50th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company H
Army of Northern Virginia, CSA
Colquitt County, Georgia
Also known as the Colquitt Marksmen or Colquitt Volunteers

Officers when company formed

• Wells, Jeremiah W. ~ Captain Mar. 4, 1862. Resigned Dec. 30, 1863 or Feb. 2, 1864.
• Johnson, Jonathan J. ~ 1st Lt. Mar. 4, 1862. Furloughed in 1863.
• Tillman, Elijah ~ 2nd Lt. Mar. 4, 1862. Severely wounded in 1863. Resigned, disability, Apr. 8, 1863. Elected Captain of Company C, 11th Regiment GA State Guards Cavalry Aug. 4, 1863. No later record.
• Tucker, John Sr. ~ Jr. 2nd Lt. Mar. 4, 1862. Resigned, disability, June 18, 1862. Enlisted in Company C, 11th Regiment Georgia State Guards Cavalry.
• Dodd, William C. ~ Jr. 2nd Lt. See also private Company E.
• Algier, James R. ~ 1st Sgt. Mar. 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, VA, Dec. 4, 1862.
• Tawnsend, Lott ~ 2nd Sgt. Mar. 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sgt. Jan. 1, 1863. Elected Jr. 2nd Lt., 2nd Lt. Apr. 1863. Captain Feb. 1864.
• Dukes, James W. ~ 3rd Sgt. Mar. 4, 1862. Captured in 1862. Died at Camp Douglas, IL, April 1863.
• Tucker, Henry S. ~ 4th Sgt. Mar. 4, 1862. Died at Savannah, GA, June 29, 1862.
• Denman, William (or Denmon) ~ 1st Corp. Mar. 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Sgt. 1864. Served until Mar. 23, 1864.
• Wells, John W. ~ 2nd Corp. Mar. 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, VA, Jan. 20, 1863.
• Hancock, Jeremiah T. ~ 3rd Corp. Mar. 4, 1862. Killed at Crampton's Gap, MD, Sept. 14, 1862.
• Hancock, Henry W. ~ 4th Corp. Mar. 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corp. January 1863. Roll for Jan.-Feb. 1865, last on file, shows him "Absent on extra duty, detached as Enrolling Officer in Colquitt County, Ga".

Listed as private with date Mar. 4, 1862, unless otherwise indicated.

• Alderman, John A. ~ Left arm permanently disabled, resulting in partial paralysis, at Fredericksburg, VA, Dec. 13, 1862.
• Alderman, Mitchell ~ Wounded through shoulder at Gettysburg, PA, July 2, 1863. Unable to return to duty., 11//12/04: Updated info!
• Algier, Vincent (or Alger ) ~ No further information.
• Algier, Wilson L. (or Alger) ~ Died of disease Sept. 1, 1863.
• Alligood, Andrew ~ Killed in battle. (Covington's History).
• Alligood, Daniel C. ~ May 3, 1862. Appointed 3rd Corp. January 1863. At home sick with typhoid fever at close of war.
• Alligood, Thomas M. ~ Wounded at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Served until April 6, 1864.
• Allred, Alien ~ Discharged June 15, 1862.
• Allred, Irwin (or Irvin) ~ No further information.
• Allred, Jackson A. ~ Wounded at Fredericksburg, VA, Dec. 13, 1862. Died Richmond, VA, in 1863.
• Baker, Burrell A. ~ Appointed 5th Sgt. June 1862, 3rd Sgt. January 1863. Killed at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863.
• Baker, Thomas P. (or Thomas B.) ~ Surrendered ill Appomattox, VA, Apr. 9, 1865.
• Baker, William J. ~ Served until Jan. 20, 1865.
• Bloodworth, Lewis (or Louis) ~ No further information.
• Bowen, John L. ~ Captured at Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863.
• Brown, James ~ Appointed 4th Sgt. June 1862. Killed at Crampton's Gap, MD, Sept. 14, 1862.
• Bryant, Calvin ~ Appointed 2nd Corp. April 1964. Captured at Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, MD, Mar. 4, 1865.
• Bryant, John ~ Wounded in left side at Bean Station, TN, Dec. 10, 1863. Captured at Harper's Farm, VA, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, MD, June 24, 1865.
• Carlton, Isaac ~ Appointed 4th Sgt. August 1862, 1st Sgt. January 1863. Wounded bones broken at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Elected Ordinary of Colquitt Co., Georgia and discharged Nov. 15, 1864.
• Castleberry, Jasper ~ Killed at Crampton's Gap, MD, Sept. 14, 1862.
• Castleberry, Joseph ~ Killed in Maryland.
• Coker, A. Jackson ~ Died in Richmond, VA, hospital, May 1863.
• Connell, Simon P. ~ Transferred to Company E, 17th Regiment GA Infantry, July 15, 1862. Absent, sick, Feb. 28, 1865. Paroled at Greensboro, NC, May 1, 1865.
• Creede, Eli ~ Died at Macon, GA, May 8, 1862.
• Creede, Jacob ~ Died at Richmond, VA, July 27, 1861. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.
• Creede, Paul ~ No further information.
• Croft, Jacob H. ~ Wounded through left knee at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Admitted to General hospital No. 2 at Richmond, VA, where left leg was amputated, May 3, 1863. Furloughed there for 60 days.
• Croft, Leroy ~ Served until August 1862.
• Crosby, John ~ Wounded at Knoxville, TN, November 29, 1863. Died from wounds.
• Culpepper, Daniel ~ Wounded, date and place not given. Lost both eyes.
• Culpepper, David C. ~ Wounded at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Died from wounds at home.
• Curies, A. I. ~ No further information.
• Davis, Elisha ~ May 14, 1862. Died at Savannah, GA, July 17, 1862.
• Douglas, James R. ~ Died at Richmond, VA, January 25, 1863. Froze to death.
• Dukes, Matthew Miles ~ May 13, 1862. Wounded in knee at Knoxville, TN, Nov. 29, 1863. Died from wounds.
• Dukes, Wiatt (or Wyatt) ~ Died of measles in Savannah (July, 1862).
• Dukes, Z. ~ March 12, 1864. Died in 1865.
• Dunaway, G. W. ~ Discharged December, 1864.
• Dunlap, W. B. ~ No further information.
• Evens, George W. ~ No further information.
• Evens, J. B. ~ Died at Macon, GA. May 1, 1862.
• Fields, Elijah ~ No further information.
• Flowers, James B. ~ Captured at Chancellorsville, VA, May 4, 1863.
• Flowers, O. Nathan ~ Wounded in hand, necessitating amputation of left thumb at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863.
• Folsom, H. V. ~ Discharged, furnished John D. Henley as substitute, June 11, 1862.
• Gainey, I. ~ No further information.
• Gainey, Robert S. ~ Died Feb. 28, 1863.
• Gay, Hiram ~ Appointed 7th Sgt. November 1862; 2nd Sgt. January 1863. Elected 1st Lt. April 27, 1863. Elected Capt. of 2nd Company, 7th Mil. Dist. Mar. 5, 1864. Wounded near Atlanta, GA, July 22, 1864. Died of wounds.
• Gay, Mathew ~ Appointed 1st Sgt. Feb. 1, 1864. Wounded in head and arm and permanently disabled at Wildness, VA, May 6, 1864.
• Giles, David A. ~ Wounded, left hand, permanently disabled at Crampton's Cap, MD, Sept. 14, 1862. Discharged April 20, 1863. Joined Company C, 11th Cavalry State Guards in August 1863.
• Green, Early O. ~ Died in Macon, GA, hospital in 1862.
• Green, Jack (or John) ~ Died in service.
• Guyton, Moses I. ~ Killed at Knoxville, TN, Nov. 29, 1863.
• Hall, William ~ Killed at Cedar Creek, VA, Oct. 19, 1864.
• Hancock, G. Hanison ~ Killed at Crampton's Gap, MD, Sept. 14, 1862.
• Hancock, Hardin ~ Home on sick furlough at close of war.
• Hancock, John ~ Surrendered at Appomattox, April 9, 1865.
• Hancock, M. Watts ~ Died at Savannah, GA, July 14. 1862.
• Hardwick, James A. ~ Served until February, 1865.
• Harris, Dred ~ No further information.
• Hart, Alien T. ~ May 13, 1862. Wounded in finger, necessitating amputation at Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, 1863.
• Hart, Simon ~ Died of measles in 1864.
• Hartley, William ~ No further information.
• Henley, John D. ~ June 11, 1862. Served as substitute for H. V. Folsom until March 1864.
• Hines, Daniel ~ No further information.
• Hollingsworth, George Washington ~ May 13, 1862.
• Hollingsworth, I. ~ Died in College Hospital Sept. 4, 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, VA, No. 4, 4th Line, Lot 178.
• Hollingsworth, Jesse -- May 13, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863.
• Hollingsworth, John ~ May 13, 1862. Wounded, "Teeth shot out, jaw bones broken and parts of tongue and nose shot off" at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Discharged, disability in 1863.
• Hood, James A. ~ Appointed 3rd Corp. in 1862. Killed at Crampton's Gap, MD, Sept. 14, 1862.
• Hood, J. B. ~ Killed at Gettysburg, PA, July 2, 1863.
• Horne, James I. ~ Enlisted as private in Company E, 17th Regiment GA Infantry, Aug. 12, 1861. Transferred to Company H, 50th Regiment GA Infantry, May 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA, April 9, 1865.
• Humphreys, Clem ~ No further information.
• Humphries, Lewis W. (or Humphreys) ~ Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863.
• Kinard, Jacob ~ Died of smallpox at Valdosta, GA, October 1862.
• Lee, Francis Marion ~ Died in Knight's Hospital in Virginia in 1864. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, VA, June 1, 1862, No. 10, 4th Line, Lot 201.
• Lowe, John ~ No further information.
• McLendon, T. C. (or P. C.) ~ Appointed 3rd Sgt. May 1, 1862. Died at Savannah, GA, June 27, 1862.
• McMullin, James ~ Discharged Jan. 7, 1863. Died in MD.
• Mercer, James ~ May 16, 1862. Wounded in head, resulting in loss of sight in right eye at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Joined Company C, 11th Regiment, Calvary, August 1863.
• Mercer, John ~ May 15, 1862. Wounded in left lung, skull and both legs, totally disabled at Gettysburg, PA, July 1, 1863.
• Mercer, Saul ~ Wounded at Cedar Creek, VA, October 19, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA, April 9, 1865.
• Murphey, David Wright ~ August 1, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA, April 9, 1865.
• NeSmith, Malachi ~ Wounded at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Died from wounds in Richmond, VA, hospital May 19, 1863.
• Norman, Joel Samuel ~ May 23, 1862. Wounded in right shoulder and lung, resulting in paralysis and total disability at Knoxville, TN, November 29, 1863. Appointed 3rd Corp. April 1864.
• Norman, Joseph J. ~ Detailed shoemaker at Columbus, GA, August 1862. Elected Tax Collector of Colquitt County, GA and discharged.
• Norman, William H. H. ~ Wounded in left leg, necessitating amputation below knee at Gettysburg, PA, July 2, 1863.
• Norwood, John T. ~ Died at Augusta, GA, May 22, 1862.
• Norwood, Joseph ~ Wounded. Died at home of wounds.
• Owens, John ~ No further information.
• Owens, Peter ~ Discharged.
• Phillips, John N. ~ Served until May 10, 1862. Joined Company C, 11th GA State Guards Cavalry, August 4, 1863.
• Phillips Nelson ~ No further information.
• Plymel, Jacob ~ Died of disease at Springfield, GA. Sept. 28, 1862.
• Price, Willis ~ Died in Virginia, September 28, 1862.
• Redd, James J. ~ Wounded at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1803. Was with Company at close of war.
• Robinson, James J. (or Robison) ~ Captured at Gettysburg, PA, July 2, 1863. Died at Fort Delaware, DE, Oct. 25, 1863. Buried there.
• Roland, Thomas (or Rollins) ~ May 13, 1862. Killed.
• Royal, Robert ~ Killed at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863.
• Royal, Thomas A. ~ Died at Savannah, GA, July 7, 1862.
• Sharpe, William H. ~ Elected Jr. 2nd Lt. June 18, 1862.
• Simpson, John ~ May 16, 1862. Appointed 4th Sgt. January 1863.
• Simpson, Joseph ~ Surrendered at Appomattox, VA, April 9, 1865.
• Smith, Allred ~ Died al Macon, GA, May 2, 1862.
• Suber, George T. ~ Served until August 1864.
• Thompson, A. M. ~ Died at Richmond, VA, July 4, 1864. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.
• Thompson, James L. (or Thomson) ~ May 13, 1862. Detailed in Division Commissary Dept. Aug. 1864. (Must have been captured. His name is listed on the monument showing Point Lookout, MD prison deaths.)
• Tillman, Benjamin J. ~ Died in VA in 1862 or 1863.
• Tillman, Brock ~ Died in service.
• Tillman, Elbert ~ May 13, 1862. Died near Fort Brown, GA, June 16, 1862.
• Tillman, Harrison ~ No further information.
• Tillman, James H. ~ Captured at Farmville, VA, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, MD, June 21, 1865.
• Tillman, John A. ~ March 13, 1862. Appointed 2nd Sgt. April 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA, April 9, 1865.
• Tillman, Joshua Jordan ~ Elected Jr. 2nd Lt. April 26, 1864. Served until March 24, 1865.
• Tillman, J. F. ~ May 1862. Captured, date and place not given. Released at Point Lookout, MD, in 1865.
• Tillman, Mitchell ~ May 13, 1862. Died near Fort Brown, GA, June 16,1862.
• Tillman, Thomas ~ Died at Richmond, VA, March 6, 1863.
• Tucker, Richard ~ Wounded left foot, permanently disabled at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Was at home on wounded furlough close of war.
• Varnedoe, Henry J. ~ Froze to death near Fredericksburg, VA.
• Weeks, Charles Pinkney ~ Back injured by fall while in hospital. Remained until surrender.
• Weeks, James ~ Died at Savannah, GA, in 1862 (probably July).
• Williams, Butler ~ Died in VA in 1862.
• Wing, Peter O. ~ Discharged, disability in 1862.

from Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia - Henderson, Vol. V, pp. 347-354
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