1862 TO 1899 – THE CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion. The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused seven southern states to secede and form the Confederate States of America; four more states soon joined them. The War Between the States, as the Civil War was also known, ended in Confederate surrender in 1865. The conflict was the costliest and deadliest war ever fought on American soil, with some 620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers killed, millions more injured and much of the South left in ruin. (BY HISTORY.COM EDITORS)
VOLUNTEERS IN THE 44TH GEORGIA INFANTRY – MARCH 1862
Great-grandfather, Nathaniel C. Harrison,, (1830 – 1864 mustered into Company F of the 44th Georgia Infantry Sr., on 18 March 1862 as a part of Captain David L. Hitchcock’s infantry unit.
This link takes you to Nat’s 1862 Putnam County volunteers muster roll. There you will see a long list of the battles where the 44th Infantry was engaged, including the Battle of the Wilderness where he suffered wounds that caused the amputation of his right leg and resulted in his death at home in Putnam on 9 September 1864. There is also a refutation of the national records of his death (as distributed on the Internet) and the actual wounding and death reported by family records and on his tombstone.
CLOSE CALL TO THE EXTINTION OF OUR FAMILY LINE
The timing of our Grandfather Nathaniel Jr.’s birth.
TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR
Here is a timeline summarizing the significant events and battles of the Civil War:
http://www.civilwar.com/overview/timeline-18354/147398-timeline.html
SCORCHED EARTH – SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA
Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was a contradiction embodied. He eliminated Atlanta’s war making potential and brought sheer destruction to Georgia, then offered generous surrender terms. His vision of hard war brought the Confederacy to its knees, but forestalled thousands of battlefield and civilian deaths.
BATTLES OF THE 44TH GEORGIA INFANTRY
Nat C Harrison fought with Company F of the 44th GA. The 44th Georgia Infantry was organized 15 March 1862, began training at training at Camp Stephens near Griffin, GA, Its official date of organization was 15 March. The unit was in its first battle battle in southern Virginia by 5 May 1862. The 44th was heavily involved in the Seven Days battles defending Richmond from General George McClelland’s attempt to take the capital of the Confederate States.
The 44th fought on 1 Jun 1862 at Seven Pines, VA.
GEORGIA 44th INFANTRY REGIMENT BATTLES:
Near Seven Pines (skirmish) – June 15, 1862
Seven Days Battles – June 25 – July 1, 1862
Beaver Dam Creek – June 26, 1862
Gaines’ Mill – June 27, 1862
Malvern Hill – July 1, 1862
South Mountain – September 14, 1862
Antietam – September 17, 1862
Fredericksburg – December 13, 1862
Chancellorsville – May 11-14, 1863
Gettysburg – July 1-3, 1863
Bristoe Campaign – October 1863
Mine Run Campaign – November – December 1863
The Wilderness – May 5-6 1864
Spotsylvania Court House – May 8-21, 1864
North Anna – May 23-26, 1864
Cold Harbor – June 1-3, 1864
Lynchburg Campaign – May – June 1864
Monocacy – July 9, 1864
3rd Winchester – September 19, 1864
Fisher’s Hill – September 22, 1864
Cedar Creek – October 19, 1864
Petersburg Siege – May – June 1864 – April 1865
Fort Stedman – March 25, 1865
Appomattox Court House – April 9, 1865
Here is a detailed list of the battles fought by the 44th Infantry Regiment Georgia.
U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866
Regiment: 44th Infantry Regiment Georgia
Date of Organization: 15 Mar 1862
Muster Date: 9 Apr 1865
Regiment State: Georgia
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 44th
Battles:
Fought on 5 May 1862 at Williamsburg, VA.
Fought on 15 May 1862 at Goldsboro, NC.
Fought on 1 Jun 1862 at Seven Pines, VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1862 at VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1862 at White Oak Swamp, VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1862 at Seven Pines, VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1862 at Fair Oaks, VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1862 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 20 Jun 1862 at Seven Pines, VA.
Fought on 26 Jun 1862 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 26 Jun 1862 at Mechanicsville, VA.
Fought on 26 Jun 1862 at Ellison’s Mill, VA.
Fought on 27 Jun 1862 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 27 Jun 1862 at Chickahominy, VA.
Fought on 27 Jun 1862 at 7 Days Battle, Near Richmond, VA.
Fought on 28 Jun 1862 at Ellison’s Mill, VA.
Fought on 30 Jun 1862 at White Oak Swamp, VA.
Fought on 1 Jul 1862 at Malvern Hill, VA.
Fought on 9 Jul 1862 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 28 Aug 1862 at 2nd Manassas, VA.
Fought on 12 Sep 1862 at Frederick, MD.
Fought on 14 Sep 1862 at Boonsboro, MD.
Fought on 14 Sep 1862 at South Mountain, MD.
Fought on 15 Sep 1862.
Fought on 17 Sep 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 28 Sep 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 13 Dec 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA.
Fought on 14 Dec 1862 at Guinea Station, VA.
Fought on 2 May 1863 at Wilderness, VA.
Fought on 2 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA.
Fought on 3 May 1863 at Fredericksburg, VA.
Fought on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA.
Fought on 10 May 1863 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 9 Jun 1863 at Mount Sterling, KY.
Fought on 9 Jun 1863 at Brandy Station, VA.
Fought on 1 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 4 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 5 Jul 1863 at Waterloo, PA.
Fought on 5 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 5 Jul 1863 at Fairfield, PA.
Fought on 6 Jul 1863 at Waynesboro, PA.
Fought on 7 Jul 1863 at Harper’s Ferry, WV.
Fought on 7 Jul 1863 at Harper’s Ferry Bridge, VA.
Fought on 11 Jul 1863 at Hagerstown, MD.
Fought on 23 Jul 1863 at Thornton’s Gap, VA.
Fought on 19 Sep 1863 at Raccoon Ford, VA.
Fought on 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 7 Nov 1863 at Kelly’s Ford, VA.
Fought on 28 Nov 1863 at Mine Run, VA.
Fought on 6 Feb 1864 at Morton’s Ford, VA.
Fought on 1 Apr 1864 at Orange Court House, VA.
Fought on 15 Apr 1864.
Fought on 18 Apr 1864 at Morton’s Ford, VA.
Fought on 5 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
Fought on 5 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 6 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
Fought on 10 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
Fought on 10 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 18 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 20 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 27 May 1864 at Hanover Junction, VA.
Fought on 30 May 1864 at Mechanicsville, VA.
Fought on 31 May 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 3 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 9 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1864 at VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1864.
Fought on 27 Jun 1864 at Charles Town, WV.
Fought on 1 Jul 1864 at Washington, DC.
Fought on 4 Jul 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 8 Jul 1864 at Harper’s Ferry, WV.
Fought on 10 Jul 1864 at Hagerstown, MD.
Fought on 12 Jul 1864 at Washington, DC.
Fought on 13 Jul 1864 at Silver Springs, MD.
Fought on 16 Jul 1864 at Leesburg, VA.
Fought on 18 Jul 1864 at Island Ford, VA.
Fought on 18 Jul 1864 at Snicker’s Gap, VA.
Fought on 21 Jul 1864.
Fought on 21 Aug 1864 at Valley Of Virginia.
Fought on 19 Sep 1864 at Winchester, VA.
Fought on 22 Sep 1864 at Strasburg, VA.
Fought on 22 Sep 1864 at Fisher’s Hill, VA.
Fought on 23 Sep 1864 at Mount Jackson, VA.
Fought on 23 Sep 1864 at Harrisonburg, VA.
Fought on 23 Sep 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.
Fought on 23 Sep 1864 at Woodstock, VA.
Fought on 25 Sep 1864 at Harrisonburg, VA.
Fought on 25 Sep 1864.
Fought on 5 Oct 1864 at Staunton, VA.
Fought on 15 Oct 1864 at VA.
Fought on 19 Oct 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.
Fought on 19 Oct 1864 at Belle Grove, VA.
Fought on 16 Nov 1864 at Henry County, GA.
Fought on 7 Mar 1865.
Fought on 25 Mar 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA.
Fought on 25 Mar 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Fort Gregg, VA.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Richmond, VA Hospital.
Fought on 4 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Sailor’s Creek, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at High Bridge, VA.
Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Fought on 9 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 9 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Fought on 15 Apr 1865 at VA.
Fought on 15 Apr 1865.
Fought on 16 Apr 1865 at West Point, GA.
Fought on 20 Apr 1865 at Macon, GA.
Fought on 21 Apr 1865 at Macon, GA.
Fought on 8 May 1865 at Athens, GA.
Fought on 17 May 1865 at Hartwell, GA.
HISTORY AND BATTLES OF THE GA 44TH
The 44th Infantry Regiment 44 Company F, David Hitchcock’s Putnam County Volunteers, left Griffin for training in South Carolina. They first entered battle east of the Confederate capital of Richmond as described in the following excerpt from the brigade history.
44th Georgia Regiment Volunteers in the American Civil War
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On March 10, 1862, companies of Georgians from Henry, Jasper, Clarke, Spalding, Clayton, Putnam, Fayette, Pike, Morgan, Henry and Greene counties all assembled at Camp Stephens, outside Griffin. Responding to Governor Joseph Brown’s mandate to raise forces from each county, the companies were hastily mustered in as the 44th Georgia Regiment Volunteers.
On April 4, the new regiment was ordered to Goldsboro, N.C. For some soldiers, it would be the first leg of a three-year sojourn; for many others, it would be the first step toward eternity.
The 44th was soon allied with the 3rd Arkansas, the 1st North Carolina and the 3rd North Carolina to form a brigade under Brig. Gen. John G. Walker, in the division of Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes. On May 27, the brigade was ordered to Richmond to counter Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s advance up the Virginia Peninsula. The Battle of Seven Pines was just over when the brigade arrived on June 1, and the men assumed picket duty, with some skirmishing, until the Seven Days’ campaign began later that month. During the lull, the 48th Georgia was added to the brigade to replace the 3rd Arkansas. Also, Brig. Gen. Roswell Ripley succeeded Walker at the helm, and Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill assumed command of the division.
The 44th Georgia ‘washed its spears’ at the June 26 Battle of Mechanicsville. The Union left lay along a ridge on the east bank of Beaver Dam Creek, strongly entrenched and supported by superb artillery–a position of great natural strength. Ripley’s brigade faced the enemy line at Ellison’s Mill. To close with the enemy, the Confederates had to descend a high hill, cross a high-banked creek, struggle through abatis, and endure a maelstrom of lead and iron. In the forlorn attack, the 44th lost 335 out of 514 effectives, including Colonel Robert A. Smith, who was mortally wounded leading the charge. A member of Company C wrote his wife afterward: ‘Nine of my company…now lie under the cold ground. Our regiment tried to take that battery but could not do it.’
At Malvern Hill on July 1, the regiment was again under heavy fire and lost substantially–13 dead and 16 wounded. Ultimately, the Seven Days’ campaign successfully and bloodily concluded, and Ripley’s brigade moved to Richmond, where it stayed until the middle of August.
On September 5, the brigade crossed the Potomac into Maryland. At the Battle of Antietam on the 17th, the brigade was posted on the left of Hill’s line, halfway between the Mumma Farm and Dunkard Church. Early that morning Ripley set fire to the Mumma buildings, crossed the Smoketown road and engaged the Union troops in Miller’s Cornfield. There, the brigade helped drive back the onrushing Federals and rescue Brig. Gen. John Bell Hood’s beleaguered Texas Brigade. Ripley was wounded at the Cornfield and was replaced by Colonel George Doles of the 4th Georgia, who led the countercharge that forced the enemy backward.
Out of ammunition from constant firing, the brigade was then moved into the West Woods near Dunkard Church to replenish their cartridge boxes and enjoy their rations. They remained there the rest of the day, harassed by intense artillery fire. In the battle, the 44th Georgia lost 17 killed, 65 wounded and 4 missing, out of 162 effectives.
The brigade retreated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where the men rested from the rigors of the Maryland campaign. Colonel Doles was promoted to brigadier general in November and remained in charge of the brigade. John B. Estes replaced him as colonel. At the beginning of December [1862], the men of the 44th Georgia moved to Port Royal, Va., where they remained until urgently requested to move toward Fredericksburg.
The next day the brigade marched to Hamilton’s Crossing, on General Robert E. Lee’s right, which was under the command of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson. They were placed in reserve. The division, having been in the front line of the fighting at Antietam, was put in the third line of battle at Fredericksburg, and lost only one killed, three wounded and one missing.
The winter of 1862-63 was spent near Port Royal. Except for picket duty, all was quiet in the 44th. When Lee reorganized the army in January, the 12th and 21st Georgia regiments joined the brigade in place of the North Carolina units, making it an all-Georgia brigade. It was then moved to the division of Maj. Gen. Robert Rodes, in Stonewall Jackson’s storied II Corps.
On April 29, 1863, the brigade was ordered back to Fredericksburg in response to Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker’s feint toward the old battlefield of the previous December. On May 1, the men moved to the Orange Plank road near Chancellorsville. That night, Lee and Jackson planned their famous flank attack to destroy the Federal right wing. The next day, the 44th Georgia, with the rest of the brigade, started at sunrise in a northern direction, then turned left toward the west, in order to circle the unsuspecting enemy.
Rodes’ division, which had led the flanking maneuver, was assigned the first line of battle, stretching for a half-mile on each side of the Plank Road and squarely on the exposed Federal right.
The next day, May 3, the brigade assaulted enemy entrenchments near the Chancellor House and drove the enemy away, but at a heavy loss. The 44th Georgia lost 13 killed and 64 wounded. Company I was down to 36 men. The regiment as a whole numbered 348 men and 35 officers.
On July 1 [1863], the brigade quick-marched to the sound of the guns at Gettysburg, going into line on the extreme left. When the entire Union XI Corps appeared in front of the brigade, the situation became grim. The enemy occupied Oak Hill in front of the Georgians, and immediately began a flanking movement to the left. Doles’ men fought on the defensive for an hour until Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon’s brigade of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early’s division came up on the left, linked up with Doles’ regiments and attacked.
The Federals fought valiantly but soon were flanked and had to retreat. With Doles and Gordon pressing home their assault, the retreat became a rout and compelled the entire Federal defense north of Gettysburg to give way. During the pursuit of the routed enemy, Doles’ men came under fire from an unexpected source. Doles reported later, ‘My line was subjected to and did receive a severe fire from one of our own batteries, from which fire I lost several men killed and wounded.’ The offending battery was not identified.
The brigade was drawn up in line of battle on July 2 [1863] to support Early’s attack on Cemetery Hill. For whatever reason, Rodes did not order the advance, and the men, except for heavy skirmishing, remained where they were until the 5th, when the Confederate army retreated. In the action at Gettysburg, the 44th Georgia lost 10 killed, 49 wounded and 9 missing. A survivor summed up the matter: ‘There was an awful fight for three days. I don’t think we gained anything there.’
Following the Mine Run campaign, the brigade went into winter camp near Orange Court House and, except for a bitter winter march in February, rested until May 4, 1864. The Wilderness campaign began for Doles’ brigade on May 5 [1864], when it went into line of battle in the right rear of Brig. Gen. John M. Jones’ brigade of Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson’s division. The Federals attacked before Jones had his men deployed and routed the Confederates already in place, exposing Doles’ left, held by the 4th Georgia. The regiment wheeled left to meet the flank attack while the 44th Georgia and 12th Georgia engaged on their front, buying precious moments for Lee’s army. A timely counterattack by Gordon’s men relieved the Union pressure and restored the Confederate line. On the 6th, the 44th and its sister regiments participated in a night attack on the Union right flank, which, had not darkness intervened, might have forced the entire Federal line out of position. Losses in the hard-fighting 44th Georgia for the two days of combat in the Wilderness were 14 killed, 29 wounded and 2 captured.
Three days later, the brigade was in line at Spotsylvania, occupying the center of the western side of a large bulge in the line known as ‘the Mule Shoe.’ The 44th Georgia was at the center of the brigade. The entrenchments were a scant 200 yards from a pine forest that concealed enemy movements. On the evening of May 10, the Federals bombarded Doles’ sector, then launched an overwhelming attack. Doles’ men fought obstinately against 5-to-1 odds. Union Colonel Emory Upton paid tribute: ‘The enemy sitting in their pits with pieces upright, loaded, and with bayonets fixed, ready to impale the first who should leap over, absolutely refused to yield the ground.’
Nevertheless, the Georgians eventually were forced to yield after heavy losses. The Federals poured through the breach, but once again, a Gordon counterattack, aided by Doles’ remnant, restored the Confederate line. Losses in the 44th Georgia, which had borne the initial shock of the breakthrough, were horrendous–26 killed, 28 wounded and 182 captured. Company I lost 38 men out of 63.
The regiment, now reduced to a few squads, participated in the rest of the Spotsylvania campaign, but never regained true fighting strength. It stayed with the brigade until the end, suffering a steady hemorrhage of casualties throughout Early’s Shenandoah Valley campaign in the autumn of 1864. It was present at Fort Steadman on March 25, 1865, and in the final assault at Appomattox Court House, where a flag of truce halted further hostilities on April 9, 1865.
Two days later, when the remnants of the Army of Northern Virginia stacked arms, 62 survivors of the 44th Georgia were present for duty, out of the original 1,115 who had left home in 1862. As Captain John Harris remembered years later, ‘The impartial historian, when he collects up the facts and figures, will show that the 44th Georgia Regiment suffered a greater casualty in killed and wounded, in proportion to the number carried into action, than any other regiment on the Southern side.’
Corporal Dye Davis of Company B happened upon a dead Confederate whose haversack bulged with johnny cakes. Dye coldly jerked the haversack free from the dead man and poured its contents into his own sack. He started to munch a chunk of the captured cornbread as the company moved out. A friend reprimanded him, commenting that he could not eat anything that came from a corpse.
‘Damn ’em, man,’ Dye retorted through a mouthful of bread. ‘The Johnny is dead, but the johnny cakes is no dead.’ He kept eating away.
The Federal regiments down by the creek, on the other hand, acted like vanquished troops. The stubborn Georgians, besides holding the entire corps at bay, inflicting severe casualties and causing the frustrated Yankees to needlessly expend an inordinate amount of ammunition upon inferior numbers, had scored an emotional victory. General Burnside had won his bridge–ever after to bear his name–but the crossing had been so delayed as to render his victory meaningless.
This article was written by Gerald J. Smith and originally appeared in America’s Civil War magazine.
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Regiment History:
Gettysburg after battle report:
Report of Maj. W. H. Peebles, Forty-fourth Georgia Infantry.
Bivouac near Darkesville, W. Va.,
July 19, 1863.
Sir: This regiment went into the engagement on the 1st instant
at Gettysburg with 348 men and 35 officers. We met the enemy on
the east side of the Baltimore turnpike, about 1 mile north of the
town. We charged the line in our front, and immediately put it to
flight. We pursued, killing and wounding many of the enemy and
taking a great number of prisoners.
After advancing to within half a mile of the town, we discovered
the enemy on our right flank, and within a short distance of the right
of this regiment, the Twenty-first Georgia Regt. being considerably
behind, it having been on our right. The right of our regiment
just reached the road. The enemy came up to within 30 or
40 yards of us. As soon as it was discovered that we were flanked,
we made a wheel to the right, faced the new foe, and began to fire
upon him. Thus checked in his movement, he faced us, and opened
a severe fire upon us. The Fourth Georgia Regt. soon came up
to our assistance, it being on our immediate left. We soon charged
over two fences, across the turnpike, under a raking fire from some
batteries near the edge of the town, firing grape at us as we crossed
the road. But nothing seemed able to stand the impetuosity of our
men. Immediately after crossing the road, we put to rout the party
that flanked us. The Twenty-first Georgia now came up to our right,
and we captured, killed, or wounded nearly every man that came
upon our right flank. We soon had nothing in our front, and we
moved toward our right, where a heavy column was pressing some
brigade near the hills upon our right. The enemy, discovering our
move, began to retreat. Had not our men been so nearly exhausted,
we should doubtless have captured the greater portion of the artillery
and men; but only a few who could not flee so rapidly as the main
body fell into our hands. We then reformed, and marched into the
town of Gettysburg, the routed and fleeing enemy betaking himself
to the hills south of the town. We formed a line in the town and
halted for the night.
In the engagement we lost–
Officers and men. K. W. M.
Field and staff………………….. …… 1 ……
Officers………………………… …… 5 9T
Enlisted men…………………….. 10 42
Total*……………… 10 48 9
K=Killed. W=Wounded. M=Missing. 9T=Officers and Enlisted Men Both.
Lost from the regiment, fifty-nine guns and accouterments.
The regiment remained in line until the night of the 2d instant,
when we moved out by the right flank and to the northwest of the
hills south of the town. After making a reconnaissance, we fell
back to a road west of the town. Here we remained until the night
of the 3d instant, and then moved to the hills northwest of the town.
Here we staid until the morning of the 5th instant, when we moved
off on the road toward Hagerstown, Md.
We lost no men after the 1st.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. H. PEEBLES,
Maj., Comdg. Forty-fourth Georgia Regt.
Capt. F. T. Snead,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
Source: Official Records: Series I. Vol. 27. Part II. Reports. Serial No. 44
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crwdawg_1 God Bless My Great/Great Grandfather Robert T.Williams-Ga 44th Inf. Co “C” …after this battled he was captured near Sharpsburg and finished the war as a POW. Released after Appomattox.
7 years ago Flag Hide
THE GA 44TH GOES TO GETTYSBURG
HOSPITALS IN RICHMOND – SUMMER OF 1863 – NAT’S STAY IN THE HOSPITAL
WINTER 1863-64 ENCAMPMENT AROUND CULPEPPER, VIRGINIA
PREPARATION FOR SPRING 1863 BATTLES IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
THE BATTLE IN THE WILDERNESS – 5 & 6 MAY 1864
As noted above, some muster-roll records indicate Private Nat C. Harrison, Company F, 44th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, was wounded in the battle at Chancellorsville, VA, on 2 May 1863 requiring amputation of his right leg, and that he was discharged Oct 1, 1963. He died Sept 9, 1864.
-Georgia: Putnam County: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY F, 44th REGIMENT PUTNAM VOLS.
(ANCESTRY.COM, Georgia 44th Regiment, Company F Posted 05 Jan 2012 by Stephanie McMillan)
(US GenWeb: Harrison, Nathaniel C.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in leg, necessitating amputation, at Chancellorsville, Va. May 2, 1863. Discharged in 1863.)
(ANCESTRY.COM, Civil War Posted 03 Feb 2015 by PamRoseKirkpatrick)
(Enlisted as a Private with Company F, 44th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry in Putnam Co, GA. His CSA records indicate he was wounded in the leg in battle at Chancellorsville, VA, requiring amputation of the leg on May 2, 1863. He was discharged Oct 1, 1963. He died Sept 9, 1864. -Georgia: Putnam County: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY F, 44th REGIMENT PUTNAM VOLS.
-Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War)
I THINK THE ABOVE ARE INCORRECT DATES AND TIMING – FAMILY LEGEND SAYS NAT C HARRISON WAS WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS (NEAR CHANCELORSVILLE) ON 5 MAY 1864, AND DIED AT HOME IN PUTNAM COUNTY ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1864. THE 1863 BATTLE AT CHANCELORSVILLE OCCURRED 1 – 6 MAY 1863 OCCURRED ONE YEAR EARLIER THAN THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS.
I think the above Civil War reference dates and timing are incorrect. Family history says Great-great Grandpa Nat Harrison was wounded a year later (5 May 1864) at the Battle of the Wilderness (very close to the location of the 1963 Chancellorsville Battle 2 May 1863). I will continue to research the records and their sources so we can resolve this difference. At the moment, I believe family statements; and I believe coincidence in dates a year apart contributed to the discrepancy.
The following records from the US National Archives show dates of Nat’s war activity and hospitalization.
(Insert dates and facts)
THE TRIP HOME TO PUTNAM COUNTY
NAT’S DEATH BEAT SHERMAN’S MARCH THROUGH PUTNAM
Nathaniel C. Harrison died from infection, gangrene in the wounds from amputation of his right leg. He died at home in South Putnam on 9 September 1864. Sherman’s forces on their march to Savannah would have passed through their plantations, terrorizing the Harrisons and their neighbors on 20 November, shortly after at’s death at age 33 years, … months and … days.
SCORCHED EARTH – SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA
