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18th Georgia Infantry Muster Rolls

Does anyone have access to or have a copy of the original muster rolls for company C of the 18th Regiment Georgia Infantry? The reason I ask is because information in the compiled service record for one of my great-great grandfathers (John L. Worsham of company C from Jackson County, GA), indicates he was a prisoner of war sometime after 2 Jul 1864. I also have a copy of a contradicting note written by one of his sons (William A. Worsham of Jackson County, GA – one of my great grandfathers) stating that his father was killed during the hotter part of the year in 1864. I’ve never been able to find any proof that John L. Worsham was a prisoner of war, but I do know he never returned home and I want to check the muster rolls to see if the information in his compiled service record may have been entered in error. When I was a little boy I remember my grandmother telling me that one of my great-great grandfathers had been killed by his own men during the war. She also told me the men who killed my ancestor placed a large rock over his body, but I don’t know if John L. Worsham was the one she was referring to and I don’t remember if she said he was killed by these men on purpose or by accident and whether or not they were trying to hide his body or just mark his grave. I don’t know if the story my grandmother told me actually occurred, but I would really appreciate any information anyone could share with me to help try to solve this mystery.

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