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His Compiled Service Records, summarized below, may be procured through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above.

John A. Morris

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/13/1862 as a Private.
On 5/13/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. GA 34th Infantry
He died of disease as POW on 7/28/1864 at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, IN
(Chronic diarrhorea)
He was listed as:
* POW 5/13/1864 Tilton, GA
* Confined 5/20/1864 Camp Morton, IN (Estimated day)
Other Information:
Buried: Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN

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

** I did an on-line search and could not locate him

http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas65&local_base=CLAS65

Hopefully, the hard copy index will contain the reference

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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.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

The American CW Research Database record the regiment was involved in 107 engagements with the enemy.

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John A. Morris, Private, Capt. Jordan Rowland's Company, Johnson's Regiment Georgia Infantry,* volunteered May 13 1862 at Grantville by Jordan Rowland for 3 years, paid $50 bounty, exchanged at Vicksburg December 4, 1862, captured at Vicksburg, Miss., July 4,1863, paroled July 8, captured near Tilton, Georgia May 13, 1864, forwarded to Louisville, Ky. May 17, discharged to Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana prison camp May 21, died July 28, 1864, Chronic Diarrhoea

* This company subsequently became Company C, 34th Regiment Georgia Infantry.

The regiment was successively designated as Johnson's Regiment Georgia Infantry, the 59th Georgia Infantry and the 34th Regiment Georgia Infantry

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

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