WAR OF SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE

The Confederacy called for fighting men- - -  - and the area now known as Brantley County responded with fire in their eyes.

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Waving Georgia Flag 4TH GEORGIA CAVALRY

COMPANY "I" PERSONNEL

INSTALLED on JULY 27, 2000, in dedication to 2nd Lt George Washington Newbern, of this Company, August 1861 - June 1864

Field and Staff

Duncan [Lamont] Clinch [Jr.], Col.

John L. Harris, Lt. Col.

Jesse [Campbell] McDonald, Maj.

Hugh Fraser Grant, Actg.Adj.

H.L. ?????????, Surg.

R. P. Burroughs, A.S.

S. H. Grayble, A.Adj.

W. T. Grant, A.S.

Wilson Campbell, Drill Master

H. R. Fort, A.Q.M.J. W. Hicks, Surg.

N. B. Clinch, Adj.

George W. Long, A.C.S.

Charles D. Campbell, Chap.

John W. Bowdoin, A.S.

J. G. McKee, A.Q.M.

Thomas C. Giradeau, A.S.

John S. Bryan, Adj., October 1863

T.H. Campbell, Chap.

J.M. Smith, A.S., June 25, 1864

Officers of Company I (formerly Company K, Third Battalion)

John C. Nicholls, Capt.
Ezekial D. Sirmans, 1st Lt.,  August 12, 1863

George W. Newbern, 2nd Lt., September 7, 1863


Albert S. Layton, 1st Lt.

Harrison Jones, 2nd Lt.


George M. T. Ware, 2nd Lt.


COMPANY I

Aldridge, Neal, Cpl. *

Anderson, James

Baggs, James

Baggs, William R.

Bennett, William B.

Bennett, William C.

Bird, Jesse

Box, John

Box, John H.

Brown, A.

Brown, Jesse

Brown, Thomas E.

Bryan, H.

Bunkley, Martin V.

Burch, Reuben J.

Byrum, Charles

Cartee, ???

Carter, Allen T.

Carter, Paul

Carter, William H.

Carver, Gabriel R.

Chancy, Wade H.

Clary, Willis C.

Cohen, William H.

Cornelius, Edward H.

Courson, John

Cox, James

Cribb, William C.

Cribb, William R.

Davidson, Egburt

Dickerson, James

Dryden, Arch M.

Dryden, Benjamin

Dyal, David

Dyall, A.

Epstien, J.

Faircloth, William

Finley, A. N.

Fuller, Thomas J.

Fulwood, James W.

Gill, Thomas J.

Griffis, Elias, Cpl. *

Griffis, Joel G. Sgt. *

Griffis, William

Guess, Crawford W.

Hall, S., Cpl. *

Hall, William

Hallman, George W.

Haregraves, A.

Hargraves, John

Hargraves, Sidney S.

Hargraves, W. B.

Harris, G., Jr.

Harris, George W.

Herndon, Isham

Herrin, J.

Higgs, Elisha

Hill, T.

Hilliard, William

Jackson, Francis M. Sgt. *

Jewell, Levi

Johnson, Reuben

Johnson, Riley

Johnson, Robert

Johnson, William

Jones, Harrison, Lt. *

Jones, John B.

Kimbrel, W.

Kite, Cyler

Kite, Henry

Lanier, Thomas E., Cpl. *

Lankford, William, Cpl. *

Layton, Albert S., 1st Lt. *

Mahon, D.D.

Mathis, Ezekiel

Mathis, H.

McCormick, George E.

McDonald, Jeremiah

McLendon, Wesley W.

McSwain, T.

Meeks, H.

Meeks, William

Miller, M. L.

Miller, N.

Mixon, W.

Morgan, A.

Morgan, John L.

Morgan, John T.

Morgan, Joseph L.

Morgan, Lemuel T., Sgt. *

Morgan, S.

Morgan, T.C.

Murry, Isaac

Murry, S.

Nail, Julius H.

Newbern, George Washington., 2nd Lt. *

Nicholls, John, C., Capt. *

Norman, Richard G.

O'Quin, James B., Sgt. *

Petty, John B.

Pruett, William

Purse, John M.

Raymond, Daniel

Ritch, Green B.

Rives, W. J

.Roberts, Elliott R.

Ryals, Harlow H

Sears, John Cpl. *

Sikes, George W.

Sirmans, Ezekiel J., 1st Lt. *

Smith, Abraham E.

Smith, J. H.

Smith, J. W.

Smith, Jesse

Smith, Joseph

Smith, W. C.

Spalding, William

Spivey, Richard R.

Starling, William

Steedly, Moses E.

Stephens, J.W., Sgt. *

Stewart, William A.

Stone, John

Strickland, C.

Sumerall, John M. W.

Sweat, T.

Sykes, Josiah

Thomas, Christopher

Thomas, D.

Thomas, Henry L.

Thomas, J. A.

Thomas, John

Thomas, John D.

Thomas, T. E.

Thomas, William

Thompson, Jonathan S.

Tomlinson, John G., 1st Sgt. *

Tuten, J. C.

Walker, F. F.

Ware, George M. T., Jr. 2nd Lt. *

Webb, William J.

White, G. W.

Wilder, J. S., 2nd Lt. *

Wilkerson, Charlton

Williams, Elias

Williams, Floyd

Williams, James E.

Williams, John

Williams, Peter, Sgt. *

Williams, Stephen

Wilson, H.

Worth, William L.

RECORDS OF EVENTS FOR CLINCH'S FOURTH GEORGIA CAVALRY

Company I

Stationed at Camp Wayne, January 2, 1863.

This company was made up from recruits and the excess from the minimum of the companies, and constitutes the tenth company which I was authorized to raise by the Secretary of War. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Third Battalion, Georgia Cavalry.

Stationed at Camp Walker, January-February 1863.

Stationed at Camp Walker, March 1, 1863-May 19, 1863.

Stationed at Camp Duncan L. Clinch, May-June 1863.

June 30. --- Removed from Camp Wayne to Camp Duncan L. Clinch. Now on duty at Lake Bluff Battery, Altamaha Bridge and Morgan Lake.

Stationed at Camp Lee, July-August 1863.

Stationed at Camp Mercer, September-October 1863.

Stationed at Camp Mercer, November-December 1863.

Stationed at Camp mercer, April 30, 1864.

February 13. --- Marched to Florida.

February 20. --- Was engaged in the battle of Olustee, where one of the troop was killed and one seriously wounded.

March 16---31. --- Was ordered on duty near Palatka and was engaged there in several skirmishes

Anyone knowing of the burial place of ANY of this Company, please contact me with this information at JHEWITT55@AOL.COM or P.O. Box 771 McDonough Ga. 30253. My personal goal is to find & document the resting places of these Confederate Heros. Col. Charles T. Zachry Camp # 108 SCV Member

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