Ramsey Volunteers
The Ramsey Volunteers were organized in Appling and Thomson, Georgia, (then Columbia County, now McDuffie County) with 81 men and left Georgia by April 1861 to train at the Old Richmond Fairgrounds. By late July they were Company K, part of the 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment. Over the course of the four year war, 102 soldiers became part of this company.
Twenty-one of these soldiers died in combat; these are indicated by an “*”. Twenty-two others died of disease; no doubt some from battle wounds. These are indicated by a “+”. Of the 102 soldiers that mustered into Company K, only 7 answered the muster roll call at Appomattox Court House.
Twenty-one of these soldiers died in combat; these are indicated by an “*”. Twenty-two others died of disease; no doubt some from battle wounds. These are indicated by a “+”. Of the 102 soldiers that mustered into Company K, only 7 answered the muster roll call at Appomattox Court House.
Command Structure
Army of Northern Virginia
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General Robert Edward Lee, commanding
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Longstreet’s First Army Corp
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Lt. General James Longstreet
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McLaws Division
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Major General Lafayette McLaws
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Wofford’s Brigade
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Brigadier General William Tatum Wofford
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16th Georgia Infantry Regiment - 18th GA., 24th GA., Cobb’s legion, Phillip’s Legion
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Colonel Goode Bryan
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General Robert Edward Lee, commanding
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Longstreet’s First Army Corp
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Lt. General James Longstreet
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McLaws Division
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Major General Lafayette McLaws
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Wofford’s Brigade
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Brigadier General William Tatum Wofford
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16th Georgia Infantry Regiment - 18th GA., 24th GA., Cobb’s legion, Phillip’s Legion
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Colonel Goode Bryan
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Company A
Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K |
Madison County
Jackson County Hart County Madison County Habersham County Walton County Jackson County Gwinnett County Gwinnett County Columbia County |
Madison County Greys
Center Hill Guards Hartwell Infantry Danielsville Guards Cobb Infantry Walton County Infantry Jackson County Volunteers Flint Hill Greys Gwinnett County Infantry Ramsey Volunteers |
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Muster Roll of the Ramsey Volunteers
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OFFICERS:
Captain Robert Joshua Boyd* 1st Lt. Ronaldo Addison Lansdell 2nd Lt. George Ramsey Magruder+ 3rd Lt. Nathan Erasmus Benton* 1st Sgt. Francis William Curry* 2nd Sgt. Francis Madison Darsey* 3rd Sgt. Edwin Camillus Magruder+ 4th Sgt. Oliver Hardy 5th Sgt. Columbus M. Wall 1st Cpl. John L. Palmer 2nd Cpl. Nelson C. Benton* 3rd Cpl. William Nelson Zachary 4th Cpl. John L. Smith Surgeon George Patterson PRIVATES: Andrew J. Adams Henry Daus Adams Ellis T. Adams John F. Adams* Rowell Adams* George Tolbert Anderson+ George Washington Arrington* Ambrose Jones Avary Ike Vale Ballard Wave Ballard James Madison Baston William Edward Baston John M. Benson+ James C. Bigham Charles Hezekiah Blackstone John Briscoe William Bryant Thomas Buck+ |
John Henry Casey
Thomas N. Collins George David Darsey Thomas Edward Darsey Addison Davidson Eli Davidson James Anderson Davidson John Humphrey Evans James T. Flanigan Samuel G. Fortson James M. Gay Joseph James Harrison Richard H. Harrison David Hobbs+ Thomas J. Hobbs* J. Hillman Holly William Jasper Holly+ Kinchen Hughes Bradford Ivey George Washington Johnston John Anderson Johnston James Washington Jones+ Seaborn E. Jones* William Henry Jones John Tyler Lamkin Wesley Bryant Langford* William B. Langston+ Jesse T. Lansdell Lewis McGee Joseph Hartwell Marshall William Mims Haliday Moore* Freeman W. Morris+ Eldridge Newsom+ John Newsom |
Benjamin F. Palmer
Lewis Henry Clay Palmer* George W. Porter+ Abner L. Prather+ Benjamin Franklin Prather* Christopher Prather* Elbert L. Prather* James A. Reynolds John M. Reynolds+ William A. Richardson Hezekiah Rooks+ Abner Leonard Sims+ William Smith* James Warren Stanford Luther T. Stanton* D. Phillip Stewart Roger Dixon Stewart William Thomas Tankersley Andrew Jackson Taylor John H. Thornton William George Toole Joseph D. Walker+ Obadiah Walker+ Augustus Franklin Welch+ Christopher Coleman Welch* Daniel J. West Johnson W. Wheeler* Robert B. Wheeler+ Joseph Whitten* Jabez Marshall Wilkins John M. Wilkins Elijah Judson Wilson William A. Winburn+ David Yarbrough George L. Young+ |
Source: Holley, Thomas Earl. Company K, Ramsey Volunteers, The Sixteenth Georgia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America - The officers, the battles, and a genealogy of its soldiers. Fernandina Beach, Florida: Wolfe Publishing, 1995.