Missing Soldiers

[Barnesville Blues]

This is a followup to a response I made in a thread in this section about a month ago. Allie I believe responded to me. I was making light of two soldiers who were mentioned in the writings of another soldier, yet I was unable to find a record of them serving. I was traveling at the time and didn't have all of my sources with me. Now I do so here are the two missing soldiers in better details.

These come from the writings of Pickens Rutledge Clarke who originally enlisted as a Private in Company G, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry. The first name is encountered when Clarke is sharing a conversation he had with some of his company members as they arrived at Lynchburg Va. Unfortunately, in this account, Clarke refers to the men in the Conversation only by their first name or sometimes the short version of their first name, and the first letter of the last name. I have went through this conversation in which about 7 soldiers are quoted by Clarke, all named in the same way, first name, last letter of last name. I have been able to place them all with people in the compiled service records of the unit but one. He is listed as Riley G. and is described as "as swarthy thick set fellow from the Augusta (Georgia) factory. There are no soldiers listed in the Compiled Service records that have the last name that begins with "G" and are in Company G, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry at all, so I find no record of who this man Riley G. is. In contrast, the other members quoted in the Conversation are Bill C., Sam P., Allen W., Mike H., Bill D., and John P. I have been able to match all these names with solders in the compiled service records for Company G, William Cooper, Samuel Page, Allen Wilkinson, Michael Haley, William Darley, and John Parker respectively.


The other soldier that I was not able to locate is mentioned as being the only fatality in a train wreck the unit was involved in during November of 1861. Clarke lists the only fatality as a "Private Robinetts of Company F." Company F, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry was called "The Jackson Avengers" and were from Muskogee County Georgia. In fact Clarke writes earlier that most of Company F's members came from the city of Columbus Georgia. I was not able to match up this Private Robinetts with a person in the compiled service records for Company F. I have encountered a few men in the compiled service records who were reported wounded in this train wreck, most notably Private Gideon Graddick of Company D who was discharged due to injuries received in the train wreck.

I wanted to get a fresh set of eyes on this. Would love to get your thoughts.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

This is a followup to a response I made in a thread in this section about a month ago. Allie I believe responded to me. I was making light of two soldiers who were mentioned in the writings of another soldier, yet I was unable to find a record of them serving. I was traveling at the time and didn't have all of my sources with me. Now I do so here are the two missing soldiers in better details.

These come from the writings of Pickens Rutledge Clarke who originally enlisted as a Private in Company G, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry. The first name is encountered when Clarke is sharing a conversation he had with some of his company members as they arrived at Lynchburg Va. Unfortunately, in this account, Clarke refers to the men in the Conversation only by their first name or sometimes the short version of their first name, and the first letter of the last name. I have went through this conversation in which about 7 soldiers are quoted by Clarke, all named in the same way, first name, last letter of last name. I have been able to place them all with people in the compiled service records of the unit but one. He is listed as Riley G. and is described as "as swarthy thick set fellow from the Augusta (Georgia) factory. There are no soldiers listed in the Compiled Service records that have the last name that begins with "G" and are in Company G, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry at all, so I find no record of who this man Riley G. is. In contrast, the other members quoted in the Conversation are Bill C., Sam P., Allen W., Mike H., Bill D., and John P. I have been able to match all these names with solders in the compiled service records for Company G, William Cooper, Samuel Page, Allen Wilkinson, Michael Haley, William Darley, and John Parker respectively.


The other soldier that I was not able to locate is mentioned as being the only fatality in a train wreck the unit was involved in during November of 1861. Clarke lists the only fatality as a "Private Robinetts of Company F." Company F, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry was called "The Jackson Avengers" and were from Muskogee County Georgia. In fact Clarke writes earlier that most of Company F's members came from the city of Columbus Georgia. I was not able to match up this Private Robinetts with a person in the compiled service records for Company F. I have encountered a few men in the compiled service records who were reported wounded in this train wreck, most notably Private Gideon Graddick of Company D who was discharged due to injuries received in the train wreck.

I wanted to get a fresh set of eyes on this. Would love to get your thoughts.

Hope this might help ?

- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 :

Daniel J. Robinett

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 3/4/1862 as a Musician.

On 3/4/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. GA 3rd Battn Infantry
He died of disease (date not stated) at Lexington, KY Hospl
(Died in 1862.)

Buried: Lexington, KY

 

[Barnesville Blues]

It could be East Tennessee but it doesn't really match with what Clarke said in his writings. According to Clarke Private Robinett" was killed instantly when train wrecked.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

It could be East Tennessee but it doesn't really match with what Clarke said in his writings. According to Clarke Private Robinett" was killed instantly when train wrecked.

They were part of this man's Brigade in east Tennessee early in the war. http://civilwartalk.com/threads/northerners-in-the-confederate-army.108601/page-2

 

[Barnesville Blues]

They were part of this man's Brigade in east Tennessee early in the war. http://civilwartalk.com/threads/northerners-in-the-confederate-army.108601/page-2

Yep, sure did. This train wreck occurred while the Battalion was being transported to East Tennessee to join Ledbetter. It turns out, as Clarke writes later, that his minor train wreck actually saved lives as the East Tennesse Torries derailed another train that they would have been on if they were not delayed by this train wreck. It was a much worse wreck apparently and Clarke theorized that the loss of life would have been a lot worse.

 

[Barnesville Blues]

I wanted to update and let everyone know that one of these mysteries is solved. I have learned the identity of the soldier killed in the train wreck. Clarke got the company right but the name wrong, probably because he was not a member of Clarke's company. In fact, Clarke was not even close with the name. The soldier killed in the train wreck was Private Jerry B. Broadaway, at least that is how his name appears in the compiled service records. Broadaway is a very unusual name so maybe misspelled. I'll have to look for him in 1850and 1860 and see how his name is spelled in the census. But one mystery solved. Still no idea who Riley G. of company G, 3rd Battalion Georgia Infantry might be.