47TH REGIMENT

GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

ARMY OF TENNESSEE

C. S. A.

 

 

 

 

ROSTER OF THE FIELD STAFF AND BAND

Name	Highest Rank Held	Remarks
Gilbert W.M. Williams	Colonel
A.C. Edwards	Colonel
William S. Phillips	Lt. Col.
Joseph S. Cone	Lt. Col.
James Cone	Major
Thomas R. Hines	Captain	Also Quartermaster
Benjamin S. Williams	Adjutant
H.E. Cassidy	Chaplain
John R. Minis	Sgt. Major
Edward W. Wilson	Sgt. Major
William Percy Mortimer	Asst. Quartermaster
Joseph C. Thompson	Quartermaster Sgt.
G. Williams	Quartermaster Sgt.
James E. Holmes	Ordnance Sgt.
John Rambo	Surgeon
David A. Matthews	Surgeon
Leonidas Holt	Surgeon
Leonidas McLester	Asst. Surgeon
John T. Mclain	Asst. Surgeon
George W. Coxwell	Asst. Surgeon
James B. Wiggins	Asst. Surgeon
Stiles Kennedy	Asst. Surgeon
Calley Adrian Denson	Asst. Surgeon
Albert Thaddeus Lipfort	Asst. Surgeon
George W. Coxwell	Hospital Steward
O.P. Matthews	Hospital Steward
James E. Burnsides	Comm. Sgt.
James R. Frazier	Asst. Comm. Sgt.
Thomas Wakefield	Ensign
Robert Low	Leading Musician
Robert Burke	Musician
Francis DeVersur	Musician
Brave Golphin	Musician
Charles Jones	Musician
James Larkin	Musician
Joseph Millen	Musician
Robert Oliver	Musician
Eugene Touchelet	Musician
Robert Woodhouse	Musician
William Woodhouse	Musician

 

COMPANY COMMANDERS

 

Company A Mitchell Volunteer Guards	Capt. Michael J. Doyle Capt. Bryan Comer	Chatham County
Company B Randolph Light Guards	Capt. Patrick Gormley Capt. John J Harper Capt. Seaborn R. Lawrence	Randolph County
Company C Bulloch Guards	Capt. William W. Williams Capt. Joseph C. Thompson	Bulloch County
Company D Screven Guards	Capt. John D. Ashton Capt. Joseph Lawton Singleton	Screven County
Company E Chatham Volunteers	Capt. William S. Phillips Capt. DeWitt Bruyn	Bryan, Chatham and Effingham Counties
Company F Appling Rangers	Capt. James H. Latimer Capt. Joseph G. Dedge	Appling County
Company G Tattnall Invincibles	Capt. Phillip Glenn Tippins Capt. Daniel L. Kennedy	Tattnall County
Company H Liberty Rangers	Capt. Isaac M. Aiaken Capt. Elliott W. Hazzard	Glynn County
Company I Empire State Guards	Capt. A. C. Edwards Capt. T. P. Hines Capt. Stephen A. Wilson	Effinhgam County
Company K	Capt. Joseph S. Cone Capt. James G. Cone Capt. Peter C. Sheffield	Bulloch County

 

 

 

 

Company Rosters

47th Georgia Regiment

Georgia Volunteer Infantry

 

 

Company A - Mitchell Volunteer Guards

 

Company B - Randolph Light Guards

 

Company C - Bulloch Guards

 

Company D - Screven Guards

 

Company E - Chatham Volunteers

 

Company F - Appling Rangers

 

Company G - Tattnall Invincibles

 

Company H - Liberty Rangers

 

Company I - Empire State Guards

 

Company K - Caper's Volunteers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compiled by William A. Bowers

Designed and maintained by Ed Jackson