a sp,ecial act' of tlie 
 Legislature was passed in, 1829 to allow hi'pi to practice 
 law and be. admitted t6 the bat. At the. same ti.rne Robert 
 Toombs and" John A. Caqipbell/afterward. judge of the Su- 
 preme cou,rt of the United States, were given the. s^tti.e. priv- 
 ilege. He.^tjegan the practice, of law at' Jackson,. Ca., where 
 he. had 'remo^^d,rf^hd 'S.oon„i)ecame one of the best .known 
 lawyers of that early period. ,> , , 
 
 Sometime about 1836 he was Firsjt Lietitenaiit in a com- 
 pany orgariized in time of the Indian war and served in 
 the Seminole war in Florida and later in the Creek war 
 in Georgia and Alabama. He returned to Jackson and re- 
 sumed the practice of law. 
 
 In 1847 he was chosen to represent Butts County in the 
 Legislature, and in 1849 he was elected to the senate from 
 the then Thirty-second Senatorial district, composed of the 
 counties of Butts and Jasper. He was among the foremost 
 legislators of the state at that time, in a body which had 
 among its members many eminent men, including Andrew 
 J. Miller, Joseph E. Brown and others. During this Legis- 
 lature he served as chairman of the judiciary committee. 
 At the close of his term in the senate he was elected as 
 a Democrat in the old Third district in the United States 
 Congress, and two years later, in 1853 he was re-elected. 
 His election to Congress showed his popularity with the 
 people, as this district had almost invariably for a long 
 
50 
 
 History of The 
 
 time sent a Whig to Congress. In these two elections, he 
 had defeated prominent members of that party. In Con- 
 gress he ranked among the ablest and most useful mem- 
 bers of that body. 
 
 He had as his colleagues from Georgia such men as 
 Robert Toombs, Alex H. Stephens, Junius Hillyer, Alfred 
 H. Colquitt, Marshall J*. Welborn and Charles Murphy. 
 
 
 
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 DAVID J. BAILEY 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 51 
 
 At the close of his term he did not offer for re-election 
 to Congress, but the people of Butts County would not 
 permit him to retire from public life, but again sent him 
 in 1855 to the Georgia senate and upon the organization of 
 that body he was elected president of the senate, which posi- 
 tion he filled in an able and dignified manner, winning 
 the esteem and confidence of his fellow members of both 
 political parties. He at one , time had served as secretary 
 of the senate. After his last service in the senate, he was 
 actively engaged in /his profession and was considered one 
 of the ablest lawyers of the old Flint Circuit, which at that 
 time had in its bounds such able lawyers as James H. 
 Stark, John J.'. Floyd, O. C. Gibson, E. G. Gabaniss, W. W. 
 Clark, L. T. Doyal and others. • 
 
 In January, 1861, he was, with Hon. Henry Hendrick, 
 elected to represent Butts County in the Georgia convention 
 which passed the ordinance of secession. Mr. Stephens iij 
 his work says this convention was the ablest body of men 
 ever assembled in the state. 
 
 In the summer of 1861, he obtained permission from 
 Gov. Brown to enlist a regiment of volunteers for service, 
 which, after several months of persistent work, he suc- 
 ceeded in doing. The regiment was organized near Fair- 
 burn, Ga., and the name given to the place of the organi- 
 zatioh was "Camp Bailey." Upon the election of officers 
 he was unanimously chosen colonel of the regiment. When 
 the regiment was reorganized in May, 1862, at Savannah, 
 he was re-elected to the same position. He had consider- 
 able difficulty in getting arms for his regiment, but after 
 months spent in this effort, he finally succeeded, and it was 
 believed he paid for the arms himself. He was quite popu- 
 lar with the men of the regiment £lnd endeavored at all 
 times to have them cared for as well as those of other 
 commands. So zealous was he in this respect that at one 
 time he incurred the displeasure of ^Gen. Lawton, then in 
 command at Savannah, who threatened to arrest him, but 
 Col. Bailey defied him to do so arid the rriatter passed 
 over. 
 
 On Account o'f failin_g health he decided to retire from 
 the service and' at Wilniington, N. C, January 16, 1863, he 
 resigned as- colonel of 'the' regiment, much to the regret of 
 his men, whb Were greatly alttach^d to "him. 
 
 After leaving his regiriietit he" i^etflrned' to his home at 
 
52 History op The 
 
 Griffin, Ga., having removed to that city in the early part 
 of the war. 
 
 Col. Bailey was a strong believer in the doctrine of 
 state rights, and boldly contended for the principles guar- 
 anteed to the states by the constitution. 
 
 A typical old-time Southerner, he loved his native 
 Southland and earnestly espoused her cause. He was a 
 man of indomitable will, resolute, fearless and independ- 
 ent; he scorned hypocrisy and yielded neither to blandish- 
 ment on thi one side nor intimidation on the other, but 
 stood, manly, brave and unmoved for what he believed was 
 right. As a lawyer he was brilliant at the bar; as a legis- 
 lator he was a strong factor in molding correct legisla- 
 tion and protesting against that which he thought was 
 wrong; as a statesman he ranked among the ablest of his 
 day and as a soldier, he was loved and revered. 
 
 Col. Bailey's wife was Susan Mary Grantland, daughter 
 of Hon. Seaton Grantland, a . prominent Georgian, who 
 served his state in Congress from 1836 to 1840. By this 
 union he had several children who have attained promi- 
 nence as citizens. One of his sons, Hon. Seaton Grant- 
 land, has served his people in the Georgia senate; another, 
 Hon. David J. Bailey, has been mayor of Grififin, and rep- 
 resented his county in iJie legislature. They are promi- 
 nently identified with the interests of their city and state. 
 
 Col. Bailey was a charter member of the Masonic Lodge 
 of Jackson, Ga., and in good standing at the time of his 
 death. He was Deputy Grand Sire of the Odd Fellows. 
 and declined the election of Grand Sire on account of his 
 duties while in Congress. He was truly one of nature's 
 ndtolemen. 
 
 He died at Griffin, Ga., at a ripe old age, after a life of 
 usefulness" devoted to his state and country. 
 # 
 
 Col. Thos. W. Mangham 
 
 Thomas W. Mangham was born in Columbus, Ga., No- 
 vember, 1836. When his beloved Southland was invaded 
 in 1861, he responded at once to the call of patriotism with 
 all the energy and enthusiasm of his brave and noble spirit. 
 His first service was in Virginia, but upon the organization 
 of the Thirtieth Georgia regiment he was appointed adju- 
 tant of the regiment, which position he filled in a credit- 
 able manner. At that time he was the best drilled officer, 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 53 
 
 and was kept busy drilling the officers of the regiment, and 
 frequently the whole command. 
 
 When the regiment was reorganized at Savannah in 
 1862, he was elected Lieutenant Colonel by a large major- 
 ity over a popular and efficient officer. 
 
 He took special interest in the discipline of his men, and 
 it has often been said that he had the best drilled regiment 
 in the army. While a strict disciplinarian, he was at the 
 same time kind and courteous to his men, and always looked 
 after their welfare. 
 
 On December 16, 1861, upon the resignation of Col. 
 Bailey, he was promoted to Colonel of the regiment. He 
 never shirked duty, but was always ready, and in battle 
 was found at the very forefront. He commanded the regi- 
 ment in the engagement at Jackson, Miss., and at bloody 
 Chickamauga; At the latter place he did not follow, but 
 led his men in the thickest of the battle. The writer re- 
 calls seeing him a little to the right and in advance of the 
 line, cheering his men to the charge,, displaying a courage 
 which was characteristic of him and an inspiration to his 
 soldiers. While -thus gallantly leading his regiment, he 
 was badly wounded and had to be taken from the field. 
 At the field hospital he showed a kind consideration for 
 the wounded of his men, inquiring as, to their wounds and 
 giving to each an encouraging word, and when the surgeon 
 told, him he was ready to examine his wound he replied : 
 
 "Doctor, .1 have men here who are worse wounded than 
 I. Look 'after them." 
 
 The writer was among the wounded and nearby, and 
 heard this remark, and saw the ball extracted from his 
 wound. Had it not been for a pocket knife, which the ball 
 struck and. partly checked its force, the wound would likely 
 have been fatal. This ended his. military life, as his wound 
 incapacitated him from further service, and in the summer 
 of 1864, finding he would not be able to resume active duty, 
 he resigned and left the regiment to which he was so 
 stroiigly attached. 
 
 On September 19, 1865, the second anniversary of the 
 battle of Chickamauga, Col. Mangham was married to 
 Miss Ida Winship, daughter of a prominent citizen of At- 
 lanta, Ga. He made his home at Macon, holding positions 
 of trust and honor until his death, which occurred Novem- 
 ber, 1873. His wife and four children survived him. No 
 braver, no truer patriot, none more loved by his men, ever 
 

 
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Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 55 
 
 November, 1873, published the day after his death, is 
 given : 
 
 DEATH OF COL. THOS. W. MANGHAM. 
 
 We are pained this morning to annpunce the death of 
 Col. Thomas W. Mangham which occurred yesterday 
 morning at his residence in this city. His health has not 
 been good in some years, but it was only within the past 
 few days that he was confined to his bed. His disease 
 was consumption, and since the first of the week his de- 
 cline was very rapid, and attended with great pain; but 
 yesterday morning he passed quietly unto his rest. 
 
 Col. Mangham was born in Columbus in November, 
 1836, and at the time of his death had just passed his 37th 
 birthday, which occurred last week. From Columbus his 
 family removed to Griffin, where he lived until 1857, when 
 he came to Macon. For some time,, we believe, he was 
 conductor on a passenger train on the Macon & Western 
 railroad, which position he left to take a position in the 
 Bank of Middle Georgia, which was under the control of 
 Mr. Isaac Scott. The latter position he held for some time, 
 and was finally offered a better salary in the Bank of Sa- 
 vannah, the agency of which was under the management of 
 Mr. J. E. Jones. When he informed Mr. Scott of this 
 offer, the latter voluntarily went to Mr. Jones and offered to 
 become bondsman for Mr. Mangham. 
 
 When the war broke out, Mr. Mangham, who had been 
 G warm secessionist from the outset, was afnong the first 
 to volunteer. When the secession movement first began, 
 Mr. Scott, who was an avowed Union man. Sent for Mr. 
 Mangharn and urged him not to vote with the secession- 
 ists. He siid the thing was all wrong and would prove so 
 in the end. Mr. Mangham answered that he could not 
 act otherwise than with the secessionists without violating 
 his .conscience. He thanked Mr. Scott for the advice he had 
 given him on many occasions, but, though it pained him to 
 do ■ so, the advice would have to be disregarded in this in- 
 stance. Mr. Scott, knowing how determined he was, and 
 finding his mind fully made up upon this point, ceased to 
 interpose any further advice. 
 
 Mr. Mangham entered the war in 1861 as corporal in 
 the Macon Volunteers. In the autumn of the same year 
 he was made Adjutant of the Thirtieth Georgia regiment, 
 which was then under the command of Col. David J. Bailey. 
 
56 History of The 
 
 Early in 1862 the regiment was reorganized and Mr. Man- 
 ;gham was elected Lieutenant Colonel; Toward the latter 
 part of 1863, Col. Bailey resigned the command of the regi- 
 ment, and on the 16th of -.December of the same year Mr. 
 Mangham was appointed Colonel. In this position he 
 served until the battle of Chickamauga, when he received 
 a wound in the hip, which totally unfitted him for future 
 military service. The wound kept him in bed for about 
 a year, and it was long before he was able to go without 
 crutches,- 
 
 In the army Col. Mangham was distinguished as a disci- 
 plinarian.. His. regiment was- frequently pronounced the best 
 drilled and the best disciplined in the army. He had the 
 confidence and the. love of his men. While he exacted a 
 rigid discharge pf duty from every, man under, his com- 
 mand, he was. as careful of their comfort as a father could 
 be for his children, and saw tha!t they were all well clothed 
 and .(iCvellif ed; He was conspicuous for ' his : gallantry upon 
 •the- field,! andi had' it not beeri. for. the- wound. which totally 
 unfitted him for further military service, he would have 
 . been made a Brigadier General; immediately; after the (bat- 
 tle of Chickamauga;: 
 
 There are few;men of.ihis age. in Macon who could not 
 haveibeeaibettfer spared.-. He was a man of sound judg- 
 ment, of sterling integrity -.and of the most' scrupulous ex- 
 actness in all his transactions. His promise was the criterion 
 of his actiotis. What he said, he- would do. If he once an- 
 nounced a determination it was irrevocable. He knew noth- 
 ing but the closest adherence to honor, and he had the en- 
 tire confidence of everyone who knew him. 
 
 His funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock. 
 A few days before his death he told his wife that he wanted 
 to be buried by the Macon Volunteers, wanted them to fire 
 a salute over his grave, and wanted to be buried as near 
 as possible to the soldiers' cemetery. The funeral will take 
 place from the Mulberry Street Methodist church. The 
 Volunteers are ordered to meet at their armory at half 
 past two o'clock. It is hoped that every man will turn out. 
 
Thirji'ieth Georgia Regiment 57 
 
 Col. James S. Boynton 
 
 James Stoddard Boynton was born in Henry county, 
 May 7, 1833. His father, Elijah Boynton, was of English 
 descent, tracing his ancestry back to the time of WilHam 
 the Conqueror. His mother was of a South Carolina fam- 
 ily of French extraction. 
 
 He grew up on the farm and attended the old field 
 schools of the neighborhood. He had an ambition to ob- 
 tain a cadetship at West Point, but on account of the death 
 of his father, when he was sixteen years old, he was un- 
 •able to pursue his preparatory course. He then determined 
 to enter the Military Institute at Marietta, but was forced 
 to abandon this idea. He entered Hearn's School at Cave 
 Spring, where he pursued his studies until his funds were 
 exhausted, and he was forced to leave school „and seek em- 
 ployment to gain a living. He returned to McDonough and 
 read law under Col. L. T. Doyal. His broad and active 
 mind and energy' enabled him to master the principles of 
 law in a very short time, and when only nineteen years old, 
 and after having studied law only seven weeks, he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar in October, 1852, while Judge James H. 
 Stark was judge of the Flint circuit, after a most rigid ex- 
 amination, receiving the congratulations of the judge and 
 the entire bar, on the thoroughness of his preparation and 
 the credit with which he passed his examination. 
 
 In November following he- opened up a law office in 
 Mpnticello, and had good success. In 1858 he moved to 
 Jackson, Ga., and went into partnership with James' R. 
 Lyon, and rose rapidly in his profession and won the es- 
 teem and confidence of the people. In 1860 he was elected 
 ordinary of Butts County. 
 
 Though exempt from military duty by virtue of his of- ' 
 fice, he responded to the call to arms in 1861, and enlisted 
 as a private in - Capt. Hendrick's company from Butts 
 County, the Thirtieth Georgia regiment. In May, 1862, 
 at the reorganization of the regiment, he was, elected Major, 
 and in December, 1862, was promoted to Lieutenant Col- 
 onel. His regiment served at Savannah, Charleston, Wil- 
 mington, Pocotaligo and Jacksonville, but in May, 1863, 
 was ordered to Jackson, Miss., and went through the ardu- 
 ous campaign in that state and joined the Army of Ten- 
 nessee a few weeks before the battle of Chickamauga. Dur- 
 ing this campaign. Col. Boynton won a high reputation for 
 
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 History OF The 
 
 courage and ability, and on, the evening before the evacu- 
 ation of Jackson, Col. Mangham and Lieut. Col. Boynton 
 were by general orders, issued by Gen. Walker, mentioned 
 for gallantry displayed. His regiment was in the thickest 
 of the fight, losing in one and one-half hours 55 per cent, 
 of the men, and there was ever present where the fight was 
 
 ^A^ 
 
 ■ruty 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 59 
 
 thickest and the danger greatest the gallant Boynton, cheer- 
 ing on and encouraging his men with a splendid coolness and 
 courage that set death at defiance. Col. Mangham being 
 seriously and permanently wounded at Chickamauga, Lieut. 
 Col. Boynton became Colonel and from that time on hi« 
 regiment followed the fortunes of the Western Army. 
 
 At Missionary Ridge, at Dalton, during the seventy- 
 two days' retreat to Atlanta, and in the battles around At- 
 lanta, the Thirtieth Georgia bore its full share of danger 
 and toil, and that regiment, while he commanded it, never 
 went into action except under his gallant leadership. He 
 was always at the post of honor. He was stricken down 
 by the enemy while forty yards in front of his men, leading 
 them on to the charge in the battle near Atlanta on the 
 22nd of July, 1864. His wound detained Col. Boynton 
 from his regiment until January, 1865, but at that time, 
 although an invalid from his wound and unable to move 
 without his crutches — a mere skeleton — he rejoined his 
 command and remained with them until disbanded. 
 
 During the war he had removed his family to Griffin, to 
 which place he went after the close of the war, and again 
 entered upon the practice of law. In 1866 he was made 
 judge of the city court of Spalding County, which position 
 he held for several years. From 1869 to 1872 he was mayor 
 of the city of Griffin, and a few years later he was elected 
 to represent Spalding County in the Legislature. In 1880 
 he was elected senator from the Twenty-sixth Senatorial 
 district, and unanimously elected president of the senate. 
 In 1882 Fayette County was entitled to the senator under 
 the rotation plan, but yielded the right to name a county 
 man and named Col. Boynton for re-election, and he was 
 returned to the senate and again made president of that 
 body. In March, 1883, upon the death of Gov. Stephens, 
 he became governor by virtue of his office as president of 
 the senate. He held the office of governor until the elec- 
 tion and inauguration of Gov. McDaniel. Since the adop- 
 tion of the rotation system fifty years ago, only a few men 
 have been re-elected to the Georgia senate. Gov. Boynton 
 was not only re-elected, but was also re-elected president of 
 the senate, an honor no others have held except Rufus E. 
 Lester and Clark Howell. In 1886 he was appointed judge 
 of the Flint Judicial circuit, which place he held for sev- 
 eral years. He was again elected to represent Spalding 
 County, serving two years. 
 
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 During all these years he did not forget his comrades 
 di the '60's. He took an active interest .in the reunions of 
 his old regiment, and seldom missed one, and always re- 
 ceived a warm greeting! from, his old soldiers. A few 
 months before his death, he met them in reunion at Griffin 
 for; the last time. He was too feeble to speak as he desired, 
 but in broken sentences, and tears streaming down his face, 
 he; bade them an affectionate, farewell and bade them God- 
 speed. It was truly an affecting scene. 
 
 ,Yery few public men, in Georgia: had greater personal 
 popularity than CoL rBoynton. There was a certain mag- 
 netism about him that drew men toward him. Of. fine per- 
 sonal appearance, attractive and courtly manners, and 
 geniaf.companionship, with an intellect naturally strong, a 
 lawyer learned in his profession, quick, logical and forci- 
 ble in debate, he was. a man to command attention before 
 any audience. Behind all. was; his pure, sincere and earnest 
 character that gave weight to every utterance he made. 
 The simplicity and generosity of his character, the nobil- 
 ity of his nature and his many amiable qualities combined 
 to make a personality so winning that few men held more 
 warm friends. He was a- man close to the people, and no 
 wonder their hearts went out to him as the blossom to the 
 sun, for the sunlight of his nature shone upon all of them. 
 As the commander of his regiment, he was honored and 
 revered, and his surviving comrades feel a just pride in 
 his patriotic record as a soldier, his eminent ability as a 
 lawyer and jurist, his wisdom as a legislator and chief 
 magistrate of our state, and his high Christian character 
 and many noble qualities. 
 
 Gov. Boynton was married in 1852 to Miss Fannie 
 Loyal, who died in 1877, leaving him two sons. On April 
 30, ,1883, he was married to Miss Susan Harris, of Walton 
 County, who is yet living. This marriage took place while 
 he was governor. 
 
 Col. Boynton was a consistent member of the Baptist 
 church at Griffin. He was also an honored member of the 
 Knights of Pythias, Masons, Red Men and Odd Fellows. 
 He died at his home in Griffin, Ga., December 22, 1902, at 
 the age of sixty-nine years. His death caused' universal 
 sorrow throughout the state. 
 
 He lived at an eventful period of our history and aided 
 in shaping many of the important acts of legislation at a 
 time when wise counsels were needed. His name and fame 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 61 
 
 entitle him to rank with the long galaxy of great and illus- 
 trious Georgians who have reflected honor upon the state. 
 
 Lieut; Col. M. M. Tidwell 
 
 M. M. Tidwell enlisted in September, 1861, as Captain 
 of the Fayette Volunteers, and when the Thirtieth regiment 
 was organized at Camp Bailey was elected Lieutenant Col- 
 onel. In May, 1862, upon the reorganization of the regi- 
 in.erit he ran for 'Colonel, but was defeated by Col. Bailey, 
 when he retired from service. Before the war he was a 
 prominent lawyer, and had ' an extensive practice in his 
 section of the state. At one time he held the position of 
 Solicitor General in his circuit. In 1857 he ran for Con- 
 gress against L. J. Gartrell, the Democratic candidate, but 
 was defeated. In 1861 he was a delegate from Fayette 
 County to the convention which passed the secession ordi- 
 nance. After the war he resumed the practice of his pro- 
 fession until his health failed. He died in Douglas County 
 about thirty years ago. 
 
 Maj. C. A. Tharp 
 
 Cicero A. Tharpe was born in Twiggs County, October 
 29, 1819, and moved to Bibb County when quite young. In 
 1853 he was sheriff of Bibb County. In 1861 he. enlisted as 
 Captain of the Bibb company in the Thirtieth regiment, but 
 was elected Major, which place he held until 1862, when he 
 declined a re-election. He was considered the best-drilled 
 officer in the regiment at that time and was frequently en- 
 gaged in drilling the men. In 1878 he represented Bibb 
 County in the Legislature. He was also a county commis- 
 sioner for several years. In every position which he held; 
 both civil and military, he was faithful to duty and enjoyed 
 the confidence of the people. His grandfather served in the 
 Revolutionary war. He married Eliza Bradley, of Liberty 
 County, by whom he had three daughters, to-wit: Mrs. 
 Spencer Proudfit, of Memphis, Tenn. ; Mrs. J. C. Howland; 
 of Washington, D. C, and Mrs. E. A. Heggie, of Atlanta, 
 Ga. He died at Macon, November 10, 1896. 
 
62 History of The 
 
 Company A, Butts County 
 
 Company A, known as Company B in the first or- 
 ganization, was made up in Butts County in the summer 
 of 1861 and united with the other companies which formed 
 the Thirtieth Georgia regiment, in October, 1861. The fol- 
 lowing were the officers : Captain, Henry Hendrick ; First 
 Lieutenant, A. T. Towles; Second Lieutenant, D. H. 
 Moore; Third Lieutenant, W. R. Andrews; Orderly Ser- 
 geant, J. G. S. Ham ; second, Aaron Goodman ; third, James 
 Rowland; fourth, Sergt. A. S. Henderson; fifth, M. V. B. 
 McKibben. The Corporals were: John Wallace, H. J. 
 Gilmore, J. M. Brady and J. M. Roberts. This company 
 was a fine body of men, and made up from among the 
 best families of Butts County. At the reorganization m 
 May, 1862, Capt. Hendrick, Lieuts. Towles and Moore 
 were re-elected, and J. G. S. Ham was elected Third Lieu- 
 tenant in place of W. R. Andrews. M. V. B. McKibben 
 was elected Orderly Sergeant, and there were some other 
 changes in the non-commissioned officers, which are given 
 in the roster of the company. In the early part of 1863 
 Capt. Hendrick was promoted to Major, to succeed James 
 S. Boynton, who had been promoted. First Lieut. Towles 
 was promoted to Captain, and M. V. B. McKibben was 
 elected Third Lieutenant to fill vacancy caused by the pro- 
 motion of other officers. At the battle of Jackson, Miss.. 
 July 16, 1863, Capt. Towles was severely wounded, and 
 Lieut. J. G. S. Ham was killed. Sergt. N. F. Camp was 
 elected Third Lieutenant to fill the vacancy which followed. 
 
 At the battle of Chickamauga this company suffered se- 
 verely. Several of its best men were among the killed. The 
 list of casualties on this bloody field, Atlanta, Jonesboro, 
 Franklin and Murfreesboro show that this company sealed 
 its faith with its blood, and no braver men followed their 
 country's flag. 
 
 Capt. Towles was disabled by his wound at Jackson and 
 nnfitted for further service. He died since the war in Butts 
 County. Lieut. Moore was captured at Nashville and dis- 
 charged from Johnson's Island in the summer of 1865. He 
 died in Butts County in 1903. Lieut. Ham, who was killed 
 at Jackson, ,was a brave and popular officer, whose death was 
 a serious loss to his company and to his country. He left 
 several sons, one of whom is the present ordinary of Butts 
 County, and another is a Baptist minister. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 63 
 
 James F. Carmicheal, who enlisted as a private and was 
 promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and was wounded at Jones- 
 boro on the 3lst of August, 1864, is one of the most promi- 
 nent citizens of Butts County, and his popularity was at- 
 tested by his being elected ordinary of his county several 
 times. He is at present engaged in the banking business. 
 
 Private Jeptha Castleberry, of this company, was se- 
 verely wounded at Atlanta, July 22, 1864. He was a good 
 soldier and rnade a good citizen. He settled in Monroe 
 County after the war, and represented that county in the 
 Legislature of 1898-1899. He is still living in that county. 
 
 Major Henry Hendricks 
 
 Major Henry Hendricks was born in Butts County, Ga., 
 May 9, 1821. After graduating at the University of Vir- 
 ginia, he settled in Jackson, Ga., and engaged in the dual 
 occupation of practicing law and managing a farm. In De- 
 cember, 1847, he married Eliza Le Sueur, of Bolingbroke, 
 Ga. His ability and success won for him the confidence of 
 the people of his county. He never took any active interest 
 in politics, but was elected a delegate to the convention of 
 1861, which passed the ordinance of secession. He entered 
 the Confederate army in September, 1861, as Captain of 
 Company A, Thirtieth Georgia regiment, and in 1863 was 
 promoted to Major of his regiment. He was in every en- 
 gagement in which the regiment took part, and was never 
 sick, except from wounds received at the battle of Jones- 
 boro, August, 1864. He was captured at Nashville, Decem- 
 ber 16, 1864, and was a prisoner at Johnson Island, Lake 
 Erie, until October, 1865. He returned to his home and re- 
 sumed the practice of law. In 1881 he was appointed judge 
 of the county court of Butts County, which -position he held 
 for twp years and resigned on account of failing health. 
 Maj. Hendricks was one of the most popular officers ever 
 connected with the regiment.. He was cool and courageous 
 in battle, kind and considerate to his men, and never shirked 
 duty. He was a typical old-time Southerner, devoted to his 
 state and country. He was possessed of many excellent 
 qualities, and had a large circle of friends, who delighted 
 to honor him. He was a prominent member of the Masonic 
 fraternity and held high positions in that order. He died 
 at Jackson, Ga., July 29. 1887. 
 
64 
 
 History of The 
 
 HENRY HENDRICK 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 65 
 
 Brief Biography of Martin Van Buren McKibben 
 
 Martin Van Buren McKibben was born in Butts County, 
 Ga., September 11, 1840, and died September 7, 1897. From 
 childhood it was apparent that he had inherited the sturdy 
 qualities of manhood characteristic of his Scotch-Irish an- 
 cestors. 
 
 He was of a most companionable disposition, and no man 
 ever enjoyed a closer and more intimate friendship than 
 was the privilege of the subject of this sketch with the 
 friends of his childhood and more mature years. 
 
 In the darkest days of our history, when the South was 
 calling for men, it is not surprising that Martin Van Buren 
 McKibben, enlisted at the beginning of the Civil war, as a 
 member of Company A, Thirtieth Regiment of Georgia 
 Volunteers. He was elected First Sergeant at Savannah, 
 Ga., in 1862, and in 1863, near Yazoo City, he was elected 
 Third Lieutenant, and commanded the company at the fall 
 of Jackson, Miss., and from 1863 to the close of the war — 
 Capt. A. T. Towles having been wounded and Lieut. John 
 G. Ham killed in said battle. Lieut. McKibben was in com- 
 mand of Company A at the battle of Chickamauga, and was 
 actively in the campaign and battles of Missionary Ridge, 
 the retreat of Gen. Johnston to Dalton and then from Dal- 
 ton to Atlanta, Ga. He was in the very thickest of all the 
 battles around Atlanta. On the march of Hood in Tennes- 
 see, he was severely wounded at Franklin, Tenn. However, 
 he soon returned to the command of the remnant of his 
 'company and was at the surrender of Johnston and was 
 discharged at the close of the war in 1865. 
 
 A comrade of the Civil war, in speaking of Lieut. Mc- 
 Kibben, paid him this just and beautiful tribute : "A braver 
 soldier never wore the gray nor unsheathed his sword in the 
 cause of the Confederacy." 
 
 When the war was over he returned to Butts County to 
 take up the broken thread. of his life. He was too ambitious 
 to be satisfied with the education he had received before the 
 Civil war, and though a veteran, he entered the University 
 of Georgia and graduated from that great institution in the 
 notable class of 1868. 
 
 He then returned to Jackson, Ga., and after teaching 
 school for a short time, entered actively upon the practice 
 of law, in which he made a conspicuous success. On Janu- 
 ary 28, 1872, he married Miss E. J. Fletcher. To this union 
 
66 History op The 
 
 was born two children, one daughter, Hattie J-, and one 
 son, Merritt Van. Lieut. McKibben was not only a brave 
 and noble soldier, but he was a true and generous friend, 
 a splendid lawyer and a successful financier. 
 
 Roll of Company A, Butt^ County 
 
 Capt. Henry Hendrick, promoted to Major, January, 1863 ; 
 captured at Nashville, 1864; died Jackson, Ga., 1889. 
 
 Capt. A. T. Towles, promoted from First Lieut, to Captain, 
 January, 1863 ; wounded, Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863 ; 
 dead. 
 
 Lieut. D. A. Moore, promoted from Second to First Lieut., 
 January, 1863 ; died since the war. 
 
 Third Lieut. William Andrews, resigned 1862. 
 
 Third Lieut. J. G. S. Ham, promoted from First Sei-gt. to 
 Third Lieut., May, 1862 ; to Second Lieut., January, 1863 ; 
 killed, Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863. 
 
 Lieut. M. V. B. McKibben, enlisted as Fifth Sergt. ; pro- 
 moted to First Sergt., May, 1862; to Third Lieut., Janu- 
 ary, 1863; to Second Lieut., 1864; wounded at Franklin, 
 Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864; died in Butts County, 1904. 
 
 N. F; Camp, promoted to First Sergt., 1863; to Third 
 Lieut., 1864; killed at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 7, 1864. 
 
 J. F. Carmichael, promoted to First Sergt., 1864; wounded 
 
 at Jonesboro, Ga., August 31, 1864; lives at Jackson, Ga. 
 
 First Sergt. Aaron Goodman, killed, Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 
 Sergt. James Rowland. 
 
 Sergt. A. S. Henderson. 
 
 Sergt. W. A. Mangham ; died 1908. 
 
 Sergt. J. C. Smith; killed Chickamauga, September 19, 
 1863. 
 
 Sergt. W. A. Liiidsay, promoted to Third Sergt., May, 1862 ; 
 died August, 1862. 
 
 First Corp. John Wallace ; died since the war. 
 
 Second Corp. J. M. Brady; discharged 1862; living in 
 Texas. 
 
 Third Corp. H. J. Gilmore ; drowned near Thunderbolt, Ga., 
 1862. 
 
 Fourth Corp. J. W. Roberts ; living in Alabama. 
 
 Privates. 
 Anderson, Barney ; killed at Peachtree, July 20, 1864. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 67 
 
 Andrews, John; died Savannah, 1862. 
 
 Bailey, S. B. ; living in Spalding County. 
 
 Bailey, E. W. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Baily, William C. ; no record. 
 
 Ball, Levi J.; elected Corporal, 1862; promotion to Sergt., 
 1864; died 1904- 
 
 Bankston, William; died since the war. 
 
 Barlow, Arthur; died during the war at Savannah. 
 
 Barclay, John L. ; died during the war in Butts County. 
 
 Brady, John W. ; died since the war at Jackson, Ga. 
 
 Brady, William; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Brooks, Hillary; lives in Henry County. 
 
 Bryant, James ; died during the war at Savannah. 
 
 Bryant, Riley ; no record. 
 
 Bryant, William; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19. 
 1863; wounded, Atlanta, Ga., July, 1864; died from 
 wound. 
 
 Buttrell, Joseph; died at Dalton, Ga., 1864. 
 
 Camp, Lewis; killed, Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Carmichael, Carter; died since the war in Butts County. 
 
 Carmicheal, Irlin B. ; living in Butts County. 
 
 Caston, Jesse L. ; died July 14, 1885, in Butts County. 
 
 Castleberry, James W. ; killed at Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 
 Castleberry, Jeptha F. ; wounded at Atlanta, July '22, 1864; 
 lives in Monroe County; was a prisoner captured at At- 
 lanta. 
 
 Chancelly, William; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 1863. 
 
 Clements, William; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 1863. 
 
 Douglas, William; living in Butts County. 
 
 Duffey, Jackson ; died in Texas since the war. 
 
 Edalgo, Francis; died since the war in Henry County. 
 
 Faulkner, William; living in Henry County. 
 
 Fears, Robert ; living in Butts County. 
 
 Fincher, James; died during the war. 
 
 Finley, James M. ; living in Butts County.- 
 
 Folds, George W. ; elected Fourth Corp., May, 1862; pro- 
 moted to Fifth Sergt., 1862; wounded at Chickamauga, 
 September 19, 1863; lives in Jasper, Ga. 
 
 Gardner, Tillman ; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 
 Greer, Johnson ; died during the war in Butts County. 
 
 Greer, Thomas H. ; living. 
 
68 History OP The 
 
 Gray, Simon; elected First Corp., May, 1862; killed at 
 
 Chickamauga, September, 1863. 
 Griggers, Osburn ;' died during the war. 
 Guideney, J. P. ; died in Camp Chase, Ohio, prison, January 
 
 29, 1865. 
 Ham, Cicero; living. 
 Hammill, John; died during the war. 
 Hammill, Isaac ; Died, 1906, in Alabama. 
 Harkness, Zach F. ; Butts Couhty. 
 Harris, Benjamiri F.; Alabama. 
 Higgins, Thomas J. ; Monroe County. 
 
 Hinson, A. L. ; wounded, Chickamauga, September 18, 1863. 
 Hourd, Ephraim ; wounded Kennesaw Mountain, 1864 ; died 
 
 from wound. 
 Hooten, Gill ; died during -the war. 
 Jarrell, Willis F. ; died duriiig the war. 
 Johnson, William; Dooly County. 
 Kimball, Pitman; died during the war. 
 Leseur, Meade; elected Second Corp., May, 1864; dis- 
 charged 1862, in Septerriber ; Monroe County. 
 Lester, John; died in prison. Camp Chase; Ohio, May 12, 
 
 1865. 
 Lewis, Augustus L. ; Texas. 
 Lynch, Scimuel ; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 Maddox, Asbiiry; Living in Butts County. 
 Massey, William B. ; died Camp Douglas, 111., 1865. 
 McCarthy, Charles ; Macon, Ga. 
 McCord, James W. ; wounded at Franklin, November, 1864, 
 
 and prisoner at Cariip Chase, Ohio; dead. 
 McKibben, T. A.; Elected Third Corp., 1862; Butts County. 
 McMichael, Stephen E. ; wounded, Chickamauga, Septem- 
 ber 19, 1863 ; lives in De Kalb County. 
 Moore,'D. H. ; lio record. 
 
 Moore, John E. ; killed a,t Nashville, Tenn., December ,' 1864. 
 Moore, Riley; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 Moore, Leroy H. ; living in Butts County. 
 Mote, George ; no record. 
 Nolan, Isaac; died since the war. 
 Phillips, Jefferson;, killed near Kennesaw Mountain, June, 
 
 1864. 
 Price, Robert; Jasper County. 
 Reeves, Columbus; no record. 
 Roberts, James M.; wounded at Atlanta, July 22, 1864; 
 
 living in Alabama. ' 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 69 
 
 Saunders, Job ; died during the war. 
 
 Saunders, L. L., Dr.; appointed Surgeon, 1862; lives in 
 
 Mississippi. 
 Saufiders, Troy S. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 
 
 19, 1863 ; died since the war. 
 Slaton, O. H. P.; transferred to medical department; liv- 
 ing in Mississippi. 
 Smith, Augustus ; Texas. 
 
 Smith,- James ; killed Chickamauga, Septelnber 19, 1863. 
 Smith, Richard; living in Monroe County. 
 Spencer, Thomas A. ; -Butts County. 
 Standard, A. J.; elected Fourth Corp., May, 1862; Henry 
 
 County. 
 Stewart, John P. ; Griffin, Ga. 
 
 Still, William; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 Thomas, William; woianded at Atlanta, Ga., July, 1864; 
 
 died from wound. 
 Turner, Miles ; Butts County. 
 Waldorp, William A. ; Butts County. 
 Watkins, Augustus ; Forsyth, Ga. 
 WilTiams, T. B. ; appointed Sergt. Major; died • since the 
 
 war, Rome, Ga. 
 Williams, T. L. ; Butts County 
 Wilkerjon, B. H. ; Upson County. 
 Wilkerson, Tip; died during the war. 
 Wise, Joseph ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; 
 
 Butts County. 
 Wright, B. F.; Sutler; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Company B, Henry County 
 
 This company was made up in , Henry County around 
 Stockbridge. Most of the members were from the upper 
 part of the county, although there were several , from Clay- 
 ton County. Dr. R. M. Hitch was elected Captain; T. A. 
 Ward, First Lieut. ; John C. Dabney, Second Lieut. ; O, S- 
 Berry, Third Lieut- ; R. Hightower, Orderly Sergt. ; Second 
 Sergt., E. S. Granden ; Third Sergt., F. M. Ellis ; Fourth 
 Sergt., G. F. Turner ; Fifth Sergt., W. H. Adartis. 
 
 The company went to Jonesboro, and left on the same 
 train with Capt. Dollar's company for Camp Bailey on Oc- 
 tober 3, 1861, and was mustered into service as Company 
 E, but was changed to Company B, at the reorganization. 
 
70 History OF The 
 
 At the reorganization the following officers were elected, 
 viz.: Captain, R. M. Hitch; First Lieut., Raleigh High- 
 tower ; Second Lieut., O. S. Berry : Third Lieut., J. A. Ar- 
 nold; Orderly Sergt., W. Hi Smith; Second Sergt.; J. A. 
 Berry; Third Sergt., J. W. Spence; Fourth Sergt., J. W. 
 Burks'; Fifth Sergt, H. H. Hinton; First Corp., T. E. 
 Moore ; Second Corp., J. A. Dethrage ; Third Corp., E. J. 
 Foster ; Fourth 'Corp., John Milam. 
 
 T. A- Ward, who had been a Lieutenant in the first organ- 
 ization, was appointed ordinance officer of the regiment. 
 This company was with the regiment while on the coast, 
 and went to Mississippi. At the battle of Jackson they 
 were on duty in the city, and were not engaged. ' On the 
 first day of the battle of Chickamauga they were on duty 
 assisting the wagon trains across the streams, but on the 
 second day they were engaged, and one man, C. H. Jones, 
 was killed, and several wounded. 
 
 Capt. Hitch resigned and First Lieut. Hightower was 
 promoted to Captain. At the same time Lieut. Berry was 
 promoted to First Lieutenant and J. A. Arnold to Second. 
 This company had the tallest man in the regiment in the 
 person of J. C. Turner; also the lowest man, H. C. Dunn. 
 Turner was captured during the war and. carried to Camp 
 Douglas, and it was said that he was the tallest m^n in the 
 prison at that place. Among the killed of this company was 
 A. O. Hardy, a young man universally beloved by his com- 
 rades, brave, noble and true-hearted. He was killed at 
 Franklin, Tenn., in November, 1864, while carrying the col- 
 ors of the regiment. Oscar S. Berry was killed at Decatur, 
 Ala., while encouraging his men to action. He was one of 
 the most popular officers of the regiment. He belonged to 
 the well known Berry family of Henry County, and was a 
 young man of excellent character. He was a good officer 
 and a brave soldier, and when he fell it was a serious loss 
 to the company. 
 
 Elijah Morris, who went out at first with this company, 
 was one of the best known men in Henry County. At 
 the organization of the regiment he came within a few 
 votes of being elected Major. He could have retired from 
 service when the conscript law was passed, being over age 
 at that time, but he remained with the regiment for some 
 time, when he was discharged. He was a man of high char- 
 acter and fine intellect, a devoted Christian and a minister 
 of the Methodist Protestant church. Before the war he 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 71 
 
 held the office of justice of the peace for a number of years. 
 I have often heard my father speak of him as his associate 
 magistrate, as a model officer and an upright, high-toned 
 gentleman. In 1872 he was elected to represent Henry 
 County in the, Legislature and served one term ; a few years 
 la,ter he moved ,tp Clayton County and died soon after. 
 
 Thomas E. Moore was a Clayton County man, who be- 
 longed to the, Henry County company. He was a native- 
 born Irishman, and. made one of the best soldiers in the 
 regiment. For a long, while he carried .the colors of the 
 regiment, andno braver man could have been selected for 
 that position. Hg was specially mentioned by the officers for 
 his gallantry at Chickamauga, where he kept the colors well 
 to the front. The writer was one of the colojr guard at that 
 time, and was by his side until wounded, and can testify 
 to his cool, calm bravery on that bloody field. He survived 
 the war and made a most excellent citizen. He died in Clay- 
 ton County in 1896. 
 
 Captain R. M. Hitch 
 
 Robert Marcus Hitch was born in Laurens District, S. 
 C, June 6, 1832. When a young man he graduated at the 
 State Medical College at Augusta,- Ga., and began, the prac- 
 tice of medicine in Henry County, where lie had settled. . In 
 1861, he raised a company of volunteers and was elected 
 Captain. This company was mustered into the Thirtieth 
 Georgia regiment. When the regiment was reorganized 
 in May,. 1862, he was re-elected Captain of his company 
 and acted as such until the latter part of 1863, when he was 
 transferred to the medical department and given a surgeon's 
 commission, in which capacity he acted until the close of 
 the war. After the war he removed to Brooks County and 
 by thrift and energy he acquired several thousand acres of 
 land and carried on considerable farming operations, a 
 merchandise store, ginnery, sawmill, and was postmaster at 
 Morven, Brooks County. He was an active, energetic 
 business man and quite successful. Dr. Hitch was married 
 in 1859 to Miss Martha Serena Fall, daughter of the well 
 known Dr. C. J. Fall, who at that time was a prorhinent 
 citizen of Henry County. By this marxiage he had several 
 children, one of whom is Hon. Robert M. Hitch, a promi- 
 nent lawyer of Savannah, and ex-member of the Legisla- 
 ture. Another son, Calvin M. Hitch, was several years 
 
72 History OF The 
 
 private secretary in the governor's office in Atlanta. His 
 wife died in 1878 and he married the second time to Miss 
 Annie Eliza Fall, who died several years ago. Dr. Hitch 
 was a member of the Methodist church, and for a number 
 of years Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge at Mor- 
 ven, Ga. He was at various times a member of the county 
 board of education and also a member of the board of 
 county commissioners. He was always active in church 
 and school matters. In the army he was considered one 
 of the most capable officers of the regiment, patriotic and 
 devoted. to the cause of the South, and one who could be 
 relied upon in any emergency, and a cultured and polished 
 gentleman. Dr. Hitch died at Morven, Brooks County, 
 April 15, 1888, honored and revered by a large circle of 
 friends. 
 
 Captain R. Hightower 
 
 Capt. R. Hightower was a member of the well known 
 family of that name in Henry County, and descended from 
 good ancestry. He enlisted as First Sergeant of his com- 
 pany, was elected First Lieutenant in May, 1862, promoted 
 to Captain in 1863, when Capt. Hitch resigned, and. served 
 through the war until wounded at Decatur, Ala., November, 
 1864. He returned home and engaged in the practice oi 
 medicine in Henry County, and has been quite successful. 
 He has been twice married and now lives at White House, 
 Henry County. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity 
 and of the Methodist church, and is justly regarded as an 
 excellent citizen, having the respect and confidence of all 
 who know him. 
 
 T. A. Ward 
 
 Thomas Alexander Ward was born in Henry, now Clay- 
 ton County. He was the son of P. Z. Ward, one of the 
 early settlers and prominent men of Henry County. He re- 
 ceived a fair education in the common schools of his neigh- 
 borhood, and one year at Bowden College. In 1859 he 
 taught school at Old Salem school house, in Clayton 
 County near his home. He enlisted in the Confederate 
 service in 1861, and was elected First Leiutenant of his com- 
 pany. In May, 1862, he was appointed Ordinance Sergeant 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 
 
 73 
 
 of the regiment, which position he held until the surrender 
 at Greensboro, N. C, in 1865. 
 
 His father lost heavily during the war, being directly in 
 
 the path of Sherman's "March to the Sea," and upon his 
 
 THOS. A. WARD 
 
74 History of The 
 
 return home he began work farming at the old homestead, 
 and by his tireless energy he succeeded in rebuilding the 
 fortunes of his old home place to most flattering extent. 
 He was well informed on all matters of public interest, 
 and was an active participant in the political affairs of his 
 county and his state, and was a frequent delegate to the 
 conventions of his party. 
 
 In 1884 he was nominated by the first Democratic pri- 
 mary ever held in Clayton County for the Legislature, and 
 served two years in that body. He was always interested 
 in the cause of education and the civic upbuilding of his 
 community and was frequently called to positions of honor 
 and trust. He was a' Mason of high standing, by which 
 fraternity he was highly esteemed, and honored. He was 
 a devout member of the Methodist church, and was always 
 active in its affairs. A few years after the war he was 
 married to Miss Missouri Glass, who was a charming 
 daughter of Judge James Glass, of Henry County. He 
 was a true and generous friend and neighbor and his ad- 
 vice and counsel were frequently sought by his frieiids. He 
 was a patriotic soldier, an exemplary Christian arid a man 
 who left his impress on his community. 
 
 For several years prior to his death he was president 
 of the Thirtieth Georgia Reunion Association, and neve/ 
 missed a meeting of that body- About 1891 he moved to 
 Stockbridge, Henry County, where he lived until his death 
 in June, 1898. 
 
 The writer of this sketch knew him intimately from 
 early boyhood as a true friend and neighbor; in war as a 
 brave comrade and soldier, and will ever cherish many 
 pleasant recollections of school-day associations, of com- 
 radeship in war, and the maturer friendship of later years. 
 
 Wm. A. Turner 
 
 William Allen Turner, son of Rev. Allen and Martha 
 Maury Turner, was born in Covington, Ga., September 6, 
 1835 ; labored on the farm (except one year's tuition in 
 childhood) until sixteen years of age, when he entered a 
 high school in his native town, scarcely knowing the multi- 
 plication table. In 1853, he entered a high school in Liberty 
 county taught by his elder brother, Rev. J. W. Turner, 
 where he studied for two years. In the fall of 1855, he 
 matriculated in Emory College, Oxford, Ga., graduating in 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 75 
 
 1858. In, 1859, 1860 and a part of 1861, taught school in 
 Palmetto, Ga., dismissing a school of 165 pupils to enlist in 
 the Thirtieth Georgia regiment, Company E, in June, 1861, 
 as a private. Discharged in 1862, on account of rheuma- 
 tisrn. Taught in the fall of 1862 at Jonesboro, Ga., as as- 
 sociate of Miss Maggie Candler, without fee or reward. In 
 1863 tried to join Second Georgia Cavalry, but was refused 
 on account of physical debility- Was appointed Adjutant 
 of a cavalry regiment of state troops and served on the left 
 wing of Johnson's army during the winter of 1863-4. 
 In the early summer of 1864, organized a company of miH- 
 tia and joined the Ninth regiment. Was in command, by 
 order of Gen. Johnston, of two companies of militia at 
 Campbellton, where, on the 4th of July, 1864, we had a 
 sharp fight with the enemy's cavalry, killing and wounding 
 several and preventing their crossing the Chattahoochee 
 river at that point. Afterward ordered to Atlanta, and was 
 wounded by a piece of shell. Was promoted to the rank of 
 Major after the battle of Jonesboro. Was severely wounded 
 in the fight at Griswoldville, November 22, 1864, carrying in 
 a regiment of 150 men and having 85 killed and wounded. 
 
 He was so badly disabled that from wound received in 
 said battle he could not enter the service again. Taught 
 school again in the summer, of 1865 in Palmetto. Was 
 elected to the Constitutional Convention of 1865 from 
 Campbell county, and to the senate from the Thirty-sixth 
 Senatorial district, and served in 1865-6. He has the great 
 gratification of knowing that he voted against every de- 
 mand made by Andrew Johnson, as president, and the Con- 
 gress of the United States, being the only, one in either 
 house of that legislature to make a speech against the 
 adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 
 Voted against the Fourteenth Amendment also. He is the 
 only survivor of that senate. 
 
 Was admitted to the bar in 1866 at Campbellton. Be- 
 came a r^ident of the city of Newnan, Qa.., April 1, 1866, 
 where he still resides. On the 16th day of November, 1870, 
 was married ,tp Miss Eleanor Josephine Reese, daughter 
 of Dr. J. T. Reese, of Newnan. Four children were born 
 of said union — two sons and two daughters. One daughter 
 died in infancy, the other is now the wife of Dewit T. 
 Poole. Sons both married, 'one resident in Atlanta; the other 
 practicing medicine in Newnan. 
 
 Was elected from Coweta County to the memorable Leg- 
 
76 History of The 
 
 islature of 1878-9, known as the "impeaching legislature." 
 Was one of seven elected by the house of representatives 
 in the trial and impeachment of J. W. Renfroe. Was again 
 sent by a partial constituency to the house of representatives 
 in 1884-5, where he was made chairman of the general 
 judiciary committee. Since then, he has devoted himself to 
 the practice of his profession and his large farming inter- 
 ests. 
 
 Roll of Company B, Henry County 
 
 Enlisted September 25, 1861. 
 Capt. R. M, Hitch ; resigned 1863 ; died in Brooks County, 
 
 1888. 
 Capt. R. Hightower; enlisted as First Sergt. ; elected First 
 
 Lieut., April, 1862; promoted to Captain 1863; wounded 
 
 Decatur, Ala., October, 1864; lives in Henry County. 
 First Lieut. T. A. Ward — appointed Ordinance Sergt., May, 
 
 1862 ; surrendered North Carolina, 1865 ; died 1898. 
 Second Lieut. John C. Dabney; retired May, 1862; died 
 
 since the war. 
 Second Lieut. Oscar Berry ; enlisted a Third Lieut. ; elected 
 
 Second Lieut, in May, 1862; promoted to First Lieut. 
 
 January, 1864; killed at Decatur, Ala., October, 1864. 
 Third Lieut. J- A. Arnold; elected Third Lieut. May, 1862; 
 
 died 1892. 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 First Sergt. W- H. Smiih; succeeded R. Hightower, May, 
 1862; wounded at Chickamauga; lives at McDon- 
 ough, Ga. 
 
 Second Sergt. J. C. Turner ; died in Henry County, 1908. 
 
 Second Sergt. J. A. Berry; surrendered North Carolina, 
 1865 ; died 1908. 
 
 Third Sergt. F. M. Ellis; died in Clayton County, 1884. 
 
 Third Sergt. J. W. Spence; lives in Carroll County. 
 
 Fourth Sergt. E. S. Graden; wounded Chickamauga, 1863; 
 died 1864. 
 
 Fourth Sergt. Elijah Morris; discharged 1864; died in Clay- 
 ton County, 1884. 
 
 Fifth Sergt. H. H. Hinton ; died in Texas, 1907. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 First Corp. M. V. B. Morris ; discharged 1862 ; died in Clay- 
 ton County, 1911. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 77 
 
 Corp. T. E. Moore ; died in Clayton County 1896. 
 
 Corp. W. M. Morgan; died in service. 
 
 Corp. John Milam; died in service. 
 
 Corp. E. J. Foster ; missing at Chickamauga. 
 
 Corp. H. C. Dunn ; died 1896. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Adams, John ; died 1862. 
 
 Adams, WilHam; wounded New Hope Church, 1864; died 
 
 1867. 
 Allums, James; died in service. 
 Adams, James; died since the war. 
 Askew, Josiah; enlisted 1864; died Henry County, 1897. 
 Berry, Adolphus; died in service. 
 Bivins, J. H. ; dead. 
 Bivins, S. H. ; dead. 
 
 Blackman, J. M- ; died since the war in Douglas County. 
 Black, E. J.; died in service. 
 Burks, J. H. ; died in Atlanta, 1910. 
 Burks, D. A. ; died in 1868 in Henry County. 
 Burks, Alexander ; died since the war. 
 Burks, Josiah; discharged 1863; died 1905. 
 Callaway, James M. ; lives in Florida. . 
 Clark, James ; missing at Chickamauga. 
 Crawford, Samuel; Died 1869. i 
 
 Dabney, T. J.; discharged 1862; lives in Clayton County. 
 Day, William; no record. 
 Dethrage, J. A. ; died since the war. 
 Dickey, T. F. ; died 1898. 
 Dickey, W. W. ; killed by train since the war. 
 Dukes, Sam; died in service. 
 Dunn, Clay ; wounded in battle ; died 1894. 
 Dunn, Alexander ; died 1888. 
 Dunn, W. S. ; died 1864. 
 Farmer, John; died in service. 
 Farmer, Thomas ; died in service. 
 Farmer, David ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 Fowler, J. F. 
 
 Fischer, H. C. ; lives Atlanta ; captured at Jonesboro. 
 Hardy, Charles ;' killed Atlanta, July 20, 1864. 
 Hardy, A. O. ; killed Franklin, Tenn., 1864 ; color bearer. 
 Hightower, J. C. • appointed Capt. Asst. Quarter Master ; 
 
 died 1895. 
 
78 History op The 
 
 Hightower, J. N. ; died 1892. 
 
 Hightower, J. W. ; died 1908. 
 
 Hightower, P. H. ; died 1865. 
 
 Harrell, M. M. ; died in Clayton County, 1890. 
 
 Hinton, W. G. ; discharged, over age, 1862. 
 
 Hudson, W. M. ; died 1863. 
 
 Johnson, S. D. ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Jones, C. H. ; killed Chickaraauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Jones, Lewis; died 1882. 
 
 Jones, N. F. ; dead. 
 
 Kean, John; enHsted 1864; died Henry County, 1901. 
 
 Kirkland, L. N. ; enlisted 1864; died in Clayton County, 
 
 1906. 
 Kirsey, W. M. 
 Kelley, J. K. ; dead. 
 Kuglar, D. J. ; lives in Clayton county. 
 Lewis, James ; dead. 
 Martin, James ; dead. 
 Martin, John ; died since the war. 
 Martin, T. M. 
 Martin, W. W. 
 McClendon, James ; died 1862. 
 McClendon, Manson; died 1862. 
 McCullough, Robert; killed accidentally. 
 McPeak, M. D. ; died in Clayton County, 1897. 
 McPeak, W. M. ; killed Franklin, Tenn., November, 1864. 
 Metts, Sam; dead. 
 
 Milam, Henry; lives in South Georgia. 
 Mitchell, Asa; dead. 
 Mitchell, James ; died 1864- 
 MitcHell, John; died 1864. 
 Mitchell, Green, Sr. ; died in Savannah, 1862. 
 Mitchell, Green, Jr. ; died in Savannah, 1863. 
 Mitchell, William; living in Henry County. 
 Mobley, B. C. ; lives in Henry County. 
 Morris, John A. ; died in Atlanta, 1910. 
 Morris, S. A. ; lives in Atlanta. 
 Morgan, J. O. ; dead. 
 Nolan, J. R. ; lives in Coweta. 
 Nolan, J. T. ; lives in Coweta County. 
 Patillo, J. J. ; died since the war. 
 Paxton, William. 
 Philips, Babe ; dead. 
 Philips, G. W. ; killed Jonesboro, August 31, 1864. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 79 
 
 Ray, John. 
 
 Rhodes, WilHam; captured at Nashville. 
 
 Rodgers, J. D. ; died 1905. 
 
 Rowan, J. F. ; captured Missionary Ridge; died in Henry 
 
 County. 
 Sikes, Sloan; dead. 
 
 Shettleworth, R. B. ; died in Henry County, 1908. 
 Shields, D. T. M. ; Died in 1862 in Florida. 
 Stanley, Richard; dead. 
 Terry, James. 
 
 Tanner, B. B.; transferred to Company E; died 1863. 
 Tramell, Hamp; surrendered with Gen. Lee; died 1890. 
 Trammell, T. J. ; died 1862. 
 Turner, G. F. ; lives in Paulding County. 
 Turner, W. A.; transferred; lives Newnan, Ga. 
 Veal, Joe. 
 
 Weathers, J. S. ; lives in Gwinnett County. 
 Wilson, John ; died of smallpox, 1864. 
 Winfrey, A. H. ; killed Atlanta, 1864. 
 Wyatt, Joshua. 
 
 Company C, Douglas County 
 
 This company was raised in what was then the upper 
 part of Campbell, now Douglas County, in the summer of 
 1861. W. N. McGouirk was elected Captain, C. P. Bowen 
 1st Lieut., J. C. Danforth 2nd Lieut., and A. G. Wedding- 
 ton, 3rd Lieut., H. H. Williamson, Orderly Sergeant. The 
 other sergeants were : W. R. Salman, J. S. Rutherford, W. 
 R. Harry and J- W. Selman. This company went to Camp 
 Bailey the latter part of September and became Co. 
 F, Thirtieth Georgia Regiment, but at the re-organi- 
 zation the position was changed and it was after- 
 wards known as Company C. At the re-organiza- 
 tion of the regiment in April, 1862, Capt. Mc- 
 Gouirk, and the same Lieutenants • were re-elected, 
 but there were some changes in the non-commissioned offi- 
 cers. In the early part of 1863 Capt. McGouirk resigned and 
 2nd Lieut. Danforth died. Lieut. Bowen was promoted to 
 Captain and the vacancies for Lieutenants were filled by the 
 election of H. H. Williamson and James W. Selman. In 
 1862 the company received a number of recruits and was the 
 
80 History op The 
 
 second largest of the regiment. This company was with 
 the regiment throughout the war and w^s in all the engage- 
 ments in which the regiment participated ; the casualties in 
 battle and by disease were considerable. Among the killed 
 of the company was Lieutenant H. H, Williamson, who was 
 killed upon the breastworks near Atlanta in July, 1864. At 
 the battle of Jackson, Mississippi, July 16, 1863, Serg. A. 
 W. Ballentine was killed in the charge upon the Federal 
 lines; he was a brave soldier and had many friends in the 
 regiment. A singular incident connected with his death was 
 that he dug his own grave. For several days the regiment 
 lay in an old creek run and the men had dug holes in the 
 ■ banks to protect themselves from the enemy's sharp shoot- 
 ers, and on the night after the battle, just before the lines 
 were evacuated, the body of young Ballentine was buried in 
 one of these excavations, which he had assisted in digging. 
 Another brave soldier of this company, who gave his life 
 to his country, was Sergeant W, R. Selman. He was badly 
 wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, and was afterwards 
 captured and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio; while there in 
 prison, gangrene got into his vyound. He was offered his 
 release if he would take the oath, which h_e refuesd to do, 
 preferring death to the disgrace of forsaking the cause of 
 his country. He died in prison, Oct. 18, 1864, and in his 
 death Company C lost one of its best men, and the South 
 one of its most loyal patriots. 
 
 Capt. W. N. McGouirk, the first captain of the company, 
 was somewhat past middle life when he enlisted in 1861. 
 While he was not skilled in military tactics, nor given to os- 
 tentation he was a noble, true-hearted man, possessed with 
 a good amount of common sense, plain, honest and straight- 
 forward. He was so popular with his men that at the re- 
 organization of the company he was re-elected, and re- 
 mained in the army until the early part of 1863 when he re- 
 signed. After the 'war he was one of the leading citizens of 
 the new county of Douglas, and was elected to represent the 
 county in the Legislature for one term. He was quite pop- 
 ular in his county, and had the reputation of being an hon- 
 e'st. upright man. He died in Douglas county in 1903. 
 
 James W. Hurt enlisted as a private in this company, but 
 was later transferred to the Sharp-shooters- He made an 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 81 
 
 excellent soldier, and after the war he went to Texas and 
 became an influential citizen of that state. He served in the 
 Texas Legislature and held other important positions. He 
 is quite popular with the people of his adopted state. 
 
 Captain C. P. Bo wen 
 
 Caleb P. Bowen enlisted in the Confederate service in 
 1861, and was elected 1st Lieutenant of company C, Thirtieth 
 regiment. There was not a more popular and efficient offi- 
 cer in the regiment. Upon the resignation of Capt. Mc- 
 Gouirk in 1863, he was made captain of his company. He 
 was with the regiment almost the whole time during its 
 service. He was wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 1863, and 
 was captured at Nashville, Dec. 16, 1864. Soon after the 
 creation of Douglas county he was, elected to represent the 
 new county in the Legislature. He has also held several 
 other positions in that county. He was one of the most 
 popular and highly esteemed citizens of his county. He was 
 a consistent member of the Baptist Church, at Douglas- 
 ville. Capt. Bowen took special delight in attending the re- 
 union of his regiment and seldom missed one. He died at 
 his home in Douglasville in 1906, universally lamented by 
 his host of friends. 
 
 Roll of Company C, Campbell,' now Douglas Go. 
 
 Captain, W. N. McGouirk, resigned 1863. Died, Douglas 
 
 County, in 1903. 
 Capt. C. P. Bowen; enlisted as 1st Lt. Oct. 1861. Promoted 
 
 to Capt. 1863. Wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 1863, 
 
 Captured. Died, Douglas Co., 1907. 
 2nd Lieut. John C. Danf orth ; died at Savannah, 1863. 
 3rd Lt. A. G. Weddington; promoted to 1st Lt. 1863. Died 
 
 1903. 
 3rd Lt. James W- Selman ; elected 2nd Lt. 1863. Died 1908. 
 3rd Lt. H. H. Williamson ; enlisted as Sergeant. Promoted 
 
 to 3rd Lt. 1863. Killed near Atlanta, July 1864. 
 1 st Serg. W. R. Selman ; wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 
 
 1863. Captured and died at Camp Chase, Ohio, Oct. 1864. 
 
82 History op The 
 
 2nd Serg. J. S. Rutherford; died in prison, Camp Douglas, 
 
 1865. 
 2nd Serg. S. M. McCarty; wounded, at Jackson, Miss., July 
 
 16, 1863. Died 1.863. 
 3rd Serg. W. W. Harry; died in Douglas County, 1881. 
 4th Serg. A. W. Ballentine; killed at Jackson, Miss., July 
 
 16, 1863. 
 ."^th Serg. J. C. Morris ; wounded, Jackson, Miss., 1863, and 
 
 at Calhoun, May 16, 1864. 
 6th Serg. T. H. Williamson; killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 
 
 19, 1863. 
 Corporal J. P. McEwen ; lives in Florida. 
 Corporal W. F. Mosely; lives in Birmingham, Ala. 
 Corporal G, W. Lane; lives in Powder Springs, Ga. 
 Corporal S. W. McGouirk ; lives in Tennessee. , 
 Corporal J. H. Walden; wounded, Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 
 
 1863. Died of wounds. 
 Corporal J. W. Anderson; died in Douglas County, 1881. 
 Corporal S. H. Worthy ; lives in Augusta, Ga. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Allen, W. J. ; died. Savannah, 1862. 
 
 Alexander, W. J. ; living in Douglas County. 
 
 Argo, L. D. ;■ supposed to be living in Indiana. 
 
 Baggett, Allen ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Ballentine, J. W. ; lives in Augusta, Georgia. 
 
 Black, G. B. ; died 1890. 
 
 Blair, Allen. 
 
 Blair, James ; died 1890. 
 
 Bishop, John V. ; died 1894. 
 
 Bone, Manning; killed in Tennessee. 
 
 Bowen, A. J. ; living in Atlanta. 
 
 Brown, J. J. ; died 1864. 
 
 Brown, P. N. ; lives in Douglas County. 
 
 Bullington, R. P. ; wounded Jackson, Miss., 1863. Lives in 
 
 Douglas County. 
 Burton, James ; no record. 
 Burton, S. F. ; died Savannah, 1862. 
 Butler, Joe ; died since the war. 
 Cash, Wm. C. ; died Mobile, Ala., 1863.- 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 83 
 
 Causey, J. H. ; lives in. Douglas County. 
 
 Causey, W. H. ; lives in Paulding County. 
 
 Campbell, W. B. 
 
 Chapman, A. J. ; lives in Talbot County. 
 
 Chapman, James ; lives in Heard County. 
 
 Chapman, John; died 1890. 
 
 Clay, G. H. ; died Savannah, 1862. 
 
 Collins, J. W. ; died in Tennessee, 1889. 
 
 Dorsey, J. M. ; wounded Chickamauga, Sept- 19, 1863. Cap- 
 tured Nashville, Dec 1864. Prisoner at Camp Chase, 
 Ohio. Lives at Powder Springs. 
 
 Eason, J. R. ; killed by mule running away, 1889. 
 
 Eason, O. R. ; dead. 
 
 Endsley, George ; died Camp Douglas, III, 1865. 
 
 Endsley, James ; died at Savannah, 1882. 
 
 Endsley, Berry ; lives in Texas. 
 
 Endsley, Joseph; wounded Chickamauga Sept. 19, 1863. 
 Went to Texas- 
 
 Endsley, Pleasant. 
 
 Endsley, Manning; died in Savannah, 1862. 
 
 Farmer, J. R. ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Gamiel, H. B. ; lives in Paulding County. 
 
 Gamiel, J. B. ; died at Griswaldville, Dec. 1861. 
 
 Gamiel, W. F. ; died in Douglas County. 
 
 Gilbert, W. F. ; wounded in battle. 
 
 Goodson, A. J. ; lives in Arkansas. 
 
 Goodson, M. J. ; died in Arkansas, 1870. 
 
 Gore, Manning A. ; lives in Cobb County. 
 
 Hall, Asa; lives in Heard County: 
 
 Hall, J. M. ; living last account. 
 
 Hall, J. P. ; captured May, 1864. Died at Rock Island Pris- 
 on, 1864. 
 
 Harper, Beverly ; lives in Carroll County. 
 
 Henderson, Jackson ; no record. 
 
 Henderson, J. M. ; lives in Douglas County. 
 
 Hendley, P. L. ; died in 1862. 
 
 Hendricks, William ; lives in Paulding County. 
 
 Hightower, Isaac ; lives in Tennessee. 
 
 Hilderbrand, J. H. ; died, 1864. 
 
 Holloway, L. S.;died 1891. 
 
 Holloway, N. J. ; lives in Douglas County. 
 
84 History op The , 
 
 Holloway, S. H. ; died since the war. 
 
 Holloway, Willis; died 1864. 
 
 Holloway, W. P. ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Hurt, J. W. ; lives in Texas. 
 
 Irwin, A. N. ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 James, Charles; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 James, Counce; died 1862. 
 
 James, Stephen M. ; killed at Franklin, Tennessee, Nov. 30, 
 n864. 
 
 James, Wm. M. ; wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863, 
 Died 1863. 
 
 Johns, J. J. ; lives in Paulding Co. 
 
 Johnson, W. H. ; lives Douglas County. 
 
 Johnson, W. J. ; lives in Paulding County. 
 
 Laminack, J. D. ; wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863 ; 
 lives in Alabama. 
 
 Laminack, Toliver ; lives in Alabama. 
 
 Lane, W. A.; died 1891. 
 
 Langston, J. W. ; died 1862. 
 
 Lipscomb, N. S. ; lives in, Douglas County. 
 
 Levin, E. W. ; transferred to 1st Batt. Sharpshooters. 
 
 Mattox, W. H. ; died 1883; 
 
 Maney, W. F. ; no record. 
 
 Maxwell, E. W. ; died 1873. 
 
 Maxwell, J. G. ; died 1909. 
 
 McLarty, A. N. ; died in Texas, 1867. 
 
 McLarty, G. W. ; died Camp Chase, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1865. 
 
 McLarty, G. W. Jr. ; lives in Cullman, Alabama. 
 
 MpLarty, G. G. ; Texas. 
 
 MkLarty, J. J. ; died since the war. 
 
 McLarty, J. S. H. ; died in Texas since the war. 
 
 ]\^Larty, S. A. ; lives in Douglas County. 
 
 McLarty, S. M. ; promoted to 2nd Serg. Wounded, Jack- 
 son, Mississippi, July 16, 1863. Died 1863. 
 
 McLarty, S. W. ; died since the war- 
 
 McLarty, T. A. ; died since the war. 
 
 McGuire, G. T. ; Discharged 1862 ; dead. 
 
 Meeks, J. W. ; wounded, Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Lives 
 in Paulding County. 
 
 Moates, G. S. ; no record. 
 
 Moates, J. M. ; died, Griswaldville, 1862. 
 
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 Moates, J. P. ; lives in Marion County, Alabama. 
 
 Morgan, J. G. ; lives in Alabama. 
 
 Nixon, A. F. ; lives in Arkansas. 
 
 Nixon, John W. ; died in Mississippi, 1863- 
 
 Nixon, Elijah; lives in Harralson County. 
 
 Norton, J. G. ; wounded, Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Lives 
 
 in Douglasville. 
 Oxner, Henry; discharged 1862. Died 1870. 
 Polk, James ; died 1888. 
 Rice, Vincent; dead. 
 
 Rogers, Elijah; killed in Texas, 1890, by cowboys. 
 Selman, T. H. ; lives in Douglas County. 
 
 Sprayberry, James ; no record. 
 Sprayberry, James ; no record. 
 Stewart, G. W. ; lives in Paulding County. 
 Stewart, J. R.; killed, Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 Stewart, P. G.; died 1885. 
 Strickland, W. A. ; died 1862. 
 
 Strickland, W. J. ; killed, Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 Strickland, G. N. ; lives' in Harralson County, Ga. 
 Stone, A. N. ; wounded at Murfreesbpro, Tenn., 1864; lives 
 
 Douglas County. 
 Taylor, M. G. ; died 1888. 
 Taylor B. F. ; lives in Texas. 
 Tidwell, T. J. ; promoted to Corporal ; dead. 
 Tolbert, E. H. ; lives in Carroll County. 
 Vansant, Wilkes; wounded, Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863; living in Alabama. 
 Walden, W. W. ; wounded, Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863 ; lives in Douglas County. 
 Wedington, C. W. ; lives in Douglas County. 
 White, A. J. ; died 1864. 
 Wilson, C. F. E. ; living. 
 Winn, A. B. ; living Polk County. 
 Winn, J. C. ; died 1863. 
 Winn, A. H. ; living Cordele, Ga. 
 
 History of Company D 
 
 Company D was organized in Bibb County, although 
 some of the members were from counties adjoining. The 
 
86 History of The 
 
 company went to Camp Bailey under C. A. Tharpe, but 
 upon his being elected as Major of the regiment, Thomas 
 J. Bartlett became captain; Hudson Whitaker, First Lieu- 
 tenant; James F. Barfield, Second Lieutenant,* and L- B. 
 Moseley, Third Lieutenant; J. M. Parker, Orderly Ser- 
 geant. At the reorganization in May, 1862, Capt. Bartlett 
 retired and First Lieut. Whitaker was elected Captain, with 
 James F. Barfield, L. B. Moseley and J. A. Calloway as 
 the three lieutenants, and James S. Bryant, Orderly Ser- 
 geant. The company was with the regiment the whole 
 time and bore their part in every line of duty they were 
 called upon to discharge. This was the smallest company 
 in the regiment, and suffered more in killed and wounded 
 than any other. At Chickamauga they had eight killed and 
 seven wounded out of thirty-seven men who went into 
 that battle. Among the killed was Sergt. Bryant, one of 
 the most capable and brave non-commissioned ofificers in 
 the regiment. Lieut. B'arfield was slightly wounded. Capt. 
 Whitaker was in command during the battle. The com- 
 pany sustained losses at Atlanta, Joriesboro, and other bat- 
 tles in which they participated. Capt. Whitaker was highly 
 esteemed as an officer by the whole regiment; he was kind 
 and considerate to his men ; brave and cool in battle, and an 
 honorable and upright man. He was justly considered one 
 of the most popular officers in the regiment. Capt. Whit- 
 aker was wounded at Kennesaw Mountain in June, 1864, 
 and at Nashville, Tenn, December 16, 1864, he was taken 
 prisoner and sent to Johnson's Island. After the war he 
 settled in Lee County, where he died in 1877. 
 
 Lieut. Barfield was slightly wounded at Chickamauga. 
 He was a good officer and was popular with the regiment. 
 The most of this company was killed or died during or 
 since the war. Several yet live in Bibb, Houston and, Craw- 
 ford counties. Dr. J. H. D. Worsham belonged to this 
 company, and after the war returned to Macon, and for 
 many years held the position of county physician. He died 
 in 1908. David Worsham was one of the most popular 
 young men in the regiment, although young in years and 
 boyish in appearance, he made one of the best of soldiers. 
 At Nashville he carried the colors of the regiment and was 
 mortally wounded, and was never heard of since the war. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 87 
 
 It was said that after being wounded he tore the colors 
 from the staff and thrust them in his bosom to keep them 
 from being taken by the enemy, but he was captured with 
 the colors,, and neither ever heard of since. 
 
 Roll of Company D, 30th Georgia Regiment 
 
 Enlisted from Bibb County September 25, 1861. 
 
 Capt. C. A. Tharpe, elected Major October, 1861 ; resigned 
 May, 1862 ; died in Macon, Ga., 1877. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Bartlett; resigned May, 1862; joined Vir- 
 ginia army and was killed at Petersburg, Va. 
 
 Capt. Hudson Whitaker ; enlisted as First Lieutenant Octo- 
 ber, 1861; elected Captain May, 1862; wounded at Ken- 
 nesaw Mountain, June, 1864; captured at Nashville, 
 Tenn., December, 1864; paroled from Johnson's Island-, 
 died 1877. 
 
 Lieut. James F. Barfield ; enlisted as Second Lieut. 1861 ; 
 elected First Lieut. May, 1862 ; wounded at Chickamauga, 
 September 19, 1862 ; died in Bibb County, Ga., since the 
 war. 
 
 Second Lieut. L. B. Moseley; enlisted as Third Lieut.; 
 elected Second Lieut. May, 1862. 
 
 Third Lieut. J. M. Calloway ; enlisted as Sergeant 1861 ; 
 elected Third Lieut. May, 1862; died in Bibb County 
 since the war. 
 
 First Sergt. J. M. Parker; discharged May, 1862. 
 
 First Sergt. J. S. Bryant; killed at Chickamauga, Septem- 
 ber 19, 1963. 
 
 Second Sergt. E. C. Elkins; discharged 1862. 
 
 Second Sergt. M. P. Jennings; died in Bibb County 1863. 
 
 Third Sergt. William Herrington; died in Bibb county 
 since the war. 
 
 Fourth Sergt. N. B. Bradley; discharged 1862. 
 
 Fifth Sergt. W. H. Jennings ; died in Bibb County, 1907. 
 
 First Corporal S. F. Nicholson ; wounded, Kennesaw, 1864 ; 
 Stewart County. 
 
 Second Corp. William Jessup ; killed at Chickamauga, Sep- 
 tember 19, 1863. 
 
88 History op The 
 
 Third Corp. Enoch Renfroe; died in Crawford County, 
 
 1863. 
 Fourth Corp. J. J. Long; captured at Nashville; died Camp 
 
 Chase, December, 1864. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Braswell, J. G. ; living Crawford County at last account. 
 Braswell, William; died in Bibb County since the war. 
 Bryant, John; killed near Atlanta, July, 1864. 
 Champion, C. C. ; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863. 
 Champion, J. M. ; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863. 
 Calloway, Henry; lives in Bibb County. , 
 
 Calloway, Jesse; wounded at Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 31, 1864; 
 
 Bibb County. 
 Cunningham, Thomas ; killed near Atlanta, July, 1864. 
 Daviston, CuUen ; lives in Crawford County. 
 Draughan, B. F. ; wounded at Nashville, December, 1864; 
 
 lives in Bibb County. 
 Draughan, J. N. ; wounded at Murfreesboro, Tenn.^ 1864. 
 
 Lives in Bibb County. 
 Draughan, W. M. ; wounded, Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863. 
 
 Lives in Bibb County. 
 Elliott, Charles; wounded Chickamauga, September 18, 
 
 1863. 
 Gibbons, A. J. ; wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 16, 1863. 
 Greene, J. B. ; no record. 
 Harper, Jesse ; whereabouts unknown- 
 Heard, Marion ; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 Hickman, Pat; wounded at Calhoun. 
 Hill, Berry; died in Macon since the war. 
 Hill, T. ; died Camp Chase, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1864. 
 Johnson, J. A. ; died in Clayton County, 1902 ; wounded at 
 
 Jonesboro, 1864. 
 Jones, J. J. ; wounded, Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 
 
 1864 ; lives in Louisiana. 
 Jones, W. H. ; died in Bibb County since the war. 
 
 Kelley ; killed at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864. 
 
 Kimbrough, Thomas ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 
 
 19, 1863 ; died in Bibb County, 1863. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 89 
 
 Lee, N. J. ; killed at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863. 
 Miller, J. R. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, 
 
 and at Peachtree, July, 1864; died at Perry, Ga., 1906. 
 Millirous, Elbert; lives in Wilkerson County. 
 Millirous, James; wounded at Chattahoochee River, 1864; 
 
 lives in Houston County. 
 Moncrief , Eli ; died at Savannah, 1863. 
 Moncrief , George ; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863. 
 Moncrief, W. H. ; lives in Bibb County. 
 Pender, Wright; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 Richardson, A. J. ; lost left leg at Chickamauga, September 
 
 19; 1863 ; lives in Macon, Ga. 
 Rooks, Elijah; Houston County, last account. 
 Sanders, A. P. 
 Sanders, J. C. 
 
 Sanders, Jesse ; killed at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864. 
 Simmons, John; Macon, Ga. 
 Smith, Silas ; Crawford County. 
 Spillers, George. 
 Spillers, Samuel; no record. 
 Tharpe, A. J.; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863; and at Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863; lives in 
 
 Crawford County. 
 Tharpe, Jeff; wounded at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864; died 
 
 1890. 
 Tidwell, John; lives in Oglethorpe County. 
 Toole, Martin. 
 Waites, J. J.; Millen, Ga. 
 Worsham, David; wounded while carrying the colors at 
 
 Nashville, December 16, 1864; died from wounds. 
 Worsham, J. A.; lives in Crawford County. 
 Worsham, J. H. D.;' Physician, Asst. Surgeon; died in Ma- 
 con, 1908. 
 Young, William; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863. 
 
90 History op The 
 
 Company E, Clayton County 
 
 The first company that enlisted in the Confederate serv- 
 ice from Clayton County belonged to the Tenth Georgia 
 regiment, and left Jonesboro in May, 1864, for Virginia. 
 Within less than an hour after their departure a list was 
 started to get up another company of volunteers, and the 
 writer well remembers enrolling his name, as the fourth 
 one on the roll. This company was made up in Clayton 
 County, and was called "The Clayton Invincibles," and 
 known as "Company E, Thirtieth Georgia Regiment," or 
 Company I in the first organization. 
 
 The company was organized by the election of the fol- 
 lowing officers : Captain, C. A. Dollar ; First Lieutenant, 
 J. F. Mann; Second Lieutenant, J. L. McConnell; Third 
 Lieutenant, J. H. Stewart; Orderly Sergeant, Elijah Huie; 
 Second Sergeant, G. W. Tanner; Third Sergeant, J. M. 
 Smith ; Fourth Sergeant, Jesse Anthony ; Fifth Sergeant, G. 
 W. Huie ; First Corporal, J. H. Hamrick ; Second Corporal, 
 J. H. Buchanan; Third Corporal, J. W. Fuller; Fourth' 
 Corporal, T. G. L. Cook. 
 
 Although the company was organized in the summer of 
 1861, it was sorrie time before they were ordered into serv- 
 ice. Before leaving home the company was presented with 
 a beautiful silk flag made by the ladies of Clayton County, 
 which was presented by Miss Ella Callaway, who made a 
 patriotic address, which was responded to by Private (after- 
 wards Captain) J. H. Huie. On October 2, 1861, the com- 
 pany left Jonesboro on the cars for Camp Bailey, near Fair- 
 burn, where they enlisted in ,the regiment of Col. David J. 
 Bailey, which was afterwards known as the "Thirtieth 
 Georgia Regiment." Their enlistment dated from Septem- 
 ber 25, and the company numbered at that time seventy-two 
 men, rank and file, but was afterwards largely recruited, 
 and had on its rolls from first to last 142 men. Almost t.jt 
 whole company was made up of young men and boys from 
 fifteen to twenty-five years of age. There were only six 
 married men in the company when they first enlisted. 
 
 The first death to occur in the company was Henry M. 
 Sanders, who was sent home sick and died in about three 
 weeks after going into service. 
 
Thirtieth 'Georgia Regiment .91 
 
 In May, 1862, at Savannah, -the company was reorgan- 
 ized, Capt. Dollar being re-elected; also First Lieut. J. F. 
 Mann; Dr. N. B. Drewry was elected Second Lieutenant, 
 and J. H. Huie, Third Lieutenant; Elijah Huie, Orderly 
 Sergeant ; W. Q. Anthony, Second Sergeant ; W. W. Dick- 
 son, Third Sergeant ; W. A. Lawson, Fourth Sergeant, and 
 Joel Baxley, Fifth Sergeant. W. B. Hurdle, J. E.' Lites, 
 A. P. Adamson and T. G. L. Cook were elected Corporals. 
 At this time a few of our men who were exempt from age 
 were discharged, and upon reorganization the letter and 
 number of the company was changed from I to E. The 
 officers took special interest in drilling their men. Company 
 E was considered one of the best drilled companies in the 
 regiment, not only in ordinary drill and manual of arms, 
 but nearly every man was proficient in the bayonet exer- 
 cise. 
 
 The company was with the regiment through all the 
 campaign on the coast of Georgia, Florida and the Caro- 
 linas, and also in Mississippi. Early in 1863, Dr. N. B. 
 Drewry was appointed Surgeon, and resigned as Second 
 Lieutenant. He was succeeded by the promotion of Lieut. 
 J. H. Huie; Elijah Huie was elected Third Lieutenant and 
 J. H. Buchanan, Orderly Sergeant. 
 
 While the regiment was near Jacksonville, about thirty 
 of the company volunteered to go with Capt. Dollar into 
 the city one night to see if any Yankees were there. We 
 quietly passed through the place without meeting anyone. 
 The citizens had all refuged, and the Yankees were all 
 aboard their gunboats, which lay at anchor in the river. We 
 could hear them talking, but they were probably not aware 
 of our proximity to them, and we were not molested. As we 
 left the city next morning they saw us, but from some 
 cause did not follow us. 
 
 At Jackson, Miss., when the picket line had to be re- 
 taken, the company deployed as skirmishers, and advanced 
 across a large field in front of the regiment, in the face of 
 a brisk fire from the enemy, keeping their alignment with a 
 precision which won the commendation of our superior offi- 
 cers. We had orders if the enemy's line made strong resis- 
 tance to fire and lie down, so as to let the balance of the 
 
92 History of The 
 
 regiment charge over us. This was done, the charge was 
 made, the enemy fled and the' line retaken. 
 
 While in Mississippi the company in a few weeks' time 
 lost several men from sickness, caused by hard marches and 
 bad water which they were compelled to use. From Mis- 
 sippi we went to Bragg's Army, near Chattanooga, and on 
 the: I9th and 20th of September participated in the battle 
 of Chickamauga, where we had two men killed and eleven 
 wounded. The killed were J. F. Evans and R. T. Trarhmell, 
 both of whom rejoined the company only two days before. 
 An account of the battle is given more fully in the history 
 of the regiment in another part of this work. 
 
 The company was with the regiment in the memorable 
 campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, and participated in every 
 engagement in which it took part. At Calhoun, on May 16, 
 1864, A. J. Camp was wounded in the foot. The ball could 
 not be located until 1905, forty-one years after, when it 
 worlced out. In January, 1864, Capt. Dollar was elected 
 Ordinary of Clayton County, and a few weeks later re- 
 signed, and Lieut. J. H. Huie was prornoted to Captain. 
 Jesse Anthony was later on elected Third Lieutenant to fill 
 the vacancy caused by the promotion of Elijah Huie from 
 Third to Second Lieutenant. At the battle of Atlanta Capt. 
 Huie, with several of the company, was captured, several 
 were wounded, and F. M. Johnson was killed. At the bat- 
 tle of Jonesboro, which occurred , almost in. sight of the 
 homes of some of .the company, J. Y. Allen was killed and 
 several wounded. 
 
 The company was with Hood in the disastrbus cam- 
 paign in Tennessee, and took part in the battle at Decatur, 
 Ala., Murf reesboro, Franklin, Nashville and other places. 
 At the battle of Franklin, Sergt.W. Q. Anthony, one of the 
 best soldiers of the regiment, and Charles Hancock, were 
 killed, and several wounded. The company also suffered at 
 Murf reesboro, and at the battle of Nashville, Lieut. An- 
 thony and sixteen others were captured ; only a few escaped 
 being captured. Those captured were taken to Camp Chase, 
 Ohio, where six of them died, as follows : J. R. Adamson, 
 J. T. Berry, J. W. Conine, A. A. Huie and J. W. McKown. 
 Only a few went with the army to North Carolina. Nearly 
 the whole company were in prison at different places, or ab- 
 
Thirtieth Georgia IIegiment 93 
 
 sent from some cause Or other. At the surrender at Greens- 
 boro, N. C., only the following were present : Lieut. Elijah 
 Huie, Jerry Shields, W. B. Hurdle and two or three others. 
 This company was a noble body of men, nearly all of whom 
 were from, the best families of Clayton County, and almost 
 every one of them is entitled to honorable mention, but 
 space will not permit but a brief reference to a few of 
 them. This is without any invidious distinction, others be- 
 ing equally meritorious. Private T. J. Askew was one of 
 the best known men, not only in the regiment, but in the 
 other commands. Nearly everyone knew Jeff, as he was 
 familiarly called. He was a good soldier, always cheerful, 
 hardly ever on the sick list, and had as many friends as any 
 man in the company. Since the war he has been farming 
 in Fayette County, and has attended every reunion of the 
 regiment except one. E. D. Campbell was as true a sol- 
 dier as ever went into battle, always ready for every duty 
 demanded of him. At the battle of Franklin he lost his left 
 arm and was a prisoner at Camp Chase. After the war he 
 settled in Jasper County and was a respected citizen. He 
 died in 1908 in that county. 
 
 W. W. Dickson was one of the best soldiers in the army- 
 He was born in Clayton County and was of excellent pa- 
 rentage. It is said that he was never on the sick list but 
 once during the war. He was in every skirmish and battle 
 in which the regiment was engaged. He says he threw 
 down his gun for the first and only time when he was cap- 
 tured at Nashville. He was a prisoner at Camp Chase, and 
 returned home in the summer of 1865. He afterwards 
 married a Miss Clinton, an estimable lady, and has raised 
 a large family, all of whom live in Clayton County, and are 
 among the best people of. the county. Mr. Dickson was 
 several years one of the Colinty Commissioners of Clayton 
 County and is at present chairman of the County Board of 
 Education. He is a member of the Methodist church. He 
 is justly considered one of the most solid citizens of his 
 county and is highly esteemed by his many friends. 
 
94 History of The 
 
 Jesse Anthony 
 
 Jesse Anthony was born at Jonesboro, Ga., in 1839, and 
 spent his bioyhood days in Clayton County. In 1861 he en- 
 listed in Capt. Dollar's company of the Thirtieth Georgia 
 regiment. He served for a while as Fourth Sergeant, and 
 for sometime was detailed in the quartermaster department. 
 In June, 1864, he was elected Third Lieutenant of the com- 
 pany, and served in that capacity until captured at Nash- 
 ville in December, 1864. He was sent to Johnson's Igland, 
 from which place he was discharged in the summer af 1865. 
 A few years after the war he was elected Justice of the 
 Peace of Jonesboro District. In 1874 he was elected to rep- 
 resent Clayton County in the Legislature. He was for some 
 time one of the County Commissioners of his county. He 
 )jvas a good soldier, and an excellent citizen, and has many 
 warm friends in Clayton County. He now holds the office 
 of Justice of the Peace, which position he has held for sev- 
 eral years. His home is in Jonesboro, Ga. 
 C. A. DOLLAR. 
 
 C. A. Dollar 
 
 Capt. C. A. Dollar was born in Newton County, Ga., and 
 brought up on a farm. He attended the common schools 
 of that day and obtained a fair education. At the begin- 
 ning of hostilities in 1861, he was engaged in teaching school 
 in Clayton County, where he had lived for several years. 
 When the Clayton Invincibles was organized he was elected 
 Captain, and at the reorganization in 1862, he was re- 
 elected. He was regarded as one of the most popular 
 and best drilled officers of the regiment. He took great 
 interest in drilling his men, and had one of the best drilled 
 companies in the service. He was very jealous of the rights 
 of his men, looking well to their interest, and on one occa- 
 sion came very near having a personal encounter with a 
 superior officer when he thought they were not properly 
 treated. He was daring and fond of adventure, and did 
 not know what fear was. While at Savannah he would 
 frequently take a few of the men and go to some of the 
 islands which were not picketed, in quest of an adventure 
 of some kind. His bold act in taking about twenty-five of 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 95 
 
 his men into Jacksonville, Fla., when the river was full 
 of Yankee gunboats, and no Confederates in the place, was 
 considered reckless by some of the officers. He led his 
 company on the skirmish line at Jackson, Miss., and again 
 at Chickamauga, and after driving back the enemy's pickets, 
 rejoined the regiment and went through both battles, dis- 
 playing remarkable courage on both occasions. In January, 
 1864, he was elected Ordinary of Clayton County and soon 
 after resigned his commission as Captain of his company. 
 They parted with him with great reluctance. After the war 
 he was married to Miss Morris, an estimable lady of De 
 Kalb County. After serving four years as Ordinary, he 
 was for a while town marshal at Jonesboro, and later on was 
 shot in a personal difficulty, and died not long afterwards. 
 He was survived by his wife and two daughters. 
 
 J. H. Huie 
 
 Joseph H. Huie, enlisted as a private, was promoted to 
 a Lieutenancy, and in 1864 became Captain to succeed Capt. 
 Dollar. He was born in Campbell County in 1836, but 
 most of his life has been spent in Clayton County. He was 
 one of the best drilled, and among the most popular officers 
 of the regiment. He was wounded three times, at the bat- 
 tle of Chickamauga. At the battle of Atlanta he was 
 taken prisoner and carried to Johnson's Islarid, from which 
 place he was paroled in June, 1865. After the war he mar- 
 ried Miss Jane Daniel, of Clayton County ,3.nd for a num- 
 ber of years eiigaged in teaching school. In 1900 he was 
 elected tp represent Clayton County 'in the Legislature, 
 where he served two years. He is at present County School 
 Commissioner of Clayton County, which position he has held 
 for several years. He has filled every position he 
 has held with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the 
 people of his county. His life as a citizen is in full keeping 
 with his life as a soldier. He is an excellent type of a true 
 Southerner, a high-toned Christian gentleman, and an hon- 
 ored member of the Masonic fraternity. His home is at 
 Forest Park, Ga. 
 
96 
 
 History of The 
 Dr. N. B. Drewry 
 
 Nicholas B. Drewry was born in Spalding County, Ga., 
 in 1834. His education was obtained mainly in the com- 
 mon schools. When a young' man he graduated in medi- 
 
 N. B. DREWRY 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 97 
 
 cine at the Atlanta Medical College and began the practice 
 of his profession in his 'community. In 1860 he located at 
 Jonesboro, Ga. When Georgia seceded he was attending 
 medical lectures at New Orleans, and at once he returned 
 home, having decided to enter the service- - He volunteered 
 as a private in Capt. Dollar's company. For awhile he was 
 assigned to a position in the medical department of the 
 regiment, but at the reorganization in May, 1862, was 
 elected Second Lieutenant of Company E, which place he 
 held until December, 1862, when he vvas commissioned as 
 Surgeon in the army, and reported for duty in Virginia, bat 
 was subsequently sent to the Medical College hospital in- 
 Atlanta. When the writer of this sketch was wounded at 
 Chickamauga and sent to this hospital, Dr. Drewry attended 
 him, and he will never forget the care and kindness he re^ 
 ceived at his hands. After the fall of Atlanta he was sent 
 to the hospital in Mississippi, and later sent to Georgia, re^ 
 maining at his post until the surrender. After the close 
 of the war he resumed the practice of rriedicine in his old 
 neighborhood. Later oh he moved to Griffin, ■ and for many 
 years has been actively engaged in his practice, and ranks 
 among the best physicians. He has taken great interest in 
 the cause of education, and was for a number of years chair- 
 man of the Board of Education of the city of Griffin. He 
 served two years in the Georgia Legislature as a represen- 
 tative from Spalding County. He has also served several 
 terms as mayor of Griffin. He joined the Baptist church, 
 when a young man and for more than fifty years has been a 
 most consistent member, always taking great interest in the 
 denominational work of his church- For the last ten years 
 he has been the moderator of the Flint River Association. He 
 also belongs to the Masonic fraternity. As a physician he 
 stands high in his profession ; as a citizen he is honored and 
 respected, and comes up to the full standard of an honest, 
 upright, true Christian man, without stain or reproach. He 
 now lives at Griffin, Ga., enjoying the fruits of a well round- 
 ed life. 
 
98 History of The 
 
 A. P. Adamson 
 
 Augustus Pitt Adamson was born in Clayton County, 
 March 20,. 1844. His, father was N. C. Adamson, an old 
 and :pr,pmineat citizen of his cpunty; his mother was Mancy 
 Bibb McDaniel, an aurit, of. Ex-Governor Henry D. McDan- 
 iel. He was brought up on a farm, with only a limited edu- 
 cation, .confined to the common schools of fifty years ago, 
 and what he learned at home. . In 1861, at the age of seven- 
 teen, he enlisted inCapt. Dollar's company and served in 
 the ranks of the Thirtieth regiment until his capture. He 
 was severely wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sep- 
 tember. 19, 1863, which disabled him from active service for 
 i-several mojtiths. While, at home wounded, he was offered 
 an assignment in the medical department under Dr. E. J. 
 Roach,, of .Atlanta, which he declined, preferring to return 
 to his coipmand, which he dfd. before recovering from his 
 .woundand the restoration, of his health. . On May 17, 1864. 
 ; he was captured and was held a prisoner at Rock Lsland, 111., 
 until February, 1865,, when he was exchanged, with a num- 
 ber; of sick and, disabled men. He arrived home March 17, 
 r, 1865; just a few days before the surrender. , His father's 
 -property was. destroyed by Sherman's army,, and the outlook 
 -.was indeed gloomy, but he at once went to work on the 
 farmi,; spending part of the first few years in, teaching school. 
 .In .,]Stoyember, 1866, he was married to Miss Martilla E. 
 Cook, an estimable young lady of Clayton County, who died 
 :iii 1878, leaving hini eight small children. His, second wife 
 was Martha J. Burks, of Clayton County, by whom he had 
 three children. All of his eleven children are living, the 
 oldest son in Texas. Three of his sons are engaged in jour- 
 nalistic work, one of whom, Robert Lee, was for several 
 years engaged on the Atlanta Constitution, and later on 
 was one of the editors of the New York World, which po- 
 sition he left to become secretary to Mayor Gaynor, of New 
 York. One son, Tilden, served as a Lieutenant in the Third 
 Georgia regiment in the war with Spain, and is at present 
 city editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. Walter, another son, 
 was also enlisted in the same war, and is a reporter on a 
 New York paper. Another son, Emory, is a prominent 
 business man of Jacksonville, Fla. His two other sons, Lin- 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 99 
 
 ton and C. C. Adamson, arfe engaged in farming in Qayton 
 County. His daughters are Mrs. J. T. 'Cowan, of Hape- 
 ville, Ga. ; Mrs. J. G. Hale, of Atlanta, Ga. ; Miss Ada and 
 Miss Alice Adamson, of Clayton County. Mr. Adamson 
 has always taken an active part in politics and the public 
 affairs of his state and country. For more than thirty years 
 he has served as a riiember of the Democratic Executive 
 Committee of Clayton County, most of the time as either 
 chairman or secretary. He has also several times been a 
 delegate to the convention of his party. In 1898 he was 
 nominated and elected to represent Clayton County in the 
 Legislature, serving two years, and declining re-election. 
 He has been Justice of the Peace for his district continu- 
 ously since March, 1871. For two years he has been County 
 Registrar, and has also been a jury commissioner since 
 1896. He was appointed by Gov. Terrell trustee from Clay- 
 tori County of the Fifth Congressional Agricultural School, 
 which position he now holds. He has also held other posi- 
 tions of honor and trust. He has been a frequent contribu- 
 tor to the Atlanta Constitution and his county paper. Sev- 
 eral years ago he wrote a history of Clayton County, which 
 was published in weekly installments in the Jonesboro En- 
 terprise. He took an active interest in organizing the Re- 
 union Association of the Thirtieth Georgia Regiment, and 
 has been secretary of that organization all the while, and 
 never has missed a meeting. He was designated by his 
 comrades to write the history of the regiment. He has 
 been a member of the Baptist church since 1861, and has 
 served his church as deacon for thirty years, and as church 
 clerk since 1867, being the oldest church clerk in point of 
 service in the Flint River . Association- He is a member of 
 the Masonic order and also of the Odd Fellows. He now 
 lives on his little farm in Clayton County near Rex, on the 
 same lot of land where he has always lived, and which his 
 father bought three-quarters of a century ago. He is con- 
 tented and strongly attached to farm life. 
 
100 
 
 History of The 
 R. S. Osburn 
 
 R. S. Osburn was born in Clayton County, Ga., February 
 .2, 1845. He was a son of J. M. Osburn, an excellent citi- 
 -zen of that county. WHen a mere boy, he enlisted in Capt. 
 
 ROBERT S. OSBURN 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 101 
 
 Dollar's company from Clayton County, and went with the 
 company when it entered the service in 1861. He served 
 with the company on the coast and through the Mississippi 
 campaign and up to Chickamauga, when he,, with several 
 others, were captured and carried to Camp Douglas, 111., 
 where he remained a prisoner until the early part o,f 1865, 
 when he was discharged and sent down the Mississippi 
 river, where he joined Kirby Smith's army and later sur- 
 rendered with the forces of Gen. Smith at Natchez. Out of 
 the seven men captured with him and carried to Camp Doug- 
 las all died except two. He returned home and soon after 
 married Miss Nannie Jones, an estimable young laay oi 
 Clayton County- For several years he followed farming as 
 an occupation. He was two years deputy sheriff of Clay- 
 ton County. In 1887 he removed to Atlanta, where he has 
 since resided, and has been on the police force of that city 
 for twenty-four years, and is regarded as a model officer, 
 efficient and energetic in the discharge of duty. For about 
 thirty years he has been a deacon in the . Baptist church, 
 and' is ailso a member of the Masonic order. He has raised 
 •& family of nine children, all of them doing well. One of 
 his sons, J; E. Osburn, is connected with the First National 
 Bank, of Birmingham, Ala. W. R. Osburn is manager of 
 the Packing company at Augusta, Ga., and Charles P. Os- 
 burn holds a similar position at New Orleans, La. He has 
 always taken great interest in the reunions of his regi- 
 m'ent, and has attended all of them except one, when he was 
 unavoidably prevented from going. In 1898 he was elected 
 president of the Reunion Association, and still holds that 
 position. He is a true Southerner. 
 
 A. C. Smith 
 
 Allen C. Smith, of this company, was born in Henry 
 County March 20, 1846. When but a small boy he was left 
 an orphan, but found a home with Hon. John M. Huie, 
 of Clayton County, with whom he lived until the breaking 
 out of the war. When only fifteen years old he enlisted in 
 Capt. Dollar's company, being one of the youngest mem- 
 bers. He was vvounded at Jackson, Miss>, July IS, 1863, 
 which disabled him from service for six months, after which 
 
102 History op The 
 
 he returned to his command and remained until the end. 
 After the close of the war he returned to Clayton County 
 and married Miss Lasseter, an estimable, young lady, and 
 has raised a large family. He joined the Baptist church 
 soon after the war, and a few years later became a minister 
 of that church and has served a number of churches in 
 Middle Georgia. He is regarded as an able and zealous 
 minister, and has been instrumental in accomplishing much 
 good. His education was limited to the common schools, 
 which he attended but a short time on account of the war. 
 He is an honored member of the Masonic order. He now 
 lives at Griffin, Ga. 
 
 Roll of Company E, Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 
 
 Enlisted from Clayton County,- September, 1861. 
 
 Capt. C. A. Dollar ; resigned February, 1864 ; killed since the 
 
 war. 
 Capt. J. H. Huie ; enlisted as a private, 1861 ; elected Third 
 
 Lieut.. May, 1862; promoted Second Lieut., 1863; 
 
 wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863; promoted 
 
 Captain March, 1864 ; captured at Atlanta, July 2i2, 1864 ; 
 
 lives in Clayton County. 
 First Lieut. J. F. Mann; died at Griffin, Ga., since the war. 
 Second Lieut. J. L. McConnell; retired May, 1862; died 
 
 since the war. 
 Second Lieut. N. B. Drewry; elected Second Lieut., May, 
 
 1862 ; resigned December, 1862 ; appointed Surgeon ; lives 
 
 at Griffn, Ga. 
 Third Lieut. J. H. Stewart; retired May, 1862; joined the 
 
 Forty-fourth regiment, and was killed in Virginia, 1863. 
 Third Lieut. Elijah Huie; enlisted as Orderly Sergt., 1861; 
 
 elected Third Lieut. June, 1863; promoted to Second 
 
 Lieut., 1864; surrendered at Greensboro, N. C, 1865 ; died 
 
 in Clayton County, 1894. 
 Third Lieut. Jesse Anthony ; enlisted as Fourth Sergt, 1861 ; 
 
 elected Third Lieut., June, 1864; captured at Nashville, 
 
 December 16, 1864 ; lives in Clayton County. 
 First Sergt., J. H. Buchana;n; enlisted as First Corporal; 
 
 elected First Sergt., to succeed E. Huie, January, 1863; 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 103 
 
 wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863; died in 
 1907. 
 
 Second Sergt. G. W. Tanner; from 1861 to 1862; lives in 
 Clayton. 
 
 Second Sergt. W. Q. Anthony ; enlisted as a private ; elected 
 Second Sergt, 1862; killed at Fraiiklin, November 30, 
 1864. 
 
 Third Sergt. J. M. Smith; from 1861 to May, 1862; wound- 
 ed in battle ; died 1907. 
 
 Third Sergt; W. W. Dickson; elected Third Sergt., May, 
 1862; was in evSry battle; captured at Nashville, De- 
 cember 16, 1864; lives in Clayton County. 
 
 Fourth Sergt. W. A. Lawson; elected Sergt., May, 1862; 
 wounded Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863, aild Franklin in 
 1864; died in Fayette County, 1893. 
 
 Fifth Sergt. G.-W: Huie'; from 1861 to 1862; died in 1862. 
 
 Fifth Sergt. Joel Baxley; elected Sergt., May, 1862; cap- 
 tured and paroled in Mississippi.. June, 1863 ; died 1907.. 
 
 First Corp. J. H. Hamrick; from 1861 to 1862; living in 
 Alabama. 
 
 First Corp. W. B. Hurdle ; from 1862 to August, 1863 : sur- 
 rendered at Greensboro, N. C, April 26, 1865. 
 
 Second Corp. J. E. Lites; elected May, 1862; wounded at 
 Murfreesboro in 1864; lives in Clayton County. 
 
 Third Corp. J. W. Fuller; transferred to artillery, 1862; 
 lives in Clayton County. 
 
 Third Corp. A. P. Adamson ; elected Third Corp. May, 1862; 
 promoted to First Corp., 1863; wounded at Chickmauga, 
 September 19, 1863; captured May, 1864; dispharged 
 from Rock Island, III, prison February, 1865 ;' lives in 
 Clayton County. 
 
 J. M. Gallman ; elected Third Corp., August, 1863 ; lives in 
 Louisiana. 
 
 Fourth Corp. T. G. L: Cook; promoted Second Corp., Aug- 
 ust, 1863; captured at Nashville, Tenn., December 16, 
 1863 ; died, at Troy, Ala., 1869. 
 
 M. L. Hamilton ; elected Fourth Corp., 1863 ; died in hospi- 
 tal, 1864. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Adams, W; T. ; died in Yazoo, Miss., June, 1863. 
 
104 History of The 
 
 Adamson, James R. ; captured in Nashville, Tenn, 1864; 
 
 died at Camp ChasCj March, 1865. 
 Adamson, Samuel T. ; wounded Kennesaw, June, 1864 ; lives 
 
 in Macon. , 
 
 Adamson, W. R. ; captured Nashville, Tenn. ; lives in At- 
 lanta, Ga. 
 Adamson, W. J. ; died at Newton, Miss., July, 18^3. 
 Abercrombie, Collville; died in service. 
 Allen, John Y. ; killed at Jonesboro, August, 1864. 
 Allen. James i wounded. Pine Mountain. 
 Allen, Joseph M.; wounded at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864; 
 
 died in Clayton County, 1901. 
 Allen, M. H. ; transferred to First Battalion Sharpshooters, 
 
 1862; dead. 
 Allen, S. M. ; transferred to First Battalion Sharpshooters, 
 
 1862; dead. ' . 
 
 Allen, B. Z. ; lives near College Park, Ga. 
 Allen, W. S. ; died in Louisville, Ky., 1865. 
 Ansley, J. G.; wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, .1863; 
 
 died in Los Angeles, Cal. 
 Askew, T. J.; lives in Fayette County. 
 Barton, R. M. ; captured and paroled in Mississippi, 1863 ; 
 
 lives in Texas. 
 Barton, W. D. ; died in Clayton County, February, 1909. 
 Barton, Y. M. ; died in Texas in 1896. 
 Belcher, H. C. ; joined Federal army ; lives in Clayton 
 
 County. 
 Betterton, A. D. ; captured at Nashville, 1864 ; died since 
 
 the war. 
 Berry, J. T. ; captured at Nashville, Decerhber 16, 1864; 
 
 died Camp Chase, April, 1865. 
 Baxley, M. ; living in Arkansas. 
 Boynton, E. W. ; teamster ; died 1907. 
 Boynton, M. Thomas ; died since the war. 
 Bray, J. N. ; lives in Texas. 
 Bray, W. A.; captured Nashville, December 16, 1864; lives 
 
 in Clayton County. 
 Brown, G. W. ; died Canton, Miss., June, 1863. 
 Bradberry, F. E. ; died in Clayton County, 1910. 
 Camp, A. J. ; wounded Calhoun, May 16, 1864 ; died in Clay- 
 ton County, 1906. 
 
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 Camp, J. J.; captured, Nashville, December, 1864; lives in 
 
 Scriven County. 
 Campbell, E. D. ; wounded, at Franklin; prisoner Camp 
 
 Chase; died in Jasper County, 1908. 
 Carnes, J. O. ; died, since the war. 
 Carnes, J. W. ; wounded CJjickamauera. Seotember 19. 1863 • 
 
 >li'i.v.,^ tii^ vvai. 
 
 Carnes, W, E. ; died sii^ 
 
 Chriswell, Charles ; discharged, over age. May, 1861 ; died 
 
 since the war. 
 Conine, J. W. ; captured Nashville ; died Camp Chase prison 
 
 March, 1865. 
 Conine, W. P. ; wounded' Jackson, Miss., July, 1863 ; cap- 
 tured May, 1864; lives Clayton County. 
 Cook, E. B. ; died in service, 1863. 
 Cowan, T. F. ; discharged by substitute, 1862 ; dead. 
 Crow, M. ; died in Clayton County, 1906. 
 Cotton, ; substitute: deserted. Columbus, Ga., May, 
 
 1863. 
 Daily, John; died since the war. 
 Daily, John F.,; wounded Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863; 
 
 died of wounds. 
 Daily, P. J.; wounded Jackson, Miss-, July 16,. 1863; died 
 
 Atlanta. 
 Dailyi W. E. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 16, 1863 ; 
 
 died in prison. 
 Daniel, J. C. ; captured at Nashville, December 16, 1864 ; 
 
 died Atlanta. 
 Davis, E. S. ; discharged 1862 ; dead. 
 Dickson, S. G. ; wounded Chickamauga, September, 1863 ; 
 
 .accidentally killed in Clayton County, 1865. 
 Dodson, J. E. ; died in service, 1863. 
 Dollar, W. H. ; lives in Gwinnett County. 
 Dukes, J. W. ; died in service, 1863. 
 Evans, J. B. ; died since the war. 
 
 Evans, J. F. ; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 Estes, Ira A.; lives in Clayton County. 
 Farr, William ; lives, in Douglas County. 
 Gallman, G. W. ; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 Guice, B. G. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; 
 
106 History op The 
 
 Guice, John ; wounded, Jackson, , Miss^, July, 1863. 
 
 died in Clayton County. 
 Guice, T. N. ; lives in Alabama. 
 Hamrick, N. R. ; died in Clayton County, 1894. 
 Hancock, C. T. ; died in Clayton County, 1910. 
 Hancock, Charles; killed at Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 
 
 1864. 
 Harrison, B. A.; discharged, 1862. 
 Holbrook, G. B.; substitute; died since the war. 
 Huie, A. A.; captured Nashville, December, 1864; died 
 
 Camp Chase, 1865. 
 Huie, George W. ; lives in Fulton County. 
 Huie, J. C. ; died Savannah, 1862. 
 Huie, M. H. ; captured Calhoun, May, 1864 ; lives Jones- 
 
 boro, Ga. 
 Huie, R. T. S.; captured Atlanta, July 22, 1864; died in 
 
 Clayton County, 1911. 
 Huie, Robert; died in service, 1864. 
 Huie, W. C. ; captured Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; 
 
 died Camp Douglas. 
 Idson, Thomas; died at Griswoldville, Ga., December, 1861. 
 Johnson, F. M. ; killed Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 Kennedy, J. B. ; died at Newton, Miss., July, 1863. 
 Langston, F. M. ; died since the war. 
 Langston, W. F. ; died Mississippi, June, 1863. 
 Lawrence, W. N. ; died in service, 1864. 
 McKown, E. H. ; captured Atlanta, July, 1864; died in 
 
 Cla)d:on County. 
 McKown, J. G. ; died in Clayton County, 1901. 
 McKown, J. W. ; captured Nashville, December, 1864 ; died 
 
 Camp Chase, 1864. 
 McLeroy, J. W. ; Clayton County. 
 McVicar, A. V.; lives in Clayton County. 
 Meeks, William ; died in service, 1863. 
 Niles, H. T. ; died since the war. 
 Ozburn, R. S. ; captured, Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; 
 
 discharged from Camp Douglas, lS65; lives in Atlanta, 
 
 Ga. 
 Peace, J. W. ; died in Clayton County, 1901. 
 Peebles, John. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 107 
 
 Sanders, H. M. ; died October, 1861 ; the first death in the 
 
 regiment. 
 Sanders, J. T. ; died in Clayton County, July, 1864. 
 Simmons, S. S. ; died since the war. 
 Shields, Jerry; surrendered at Greensboro, N. C, 1865; 
 
 dead. 
 Smith, F. P. ; discharged 1862 ; lives in Atlanta, Ga. 
 Smith, A. C. ; wounded Jackson, Miss., July, 1863; lives in 
 
 Griffin, Ga. 
 Smith, Joseph ; transferred to First Battalion Georgia 
 
 Sharpshooters, 1862. 
 Stephens, A. A.; died Savannah, 1862. 
 Stephens, C. P. ; died since the war. 
 Stephens, G. B. ; captured Nashville, December 16, 1864; 
 
 lives in Clayton County. 
 StephenSi J. J. ; discharged, over age. May, 1862. 
 Stephens, J. M. ; captured, and died Camp Douglas, 111., 
 
 1864. 
 Stephens, L. E. ; lives Jackson, Ga. 
 Stephens, J. W. ; wounded Chickamauga, September, 1863, 
 
 and at Murfreesboro, December, 1864; lives Hampton. 
 
 Ga. 
 Stephens, T. J.; wounded at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864; 
 
 lives in Clayton County. 
 Stephens, W. M., Sr. ; discharged 1862. 
 Stephens, W. M., Jr.; 'wounded 1864; lives in Clayton 
 
 County. 
 Stephens, W. P.; lives in Fayette County. 
 Tanner, B. B. ; died in service, 1862. 
 Tanner, J. J. M. ; discharged by substitute, 1862; dead. 
 Tanner, W. G. ; died in Clayton County, 1910. 
 Tankersly, A. J. ; died since the war. 
 Theirkill, G. W. ; died Savannah, 1862. 
 Thomas, W. R-; transferred to First Battalion Georgia 
 
 Sharpshooters, 1862. 
 Toney, S. E. ; captured Nashville, December, 16. 1864 ; 
 
 lives in Atlanta, Ga. 
 Touchstone, W. H. ; died since the war. 
 
108 History of The 
 
 Company F, Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 
 
 This company, which was known as Company C, in, the 
 first organization, was made up from Butts and Spalding, 
 with a few men from Pike and Monroe, counties. It was 
 organized by David J. Bailey, but he was elected Colonel 
 of the regiment, and John G. Lindsey was elected Captain, 
 with J. E. Duke, R. J. Andrews and W. J. R. Phinizee as 
 Lieutenants. At the reorganization in May, 1862, it was 
 changed to Company F, and R. J. Andrews elected Captain ; 
 W. J. R. Phinizee, W. T. Ogletree and J. V. McEIhaney, 
 Lieutenants. Capt. Lindsey and Lieut. Duke retired from 
 service, being exempt by the law. J. W. McCord, who had 
 been Orderly Sergeant, was appointed Adjutant of the regi- 
 ment, and J. R. Purifoy was elected in his place. There 
 were some changes in the non-commissioned officers from 
 time to time. At the battle of Chickamauga Capt. Andrews 
 was severely wounded and was disabled from further serv- 
 ice. He was a brave and popular young officer, one of the 
 best of the regiment. He survived the war, and died in 
 Spalding County in 1893. Lieut. Phinizee died in Missis- 
 sippi in 1863. Lieut. Ogletree was captured at Nashville 
 December 16, 1864, and released from prison at Johnson's 
 Island in the summer of 1863. He died in Carroll , County 
 a few years ago. Sergt. J. R. Purifoy survived the war, 
 and made an excellent citizen, as he had proven a soldier. 
 He died in Pike County in 1907. This was next the smallest 
 company in the regiment, but it had some splendid soldiers 
 in it, who did their whole duty, and some of them proved 
 good citizens after the war. 
 
 Robert W. Mays 
 
 Robert W. Mays was a private who enlisted when quite 
 a boy. He was born and raised in Butts County, where he 
 has always lived. At the battle of Chickamauga he was se- 
 verely wounded, the ball entering the lower part of the 
 chest and passing out near the spine, which so disabled him 
 a board of physicians retired him from the service. After 
 regaining his strength he re-entered the service, notwith- 
 standing his exemption, and was surrendered with John- 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 109 
 
 ston's army in North Carolina in 1865. He returned home 
 after the war to his widowed mother, his father, Henry S. 
 Mays, having been killed in service. His home being in the 
 path of Sherman's army, he found nothing t^ut debt and 
 poverty. With but a lifriited education, he commenced the 
 battle of life with a spirit of pride, endurance and ambi- 
 tion and has accumulated property which makes him one of 
 the wealthiest men of his county. While he has a diploma 
 of both law and medicine, he does not practice either, farm- 
 ing being his favorite occupation. He is kind and sympa- 
 thetic to the weak and oppressed. He was married after 
 the war to Miss Laura Gray, who has since died, leaving 
 him two children, Robert Lee and John Billy. In 1880- 
 1881, re represented Butts County in the Legislature. He 
 now lives at Jackson, Ga., where he has a host of warm 
 friends. 
 
 Charles A. Cooper 
 
 Charles A. Cooper was born in Jasper County, Ga., in 
 1845. He was a son of Rev. Cooper, a prominent Baptist 
 minister, in 1861, when only sixteen years of age, he en- 
 listed in Company F, Thirtieth Georgia regiment, and made 
 one of the best soldiers of the company. After the war he 
 taught school for several years, and also engaged in farm- 
 ing. He was for several yea:rs chairman of the Board of 
 Registrars of Spalding County, and was for a long while 
 a Justice of the Peace, which position he held at the time 
 of his death. He was a prominent member of the Baptist 
 church, and took deep interest in the work of his church. 
 He was also a member of the Masonic fxaternity. He was 
 a full embodiment of a. good soldier, and a true friend. He 
 died at Griffin, Ga., September 28, 1909, from taking car- 
 bolic acid by mistake. Mr. Cooper was twice married and 
 was survived by several children. 
 
 Roll of Company F, Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 
 
 Spalding and Butts Counties. 
 
 Capt. D. J. Bailey; elected Colonel October, 1861. 
 
110 History of The 
 
 Capt. J. G. Lindsey ; elected Captain 1861 ; resigned April, 
 1862; died 1881. 
 
 Capt. R. J. Andrews ; promoted f rotn Second Lieut, to Cap- 
 tain, May, 1862; wounded, Chickamauga, September 19, 
 1863 ; died Griffin, Ga., 1893. 
 
 First Lieut. J. E. Duke; retired from service May, 1862; 
 died 1903. 
 
 First Lieut. W. J. P. Phinizee; promoted from Second to 
 First Lieut., 1862 ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Second Lieut. W. T. Ogletree; elected 1862; lives in Car- 
 roll County. 
 
 Third Lieut. J. V. McElhaney; enlisted as Sergt. ; elected 
 Third Lieut., May, 1862 ; dead- 
 
 First Sergt. J. W. MeCord ; appointed Adjutant May, 1862, 
 and Captain of Company G in 1864; wounded at Chicka- 
 mauga and Jonesboro; died in Butts County, 1911. 
 
 First Sergt. J. B. Purifoy; elected First Sergt., 18&^; 
 wounded at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864; died 1906. 
 
 Second Sergt. W. F. McElhaney; dead. 
 
 Third Sergt. W. T. Ogletree; promoted to Lieut., 1862; 
 living. 
 
 Fourth Sergt- T. J. Westmoreland ; wounded Atlanta, July, 
 1864; died 1908. 
 
 Fifth Sergt. J. G. Duke; discharged 1862. 
 
 First Corp. R. L. Brown ; discharged 1862. 
 
 Second Corp. A. H. Johnson ; wounded Kennesaw. 
 
 Third Corp. C. R. Shockley; died 1864. 
 
 Fourth Corp W. B. Mote. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Atkinson, A. J.; died 1861. 
 
 Atkinson, G. T. ; lives in Spalding County. 
 
 Atkinson, W. J.; promoted to Sergeant, 1862. 
 
 Bankston, W. E. R. ; died 1888. 
 
 Benger, Charles; musician. 
 
 Berry, William; wounded at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864; 
 
 dead. 
 Biles, C. W. ; died 1888. 
 Bowen, John; captured at Missionary Ridge, November. 
 
 1863 ; sent to Rock Island prison ; died 1893. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 111 
 
 Brown, B. S. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 1863 ; Carroll County. 
 
 Brown, W. H. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 1863; lives in Carroll County. 
 
 Brown, Ben. 
 
 Burke, D. G. ; discharged 1862 ; lives in Atlanta. 
 
 Caldwell, H. C. ; died 1863. 
 
 Clarke, J. D. ; died 1891. 
 
 Clements, J. F. ; enlisted 1864; discharged 1865; dead; 
 
 Cooper, C. A. ; died at Griffin, Ga., 1910. 
 
 Cooper, W. G. ; elected Fourth Corporal, 1862 ; died in At- 
 lanta, 1893. 
 
 Crawford, T. J. ; lives in Henry County. 
 
 Crawjbrd, J. P.; lives in Spalding County. 
 
 Crittendon, Lee; died in service. 
 
 Crowell, W. P. ; dead. 
 
 Deering, J. A. ; lives in Spalding County. 
 
 Duke, T. F. ; dead; 
 
 Dumas, J. P. ; died since the war. 
 
 Dumas, T. W. ; died 1902. 
 
 Edward, J. W. ; died 1863. 
 
 Frazier, J. W. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 1863 ; lives in Alabama. 
 
 Gory, P.; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Haile, H. ; missing at Jackson, Miss., 1863. 
 
 Hand, Joshua; discharged 1862. 
 
 Hand, Jesse; dead. 
 
 Haizlif , T. J. ; discharged 1862. 
 
 Hardaway, F. M. ; missed at Franklin, Tenn., November, 
 1864. 
 
 Hatcher, R. E. ; lives in Butts County. 
 
 Hatcher, T. L. ; dead. 
 
 Head, T. M. ; promoted to Sergeant, 1862 ; died 1892. 
 
 Head, A. T. ; missing at Chickamauga, September, 1863. 
 
 Henderson, Robert; discharged 1862; died 1863. 
 
 Henderson, William; lives in Butts County. 
 
 Hodges, W. C. D. ; wounded Chickamauga, September, 
 1863. 
 
 Ivey, W. J. ; died 1862. 
 
 Jackson, Arnold; lives in Clayton County. 
 
 Jackson, W. T.; died 1863. 
 
112 History op The 
 
 Johnson, J. A.; wounded Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863; 
 
 wounded Jonesboro, August 31, 1864 ; died from wounds. 
 Johnson, G. S. ; -died 1864. 
 Johnson W. G. ; lives in Pike County. 
 Johnson, W. J. ; dead. 
 Lewis, J. F. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863; 
 
 dead. 
 Lewis, F. H. 
 
 Martin, D. N. ; lives in Atlanta. 
 Mays, R. W. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863; 
 
 lives at Jackson, Ga. 
 McElhaney, W. ; dead. 
 
 McGrew, Patrick; missing at Chickamauga. 
 McNeely, A. L. ; promoted to Fourth Sergt., 1862 ; wounded 
 
 at Kennesaw, June 27, 1864 ; died 1908. 
 Moran, J. B.; killed Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 Ogletree, J. F. ; lives in Spa:lding County. 
 Ogletree, P. R. ; lives in Spalding County. 
 Philips, M. S. ; no record. 
 
 Philips, ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Pounds, J. D. ; dead. 
 
 Repp, Francis ; died Camp Douglas, 111. 
 
 Rivers, J. H. ; lives in Carroll County. 
 
 Rogers, John; dead. 
 
 Rogers, Sim; discharged 1862. 
 
 Sauley, W. T. ; wounded, Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; 
 
 lives in Pike County. 
 Sauley, Randall; died Dalton, 1864. 
 Simily, Adam; dead. 
 Slaughter, J. B.; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863; captured and carried to Camp Douglas; lives in 
 
 Alabama. 
 Thomas, J. R. 
 
 Thomas, Josiah; discharged 1862. 
 Westmoreland, T. J-; promoted Third Sergt., May, 1862; 
 
 to Second Sergt.j October, 1862; wounded Atlanta, July 
 
 20, 1864; died 1908. 
 Wilkerson, M. R. 
 Williams, O. F. ; died 1892. 
 Willis, B. F. ; died 1903. 
 Willis, H. F. ; discharged 1862 ; lives in Monroe County; 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 113 
 
 Willis, W. D.; lives Atlanta. 
 
 Willis, J. W. ;' promoted to Second Sergt., 1862; wounded 
 
 Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, and at Atlanta, 1864; 
 
 lives in Pike County. 
 Wise, J. M, ; dead. 
 Wise, T. J. ; lives in Mississippi. 
 
 Wise, W. S. ; lives in Spalding County ; wounded Atlanta. 
 Young, W. J.; no record. 
 
 Company G, Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 
 
 This company was enlisted in Fayette County in the 
 summer of 1861, and upon the organization of the Thir- 
 tieth regiment at Camp Bailey, was mustered into service, 
 and known in the first organization of Company H, but was 
 changed to Company G at the reorganization in May, 1862. 
 The first Captain was M. M. Tidwell, but he was elected 
 Lieutenant Colonel, and F. M. Harrell became Captain, with 
 Jackson Martin, Jeptha Landrum and W- L. Ellison as 
 Lieutenants.. In May, 1862, Capt. Harrell was re-elected, 
 and also Lieut. Martin. Elias Adams was elected Second 
 Lieutenant, and John M. Smith as Third Lieutenant. Capt. 
 Harrell resigned in 1864, and J. W. McCord, who had been 
 Adjutant of the regiment, became Captain and served as 
 such until he was captured- in Atlanta, July, 1864. This 
 company suffered severely in killed and wounded at Chicka- 
 mauga and also other battles in which it was engaged. 
 Lieut. John M. Sitnith was the youngest officer in the regi- 
 ment, and perhaps in the entire army. After the war he 
 settled in Jonesboro and organized a military company, of 
 which he was made Captain. He was also elected mayor 
 of Jonesboro. He moved to Dublin, Ga., where he died in 
 1889. Most of this company are now dead or removed 
 from the state, and it has been difficult to get as much data 
 concerning it as was desired. 
 
 Roll of Company G, 30th Ga. Regiment, Fayette Co. 
 
 Capt. M. M. Tidwell; elected Lieut. Colonel at the organi- 
 zation of the regiment in 1861 ; was not elected at the re- 
 organization in 1862; died since the war. 
 
114 History op The 
 
 Capt. F. M. Harrell; succeeded M. M. Tidwell as Captain, 
 1861 ; resigned 1863 ; died since the war. 
 
 Capt- J. W. McCord; promoted to Captain 1864; wound- 
 ed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, ai'nd at Jones- 
 boro, August 31, 1864; died at Jackson, Ga., 1911. 
 
 First Lieut. Jack Martin ; died since the war. 
 
 Jeptha Martin; died Wilmington, N. C, January, 1863. 
 
 Third Lieut. W. L. Ellison; resigned 1862; died since the 
 war. 
 
 Lieut. Elias Adams;, elected. Second Lieut., 1862; died in 
 Fayette County, 1906. 
 
 Lt^ut. J. M. Smith ; elected Third Lieut., 1862 ; died 1908, 
 at Dublin, Ga. 
 
 First Sergt. J. W. Truett; not elected at the reorganization, 
 1862; lives in' Texas. 
 
 First Sergt. D. C. Minor ; elected First Sergt., 1862 ; lives in 
 Alabama. ' ' 
 
 Sergt. J. M. Davis ; died in Fayette County, 1904. 
 
 Sergt J. H. Franklin ; captured at Nashville, 1864 ; in prison 
 Camp Chase, Ohio; died Atlantaj Ga., 1897. 
 
 Sergt. J. N. Slaten; died 1911. 
 
 Sergt. J. L. Smith; lives in Coweta County. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 E. P. Farr; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 J. A. Lanier; died in Fayette County, 1894. 
 
 T. B. Lanier; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Privates. . 
 
 Adams, W. L. ; killed Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 
 Adams, T. R. ; killed near Calhoun, Ga., May 16, 1864. 
 
 Armstrong, J. W. ; died since the war. 
 
 Banks, J. W. 
 
 Baugh, E. J. ; died 1903. 
 
 Baugh, Ben; died in Fayette County. 
 
 Benson, A. J. 
 
 Beardin, M. J. 
 
 Bosworth, W. W. ; dea:d. 
 
 Bosworth, J. M. ; lives in Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 Bosworth, J. E. 
 
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 Bottoms, Aaron; dead. 
 
 Brown, A. S. ; died in Fayette County, 1901. 
 
 Brown, T. E. ; prisoner at Rock Island, 1863; lives in 
 
 Texas. 
 Brown, Robert; killed Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 Bowen, Oliver. 
 Busby, Joseph; dead. 
 Caldwell, D. J. ; died Savannah, 1862. 
 Carroll, James; dead. 
 Clark, H. 
 
 Coates, Henry; died in Gwinnett County. 
 Cochran, J. S. ; joined frontier service at Rock Island 
 
 prison ; died in Clayton County, 1908. 
 Cochran, W. F. 
 Cochran, W. W. 
 Cochran, S. J.; died. 
 Cox, A. J.; died. 
 
 Cox, W. J.; lives in Clayton County. 
 Davis, J. W. ; died in Montgomery, Ala. 
 Davis, Ned; died in Fayette County. 
 Davis, George; killed at Jackson, Miss;, July 16, 1863. 
 Davis, W. J. ; died in Mississippi. 
 Denton, James; died in Texas. 
 Dollar, William ; transferred to Company E. 
 Dukes, W. ; died Charleston, S. C, 1863. 
 Eason, E- Y. 
 
 Elder, Sterlin; lives in Texas. 
 Elder, W. M. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863. 
 Elder, Joshua; died in Mississippi. 
 Ellison, F. M. ; lives in Fayette County. 
 Farr, A. J. ; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 Farr, R. L. ; lives in Carroll County. 
 Famby, James; died in Texas. 
 Famby, Nathan; died in Texas. 
 Fields, Isaiah; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 Franklin, J. M. ; lives in Fayette County. 
 Franklin, D. M. ; lost leg in battle ; died in Fayette County, 
 
 1900. 
 Flowers, T. H. ; lives in Fayette County. 
 Folsom, Dan; Douglas County. 
 
116 History of The 
 
 Flowers, J. J. ; died in Augusta, Ga. 
 
 Graves, V. ; died at Savannah. 
 
 Handley, T. J.; died in Virginia. 
 
 Harrison, T. D. ; killed at Chickamauga, September 16, 1863. 
 
 Harrell, Joseph; died in Henry County since the war. 
 
 Jackson, W. ; died at Savannah. 
 
 Johnson, T. H. ; lives in Alabama. 
 
 Landrum, Frank. 
 
 Landrum, W. M. 
 
 Landrum, Larkin; died in Fulton County. 
 
 Landrum, Wash; died in Fayette County. 
 
 Leach, David. 
 
 Lee, Daniel ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; 
 
 died in Fayette County. 
 Lee, M. O. ; Wounded at Calhoun, Ga., May, 1864. 
 Lewis, B. 
 Lewis, H. E. 
 Lloyd, Jasper. 
 Lloyd, T. E. 
 Mann, J. C. 
 
 Mann, R. ; killed at Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863. 
 McEachern, John; died in Fayette County. 
 McCune, F. ; lives at Columbus, Ga. 
 McCune, A. J. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863. 
 Messer, H. T. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19. 
 
 1863 ; lives in Alabama. 
 Miles, J. S. ; wounded Chickamauga ; lives in Texas. 
 Mif or, A. J. ; lives in Alabama. 
 Mitchell, L. H.; killed Franklin, Tenii., 1864. 
 Mitahell, Sidney ; died at Savannah. 
 McElvaney; wounded Jackson, Miss, 1865; lives in l-'ay- 
 
 ette County. 
 Norton, Silas ; died Savannah. 
 Palmer, J. M. • 
 
 Parrott, W. J. ; lives in Coweta County. 
 Posey, H. ; lives in Paulding County. 
 Posey, Appleton ; died at Savannah. 
 Pope, Henry; died Yazoo City, Miss., 186.^ 
 
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 Postins, R. O. ; wounded Chickamauga .September 19, 1863 ; 
 killed Nashville, Tenn., December, 1864. 
 
 Postins, William ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Prichard, T. R. ; lives in Texas. 
 
 Postins, J. M. ; died in Mississippi, 1863- 
 
 Robinson, J. R. ; prisoner at Rock Island, 111. Joined Fed- 
 eral service. 
 
 Robison, B F,; prisoner at Rock Island, 111. Lives in Ala- 
 bama. 
 
 Robinson, G. W. 
 
 Smith, F. R. ; wounded Chicamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Lives 
 in Harralson County. 
 
 Smith, J. W. ; died in Fayette County. 
 
 Smith, Thomas ; died at Savannah. 
 
 Sayers, S. J. ; died at Savannah. 
 
 Slaton, J. R. ; died Atlanta, 1864. 
 
 Slaton, A. J. ; lives in Fayette County. 
 
 Spraggins, H. W. ; lives in Alabama. 
 
 Spraggins, C. J. ; died Montgomery, Alabama. 
 
 Spratlin, G. W. ; lives in Fulton County. 
 
 Tinsley, Bailey; died Griffin, Georgia. 
 
 Tinsley, W. W. ; died in Fayette County. 
 
 Whatley, John; lives in Texas. 
 
 Wilkins, Samuel ; lives in Atlanta. 
 
 White, J. W. ; killed Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 
 Yates, J. G. ; lives in Fulton County. 
 
 Company H, 30th Georgia Regiment 
 
 Company H, of the Thirtieth Georgia Regiment, was 
 made up in and around Fairburn, in Campbell County and 
 was called the Campbell Grays. 
 
 In the first organiztaion of the regiment it was known as 
 Co. G, but its position, and letter was changed at the reor- 
 ganization ■ at Savannah in May, 1862. The first officers 
 were: Captain, John Edmonson; First Lieutenant, R. W. 
 Tidwell ; Second Lieutenant, J. O. Redwine ; Third Lieuten- 
 ant, S. W. Abbott ; Orderly Sergeant, John H, Tatum ; Sec- 
 ond Sergeant, G.). Smith; Third Sergeant, P. M. Trimble; 
 Fourth Sergeant, I. P. Baker ; Fifth Sergeant, M. Hudson. 
 In the reorganization Capt. Edmonson was re-elected, 
 
118 History of The 
 
 with J. O. Redwine, Osburn Spence and W. R. Elder as the 
 three Lieutenants. G. J. Smith was elected Orderly Ser- 
 geant, and there were several changes in" the non-commis- 
 sioned officers, as will be seen by reference to the roll of the 
 company. Capt. Edmonson resigned in the summer of 1862, 
 and J. O. Redwine was elected as Captain, and Lieuts. 
 Spence and Elder became First and Second Lieutenants and 
 L. D. Smith was chosen Third Lieutenant. 
 
 At the reorganization several of this company were dis- 
 charged, being over age and exempt from military duty, but 
 recruits were received from time to time, and the number 
 on the company roll was increased, and was considered one 
 among the best of the regiment. 
 
 Capt. Edmonson was quite popular with his company, and 
 was a man of high character. He resigned on account of his 
 age and bad health. He died in Campbell County in 1863. 
 
 First Lieut. R. W. Tidwell was not elected at the reor^ 
 ganization. He left the regiment and entered the service of 
 another command. After the war he settled in Atlanta and 
 engaged in merchandising. He is still living, and is highly 
 esteemed for his many excellent qualities. He ranks among 
 the most popular citizens of Atlanta. 
 
 Third Lieut. Abbott was not elected at the reorganiza- 
 tion, but continued with the company as a private. He was 
 wounded and captured at the battle of Chickamauga, Septem- 
 ber 19, 1863, and carried to Camp Douglas, 111., where he 
 died in 1864. 
 
 Orderly Sergt. John H. Tatum went out over ag^ in 
 May, 1862. He had many friends in different parts of the 
 state. He had represented Lincoln County in the Legisla- 
 ture from 1855 to 1857. After the war he settled in Jones- 
 boro, Ga., and made a host of warm friends in his new home- 
 He held .the office of Notary Public and ex-officia Justice of 
 the Peace in the Jonesboro District for twelve or fourteen 
 years, until his death, which occurred several years ago. 
 
 G. J. Smith, who was elected Orderly Sergeant in May, 
 1863, was killed at Chickamauga, September, 19, 1863. 
 
 Capt. J. O. Redwine belonged to the well known Redwine 
 family of Middle Georgia, and was one of the best officers 
 in the regiment. He was wounded at Decatur, Ala., in 1864, 
 but soon returned to duty, and was the senior officer of the 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 119 
 
 regiment when the little band surrendered at Greensboro, 
 N. C, April, 1865. He returned home and made as good 
 a citizen as he had been a soldier. He was a true type of a 
 gentleman and the full embodiment of a good soldier and 
 a true friend. No truer patriot ever enlisted in the Confed- 
 erate army. Gapt. Redwine died in 1908 at an advanced 
 age, full of years and full of good deeds. 
 
 Lieut. Osburn Spence was captured in Tennessee, in 
 Hood's disastrous campaign, and was held a prisoner until 
 the close of the war. After the war he went west and was 
 reported to have died in Louisiana several years ago. 
 
 Lieut. W. R. Elder was one of the most popular officers 
 of the regiment. He enlisted as a private, but was elected 
 a Lieutenant in May, 1862. He made a good soldier and an 
 excellent officer. At the battle of Chickamauga he was 
 wounded and left for dead on the field, but was afterwards 
 found and taken to the hospital. He recovered, but was 
 blind the remainder of his life, the bullet which passed 
 through his head having completely destroyed his eyesight. 
 He died at Atlanta a few years ago. 
 
 This company has but few survivors left who can give 
 much information in regard to the company, and the roll 
 is not as complete as we hoped to' make it, but it is the best 
 that could be obtained., 
 
 Roll of Company H, Campbell County 
 
 Gapt. John Edmondson; resigned 1862; died 1863. 
 
 Gapt. James O. Redwine; enlisted as Second Lieut., Septem- 
 ber 25, 1862 ; elected Gaptain May, 1862 ; wounded at De- 
 catur, Ala., October, 1864;. surrendered with Johnston's 
 army, April, 1865 ; died 1908. 
 
 First Lieut. R. W. Tidwell ; retired May, 1862 ; lives in At- 
 lanta, Ga. 
 
 First Lieut. Osborn Spence ; promoted to First Lieut., 1862 ; 
 died since the war. 
 
 Second Lieut. W. R. Elder; elected Second Lieut., 1862; 
 wounded at the battle of Ghickamaugia, September 19, 
 1863; died 1901. 
 
 Third Lieut. S- W. Abbott; was not re-elected 1862. 
 
120 History of The 
 
 Third Lieut. L. D. Smith ; elected 1862 ; died, since the war, 
 
 in Texas. . 
 
 First Sergt. J. H. Tatum ; discharged May, 1862 ; died 1896. 
 First Sergt. G. J. Smith ; elected First Sergt., May, 1862 ; 
 
 killed at Chickamauga, Septernher 19, 1863. 
 Second Sergt. P. M. Trimble ; wounded at Franklin, Tenn., 
 
 1864; died 1880. 
 Third Sergt. I. P. Baker; died Atlanta, Ga., 1884. 
 Fourth Sergt. W. M. Sewell; wounded at Chickamauga, 
 
 September 19, 1863; dead. 
 Fifth Sergt. M. Hudson ; discharged 1862. 
 Corp. T. D. Moates'; promoted, to First Sergt., 1863 ; living 
 
 last account. 
 Corp. W. G. Edwards; promoted to. Sergt., 1862. 
 Corp. J. M. Stephens ; died Atlanta, Ga., 1894. 
 Corp. George Vincent., 
 Corp. J. A. Woodall. 
 
 Corp. J. B. Hogue ; died in hospital. Savannah, 1862. 
 Corp. S. W- Edmonds ; died Fairburn, Ga., 1862. 
 Corp. M. M. Murrow ; lives in Missouri. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Abbott, G. A. ; transferred to Sharpshooters, 1862. 
 
 Abbott, S. W. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863; 
 
 died Camp Douglas, 111., 1864. 
 Aldridge, J. A.; lives Fairburn, Ga. 
 Aldridge, S. G. ; died September 26, 1869, at Atlanta, Ga. 
 Adams, J. A. ; dead- 
 Baker, J. C. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; 
 
 died Missionary Ridge, November, 1863. 
 Baker, B. R.; discharged, over age, 1862. 
 Bachelor, H. A. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863 ; lives in Alabama. 
 Bell, C. ; died Savannah hospital, 1862. 
 Bell, WiUiam; discharged, over age, 1862. 
 Bleckley, C. E. ; discharged 1863 ; lives in Lincoln County. 
 Brown, A. L. ; died Camp Chase, Ohio, prison, 1864. 
 Cash, James ; discharged 1862. 
 Childs, R. B.; lives in Texas. 
 Clinton, Wiley ; lost between Dalton and Atlanta, 1864. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia , Regiment 121 
 
 Colloughs, J. M. ; lives in Lincoln County. 
 
 Dorsett, M. E. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863; lives Macon, Ga. 
 Dorsett, W. L. ; lives Springfield, 111. 
 Driggers, A. A. ; died Louisville, Ky., 1865. 
 Dukes, J. F. ; discharged 1862. 
 Edgar, Harmon ; died in service. 
 Edwards, J. W. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863 ; lives in Texas. 
 Eason, W. H. ; died Roanoke, Ala. 
 Eidson, S. R. ; lives Coweta County. 
 Eidson, T. R. ; lives Coweta County. 
 Estes, R. O. ; discharged 1862; re-enlisted 1864; prisoner 
 
 Camp Chase, Ohio, 1864. 
 Fears, W. C. ; died in hospital, Dalton, Ga. 
 Griffin, David ; lives in Douglas County. 
 Hathcock, W. M. ; lives Fairbiirn, Ga. 
 Haynes, J. A. ; died Camp Douglas, 111., 1864. 
 Helmes, David ; died hospital, Dalton, Ga. 
 Hight, Marion ; died hospital, Dalton, Ga. 
 Hindman, John; lives in Oklahoma. 
 Horton, A. H. ; killed near Lost Mountain, Ga., 1864. 
 Hornsby, J. L. ; lives in Fulton, Ga. 
 Hurst, Josiah ; discharged 1862 ; died 1863. 
 Johnson, D. ; discharged. 
 Kite, C. ; lost in Mississippi, 1863. 
 Langley, H. D. ; discharged, over age, 1863. 
 Langston, R. N. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863 ; living. 
 Mason, R. M. ; discharged, 1862. 
 McDonald, David ; transferred Sharpshooters. 
 Mimms, G. W. ; discharged 1862. 
 Moates, Eli; died at Jackson, Miss., 1863. 
 Moates, James; wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., 1864. 
 Moore, James ; Lives in Coweta County, Ga. 
 Morris, G. W.; lives in Edwardsville, Ala. 
 Moss, M. H. ; discharged 1862. 
 
 Newborn, J. L. ; wounded Calhoun, Ga., May 16, 1864; dead. 
 Newborn, John ; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 Newborn, T. F. ; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 Newborn, W. J. ; lives at Heflin, Ala. 
 
122 History of The 
 
 Nolan, D. ; Campbell County. 
 
 Nolan, Eli. ; Campbell County. 
 
 Odom, C. ; died at Savannah, April, 1862. 
 
 Odom, Martin; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 
 Parker, J. S. ; died in Campbell County, 1865. 
 
 Parker, Leander ; died at Jackson, Miss., June, 1863. 
 
 Parris, J. B. ; lost between Dalfon and Altanta, 1864. 
 
 Robinson, John; wounded Chickamauga, September ] 
 1863; lives Fayette County, Ga. 
 
 Sewell, J. F. ; died in Campbell County since the war. 
 
 Sewell, S. P. ; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Sewell, J. P. ; lives in Canipbell County. 
 
 Smith, B. F. ; lives in Douglas County. 
 
 Smith, M. E. ; discharged 1862- dead. 
 
 Smith, W. R. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; 
 lives Heflin^ Ala. 
 
 Stephens, G. T. ; died Atlanta, Ga.,' 1882. 
 
 Stephens, W. J. ; lives in Atlanta. 
 
 Stewart, David ; lives in Atlanta. 
 
 Torrence, G. W. ; lives in Campbell County. 
 
 Thaxton, T. J. ; promoted to Sergt., 1863 ; killed at Chicka- 
 mauga, 1863. 
 
 Trantham, W. M. ; died since the war. 
 
 Trimble, G. S. ; died since the War. 
 
 Trimble, M. H. ; died since the war. 
 
 Vickery, W. J. ; lives in Campbell County. 
 
 Vincent, J. M. ; lives in Douglas County. 
 
 Vincent, T. J.; wounded Chickarriauga, Septeniber 19, 1863; 
 died since the war. 
 
 Walker, B. J. ; lives in Heflin, Ala. 
 
 Walker, T. F. ; lives in Alabama. 
 
 Walker, Wm. ; Haralson County, Ga. 
 
 Walker, W. A. ; died in Heflin, Ala. 
 
 Walker, W. L. ; killed Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863. 
 
 Wallace, M. P. ; died in hospital, 1864. 
 
 Wood, Henry ; lives in Fayette County. 
 
 Yarbrough, George; substituted. 
 
 Yarbrough, W. G. ; lives in Campbell County, Ga. 
 
 Zellars, L N. ; surrendered with Johnston's army, 1865 ; lives 
 in Lincoln County. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 123 
 
 Company I, Butts County 
 
 Company I was made up in the summer of 1861 in and 
 around Stark, Butts County, and was composed of farmers 
 and farmers' sons. The company joined the regiment at the 
 organization at Camp Bailey, September 25, 1861, and was 
 known as Company A in the first organization, but the po- 
 sition and the letter of the company was changed from A 
 to I at the reorganization in May, 1862. The first officers 
 were : Captain, J. L. Barnett ; First Lieutenant, F. L. Wal- 
 thall ; Second Lieutenant, David Nutt ; Third Lieutenant, L. 
 T. Roberts ; Orderly Sergeant, W. R. Andrews. 
 
 Capt. Barnett declined re-election as Captain at the reor- 
 ganization, and First Lieut. F. L. Walthall was elected Cap- 
 tain ; W. D. Curry, First Lieutenant ; J. M. Ingram, Second 
 Lieutenant; W. R. Andrews, Third Lieutenant and Joseph 
 Jolly, Orderly Sergeant. There were several changes in the 
 non-commissioned officers, which are given in the roll of the 
 company. A few weeks after the reorganization, Lieut. Aii- 
 drews died and Alexander Atkinson succeeded him as Third 
 Lieutenant. This was one of the largest companies of the 
 regiment, and had within its ranks many who proved to be 
 excellent soldiers. The company officers were all considered 
 good officers and were popular as such. The following brief 
 sketches of some of the company have been written from in- 
 formation obtained: 
 
 Capt. F. L. Walthall 
 
 Felix Leonard Walthall was born in an Indian hut at 
 Cedartown, Polk County, Ga., February 29, 1836, and was 
 the youngest of six children. When he was only three years 
 old his father removed to Butts county, where he has lived 
 ever since. His father was a prominent man in his day, 
 and represented Butts County in the Legislature. In 1861 
 he volunteered in a company made up around Stark, Ga.. and 
 was elected First Lieutenant of the company. This company 
 was mustered into service in September, 1861, at Camp 
 Bailey, and was known as Company A, Twenty-fifth Georgia 
 regiment. Upon the reorganization of the company in May, 
 
124 History of The 
 
 1862, he was elected Captain and the company became Com- 
 pany I, Thirtieth Georgia regiment. 
 
 Capt. Walthall was one of the most popular officers of 
 the regiment, and retained the esteem and confidence of his 
 men throughout the war. He took part in all the battles in 
 which the Thirtieth regiment participated, except Missionary 
 Ridge, Jonesboro and Bentonville. He was wounded at 
 Chickamauga in 1863, and also at Decatur, Ala., in 1864. 
 In 1864 he was commissioned as Major, and soon after the 
 battle of Franklin Brevet, Lieut. Colonel. He was captured 
 at Nashville, Tenn., in 1864, and sent to Johnston's Island, 
 from which prison he was paroled after the close of the war 
 when he returned home. His education was confined to the 
 common schools and was limited, but he had an excellent 
 mind, a great deal of common sense, and fine judgment. In 
 1880 he was elected to the Legislature from Butts, County, 
 serving one term with honor to, himself and to the satisfac- 
 tion of his constituents. With the exception of a few years 
 in the mercantile business, rnost of his life has been spent en 
 the farm. In 1875 he professed the Christian religion and 
 joined the Methodist church. Capt. Walthall has been mar- 
 ried three times, first in 1867, to Miss Lizzie Moore ; in 1878, 
 to Miss Lula Elder, and in ,1894 to Mis? Nannie Gresham- He 
 . is noted for his genial disposition, cheerfulness and many ex- 
 cellent qualities, and is regarded as one of, the rnost upright 
 and esteemed . citizens of Butts County. He now lives at 
 Jackson, Ga., and we trust has many years before him. 
 
 Capt. J. L. Barnett 
 
 John Lumsden Barntett was born December 16, 1814, in 
 Clarke County, Ga, Moved to Butts County when he was 
 twelve years of age, and was closely identified with the his- 
 tory of the county. , He was Captain of the State Militia at 
 the age of eighteen and was Adjutant and Colonel before he 
 was twenty-six years old. Prior to the war he was judge of 
 the Inferior Court of Butts County for sixteen years, and 
 served one term in the State Legislature. He was also a 
 delegate to the celebrated presidential convention at Charles- 
 ton in 1860. In 1861 he was elected Captain of the Butts 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 125 
 
 Invincibles, Thirtieth Georgia regiment, which position he 
 held until the reorganization. 
 
 Having been an ofificer before the war in the militia, he 
 ' was one of .the best drilled pflScers in the whole regiment, and 
 was frequently designated to drill the whole body. At the 
 reorganization in May, 1862, he ran for Lieutenant Colonel, 
 but was defeated by Thomas W. Mangham, and retired from 
 service. He was again in the Legislature after the war and 
 a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1865. He was 
 Justice of the Peace for more than forty years. Capt. Bar- 
 nett was one of the most popular men in Butts County. A 
 typical old-time Georgian, honorable and upright, and a man 
 of excellent judgment. He died in Butts County, June 12, 
 1904, in his ninetieth year. 
 
 Lieut. W. D. Curry 
 
 William D. Curry was born in Troup County, Ga., April 
 11, 1836, and came with his parents to Butts county when 
 quite a child, and has lived there ever since. His education 
 was limited to the common schools of his county. He taught 
 school ten years. He enlisted as a private in Capt. Barnett's 
 Company, but was promoted to Sergeant, and in May, 1862, 
 was elected First Lieutenant of his company, which position 
 he held until captured at Nashville, December 16, 1864. 
 
 He was with his- company in' all the service on the coast, 
 and in the Mississippi and Georgia campaigns, which cov- 
 ered the battles from Chickamauga to Jonesboro, and went 
 with Hood in the disastrous Tennessee campaign. He was 
 taken prisoner at Nashville, sent to Johnston's Island; Ohio, 
 and released from that prison June 16, 1865. Has been most 
 of his life interested in farming. He was sheriff of his 
 county for tep years and deputy sheriff two years. Was tax 
 collector two years, besides holding various other positions, 
 all of which evinces his standing and popularity with the 
 people of his county. 
 
 He is a member of the Baptist church, and also of the 
 Masonic fraternity. He was a good soldier, and has proven 
 to be an excellent citizen, honored and respected by a host 
 of warm friends. He now lives in Butts County, at the ripe 
 old age of seventy-three years. 
 
126 History of The 
 
 Alexander Atkinson 
 
 Alexander Atkinson, of this company enlisted as. a pri- 
 vate in June, 1862. He was elected Third Lieutenant. He 
 served through the war and surrendered with Johnston's 
 army in North CaroUna, April, 1865. After the war he 
 joined the Baptist church and engaged in the ministry of his 
 denomination. He represented Butts County in the Legis- 
 lature several years, and was also senator from the Twenty- 
 sixth Senatorial district, and was quite prominent in shaping 
 the state legislation. He died in Butts County, 1908. 
 
 J. M. Ingram 
 
 Lieut. J. M. Ingram, of this company, was elected Sec- 
 ond Lieutenant in May, 1862, and seryed as such until cap- 
 tured at Nashville, December 16, 1864. Most of his life 
 was spent in Butts County, but a few years ago he removed 
 to Griffin, Ga., where he now resides. He was a good sol- 
 dier and an efficient officer. 
 
 Joseph JpUey 
 
 Sergt. Joseph Jolley, of Company I, enlisted as a private 
 in May, 1862, and was elected Orderly Sergeant, and was 
 with the company until he lost an arrn at the battle of Peach- 
 tree Creek, July 20, 1864. He was a good soldier, and is 
 among the best citizens of Butts County. He was clerk of 
 the Superior Court for several years, and at present is clerk 
 of the Board of Commissioners of Butts County. He is a 
 member of the Baptist church at Jackson, and highly es- 
 teemed as a man of excellent, irreproachable character. 
 
 J. M. T. Mayo 
 
 John M. T. Mayo was one of the best soldiers of his com- 
 pany and regiment.. He was in nearly every engagement in 
 which the regiment participated. He was one of the Color 
 Guard at the battle of Chickamauga. During the Tennessee 
 campaign he was placed on the roll of honor for meritorious 
 service rendered. He was wounded at Franklin, Tenn., No- 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 127 
 
 vember 30, 1864. After the war he returiied to Butts County 
 and .engaged in farming, and has succeeded well in this and 
 other business which has engaged his attention. He married 
 a Miss Dodson, of Butts County, and raised a large family. 
 He is an exemplary member of the Baptist church, and also 
 of the Masonic order, having served several years as Master 
 of his lodge. He has held several positions of honor and 
 trust in Butts County, and is held in high esteem by a large 
 circle of friends. A few years ago he moved to Atlanta, 
 where he now resides. , 
 
 Roll of Company I, Butts County 
 
 Capt. J. L. Barnett; resigned May, 1862; died 1904. 
 
 Capt. F. L. Walthall ; enlisted as First Lieut., 1861 ; elected 
 Captain May, 1862 ; wounded at Chickamauga, September 
 19, 1863; captured at Nashville, December 16, 1864; lives 
 in Butts County. ' 
 
 First Lieut. W. D. Curry ; enlisted as Second Sergt., 1861 ; 
 elected First Lieut., May, 1862; captured Nashville, De- 
 cember 16, 1864 ; was prisoner at Johnston's Island ; lives 
 in Butts County. 
 
 Second Lieut. David Nutt ; resigned, 1862. 
 
 Second Lieut. J. M- Ingram; elected Second Lieut., May, 
 1862 ; captured at Nashville, December 16, 1864 ; lives at 
 Griffin, Ga. 
 
 Third Lieut. L. T. Roberts ; enlisted 1861 ; resigned May, 
 1862. 
 
 Third Lieut. WTiriflrr i^flfiiiirnn ; enlisted as a private, Sep- 
 tember, 1861 ; elected Third Lieut., April, 1862 ; died May, 
 1862. 
 
 Third Lieut.. Alexander Atkinson; enHsted as a private, Sep- 
 tember, 1861'; elected Third Lieut., June, 1862, to succeed 
 W. R. Andrews,; surrendered with Johnston's army in 
 North Carolina, 1865 ; died 1908. 
 
 First Sergt. Joseph Jolley; elected First Sergt., April, 1862; 
 lost an arm Peachtree Creek battle, July 10, 1864 ; lives in 
 Butts County. 
 
 Second Sergt. M. H. Gaston ; elected 1862, in place of W. D. 
 Curry ; captured at Atlanta, July 22, 1864 ; sent to Camp 
 Chase, Ohio ; died in Butts County. 
 
128 History op The 
 
 Third Sergt. J. R. Mayo ; died 1909. 
 
 Fourth Sergt. J. M. T. Mayo; wounded at Franklin, Tenri., 
 1864; lives in Atlanta. 
 
 Fifth Sergt. J. M. Thompson; lost leg at Decatur, Ala., 1864; 
 died since the war. _ ■ 
 
 First Corp. A. G. Preston ; captured Nashville ; died in Fay- 
 ette County, Ga., 1906. 
 
 Second Corp. R. M. Goodroe; wounded in battle; lives in 
 Dooly County. 
 
 Third Corp. J. H. McCallum; wounded Chickamauga, Sep- 
 tember 19, 1863 ; captured at Nashville, Tenn., 1864; died 
 1908. 
 
 Fourth Corp. J. G. Preston ; wounded Jackson, Miss., July, 
 1863 ; lives in Butts County. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Andrews, A. M. ; died during the war. 
 
 Bailey, F. M. ; living last account. 
 
 Barnes, Cordie; discharged 1862; dead. 
 
 Barnes, Jasper ; killed Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863. 
 
 Barnes, J. C. ; wounded Chickamauga, 1863 ; lives in Butts 
 County. 
 
 Barnes, Thomas ; died during the war. 
 
 Barnes, W. J. ; Butts County. 
 
 Barnes, H. T. ; discharged, under age ; lives in Butts county. 
 
 Beauchamp, J. O. ; went out under age ; died 1908. 
 
 Beavers, G. W. ; died since the war. 
 
 Blanks, S. S. ; captured and killed in prison at Camp Doug- 
 las, 1864. 
 
 Bledsoe, E. M. ; dead. 
 
 Bledsoe, H. C. ; discharged. 
 
 Blakely, G. L. ; died at Griswoldsville, Ga., December, 1861. 
 
 Bowles, M. C. ; wounded at Chickamauga, 1863. 
 
 Bowles, William. 
 
 Burt, A. S. ; substitute ; wounded in battle. 
 
 Byars, J. L. ; lives in Butts County. 
 
 Cargile, J. N. ; died since the war. 
 
 Carter, J. R. ; promoted to Sergt; killed at Chickamauga. 
 1863. 
 
 Carter, W. F. ; killed at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Carter, W. F. ; went to Texas after the war. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 129 
 
 Cook, Elam ; wounded at Lovejoy's Station, Ga., September,, 
 
 1864. 
 Cook, J. B. ; lost in battle near Atlanta; supposed to be dead. 
 Cook, Wesley ; died at Savannah, 1862. 
 Cook, Zeno; Dodge County. 
 Cole, James ; died at Savannah during the war. 
 Crane, James ; died at Savannah during the war. 
 Darnell, J. A. ; dead. 
 Deason, B. T;; lives in Butts County-' 
 Dent, W. R. ; dead. 
 
 Dodson, J. A.; wounded at Chickamauga, 1863, and at At- 
 lanta, 1864 ; lives in Butts County. 
 Dodson, L. G. ; dead. 
 Duke, G. R.;- wounded Chickamauga, 1863; died since the' 
 
 war. 
 Duke, E. N. W. ; died Savannah. 
 ' Duke, M. C. ; died in prison. ■ 
 Ethridge, C. F. ; lives in Jackson, Ga. 
 
 Ethridge, G. S. ; killed at Chickamauga;/ September 19, 1863.'. 
 Fincher, Richard ; dead. 
 Flood, W. F. 
 
 Giles, Charles ; died at Savannah. 
 Giles, E. P. ; died in Butts County since the war. 
 Giles, F. L. ; wounded Chickamauga September 19, 1863;^ 
 Goodroe, John ; dead. 
 Gunnels, W. J. ; lives in Butts County. 
 Hall, A. R. ; killed ChickamaugaySeptember, 19, 1863-. 
 Herring, Fred ; killed at Peachtree, July 20, 1864; 
 Hoard, John; killed at home. 
 Heard, W. D. ; transferred to Virginia army. 
 Hodges, Jesse; discharged, over age; 
 Hodges, W. B. ; wounded at Chickamauga, September, 1853 ; 
 
 dead. 
 Hodges, William; wounded at Chickamauga. September 19, 
 
 1863. 
 Holifield, J. M. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, 
 
 and at Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1864. 
 Holifield, T. J. ; discharged. 
 Holifield, W. W. ; wounded Chickamauga, September 19, 
 
 1863; killed at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864. 
 Holifield, Willis ; died in Savannah, 1862. 
 
13d HisbcoRt OF The 
 
 Hunt, J: M. ; lives in Alabania. 
 
 James, B. M. ; dead. 
 
 Jolley, Alexaridef ; died in Butts County, 1909. 
 
 Lee, L. D. ; discharged.. 
 
 Lemon, J. W. ; wounded Chickamaiiga, September 19, 1863. 
 
 Lemon, William ; wounded Chickimauga, September 19, 
 
 1863. 
 Maddox, G. W. ; died at Savannah. 
 Maddox, W. Jeff; died. Camp Chase, Ohio, prison; February 
 
 18, 1865. 
 Maddbxj John ; ilied a!t Savannah, 1862. 
 Mays, R. J. ' ' 
 
 . Mayfield, Arch ; dead. 
 
 MayfieTd, J.'C; died MUrfreesboro, Tenn., 1864. 
 Mays, J. F. ; died 1862. 
 McCallum, W. W. ; died at SaVcinhah. 
 McCurdy, J. W. ; discharged, oyer age, 1862; dead. 
 McCurdy, R. L. ; discharged, under age, 1862. 
 Merideth,' William ; discharged ; dead: 
 Moore, G. W. ; discharged. 
 Moore, Stephen; dead. 
 Murphy, William ; recruit ; dead. 
 Nelms,. David; died in Henry County since the war. 
 Nefms, William ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 Newell, W. J. ; recruit ; died. 
 O'Neill, James; died in service. 
 Pope, A. J. ; recryit ;' died during the war. 
 Pope, Williami; wouhded at Nashville, December, 1864; 
 
 dead. 
 Preston, B. F. ; died. 
 Preston, T. J.; died in Butts' County. 
 
 'Piiiiipg,B: J. ■'■' ■ 
 
 Price,, John; lost arm at Jonesboro, August 31, 1864; living 
 
 in Jasper County. 
 
 Singerly, J. L. ; died Camp Chase, Ohio, prison, May 29. 
 
 1865: ■ ■ .'■■■'' 
 
 Skinner, Noah S. ; died Camp Chase, Ohio, prison, June 
 
 4, 1865. 
 Slatoh, O'. H. P.; physician; discharged. ■ 
 Smith, Cornelius; substitute; dead. 
 Smith, G. W. ; exchanged foi- L. G. Wilson. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 131 
 
 Smith, J. A- ; wounded at Atjlanta, 1864. 
 
 Spiniss, G. W. ; died in Butt's County.' ' 
 
 Stewart, J. G. ; died in service. 
 
 Stewart, J. T.; died in Butts County. 
 
 Stodghill, H. B. ; died in Mississippi, 1863; 
 
 Stubbs, B- F. ; died in Mississippi, 1863. 
 
 Turner, A. J.; dead. 
 
 Turner, Sol ; no record. 
 
 Weaver, Edward; killed at Chiqkamauga September 19. 
 
 1863. 
 White, W. R.; lives in Pike County. 
 Wilson, L. G.; lives in Polk County, Fla. 
 Wise, F. M. ; no record. 
 
 Company K, Campbell County 
 
 This company was made. up on the Chattahqochee riVer, 
 from Campbell and Carroll counties, and was known as the 
 Chattahoochee Volunteers and Company K throiigliout the 
 war. W. B- Richards was the first Captain ; H,. M„ li^aci, 
 H- D. Morris and G. F; Longino were the Lieutenants. ' Jn 
 May^ 1862; Capt. Richards and Lieut. HCjad. retired from 
 service, and the company reorganized, by, the, election of, G. 
 F. Longino as Captain; H-. D. Morris,,., ^p'irst Lieutenant.jrH. 
 H. Smith, Second Lieutenant, and T. . J.^'.King, 'Third' 'Lieu- 
 tenant. In 1863 Lieut. H. D. Morris succeeaed Capt. Lon- 
 gino as Captain, and by the promotions, wl^ich ensued S'ergt! 
 J. -L. Camp was made Third, Lieuteijarit.' When the" regi- 
 ment left Savannah in May, 1863, .Compajiy K was lefi be- 
 hind on detached service below Savannah, and did hot re- 
 join the regiment untiL April 28, 1864, at Dalton, Ga., but 
 was with the regiment during the remainder of the,\yar. 
 Capt. Morris was killed in the battle of Atlanta, 'j'(i\^}22., 
 1864. This company not be.ing with the regiment for a^out 
 a year, it has been hard to get as full a roU and sketch of 
 the company as was desired, but enough is kno.Wh ib say that 
 it was a splendid body of men who did their duty k's'sbld'iers, 
 and after the war many of the survivors proved excellent 
 citizens. Their loss in battle and by disease was considera- 
 ble. The following roster of the company^ while not alto- 
 gether full is the best that could be obtained : 
 
13i2 History OF The 
 
 Roll of Company K, 30th Ga. Reg., Campbell Co. 
 
 Capt. W. B. Richards; resigned May,, 1862.; dead. 
 
 Capt. G. F. Longino; enlisted September, 1861, as Third 
 
 Lieutenant; elected Captain, May, 1862; resigned 1863.; 
 
 joined Company C, Thirtieth Georgia regiment; lives at 
 
 Fairburn, Ga. 
 Captain, H. D. Morris; enlisted as 2nd Lient. Sept 1863; 
 
 elected 1st Lieut. May 1862; promoted Captain in 1863; 
 
 killed at the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 First Lieut. H. M. Head ; resigned May, 1862; dead- 
 Second Lieut. H. H. Smith; enlisted as 1st Sergeant Sept. 
 
 1861 ; elected Leut. 1862 ; died in Campbell County. 
 Third Lieut. T. J. King ; elected Lieut. May, 1862 ; captured 
 
 at Atlanta 1864 ; lives in Coweta, Georgia. 
 Third Lieut. ]. L. Camp ; enlisted as 3rd Sergt! 1861 ; pro- 
 
 lonoted to. 1st Sergt. 1862 and to Lieut, 1863. 
 Tiiird Lieut. H. E. Richardson ; elected 3rd Lieut. February, 
 iM3'} resigned August, 1863. 
 
 First ergeant B. F. Ataway; succeeded L- J; Camp 1863. 
 Second Sergeant, Lewis Jones.; dead. 
 T'bird Sergeant, John L. Camp; promoted to. Lieut 1862. 
 Fburtb Sergeant, H- C. Sunderland. 
 Fifth Sergeant, John Humphrey; dead. 
 First; Corporal, B.. L. Camp; died in service, 1862. 
 Second Corporal, A. P. Bryant ; lives in Carroll County. 
 Third Corporal, B. D. Crutchfield ; lives in Tennessee. 
 Fourth Corporal, A. J. Richards; promoted to Sth Serg., 
 
 1862; Carroll County: 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Attaway, B. T.; promoted to 1st Serg; lives in Texas. 
 
 Attaway, J. L. ; Alabama. 
 
 Attaway, W. M. ; promoted to Corporal, 1862; lives in 
 
 Paulding County. 
 Attaway, W. R. ; Coweta County. 
 Abercrombie, S. J.; promoted -to 3rd Corporal, 1862; died 
 
 since the war. 
 Adair, J. T., died in Douglas County. 
 
 Barfield, W. E. ; wounded at Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864. 
 Belcher, William; died 1864. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia kegiment 133 
 
 Belcher, W. T. 
 
 Benson, W. J. ; died in service. 
 
 Blackstock, Wm. ; killed in battle. 
 
 Blalock, Wm. ; killed in battle. 
 
 Bryant, James; dead. 
 
 Bryant, A. P. ; dead. 
 
 Bryant, John J. ; died in service. 
 
 Burke, W. B. ; died in service. 
 
 Camp, A. J. ; died 1901. 
 
 Carpenter, W- D. ; died Savannah, 1862. 
 
 Chambers, J. ; dead. 
 
 Collins, James ; died since the war. 
 
 Collins, William; with Johnston's army at the surrender, 
 1865. 
 
 Davis, J. W. ; Campbell County. 
 
 Davis, William; dead. 
 
 Duncan, M. A.; wounded in the battle of Atlanta, July, 
 1864 ; lives in Carroll County. 
 
 Durrett, J. B. ; dead. 
 
 Durrett, J. H. ; captured, Atlanta, July, 1864 ; dead. 
 
 Edwards, Clay; killed at battle of Dallas May, 1864. 
 
 Entrekin, W. H. ; dead. 
 
 Entrekin, W. T. ; dead. 
 
 Estep, N. B. ; Carroll County. 
 
 Garrett, W. J. ; discharged by substitute ; dead. 
 
 Gentry, B. H. ; promoted to 2nd Corp.. 1862; wounded Cal- 
 houn May 1864. 
 
 Gentry, Bud; in Mississippi. 
 
 Golightly, David ; killed Decatur, Alabama, Oct. 1864. 
 
 Harper, J. C. 
 
 Harper, J. L. ; died Jan. 1862, at Savannah. 
 
 Hattaway, David; lost leg at battle of Peachtree Creek 
 July, 1864; lives in Campbell County. 
 
 Heath, ; mortally wounded Atlanta, July, 1864. 
 
 Herlow, J. H. 
 
 Herod, ; dead. 
 
 Hornsby, J. R. ; lives in Fulton County. 
 
 Hudson, J. A. 
 
 Hudson, W. H. ; wounded Atlanta, 1864. 
 
 Humphries, D. C. ; discharged 1862 ; dead. 
 
134 History oSf The 
 
 Humphries, John; discharged 1862; dead. 
 
 Hunt, J. C. 
 
 Hunter, J. W. ; dead. 
 
 Hunter, W.'B. M. 
 
 Kieth, Eli; killed, Atlanta, July, 1864. 
 
 Kerbow, J. M. ; lives in Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 Kersey, J. H. ; dead. 
 
 Lofton, W. A. ; died Camp Chase prison^ Feb. 1865. 
 
 Long, J. F. ; captured, Nashville, Dec. 1864; died Gamp 
 Chase, Jan. 31, 1865. 
 
 Long, Luke; lives Carroll County. 
 
 Longino, O. R. ; died 1895. 
 
 McDaniel, J. A.,' promoted to 3rd Serg. 1862; lives at Co- 
 lumbus. 
 
 McGraw, E. W. ; dead. 
 
 McWalters, J . W. ; captured, Atlanta, 1864 ; in Mississippi. 
 
 Madaris, Jackson; dead. 
 
 Mathis, A.; killed Atlanta,- July 1864. 
 
 Morgan, J. T. ; promoted to Serg. 1862; lives in Texas: 
 
 Moon, J. D. ; died since the war. 
 
 Morris, C. F. ; dead. 
 
 Morris, W. G. ; died Savannah, 1862. 
 
 Morris, W. L. ; in Texas. 
 
 Morris, W. P. ; died in Savannah: 
 
 Muller, U. M. 
 
 McCord, ^ : ' 
 
 Newborn, H. ; lives in Campbell County. 
 
 Owens, O. P. ; lives in Carroll County. 
 
 Owens, A. 
 
 Phales, A. ; dead. 
 
 Philips, S. L. ; promoted to Corporal ; died in Savannah. 
 
 Philips, J. R. ; died in Campbell County. : ' 
 
 Rainwater, Daniel; dead. ' ■ ' 
 
 Rainwater, J. D. ; discharged 1862; dead. 
 
 Rainwater, J. H. ; captured at Nashville, Dec. 1864 ; , lives 
 in Campbell County. 
 
 Rainwater, Miles ; discharged 1862 ; dead. 
 
 Rainwater, G. 
 
 Rainwater, R. ; dead. 
 
 Rainwater W. M. 
 
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 Ray, F. C. 
 
 Ray, J. M. ; dead. 
 
 Richards, J. D. ; discharged 1862 ; dead. 
 
 Roberts, J. T. ; wounded. at Calhoun May, 1864; in Texas. 
 
 Richardson, W. M. ; prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, Dec. 
 
 1864. 
 Sanders, G. H. ; died since the war. 
 Spalding, Riley; died June, 1862. 
 Sparks, Henry. 
 Sparks, Robert; killed at Calhoun,. -May 16, 1864. 
 
 Spradley, . , ■ 
 
 Smith, B. D. ; fell dead at Atlanta, 1864.. 
 
 Smith; B. J.; died March 2,, 1862, at Savannah. 
 
 -Smith, D. 
 
 Upshawj J. D. 
 
 Vines, J.; D. ; idead. 
 
 Vines; W. D.; dead. 
 
 Ward', John ; substitute for- A, Hendrix. 
 
 Wester, J.. M,; dead..', . . 
 
 W'ilson, -P.-'S. ; captured at Nashville, Dec. 1864; lives in 
 
 Carroll County; 
 Wilson,- T.J;; Surrendered with .Johnston's army in North 
 
 Carolina, 1865. i 
 
 Wilson, W. L. ; died at Montgomery, Alabama. 
 Wise, J. R. ; Promoted to 1st Corporal 
 Woodward, T. ; dead. 
 Brock, Allen ; died since the war. 
 Brock, J. M. ; lives in Carroll County. 
 Brock, John ; Mississippi. 
 
136 History of The 
 
 GHAPTER IV. 
 
 After the War 
 
 The surrender of Gen. Lee's army, at Appomattox, April 
 9, 1865, and Johnston's on April 26, was soon followed by 
 the surrender of all the small detachments in different 
 places through the South. Tlie prisoners were paroled, as 
 well as those in Northern prisons, and at once began to re- 
 turn to their homes. Only a small remnant of the proud 
 army who had four years before gone out with flying colors 
 to resist the invasion of their native land, were present at 
 the surrender. They had during these trying years battled 
 for principles which they believed right; they had in hun- 
 dreds of hard fought battles, contended against largely su- 
 perior numbers, in most of which they had been victorious. 
 They had left many of their comrades dead on these gcrtry 
 fields, many had died from disease and many were languish- 
 ing in Federal prisons. They had patiently endured many 
 hardships, often making long and weary marches, ragged 
 and barefooted, with scanty food, over rugged roads, cov- 
 ered with mud and ice. No soldiers ever made greater sacri- 
 fices, or fought with more valor. The suffering of Wash- 
 ington's army, at Valley Forge; or of Napoleon's on the 
 retreat from Moscow, were no worse than Hood's army en- 
 dured in Tennessee. The charge of Napoleon's men at Lodi, 
 and Austerlitz was not equal to Pickett's charge at Gettys- 
 burg; or that of Breckinridge', at Murfreesboro. The he- 
 roism displayed by the Southern soldiers at Gettysburg, 
 Sharpsburg, around Richmond, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and 
 Franklin has never been surpassed by the soldiery of any 
 land; but the sacrifice and bravery of this immortal band 
 could not withstand the great disparity of numbers arrayed 
 against them. It seemed that the South had the world to 
 contend with, and 600,000 men could not overcome 2,500,000, 
 so their cause went down in defeat. 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 137 
 
 The war over, they turned their faces homeward; with 
 mingled joy and sadness they wended their way through 
 the land made desolate by the marauders of Sherman and 
 Sheridan. The loving welcome they received from mothers, 
 wives and sisters awakened springs of joy in their breasts ; 
 but this joy was marred by the sad reflections of missing 
 comrades left behind, and the gloomy scenes which met their 
 view on every hand; of devastated fields, ruined homes and 
 blackened chimneys, standing as grim sentinels,' in the midst 
 of the ruins of burned cities. Gen. Sherman, upon leaving 
 Atlanta, in November, 1864, ordered it destroyed, and that 
 place was left a mass of smoldering ruins. In his march 
 through Georgia, like a besom of destruction, he swept a 
 path nearly thirty miles wide, in which little of value was 
 left. Subsistence of all kinds, horses, cattle and hogs were 
 taken; houses were pillaged, and in many instances trunks 
 and wardrobes of ladies were broken open and robbed of 
 valuable articles highly prized as family heirlooms, which 
 had been handed down from past generations. Families 
 that had been in affluent circumstances were in a day re- 
 duced to hunger and want; and in many places women and 
 children had to gather up the waste corn, left by the horses, 
 and use it for food. History furnishes no parallel to the 
 acts of vandalism, and wanton destruction of private prop- 
 erty, and homes of defenseless women and children, perpe- 
 trated by Sherman's army in his "ma:rch to the sea." The 
 rules of civilized warfare were disregarded, and but little 
 attempt made to prevent these atrocities. It was in striking 
 contrast to the conduct of Gen. Lee's army in 1863, upon its 
 invasion of Pennsylvania, when private property was pro- 
 tected. 
 
 Such was the condition, in most of the Southern States 
 when her soldiers arrived at their homes. It was indeed a 
 gloomy outlook for the future, with nothing to subsist upon, 
 — all lost except honor, and their proud record. But they 
 knew that it would not do to indulge iii useless repinings ; 
 but with the same courage that had characterized them as 
 soldiers, went at once to work to build up the waste places ; 
 remembering the parting words of their great chieftain, 
 Robert E. Lee, who said, "You have done all you could ; go 
 home, and make as good citizens as you have been soldiers." 
 
138 History dip The 
 
 President Lincoln had been assassinated on April 15, 1865, 
 and Vice-President Andrew Johnson had succeeded him. He 
 announced that he would endeavor to carry out the policy of 
 his predecessor, and at once took steps to establish orderly 
 civil government in the Southern States, and during the 
 year 1865, Conventions were held and Constitutions framed 
 in accordance to the changed condition of affairs. But this 
 policy of President Johnson was too conservative for the 
 extreme Republicans in Congress and was rejected by them; 
 the senators and representatives elected were denied ad- 
 mission. Intense excitement, madness and wild fanaticism 
 prevailed and Congress seemed determined to reduce the 
 Southern people to a state of vassalage and iforce upon them 
 negro equality. In opposition to the wishes of the Presi- 
 dent, and over his veto, Congress passed what was known 
 as the Reconstruction Bill, which was in subversion to the 
 Constitution and the rights of the people. By this odious 
 measure many of the best people of the South were disfran- 
 chised and ignorant negroes given the right to vote. During 
 the war the negroes had, as a race, conducted themselves 
 well, and had given very little trouble; but as soon as the 
 war closed, instigated by emissaries from the North, they 
 were made to believe they were entitled to both civil and so- 
 cial equality; and in many places became impudent and 
 troublesome. Elections were held in pursuance of these 
 laws, the polls being opened at the county sites only, and 
 guarded by armed soldiers. Power unheard of before was 
 given military commanders, they being authorized to declare 
 the result. By this means the government of the Southern 
 States, was for a time, completely dominated by military au- 
 thority, negroes and carpet-baggers. Civil law was subor- 
 dinated to military law and great excitement and indignation 
 existed everywhere., In rnany places carpet-baggers and ne- 
 groes were declared elected to offices which had been filled 
 by great statesmen. Iri Georgia a mulatto negro narned Jeff 
 Long, was_ sent to Congr,ess f rorn a district once represented 
 by David J. Bailey and Thomas Hardeman. The district 
 once represented by A.' H. Stephens, was iiow misrepresent- 
 ed by a carpet-bagger, and a little later on a negro was sent 
 to the United States Senate from Mississippi, occupying a 
 place once held by Jefferson Davis. These days of recon- 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 139 
 
 struction were awful dark, and more terrible than war. The 
 Southern people had not lost their instinct for local self- 
 government, and it now became more intensified than ever 
 before; Three million of their former slaves were turned 
 loose upon them, and given the right to govern their former 
 masters, many of whom were denied the right to vote. For 
 a time misrule, rottenness and corruption reigned supreme. 
 A new issue now faced the people of the South. They were 
 a knightly race who knew how to govern and were deter- 
 mined, by the help of God, to govern. Like men who had 
 been true in the war, they faced the issue, and with hope, 
 courage and determination wrested their beloved Southland 
 from the clutches of the rapacious and motley crowd of cor- 
 ruptionist. Of the part the Southern soldier took 
 in this struggle for local self-government, Gen. Clement A. 
 Evans says : "Was there ever a prouder display of civic 
 government? the rnarvel of their battles was great. The 
 marvel of their sufferings was greater ; but greatest of all 
 was their firm endeavor to avert dishonor, and prevent ab- 
 horrent social order and blend the broken'sections into a gov- 
 ernment of brothers." Thus the South was saved from cor- 
 ruption and negro domination, and at once began to grow 
 in prosperity. The land, which was made desolate by war, 
 and left in ruins, has, by the efforts of her people, been con- 
 verted into prosperous cities, fertile fields and flowery gar- 
 dens. If space permitted, many pages could be written in 
 relation to the dark days -of anxiety and suspense of the re- 
 construction period. It is due President Johnson, 'to say 
 that he opposed these measures and did all he could to pre- 
 vent their enactment, using the veto power invested in him as 
 long as he could. The differences between Preiident John- 
 son and Congress increased, and finally articles of impeach- 
 ment were adopted charging the President with high crimes 
 and misdemeanors. Upon these charges he was tried by the 
 Senate of the United States, sitting as a court of impeach- 
 ment, and acquitted by a vote of 35 to 19, two-thirds being 
 required to convict. His course has since been vindicated, 
 and after 'the madness and excitement of that dark period 
 had cleared away a returning sense of right compelled many 
 who were opposed to him, to admit that his impeachment 
 would have been a great mistake. It had taken several 
 
140 History of The 
 
 3 ears to accomplish the final overthrow of the corrupt re- 
 gime organized under the reconstruction measures ; but as 
 soon as the power passed into the hands of our people, peace 
 and ordfer was restored. The negroes began to find out who 
 were their best friends and went to work ; and a better feel- 
 ing existed between the races. During all these years it was 
 a hard struggle to live, money was scarce and provisions 
 were sold at exorbitant prices. 
 
 There were many things to discourage our people, but 
 they were equal to the occasion; and notwithstanding, the 
 venom of the extremist the injustice heaped upon them, and 
 and the many obstacles they encountered, with a united and 
 determined purpose they brought order out of chaos and 
 prosperity out of adversity, and won the respect of their 
 former foes; proving to the world how great they were in 
 the midst of severe trials. 
 
 Most of the survivors of the Thirtieth regiment 
 lived in Middle Georgia, in the path of Sherman's 
 arrny and are familiar with the hardships of the 
 people of their cection subsequent to the war, and 
 know that the account given in these pages of 
 their trials is not exaggerated. For several years they 
 found it a hard struggle to succeed. Provisions, clothing 
 and articles of all kinds sold at exorbitant prices and money 
 was very scarce. Many of them were young men who mar- 
 ried just after the war, and started with but little to encour- 
 age them except a pretty young wife, but by industry and 
 econorriy made an honest living and aided in the rehabilita- 
 tion of their native State. Some went west and become use- 
 ful citizens of their adopted States. They were mostly from 
 the best families of Middle Georgia, and as citizens, after 
 the war maintained the reputation of their ancestry. Pur- 
 suing various avocations of life they became closely identi- 
 fied with the interest of their State, and many of them have 
 held honorable positions in both church and State. 
 
 The first colonel of the regiment, David J. Bailey, served 
 in congress and was president of the Georgia Senate before 
 the war ; and after the war, was again chosen by the people 
 to represent them in the Legislature. Col. James S. Boynton 
 has been mayor of Griffin, represented Spalding County in 
 toth branches of the legislature. He was President of the 
 
Thirtieth Georgia . Regiment 141 
 
 Georgia Senate, and as such, became Governor of Georgia 
 upon the death of Gov- Stepheris>. in 1883, and was after- 
 wards Superior Court Judge. The following members , of 
 the regiment have at different times served as members of 
 the Georgia Legislature: Capt.- J. L. Barnett, Capt. F. L. 
 Walthall, M. V. McKibbin, Robert W. Mays, .Alex. Atkm- 
 son and J. 0- Beauchamp have represented Butts. County. 
 Teptha Castleberry, of Co. A, has represented Monroe 
 County. Elijah Morris, of Co. B, Henry County. N. B. 
 Drewry, of Co. E^ Spalding County. J. L. McConnell, Jesse 
 Anthony, A. P. Adamson, Capt. J. H. Huie, of Co. E, and 
 T. A. Ward of Co. B., have represented Clayton County. 
 Capt. W. N. McGouirk and Capt. C. P. Bowen, of Co. C, 
 Douglas County, and James W. Hurt, of Co. C, went to 
 Texas and served in the Legislature of that State.. J. H. 
 McCallum, of Co. I, represented Butts County in the Con- 
 stitutional Convention. Maj. W. A. Turner, of Co. B, was 
 a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1865, and has 
 represented Coweta County in both the Senate and House 
 of Representatives. Besides these a large number have filled 
 various county offices and held positions of honor and trust. 
 Several of our comrades engaged in the ministry and be- 
 came as zealous followers of the Cross of Christ as they 
 had been of the Cross of the South, in the days of the six- 
 ties. They had" some desertions, as all regiments had, and 
 some took^ the oath in prison, but taken as a 
 whole, the Thirtieth Georgia has a record of 
 which they may well feel proud. Their record has 
 been made grand and lustrous by deeds of valor 
 on many battlefields and duty performed in every ca- 
 pacity, in which they were called to act. Owing to their 
 service on the coast for a year and a half, they did not take 
 part in as many battles as some regiments, and had fewer 
 casualties, but while on the coast they built fortifications and 
 picketed the islands, which prevented the advance of the 
 enemy upon our seaboard cities. After leaving Savannah 
 and going to Mississippi, they participated in the engager 
 ments around Jackson and then, joining Bragg's army, they 
 won proud laurels in the great battle of Chickamaugaj 
 where, out of 364 men, they lost 126 in killed and wounded. 
 In the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta they took part in 
 
142 History of The 
 
 most of the engagements. At Calhoun, Kennesaw, Peach- 
 tree, Atlanta and Jonesboro, they proudly illustrated Geor- 
 gia's valor, and when Hood went to Tennessee, they left 
 their homes in the possession of the enemy to follow their 
 flag in that disastrous campaign, and at Franklin, Mur- 
 freesboro, Decatur and Nashville they fully sustained their 
 reputation as true soldiers. In every action in which they 
 took part, after the smoke of the battle cleared away, some 
 of their comrades lay dead upon the field, martyrs of the 
 cause which they espoused. 
 
 The people of the South will ever reverence the mem- 
 ory of our great leader, Jefferson Davis. His unselfish de- 
 votion to the cause of the South and his fortitude and en- 
 durance while a prisoner subjected to insult arid cruel treat- 
 ment, won for him the love and admiration of every true 
 Southerner. No people ever were led by a nobler patriot. 
 Great in statesmanship, great in war, but greater still in 
 misfortune. When his detractors shall have passed away 
 and been forgotten, his name will be honored and will go 
 down in history as one of the purest statesmen and grand- 
 est characters this country evei- produced. We have not 
 forgotten the women of the South. The world never saw 
 such patriotic devotion and self-denial as that displayed by 
 them during our great struggle. ' Their courage and devo- 
 tion to our cause nerved the arms and animated the hearts 
 of our soldiers and won the admiration of the world. They 
 gave their loved ones to the cause and denied themselves 
 of the comforts and conveniences of their homes, and in the 
 long and weary nights they knitted socks and made clothing 
 and many other things for the soldiers. In the hospital they 
 nursed the sick and wounded, and by their loving words and 
 gentle acts cheered the drooping spirits of the soldier, and 
 soothed the last moments of the dying. 
 
 And when the end came, they did not forget our dead 
 soldiers, but went to work and organized Memorial Asso- 
 ciations and inaugurated Memorial Day, and every year 
 bring the beautiful flowers of springtime and lovingly place 
 them on the graves or our fallen heroes. Long centuries 
 ago the women of Sparta won undying fame by their devo- 
 tion to their country, but their crown of glOry has been 
 dimmed by the fortitude, endurance and patriotism of the 
 
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 143 
 
 women of Dixie. The noble women of the South deserve- a 
 monument to commemorate their deeds. The large ma- 
 jority of our comrades have passed over the river and joined 
 the spectral throng encamped among the stars. Some sleep 
 far away from the sunny land they loved so well, where no 
 mother or sister can lay a flower on their graves ; some 
 sleep in forgotten graves 'mid the tangled brush and brier; 
 some rest in the cemeteries, where woman's loving hand 'can 
 place the violet and the rose. Time moves on apace, and in 
 a few more years the last of the veterans of the great strug- 
 gle shall have passed aw.ay and joined their comrades gone 
 before — let us hope in a reunion' which has no end. 
 
 We will not forget our comrades and the "Lost Cause," 
 but will treasure in memory's urn the recollection of the 
 days which tried men's souls. Generations yet unborn will 
 read with delight the brilliant exploits of the Southern sol- 
 dier, and feel a just pride that they are descendants of an 
 ancestry whose deeids of valor are inscribed upon the proud- 
 est pages of history. 
 
 We Will Not Forget 
 
 The war between the states was the bloodiest, yet not the 
 longest, in history- It lasted four years, and in that time 
 nearly two thousand battles and skirmishes were fought. 
 There were more than one hundred general engagements, 
 in which the loss of one or the other sides exceeded five 
 hundred. In this great struggle some of the regiments lost 
 more than 80 per cent of their number, and the Twenty- 
 sixth iSforth Carolina lost at Gettysburg 90 per cent. The 
 Southern army contended against an army four times as 
 great as their own; and their skill, courage and endurance 
 was marvelous. 
 
 Every Confeiderate soldier may well feel proud that he 
 has -belonged to this noble army, which was ;led by the 
 greatest leadeirs known to history. Ever artd ; anon our 
 thoughts fly backward to wander over the past, the historic 
 past,, now gone forever, with its ' hallowed memories, its 
 cherished associations, its joyfuL anticipations and buried 
 hopes, which once animated the galknt legions of the South ; 
 of imperishable deeds of valor and achievements on disputed 
 
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 battle fields, which immortalized the Southern soldier and 
 astounded the' world. We cannot; we will not forget the 
 past. We do not forget Robert E. Lee, the great soldier, 
 nor Jackson, Johnston, Bureaugard, Hardee, Gordon, 
 Walker and many others whose names are written on the 
 ■ rolls of fame. ' We recall with pride the- courage and devo- 
 tion of the Confederate soldier, whose record is not marred 
 by the wanton destruction of private property, the burning 
 of cities and homes of defenseless women and children. 
 They left their homes and sarificed all for what they deemed 
 right ; they saw their land pillaged and laid waste ; the ruin 
 of happy homes ; their property taken — all lost save honor. 
 They returned to their desolate homes with sad hearts — - 
 nothing but their heroic record, which they would not ex- 
 change for that of the soldiery of any land. Of this great 
 army the Thirtieth Georgia regiment was a part, and we 
 do not forget our own comrades, with whom we marched 
 shoulder to shoulder, and battled side by side, enduring the 
 hardships of the war together; the ties which bound us 
 can never be forgotten. We remember our grand old Col- 
 onel, David J. B'ailey,,who always looked after our welfare. 
 We' can never forget Mangham, that dashing and superb 
 soldier, as he led his men over the bloody ground at Chicka- 
 mauga, nor that prince of soldiers, the courtly Boynton, with 
 his benign smile, so familiar to his men ; we recall grand old 
 Maj. Hendricks, the daring and impetuous Dollar, the calm 
 and imperturbable Whitaker, the young and boyish An- 
 drews, and Bowen, Walthall, Hitch, Redwine, McKibben 
 and others who led their comrades in these trying days. 
 
 The Dead of. Company E 
 
 We would not forget our dead comrades of this regi- 
 ment. Some of therri fell iri battle,' some died from dis- 
 ease, others fill unknown graves in the prison cemeteries of 
 Camp Douglas and Camp Chase. 
 
 There were those stalwart young soldiers, George Gall- 
 man and Columbus Huie, who fell early victims of disease 
 at Savannah. There was' Kennedy Langston, Bill Adams, 
 Will Adamson and kind-hearted George BroWn, who sleep 
 beneath the sod of Mississippi; the vivacious Jim Evans. 
 
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 who fell with his face to the foe at Chickamauga ; brave 
 Bill Anthony, who died in that terrible charge at Franklin, 
 Tenn. ; Henry and Jesse Sanders, close neighbors and com- 
 panions of my boyhood days ; the calm and brave Hamilton, 
 and Marion Johnson, who fell at Atlanta j Bill Huie and 
 Joel Stephens, who died at Camp Douglas ; Tom Berry, Jim 
 Adamson, Jim Conine and others, who fill graves in the 
 prison cemetery at Camp Chase, Ohio. Then there are those 
 who survived the war, but have since "crossed over the 
 river." Among these are the excellent soldiers. Bill Law- 
 son, Miles Smith, Joe Ansley, big-hearted Joe Buchanan, the 
 bright and witty Tom Cook,, noble, generous Campbell, 
 who left an arm at Franklin ; the ever-sociable Bill Barton, 
 whose friendly handshake we will never forget; the brave 
 Capt. Dollar, who knew no fear; the patriotic Elijah Huie, 
 and others who have answered the last rollcall. We do not 
 forget the loving associations of the past, and will ever 
 cherish the memory of our dead comrades; 
 
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 CHAPTER Y. 
 
 Treatment of Prisoners 
 
 Much has been said and written at the . North concern- 
 ing the treatment of Federal prisoners in Southern prisons, 
 and the horrors of these prisons have been painted in their 
 worst colors and greatly exaggerated. The Confederate 
 government was ready at all times and quite anxious to ex- 
 change prisoners and fully adhered to the cartel which was 
 first agreed upon and carried out their part of the agree- 
 ment in good faith, and after the refusal of the Federal au- 
 thorities to exchange prisoners. President Davis made sev- 
 eral efforts to renew the first agreement, but all his over- 
 tures were rejected. Mr. Stephens, in his history, says: 
 "The charge of cruelty and inhumanity towards prisoners, 
 which has been so extensively made at the North against 
 Mr. Davis and the Confederate authorities, is utterly with- 
 out foundation in fact." In his address to the army of Gen. 
 Lee, just after the battles around Richmond, when over 
 ten thousand Federal prisoners had been taken, Mr. Davis 
 said : "You are fighting for all that is dearest to men, and 
 though opposed to a foe who disregards many of the usages 
 of civilized warfare, yotfr humanity to the wounded and to 
 the prisoners was the fit and crowning glory to your valor." 
 
 On the 2nd of July, 1863, President Davis wrote: "My 
 whole purpose is, in one word, to place the war on a foot- 
 ing such as are waged by civilized people in modern times, 
 and to divest it of the savage character which has been 
 impressed upon it by our enemies in spite of all our efforts 
 and protests." The reports of the United States war depart- 
 ment show that there were 50,000 more Federal prisoners 
 than they had of Confederates, yet 4,000 more Confederates 
 died in Northern prisons than died of Federals in Southern 
 prisons. The laws of the Confederate Congress, and the 
 orders of those who had immediate charge of prisoners pro- 
 
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 vided that they should be kindly treated, supplied with the 
 same rations that our soldiers had, and cared for when sifck, 
 and placed on the same footing with our soldiers. If these 
 regulations were violated by subordinates, it was done with- 
 out the knowledge of our authorities, who endeavored to 
 care for the prisoners as best they could. If prisoners in 
 Southern prisons were not supplied with full rations, the 
 Confederate soldiers likewise suffered; and these sufferings 
 were the necessary consequence of the mode of carrying on 
 the war by the Federals in bringing desolation and ruin ,on 
 the South, so that our government could not supply thfem 
 with proper food. Much of the mortality in the Southern 
 prisons resulted from causes beyond our control, and much 
 of it could have been prevented if proper medicines could 
 have been obtained, and had not the Federal government 
 refused the offers made them for the exchange of prison- 
 ers; and also the offer made by our Commissioner of Ex- 
 change, Hon. Robert Ould, that each government send its 
 own medicines and surgeons to relieve the sufferings of 
 their respective soldiers in prison. They also refused our 
 offer to let them send medicines without the same privilege 
 being- accorded to us — ^alsb refused our offer to allow our 
 government to buy medicines with gold and silver, tobacco 
 or cotton, which it pledg^ed its honor' should be used only 
 for their prisoners in our hands. They also refused to ex- 
 change sick cind wounded, and would not take advantage of 
 the proposition of judge Ould to send transportation to 
 Savannah and receive, without any equivalent, some 10,000 
 or more prisoners, which offer was accompanied by a state- 
 ment of our agent that our government was unable to care 
 for these prisoners as they should be cared for. They did 
 not heed this humane proposal, knowing at the same time of 
 the great mortality and suffering of their men. There is no 
 doubt that great suffering existed in the prisons of the 
 South, which our government would gladly have allevi- 
 ated had it been in their power to do so. The sufferings and 
 mortality was not confined to our side only. The Confed- 
 erates who were in prison at Camp Douglas, Fort Delaware, 
 Poirit Lookout, Camp Chase, Rock Island and other prisons 
 in the North, sufifei"ed terribly from cold, hunger, want of 
 clothing and ill-treatment ,and all this in a land of plenty, 
 
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 where medicines could be easily obtained and everything 
 else necessary for the treatment of prisoners in a humane 
 way. 
 
 Mr. Stephens, in his work, says "that many of these pris- 
 oners actually froze to death." The writer of this was a 
 prisoner for nine months at Rock Island, III, which was said 
 to have been one of the best prisons in the North, but if 
 it was among the best, the worst was certainly very bad. 
 So hard was prison life at Rock Island that a large number 
 of our men joined the frontier service and enlisted in that 
 branch of the Federal army, hoping to relieve the con- 
 dition. There was no excuse whatever for the manner in 
 which they were treated in Northern prisons, as the Fed^ 
 eral government was amply provided with everything nec- 
 essary for their humane treatment. We again quote from 
 Mr. Stephens, page 507: "As far as mortuary returns af- 
 ford evidence of the treatment of prisoners on both sides, 
 the figures show nothing to the disadvantage of the Con- 
 federates, notwithstanding their limited supplies of all kinds, 
 and notwithstanding all that has been said af the horrible 
 sacrifice of life at Andersonville. The Surgeon General's 
 report shows that in round numbers there were during the 
 war 270,000 Federal prisoners captured and held in South- 
 ern prisons, while there were, in round numbers, 220,000 
 Southern prisoners in Northern prisons, of which number 
 26,436 died, as against 22,576 Federal prisoners who died in 
 Southern prisons." 
 
 The per cent of Federal deaths was under nine, while 
 th^ of Confederates was over twelve. These statistics 
 speak for themselves, and show on which side was the most 
 inhumanity. Mr. Stephens again says: "But the great 
 question in this matter is upon whom rests the tremendous 
 responsibility of all this sacrifice of human life, with all 
 it^indescribable miseries and sufferings." The fact be- 
 yond question or doubt, shows that it rests entirely upon the 
 authorities at Washington. It is now well understood to 
 have been a part of their settled policy in conducting the 
 war not to exchange prisoners. 
 
 The grounds upon which this extraordinary course was 
 adopted were that it was humanity to the men in the field on 
 their side to let their comrades perish in prison rather than 
 
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 to let an equal number of Confederate soldiers be released 
 on exchange to meet them in battle. Upon the Federal 
 authorities, and upon them only, with this policy as excuse, 
 rests the whole of this responsibility- The Southern govern- 
 ment did all in their power to mitigate the sufferings of their 
 prisoners. Had they not done so, the responsibility would have 
 to be shared by them. When we hear of cruelties and inhu- 
 manities toward Federal prisoners, we can only say that 
 doubtless there were some ; but we are at all times willing 
 to go to the record of both sides in this matter, satisfied that 
 we will suffer nothing by a comparison of the conduct of 
 the Confederate government with that of the Federal gov- 
 ernment, and are willing to be judged thereby. 
 
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 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Reunion of The Thirtieth Georgia Regiment 
 
 In the early part of 1884, a few survivors of the Thirti- 
 eth Georgia regiment, mostly residing in Clayton County, 
 held a meeting at Jonesboro for the purpose of inaugurating 
 a plan for annual reunions of the regiment. Among those 
 who took part in this meeting were : Capt. J. H. Huie, A. P. 
 Adamison, J. H. Hamrick, R. S. Ozburn, of Company E. ; T. 
 A. Ward and J. A. Berry, of Company B; Lieut. John M. 
 Smith, of Company G. As a result of this meeting, notice 
 was issued in the papers and invitations sent out, asking all 
 survivors to meet at Jonesboro on the 22nd of July, 1884, 
 the twentieth anniversary of the battle of Atlanta, to hold 
 their first reunion. 
 
 Pursuant to the notice, a large number of the veterans 
 met at the time and place designated, and received a cordial 
 welcome from the people of Clayton County. The welcome 
 was made by Mayor Heidt, of Jonesboro, and Col. John 
 L. Doyal in appropriate 3peeches, which were responded to 
 in an eloquent manner by Hon. M. V. B. McKibben, of Jack- 
 son, Ga. James S. Boynton made a speech in which he 
 gave a detailed account of the organization of the regi- 
 ment in 1861, their duties performed on the coast, their 
 removal to Mississippi, and the hardships of that campaign, 
 the valor displayed on the historic fields of Chickamauga, At- 
 lanta, Jonesboro, Decatur, Franklin and Nashville. This 
 was the first time many of the survivors had met Col. Boyn- 
 ton since the war, and he received a great ovation. 
 
 It was agreed to hold annual reunions on the last Friday 
 in July of each year. An organization was formed, styled 
 "The Thirtieth Georgia Reunion Association," and Capt. 
 J. H. Huie was named president; T. A. Ward and A. P. 
 Adamson, secretaries. Jackson, Ga., was chosen as the next 
 
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 place of meeting. A bountiful dinner was enjoyed by- the 
 large crowd present, which was estimated at liSOO. 
 
 One hundred names' of survivors of the regiment were 
 enrolled as present at this first reunion. 
 
 The next reunion was held at Jackson, which was at- 
 tended by ninety survivors, who received a royal welcome. 
 On this occasion Hon. Marcus W. Beck, now judge of the 
 Supreme Court of Georgia, made an eloquent address of 
 welcome. In referring to the part the regiment took in the 
 battle of Chickamauga, he said: "The part the Thirtieth 
 Georgia took in one action alone, if we could forget their 
 other trials and privations, would suffice to make us honor, 
 and create for you a welcome. If we knew nothing of those 
 laborious and destructive marches through Mississippi's 
 swamps ; if we could forget that hot march ' beneath a 
 blazing sun from Mississippi's capital to Yazoo City ; if we 
 could forget that retreat filled with hardships and battle 
 from Dalton to Atlanta ; if we remembered nothing but those 
 fearful charges on the 19th of September, 1863, at Chicka- 
 mauga, we could not but feel for you the deepest reverence 
 and honor. I solemnly declare to you that I would rather 
 have borne the colors of the Thirtieth Georgia at Chicka- 
 mauga than to have carried one of Napoleon's eagles at 
 Austerlitz." 
 
 In 1886, the reunion was held in Atlanta, and but few 
 attended on account of the schedule of the railroads. In 
 
 1887 it was held at Salt Springs, with about ninety surviv- 
 ors present. The Hon. David J. Bailey was present and 
 made a speech, which was enthusiastically received. In 
 
 1888 the reunion was held at Fairburn, and was a complete 
 success. Hon. W. A. Turner, of Newnan; a survivor of the 
 regiment, responded in an eloquent manner to the address 
 of welcome made by Col. George Latham. In 1889 they 
 met at Stockbridge, a large crowd being present. Several 
 eloquent speeches were made, among them being that of 
 Col. M. W. Beck. In the midst of his speech, while elo- 
 quently referring to the color bearer of the regiment and 
 his bravery at Chickamauga, the secretary, A. P. Adamson, 
 led forward Mr. T. E. Moore, who bore the colors on that 
 bloody day. Col. Beck took him by the hand amid hearty 
 applause. The scene was truly impressive- In 1890, the re- 
 
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 union was again held at Jackson and was a great success. 
 The same can be said of the reunion in 1891 at Douglas- 
 ville, and 1892, at Riverdale, and 1893 at Fayetteville. Per- 
 haps the greatest reunion ever held by the survivors of the 
 Thirtieth regiment was at Tanner's church, Clayton County, 
 July 27, 1894. Emory Adamson,'a son of A. P. Adamson, 
 delivered the address of welcome, and was responded to by 
 Col. Boynton. Speeches were also made by Col. John D. 
 Rodgers, of Atlanta, and Hon. S. D. Bradwell, who was a 
 member of the Twenty-fifth Georgia, of the same brigade to 
 which the Thirtieth belonged. "The conquered Banner" 
 was recited by Miss Aurelia Adamson,.and the reply by Miss 
 Pearl Estes. Some 2,000 attended this reunion. In 1895 
 we again had a successful reunion at Jackson, and in 1896 
 met at Orchard Hill, when the Hon. Ruf Us Lester, who had 
 been Adjutant of the brigade, made the annual address. In 
 1897 we again met at Riverdale. The annual address was 
 delivered by Gov. W. Y. Atkinson. In 1898 the reunion 
 was held at Atlanta, and annual meetings have been held as 
 follows: 1899 at Douglasville, 1900 at Atlanta, 1901 at 
 Forest Park, 1902 at Griffin, 1903 at Jackson, 1904, 1905 
 and 1906 at Forest Park, 1907 ^at Douglasville, 1908 at For- 
 est Park, 1909 at Douglasville, and at Forest Park in 1910 
 and 1911. 
 
 With two or three exceptions, these reunions have been 
 well attended. Capt. J. H. Huie was president from 1884 
 till 1889, when he declined re-election. T. A. Ward was 
 president from 1889 to the time of his death, 1898, when R. 
 S. Ozburn was elected and has served ever since. A. P. Ad- 
 amson has been secretary from 1884 until the present time, 
 and has attended every reunion. R. S. Ozburn and T. J. 
 Askew have missed only one. Several others have missed 
 only a few. 
 
 The people where these reunions have been held have al- 
 ways extended a hearty welcome. 
 
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 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 Conclusion 
 
 The foregoing pages contain only a brief outline of the 
 history of the Thirtieth regiment, and is not as full and 
 complete, as originally contemplated, owipg in part to the 
 necessity of limiting the scope of this work. . I have written 
 hundreds of letters, trying to get an accurate record of every 
 member of the regiment, but have not succeeded as well as 
 I desired. The rolls were submitted to members of the dif- 
 ferent companies for examination, and if they are imper- 
 fect, or an injustice has been done to anyone, it, is partly 
 chargeable to those who gave the information from which 
 they were made. Let anyone who is disposed to criticism 
 bear in mind the difficulty I have had in obtaining informa- 
 tion at this late day. It is written in a plain, simple style, 
 and the writer would have much preferred that someone 
 better qualified would have undertaken the task, but as no 
 one would do so, and believing the history of the regiment 
 was worthy of perpetuation, has given a brief account of 
 their organization and subsequent history. The survivors 
 and their po.sterity may well feel proud of the record of the 
 Thirtieth regiment as soldiers in war and good citizens in 
 time of peace. Nearly a half century has passed since the 
 close of the war. Time has healed the acrimony, strife and 
 bitter dissensions which once existed between the North 
 and the South. Peace jubilees and reunions are now being 
 held, and the survivors of the blue and gray meet and clasp 
 hands in fraternal spirit on battlefields where they once con- 
 tended in deadly conflict. Many of the South's trusted 
 leaders have held high positions under the United States 
 government, some as senators and representatives in Con- 
 gress, and others in various capacities. The statue of Rob- 
 ert E. Lee occupies a place in the Hall of Fame in the Cap- 
 
154 History OP The 
 
 itol at Washington. By order of a Republican president, the 
 name of Jefferson Davis has been restored to its proper 
 place on Cabin John Bridge, from which it was chiseled dur- 
 ing the war by order qf ,Secreta,ry of. State Stanton. The 
 same president, in a speech at Jackson, Miss., paid a high 
 tribute to Mr. Davis and referred to him as one of the great 
 statesmen of his day. Ex-President McKinley favored the 
 government caring for the graves of the Confederate sol- 
 diers. President Taft'-has repeatedly paid a high tribute 
 to the courage of the soldiers of the South, and expressed 
 a desire for close and amic-able relations hetween the sec- 
 tions. , In the Spanish Apierican war the South furnished 
 her full proportion of volunteers, who were led ,hy noted 
 Confederate generals, and they evinced a devotion to the 
 Stars and Stripes equal to that, of .any other, section. The 
 doctrine of state's rights, for which the South has always 
 contended, is now advocated by the ablest writers and states- 
 men of the North. Many of thern, are as jealous of any in- 
 fringement upon the, rights of the states as Toombs, Steph- 
 ens or Yancey ever were in their day., The South has. been 
 vindicated. "Peace, as well as war, has its victories." A new 
 era has dawn,ed for. the South. Her development in, wealth 
 and population has been phenomenal, and ere long will make 
 the South the richest part pf the republip. She has risen 
 from the ashes of a desolating war and. survived the curse 
 of reconstruction, 
 
 Surviving comrades, your war record is secure, and you 
 will continue to prove loyal to the flag of a reunited country. 
 Descendants of those who have passed away,, remember that 
 your ancestors won undying fame in the grea,test war of any 
 age, and will not be forgotten by a grateful people, but the 
 historian of the people will portray their patriotism and de- 
 votion to duty to their Southland in story and in song- . 
 
Thirtieth Georgia. Regiment 155 
 
 The Conquered Banner 
 
 Purl that Banner, for 'tis weary, 
 Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; 
 
 Furl it, fold it — it is best; . 
 For there's not a man to wave it. 
 And there's not a sword to, save it, 
 And there's not one left to lave it 
 In the blood which,,herqes gave it. 
 And its foes now; scorn and brave it; 
 
 Furl it,, hicjejt.^et it rest! 
 
 ■Take the Banner down! 'tis tattered; 
 Broken is its staff and shattered. 
 And the valiant hosts are scattered 
 
 Over whom it floated high. 
 Oh, 'tis hard for us to fold it. 
 Hard to think there's none to hold it, 
 Hard that those who once unrolled it 
 
 Now must furl it with a sigh! 
 
 Furl that Banner— furl it sadly; 
 Once ten thousands hailed it gladly. 
 And ten thousands wildly, madly. 
 
 Swore it should forever wave — 
 Swore that foemen's swords could never 
 Hearts like theirs entwined dissever, 
 And that flag should float for ever 
 
 O'er their freedom or their grave! 
 
 Furl it! — for the hands that grasped is, 
 And the hearts that fondly clasped it, 
 
 Cold and dead are lying low; 
 And the Banner — it is trailing, 
 While around it sounds the wailing 
 
 Of its people in their woe; 
 For, though conquered, they adore it — 
 Love the cold dead hands that bore it. 
 Weep for those who fell before it, 
 Pardon those who trailed and tore it. 
 And oh, widly they deplore it. 
 
 Now to furl and fold it so! 
 
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 Furl that Banner! -True, 'tis. gory, 
 Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory, 
 And 'twill live in song and story 
 
 Though its folds are in the dust! 
 For its fame on brightest pages, 
 Penned by poets and by sages. 
 Shall go sounding down the ages — 
 ' Furl, its folds though now we must! 
 
 Furl that Banner, softly, slowly, 
 Treat it gently — it is holy, 
 
 For it droops above the dead; 
 Touch it not — unfold it never; 
 Let it droop there, furled forever — 
 
 For its people's hopes have fled. 
 
 Abeam J. Ryan. 
 
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 Tenting on the Old Camp-Ground. 
 
 We're tenting to-night on the old camp-ground, 
 
 Give us a song to cheer 
 Our weary hearts, a song of home 
 And friends we love so dear ! 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Many are the hearts that are weary to-night. 
 
 Wishing for the war to cease. 
 Many are the hearts looking for the right, 
 
 To see the dawn of peace : 
 Tenting to-night, tenting to-night, 
 
 Tenting on the old camp-ground. 
 
 We've been tenting, to-night, on the old camp-ground 
 
 Thinking of days gone by : 
 Of the loved ones at home, that gave us the hand. 
 
 And the tear that said, Good-bye ! — Chorus. 
 
 We are tired of war on the old camp-ground : 
 
 Many are dead and gone. 
 Of the brave and true, who've left their homes : 
 
 Others have been wounded long.— Chorus. 
 
 We've been fighting to-day on the old camp-ground, 
 Many are lying near— 
 
 Some^are dead, and some are dying- 
 Many are in tears ! 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Many are the hearts that are weary to-night, 
 
 Wishing for the war to cease ; 
 Many are the hearts looking for the right, 
 
 To see the dawn of peace ; 
 Dying to-night, dying to-night, 
 
 Dying on the old camp-ground.