Later Brigadier General

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He fought with the Fannin Young Riflemen Company E

James was born 14 Jan 1843 in Spring Place, Murray Co. Ga. and died 9 June 1913 in Baldwin, Habersham Co. Ga. He has 31 cards in his CSA Archival file. He is listed on the 1860 census as being 17 y/o in Military District 1013, Murray Co. Ga. Enlisted 3 July 1861 at Atlanta Ga by Major J.L. Calhoun. Described as 19 y/o with blue eyes, light hair, standing 5ft-9 inches tall. He fought in numerous battles including, Seven Days, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, 2nd Manassas, 1st Winchester and Fredericksburg. Wounded 1 April 1864 which resulted in his left arm being amputated. He was the father-in-law of my 4th cousin 4 x removed. He is buried at Leatherwood Cem. Banks, Habersham Co. Ga.

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Henry Rico, b. La, served in Co. A., 11th Battalion, Georgia Militia Infantry, joining summer 1863 and returning ill that winter sometime; his widow, Laticia Antoinette, was granted a pension in Carroll County, Miss. Henry died 1878.

Spence, Daniel N.- private June 18, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July
1863. Roll dated February 29, 1864, last on file, shows
him absent without leave. Pension records show he was
sent home with fever from Petersburg, Va. hospital
October 1863. Furloughed for 60 days. Furlough extended.
Enlisted in Co. A 11th Regiment Ga. Militia Cavalry
January 1865, and surrendered at Kingston, Ga. May 12,
1865.(Born in Cherokee County, Ga. in 1843)

Born: Oct 15, 1836
Died: Mar 26, 1929
Married: Lydia R. Young Feb 1, 1881
Born July 14, 1836
Died Aug 8, 1916

Served under: Col. Francis H. Little, Lt. Col. William Luffman, Maj.Henry P McDaniels, Capt. William H Mitchell

Buried in a family plot, Hall County Georgia
Lost his right arm at the Battle of Malvern Hill, Richmond Va. July 1, 1862

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James was born 13 Mar 1841 in Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia. He is listed on the 1860 census at that place as being 19 years old. He has 13 items in his archival file. He enlisted 22 May 1862 at Spring Place, enlisted by Capt. Wood for the war. On 10 May 1864 while serving in {Anderson's Brigade] he suffers a gunshot would to his right arm and is out of action until 19 July when he is returned to duty. His regiment surrendered at Appomattox 9 April 1865. Battles: Seven days, 2nd Manassas, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Yorktown, New Bridge, Rappahannock Station, Sharpsburg, Suffolk, Funkstown, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Wilderness, Petersburg, Appomattox. He died 8 Jan 1911 at his home in Spring Place. Buried at Mount Zion Cem. Chatsworth, Murry Co. Ga. We are related thru marriage.

Enlisted Jul 1861 Gilmer Ga,

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Was later listed as William J. Mealor by his widow in pension applications. Have also seen it spelled Mealer. Looking for his parents and more on his wife, believed to be half Cherokee. Died 9/1/1862 at Orange, VA.

My great grandfather.

11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry(info from national park civil war website)

11th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861, contained men from Hall, Lee, Fannin, Houston, Gilmer, Murray, Walton, and Quitman counties. Sent to Virginia, the unit first served in the Potomac District, then was assigned to General G.T. Anderson's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in the various campaigns of the army from Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georiga, and at Knoxville. The unit did not participate in the Battle of Chickamauga. After taking part in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River, it was active in the conflicts around Appomattox. It contained 573 effectives in April, 1862, had 140 at Sharpsburg, and lost sixty-five percent of the 310 engaged at Gettysburg. From April 14 to May 6, the regiment sustained 110 casualties, and from August 1 to December 31, 1864, there were 51 disabled. It surrendered with 16 officers and 176 men. The field officers were Colonels George T. Anderson and Francis H. Little; Lieutenant Colonels Theodore L. Guerry and William Luffman; and Majors Charles T. Goode, Henry D. McDaniel, and Western R.

1834-1862 Enlisted in Morganton on 1 Mar 1862. Died of disease on 28 Sept 1862.

Born: April 24th, 1804 (Spartanburg County, SC)
Died: October 15th, 1865 (Paulding County, GA)
Buried: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Paulding County, GA.
Rank: 3rd Lt./Brevet 2nd Lt./Quartermaster
Wounded in the side at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., 1862.
Could have died due to complications with his wounds. As he was wounded a second time in 1865.

John Buchanan was mustered into the Army Of Northern Virginia on February 22, 1862 in Cherry Log, Gilmer County, GA. He was wounded opposing the crossing of Antietam Creek by Union forces at Burnside's Bridge in the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) in September 1862. He surrendered with the Army of Northern VA at Appomattox Court House, 1865. He is buried in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Blue Ridge, GA.

Andrew J. Ensley, my great great uncle, was born in February of 1841, in Macon County, NC. He moved to Fannin County, GA with his family around 1851. He was mustered into the Confederate Army on July 3, 1861, by Major J.L. Calhoun in Atlanta, GA. He fought in all the major batles with the 11th Georgia Regiment until he was killed at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. He was fighting side by side with his brother, Benjamin Frank Ensley, when a minnie ball struck him. He was wounded but not mortally. Benjamin propped him up against a tree to keep him out of harm's way when another minnie ball struck and killed him. He was buried in a mass grave at Gettysburg. A marker, in memory of him and his service to the Confederacy, has been placed next to his brother at Lebanon Baptist Church in Fannin County, Georgia. James Arthur Ensley Jr., his great great nephew, was responsible for getting the marker placed at the cemetery.

Benjamin Frank Ensley, my great grandfather, was born on February 27, 1840, in Macon County, NC.He moved to Fannin County, GA with his family around 1851. He was mustered into the Confederate Army on July 3, 1861 in Atlanta, Georgia by Major J.L. Calhoun. He fought in all the major battles with the 11th Regiment until he was captured by the Union in Dandridge, Tennessee on January 17, 1864. He was sent to Rock Island Prison in Illinois. He stayed there until he was exchanged in New Orleans, LA on May 23, 1865. He returned home to Fannin County, GA and married Moriah Patterson in 1867. They had six children. Benjamin Frank died of a heart attack on August 9, 1879. He and Moriah are both buried at the Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery in Fannin County,GA.

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Rufus D. Land was born on 28 Oct 1842 in Haywood Co., NC. He died on 21 Jun 1934 in Memphis, Texas. Rufas enlisted on April 1861 in Fannin County, GA and fought at Manassas, Mechanicsville, Seven Days, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Knoxville, Rapidan, Cold Harbor, and Appomattox. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865 and returned to Fannin Co., GA after the war where he married Ellenor (Ellen) Cordellia Ballew on 8 Mar 1868 in Sugar Creek, Fannin Co., GA. He later moved to Texas with his family in 1889. His younger brother Rudison H. Land fought for the North, 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry

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Enlisted Jul 3 1861 Atlanta Georgia.(by Maj J.L. Calhoun) Born 1823 South Carolina Died May 5 1862 Richmond Virginia of disease.

Henry was born 19 Oct 1832 He enlisted 2 Oct 1861 at camp near Fairfax Va. He is described as having dark eyes , dark hair and dark complexion at 5 ft. 9 inches tall. He was wounded 3 times and sent home to recover each time. He served honorably thru the invasion and died in 1901. He is buried at Ridgeway Baptist church in Ellijay, Gilmer Co. Ga. He has 20 cards in his archival file. He was the father in law of my cousin.

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By: Bobby G. Jackson, Colonel, USAF, Retired



Grandpa Henry Columbus Clay and the Civil War.

Grandpa Clay, mama’s daddy, Henry Columbus Clay II, born 12 May 1880, died 12 January 1936, was the son of great-grandpa Henry Columbus Clay Senior, Born 6 April 1841, died 8 October 1920, who served in the civil war.



He enlisted in the Confederate States of America Army, Company H, 11th Georgia Infantry “Walton County Infantry” on 3 July 1861, was wounded in the thigh by cannon fire at the Battle of Rappahannock, Virginia on 28 August 1861 also in the head at The Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania on 2 July 1863.



He was a sharp shooter near “Devil’s Den” at Gettysburg when he was shot in the forehead with a minie ball. He survived by drinking water from a small creek and eating green corn from a corn field for three days and later recovered enough to try and get on a Yankee wagon filled with wounded Yankee soldiers. They kept kicking him off and finally a Yankee captain told them “if that Rebel wants on so bad let him ride”. On 5 July 1863 he found himself on the way to Decamp General Hospital on David’s Island in New York Harbor as a prisoner of war.



A newspaper article described the prisoners as arriving “…in a wretched condition, dirty, ragged and covered with vermin…”. A storm came through the harbor and swamped the hospital and killed almost all of the prisoners and guards.



Great Grandpa Clay survived and was paroled at Decamp General Hospital, David’s Island and exchanged for Yankee prisoners at City Point, Virginia on 8 September 1863. He was treated in the General Hospital at Petersburg, Virginia until 31 August 1864, then placed on

wounded furlough and told to go home until further notice.



He asked how was he to get home to Walton County, Georgia, five hundred miles from Petersburg, Virginia and was told that he would have to walk. He started out and subsisted on what little fruit and vegetables he could get as he traveled south. He had to dodge the bands of renegades that were roaming the countryside robbing, killing and plundering.



For the rest of his life he wore a metal plate and headband to cover the scar and hole on his forehead. He died at the age of 79 on 8 October 1920.



He was awarded a disability pension of $50.00 per year on the 4th day of April 1896 by reason of his wounds as follows: minie ball entering and tracking over part of frontal skull bone, fracturing nasal bone. The wound is still open and painful, requiring artificial metal and cloth enclosures. This wound renders him unfit and unable to perform actual manual labor and exposure to heat or cold produces severe pain with vertigo and dizziness.”

William H. Cooper, resident of Walton Co., Ga. enlisted on 7/3/1861 as Private. He mustered in Co. 'H', 11th GA. Infantry on 7/3/1861.

Wounded 8/30/1862, 2ND Manassas.

Killed in action 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg.

Son of Levi Mangum Cooper.

Enlisted 03 July 1861-Paroled 09 April 1865.

Brother to Noah and Eugenius Cicero McMahan in the 9th Georgia. Half-brother to Andrew Jackson Glass in the 2nd Georgi State Line. All four of these men died in the Civil War.

Took a gunshot wound to the hip while fighting the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (Deep Bottom II) at the Battle of Fussell's Mill August 16, 1864 and died shortly after on August 17, 1864 in an ambulance en route to Richmond.

At the very beginning of the war, five brothers born to William Scott Wiley and Catherine Morris Wiley of Gwinnett County, Georgia, joined 11th GA Infantry, Company H. Two died, one sent home on a 'wounded furlough' with a disability discharge, and two surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

Francis Marion Wiley and his brother John David Wiley, were Prisoners of War, belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia, when they surrendered under General Robert E Lee to General U S Grant. They were paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

At the very beginning of the war, five brothers born to William Scott Wiley and Catherine Morris Wiley of Gwinnett County, Georgia, joined 11th GA Infantry, Company H. Two died, one sent home on a 'wounded furlough' with a disability discharge, and two surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

Issac H. Wiley died of a hemmorage of the lungs in Camp Lee Hospital, Richmond, VA Jan 14, 1863.

At the very beginning of the war, five brothers born to William Scott Wiley and Catherine Morris Wiley of Gwinnett County, Georgia, joined 11th GA Infantry, Company H. Two died, one sent home on a 'wounded furlough' with a disability discharge, and two surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

James M Wiley was wounded through the neck severely on May 6, 1864 at Wilderness. This was the opening battle of Lt Gen Ulysses S Grant against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by Gen Robert E Lee. James sent home on a ‘wounded furlough’ with a disability discharge.

At the very beginning of the war, five brothers born to William Scott Wiley and Catherine Morris Wiley of Gwinnett County, Georgia, joined 11th GA Infantry, Company H. Two died, one sent home on a 'wounded furlough' with a disability discharge, and two surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

John David was wounded in the abdomen at Malvern Hill, VA, in 1862, and received a head wound in 1864. John David Wiley and his brother, Francis Marion Wiley, were Prisoners of War, belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia, when they surrendered under General Robert E Lee to General U S Grant. They were paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

At the very beginning of the war, five brothers born to William Scott Wiley and Catherine Morris Wiley of Gwinnett County, Georgia, joined 11th GA Infantry, Company H. Two died, one sent home on a 'wounded furlough' with a disability discharge, and two surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

William J Wiley had a gunshot wound through his right lung at Gettysburg during the battle of July 1, 2, & 3, 1863. He was taken to Camp Letterman USA General Hospital in Gettysburg, PA, and was listed as a Prisoner of War. He never recovered from the wound. He was transferred to USA General Hospital in York, PA, and died January 2, 1864. He was buried from the hospital.

Buried in Quitman Co., GA
Harrison-Guerry-Brannon-Crawford Family Cemetery

hpd was ggrandmother's brother

Enlisted on July 3, 1861 at Atlanta, GA.

please add my GGFather James W. Story

2g grandfather

Dr. Francis S. Colley was appointed surgeon of the 11th Georgia Infantry from 12 July 1861 until 31 January 1862 when he resigned because of illness. Most of that time was spent in Manassas, VA where the regiment just missed the battle of 1st Bull Run.