The Robert Harrell noted below must have been a brother or perhaps a cousin.
John W. Harrell
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 10/1/1861 as a Private.
On 10/1/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. GA 38th Infantry
He died on 12/16/1864 at Camp Douglas, Chicago, IL [Prison Camp]
He was listed as:
* Absent 6/15/1864 (place not stated) (Sick, estimated day)
* POW 8/28/1864 Atlanta, GA
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
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John W. Harrell, Private, (Old) Company A, (Ben Hill Artillery) Wright Legion, Georgia Volunteers*, enlisted October 1, 1861 at Augusta, Georgia by Cap.t Wm. L. McLeod for 3 years or the war, sick with measles October 31, 1861, recorded as sick in hospital at the end of the year, 1862, recorded absent sick (since June, 1864) on September 12, 1864 and again on November 7, no further records
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Robert Harrell, Private, (Old) Company A, (Ben Hill Artillery) Wright Legion, Georgia Volunteers*, enlisted October 1, 1861 at Augusta, Georgia by Capt. Wm. L. McLeod for 3 years or the war, sick with measles October 31, 1861, last recorded present on the November & December, 1861 muster roll, his file contains a note of correspondence between the War Department and the Georgia State Board of Pension Commissioners, dated July 18, 1917, no other records
* This company was successively designated as (Old) Company A and (New) Company D, Wright Legion, Georgia Volunteers; and Company C, 38th Regiment Georgia Infantry
M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia
38th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
38th Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion, it served at Skidaway Island and Savannah. In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson. The 38th was assigned to Lawton's, John B. Gordon's, and C.A. Evans' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. The unit lost 54 killed and 118 wounded at Gaines' Mill, sixty-two percent of the 123 at Sharpsburg. In the fight at Fredericksburg there were 10 killed and 91 wounded, and of the 341 at Gettysburg, more than thirty-five percent were disabled. It surrendered with 112, of which 73 were armed. The field officers were Colonels George W. Lee, James D. Matthews, and Augustus R. Wright; Lieutenant Colonels Philip E. Devant and Lewis J. Parr; and Majors Thomas H. Bomar and John Y. Flowers.
Predecessor unit:
Chestatee Light Artillery was organized during the spring of 1863. Attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, it served at Battery Bee near Charleston. On May 5, 1864, the company was ordered to join the 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment serving in the Army of Northern Virginia. Captain Thomas H. Bomar was in command.
38th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
38th Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion, it served at Skidaway Island and Savannah. In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson. The 38th was assigned to Lawton's, John B. Gordon's, and C.A. Evans' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. The unit lost 54 killed and 118 wounded at Gaines' Mill, sixty-two percent of the 123 at Sharpsburg. In the fight at Fredericksburg there were 10 killed and 91 wounded, and of the 341 at Gettysburg, more than thirty-five percent were disabled. It surrendered with 112, of which 73 were armed. The field officers were Colonels George W. Lee, James D. Matthews, and Augustus R. Wright; Lieutenant Colonels Philip E. Devant and Lewis J. Parr; and Majors Thomas H. Bomar and John Y. Flowers.
Predecessor unit:
Chestatee Light Artillery was organized during the spring of 1863. Attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, it served at Battery Bee near Charleston. On May 5, 1864, the company was ordered to join the 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment serving in the Army of Northern Virginia. Captain Thomas H. Bomar was in command.