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Re: 1938; the great hoax?
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I finally got a phone call back from John Heiser who is the chief librarian at the Gettysburg National Park. His opinion was the same as mine in that Wikipedia whom George cited as a source did not have a citation and therefore could not be counted upon. I myself have used Wikipedia as a source but try and make sure the citations are noted.

Mr. Heiser further stated as far as the Gettysburg National Park knows only five Union veterans who were at the 1863 battle were present in 1938 and all were living in the State of Pennsylvania. He feels there were more but this is only what he can confirm. No one knows at this point how many former Confederates were at the Battle of Gettysburg at the 1938 reunion but I would suspect it would be a low number.

I forwarded Mr. Heiser what I had found concerning the Confederates from Georgia at the 1938 reunion and will also post it here on this board for others to look at. This roster came from Mr. Roys book published in 1950 and I just elaborated on his findings.

1.) 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)

2.) 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)

3.) 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)

4.) C-BUSH, William Jordan, of Fitzgerald, GA. (Fitzgerald is located in Ben Hill County, Georgia) (Arguably Georgia’s longest living Confederate.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial # 15450321, and the name is listed as William Joshua Bush.) Date of death – November 11, 1952 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Answer, unknown) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, Company B of the 14th Georgia Infantry under William J. Bush, however he enlisted on July 9, 1861 at Gordon, Georgia but was given a medical discharge on October 22, 1861. Pension records for the State of Georgia required a soldier to have at least six months duty and or a honorable separation from his unit. By pure definition he met the requirements.) (He also appears to have had duty with the Georgia State Militia in 1864) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? Yes, although he was not present.

5.) 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)

6.) 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)

7.) C-DAVIS, William P., of Lavonia, GA. (Lavonia is located in Franklin County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Not that can be located.)

8.) 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.)

9.) 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.)

10.) 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.)

11.) 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.)

12.) 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.)

13.) 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)

14.) 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)

15.) 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.)

16.) 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.)

17.) 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)

18.) 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)

19.) 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.)

20.) 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.)

21.) 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.)

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

23.) C-HUNTER, John T., c/o Mrs. J.W. Still, Hogansville Road,
LaGrange, GA. (LaGrange is located in Troop County, Georgia) (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? Enlisted in Company B of the 37th Georgia Militia by his own omission in June of 1864 according to his pension records.) There was a John Thomas Hunter taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1863 with the 7th Georgia Infantry and was a POW at Fort Delaware and released on February 18, 1865 after taking the oath but this is not the same soldier in question) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

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

25.) 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)

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

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

28.) 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)

29.) C-KNIGHT, Henry Jasper, R.F.D. of Tarrytown, GA. (Tarrytown is located in Montgomery County, Georgia) (Georgia pensions stated by his own omission his name was Henry J. Kight and had enlisted in Company H of the 63rd Georgia in 1862 and his pension application was disapproved in 1913.)

30.) 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.)

31.) 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)

32.) C-McCOY, Benjamin Franklin, 763 Marietta Place, N.W., Atlanta,
GA. (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer No, none that can be located)(Date of death – June 29, 1942 according to Georgia pensions) (Georgia pensions stated by his own omission he enlisted in August 1862 in Company A of the 19th Georgia Infantry however this unit was not at the Gettysburg Campaign.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? None.)

33.) 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)

34.) C-MEADORS, Rufus, of Oxford, GA. (Oxford is located in Newton County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #37816533.) (Date of death – Find A Grave listed his death as December 29, 1942.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Answer Yes and his tombstone inscription say he was with the 4th Georgia Reserves)

35.) C-MERRITT, E.W., of Rt 3, Gainesville, GA. (Gainesville is located in Hall County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer, yes, see Find A Grave Memorial #68860131 and name listed as Elisha W. Merritt.) Date of death – both September 4, 1938 per Find A Grave and application for headstones.) (Note Georgia death index records his death as February 28, 1933) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Answer Yes and inscription on tombstones says Company B 11th Georgia Cavalry.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, Company B 11th Georgia Cavalry.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No) (Georgia pension records stated by his own omission he enlisted in Company B of the 11th Georgia Cavalry in July 1864.)

36.) C-MULLINIX, John Osborne, 1117 Glenwood Avenue, Atlanta, GA. (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial # 71102137. (Date of death – August 26, 1940 both by the Georgia death index and applications for tombstones.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Yes, inscription reads John O. Mullennix Company C 26th Battalion Georgia Infantry.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Perhaps, There was a J. T. Mullinnix who enlisted in Carrollton, Georgia in August 1863 in Company C of the 26th Battalion Georgia Infantry.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No) (Georgia pension application records stated by his own omission “I was born on December 11, 1847 in Heard County, Georgia.” He also appears to have had prior duty with the 1st Georgia Cavalry. His pension application was disapproved in 1908 and was spelled as John O. Mullenix.)

37.) C-ODUM, Bennett W., of Adrian, GA. (Adrian is located in Emanuel County, Georgia) (Correct full name was Bennett Whitley Odom per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #81826887) (Date of death – December 17, 1941 per Find A Grave however both applications for headstone and Georgia deaths reported his death date as December 19, 1940) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Yes) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? None that can be located) (Georgia pensions stated by his own omission he enlisted in the Georgia Militia in July of 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

38.) C-OUTLAW, Jordan Alexander, of Rt 2, Lyons, GA. (Lyons is located in Toombs County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #35923902.) Date of death – December 8, 1947 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Yes) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? None that can be located) (Georgia pensions stated by his own omission he enlisted in the Georgia Militia in May of 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

39.) C-OWENS, William M., of Pavo, GA. (Pavo is located on the Brooks and Thomas County lines) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #13395740.) Date of death – March 9, 1939 per Find A Grave) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Yes, a stone that refers to him as a Confederate soldier.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? There was a William Owens in Company B of the 12th Georgia Militia.) (Georgia pension records stated by his own omission he enlisted on January 1864 in Company G of the 12th Georgia Militia.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No)

40.) C-PRUITT, Elisha, 601 Main Street, Macon, GA. (Macon is located in Bibb County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer No, not that can be located.) (Georgia pensions listed his name as Elijah L. Pruett and enlisted in Company I of the 8th Georgia Militia in March 1864.) He filed for a Confederate pension in 1939 and stated he was 91 years old and lived at 601 Main Street in Macon, Georgia and that his name was Elijah L. Pruett.) (Mrs. Lillian Henderson the director of Confederate pensions in Georgia at this time acknowledged that he had been at the 75th reunion however could not find his name of the muster rolls of his alleged unit. However, he did have two soldiers oath of testimony that he indeed had been with the 8th Georgia Militia.)

41.) C-REEVES, Robert Burke, 505 West Main Street, Thomaston, GA. (Thomaston is located in Upson County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #24761295.) (Date of death – November 21, 1941 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Yes, a flat stone marker.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, Company B 13th Georgia Infantry.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? Yes, however he was discharged in December of 1862 after being shot and had three inches taken off of his leg he was not at the Battle of Gettysburg.)

42.) C-REID, William A., 23 South Warren Street, Monticello, GA. (Monticello is located in Jasper County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer No, none that can be located.) (Date of death – per Georgia death index states May 18, 1940 and name listed as Wm. A. Reid.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? None that can be saw.) (Georgia pensions by his own omission said he was born on January 12, 1846 in Georgia and had been wounded at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina on March 21, 1865 and had been shot in the left hand and he had been a lieutenant in Company F of the 27th Georgia Battalion.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, 27th Georgia Battalion, enlisted in 1864 and was elected 2nd lieutenant.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

43.) C-ROGERS, John, of Rt 2, Claxton, GA. (Claxton is located in Evans County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #59953377.) Date of death – March 29, 1941 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? None that can be saw.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? (Georgia pensions stated by his own omission he enlisted in the Georgia Militia in June 1864.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

44.) C-ROUSSEAU, Julius D., 202 East 52nd Street, Savannah, GA. (Savannah is located in Chatham County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #131030527.) (Date of death – March 7, 1942 per Find A Grave.) A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? None that can be saw.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? None that can be located.) (Georgia pensions for his wife stated he was with Company I of the Georgia Home Guards. Stated he enlisted in April of 1864 in Major W. F. Shellman’s Battery Georgia Militia.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

45.) C-SANDERS, Andrew Coleman, of Edison, GA. (Edison is located in Calhoun County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #59857984.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone? Yes, inscription on tombstone say Company D 12th Georgia Infantry) (Date of death – December 16, 1939 per Find A Grave.) Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? Yes, listed as Andrew C. Saunders) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? Yes, however he enlisted on May 21, 1864 and was not at the Battle of Gettysburg)

46.) C-VANZANDT, H.G., of Rt 2, Bloomfield Road, Macon, GA. (Macon is located in Bibb County, Georgia) (Full name Hiram B. Van Zandt) (Does he have a listing o n Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #151270102.) Date of death – November 1947 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? None that can be saw.)

47.) C-WALDREP, George W., of Rt 1, Forsyth, GA. (Forsyth is located in Monroe County, Georgia) (Full name was George Washington Waldrep.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial # 6663568.) (Date of death – January 6, 1946 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Yes, a marble flat marker per applications and inscription reads Company A 32nd Georgia Regiment.) (Georgia pension records stated he enlisted in Company A of the 32nd Georgia Infantry in July 1864.) (Does he have CMSR’s on fold3 and if so what unit? No.) (Was his reported unit at the Battle of Gettysburg? No.)

48.) C-WALKER, J. W., 601 South Main Street, East Point, GA.

49.)C-WEBB, James Franklin, 106 South Chandler Street, Decatur, GA. (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #17828299.) (Date of death – December 28, 1943 per Find A Grave.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? None that can be saw.)

50.) C-WHEELIS, J.L., of Tignall, GA. (Tignall is located in Wilkes County, Georgia) (Surname spelled different ways including Wheeles; Wheelis; Wheless;Wheeless) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #13413711 and Find A Grave listed his name as Joseph Lafayette Wheeless.) (Date of death – March 25, 1939.) (Does he have a Confederate Tombstone or marker? Yes, a flat marker name spelled as J. Lafayette Wheelis and inscription on marker stated he was in the 3rd Georgia Militia and name on his regular tombstone says J. L. Wheless.) (Georgia pensions spelled the name as J. L. Wheeless.)

51.) C-WILLIAMS, Benjamin Franklin, 1800 Wade Avenue, N.E., Atlanta,
GA.

52.) C-WILLIAMS, B.H., of Emerson, GA. (Emerson is located in Bartow County, Georgia) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer Yes, Memorial #14629214.) (Date of death – 1940 per Find A Grave.)

53.) C-WYNN, R. A., of Rt 2, Alto, GA. (This particular Alto is located in Habersham County, Georgia.) (Does he have a listing on Find A Grave? Answer No, not that can be located.) (Georgia pension records stated by his own omission he enlisted on May 10, 1864 in the Georgia Home Guards Company C 8th Georgia State Troops and name listed as R. A. Wynn and his pension application stated he was from Habersham County, Georgia.) (The 1850 United States census at ancestry listed a R. A. Wynn, born about 1846 living in district 16 in Habersham County, Georgia.)

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