Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Corporal
"H" Co. GA 7th Cavalry
Organized: on 2/18/64
Mustered Out: 4/9/65

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Wyatt Harper

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Corporal
"B" Co. GA Hardwick's Cavalry
Organized: on 4/1/62
Mustered Out: 1/1/64

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Wyatt A. Harper

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private
"H" Co. GA 12th Cavalry
Organized: on 1/30/65
Mustered Out: 4/26/65

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- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

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Wyatt Harper, 4th Corporal, Company H, 7th Georgia Cavalry,* enlisted April 3, 1862 at Bryan County, by J. L. McAllister for the war, recorded as 3rd Corporal on the Sept. & Oct., 1864 muster and as absent, sick in Kitrell Hospital, N. C., receipted for an issue of clothing November 18, 1864, no further records

* This regiment was formed by the consolidation of the 24th Battalion Georgia Cavalry, four companies of the 21st Battalion Georgia Cavalry and the two companies of the Hardwick Mounted Rifles Feb. 13, 1864

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Wyatt Harper, Private, Capt. J. L. McAllister's Company, Hardwick Mounted Rifles,**, enlisted April 1, 1862 in Bryan County by Capt. J. L. McAllister for the war, appointed 4th Corporal Sept. 17, 1863, transferred from Company A to Company B, last recorded present on the Jan. & Feb., 1864 muster roll

** This company was divided about September, 1863 by order of General Beauregard and formed Companies A and B, Hardwick Mounted Rifles.

The Hardwick Mounted Rifles were consolidated with the 24th Battalion Georgia Cavalry and four companies of the 21st Battalion Georgia Cavalry, Feb. 13, 1863, to form the 7th Regiment Georgia Cavalry

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Wyatt A. Harper, Private, Company H, 4th Georgia Cavalry,*** enlisted July 28, 1863 at Fayetteville, Georgia by Capt. Graham for 3 years or the war, taken prisoner of war at Davis Gap, Georgia Sept. 4/5, 1863, captured at Stephenson, Alabama September 10/14, 1863, arrived Rock Island Barracks, Illinois prison camp from Camp Chase, Ohio January 17, 1864, died of Meningitis April 28, 1864, buried in Grave No. 1095

*** Special Orders No. . . . dated Richmond, Jan'y 11, 1865 direct that "Ten of the eleven companies comprising the organization known in the Army of Tennessee as the 4th Georgia Cavalry (formed upon the basis of the 23rd Geo. Battalion) will constitute the 12th Reg't Geo. Cav'y to take effect from the 30th Jan'y, 1863, the date of the organization effected under the orders of Gen. Bragg. The eleventh company will be the subject of assignment to some Geo. Batt'n or other organization to be designated hereafter.

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