Company A
Private
It is interesting to note that he died in 1865
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1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
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Company A
Private
Buried at Middle Ground Baptist Church, near Sylvania, Ga.
Company B
Sergeant
No family notes have been added.
Company C
Private
My Ancestor (my 3rd Great-Grandfather):
James Ballard (1797 - 1878).
Initial Enlistment on 6 May 1862:
Pvt., I Co., Georgia 32nd Infantry Regiment (Woodson Guards), Army of Tennessee, C. S. A.
Transferred on 30 Jul 1862:
Pvt., Company C, 1st Battalion Sharpshooter, Georgia, Army of Tennessee, C. S. A.
Detailed on 31 October 1862:
Pvt., Teamster, Quartermaster Department, 1st Battalion Sharpshooter, Georgia. (most probably due to his being 65 years of age).
Submitted by:
James Lewis Smith Jr. (1947- )
Pvt., 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt., 2nd Battalion, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division; Republic of Vietnam: 1967-68 & 1968-69.
Company C
2nd Sergeant
2nd Great Grandfather from Jasper County, Georgia. Enlisted as a Private in Co B, 6th Regiment Georgia State Troops, February 8, 1862. Mustered out April 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant, Company A, 32nd Regiment, GA Infantry April 18, 1862.Transferred to Co C, 1st Bn. GA Sharpshooters and appointed 2nd Sergeant July 30, 1862. captured at Decatur, AL October 26, 1864. Sent to Camp Douglas, IL. Released Camp Douglas, IL, June 17, 1865. Died at home in Jasper County Georgia from disease contracted in service.
Company D
Private
Our Connection with Savannah- A History of the 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters by Russell Brown
Company D
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company D
Private
No family notes have been added.