M J. Colley

Enlisted as a Private
"C" Co. GA 1st Reserves Infantry
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

1st GA Infantry
Organized: on 11/1/64
Mustered Out: 4/26/65

M. J. Colley enlisted as a Private in Company C, 1st Battalion Georgia Reserves* April 16, 1864 at Savannah by Lt. Tappy for the duration of the war, last recorded present, on guard on the Sept & Oct., 1864 muster roll

* This company subsequently became Company C, 1st Regiment (Symons') Georgia Reserves

Also in Company C was Private J. F. Colley who enlisted July 22, 1864 at Savannah, he was recorded sick at Guyton Hospital on the Sept. & Oct. 1864 muster roll

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Record of Events, Company C

April 16 to June 30, 1864, Stationed at Oglethorpe Barracks, Savannah, Geo.

This company has been stationed at Oglethorpe, Savh. Ga. Barracks since enlistment & are doing guard duty on R. Road trains & at Quartimaster & Commission Stores [sic]. Arms are just issued and the men have not yet had time to put them in order. The company is well officered and are rapidly improving in discipline & drill

[The Company A record also states: Many of the men are detailed by those having no authority to do so]

July & Aug,, 1864, Stationed at Oglethorpe Barracks

Sept. & Oct., 1864, Stationed at Oglethorpe Barracks

No further muster rolls survived to be recorded in these records

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