The War Between The States |
Southern Rights Guards
1st Georgia Regiment
Company "C"
This command was Co. "C", First Georgia Regiment. It was formed in Perry, Georgia from the men of Houston County. The unit entered service March 18th, 1861 and served one year. Then the surviving members joined other commands, most of them going to the Southern Rights Battery.
(Additions & alterations have been had to the original document found in the Sgt. C. C. Duncan Chapter, UDC
| OFFICERS |
Captain
J. A. Houser
First Lieut. Joseph Palmer:
........appointed Adjutant, elected Capt. S.R. battery, Maj. Artillery
Second Lieut. J. C. Gilbert: ........Lieut. State Troops
Third Lieut. J. R. Felder
First Sergt. S. D. Killen: .............Captain State Troops
Second Sergt. M. W. Havis: .......1st
Sergt: Capt. S.R. Battery
Third Sergt. Sylvester Capers King
Fourth Sergt. W. F. King
Fifth Sergt. J. R. Duncan:......... 3rd Lieut: 1st Lieut: S. R.
Battery
First Corp. Alfred Augustus King
2nd Corp.
Francis Marion King
3rd Corp. S. E. Jordan
4th Corp. T. M. Killen: ................1st Sergt, State Troops
5th Corp. H. B. Davis
| PRIVATES |
D. G. Alcut
R. W. Anderson:...........................1st Lieut, Capt. Artillery
J. F. A. Barrett:.............................Sergt. S.R. Battery
J. E. Barrett:..................................Guidon S.R. battery
A. P. Baskin
J. C. Baskin
J. H. Baskin
S. E. Bateman
L. Bechold
T. S. Belvin
M. P. Bolton
T. M. Bolton
P. C. Britt
D. H. Brown
J. C. Butler
C. T. Choate
J. D. Clark
J. W. Clark
A. C. Cliett
E. S. Collier.......................... killed in battle
J. T. Collier
L. F. Collier
W. D. Cooper
W. R. Cox
Hardy Cross
P. B. D. H. Culler:.................. Surgeon
J. G. Davis:............................. Sergt. Maj. Infantry Regiment
W. R. Davis
C. W. Dennard
G. R. Dolittle
J. S. Drake:..............................Capt. Infantry
C. C. Duncan:...........................
2nd Sergt; 1st Sergt. S. R. Battery
E. E. Duncan
S. English
H. S. Feagin
H. R. Felder:...............................Lieut. S.R. Battery
L. A. Felder:............................... died in Va.
R. McP. Felder:........................... Killed in Battle
W. McD. Felder
T. F. Flandreau
S. F. Follendore
H. S. Frazier
A. H. Fry:......................................Sergt. S.R. Battery
A. S. Giles:...................................Sergt. Maj. Artillery
J. M. Giles:................................... Lieut. State Troops
J. A. Graves:..................................died in Va.
Simon Gray
D. F. Gunn:................................... Brigade Ord. Sergt.
Thomas Mc. Hardy
W. S. Jardy
H. H. Harvey
J. C. Heron
J. H. Holmes
R. M. Holmes
A. C. Houser
R. A. Houser
M. C. Hudson
W. C. Jones
S. E. Jordan
B. C. Kendrick:.................................Sergt. S.R. Battery
J. D. Kendrick:................................. Capt. S.R. Battery
Martin Kendrick:...............................died in Va.
G. W. Killen:.....................................Engineer’ Dept.
J. N. Killen
Julius Klevis
W. Manning
H. T. McDaniel
L. W. McPherson
N. B. Noel
A. S. Norwood:..................................died in war
W. H. Norwood:.................................Sergt. S.R. Battery
W. C. Patton
Geo. Paul:..........................................Artificer, S.R. Battery
W. B. Peddy
J. S. Powers
J. C. Pugh
J. S. Pugh
W. H. Raney:......................................killed in battle
W. L. Raney
J. R. Rice:...........................................Lieut. S.R. Battery
J. H. Riley
E. H. Rutherford
Eason Smith
J. N. Smith
J. H. Speir
J. C. Spencer
G. W. Sturgess:...................................Lieut. State Troops
M. L. Swerine
C. T. Swift
W. T. Swift, Jr.
S. S. Taylor
A. H. Tharp:.........................................Sergt. S.R. Battery
J. D. Tharp
M. H. Thompson
T. M. Tull
A. C. Westbrook
A. Westcott
J. W. Wimberly
James Andrew Houser
graduated from The Citadel in 1850. Records show that he graduated second of 13
graduates from his class and served as a Captain of Georgia Volunteers in 1861.
Capt Houser trained the unit in company drill, marksmanship,
swordsmanship, and tactics. The unit, organized in Perry, GA was mustered into
service in March of 1861. Source: History of the South Carolina Military
Academy 1783-1892 by Col John Peyre Thomas, class of 1851. (This information
was contributed by
Andrew D. Kullberg Lt Col, USAF (retired), The Citadel Class of 1983).
