Old film clips of the 75th Gettysburg reunion can still be saw. I found a list from Georgia of the 63 Confederates who were invited to attend. Like everyone else I just assumed they were at the Battle of Gettysburg and I was only curious as to their who had been at Gettysburg.

After looking at half of these names from Georgia it is of my opinion the Pennsylvania Gettysburg Commission were just looking for warm bodies to attend the 75th reunion. And if only 10% of the soldiers from Georgia were at the 75th reunion who had been at the Battle of Gettysburg, what about the other states? I ask myself some questions and then tried to answer them.

C-BRASWELL, Jacob Green of 502 Giles Street, Macon, GA. (Macon is located in Bibb County, Georgia.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #5358074.) (Date of death – April 20, 1939) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Answer yes) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Thought to have been Jacob G. Braswell of Company D 30th Georgia Infantry. Enlisted in Bibb County in September 1861. Last reported at the Marshall Hospital in Macon, Georgia in July of 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-BROWN, William J. R. of Avans, GA. (Avans is located in Dade County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, not that can be located)

C-BROWN, William J. Sr. of Rt. 5 Box 50, Statesboro, GA (Statesboro is located in Bullock County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #64344213.) Reported date of death 1949) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Answer yes) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Thought to have been William J. Brown according to his Confederate Tombstone. He enlisted in July 1864 at Savannah, Georgia with Company D of the 22nd Georgia Heavy Artillery.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-BUSH, William Jordan, of Fitzgerald, GA. (Fitzgerald is located in Ben Hill County, Georgia)

C-COLLINS, T.J.,M.D. of Rt 4 Box 31, Griffin, GA. (Griffin is located in Spalding County, Georgia) (His full name was Dr. Thomas Jefferson Collins) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #25733359.) (Date of death – October 26, 1939 per Find A Grave) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Answer No, not can be saw) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? None reported) (Georgia pension applications stated by his own omission he was a member of Company H of the 6th Georgia Militia and had enlisted in 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-CULPEPPER, William Henry, Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta,
GA. (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #34606929.) (He is buried in Mitchell County, Georgia which may be relevant.) (The Georgia Archives has his claim for a pension and William Henry Culpepper stated he was living in Atlanta, Georgia in 1919 and had enlisted in Company I of the 12th Georgia Militia in 1864. He also stated he was from Mitchell County, Georgia and his pension was disapproved in 1930 for lack of verification and the State of Georgia could not confirm he was living in Mitchell County during the war and had served in the Confederate Army.) (Date of death – October 23, 1946) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Answer No) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit?
Claimed to be with Company I of the 12th Georgia Militia but the Commissioner of pensions could not verify and nothing on fold 3) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-DAVIS, William P., of Lavonia, GA. (Lavonia is located in Franklin County, Georgia)

C-DODGEN, J.C., Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, GA. (Full name appears to be John C. Dodgen) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #36188164.) (Date of death – August 6, 1941) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Answer Yes) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Fold 3 has him as J. C. Dodgen with Company B of Phillips Legion Infantry but records show he enlisted in 1864 in Cobb County, Georgia.) (However his tombstone application had him with Company B of Phillips Legion of Cavalry) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? Maybe as parts of Phillips Legion were at Gettysburg however he did not enlist until 1864.)

C-DORN, Aaron Whitefield, 402 North Cheney Street, East Point,
GA. (East Point is located in Fulton County, Georgia.) (Name listed as Aaron Whitfield Dorn per pension application.) (Date of death – Fall of 1945 according to the Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753 - 1999) (Aaron Whitfield Dorn lived in Alabama for some years after the war and located at the Alabama, Census for Confederate Soldiers 1907-1921 by his own omission he stated he was born on August 10, 1848 at Dorn Mills, South Carolina located in Sumter County.) (The 1930 U.S. census listed Aaron W. Dorn, born about 1848 in South Carolina living with his wife Minnie in his son-in-laws home in East Point, Georgia.) (The 1940 U.S. census listed Aaron W. Dorn, born about 1849 in South Carolina, as a widower and still living with his son-in-law at Ward 1, East Point, Militia District 1332 in Fulton County, Georgia.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer No, not that be located.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Answer No, not that can be saw.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? No.) (Georgia pension records stated by his own omission that he enlisted in October of 1864 at Edgefield, South Carolina in Company C of the 1st Regiment South Carolina Reserves.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

C-DREWERY, F.S., of Williamson, GA. (Williamson is located in Pike County, Georgia) (Full name was Ferdinand Sylvester Drewry) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #38623869.) Date of death – June 24, 1939 per Find A Grave) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Answer No, not that can be saw.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? No.) (Georgia pensions stated by his own omission that he enlisted in January 1864 in Company A of the 6th Georgia Militia and discharged in August of 1864 and went home.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

C-EDMUNSTON, Tuck, of Washington, GA. (Washington is located in Wilkes County, Georgia) (Correct name was Tuck Edmundson.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #29489555.) (Date of death October 5, 1945 per Find A Grave however application for headstones listed his date as October 5, 1944) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Yes, inscription says Company E 27th Battalion Georgia Infantry) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, under Trude Edmundson enlisted in the Spring of 1864 in Company E of the 27th Battalion Georgia Infantry [Augusta Arsenal Guards.]) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

C-EARNEST, J.W., Rt 1 of Woodville, GA. (Woodville is located in Greene County, Georgia) (His full name is Jackson Washington Earnest per pension application) (Date of death September 25, 1941 per Georgia Archives) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #42350848. This memorial is supported by the information at the Georgia Archives with a letter written by J.W. Earnest son stating that his father had died while visiting Florida in September 1941.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Answer No) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? No) (According to his Confederate pension application made in 1931 he stated his name was Jackson W. Earnest and was living in Greensboro, Georgia and had enlisted in Company B of the 9th Georgia Militia in 1864. Finally after being disapproved many times he was given a pension in 1936.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No,The 9th Georgia Militia was not at the Battle of Gettysburg and if somehow he claimed the 9th Georgia Infantry by his own omission he did not enlist until 1864.)

C-FARRAR, Benjamin King, of Machen, GA. (Machen is located in Jasper County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes see Find A Grave Memorial #64256750.) (Date of death – Died December 21, 1940 per application for Confederate tombstone) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Yes inscription on tombstone says Company B 20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Company B 20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry under B.K. Farrar) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-FOOSHE, James D., Rt 1, of Augusta, GA.(Augusta is located in Richmond County, Georgia) (His full name was James Dudley Fooshe) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes and very detailed see Find A Grave Memorial #20873688.) (Date of death per Find A Grave January 11, 1940) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Answer No not that can be saw) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? (Yes, James D. Fooshe enlisted in Company A of the 3rd Battalion South Carolina Infantry in 1861.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? Yes)

C-GRIGGS, M.Y., Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, GA. (Full name was Minor Y. Griggs) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #119452618.) (Date of death – Find A Grave listed February 2, 1941.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Answer, Yes a flat marble marker) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, Captain Baxter’s Company Tennessee Light Artillery and he enlisted on February 24, 1864 at Fulton County, Georgia and was a resident of Fulton County.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No, this unit was with the Army of Tennessee.)

C-HARRIS, Absolum G., Atlanta Street, McDonough, GA. (McDonough is located in Henry County, Georgia) (Full name was Absalom Guilford Harris) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #21745101.) Date of death – March 1, 1943 per Find A Grave) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Yes, a marker.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? No.) Georgia pension records stated by his own omission he enlisted in March 1864 in McDonough, Georgia in Company B of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion Georgia Reserves.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

C-HARTLEY, Daniel Hillery, of Box 264, Hazelhurst, GA. (Hazelhurst is Located in Jeff Davis County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #39780876.) (Date of death – Find A Grave listed March 29, 1939 while his tombstone application said March 22, 1939) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Answer Yes) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Fold 3 listed his name as D. H. Hartley with Company C of the 19th Georgia Infantry however he enlisted in 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No) (Also he did not enlist until 1864.) (In early 1863 the 19th Georgia Infantry was transferred from Archer’s Brigade to Colquitt’s Brigade and this appears to what his tombstone was referring to when it stated just BRIG. After the 19th Georgia)

C-HERENDON, E.F., of Rt 3, Adairsville, GA. (Adairsville is located in Bartow County, Georgia) (Full name was Elisha Franklin Herndon) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #71480335.) (Date of death – September 25, 1942 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or maker? No, not can be saw.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? No.) (Georgia pensions stated by his own omission that he enlisted in Company F of the 25th Battalion Georgia Provost Guards in September 1863) (Also known as Lee’s Battalion and named after George W. Lee.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-HIX, Charles, of Rt 3 Box 12, Lyons, GA. (Lyons is located in Toombs County, Georgia) (A black servant of Lieutenant James H. Hicks of the 14th Georgia Infantry. His prior name appears to have been Charles Page and also carried the name of Charles Hicks.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, and detailed see Find A Grave Memorial #10966780.) (Date of death – May 26, 1941 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? No however he joined the 110th USCT in December of 1864 and also has no Union marker or stone for what can be saw.) (Fold 3 does show a Charles Page enlisting in Company C of the 110 USCT on December 1, 1864 in Johnson County, Georgia and was discharged at Huntsville, Alabama in 1866 and he did have a volunteer oath of enlistment records.) (Charles Hix or Hicks or Charles Page did not apply for a Confederate pension.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? No.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? Yes the 14th Georgia Infantry was at Gettysburg.) (He did attend the 75th Gettysburg reunion as a Confederate even though he was a Union Veteran.)

C-HODGE, Samuel A., R.F.D., Dames Ferry, GA. (Dames Ferry appears to be in Jones County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #62283548.) (Date of death – January 10, 1939 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Answer No none that can be saw.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, Company A 1st Battalion Georgia Reserve Cavalry listed as S.A. Hodge. The soldier should not be confused with Samuel A. Hodge of Company B 31st Georgia who died in 1862.) (Pension records stated by his own omission he enlisted in the organized State Militia under transferred to the Company A of the 1st Georgia Battalion in 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

C-HOLMES, Elbert, 1022-11th Street, S.W., Cairo, GA. (Cairo is Located in Grady County, Georgia) (United States application for headstones 1925-1963 listed him in the United States Navy and also listed his alias as Elbert Atkins.)

C-HUBBLE, Thomas Jefferson, of Crawford, GA. (Crawford is located in Oglethorpe County, Georgia)

C-HUNTER, John T., c/o Mrs. J.W. Still, Hogansville Road,
LaGrange, GA. (LaGrange is located in Troop County, Georgia) (Full name was John Thomas Hunter.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #24455697.) Date of death – December 8, 1939 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? No, none that can be saw.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Originally enlisted in Company A of the 9th Battalion Georgia Artillery but was transferred to Company I 7th Georgia Infantry. Taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1863. POW at Fort Delaware and released on February 18, 1865 after taking the oath.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? Yes.)

C-JAMES, John M., Rt 2 of Grovetown, GA. (Grovetown is located in Columbia County, Georgia)

C-JENKINS, Green V., Rt 4, of Dublin, GA. (Dublin is located in Laurens County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #18895990.) (Date of death – September 26, 1938 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Yes, inscription on Tombstone says Green V. Jenkins Company F 2nd Georgia Infantry.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, Company A 3rd Georgia Reserves enlisted as G. V. Jenkins on July 20, 1864 at Camp Sumter, Georgia) (Georgia pension records stated by his own omission he enlisted in Company A of the 3rd Georgia Reserves on July 19, 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-JOHNSON, J.M., 1683 Pelham Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA.

C-JOHNSON, Richard, of Uvalda, GA. (Uvalda is located in Montgomery County, Georgia)

C-KENNEDY, E.T., of Baxley, GA. (Baxley is located in Appling County, Georgia) (Full name was Edward Taylor Kennedy) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #20280180.) (Date of death – Find A Grave listed his death as June 28, 1942.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Yes a marker and inscription says Company D 22nd Battalion Georgia Heavy Artillery.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, E. T. Kennedy enlisted in Company D 22nd Battalion Heavy Artillery on April 6, 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-KNIGHT, Henry Jasper, R.F.D. of Tarrytown, GA. (Tarrytown is located in Montgomery County, Georgia)

C-LEACH, Beverly Payton, of Chula, GA. (Chula is located in Tift County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #57039811.) (Date of death – Find A Grave listed his death as September 11, 1939.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Answer Yes and his tombstone inscription say he was with the 4th Georgia Reserves) (According to his pension application by his own omission he stated he enlisted in the 4th Georgia Reserves in May of 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No) (Also he did not enlist until 1864.)

C-McCOMMONS, J.H. Sr., of Greensboro, GA. (Greensboro is located in Greene County, Georgia) (Full name was James Henry McCommons Senior) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes and it is in detail, see Find A Grave Memorial #52498536.) (Date of death – Find A Grave listed his death as March 15, 1940.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? No, not that can be saw on photographs) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, enlisted in Company D of the 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry in September 1862 which subsequently became the 5th Georgia Cavalry in January of 1863.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

C-McCOY, Benjamin Franklin, 763 Marietta Place, N.W., Atlanta,
GA. (Claimed to have fought for the 19th Georgia Infantry however this unit was not at the Gettysburg Campaign.)

C-McRAE, C.C., of Valdosta, GA. (Valdosta is located in Lowndes County, Georgia) (Claimed to have enlisted in 1864 in the 12th Georgia Militia)