The Boys Went Forth to War
The Regimental History of The GA Military Institute Cadets
Vol. 2 of the Confederate Regimental History Series
Maj. Gen. Lafayette McClaws
Order dated May 1, 1865
(the last official order of a Confederate Officer)
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The article from the Southern Historical Society Papers gives some details of the unit's service. It was written by a member of Company B in 1905. Members of Company A and B are listed - but it stated it's a partial list.
None of the listed men appear in either of the index compillations - Broadfoots (which is generally considered to be complete for the Confederate units) and Henderson's Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia (which has some known and recognized problems). Col. Jones, Georgia in the War, which was written just after the war, and considered to list every unit and their leaders, also has no mention of this unit.
All of the cadets were from 16 - 18 years of age. Julius L. Brown, Color Corporal of Company A was the son of the Governor of Georgia - Joseph E. Brown. Samuel Spencer of Company B became president of Southern Railway later in life. Hal T. Lewis of Company B became a Supreme Court Justice!
They were first under fire at the battle of Resaca. Lt. James S. Oates of the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry stated in his memoirs, "It was during the advance of that day that we came in contact with the Georgia Cadets, from the Military Institute in Marietta, who had come out from the woods at Resaca and formed their line behind a rail fence. After a volley from the cadets, which killed several of our men, our regiment charged them."
They fought throughout the remainder of the Atlanta Campaign and were involved in a number of battles with Sherman as he marched to Savannah.
"The Georgia Cadets were the last organized Confederate soldiers on duty east of the Mississippi river, and their last service, as the first, was on provost duty, guarding the city of Augusta, Ga., and the Confederate arsenals and army stores of that city. They obeyed the last order of a Confederate officer, Major-General Lafayette McLaws. That order was issued after the surrenders of General Lee and General Johnston and was dated May 1, 1865, and they served under that order till the 20th of May 1865...
OFFICERS:
ROSTERS:
Company A
Austin, James S., Captain
Hill, Lodowick J., First Lieutenant
Courvoisier, Frank E., Second Lieutenant
McClesky, James R., Third Lieutenant
Faver, Paul, First Sergeant Major
Searcy, W. E. H., Orderly Sergeant
Henderson, Cary Wood, Second Sergeant
Elyea, Theodore A., Third Sergeant
Symmes, J. W., Fourth Sergeant
Todd, J. Scott, Fifth Sergeant
Arnold, J. A., Corporal
Privates of Company A
Adams, ?
Adams, ?
Akers, ?
Alexander, A. H.
Arnold, F.
Arnold, Park
Atkinson, B.
Bellingrath. Herman
Blanton, Benjamin P.
Bozeman, ?
Bridges, ?
Brooks, B. E.
Brumby, E.
Brumby, J.
Burke, W. H.
Burroughs, J.
Cabaniss, E.
Cabaniss, H. H.
Campbell, Jos. F.
Carlton, ?
Cashin, Ed
Clarke, ?
Cockerell, ?
Crutchfield, Wm. Ambrose
Dabney, ?
D'Antignac, Frank
Dorsey, John Isham
Dozier, ?
Edwards, J. Polk
Elliott, ?
Everett, ?
Fitzpatrick, ?
Flake, Warren W.
Foster, A. W.
Freemna, ?
Gary, J.
Gary, W.
Gould, ?
Green, John M.
Hamilton, Thomas A.
Hardee, J.
Hardee, W. P.
Harlee, ?
Harrington, Henry P.
Harris, John
Haslem, George Perry
Hawkins, J. C.
Head, George, M.
Hill, A. W.
Hill, Thomas A.
Hinton, John
Holland, ?
Holmes, John H.
Houston, ?
Howard, ?
Huger, ?
Jones, H. P.
Jones, Henry
Jones, W. D.
Jones, W. (Jr.,)
King, Barrington
Kollock, ?
Land, J. H.
Lane, W. S.
Latimer, Charles T.
Leseuer, ?
Lester, T. G.
Livingston, ?
Lovett, Robert O.
McCarthy, ?
McClellan, ?
McLeod, George
McCleskey, L. L.
McHenry, W. S.
McWhorter, Madison
McWhorter, Rogert Ligon
Mann, Charley
Marshall, C.
Mims, ?
Mims, W. H.
Myrick, G. D.
Myrick, J. D.
Napier, ?
Nevett, ?
Noble, Stephens
Owens, James
Parsons, William H.
Patillo, George
Pearce, James
Pearce, J. W.
Plant, Robert H.
Randall, Bush
Redding, ?
Reese, ?
Robert, W. H.
Roberts, Wiley
Robinson, A.
Robinson, E.
Roddy, R. L.
Rucker, Jeptha H.
Rucker, Tinsley W.
Ryan, Lawrence T.
Sapp, A. J.
Schley, B.
Schley, G.
Schofield, ?
Sheppard, W. T.
Shumake, W.
Slappey, A. B.
Smith, Archibald A.
Smith, H. H.
Smith, W.
Solomon, W.
Spain, ?
Taft, W.
Thurman, Jas, T.
Tilson, Mitchel
Turnbull, J. J.
Waitzefelder, Abraham
Walker, C.
Walker J.
Waters, Byron B.
Watson, ?
Williams, C.
Williams, M.
Woodward, James P.
Wynn, Joesph H.
COLOR GUARD:
Coleman, George C., Color Sergeant Brown, Julius L., Color Corporal Hulsey, A. J., Color Corporal Milner, Thomas W., Color Corporal Dewes, Henry W., Color Corporal Dunwoody, Henry A., Color Corporal
Company B
Manget, Victor E., Captain Solomon, Charles H., First Lieutenant Hazelhurst, P., Second Lieutenant White, Steele, Third Lieutenant Einstein, Frank, Fourth Lieutenant
Sergeants
Ward, T. A., First Sergeant Bussey, Tom, Second Sergeant Harris, Isaac P., Third Sergeant Montgomery, Seaborn, Fourth Sergeant
Corporals
Lee, B. Frank Linn, C. W. Acree, Thomas Symmes, J. Jones, F. Anderson, J. K. McNealy, Marianna Stokes, J. H. Jordan, Stephen G.
Privates of Company B
Allen, J. L. Atkinson, R. H. Baker, W. Beall, ? Bignon, ? Billingslea, Clay Bolger, ? Bomar, W. A. Bostick, ? Bozeman, ? Brantley, ? Breese, W. E. Brown, C. Brown, R. Bryan, ? Burt, F. Bussey, Nathan Calhoun, O. Cameron, H. C. Chaney, T. G. Coleman, J. D. Collier, William E. Commander, ? Culverhous, Augustus Compton, Lyomn H. Cunningham, D. Dean, Jesse Dean. W. Dunwoody, ? Faver, J. D. Goldsmith, Tom B. Goldsmith, Paul Goode, Samuel W. Gould, ? Griffin, J. W. Griffin, Samuel Grubbs, James W. Guyton, ? Harris, W. Heidt, C. B. Hitchcock, Winfield Holliday, George H. Holmes, ? Hood, M. F. Hudson, J. M. Hughes, ? Hulbert, ? Humber, Lucius Hunt, T. J. Hunting, ? Johnston, A. Johnston, Malcolm Johnston, T. Jones, D. A. Jones, H. B. Jones, W. M. Jordan, Edmond Kollock, ? Lamar, Lucius J. Lamar, Ophillo V. Lee, Lewis T. Lee, Oscar Lewis, Hal T. Ligon, ? Little, W. W. Loftin, Frank S. Loud, ? Luckie, Alfred T. Mabry, J. Markley, Wm A. Marsh, Clayton H. McClatchey, W. Penn Mays, ? McLaure, ? McLeod, John Mobley, Reuben B. Moores, J. Moore, W. F. Mousseau, ? Myrick, A. B. Myrick W. E. Neufville, ? Newsome, Willard H. Parrott, ? Partee, ? Patillo, W. F. Persons, Robert T. Persons, Thomas Rahn, James M. Ramsey, ? Remshart, G. Horace Reynolds, Homer V. Richter, M. L. Reynolds, Fletcher P. Robertson, ? Rodgers, Robert L. Sanders, O. A. (Cube) Sharp, ? Shropshire, Andrew J. Shoemake, W. W. Smart, ? Smith, Richard R. Smith, Thomas N. Spencer, Samuel Staten, ? Stevens, N. C. (Dick) Stevenson, V. K. Stotesbury, ? Tenant, ? Thomas, Isaac Traylor, R. B. Ulmer, ? Vance, ? Villard, W. D. Walton, Taylor Waters, J. C. Wesson, M. Wesson, T. Wilcox, ? Williams, O. S. Williams, T. Wright, B. F. Wright, C. Young, Thomas
