Long forgotten ACW ancestor

[Whitfield's Legion]

My relative

James M Dean m of Madison County, Georgia, had long been forgotten until I found a letter mentioning his existence and his service in the war. (Didn't mention where or with who)

I had incorrectly identified his service, stating that he served in the 3rd Georgia Cavalry, State Troops.

Can anyone find any information about his service?

 

[Nathan Stuart]

Did he survive the war?

Could he be Pvte. James Dean, Co. I, 48th GA Infantry? His relevant roll entry only shows:-

...'Private Mar. 4, 1862. On furlough from the Captain Mar. 4, 1862. No later record.'...
(see https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89059402313&seq=197 @ p. 180).

However, this regiment was organized in Macon, and Co. I was recruited in Richmond, not Madison County.
(See https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/georgia/48th-georgia-infantry-regiment/ )

Based on the above information found, this fellow identified may not have seen any active service.

 

[Fairfield]

Try contacting the Madison County Historical Society (https://www.georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/madison-county/).

 

[lupaglupa]

Do you know anything more about him? If he was older he may well have served in a local unit that didn't generate a lot of records.

 

[Nathan Stuart]

ames M Dean m of Madison County, Georgia, had long been forgotten until I found a letter mentioning his existence and his service in the war. (Didn't mention where or with who)

Do you know the date of this letter?

 

[rbasin]

I have a relative who the family believed that went to Europe for WW1 and stayed in france after the war as a bar owner. Turns out he died on a hospital ship off Texas due to the Spanish flu.

 

[Whitfield's Legion]

Do you know anything more about him? If he was older he may well have served in a local unit that didn't generate a lot of records.

I do know they were relatively prominent members in the affairs of the county

 

[Whitfield's Legion]

Do you know the date of this letter?

1864

 

[Nathan Stuart]

1864 - he could have belonged to a local GA militia unit.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Do you know anything more about him? If he was older he may well have served in a local unit that didn't generate a lot of records.

So true !

I encountered the same problem researching my G G Grandfather's service.
As an "old man of 42 years" he was rejected from joining the front line units and thus joined a local State Troop Regiment.
Not too many records exist about his unit.
It took about three years "of digging" to even find anything about these ancient 40 year old men.
While his regiment is briefly mentioned in the major sites such as fold3 & the NPS database, ect, ... details were lacking.

I had to study the remaining state and local county records (including newspapers) for an accurate idea of where the regiment was during 1862/1863.
It was worth the time and effort.

So ... my advice to @Whitfield's Legion would be to thoroughly research local records.
So much can be found from these sources.