Alan, you posted: During the summer of 1864 it had been assigned to the post of West Point.
Does this mean the men were to remain at West Point during their time in the militia? Were the confined to a fort or a specific area? In doing some cemetery work yesterday I found this A.N. Jones that was mentioned in your post also. He was in Co. G. 2nd Ga. cavalry. born: July 3, 1823, died Feb. 15, 1910. But his headstone has him a Serg. not 2nd Lt. as it shows in your post. So here is another item of interest, W.Y. Mooty or W.T. Mooty showed up as 2nd Lt. of the 37th militia, but a private in the 2nd Ga. State Guards. So living in Heard County, I am sure he requested being assigned a different post than West Point. I would think that most of these men were farmers, so the closer they were to home meant the time that they could be away from post could be spent working their crops instead of two days tied up traveling (one day to get home and one day to return) from West Point to Heard County.
He is buried in the New Hope Church cemetery in Heard County.
But I was under the impression that men in militia units stayed home unless needed elsewhere and that would be for a minimum amount of time. I have mentioned on another post on this thread, that several years ago I was researching a Captain Boykin, and the Yankee diary that was written by a man captured close to Rock Mills, Al. and marched back to Liberty Hill where they had lunch with a Captain Boykin and the 87th Confederates. Someone on this board brought out the fact there was no 87th, so it had to be the 37th militia. We already know Capt. Boykin had resigned regular service as a Capt. and reenlisted in the 37th as a private. My question then was ( and this is not word for word, but from my feeble memory) Was there a camp of the 37th at the Captains home? The reason for that question was the house is still there, and a good friend of mine lived there when he was a teenager. Stories then and even now was that the place had been used as a hospital, but knowing how far it is from a rail line, and from LaGrange or even West Point I assumed it was a camp for the militia. But again from my memory, I think the answers were that men in the Militia was stationed at home, and had the luxury of sleeping in their own bed at night. So my question now is would have W.Y. (or since we have found out that WY and Wt were one in the same) WT, and A.N, Jones been more likely to have to report to Liberty Hill than to West Point?? I have for the moment temporarily gotten off of the search for WT/WY and have gotten involved in head stone measurements and contracts down through the years. But I am still very interested in the Mooty's and his service, so again any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated. thanks again for all your time and expertise helping all of us seeking knowledge.