CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS - 26TH GEORGIA REGIMENT

Company “D” - Seaboard Guards

MADE UP OF MEN FROM CAMDEN & WAYNE COUNTIES, GA. Portions of Geographical Area Now in Brantley County 

The Civil War was fought long before the birth of Brantley County in 1920, but many of our ancestors were involved in that devastating event. The realignment of land from neighboring counties to Brantley did not reduce the pain and agony suffered by those confederate soldiers. Pain continues to live in the hearts of their descendants. Brantley County lands were realigned from Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne Counties. Wayne and Pierce Counties contributed the largest geographical area, as well as population. Earlier in history, some portions of Camden had been realigned to establish Charlton as well as Wayne Counties, and subsequently to the new Brantley County. The homes of a great number of C.S.A. soldiers were located in the geographical area now known as Brantley County. The names these soldiers are published below. We are unable to identify all Brantley Co. soldiers, but perhaps you can! The 26th Ga. Regiment was under the command of General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. They were fighting the battles of Northern Virginia while Sherman was marching through Georgia.

Noticeable in the following resumes of Confederate Veterans is that some soldiers had activities at places other than Northern Virginia. We don’t have answers for those situations, except that perhaps they had been reassigned, or else had resigned and reenlisted in other Georgia Regiments. Researchers should be reminded that Companies of the 26th Georgia Regiment were heavily involved in battle skirmishes throughout their 3 ½ year campaign in Northern Virginia. Surviving the natural elements of Virginia, as well as fierce battles with federal troops was number one priority. Maintenance of Company records took a distant, less, priority. In addition, numerous records and accounts were destroyed through the natural evolution of events.

ALDRIDGE, John - Private July 29, 1861. Deserted and surrendered to enemy at Charles Town, W. Va. Mar. 1865. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government and sent north Mar. 20, 1865. Born in Appling County, Ga. July 7, 1837.

ALDRIDGE, Willy - Private May 6, 1862. Died in General Hospital at Richmond, Va. May 11, 1863.

BENNETT, John - Private Aug. 23, 1861. Captured in 1862. ExchangedNov. 1862. Roll for Dec. 31, 1864, last on file, shows him absent, sick, no later record.

BENNETT, Sebastian M. - Private Aug. 23, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 20, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N.Y. and transferred to James River, Va. for exchange Feb. 20, 1865. No later record. Born in Clinch County, Ga.

BENNETT, William B. - Private Aug. 23, 1861. Discharged, disability, Sept. 20, 1861. Enlisted as a Private in Co. I, 4th Regt. Ga. Calvary (Clinch’s), September 6, 1863. Transferred to Clinch’s Battery, Ga. Light Artillery Dec. 1, 1863. Deserted June 19, 1864.

BROWN, James - Private July 29, 1861. Absent, sick, Aug. 31, 1864. Paroled Thomasville, Ga., May 23, 1865.

BUGG, John - Private Aug. 4, 1861. Died January 30, 1862.

BURRIS, David - Private July 29, 1861. Missing at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. No later record.

COONER, George - Private July 29, 1861. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. May 20, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, N.Y. for exchange, Feb. 20, 1865

COOPER, James T. - Private July 29, 1861. Roll for Feb. 28, 1862, shows him present. No later record.

COOPER, John R.-Private July 29, 1861. Appointed Corporal; Surrendered Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. Born in Georgia..

DAVIS, William L. - Private July 29, 1861. Killed at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 28, 1862.

DOUBLEDAY, William T. (or Doubley) - Private July 29,k 1861. Died Oct. 25, 1863.

FLOWERS, John W.H. - Private July 29, 1861. On guard duty Feb. 28, 1862. No later record. /B>

GRAY, Collier B. - Private July 29, 1861. Absent with leave Feb. 28, 1862. No later record.

HENDERSON, John W. - Private Apr. 23, 1862. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864.

HERRIN, Asbury J. - Private July 29, 1861. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

HERRIN, Herrin - Private Oct. 9, 1861. Killed Aug. 17, 1864.

HERRIN, James H. - Private Oct. 9, 1861. Wounded. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865. Paroled, Thomasville, Ga. May 25, 1865.

HERRIN, James M.- 2nd Lieutenant July 29, 1861. Private from 1863. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864. Captured at Waynesboro, Va. March 2, 1865. Released at Fort Delaware, Del. June 15, 1865. (Born in Wayne Co., Ga. April 8, 1834)

HERRIN, John D. - Private July 29, 1861. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 10, 1864.

HICKOX, David J. - Private Apr. 10, 1863. Transferred to Company K. Killed July 18, 1864.

HICKOX, Perry - Private July 29, 1861. Wounded in left thigh at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 30, 1862; through right arm at Marye’s Heights, Va. May 22, 1863. Captured near Petersburg, Va. Mar. 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 28, 1865. Born in Pierce County, Ga. September 22, 1837. (TO BE CONTINUED IN FEB. 1ST, 1998 EDITION)

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