Soldiers in Georgia Units who died in or
near Tallahassee, Florida, according to Lillian Henderson's Soldiers of
Georgia:
Carter, George W. - private February 26, 1863. Died of brain fever and malaria in camp at Tallahassee, Fla., December 22, 1865. - COMPANY K, 64th REGIMENT
Chance, W. A. - private February 16, 1863. Roll for July-August 1863, bears remark "Died in hospital at Tallahassee, Fla.," date not shown. - COMPANY A, 64th REGIMENT
Creel, Leroy J. - private September 9,1861. Discharged on account of anemia December 7, 1861. Reenlisted May 5, 1862. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20, 1864. Died of wounds at Tallahassee, Fla. March 20, 1864 . - COMPANY E, 27th REGIMENT
Griffin, William - private March 10, 1863. Transferred to Co. C, subsequent to August 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865. Died from exhaustion on train near Tallahassee, Fla. - COMPANY D, 64th REGIMENT
Hammett, James C. - 1st Corporal February 26, 1863. Reduced to private. Died from exposure in Tallahassee, Fla., hospital, May 1, 1863. - COMPANY K, 64th REGIMENT
Howell, Saul H. - private May 14, 1863. Died in Tallahassee, Fla., hospital, August 30, 1863. - COMPANY K, 64th REGIMENT
King, Silas W. - 4th Corporal February 26, 1863. Roll for August 1863, shows him a private, absent on detail to guard prisoner to Marion. Died in Tallahassee, Fla., hospital, November 17, 1863. - COMPANY K, 64th REGIMENT
Lewis, George W. - 2d Corporal August 31, 1861. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla. February 20, 1864. Died of wounds at Tallahassee, Fla. March 12,1864. - COMPANY K, 23d REGIMENT
Maloney, John H. - private March 11, 1862. Died in Tallahassee, Fla. October 3, 1863. - COMPANY L, 1st REGIMENT GEORGIA REGULARS
Odum, Livingston - private May 20, 1863. Died of congestive chill at Camp Smith, Tallahassee, Fla., August 31, or September 8, 1863. - COMPANY K, 51st REGIMENT
Sheppard, William L. (or Shepherd) - private June 5, 1863. Died of dropsy in Tallahassee, Fla., hospital, December 1864. - COMPANY I, 64th REGIMENT
Simonton, Robert - private March 1, 1863. Roll to August 31, 1863, shows he was furloughed for 20 days August 9, 1863. Died from congestive chill at Tallahassee, Fla., December 27, 1863. - COMPANY E, 64th REGIMENT
Smallwood, James E. - private February 16, 1863. Sent to Quincy or Tallahassee, Fla., hospital, with typhoid fever and died there August 29, 1863. - COMPANY A, 64th REGIMENT
Strickland, Henry - private March
1, 1863. Wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla., February 20, 1864.
Sent to Tallahassee, Fla., hospital and died there from wounds in 1864.
- COMPANY E, 64th REGIMENT
SOLDIERS IN GEORGIA UNITS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL AT TALLAHASSEE:
Davis, James - private May 10, 1863. Discharged at Tallahassee, Fla. hospital February 4, 1864. - COMPANY F, 1st REGIMENT GEORGIA REGULARS
Merriman, George Henry - private April 20, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19 ,1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows he was in Tallahassee, Fla. hospital, wounded. Paroled at Madison, Fla. May 20,1865. (Born in London, England October 26, 1832. Died in Jefferson County, Fla. January 17, 1889.) - COMPANY K, 50th REGIMENT
Turner, Thomas - private May 1, 1863. Roll for July-August 1863, last on which borne, shows him absent, sent to General Hospital at Tallahassee, Fla., August 10, 1863. - COMPANY A, 64th REGIMENT
O'Shields, John - private March 15, 1863. Roll for July-August 1863 shows he was sick in Tallahassee, Fla., hospital since August 15, 1863. No later record. - COMPANY C, 64th REGIMENT
Smith, Thomas B. - private March 15, 1863. In Tallahassee, Fla., hospital August 29, 1863. No later record. - COMPANY C, 64th REGIMENT
Hunt, James - private August 14, 1863. Roll to August 31, 1863, shows he was in Tallahassee, Fla., hospital August 26, 1863. No later record. - COMPANY E, 64th REGIMENT
Bairfield, Bardy - private March 24, 1863. Roll dated August 31, 1863, shows him "Absent in General Hospital at Tallahassee, Fla., since July 24 - August 31, 1863. " No later record. - COMPANY I, 64th REGIMENT
Shaw, Henry - private February 26, 1863. Roll for August 1863, shows him absent, in Tallahassee, Fla., hospital August 20-31, 1863. No later record. - COMPANY K, 64th REGIMENT
Still, Elisha B. - private
February 26, 1863. Roll for August 1863, shows him absent
in Tallahassee, Fla., hospital since August 20, 1863. - COMPANY
K, 64th REGIMENT
Georgia units known to have been stationed near Tallahassee, Florida, include:
Fort Ward (Wakulla County) -
Campbell's Independent Company of Georgia Seige Artillery
NOTE: There is a reference to a $3,000 allocation of funds for medical supplies for a Confederate Hospital at St. Marks, Florida, In the Navy Official Records. Fort Ward was an earthworks fortification built around the old Spanish San Marcos de Apalachee at St. Marks.
Camp Barrow (Leon County) -
29th Georgia Cavalry Battalion, Company H
Camp Bradford (near Bradfrodville, Leon County) -
Georgia Militia
Camp Brokaw (Wakulla County) -
Echols' Light Artillery, Capt. Tiller's Company
Captain Cullen's Independent Company of Infantry
Camp Darby (Wakulla County) -
29th Battalion Georgia Cavalry
Echols' Light Artillery
Camp Jackson (Leon County) -
29th Battalion Georgia Cavalry, Company E
Camp Leon (Leon County, just south of Capital Circle on both sides of the Woodville Highway and the railroad) -
Echols' Light Artillery
(Turned in their guns and became Infantry
there 24 May 1864)
Camp Randolph (Wakulla County, at Wakulla on the west side of the railroad) -
29th Georgia Cavalry Battalion
64th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Camp Sidney Johnston (Wakulla County) -
Echols' Light Artillery
Camp Simpkins (Wakulla County) -
Echols' Light Artillery
Camp Smith (Leon County) -
29th Georgia Cavalry Battalion, Company C
64th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company K
Camp information is from William S. Smedlund, Camp Fires of Georgia's Troops, 1861-1865, Lithonia, Georgia, 1995 and from personal knowledge.
Compiled by:
Richard White
Created 22 October 2000.
Edited 31 October 2000.