Thomas
J. Ivey
NARA Microfilm Series M226, Roll 31
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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.
From the National
Park Service: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System |
| Military
Service Records - Thomas J. Ivey - Ware/Clinch County Georgia |
| Date |
Description |
| . | Envelope
front - Card Numbers |
| . | Envelope
front - Medical Card Numbers |
| . | Envelope
front - Prisoner of War Records |
| October
1861 | Company
Muster Roll |
| November
/ December 1861 | Company
Muster Roll |
| January
/ February 1862 | Company
Muster Roll |
| 14
March 1862 | Company
Muster Roll |
| 12
June 1862 | C.S.A.
General Military Hospital No. 4 |
| 10
December 1862 | Monthly
Report |
| 1
January 1863 | Monthly
Report |
| 31
January 1863 | Monthly
Report |
| February
1863 | List
of Officers |
| 1
March 1863 | Promoted
Captain |
| April
1863 | Report
of Officers |
| 25
July 1863 | Medical
Director's Office |
| 27
July 1863 | Medical
Director's Office |
| 29
July 1863 | General
Hospital No. 4 |
| 30
July 1863 | Medical
Director's Office |
| 22
May 1864 | Receiving
and Wayside Hospital / General Hospital No.9 |
| 24
May 1864 | Jackson
Hospital |
| 28
May 1864 | Jackson
Hospital |
| 20
August 1864 | Inspection
Report |
| 30
October 1864 | Inspection
Report |
| 5
November 1864 | Company
Muster Roll |
| 29
November 1864 | Inspection
Report |
| 30
December 1864 | Inspection
Report |
| January
1865 | Roster
- Promoted 1 Lieutenant Roster
- Promoted Captain
Roster
- Promoted 2 Lieutenant Roster
- Elected |
| 30
January 1865 | Inspection
Report |
| 1
February 1865 | Retired
Register
|
| 10
May 1865 | List
of POWs |
| not
dated | Roster |
| 10 May
1865 | Oath
of allegiance. Head-Quarters U.S. Forces, Thomasville, Georgia. Physical
description: 5'10", black hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. |
| Military
Correspondence Between Thomas J. Ivey and Headquarters |
| Date
Received at Headquarters | Description |
| 19 June
1862 | Payment
affidavit |
| 13
July 1862 | Special
Requisition - clothes |
| 15
August 1862 | Special
Requisition - clothes |
| 5
November 1862 | Requisition
- 768 lbs. of straw |
| 9
December 1862 | Special
Requisition - clothes |
| 31
December 1862 | Special
Requisition - blankets, tent, pants |
| 1
January 1863 | Requisition
for stationery |
| 24
January 1863 | Special
Requisition - clothes |
| May
1863 | Special
Requisition - clothes |
| 20
July 1863 | Payment
affidavit |
| 25
November 1863 | Page
1: Letter to Richmond, Virginia Page
2
Requests information on three soldiers presume dead.(Sergt. Marian
Courson?, Private Jacob T Allex?, Westberry Walker) |
| 16
February 1864 | Requisition
for stationery |
| 31
March 1864 | Special
Requisition - clothing and supplies
Special
Requisition - clothing |
| 26
September 1864 | Payment
affidavit |