Jim,
Did you know about other Edwards men in Company G of the 23rd Georgia ? More family ?
CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
23rd Infantry Regiment, organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, in September, 1861, contained men from Bartow, Henderson, Floyd, Pickens, and Cherokee counties. It moved to Tennessee, then was sent to Virginia and assigned to the Department of the Peninsula. In April, 1862, it totalled 370 effectives and during the war served under Generals Rains and Colquitt. The 23rd participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Chancellorsville, where more than 275 men were captured. It then was ordered to Charleston, South Carolina, and later Florida. After fighting at Olustee the unit returned to Virginia, took part in the conflicts at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, and endured the battles and hardships of the Petersburg siege. It lost 4 killed and 56 wounded at Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill, had 14 killed and 64 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and 2 killed, 66 wounded, and 2 missing at Olustee. During 1865 it was active in North Carolina and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels Marcus R. Ballenger, W.P. Barclay, Emory F. Best, James H. Huggins, and Thomas Hutcherson; Lieutenant Colonel John J.A. Sharp; and Major William J. Boston.
Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia
MUSTER ROLL OF
COMPANY G, 23d REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
C. S. A.
CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
CHEROKEE FIELD GUARDS
Edwards, Alfred- private October 9, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant February 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862. Captured at Fort Harrison, Va. September 30, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. March 17, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, March 19, 1865. No later record.
(Born in Georgia.)
Edwards, Henry Harrison- private August 31" 1861. Transferred to Co. D, 28th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 3, 1861. Received pay August 23, 1864. No later record. (Born in Cherokee County, Ga. June 30th. Died at Ball Ground, Ga. January 26,1931.)
Edwards, R. S.- private August 31, 1861. Roll far April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.
Thanks,
Gary D. Bray