John W. Smith served in Company E. Also in Company E were Abner Foster, John Foster, Moses R. Foster, James M. Childs, Daniel P. S. Childs, and James W. Silvey. These men were all brothers-in-law to John W. Smith. John Foster and Daniel Childs did not survive the war.
Henry Jacob Cwon's name was listed on the regimental muster roll with this spelling and that was the spelling also used when his widow applied for her pension. According to the family story, when he enlisted in the 35th Georgia, the recruiter asked him to spell his name. In response he said, "C-double o-n", which when spoken fast sounds like "Cwon". Sergeant Cwon was killed on March 25, 1865 south of Petersburg, across from the Federal Fort Fisher, approximately on the same site as Pamplin Historical Park. When word got back to his family, they kept the name Cwon out of respect for his memory. This is also the name that Henry Jacob's son, John Presley, used in recording the births of all his children in his family Bible. The name, Cwon, eventually became "Cown" around the turn of the 20th century, when there was a split between John Presley and his brother William.
James, Joel, and Thomas Bowman, Company I (Chattooga Mountaineers), participated in the Battle of Mechanicsville where James and Joel were wounded. James was transferred to the Quartermaster Corps due to his wound and Joel was discharged due to his wound. Thomas served with the 35th Georgia until he was taken prisoner in a hospital in Richmond in April, 1865. He was present for all engagements until his capture.
Private John Jefferson Moore, born in 1837, served in Company G, the Walton Sharp Shooters. According to family stories, he was a wagoner and shown on the regimental muster roll until February of 1865. He returned home in 1866 and brought with him a large piece of cain as evidence of being in Florida. John Jefferson Moore died in 1914 and was buried at Loganville, Georgia.
Sergeant Bluford T. Byrd, Company B (Bartow Avengers) was from Newton County, Georgia and enlisted on February 24, 1862. He was promoted to 4th sergeant on July 25, 1862 and wounded by gunshot on December 12, 1862 at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Sergeant Byrd was killed in action at the Battle of The Wilderness in May of 1864 and was buried at the Confederate Cemetery at Fredericksburg. Bluford and his six brothers all served the South in the War for Southern Independence. Five came home . . . Bluford and his brother Lee made the ultimate sacrifice.
Sergeant James Floyd Giles, Company G, was recruited out of Walnut Grove, Walton County, Georgia on the 16th of September 1861. He served in various battles up until he developed typhoid fever and was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital on May 2nd 1862. He died 18th of May 1862 and is probably buried at Oakwood Cemetery. His brother, Private Thomas Ogletree Giles also served in Company G and died in June of 1862.
2nd Lieutenant John William Milford, Company E, was killed at the Second Battle of Manassas in August of 1862.
Private Ezekiel Jacob Hays, Company A, enlisted August 15th, 1861 at Buchanan, Georgia and died of illness November 7th, 1861 in Richmond, Virginia.
Americus Miles Minor and his brother Marcus M. Minor both served as privates in Company F. Both were injured in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and Americus never returned to duty. Americus is buried in the Ocoee Cemetery. Marcus was still the regiment when General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.
Three brothers, Privates John Warren Jackson, Noah Jackson, and Simeon Jackson, all in Company D, died during the war. John Warren and Noah were buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. Simeon's burial site is unknown.
George Diggs, who enlisted 12 Aug 1861 and passed away from measles on 13 Nov 1861, was married to Hulda Thomas Diggs. Her brothers Henderson Thomas and Joel Thomas also served in Company E.
Wilson Kilgore, Company A, enlisted on 8/15/61. He was promoted to 5th Sergeant on 4/2/62 and killed in action on 7/3/63 during Pickett's Charge. His brother, James Kilgore, enlisted in the 40th Georgia, died of disease in 1862 at a field hospital, and is buried in Oak Lawn.
2nd Lieutenant Nathaniel E. Ford was commissioned on the 30th of August, 1861 and was assigned to Company A. Two of his family memebers, Private William F. Ford and Private Jesse S. Ford (a fifer) served in the same company.
Benjamin Franklin Moody, Company E, was from Campbell County, Georgia. He was killed while serving as a Colors Corporal during the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) on the afternoon of June 26, 1862.
Private William Henry Strickland, Company E (Campbell County Guards) was captured either on July 1st or July 2nd, 1863 at Gettysburg and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware.
Private Robert E. White, Company K (Harris Guards), Infantry joined the Confederate Army on August 14, 1861, at Hamilton, Harris County, Georgia and was captured at Hanover Junction, Virginia on May 24, 1864. As a Prisoner of War, he was sent from Point Lookout, Maryland to White House, Virginia on June 8, 1864. He was later transferred to Elmira Prison, New York, his arrival date being July 11, 1864. Private White was paroled at Elmira and sent to the James River in Virginia for prisoner-exchange. This exchange took place on February 20, 1865. Thereafter he returned to his home in Harris County, Georgia. He died in 1906 and is buried at his home-place.
Private William H. Butler, Company B, made it home to Walton County after contracting typhoid in Virginia. The 11th Georgia missed the first battle of Manassas because their train was delayed. They de-trained in the pouring rain with Union dead not buried among the fresh graves of the Confederates. After marching and drinking "water that looked like lye" he got sick and was discharged as disabled on August 10, 1861. He made it home in the latter part of August and died September 16, 1861 at his home in Walton County.
Private John Riley Smallwood, Company E, enlisted on 9 August 1862 and joined his company on 08 September 1862. A resident of Campbell County, he served thoughout the war and surrendered with his company on 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Private Richard D. B. Holt, Company F, was named on the Roll of Honor for his conspicious valor on the Battlefield at Chancellorsville.
Corporal Lemuel Garrett, Company E (the Campbell Volunteers) was captured at the Wilderness, Virginia on May 6, 1864 and paroled at Elmira, New York on October 11, 1864. He was received at Venus Point, Savannah, Georgia for exchange on November 1, 1864.
Corporal Masters Sparks, Company B, died of typhoid fever at Evansport, Virginia on February 23, 1862.
Private Woodson D. Moon of Walton County, Georgia joined Company G of the regiment. After the war, he named a son Albert Sidney Johnston Moon. Woodson Moon's descendants still live on the property that he farmed.
Private John Thomas King, Company K, a resident of Harris County, Georgia, enlisted in the Confederate Army on July 4th, 1861.
Private David M. Bailey, Company H, was wounded and captured by Union forces during the Battle of Gettysburg. He later died at Chester, Pennsylvania and was buried there on August 2, 1863.
Private William Marion Cook, Jr., Company H, was seriously wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, lay on the field four days and was discovered as troops were removing the dead. He had sustained a serious wound to his lower jaw and had difficulty speaking and eating all of his life. He wore a full beard to cover the scars. It was assumed by some in the regiment that he was dead, because a letter written to him in 1901 by Andrew J. Webb (of Company G) revealed that Webb had been very pleasantly surprised to pass William on a train since he had believe that William had perished at Chancellorsville. Two of Willliam's brothers, Henry and David, also served in the Confederate Army. Apparently David died in combat in 1863. Henry was wounded while serving and sent home, surviving until 1897. Their names are inscribed on the CSA monument in downtown Athens. Willam attended Confederate Soldiers' reunions for many years, usually taking one of his children with him, on the condition that the child write a letter to their mother while there. William Marion Cook, Jr. was born in Clarke County, Georgia on 20 Jan 1844 and died in Washita County, Oklahoma on 30 Jan 1928. All accounts of him were filled with glowing apprbation, and all his children recounted many interesting stories about him.
Sergeant David Harrison Mobley enlisted on September 16, 1861 and served with Company G (the Walton Sharpshooters). He became Commissary Sergeant in 1864. He was a native of Social Circle, Georgia in Walton County and told his son few details of his time in service of the CSA, but did speak of the surrender at Appomattox. He heard General Lee tell the boys to go home to their families. He also said that he lost many friends in the war and that he was fortunate to make it home between those lost in the fighting or lost to illness.
Private Nathaniel Dallas Bays, Company D, was from Hogansville, Georgia, and enlisted for the period of the War. He was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg with a gunshot behind the ear, and was in hospital in Richmond for a week. He was in several battles, ending up at Petersburg, Virginia where he was captured and sent to prison in Point Lookout, Maryland. He was released at the end of hostilities, returned to Hogansville, married Elizabeth Dennie, moved to Weldon, Louisiana in 1872, died in 1919, and is buried at Weldon cemetery.
