The following Civil War military records are for people who lived in Pike County, Georgia at some time in their lives. A special thanks to John Garner for his contributions to this page.

• 51st GA Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern VA
  Company C
  MCLEOD, Andrew Jackson (Jack), Company C. (Mitchell Van Guards)

• 44th GA Reg, Company H
  ALLEN, Drewry S. -- Private - March 10, 1864. Roll dated August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him on sick furlough. Died in Pike County, Georgia in 1881.

  BALLARD, James P. -- 2nd Corporal - May 2, 1864. Wounded at Wilderness, Virginia, May 5, 1864. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 10, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware, Delaware, March 2, 1865. Captured at Fort Gregg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 24, 1865. (Born in Pike County, Georgia June 26, 1842.)

  BUTLER, John W. -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant March 17, 1862; Captain July 9, 1862. Died in Pike County, Georgia November 18, 1862.

  COGGIN, Doctor M. (or Coggins) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 1863. Captured at Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 5, 1865. Died in Pike County, Georgia

  COOK, Joseph M. (or Josiah M.) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant in 1862; 2nd Sergeant in 1862. Roll dated August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him sick in hospital. Captured near Petersburg, Virginia, March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 5, 1865. Died in Pike County, Georgia in 1880.

  HENDERSON, James W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland, and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia, for exchange, March 28, 1865. (Born in Pike County, Georgia October 9, 1837.)

  LIPSEY, Robert C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at Camp Stephens, Georgia April 19, 1862. (Born in Pike County, Georgia.)

  MCKINLEY, John Daniel -- Private - March 10, 1864. Captured at Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 6, 1865. (Born in Pike County, Georgia March 23, 1842.)

  MILLICAN, Green Berry -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded through right hip and arm, left hip and hand, at Ellison's Mill, Virginia, June 26, 1862. Admitted to hospital with bronchitis March 30, 1864, and furloughed for 60 days April 27, 1864. Roll dated August 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Born in Georgia October 17, 1834. Died near Zebulon, Georgia February 17, 1909.)

  MONTGOMERY, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Waterloo, Pennsylvania, July 5, 1863. Exchanged October 30, 1864. No later record. (Born in Pike County, Georgia August 21, 1843.)

  MOORE, James M. Enlisted on 3/19/1864 as private in Company H, 44th GA Infantry. Listed as wounded on 3/25/1865 at Fort Stedman VA. Captured on 4/3/1865, Richmond, VA. Released on 6/26/1865 USA Gnl Hospital, Point Lookout, MD. His brother, Lewis T. Moore also served in this unit and also was a POW at Point Lookout, MD.

  MOORE, Lewis T. Enlisted on 5/2/1864 in Company "H", 44th GA Infantry. Listed as POW on 4/2/1865, Petersburg, VA. Released 6/15/1865, Point Lookout, MD. His brother, James M. Moore was also in this unit and was also a POW at Point Lookout, MD. Oxford, James Madison Clay -- Private - May 12, 1862. Wounded in left arm at Ellison's Mill, Virginia, June 26, 1862. On detail as nurse in hospital April 15, 1863, to close of war. Paroled at Griffin, Georgia May 15, 1865. (Born in Griffin, Georgia May 29, 1844. Died at Concord, Georgia November 23, 1895.)

  PETERS, Levi -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 10, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware, February 1865. Exchanged March 7, 1865. (Born in Pike County, Georgia December 22, 1827.)

  RIVERS, Burrell Green -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Fisher's Hill, Virginia, September 22, 1864; skull fractured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. (Born in Georgia September 16, 1830. Died in Pike County, Georgia in 1911.)

  SCOTT, Zachery Taylor -- Private - May 5, 1864. Captured at Farmville, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Newport News, Virginia, June 26, 1865. Died in Pike County, Georgia in 1899.

  SLOAN, Joseph, Pvt, March 1862, Company H. STRICKLAND, Henry H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Corporal in 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant May 13, 1863. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, June 9, 1864. Elected 1st Lieutenant December 5, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Died in Pike County, Georgia in 1899.

  WARD, William W. -- Private - August 21, 1862. Captured at Richmond, Virginia, April 3, 1865. Released at Newport News, Virginia, June 26, 1865. Died in Pike County, Georgia in 1898.

  WILLOUGHBY, James W. -- Private - July 10, 1862. Substitute for Samuel J. Whatley. Wounded at Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in Pike County, Georgia, January 1819. Died in Pike County, Georgia in 1898.)

• GA State Troops
  CANNAFAX, Osborn

  2nd Reg, Company D
  FINCHER, Joseph Travis (See Civil War Through the Eyes of a Common Soldier)
  
  7th Reg, Company C
  FINCHER, Thomas (See Civil War Through the Eyes of a Common Soldier)

• 13th GA Infantry
  Company A Roster
  PILKENTON, James H. C. from Pike County, enlisted in Co. A, GA 13 Infantry as a private on July 8, 1861. He was killed in action at Whitemarsh Island, GA on April 16, 1862.

  HORN, Needham W., from Zebulon, enlisted in Griffin, Ga. July 8,1861, Company A. Died of chronic dysentery in Zebulon, Ga on February 11,1862. (brother to Washington Poe Horn)

  GARNER, John Preston from Pike County, enlisted in Capt. Bakers Company, Co. A, 13 Infantry. (not dated, but should be 1861) He later transferred to the Bartow Artillary, Co. A, 22nd Heavy Attty Bn. Muster records are through April 1865 indicating he surrendered in April 1865 with Johnston's Army at Greensboro, N.C. He is shown in the Pettigrew General Hospital No. 13, Raleigh, N.C. from March 15 to April 7, 1865 suffering from "Abscessus." The hospital record shows him from Zebulon, Pike Co. GA.

  Company J
  HUNT, William Judkins, served as a Pvt., in Co., J., 13th., GA. Regiment. He fell in battle at Cold Harbor, near Richmond, 27 Jun 1862. He was the eldest s/o Thomas Goodwin Hunt and Mary Ann Elizabeth Simmons of Pike Co., GA and b/o James Cicero Hunt (md., Mary "Mollie" Rebecca LeSUEUR).

• Scogin's Battery, GA Light Artillery - Gibson's Battery, Church Bell Battery
  HORN, Washington Poe, from Zebulon, enlisted June 6,1863 in Griffin, Ga. by Captain Scogan in Captain Scogin's Battery. Was killed in action at Decatur,Ga. October 26,1864. (brother to Needham W. Horn)

  MOORE, Kingman Porter, from Pike County, enlisted first in the Barnesville Bules, Co. D, 3rd Battalion, GA Vol. Inf. After being sent home due to illness, he then joined Capt. Scogin's Battery of the Griffin Light Artillery. Tom Brittain (See Civil War Memoirs of Kingman Porter Moore, M.D.)

  SAMPLES, Jessie, from Pike County, enlisted in the Griffin (Scogins) Light Artillery in 1962. After the war, was on the Pike Co 1870 census and later in the 70's moved to TX where he drew a Confederate Pension, later moving to Oklahoma and transfering the pension to OK. Married Elizabeth Jeffreys in Forsyth Co GA in 1845. Buried in Stevens Co OK. Descendant: Dick Samples

  SHIVERS, James T. Son of Wilson Shivers,JR. This unit was also know as "Gibson's Battery" and the "Church Bell Battery" due to its guns being cast from church bells from churches throughout Georgia.

  SEGRAVES, James D. Son of Hillsman Segraves, married Martha Ann Shivers, daughter of Wilson Shivers, JR. Served in Gibson Battery, Georgia Light Artillery. His brother Henry C. Segraves also served in the unit.

  SEGRAVES, Henry C. Son of Hilsman Segraves, served in Gibson's Battery, Georgia Light Artillery. His brother, James D. Segraves also served in this unit.

• Bartow Artillery, 22nd GA Battalion
  Company A
  GARNER, John Preston [see 13th GA Infantry, Company A]

  BENNETT, Luther, buried in the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Molena, shown on the cemetery record as in the Bartow Atty.

  GARNER, Richard Henry, from Pike County, enlisted in the Bartow Artillery, Co. A, 22nd Heavy Artillery Bn. According to his 1908 pension application from Pasco Co. FL, he enlisted at Savannah, GA in the Spring of 1863 in the Bartow Artillery, 22nd GA Battalion and surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina." Family says he and his father, John Preston Garner, were in the same unit and fought side by side.

• Company C, 64th Regiment, GA Vol Inf, Army of N. VA
  JONES, Private Nathaniel Levi, Fulton County, Georgia. Private Nathaniel Levi JONES died the 20th of February 1864 in Ocean Pond (BATTLE of OLUSTEE) , Florida in a seige by the enemy.

• 28th GA Siege Artillery - Bonaud's Battalion
  SHIVERS, Wilson Jr. B: Feb. 1821, Died, 16June1865. Married Elizabeth Moore 17 December1843. Appointed Sergeant. Died 5 weeks after returning home from the war from dysentery contacted while serving in Florida.

  SHIVERS, John Wilson B. 23 January 1845, D. 25 December 1925. Enlisted in Company A, 13th Georgia Infantry on 7/8/1861. Wounded at Sharpsburg, MD 9/17/1862. Wounded on 10/13/1864 at Cedar Creek, VA. Captured at Cedar Creek, VA on 10/13/1864. Took Oath of Allegiance and released from Point Lookout, MD, on 6/16/1865. Son of of Wilson Shivers, Jr.

CIVIL WAR LINKS

• Civil War Through the Eyes of a Common Soldier by Linda Fincher Wood
  Surnames: FINCHER
  
• 1907 Pike County Census of Confederate Soldiers & Widows by Linda Fincher Wood

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