This article was clipped from an unknown newspaper but I believe it to be the Dahlonega Nugget. It was in the possession of my great Aunt May Reese Simmons. She passed it on to her g-daughter Jackie Simmons Gow who gave it to me

– Robert Reese, Jr. 31 July 1999.

MUSTER ROLL

Blue Ridge Rifles of Co. E, Phillip’s Legion Infantry

Below is the list of those who volunteered July 1, 1861 and served through the Civil War and surrendered at Appomattox Court House in 1865.

A. J. Reese
E. P. Morrison - died at Richmond, Va. Of a wound received at Fredricksburg, December 13th, 1862
W. A. Spencer -  transferred to the 18th Ga Regiment
B. F. Sitton – discharged near Winchester, Va. October 14, 1862
J.C. Burt
J.N. Davis
H. Forrest – wounded at a skirmish at South Anna River, Va., in campaign 1864
H.L. Wilson – killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
W.J.T. Hutcheson – wounded at Petersburg, Va. 1864
A.J. Blackwell
Jasper Bates – wounded at the battle of Fredricksburg, December 18th, 1863
Newton Bates
James Blackwell
Jesse Blackwell
J.D. Boyle
Martin Brown – died at Charlottesville, Ky (Va?) January 7, 1863
Meridan Brown – killed near Appomattox Court House, near surrender
Terril Brown – wounded at Gaines Farm, below Richmond
James Bates
R.E. Burt
Jesse Cain  - died November 9, 186?
Cavender
Cavender
Washington Croft
William Campbell – died Va., November 19th, 1861
Henry Davis
William Davis – killed in front of Chattanooga, Tenn., by grape shot, September 1863
James Demsey
John Demsey
William Dyer
Fountain Davis – died in Lynchburg, Va., September 7, 1861
James Fields – died of a wound received at the battle of Fredricksburg, Va., December 18, 1862
M.H. Fields
R.I. Fields
Champion Forest – died at Dublin, Va.
William Grizzle
E.J. Grizzle
James Grizzle
M.M. Grizzle
W.F. Glass
William Gearin – wounded at the battle of Fredricksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Martin Helton
W.H. Hendrix – died of wounds received at the battle of Sharpsburg, Md.
J.N. Hollifield
A.J. Hulsey
Rice Hulsey – died at Hardeville, SC, February 5, 1862
L.W. Johnson – died at Richmond, Va., January 20, 1862
Samuel Jones
Barney Jones
Anson Jones
Willis Johnson – killed near Appomattox Court House, Va. near surrender
William D. Land
A.H. Lee
J.N. London
Samuel London – died at Lynchburg, Va., October 6, 1861
Thomas Loggins – died of wounds received at Spotsylvania Court House, Va., May 19, 1864
E.T. Loggins
Samuel Lowry – killed at the battle of Fredricksburg, Va., December 13, 1962
H. Morris
T.E. Mayes – died of wounds received in front of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24, 1863
F.A. McAfee –  Killed in an artillery duel on the Rappahanock, Va., August 28, 1862
W.H. McAfee - transferred to the 22nd Ga. Regiment, October 20th, 1862
A.J. Moss
Andy Myers
A. McManus
Wesley Norris
Alfred Norris
G.F. Parker – died at Richmond Ferry, West Va., October 18, 1861
R.A. Quillian – transferred to 52nd Ga. Regiment, June 17th , 1862
John Ray
H.W. Riley
James Robberts
William Satterfield – died in West Virginia campaign, 1861
E.J. smith
Wimpy Sparks – Killed in an artillery duel on the Rappahonock, Va., August 23, 1862
Martin Stevens
J.W. Stancil
David Stancil
James Stone
George Vaughn – Died in campaign, 1861
James B. Walker
Washington Walker
Stephen G. Wade
Noah White
Frank White – Killed by fragment of a shell at the battle of the Wilderness
Eli Howell
Benton Reese – wounded by shell at the battle of the Wilderness, leg amputated
Benjamin Rumby
Augustus Boyd – Transferred to the 52nd Ga. Regiment, made captain and killed a the battle of Bakers Creek, Mississippi

I certify that the foregoing is a correct record from company book.
J.M. McDonald, Late Captain, Co. E, Phillip’s Legion, Infantry

OFFICERS

Joseph Hamilton, Capt., promoted to major about Dec. 1862, soon after to Lt. Col., Phillip’s Legion
Hardy Price, 1st Lt., died in Richmond, Va. Of wounds received at the battle of Fredricksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862
W.H. Barber, 2nd Lt., resigning in 1864
J.M. McDonald, 3rd Lt.