1860 United States Federal Census about B W Witcher
Name: B W Witcher
Age in 1860: 16
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Atlanta Ward 1, Fulton, Georgia
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
M E Witcher 35 F Widow
V T Witcher 18 M Barr Keeper
B W Witcher 16
E E Witcher 14
B P Witcher 11

B. W. Witcher, Private, Company B, 1st Georgia Cavalry, cards are filed with B. M. Witcher

B. M. Witcher enlisted as a Private in Captain Strickland's Company, Lt. Col. Morrison's Battalion, Georgia Cavalry*, March 4, 1862 at Newman, Coweta County, Georgia, discharged September 28, 1862 at Kingston, Tennessee, no further records

* This company subsequently became Company B, 1st Regiment Georgia Cavalry

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Hezekiah Witcher, Surgeon, 1st George Cavalry, appointed Contract Surgeon May 28, 1862, died from wounds received in action July 13, 1862

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Osborn R. Witcher enlisted as a Private in Captain Haynie's Company, Lt. Col. Morrison's Battalion, Georgia Cavalry**, March 4, 1862 at Cave Springs, Floyd County, Georgia, "Died from wounds received Montacello, Ky. 9 June 1863 at Rome, Georgia"

** This company subsequently became Company C, 1st Regiment Georgia Cavalry

Record of Events, Company B

Stationed at Camp Morrison, March 31, 1862.

March 4.— Company muster-in roll of Captain J. N. Strickland's
Company, in the First Battalion of Georgia Cavalry Volunteers,
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. Morrison, called into the
service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under
the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February —, 1861
by — from — (date of this muster) for the term of three years
or the war, unless sooner discharged.
I certify, on honor, that I have carefully examined the men
whose names are borne on this roll, and have accepted them into
the service of the Confederate States for the term of three years or
the war from March 4, 1862.

J. J. MORRISON,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Mustering Officer.

Stationed at Loudon, Tennessee, March 4-June 30, 1862.

Stationed in the field, July-August 1862.

Stationed near Kingston, Tennessee, September-October 1862.

Stationed at Kingston, November-December 1862.

Stationed at Camp Beulah, January-February 1863.

Stationed at Sevierville, East Tennessee, November-December
1863.

Stationed at Lawtonville, South Carolina, November-December
1864.

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B. W. Witcher, Private, Company A, 4th Georgia Reserves Infantry, enlisted June 14, 1864 at Mason, Georgia, recorded as absent on December 31, 1864 as "Furloughed Dec. 30 for seven days," the company was stationed at Andersonville, Georgia at the time, no further records

[served as a guard at Andersonsville Prison]

M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia

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1st Regiment, Georgia Cavalry

1st Cavalry Regiment was assembled during the fall of 1861 at Rome, Georgia. Many of its members were recruited in the counties of Meriwether, Floyd, and Lumpkin. The unit skirmished in East Tennessee and later took an active part in Bragg's Kentucky Campaign. During the war it served in Pegram's, Davidson's, J.J. Morrison's, Iverson's, and C.C. Crews' Brigade. It fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, was active in the Knoxville and Atlanta Campaigns, then participated in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas. When the regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee, it had fewer than 50 officers and men. Its field officers were Colonels Samuel W. Davitte and James J. Morrison; Lieutenant Colonels A.R. Harper, James H. Stickland, and George T. Watts; and Major John W. Tench.