Lt.Colonel Tilghman W. Flynt of the 19th Georgia

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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...
 
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.
 
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...


Also found this : http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...rel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=15077260&df=all
 
Here is his family genealogy.....notice his name is spelled in a few different ways...

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Atlanta::ga::33504.html


osted by: Carol Powell (ID *****9811) Date: June 18, 2012 at 17:13:07
In Reply to: Flynt family Oglethorpe, Henry and Spalding county by Eric Flint of 33983


1850 Monroe county, Monroe, Georgia census
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John Flynt M b: 1797 Georgia
Henrietta Flynt F 57 Georgia
John L Flynt M 29 Georgia
Tilman W Flynt M b: 1827 Georgia
Gilford G Flynt M 21 Georgia
Hamilton H Flynt 18 Georgia
Franklin Flynt M 16 Georgia
Martha Hatchett F 49 Georgia
Julia A Flynt F 13 Georgia
1860, Henry, Georgia census
T W Flynt 32y, spouse Janee 23y, two sons Frank and Wiles
United States, Civil War Soldiers Index," T.W. Flints also known as: Tilman W. Flynt/event: Military Service rank in: Captain, rank out: Lieutenant Colonel side: Confederate
state (or origin): Georgia military unit: 19th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Henry County Georgia Company G - 19th
OFFICERS: Flynt, Tilghman W.- Captain July 2, 1861. Wounded, leg disabled at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862. Elected Lieutenant Colonel August 20
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/military/civilwar/rosters/cog19reg.txt
United States Census, 1870 Georgia Spalding Orrs
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Tillman W Flint M 40y Georgia
M I Flint F 34y Georgia
Frank Flint M 12y Georgia
Howard Flint M 10y Georgia
Mand Flint F 6y Georgia
Lucy Flint F 4y Georgia
Paul Flint M 1y Georgia
Thos Judson M 18y Georgia
Ann Flint F 14y Georgia
1880 Griffin, Spalding, Georgia census
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Tillman W. Flint 51 Georgia
wife Martha J. Flint F 43 Georgia
dau Nora Flint F 19 Georgia
dau Maude Flint F 16 Georgia
dau Lucy Flint F 14 Georgia
son James Flint M 7 Georgia
son Maurey Flint M 4 Georgia
ancestry.com
Tilghman Willis Flynt (1827 - 1908)
Born in Morgan, Georgia, USA on 26 Feb 1827. Tilghman Willis married Martha Jane Turner and had 8 children. He passed away on 1 Aug 1908 in Griffin, Spalding, Georgia
Georgia, Deaths
Mrs. Nora Newman death date: 15 Apr 1930 death place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States gender: Female
death age: 70 years birth date: 28 Apr 1860 birthplace: Georgia marital status: Widowed spouse's name: Doctor J P Newman spouse's titles & terms (standardized): Doctor
father's name: W T Flynt mother's name: Martha Turner
 
One of his sons did good.....http://archive.org/stream/georgiaspublicme00loyl/georgiaspublicme00loyl_djvu.txt

HON. JOHN J. FLYNT.




I



OHX JAMFS FLYXT, Repre-
sentative from Spalding
County, was born at Griffin in
that county on September 22,
1875. His parents were Tilghman
\V. and Martha Turner Flynt. his
father being a prominent citizen of
that county. Mr. Flynt is unmar-
ried.

Mr. Flynt never offered for pub-
lic office until 1900 when he became
a candidate for the House of Rt-p-
iv-entatives and was elected. So
pleased were his constituents with
his record in the last House that he
was returned for the present term
and thereby hangs a tale which is
interesting as showing an habitual

political peculiarity of one of the leading counties in the State. Mr. Flynt
is the first man to be elected to serve two full terms in the House of Repre-
sentatives from Spalding County in the last thirty-five years. This is a very
peculiar feature of Spalding politics and one that can hardly be duplicated
in the State, for generally it is the rule for a representative to be returned
for the second term, and so general has the custom become in many other
counties that it is looked upon in the light of a vindication of his legislative
career. It is no small tribute to Mr. Flynt's popularity with the people of
his county and his ability as a legislator that he lias broken a rule of so long
standing.

Mr. Flynt studied law under Ex-Governor James S. Boynton and was
admitted to the liar in Griffin in the fall of 18'.i."> and has since been engaged
in the successful practice of his profession. He is serving on the following
committees: Amendments to Constitution; Appropriations; General Judi-
ciary: Military Affairs: Tiiiversity of Georgia and its Branches, lie is also
Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee and Vice-Chairman of the
Committee on the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
 
Here's a link to a site with some basic info on the 19th Georgia Infantry.

A couple of comments--
--I see you refer to him as a Lieutenant Colonel while several of the web listings call him a Colonel. I believe you are correct in using the rank of Lt Col for him, based on the sparse promotion data given. At the time of his promotion, the regiment was likely much smaller than the typical regiment at the beginning of the war due to attrition, and the "Colonel" of the regiment could easily be a Lt Col. Also, in the military it's standard for officer ranks to be spoken in an abbreviated fashion when addressing the officer; in the Navy, Lieutenants Junior Grade were usually unofficially referred to as Lieutenant, while Lieutenant Commanders were called "Commander." Likewise, Lt Col Tilghman Flynt would be addressed as "Colonel Flynt" in conversation.
--It seems clear that the 19th Georgia, and thus Lt Col Flynt, was not at Gettysburg. Gettysburg looms so large in public memory that the family lore of many a soldier places the man at Gettysburg when his unit never set foot in the Eastern Theater, much less on the Gettysburg battlefield. The fact that Flynt was severely wounded at Antietam and then was promoted to Lt Col, serving for a year as the regimental commander before resigning due to disability, means as much as any (fictitious) presence at Gettysburg.
 
Here's a link to a site with some basic info on the 19th Georgia Infantry.

A couple of comments--
--I see you refer to him as a Lieutenant Colonel while several of the web listings call him a Colonel. I believe you are correct in using the rank of Lt Col for him, based on the sparse promotion data given. At the time of his promotion, the regiment was likely much smaller than the typical regiment at the beginning of the war due to attrition, and the "Colonel" of the regiment could easily be a Lt Col. Also, in the military it's standard for officer ranks to be spoken in an abbreviated fashion when addressing the officer; in the Navy, Lieutenants Junior Grade were usually unofficially referred to as Lieutenant, while Lieutenant Commanders were called "Commander." Likewise, Lt Col Tilghman Flynt would be addressed as "Colonel Flynt" in conversation.
--It seems clear that the 19th Georgia, and thus Lt Col Flynt, was not at Gettysburg. Gettysburg looms so large in public memory that the family lore of many a soldier places the man at Gettysburg when his unit never set foot in the Eastern Theater, much less on the Gettysburg battlefield. The fact that Flynt was severely wounded at Antietam and then was promoted to Lt Col, serving for a year as the regimental commander before resigning due to disability, means as much as any (fictitious) presence at Gettysburg.
 
It may very well be that the 19th was not there, but it was recorded that he was taken prisoner at Gettysburg and kept until exchanged or paroled, this was stated in his obituary. I had always thought that this was weird, since he was with the 19th the whole time...
 
Here is a letter Col. Flynt.....counter attack at Antietam...
http://www.historynet.com/antietam-remembered.htm



The Confederate Counterattack
Tilghman W. Flynt, who served as the captain of Company G of the 19th Georgia Infantry, was wounded during the attack of General A.P. Hill's Division.
My Dear Sir
…I presume that there have been some changes in the face of the country at that place, and roads may have been changed, but at that time, when A.P. Hill's division, or a part of it only, reached the highest point of the country, going from what I was told was Blackford's Ford, East or North east, to the Antietam, where Burnsides' army had just crossed the river [Antietam Creek], we received a well aimed destructive volley, from the Union batteries on the east side of the Antietam, which caused some confusion in our ranks, and the brigades were hastily thrown into line of battle—On the march Branch's brigade was immediately in front of Archer's, and I suppose, as a matter of course in the line of battle, Branch was immediately, on Archer's right—Archer's brigade was the tail of the division and was thrown in line of battle, in a road leading directly to our left, or north—There were cross roads at that point, or the road turned directly to the left [the intersection of Harpers Ferry and Miller's Sawmill Roads]. It was not far from that point that Archer formed his battle line, facing towards the Antietam or Burnside's corps, and there was a cornfield immediately in front of us, but it seems to me that we only went across the north west corner, and it was in that cornfield that the right of our brigade, Archer's, got confused with Branch's left, on a retreat, when Archers brigade fell back to the road under misapprehension.
And I don't think that Branch's had been in any engagement for they had not had time and from their position we would have heard them.
When Archer's brigade fell back to the road and were informed by Gen Archer that he had not ordered them to fall back, they went forward across the corner of that cornfield into an open plowed field, and when they saw the Union forces, ensconced behind a stone wall, they realized their disadvantage and charged it with but little loss, and took the position. And there Archers brigade did the biggest work of their lives, a Union column of three lines carrying around us in an open field, at the north end of the stone fence, but didn't get to us—When we left that stone fence to advance upon Burnsides forces, I did not get a hundred yards from the fence, in the big cornfield, before I was shot, and carried back to the fence, and in a short time the brigade was forced to fall back to the fence. If Branch's Brigade ever went into that cornfield, I don't know it, and I think it doubtful.
While Archer was at the stone fence, and I think before he passed over it into the cornfield, east of it, General Branch and his brigade came up to the rear and right of Archer and took position in a little hollow or depression that ran through the first cornfield and the open plowed field through which Archers Brigade charged, and General Branch was killed while in that hollow, while sitting on his horse, and receiving an answer to a message he had just sent to General Archer.
That was late in the afternoon, and that brigade was not fond of fighting at late hours, but I knew nothing of its movements after Branch was killed, but know it did not spill much of the blood of Burnsides men….
Respectfully
TW Flynt
 
It may very well be that the 19th was not there, but it was recorded that he was taken prisoner at Gettysburg and kept until exchanged or paroled, this was stated in his obituary. I had always thought that this was weird, since he was with the 19th the whole time...

Sometimes families can get obituaries wrong, and this looks like one of those cases. I went into the Fold3 website and found the record for Tilghman (Tilman) W. Flynt of Co. G, 19th GA Infantry. The records do show him as being captured, but at Antietam (Sharpsburg) on Sep 17, 1862, not at Gettysburg, and he was exchanged at Fort Monroe June 19, 1863 and received at City Point June 20, 1863. He is also on a list of Confederate prisoners captured and paroled at Maryland, and there's a copy of the Army of Potomac parole paper the Confederate prisoners signed, promising not to take up arms again until properly exchanged.

I downloaded his record, which is kind of large; 64 pages and 88 MB of data. Many pages list requisitions of camp equipage he signed while getting his company properly supplied (as the elected Captain, he was the company commander.) There's also some more info on his wound; his leg was shortened 2-4 inches due to the bullet damage to his femur, and was still draining at the time he was found unfit for further service and discharged.

I'll contact you via the conversation function to see how I can get the downloaded records to you. Meanwhile, if you have any more questions please ask.
 
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...
My ancestors were members of Company "B" (Jackson Guards/Atlanta)19th GA. Inf. Regt. Sometimes referred to as the Irish company. My ancestor was Color Sergt./Bvt.2 Lieut./2 Lieut. Here is a link to a wartime photo taken in camp near Richmond,Va June 1862. Portraying officer's and family of Company "C" (Palmetto Guards) 19th GA inf.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ht...a=X&ei=k8TqUc29D8ugyQHVooDQDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA
 
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