Perry,
Below is a list of soldiers with the family names you spoke of from units from Telfair County GA. It may help you in finding some of your wife's family members.
Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY B, 49th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A
TELFAIR COUNTY, GEORGIA
TELFAIR VOLUNTEERS
Towns, Gideon P.- private March 22, 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Born in Pulaski County, Ga. December 23, 1845.)
Towns, John A. J.- private March 12, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Houston County, Ga. in 1844.)
Walker, Bennett J.- private March 4,1862. Died of disease at Danville, Va. October 26,1862. (Born in 1834.)
Walker, Henry J.- private March 4, 1862. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 22,1865. (Born in 1832.)
Walker, James A- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in 1823.)
Walker, John Wesley- private May 15, 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 22, 1865.
Walker, J.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865.
CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
49th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
49th Infantry Regiment was organized in November, 1861, with men from Wilkinson, Talfair, Washington, Irwin, Laurens, Pierce, and Pulaski counties. After serving in Georgia and North Carolina, the regiment moved to Virginia. Here it was assigned to General J.R. Anderson's and E.L. Thomas' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 49th took an active part in the campaigns of the army from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, fought in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and was involved in the Appomattox operations. It reported 68 casualties at Second Manassas and 61 at Fredericksburg. The unit lost thirteen percent of the 280 at Chancellorsville and more than twenty-five percent of the 329 at Gettysburg. It surrendered with 8 officers and 103 men. Its field officers were Colonels John T. Jordan, A.J. Lane, and Samuel T. Player; Lieutenant Colonels Oliver H. Cooke, Seaborn M. Manning, Jonathon Rivers, and Wiley J. Williams; and Majors James B. Duggan, John A. Durham, and John H. Pate.
Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia
MUSTER ROLL OF
COMPANY H, 20th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
TELFAIR COUNTY, GEORGIA
"TELFAIR VOLUNTEERS"
Walker, James L.- private March 29,1864. Surrendered Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865.
CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
20th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
20th Infantry Regiment was formed at Columbus, Georgia, in May, 1861, and soon moved to Virginia where it was assigned to the Potomac District. The men were from the counties of Muscogee, Jefferson, Cook, Harris, Wilkinson, Telfair, and Crawford. It served in General Early's, Toombs', and Benning's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. In April, 1862, it had 560 effectives and fought with the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk, Chickamauga, and Knoxville. The unit endured the hardships fo the Petersburg trenches south and north of the James River and later saw action around Appomattox. It sustained 76 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles and 152 at Second Manassas. Of the 350 engaged at Gettysburg, more than thirty-five percent were disabled. The regiment lost 95 men from April 14 to May 6 and 54 from August 1 to December 31, 1864. It surrendered 18 officers and 191 men. The field officers were Colonels John B. Cumming, John A. Jones, William D. Smith, and James D. Waddell; Lieutenant Colonel Eli M. Seago; and Majors John A. Coffee, William Graig, Roger L. Gamble, and Albert B. Ross.
I hope this is of some use to you,
Gary D. Bray