Muster Roll of "Butts Invincibles" Company "A"
30th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Army of Tennessee.
C.S.A.
Muster Roll of Company "B"
30th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Army of Tennessee.
C.S.A.
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2ND GEORGIA CAVALRY REGIMENT, assembled at Albany, Georgia, in February, 1862, contained men from Randolph, Dougherty, Clayton, Marion, Fulton, and Decatur counties. It moved to Chattanooga and after skirmishing in Tennessee was placed in Forrest's, Wharton's, J.J. Morrison's, and C.C. Crews' Brigade. The regiment participated in various conflicts such as Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Philadelphia, Campbell's Station, Bean's Station, and Mossy Creek. Later it was involved in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Svannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. On April 26, 1865, the 2nd Cavalry surrendered with only 18 men. The field officers were Colonels Charles C. Crews and William J. Lawton; Lieutenant Colonels James E. Dunlop, Arthur Hood, and Francis M. Ison; and Majors James W. Mayo and C.A. Whaley. Source: Crute, Joseph H., Jr. _Units of the Confederate States Army_. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987.
The following books (along with the indispensable Crute mentioned above) and
organizations will help you in your search:
These people are incredibly helpful and polite. Expect your $15 fee to
pay for the unit name/number, any documentation and a capsule history of
the unit. They don't charge you if they don't find anything--and they're
happy to bill you.
The CRC can assist you in finding a source for the Georgia rosters, which
I suspect may be at the GA Archives (below) or the Georgia State Library. Be
sure to ask the CRC.
They are the only ones with GA pension information. But you must submit
separate forms for pension v. military records. My advice: use them for
pensions ONLY. Request military records from the National Archives. GA
Archives charges $25 whether they find anything or not. If the widow
moved out of the state and applied for pension there, the records of
course would be in that state instead. Pension stuff is very helpful,
since it provides physical descriptions and possibly a short history on the
vet and his family.
They have military records but pensions only for Union vets (you're stuck
with GA Archives for pensions). Services is glacially slow--expect a wait
of one to two months. A smart move is to include a VISA card number on
the request, or they'll hold up shipment until payment is received. If
your vet was in more than one unit (one my other ancestors was in both the
3rd GA Cav and the 11th), submit SEPARATE requests for each unit or
they'll only process ONE unit's records. Payment is $10/request, and like
the CRC, they only charge if they find something.
Occasionally you'll get documents of real Confederate pay vouchers and the
like. Mostly you'll see the index cards which were copied by government
workers in the 1890s from original, deteriorating Confederate muster rolls
and the like. With higher-ranking officers, there is usually more than
for enlisted men, unless the soldier was killed, made a prisoner or
something else out of the ordinary. I got one on a 3rd Lt. Parham (Bvt
2nd Lt), Co. B, 2nd GA Cav, which was a Confederate payment voucher for
forage (horsefeed).
As you can see, you will need AT LEAST the complete name and state from
which the ancestor served. Additional information, such as city, county,
and unit(s) should be included if known.
44th Regimental Roster
Attn: Peggy Fox
P.O. Box 619
Hillsboro, TX 76645
330 Capitol Avenue, S.E.
Atlanta, GA 30334
request NATF FORM 80 from email at:
inquire@arch2.nara.gov
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