Thomson Guards
This company was organized in Thomson, Georgia, (then Columbia County, now McDuffie County), with 104 men and left Thomson May 29, 1861, for Richmond, Virginia, and was mustered into service June 3rd, as Company “F” of the 10th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. Over the course of the four year war, 128 soldiers became part of this company.
Twenty-three of these soldiers died in combat; these are indicated with an “*”. Twenty-one others died of disease; no doubt some caused from battle wounds. These are indicated by a “+”. Of the 128 soldiers that mustered into Company F, only 10 remained to answer the muster roll call at Appomattox Court House.
Twenty-three of these soldiers died in combat; these are indicated with an “*”. Twenty-one others died of disease; no doubt some caused from battle wounds. These are indicated by a “+”. Of the 128 soldiers that mustered into Company F, only 10 remained to answer 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 Layfayette McLaws
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Semmes Brigade
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Brigadier General Paul Jones Semmes
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10th Georgia Infantry Regiment - 50th GA., 51st GA., 53rd GA.
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Colonel Alfred Cummings
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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 Layfayette McLaws
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Semmes Brigade
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Brigadier General Paul Jones Semmes
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10th Georgia Infantry Regiment - 50th GA., 51st GA., 53rd GA.
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Colonel Alfred Cummings
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Company A
Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K |
Muskogee County
Richmond County Chattahoochee County Richmond County Clayton County Columbia County Pulaski County Wilcox County Fayette County Richmond County |
Confederate State Sentinels
Letcher Guards Chattahoochee-Beauregards Independent Blues Clayton Sharpshooters Thomson Guards Georgia Rangers Wilcox Rifles Fayette Rifle Greys Davis Musketeers |
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Muster Roll of the Thomson Guards
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OFFICERS:
Captain William Johnston 1st Lt. William Grissett Green* 2nd Lt. Thomas Hiram Wood Jr. 2nd Lt. Samuel Thomas Neal 1st Sgt. Iverson Graves Worrill 2nd Sgt.Thomas Matthew Steed 3rd Sgt. Robert A. L. Hatrick* 4th Sgt. John Thaddeus Stovall 1st Cpl. William W. Reily 2nd Cpl. Gilbert Lewis Harrell 3rd Cpl. Henry A. Thomas 4th Cpl. Augustine Homer Sturgis Musician - James C. Bland Musician - William Edward Ward* PRIVATES: Wiley Wood Acree John Quincy Adams* Edward Y. Amerson Thomas Allen Armstrong+ Joseph Abner Bailey Wilson Jonathan Baker+ William T. Benson James T. Binion* James William Blackstone+ John Thomas Blackstone+ James Harris Blanchard Jeremiah Blanchard Caesar Savage Bond James William Bonner* William Peyton Bonner+ James William Walter Boyd John K. Brown Thomas Brown+ Joseph Stockton Caldwell+ Henry Cleveland Calhoun James Y. Carroll+ John Carroll Stephen Carroll George Berry Cartledge John William Cleveland Thomas Parmalee Cleveland |
David W. Cliatt Isaac B. Cliatt+ David W. Curry Robert E. Eshom Benjamin Fitzgerald+ Ethdred M. Fitzgerald Henry C. Fitzgerald James Willis Fitzgerald John T. Fuller William B. Garrett* Benjamin Franklin Gay William Henry Gay* William T. Grant John Alpheus Hatcher Thomas Joseph Herrin Joseph M. Hinton Asa H. Hobbs Robert Jackson Holley Hopkins C. Howell Nazero S. Hubbard* Robert J. Johnson* John Jordan Charles Edward Knox Eusebius T. Langford* John Ross Langford* Robert Augustus Lassiter Samuel Lokey* Marcus Aurelius Luckey William Jackson Luckey Anderson D. Megahee* David Megahee James Megahee+ Robert Megahee R. Michael Megahee* John Malone Miles+ Freeman Peter Moore+ Cradelus O. Morris* Curtis Herman Morris James Preston Morris John Jesse Morris Kittrell Hodges Morris Simeon Dawson Morris Sullivan H. Morris+ Thomas F. Morris |
William Howard Morris Columbus D. Neal Leonard Peek Paschal John Henry Pond John Ad C. Prather Henry Robert Radford John Rail Road Radford Albert Jeremiah Reese* Henry Clary Reese James Jones Reese+ David Edward Reeves Stephen Green Reeves+ John Thomas Rivers Peter L. Robeson Henry A. Scott James T. Shaw+ William Short William Maclin Sills+ Charles Augustus Sims* William Gazaway Sims Benjamin W. Smith Joseph M. Smith Joseph T. Smith Wright Smith William Eugene Spier William Onlet Stanford+ James Augustus Stapler Noah Washington Stone George Pierce Stovall Joseph John Henry Sturgis* James Madison Sutherland* Albert Green Thomas James N. Underwood* William Edward Wade – (fifer) James A. Wall+ William Miles Watson+ George Welch Albert E. Wiley George Walker Wilson* James Marion Wilson William Thomas Wilson Olin D. Worrill Thomas Marion Wynn* Hezekiah Wesley Young |
Source: Holley, Thomas Earl. Company F, Thomson Guards, Tenth Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America - The officers, the battles and a genealogy of its soldiers. Fernandina Beach, Florida: Wolfe Publishing, 2000.