Here are four titles which appear to refer to the same unit.
- Findley's Regiment, Georgia Militia
- GA Findley's Militia
- Captain Quillian's Company, Findley's Regiment Georgia
Militia Cavalry
- 1st Georgia State Cavalry Home Guards
I have not been able to find Unit records for any such organization with the Findley name attached.
Fidley’s CSR card does not refer to his service following resignation from the 52nd Georgia. A much later correspondence between the Pension Board and the War Department Adjutant General does not refer to any post 52nd Georgia service.
Gilreath, Lewis William, Sr. -- 1st Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, May 15, 1864. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company D, Findley's Regiment, Georgia Militia in 1864. Paroled at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Died in Union County, Georgia, April 21, 1911.)
[Lewis William Gilreath, Sr., Residence Union County GA;
Enlisted on 3/4/1862 at Union County, GA as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 3/4/1862 he was commissioned into "G" Co. GA 52nd Infantry. He was discharged for disability on 5/15/1864. He was listed as: * Paroled 5/12/1865 Kingston, GA Promotions:
* 1st Lieut (As of Co. D) He also had service in:
"D" Co. GA Findley's Militia (Muster in 1864)]
Williams, Lorenzo L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Pension records show he remained in Field Hospital until transferred to Demopolis, Alabama in 1863. Furloughed home July 4, 1863. Returned to command September 19, 1863. Unfit for duty and again furloughed. Furlough extended several times. Being unable to reach command he enlisted in Company D, Findley's Regiment, Georgia Militia, by order of the Commander of the Post at Dahlonega, Georgia August 1, 1864. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Blount County, Tennessee, in 1836.)
Clarke, Jesse W. -- Private - March 10, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware July 4, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Virginia July 6, 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was detailed to guard bridge near McDonough, Georgia September 1864, was cut off from command and joined Captain Quillian's Company, Findley's Regiment Georgia Militia Cavalry in 1864. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Georgia in 1839. Died in Hall County, Georgia December 4, 1917.
Payne, James Edward -- Private - March 10, 1862. Pension records show right hand was crippled and tumor on right side developed from carrying cartridge box on march near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee in 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was detailed to guard bridge at McDonough, Georgia September 1864. Cut off from command by Federal Army. Enlisted in Captain Wiley Quillian's Company, Findley's Regiment Georgia Militia Cavalry in 1864. Surrendered at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Hall County, Georgia February 11, 1843. Died at New Holland, Georgia January 5, 1916.)
James J. Findley/General family history & genealogy ... 1862. He later served as a Colonel in the Georgia Militia, and then the 11th Regt.,
On November 5 [1864], while on a raid to obtain horses and mules, Lt. Col Ashworth, Capt. McCrary, and nineteen other members of Brown's command were captured by Col. James J. Findley and his 1st Georgia State Cavalry Home Guards at Bucktown in Gilmer County. Three others of Brown's command were wounded and four were killed. Captured with these men were papers that gave the names of their local supporters, including such prominent men of Dawson County as Sheriff George R. Robinson, justices Cleveland Andrews and John Fouts, Lindsey Vaughters, and Hiram Brooks.
As Findley took his command through Dawsonville, these civilians were arrested. A dozen of the men captured turned out to also be deserters from Confederate units. They were executed at Gainesville on November 7, 1864. Their bodies were transferred to the National Cemetery at Marietta, GA, in July, 1867. They are today buried in Section E, Numbers 6012-6023.
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James J. Findley
Residence Lumpkin County GA;
Enlisted on 3/4/1862 as a Jr 2nd Lieut.
On 3/4/1862 he was commissioned into "D" Co. GA 52nd Infantry
He Resigned (date not stated)
(Resigned in 1862)
He was listed as:
* Received pay 8/23/1862 (place not stated)
Promotions:
* Major 3/21/1862
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 3/21/1862 from company D to Field & Staff
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
- Information provided by HDS subscribers
Note: Photo shows him in the uniform of a full Colonel