I am searching for more information on my Great-great-great-great Grandad's service during the war and any photographic images of him in uniform. Tilghman Willis Flynt was a Lt. Colonel in the 19th Georgia during the war, he was commissioned a Captain in Company G from Henry County Georgia in 1861 and ended his service as a Colonel in 1864 due to wounds received over the course of the war. I am told he was at Gettysburg and was taken prisoner, but I am not finding that the 19th did indeed take part there. Any help, information or suggestions would be greatly helpful...
Tilghman W. Flynt
Residence
Henry County GA;
Enlisted on 7/2/1861 as a Captain.
On 7/2/1861 he was commissioned into "G" Co.
GA 19th Infantry
He was transferred out on 9/17/1864
On 9/17/1864 he transferred into
Veteran Reserve Corps
He Resigned (date not stated)
(Resigned in 1864)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 9/17/1862 Sharpsburg, MD (Leg disabled)
Promotions:
* Lt Col 8/20/1863
Other Information:
born in Georgia
(Born Feb. 24, 1827.)
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
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Antietam after battle report:
Report of Capt. F. M. Johnston, Nineteenth Georgia Infantry, of
operations August 16-September 21.
NOVEMBER 17, 1862.
August 16, 1862.--Assumed command of regiment; same day marched to
Locust Grove; bivouacked three days. Resumed the march on 20th Junction
on 26th ultimo; same day was engaged with the enemy. Destroyed railroad
bridge over Bull Run. Returned to the Junction same night.
August 27.--Marched to Centreville, and from thence across Bull Run;
supported Purcell Battery same evening, and moved down to railroad cut that
night.
August 28.--Supported Braxton's battery in forenoon; marched to railroad cut
in evening, and engaged the enemy until dark, retaining possession of the
cut.
August 29.--Moved to the left of our position on Yesterday; engaged the
enemy during the day, and advanced with Gens. Pender's and Thomas'
brigades in the evening, capturing the enemy's guns, &c.
August 30.--Marched toward Fairfax Court-House.
August 31.--Stationed on the left of division, and moved up to battlefield
same night.
September 2.--Resumed the march, and on 4th ultimo turned over the
command to Maj. J. H. Neal.
September 18.--Resumed command of regiment; recrossed the Potomac
morning of 19th.
September 20.--Engaged the enemy at Shepherdstown, and same evening
returned to bivouac.
September 21.--Resumed the march and bivouacked near Martinsburg; turned
over the command to Maj. J. H. Neal.
Respectfully submitted.
F. M. JOHNSTON,
Capt., Comdg. Company A, Nineteenth Georgia Vols.
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Report of Maj. James H. Neal, Nineteenth Georgia Infantry, of
operations September 4-October 19.
CAMP LEE, VA., November 19, 1862.
Abstract of march made and actions engaged in by Nineteenth Georgia
Volunteers from September 4, 1862, to October 19, 1862.
On the 4th of September, 1862, I relieved Capt. F. M. Johnston of the
command of the regiment while on the march from Chantilly toward
Leesburg. On the 6th crossed the Potomac near the latter place, and on the
7th went into bivouac near Frederick City, Md., where the army remained
for four days. From there we marched, by way of Williamsport (where the
Potomac was recrossed) and Martinsburg, to Harper's Ferry, and on the 14th
participated in the siege of that place, driving in the pickets of the enemy,
and taking positions favorable for an attack the next day. On the 15th began
a forward movement upon the works of the enemy, when the siege was
terminated by the surrender of the enemy. Oh both days this regiment was
under a tolerably heavy fire from the artillery of the enemy, but, owing to
the protection afforded by the crest of the hill, lost only 1 man killed and 3
wounded.
On the evening of the 15th this regiment went on duty as guard of the
bridges across the river, and on the 16th passed the paroled prisoners across
the river. On the 17th marched to Sharpsburg, and at about 4 o'clock p. m.
became engaged on the right with the left of the enemy. Was exposed to a
heavy fire of musketry while charging through afield of standing corn and
across another field, freshly plowed, but succeeded in driving the enemy
from a stone wall, behind which they were posted, and retained that position
in spite of an advance in large force by the enemy to retake it.
During the night of the 17th the dead and wounded were removed from the
field. On the 18th we remained behind the stone wall, under a heavy picket
fire, and on that night withdrew from that position and recrossed the
potomac into Virginia.
On the 19th I turned over the command to Capt. Johnston, and on the 23rd
resumed it at Camp Branch.
On the 1st of October Lieut.-Col. Hutchins relieved me of the
command near Bunker Hill.
This regiment was all the time with the brigade, and had no adventure except
participated in by all the regiment.
JAS. H. NEAL,
Maj. Nineteenth Georgia.
Source: Official Records: Series I. Vol. 19. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 27
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Chancellorsville, VA after battle report:
No. 384.
Report of Col. Andrew J. Hutchins, Nineteenth Georgia Infantry.
MAY 8, 1863.
SIR: In accordance with orders, I respectfully submit the following as
a report of the operations of this regiment in the recent engagement:
The morning of April 29, we marched to the right of Hamilton's
Crossing, and remained there until early the morning of the 30th, when
we moved forward and took a position in the ditches, in front.
Here we remained until early the morning of the 1st, when we began the
march up the river. About 2 o'clock we arrived in the Wilderness, on
the Plank road, some 8 or 10 miles from Fredericksburg, and heard the
picket fighting which was going on with the enemy. At this point we
formed line of battle and moved forward some 2 miles without
encountering any of the enemy. We came to a halt on the edge of a
flied, and remained until near sundown, when we moved back to the
Plank road and up it a short distance, and rested for the night.
Early on the morning of the 2d, we began their march and made the
circuit of the enemy, and came in on their right about 3 o'clock in the
evening. We were formed here in line of battle, my regiment forming
the right of Gen. Colquitt's brigade. After remaining quiet here for
some time, we moved forward, and after going some distance it was
reported to Gen. Colquitt that we were being flanked on our right. I
was ordered by him to detach my command and look after the flanking
party. I made a change of front obliquely to the right, and moved
forward a few hundred yards, but did not meet the enemy, but could see
them fleeing before me, out of range of my guns. I deemed it useless to
proceed any farther in that direction, so I turned to my left and followed
the brigade. While making to the left, the enemy threw a few shell at
my regiment and wounded 2 of my men. Just before dark we rejoined
the brigade, and were placed an hour or two afterward on the front line,
near the batteries on our line, close to the Plank road.
Here we lay upon our arms during that night, and early on the morning
of the 3d we were marched out and carried some 3 miles toward
extreme right. We were formed in line of battle; moved forward over
a mile; then brought to a left flank and marched back to the extreme left
again; then brought to the about; carried back toward then right again;
formed in line again; moved forward some distance; then to a left flank;
carried to the extreme left and across the Plank road about 1 1/2 or 2
mile s from Chancellorsville, and finally moved forward here, and ment
the enemy and drove them nearly a mile, under their guns.
What few men I had left after the fatiguing and long march acquitted
themselves very creditably, and I did not notice any acts of skill or valor
worthy of especial mention during the engagement.
My loss was 3 killed on the field and 40 wounded; among the later,
one of my best officers. A list of the casualties will be found below*.
After the fighting was over on the 3d, we were marched in front of
Chancellorsville, and took up position and intrenched ourselves, and
remained until we were ordered back to camp, without meeting with any
other incident of note.
My utter ignorance of the locality and the names of places renders it
impossible for me to make the localities referred to above intelligible.
I cannot say that my regiment captured any arms. Those that were in the
hands of the enemy that we wounded we left lying upon the field.
I am, very respectfully,
A. J. HUTCHINS,
Col. Nineteenth Georgia.
[Capt. G. G. GRATTAN, Assistant Adjutant-Gen.]
Source: Official Records Series I. Vol. 25. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 39
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CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
19th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
OVERVIEW:
19th Infantry Regiment was assembled during the summer of 1861. Its companies were raised in Henry, Jackson, Douglas, Coweta, Carroll, Mitchell, and Bartow counties. Comprising 900 men, the unit was sent to Virginia and placed in the Potomac District. In April, 1862, it totalled 395 effectives and during the war served under the command of Generals W. Hampton, Archer, and Colquitt. The 19th fought in many battles from Seven Pines to Chancellorsville, then moved to Charleston, South Carolina, and later Florida where it took part in the conflict at Olustee. In April, 1864, it returned to Virginia and continued the fight at Proctor's Creek and Cold Harbor and in the Petersburg lines south and north of the James River. This regiment lost 32 killed and 157 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, 13 killed and 76 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and 3 killed and 40 wounded at Chancellorsville. It sustained 96 casualties at Olustee. In 1865 the unit participated in the North Carolina Campaign and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels William W. Boyd, Andrew J. Hutchins, and James H. Neal; Lieutenant Colonels Tilman W. Flynt, Ridgway B. Hogan, and Thomas C. Johnson; and Majors William Hamilton, John W. Hooper, and Charles W. Mabry.