ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OF
THE
40th REGIMENT GEORGIA
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A.
Johnson, Abda - Colonel. See Captain Co. I.
Young, Robert M.- Lieutenant Colonel March
19, 1862 . Wounded at New Hope Church,
Ga. May 26, 1864 . Recommended for retirement by
Medical Examining Board on account of wounds February 20, 1865 .
Camp Raleigh Spinks - Elected Captain of Co. B, 7th Regiment Texas Inf.
October 2, 1861 ; Major of the 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. March
19, 1862 . Acting Inspector General in 1863 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss.
July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863 . Wounded in left arm
in 1864 . Furloughed from Floyd House Hospital at Macon,
Ga. for 45 days on account of wounds May 23, 1864 . No later
record. (Born in 1831.)
Warwick, George W.- Adjutant June 11, 1862 . See
private Co. B.
Bray, Bannister R.- Chaplain. See private Co. D.
Strickland, John - Chaplain March 4, 1862 . Captured at Lexington, Ky.
October 23, 1862 . Sent to Louisville, Ky. and exchanged near Vicksburg, Miss.
December 8, 1862 . Died at home December 31, 1862 .
Thompson, Gregg Mathew (or Grigg Matthew) - Chaplain March
16, 1864 (to date from December 1, 1863 .) Declined.
Henderson, W. E.- Sergeant Major March 27, 1862 . Appears last on roll for
December 31, 1863 .
Carter, James Henry - Captain & A. Q. M. See private Co. H.
Wooten, L. D.- Quartermaster Sergeant. See private Co. C.
Coyle, Thomas - Ordnance Sergeant. See private Co. D.
Best, John W. F.- Surgeon. See private Co. I.
Fite, Henderson W.- Assistant Surgeon and Surgeon. See Hospital Steward.
Dudley, Marion J.- Assistant Surgeon. See private Co. I.
Lott, E. B.- Appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 1st Texas Legion in 1861 . Transferred
to the 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. as Assistant Surgeon October 18, 1863 . On
duty at Chickamauga, Ga. December 31, 1863 . No later record.
Fite, Henderson W.- Hospital Steward. See private Co. I.
Chunn, William A.- Commissary Sergeant. See private Co. I.
Mays, Robert G.- Captain & A. C. S. May 12, 1862 . See 4th Sergt. Co.
B.
Lee, William H.- Enlisted as a private in Co. A,
44th Regiment Mississippi Inf. (Blythe's,) August 1, 1861 .
Appointed Lieutenant and Ensign of the 40th
Regiment Ga. Inf; July 29, 1864 . Present August 27,
1864 . No later record.
Between March 31 and April 17, 1865 , the 40th, 41st and 43rd Regiments Georgia Volunteer
Infantry were consolidated to form the 40th Battalion Georgia Volunteer Infantry and
surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.