George Martin
James H. Caudell
Residence Banks County GA; 29 years old.
Enlisted on 3/4/1862 as a Private.
On 3/4/1862 he mustered into "D" Co. GA 43rd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 5/16/1863 Baker's Creek, MS (Right foot, disabled)
* Absent 2/29/1864 (place not stated) (Home, disabled by gunshot wound)
Promotions:
* 4th Sergt (1862)
Other Information:
born 10/29/1832 in Georgia
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
James H. Caudell, Private, Company D, 43rd Georgia Infantry, cards filed under James H. Candell
James H. Candell enlisted as a Private in Company D, 43rd Georgia Infantry, March 4, 1862 at Homer, Georgia, promoted 4th Sergeant September 1, 1862, wounded by gun shot in the Battle of Bakers Creek May 16, 1862, captured at Champion Hills same date, admitted to the U. S. Prison Hospital, Champion Hills, flesh wound right foot, shell, last recorded at home disabled on the January/February 1864 muster, no further record [Note: this is the last muster roll extant, thus, we do not know if he ever returned to his company]
[Compiled Service Records]
43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
43rd Infantry Regiment, organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, in April, 1862, contained men from Cherokee, Pickens, Cobb, Hall, Forsyth, Jefferson, and Jackson counties. The unit moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it placed under the command of General Barton in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It took an active part in the conflicts at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill, and was captured when Vicksburg fell. After being exchanged, the 43rd was assigned to General Stovall's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was prominent in the numerous campaigns of the army from Missionary Ridge to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. In December, 1863, it totalled 283 men and 251 arms, and in November, 1864, there were 130 fit for duty. On April 26, 1865, the unit surrendered. Its commanding officers were Colonels Hiram P. Bell, Skidmore Harris, and Henry C. Kellogg, and Major William C. Lester.
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James Elias Brady
Residence Franklin County GA;
Enlisted on 5/12/1862 as a Private.
On 5/12/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. GA 34th Infantry
He was Surrendered on 4/26/1865 at Greensboro, NC
He was listed as:
* POW 7/4/1863 Vicksburg, MS
* Paroled 7/8/1863 Vicksburg, MS
Other Information:
born in Habersham County, GA
(Born: July 11, 1842)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
James E. Brady enlisted as a Private in Company I, 34th Georgia Infantry May 12,1862 in Franklin County, Georgia, paid $50 bounty, captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1864, paroled July 8, his records include a note regarding a War Department communication with the Georgia State Board of Pension Commissioners dated July 3, 1917 [Note: There are no company muster roll entries found in his files. Thus, we do not know if he rejoined his regiment when exchanged. Reviewing his, or perhaps his widow's pension application, may clear this up]
[Compiled Service Records]
34th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
34th Infantry Regiment, organized in May, 1862, at Camp McDonald, near Marietta, Georgia, recruited its members in the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Polk, Cobb, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson, and Jackson. The unit was sent to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was assigned to T.H. Taylor's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It participated in the battle at Champion's Hill and was captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized it was placed in General Cummings' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 34th was active in many engagements from Chattanooga to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. It reported 34 casualties at Chattanooga, contained 369 men and 266 arms in December, 1863, and had 219 fit for duty in Janaury, 1865. Very few surrendered in April. The field commanders were Colonel J.A.W. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Bradley, and Majors Thomas T. Dorough and John M. Jackson.
The 34th Georgia, Cumming's Brigade, Stevenson's Division, manned the Vicksburg siege line just to the right of Fort Garrott/Square Fort from May 18 through July 4, 1863.
05 18 1863 [Monday]
This day, General Pemberton told Carter Stevenson to occupy with his division the defense from the railroad to South Fort-some four miles in length. Foremost in Pemberton’s mind in making this assignent was knowledge that several of Stevenson’s brigades had not fought well at Champion Hill, and it would be good tactics to assign them to what would initially be a quiet sector. Barton’s Georgians [including the 43rd Georgia], the worst offenders in the Champion Hill debacle, were sent into the rifle-pits northeast of South Fort. Reynold’s Tennesseans took position on Barton’s left, their left anchored on the Hall’s Ferry road They were disgusted to discover that, the trenches assigned to them were so weak and easily enfiladed, it was necessary to fill up some of the rifle-pits and dig new ones. Cumming’s Georgian, who had also sinned at Champion Hill, were responsible for the earthworks extending from the Hall’s Ferry road to Square Fort. Lee’s Alabamans, having acquitted themselves with honor in the late engagements, occupied the left of Stevenson’s line, extending from Square Fort to the railroad, where the division linked up with Forney’s command. (Unvexed to the Sea, The Vicksburg Campaign, Vol. III, Edwin Cole Bearss; OR I, XXIV pt II, pp. 343-44, XXIV, pt I, pp. 264)