Derick,

It looks like your man has more family in company E.

Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia

MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY E, 53d REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
NEWTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
NEWTON ANDERSON GUARDS

Loyd, George Pierce- private April 5, 1864. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 29, 1865. (Born in 1848. Died in Newton County, Ga. February 10, 1870.)

Loyd, James M.- private May 3, 1862. Captured near Knox- ville, Tenn. December 3, 1863. Sent via Louisville, Ky. to Rock Island, Ill. January 6, 1864, and released there June 19, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1842.)

Loyd, P. B.- private April 5, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Ga.)

You can order copies of service records for the three solders here at this website.

Your new member should have no problem getting into the SCV.

I hope this helps,
Gary D. Bray