William R. Logan, age 30, 2nd Lieutenant, Company H, 23rd Battalion Georgia Cavalry,* enlisted October 25,1862 at Flint Springs, Bradley County, Tenn. by Lt. H.H. Burk for the war, promoted Captain [4th Geo. Cav.]** November 5, 1863, one horse appraised at $700, wounded at Resaca May 14, 1864, right leg amputated the following day, applied for an artificial limb November 2, 1864 at Forsyth, Ga., resident of Cleveland, Tenn., appears on a Register of Beneficiaries of the Association for the Relief of Maimed Soldier, Richmond, Va., no date

* This company subsequently became Company G, 12th Regiment Georgia Cavalry

** SO #8 dated Richmond, Jan. 11, 1865 direct that “Ten of the eleven companies composing the organization known in the Army of Tennessee as the [Avery’s] 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.

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