50th Infantry Regiment was organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the spring of 1862. Its members were recruited in the counties of Ware, Coffee, Lowndes, Thomas, De Kalb, Clinch, Colquitt, Berrien, and Brooks. After serving in the District of Georgia, the 50th moved to Virginia and was assigned to General Drayton's, Semmes', Bryan's, and Simms' Brigade. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Second Manassas to Gettysburg, then was ordered back to Georgia. However, the unit did not arrive in time to share in the Battle of Chickamauga. It was involved in the Knoxville operations and later the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. The regiment fought with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and ended the war at Appomattox. There were 29 killed and 97 wounded at Sharpsburg and 17 killed and 153 wounded at Chancellorsville. It lost thirty percent of the 302 engaged at Gettysburg, had many disabled at Sayler's Creek, and surrendered with 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 2 surgeons, and 25 men. The field officers were Colonels William R. Manning and Peter McGlashan; Lieutenant Colonels William O. Fleming, Francis Kearse, and Pliny Sheffield; and Majors Duncan Curry, P.C. Pendleton, and John M. Spence.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
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Henry P. Bennett
Residence Coffee County GA; 35 years old.
Enlisted on 3/22/1862 as a Private.
On 3/22/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. GA 50th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
(No further record)
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Jesse Bennett
Residence Coffee County GA; 32 years old.
Enlisted on 3/22/1862 as a 3rd Sergt.
On 3/22/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. GA 50th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW 10/19/1864 Cedar Creek, VA
* Released 5/12/1865 Point Lookout, MD
Note: I suspect this is a relative, brother, cousin, etc.
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Mathew Spivey
Residence Coffee County GA; 35 years old.
Enlisted on 3/22/1862 as a 4th Sergt.
On 3/22/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. GA 50th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW 4/6/1865 Harper's Farm, VA
* Released 6/19/1865 Point Lookout, MD
Promotions:
* 2nd Sergt 2/15/1864 (Estimated day)
* Priv 11/1/1864 (Reduced to ranks)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
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Henry P. Bennett, Private, Capt. John M. Spence's Company (Coffee County Guards), 50th Regiment Georgia Infantry,* enlisted March 4, 186_ at Douglas, Coffee County, by Jno, M. Spence for 3 years or the war, no further records
Note: He would have been dropped from the rolls, for some unknown reason, could be death, discharge, desertion, capture, etc. He does not appear to have been recorded on any of the surviving company muster rolls, see below. He may have been taken ill shortly after enlisting and promptly dropped.
* This company subsequently became Company C, 50th Regiment Georgia Infantry
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Jesse Bennett, 3rd Sergeant, Company C, 50th Regiment Georgia Infantry, enlisted March 4, 1862 at Douglas, Georgia by Maj. Hillard for 3 years or the war, captured at Strasburg, VA. October 19, 1864, forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia October 23, released on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the US May 12, 1865, Farmer, resident of Coffee County, Ga.
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Mathew Spivey, 4th Sergeant, Company C, 50th Regiment Georgia Infantry, enlisted March 4, 186_ in at Douglas, Georgia my Maj. Hillard for 3 years or the war, reduced to ranks Nov., 1864 [note, he had been absent sick over the past two + months], captured at Harper's Ferry April 6?, 1865, sent to Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp, forwarded to City Point, Va. arriving April 15, released June 19, 1865 on subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance to the US, description, resident of Coffee Co., Georgia, dark complexion greyish[?] hair, blue eyes, 5' 5-1/2"
Company C muster rolls in the records
Apr. 30 to Dec. 31, 1862 stationed near Fredericksburg, Va
Jan. & Feb., 1863 near Fredericksburg, Va.
missing Mar/Apr, '63, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec, & Jan/Feb '64
Feb. 29 to Aug. 31, 1864, Bruce Town, Va.
Sept. & Oct., 1864, near New Market, Va.
Nov. & Dec., 1864, in trenches below Richmond, Va.
Jan. & Feb., 1865, in trenches below Richmond, Va.
M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia