Company " H "
40th. Georgia Infantry Regiment
BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA
VEACH GUARDS
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OFFICERS
Neel, Joseph L.- Captain March 4, 1862. Wounded at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863;
Atlanta, Ga.
July 22, 1864; Bentonville, N. C. March 19, 1865. In Greensboro, N. C. hospital April 26,
1865. Paroled at Charlotte, N. C. May 6, 1865 .
Loveless, Ebenezer - 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Resigned November 19, 1862.
Aycock, Z. B.- 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Resigned, disability, August 27, 1862.
Swain, William J.- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant November 19,
1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll for
December 31, 1863, last on file,
shows him
present. No later record.
Venable, Richard W.- 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, February 24,
1863.
King, John H.- 2nd Sergeant March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863.
Transferred to Co. L 6th Regiment Ga. Cavalry July 1863. Wounded in neck and captured at
Seveirville, Tenn. January 27, 1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, O. and transferred to City
Point, Va. for exchange February 25, 1865. (Resident of Ga. since 1856)
Lynch, T. F.- 3rd Sergeant. March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant November 19, 1862.
Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there
July 6, 1863. Elected 1st Lieutenant. Absent by authority of Medical Board July 30, 1864.
Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Goldsmith, G. W. T.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Killed in Bartow County, Ga. October 4,
1864.
Nabors, William (or Nabon) - 5th Sergeant March 4, 1862. At home, sick, March 27, 1862. No
later record.
Williams, W. A.- 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. On furlough March 27, 1862. No later
record.
Mosteller, John L.- 2nd Corporal March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant November 19, 1862.
Wounded at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss.
July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Captured near Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864.
Released near Sandusky, O. June 16, 1865. (Born in Ga. December 21, 1835)
Mosteller, Jeremiah G.- 3rd Corporal March 4, 1862. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tenn.
November 25, 1863. Died while home on wounded furlough June 24, 1864.
Long, F. M.- 4th Corporal March 4, 1862. Killed in railroad accident enroute from
Tennessee to Mississippi.
Adcock, William T.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Mariettta, Ga. June 5, 1864. Died
at Rock Island, Ill. June 11, 1865. Grave #1959.
Akins, Alexander (or Akin) - private May 1, 1862. Captured in Bartow County, Ga., a
Confederate deserter, date not shown. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Chatanooga, Tenn. May 27, 1864, and again at
Louisville, Ky. and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, June 1, 1864.
Alexander, William James - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Wounded at Atlanta,
Ga. July 22, 1864 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Allen, Jason F.- private March 4, 1862. Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 13, 1864.
Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 22, 1865.
Allen, M. C.- private May 12, 1862. Killed at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864.
Allen, Washington J.- private May 12, 1862. Captured near Atlanta, Ga. August 13,
1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 22, 1865. (Resident of Ga. since 1838)
Beauford, Starling - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in
South Carolina December 1, 1844)
Blalock, James E.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present.
Paroled at Kingston, Ga. May 12, 1865. (Born in North
Carolina March 16, 1826)
Blalock, J. W.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Knoxville, Tenn. June 1862.
Blalock, W. H.- private July 7, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there August 4, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him at home,
sick. Pension records show he was "In Field Hospital with diarrhoea and hemorrhage of
lungs August 1, 1863. Sent home and never able for further duty." (Born in Rutherford
County, N. C. May 21, 1833)
Bumgarner, W. J.- private June 12, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. Deserted November 1, 1863.
Calvert, John T.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863.
Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. July 3, 1863. Received at City Point, Va. for exchange July
6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record.
Calvert, J. R.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
present. Accidentally killed by falling tree near Nashville, Tenn.
Camp, William B.- private May 15, 1862. Died of measles July 2, 1862.
Carlton, A. F. (or J. F.) - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July
4, 1863, paroled there July 6, 1863, and died there July 1863.
Colston, J. F. M.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16, 1863.
Exchanged off Mobile Harbor, Ala. August 4, 1863. Appointed 3rd Corporal. Surrendered at
Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Colvert - See Calvert.
Compton, Edward - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Miss. May 16,
1863. Exchanged off Mobile Harbor, Ala. August 4, 1863 . Died at Chattanooga, Tenn.
in 1864.
Compton, Wilson - private August 13, 1861. Captured at Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864.
Forwarded to Nashville, Tn., then to Camp Chase, Oh. Oath of Allegiance taken at
Camp Chase, Ohio, and released June 11, 1865.
Conaway, John - private March 4, 1862. Received $50 bounty for reenlisting March 27,
1862. No later record.
Cox, J. W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. No later record.
Crow, Isaac M.- private March 4, 1862. Died of fever at Knoxville, Tenn. June 1862.
Dixon, Thomas (or Dickson) - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Cassville, Ga. May 20,
1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt., place not given, and enlisted in U. S. Army
October 6, 1864.
Durham, C. H.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 16, 1863. Exchanged off Mobile Harbor, Ala. August 4, 1863.
No later record.
Edwards, A. S.- private March 4, 1862. Reported killed at Missionary Ridge, Tenn.
November 25, 1863.
Edwards, E. N.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, at Atlanta, Ga.
November 27, 1862. (Born in Oglethorpe County, Ga. in 1833)
Fowler, Enoch - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 16, 1863. Exchanged off Mobile Harbor, Ala. August 4, 1863.
Died of disease while home on furlough in 1863.
Gasaway, J. S.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
paroled there July 16, 1863, and died there in 1863.
Gholston, I. S.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Captured near Atlanta, Ga.
August 18, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 6, 1865.
Glenn, John Emory - private March 4, 1862. Admitted to hospital of 1st Mississippi
Regiment, C. S. A., at Jackson, Miss. on account of debility, March 29, 1863. Died
of erysipelas in Jackson, Miss. hospital April 12, 1863.
Gore, S. R.- private May 9, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Gray, J. B.- private March 4, 1862. Appears last on bounty pay roll dated March 27,
1862.
Gray, S. M.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Wounded at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864.
Gray, Zachariah - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 16, 1863. Exchanged off Mobile Harbor, Ala. August 4, 1863. No
later record.
Green, Earl - Pension records show he enlisted as a private in 1862, and died of
disease at Vicksburg, Miss. in 1863.
Green, T. M.- private April 29, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Received pay September 5, 1864. No later record.
Hatchett, John P.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Reduced to ranks
November 11, 1863. Deserted at Resaca, Ga. May 15, 1864. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Chattanooga, Tenn. November 25, 1864.
Hilley, Thomas J.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, August 28, 1863.
Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. at Louisville, Ky., and released to remain north of
Ohio River during war, August 3, 1864.
Hilley, William W.- private March 4, 1862. Absent without leave August 23-December 31,
1863. Captured at Adairsville, Ga. May 18, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt.
and volunteered in U. S. Army but was rejected. Released at Rock Island, Ill. October 26,
1864.
Holland, Silas M.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Adairsville, Ga. May 18, 1864. Took
oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and enlisted in U. S. Navy at Rock Island, Ill.
June 10, 1864.
Johnson, Perry - private April 29, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in
South Carolina July 8, 1833)
Johnson, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 3, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. Wounded at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. Pension records
show he was in hospital, wounded, close of war. (Died in Bartow County, Ga. in 1890)
Livingston, A. T.- private March 4, 1862. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file,
shows him present. No later record.
Loveless, James T.- private April 29, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Captured at
Adairsville, Ga. May 17, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt.
and enlisted in U. S. Navy at Rock Island, Ill. June 10, 1864.
Loveless, John V.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Fair Grounds Hospital at Knoxville,
Tenn. November 28, 1862.
Manning, Littleton B.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal November 1862.
Captured near Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864, and sent via Louisville, Ky. to Camp
Chase, O. July 30, 1864. Transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange
March 2, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1844)
Massengale, B. P.- private March 4, 1862. An invalid. Unable to perform duty.
Massengale, D. D.- private March 4, 1862. Paroled at Kingston, Ga. May 12, 1865.
Massengale, Henry G.- private March 4, 1862. Captured in Bartow County, Ga. in 1864. Sent
from Dept. of Cumberland to Louisville, Ky., where he took oath of allegiance to U. S.
Govt. and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war, June
12, 1864.
Mathis, Elisha W.- private May 10, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 13, 1863. Received off Mobile Harbor, Ala. for exchange August 4,
1863. Killed at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27, 1864.
Mathis, W. D.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Fair Grounds Hospital at Knoxville, Tenn.
October 15, 1862.
McCain, John S.- private January 1, 1863. Captured at Marietta, Ga. June 25, 1864, and
sent via Louisville, Ky. to Camp Douglas, Ill., where he was released May 13, 1865.
McClure, C. M.- private March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27,
1862.
McLin, L. C.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, over-age, in 1862.
McMahan, John E.- private April 1, 1862. Died of disease at Vicksburg, Miss. March
1863.
McReynolds, Z. A. (or Z. T.) - private April 18, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss.
July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Wounded, resulting in amputation
of leg, at Ezra Church near Atlanta, Ga. July 28, 1864.
Millsaps, Reuben - private March 4, 1862. Received at Chattanooga, Tenn., a Confederate
deserter, August 24, 1864. Sent to Louisville, Ky., where he took oath of allegiance to U.
S. Govt., and was released to remain north of Ohio River during war, September 26, 1864.
Moore, Elihu - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Killed at New Hope Church, Ga. May 25, 1864.
Morrow, George P.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal November 1862.
Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 16, 1863. Captured near
Atlanta, Ga. August 13, 1864. Forwarded to Louisville, Ky., thence to Camp Chase, O.,
where he was released June 11, 1865. (Born in North Carolina in 1830)
Mosteller, George W.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Killed at Missionary
Ridge, Tenn. November 25, 1863.
Mosteller, William D. (or William B.) - private May 15, 1862. Captured at Fairmount,
Ga. May 17, 1864, and sent via Louisville, Ky., to Rock Island,
Ill. in 1864, where he ws transferred for exchange March 2, 1865.
Newman, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tenn.
November 25, 1863. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt. and enlisted in U. S. Navy
at Rock Island, Ill. February 5, 1864.
Paul, Ansley (or Ansel) - private March 4, 1862. Killed at Missionary Ridge, Tenn.
November 25, 1863.
Pickard, Ambrose - private May 15, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
present. No later record. (Born in Newton County, Ga. March 26, 1829)
Reagan, W. G. (or Ragan) - private March 4, 1862. Died June 21, 1862.
Reed, I. (or Josiah) - private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4,
1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. No
later record.
Rudd, D. M.- private March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March 27,
1862.
Rudd, Hortensieus - private March 4, 1862. Appears only on bounty pay roll dated March
27, 1862.
Sims, S. J.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and
paroled there July 6, 1863. Sick in hospital December 31, 1863. Died in
service.
Smith, J. S.- private April 30, 1862. Killed at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. November 25,
1863.
Stanton, B. A.- private September 1, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. At home, sick, December 31, 1863. No later record.
Swain, John W.- private October 1, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant November 1862.
Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1838)
Thomas, J. M.- private April 30, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant November 1862. Captured
at Atlanta, Ga. August 13, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 11, 1865.
Thompson, G. R.- private June 1864. Wounded in right side of face, breaking molar bone
and teeth and taking out palate, at Bentonville, N. C. March 19, 1865. (Born in Ga.
October 12, 1845)
Yarner, Hiram - private March 4, 1862. Absent, sick, December 31, 1863. No later
record.
Walker, R. A. S.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him
present. No later record.
Walker, W. S.- private September 1, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863,
and paroled there July 6, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Wilson, B. F.- private March 4, 1862. Left in Kentucky hospital. Never heard from.
Winburn, W. D.- private March 4, 1862. Detailed with Captain Rowan's Battery Ga. Light
Artillery November 11, 1863. Captured at Adairsville, Ga. May 18, 1864. Took oath of
allegiance to U. S. Govt. and enlisted in U. S. Navy at Rock Island, Ill. June 10, 1864.