There are two sets of records for J. C. Spivey in the records of the 2nd Georgia.
In the first we find the following:
A. A. G. return note of Feb. 9, 1916 states:
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pension, State of Georgia, Atlanta.
The records show that J. C. Spivey, private, Co. G, 2d Georgia Infantry, C. S. A., enlisted Apr. 16,1861, and on the company roll for Sept. and Oct. 1861 (last on which borne). No later record of him found. There are two later rolls of said company on file, partially covering the period from July, 1864 to December, 1864.
s/s The Adjutant General
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Second J. C. Spivey record of one card only"
Statement of Service Reference
Source of Communication - Comm Pen Ga,
J. C. Spivey, Pvt. Co. G, 2 Reg't Ga. Inf
Said killed 1862
Enl. Apr. 15, 61
Sept. & Oct. 61 - last on which borne -
2 Later Rolls on file
-July 64 to Dec 64 partly [sp?]
No per present [?]
dtd 2/7/16
C&E. Div
Nothing additional found
[Ed Note - It would have been nice had this clerk identified the source of his statement "Said killed 1862"]
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I do not doubt that he died in 1862 as it appears that few later company muster rolls survived, however, it is strange that the Georgia Pension Commissioners would be inquiring into his service records.
My experience with these records is that correspondence of the Adj General's Office with a state Board of Pension Commissioners is a result of inquiry re a Pension application. This could be either the soldier himself, or that of his widow. As these responses are in 1916, I would rather doubt they would have been of his widow, had he died during the war, as pensions were first allowed in the early 1890s.
I would recommend you check into the Georgia Confederate Veteran Pension Application files to ascertain who inquired into Spivey's service or filed an application in his name.
George Martin
2nd Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Brunswick, Georgia, in June, 1861, and moved to Virginia. Its companies were raised in the conties of Banks, Jackson, Muscogee, Burke, Bibb, Marion, and Stewart. In April, 1862, the regiment had a force of 607 men and during the war served in General Toombs' and Benning's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, exept when it was detached with Longstreet at Suffolk, Chickamauga, and Knoxville. The 2nd was involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James River and various engagements around Appomattox. The seven companies that saw action at Garnett's lost forty-two percent of the 271 engaged, then reported 11 killed and 70 wounded at Malvern Hill. The unit lost thirty-four percent of the 163 at Second Manassas and twenty-eight percent of the 348 at Gettysburg. It sustained 66 casualties from April 14, to May 6, and 25 from August 1 to December 31, 1864. There were 12 officers and 146 men present at the surrender. Its commanders were Colonels Edgar M. Butt and Paul J. Semmes; Lieutenant Colonels Skidmore Harris, William T. Harris, William R. Holmes, and William S. Shephard; and Majors William W. Charlton and Abner M. Lewis.