Edwin H. Bacon, Jr

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/17/1862 as a Major.
On 5/17/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff GA 32nd Infantry
He was Surrendered on 4/26/1865 at Greensboro, NC
Promotions:
* Lt Col 10/20/1863

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D C. Bacon

Residence Chatham County GA;
Enlisted on 11/15/1863 as a Private.
On 11/15/1863 he mustered into "H" Co. GA 1st Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Detailed 11/15/1863 Signal Corps (To March 1, 1864. No further record.)

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Emanuel Bacon

Residence Chatham County GA;
Enlisted on 9/7/1861 as a Private.
On 9/7/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. GA 25th Infantry
He was discharged for minority on 9/9/1862 at Causton's Bluff, GA

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865

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D W.C. Bacon, Private, Company B, 8th Georgia Infantry, his file contains one card, correspondence between the Adjutant General, War Department, with the Georgia Commissioners of Pensions, dated July 16\9, 1915, this card is continued in the records for D. Clinton Bacon below

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D. Clinton Bacon, age 15, enlisted as Private in Company B, 8th Georgia Infantry August 15, 1861 at Manassas, Va.,, recorded on the November 1862 Regimental Return as on extra duty as a Surgeon's Orderly, captured at Gettysburg July 5, 1863, paroled and exchanged at Camp Lewis, near Petersburg, Va., August 15, 1863, 20 day leave of absence to visit his home in Georgia granted August 29, 1863, no further records

His file contains his handwritten furlough request below:

Camp Lee, near Richmond Va, Gen'l Hood, Sir

I have the honor of making an application through you for a Furlough of (2) days to visit my home in Georgia. I enlisted in the army of Virginia on the 15th of August 1861, when I was but 15 years old, and since that time have never been absent from my Regiment more than 14 hours at a time, either with or without leave, until I was taken prisoner at Gettysburg. This is the first time that I have every made an application for a leave of absence. I have the honor to be, yours very Respectfully D. C. Bacon Private, Company B 8th Ga Regt.

Richmond Aug 29 63' Approved J B Hood Maj Genl

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D Clinton Bacon enlisted as a Private in Company H, 1st Georgia Infantry November 15, 1863 at Savannah, detailed in Signal Corps November 15 by BGen. Mercer, served at Savannah, Ga. December 1863-October 1864 on extra duty as a Telegraph & Signal Operator, no further records

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Edwin H. Bacon, Jr., appointed Major, Field & Staff, 32nd Georgia Infantry May 17, 1862, appointed Lt. Col. October 20, 1863, paroled at Greensboro, N. C., April 28, 1865, a card in his file shows correspondence between the Adjutant General, War Department with the Georgia Board of Pension Commissioners dated October 15, 1919

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Emanuel Bacon enlisted as a Private in (1st) Company I, (Bryan Guards), 25th Georgia Infantry* September 7, 1861 at Fort Pulaski, absent from November 17,1861 as guarding Oguchee Bridge, recorded as under 18 on the March & April 1862 muster roll, discharged as under age September 9,1862 at C. Bluff

* This company was successively designated as Capt. Wilson's Company, (1st) Company I, and (3rd) Company D, 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry

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