Nor were any of those filed in Erath county, Texas.
George Martin
Robert M. Wood, enlisted as a Private in Company M (Infantry Battalion) Phillips' Legion, Georgia Volunteers on April 28, 1862 at Marrietta, Cobb County, Georgia, last recorded present on the company's Jan/Feb 1863 muster, no further records
Phillips' Legion was organized prior to June, 1861, with a cavalry and infantry battalion. However, the legion did not serve as one command.
The cavalry battalion recruited its men in Coweta, Cherokee, Bibb, and Richmond counties. It contained six companies until June, 1864, when one company was transferred to Cobb's Cavalry Legion and the 4th Alabama Cavalry Battalion was assigned to the command. Its strength was now 463 officers and men. For a time the unit served in Georgia and along the South Carolina coast, then it moved to Virginia where it served under Generals Hampton, Butler, and P.M.B. Young. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Cold Harbor, then shared in the defense of Petersburg. Later it served in T.M. Logan's Brigade, was active in the campaign of the Carolinas, and surrendered with less than 50 men in April, 1865. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonel William W. Rich, and Majors William B.C. Puckett and John B. Wilcoxon.
The infantry battalion included men from Whitfield, Polk, and Habersham counties. There were fifteen companies when the unit was originally organized. However, during the war these companies were consolidated and by mid-1863, only nine remained. It was ordered to Western Virginia and assigned to the Army of Kanawha, then moved to South Carolina. Later it returned to Virginia and served in General Dayton's, T.R.R. Cobb's, Wofford's, and DuBose's Brigade. In November, 1862, only 101 men were fit for duty. The battalion was active from Second Manassas to Gettysburg, moved with Longstreet to Georgia, but did not fight at Chickamauga. It was involved in the Knoxville Campaign, the battles of The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley, and various conflicts around Appomattox. The unit took 273 effectives to Gettysburg, had many captured at Sayler's Creek, and surrendered with 5 officers and 88 men. The field commanders were Colonel William Phillips; Lieutenant Colonels E. Sandy Barclay, Robert T. Cook, Joseph Hamilton, and Seaborn Johns, Jr.; and Major John S. Norris.
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R. M. Wood, enlisted on April 28, 1862, 1st Corporal, in Company F, 3rd Georgia Battalion (State Guards) at [not stated]. Georgia, later recorded as a 5th Sergeant then 3rd Sergeant, taken prisoner August 16, 1864 at Front Royal, Virgini sent to Elmira, N. Y. August 28, 1864, subscribed to an Oath of Allegiance to the United States at Elmira, N. Y. on July 19, 1865, residence Chattanooga, Tennessee, fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 5' 7"
3rd Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters
3rd Battalion Sharpshooters was organized during the spring of 1863 with men who transferred from other Georgia units and those recruited in Richmond and Gwineet counties. It contained five companies and was soon ordered to Virginia. Assigned to General Wofford's Brigade, it moved with Longstreet but was not engaged at Chickamauga. After serving in East Tennessee the battalion returned to Virginia, fought in the battles of The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, then was part of Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley. Placed under the command of General DuBose, it later was active in the Appomattox Campaign. The unit had many captured at Sayler's Creek and surrendered with only 1 officer and 22 men. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonel Nathan L. Hutchins, Jr., and Majors Philip E. Davant, William E. Simmons, and H.H. Smith.
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Robert Wood, enlisted as a Private in Company G, 6th Georgia Cavalry, on June 8, 1862 at Floyd County, Georgia, last recorded present December 31. 1863, his file references a communication with the Georgia Commission on Pensions dated January 27, 1917
[Ed note: there may be a pension application on file which could provide information on his service data]
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Robert Wood, enlisted as a Private in Captain Adam's Company (Pike County Infantry) Georgia for local defense, for six months, to serve anywhere in middle Georgia, August 4, 1863, at Zebulon, entered service September 15, 1863, no further records
This company subsequently became Company E, 6th George State Guards
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Robert Wood, enlisted as a Private in Company K, 14th Georgia Infantry on March 4, 1862 at Murray, Georgia, admitted C. S. A. General Hospital, Danville, Virginia December 22, 1862, age 43, with chronic rheumatism, occupation: shoemaker, discharged April 16, 1863 for disability at Danville, Virginia, his discharge certificate notes that he was born in Picken's District, South Carolina, age 44, occupation, Farmer, 5' 8", having enlisted March 1, 1862 at Spring Place, Georgia, "Spinal irritation, excessive nervous debility with great sensativenels of the muscles of the legs and feet"