Hello George and John. George I'd like to point out that the 3rd Confederate Conscription Act on February 17, 1864 took men starting at age seventeen. Having said that as you know Governor Joseph Brown of Georgia seems to have played by his own rules at times.

Parts of the original muster rolls for Cobb's Legion are located at the NARA in D.C.

There may be something about his death in the magazine the "Confederate Veteran" by S. A. Cunningham. The Georgia State Archives has a complete list of the magazines. Be sure to use the index when trying to find his name.

At times for fear of being killed and not being recognized individual Union soldiers used what we would consider as dog tags today and an example of this would be the Battle of Cold Harbor near Richmond, Virginia in June of 1864. But George was correct in saying there was not a standard use for dog tags for the military during the war.

You might want to consider going to the Georgia State Archives. They will walk you through using the internet and finding information about your ancestor including his pension records.

Doctor Crawford W. Long who is credited with the discovery of anesthesia prior to the war lived in Georgia. Today they have a small museum for him in Jefferson, Georgia (off of I-85 about the 140 exit) located in Jackson County and I believe they charge five dollars for visiting. It's worth the money in my opinion.

John, since you appear to be new at this site, George has a wealth of information concerning soldiers records and is correct 99.9% of the time in my opinion. I agree with what one poster said, George can find records more quickly than a person can thank him.

I have a complete list of Doctor Stout's Records on disk's but they are not indexed. The list was made from records at North Carolina and Georgia and Texas. I would think that he should be mentioned within those disks, however there are thousands of pages. Work is being done now insofar as indexing them and may be released sometime in the near future. Doctor Stout was in overall command of the Army of Tennessee hospitals especially in 1864 through 1865. The records from Georgia came from Emory University.