Milton
M. Ivey: Rank in Corporal / Rank out Captain
NARA Microfilm Series M226,
Roll |
CONFEDERATE
GEORGIA TROOPS
26th Regiment, Georgia Infantry 26th Infantry Regiment
[also called 13th Regiment] completed its organization in October, 1861, at Brunswick,
Georgia. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Charlton, Berrien, Glynn,
Twiggs, Clinch, Ware, Coffee, and Wayne. After serving in the Department of Georgia
at St. Simons Island and Savannah, the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded
under Generals Lawton, John B. Gordon, and C.A. Evans. The 26th participated in
the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to
Cold Harbor, fought with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at
Appomattox. This regiment came to Virginia with 1,100 officers and men, lost 37
killed and 87 wounded at Second Manassas, and reported 6 killed, 49 wounded, and
6 missing at Sharpsburg. It had 53 casualties at Fredericksburg and 12 at Second
Winchester. The unit was detached from its brigade to support the artillery at
Gettysburg and lost few casualties. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 85 men, of
which 4 officers and 34 men were armed. The field officers were Colonels Edmund
N. Atkinson and Carey W. Styles; Lieutenant Colonels James S. Blain, Eli S. Griffin,
William A. Lane, and William A. McDonald; and Majors Thomas N. Gardner and B.F.
Grace.
National
Park Service: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System |
| Military
Service Records - Milton M. Ivey |
|
Date |
Description |
| . | Envelope
front - Card Numbers |
| 29
July 1861 | Company
Muster Roll - Enlisted |
| September/October
1861 | Company
Muster Roll - Appointed Corporal |
| November/December
1861 | Company
Muster Roll |
| January/February
1862 | Company
Muster Roll |
| 1
July 1863 | Receipt
- Pay - 2nd quarter. Period 31 March to 1 July 1863. |
Dated
4 November 1864
(Covering 1 May to 31 August 1864) | Company
Muster Roll - "Now in the hands of the enemy."
Enlisted 29 July 1861. Last paid December 1863. Promoted 15 June
1864. |
| After 9 July
1864 | Envelope
front 1 Envelope
front 2 - Medical Card Numbers |
| 5
August 1864 | Medical
- USA General Hospital, Frederick, MD |
| 6
August 1864 | Medical
- USA General Hospital, Frederick, MD |
| 19
October 1864 | Medical
- USA General Hospital, West's Buildings, Baltimore, MD (20 years old) - describes
wounds |
| 19
October 1864 | Prisoner
of War - Ft. McHenry, MD |
| 21
October 1864 | Prisoner
of War - Ft. McHenry, MD |
| 26
October 1864 | Prisoner
of War - Ft. McHenry to Point Lookout, MD |
| 30
October 1864 | Prisoner
of War - Point Lookout, MD |
| After
30 October 1864 |
Prisoner
of War - Paroled at Point Lookout, MD. Captured Monocacy
10 July 1864. |
| 30 April
1865 | Report
- Confederates captured at Macon |