Columbus, Ohio | Information Compiled by Dennis Ranney | Member of General Roswell Ripley Camp - SCV
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The Engagements Before, During And After Utoy Creek, Georgia - Extracts taken from biographies of Camp Chase

1 - (Biography # 41) When Private William Arnold of Company A of (Woodward’s) 2nd Kentucky Cavalry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 2, 1864 he had been in Williams’ Brigade in Kelly’s Division, in Major General Joseph Wheeler’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William A. Arnold died approximately 84 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

2- (Biography # 422) Federal POW Records stated Private John Craft of Company B of Colonel Young’s Battalion appeared on a descriptive roll of prisoners of war received at Camp Chase, Ohio on August 11, 1864 and sent from Louisville, Kentucky by order of (Stephen Edward) Jones and noted as captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 2, 1864. Private John Craft died approximately 193 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

3- (Biography # 1366) The compiler notes his Compiled Military Service Record’s are listed under the 11th Georgia Cavalry. The compiler notes he was with the 30th Battalion Georgia Cavalry and was taken prisoner and died during the units existence. After Private Neal’s death the unit was designated as the 11th Georgia Cavalry and his Compiled Military Service Record’s are located within this unit. His death records are in sequence with September 15, 1864 as reported on his Camp Chase death record. Captured on August 2, 1864 and has name carried as William S. Neal. Private William S. Neal died approximately 35 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small pox.

4- (Biography # 1979) The compiler notes the following: The 16th Battalion Georgia Cavalry having been increased to ten companies, its designation was changed to the 13th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, to take effect from May 2, 1864, by special order number 12, Adjutant and Generals Office dated January 16, 1865. Captured on August 2, 1864 and his name was carried as John C. Vining. Private John C. Vining died approximately 178 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

5- (Biography # 568) The compiler notes John H. Estes of Company B of the 16th Georgia Cavalry was captured on August 2, 1864 and his Compiled Military Service Records are found under the 2nd Regiment Georgia Cavalry. Corporal John H. Estes died approximately 211 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

6- (Biography # 701) His Compiled Military Service Records are located under the 13th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry under Allen J. Glover however he is listed on his Federal POW Records as being in Company C of the 16th Regiment Georgia Cavalry and captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 2, 1864. Private Allen J. Glover died approximately 180 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.



7- (Biography # 1136) The compiler further notes according to Rebecca L. Lewis’s widow pension he was a member of Company F of the 16th Georgia Battalion Cavalry and entered the service in April 1864. Federal POW Records stated Lewis Lester of Company F of the 13th Regiment Georgia Cavalry was captured near Atlanta Georgia on August 2, 1864. Private Lewis Lester died approximately 98 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

8- (Biography # 855) James F. Hill’s Compiled Military Service Records and Federal POW Records are found with the 11th Georgia Cavalry and noted as captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 2, 1864. The compiler notes the 30th Georgia Cavalry Battalion was organized by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Young and the unit was also known in the field as Young’s Cavalry Battalion. The unit had been formed for State service in May of 1864. The 30th Georgia Cavalry Battalion was absorbed into the 11th Georgia Cavalry with the addition of four companies. The 11th Georgia Cavalry was officially recognized by the Confederate authorities in Richmond, Virginia on November 14, 1864. Private James F. Hill died approximately 89 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to congestive intermittent fever.



AUGUST 3, 1864 = 25 All Confederate POW’s arrived at Camp Chase on August 14, 1864 from the Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky. The Confederates captured on August 3, 1864 at Utoy Creek were captured by two Corps, the 15th and the 23rd. The breakdown was as follows 15th Army Corps = 11 and the 23rd Army Corps = 9 and Vaughn’s Brigade in Cheatham’s Division did not state who had captured them and = 5. The compiler further notes of the 9 captured by the 23rd Army Corps, 8 were noted as captured by the 2nd Division within the 23rd Corps. Only mini biography # 21 was only listed as captured by the 23rd Army Corps. Biography # 21 was noted as being with Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps. However mini biographies 28 and 29 were also with Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps and were captured by the 2nd Division within the 23rd Army Corps. Therefore conjecture by the compiler is that mini biography # 21 was also captured by the 2nd Division 23rd Army Corps.

9- (Biography # 300) When Private John W. Carter Senior of Company G of the 27th Regiment Mississippi Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Brantley’s Brigade in Anderson’s Division, in Lieutenant General Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private John W. Carter Senior died approximately 137 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to erysipelas.

10- (Biography # 447) When Private James M. Cullins of Company H of the 22nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Deas’ Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private James M. Cullins died approximately 175 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

11- (Biography # 448) When Private John T. Cunningham of Company G of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 2nd Division, commanded by Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall of the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private John T. Cunningham died approximately 70 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

12- (Biography # 453) When Private Alexander T. Carrier of Company F of the 22nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Deas’ Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private Alexander T. Carrier died approximately 175 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

13- (Biography # 457) When Private Thomas H. Daile of Company C of the 22nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Deas’ Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private Thomas H. Daile died approximately 73 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

14- (Biography # 490) When Private Thomas E. Dillard of Company G of the 40th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division and in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 2nd Division, commanded by Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall of the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and the prisoner had been captured while on picket duty on August 3, 1864 according to the newspaper “Montgomery Daily Advertiser” dated August 23, 1864 was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private Thomas E. Dillard died approximately 141 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

15- (Biography # 649) When Private Marcus M. Freeman of Company B of the 40th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division and in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 2nd Division, commanded by Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall of the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and the prisoner had been captured while on picket duty on August 3, 1864 according to the newspaper “Montgomery Daily Advertiser” dated August 23, 1864 was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private Marcus M. Freeman died approximately 223 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

16- (Biography # 820) When Private James Head of Company B of the 19th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Deas’ Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private James Head died approximately 139 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

17- (Biography # 833) When Private Allen R. Hendrick of Company A of the 22nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Deas’ Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private Allen R. Hendrick died approximately 81 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

18- (Biography # 897) When Private Finesce E. Hopkins of Company I of the 12th Tennessee Consolidated Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Vaughn’s Brigade in Cheatham’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private F. Ewing Hopkins died approximately 164 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

19- (Biography # 955) When Private James K. Jacks of Company D of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 2nd Division, commanded by Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall of the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private James K. Jacks died approximately 162 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

20- (Biography # 999) When Private Thomas Johnson of Company A of the 40th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division and in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 2nd Division, commanded by Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall of the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and the prisoner had been captured while on picket duty on August 3, 1864 according to the newspaper “Montgomery Daily Advertiser” dated August 23, 1864 and was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private Thomas Johnson died approximately 136 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

21- (Biography # 1067) When Private Jonathan N. Koen of Company G of the 32nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private Jonathan N. Koen died approximately 119 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

22- (Biography # 1145) When Private John T. Limbaugh of Company H of the 22nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Deas’ Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private John T. Limbaugh died approximately 81 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

23- (Biography # 1237) When Private Daniel McGilberry l of Company B of the 38th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 2nd Division, commanded by Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall of the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private Daniel McGilberry died approximately 150 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

24- (Biography # 1328) When Sergeant Alvin Morrison of Company D of the 22nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Deas’ Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Sergeant Alvin Morrison died approximately 150 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

25- (Biography # 1435) When Private James Patterson of Company B of the 47th Tennessee Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Vaughn’s Brigade in Cheatham’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private James Patterson died approximately 129 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

26- (Biography # 1521) When Private George W. Quinn of Company A of the 34th Mississippi Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Brantley’s Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private George Washington Quinn died approximately 129 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

27- (Biography # 1569) When Private Lafayette Reynolds of Company K of the 29th Tennessee Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Vaughn’s Brigade in Cheatham’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Lafayette Reynolds died approximately 97 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to congestive intermittent fever.

28- (Biography # 1814) When Private William Stevens of Company D of the 38th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 2nd Division, commanded by Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall of the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private William Stevens died approximately 196 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

29- (Biography # 1835) When Private William T. Stone of Company D of the 12th (Consolidated) Tennessee Infantry was taken prisoner the during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Vaughn’s Brigade in Cheatham’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William T. Stone died approximately 90 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

30- (Biography # 1846) When Private John L. Suddeth of Company F of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 2nd Division, commanded by Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall of the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal Army of the Cumberland on August 5, 1864. Private John L. Suddeth died approximately 193 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

31- (Biography # 1934) When Private James R. Townsend of Company I of the 15th Mississippi Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Adams’ Brigade in Loring’s Division in Stewart’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private James R. Townsend died approximately 179 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

32- (Biography # 2017) When Private William J. Warren of Company I of the 47th Tennessee Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Vaughn’s Brigade in Cheatham’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William J. Warren died approximately 123 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

33- (Biography # 2046) When Private George W. Whatley of Company D of the 15th Mississippi Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 3, 1864 he had been in Adams’ Brigade in Loring’s Division in Stewart’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 6, 1864. Private George W. Whatley died approximately 60 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.



AUGUST 4, 1864 = 2. Both POW’s arrived at Camp Chase on August 14, 1864 and had been sent from Louisville, Kentucky and none were mentioned as to whom their captors were. The compiler suspects they may have been captured by the 23rd Army Corps because of being in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps in which of those in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps that were captured the day before on August 3, 1864 had been captured by the 23rd Army Corps.

34- (Biography # 1005) When Private John Jones of Company A of the 18th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 4, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private John Jones died approximately 171 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

35- (Biography # 1207) When Private Henry C. Mayhair of Company A of the 18th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 4, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Henry C. Mayhar died approximately 183 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.



AUGUST 5, 1864 = 21 All Confederates who died at Camp Chase and were captured on August 5, 1864 near Atlanta, Georgia arrived at Camp Chase on August 14, 1864. Interestingly none of the 21 noted who their captors had been. The compiler will note what Confederate Corps they belonged to. Lee’s Corps = 18; Hardee’s Corps = 3. The compiler will now note what Division they had been in Lee’s Corps. All 18 in Lee’s Corps had been in Clayton’s Division. The compiler will now note what brigade they had belonged to in Clayton Division in Lee’s Corps. Gibson’s Brigade = 13; Holtzclaw’s Brigade = 5. The compiler will now note what Division they had belonged to Hardee’s Corps. All 3 had been in Bate’s Divison. The compiler will now note what Brigade they were in with Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps. Finley’s Brigade = 2; Lewis’ Brigade = 1.

36- (Biography # 114) When Private Asa Bell of Company H of the 18th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Asa Bell died approximately 113 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

37- (Biography # 132) When Private (Spelled as) Bevill of Company C of the 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private R. D. Bevill died approximately 106 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

38- (Biography # 249) When Private Pleasant C. Bush of Company E of the 6th Regiment Florida Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Finley’s Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Pleasant Council Bush died approximately 144 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to erysipelas.

39- (Biography # 411) When Private John Courtney of Company E of the 6th Florida Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Finley’s Brigade in Bate’s Division and in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private John Courtney died approximately 153 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

40- (Biography # 419) When Private Stephen L. Cox of Company B of the 4th Battalion Louisiana of Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Stephen L. Cox died approximately 177 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.



41- (Biography # 501) When Private Timothy R. Doughty of New Company G of the 4th Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Timothy R. Doughty died approximately 68 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

42- (Biography # 689) When Private Michael S. Gilfoil of Company A of the 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division and in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Michael S. Gilfoil died approximately 200 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

43- (Biography # 747) When Private Joseph P. Guidry of Company A of the 30th Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Joseph P. Guidry died approximately 167 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

44- (Biography # 910) When Private Robert H. Howell of Company H of the 18th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Robert H. Howell died approximately 97 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

45- (Biography # 1088) When Private James R. Lark of Company F of the 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private James R. Lark died approximately 106 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

46- (Biography # 1103) When Private Pryor W. Lea of Company A of the 4th Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’ Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Pryor W. Lea died approximately 112 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to typhoid malarial fever.

47- (Biography # 1151) When Private Robert A. Lively of Company I of the 25th Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’ Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Robert Austin Lively died approximately 61 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

48- (Biography # 1165) When Private William J. Ludlow of Company A of the 25th Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’ Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William J. Ludlow died approximately 118 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to phthisis.

49- (Biography # 1171) When Private Nicholas Lyon of Company G of the 4th Regiment Kentucky Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Lewis’ Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Nicholas Lyon died approximately 279 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to diarrhea.

50- (Biography # 1200) When Private A. Seymour Mathews of Company H of the 18th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Andrew Seymour Mathews died approximately 179 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

51- (Biography # 1495) When Private Leander J. Pratt of Company B of the 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Leander J. Pratt died approximately 83 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to congestive chills.

52- (Biography # 1598) When Private Martin A. Roberts of Company C of the 4th Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Martin A. Roberts died approximately 100 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

53- (Biography # 1614) When Private James W. Rogers of Company H of the 18th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private James W. Rogers died approximately 226 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

54- (Biography # 1677) When Private Edward Scopini of Company A of the 25th Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Edward Scopini died approximately 134 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

55- (Biography # 1689) When Private William Senn of Company H of the 18th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Holtzclaw’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William Senn died approximately 163 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

56- (Biography # 1709) When Private John Shields of Company B of the 19th Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 he had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private John Shields died approximately 82 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.



AUGUST 6, 1864 = 3 These Confederates all arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio on August 18, 1864 and all died at Camp Chase and their captors were not listed.

57- (Biography # 1265) When Private John J. McWright of Company I of the 42nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 6, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private John J. McWright died approximately 181 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

58- (Biography # 1451) When Private Edwin G. Perry of Company F of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 6, 1864 he had been in Armstrong’s Brigade in Jackson’s Division in Wheeler’s Cavalry Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Edwin G. Perry died approximately 108 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

59- (Biography # 1736) When Private Joseph W. Slaughter of Company K of the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 6, 1864 he had been in Armstrong’s Brigade in Jackson’s Division in Wheeler’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Joseph W. Slaughter died approximately 183 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.



AUGUST 7, 1864 = 56 The Confederate POW’s captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864 arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio on August 18, 1864 with the exception of two, biographies number 67 and 70 who arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio on September 3, 1864 for unexplained reasons. The 14th Army Corps was largely responsible for the noted capture of Confederates on August 7, 1864 and all of them were held by the Provost Marshal of the 23rd Army Corps and then had been forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland where the majority of them arrived on August 9, 1864. However only the Confederates captured by the 14th Army Corps had come from Hardee’s Corps in which 15 soldiers are noted. Of those noted as being captured by the 14th Army Corps 10 had come from Walker’s Division and 4 had come from Bate’s Division and likewise 10 had come from Steven’s Brigade and 4 from Finley’s Brigade. There is one exception that being biography number 76 in which he had been Bate’s Division and in Finley’s Brigade but his records are only on micro-film at the NARA in Washington, DC and the compiler cannot locate them currently. And only one captured by the 14th Army Corps had come from Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps and noted as biography number 67. And only one was noted as being captured by the 16th Army Corps, biography number 70 and had been in Sear’s Brigade in French’s Division in Stewart’s Corps. And finally on biographies numbered 84 and 99 the 23rd Army Corps was noted as holding the prisoners but did not note who had captured them.

60- (Biography # 88) When Corporal William Barrett of Company I of the 42nd Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Corporal William F. Barrett died approximately 90 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to diarrhea.



61- (Biography # 149) When Private John W. Bland of Company B of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private John Wesley Bland died approximately 129 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to hemorrhage.

62- (Biography # 180) When Private Mathew Braswell of Company E of the 29th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Steven’s Brigade in Walker’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private Mathew P. Braswell died approximately 41 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

63- (Biography # 199) Private Elijah B. Brooks captured August 7, 1864 near Atlanta, Georgia of Company K of the 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry may be 1st Georgia State Troops. Private Elijah Brooks died approximately 133 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

64- (Biography # 202) Private Nathaniel Franklin Brookshire Company G 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Nathaniel Franklin Brookshire died approximately 93 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

65- (Biography # 224) When Private Jesse Bryan of Company A of the 66th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign August 7, 1864 he had been in Stevens’ Brigade in Walker’s Division and in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private Jesse Bryan died approximately 82 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

66- (Biography # 321) When Private John C. Chana of Company G of the 3rd Florida Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Finley’s Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private John C. Chana died approximately 164 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

67- (Biography # 334) When Private William M. Childers of Company A of the 43rd Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864 and Federal authorities reported him as a deserter. Private William M. Childers died approximately 111 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

68- (Biography # 342) When Private Eli J. Clark of Company A of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with General John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Eli C. Clark died approximately 88 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

69- (Biography # 343) When Private Henry Clark of Company A of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with General John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Henry Clark died approximately 157 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

70- (Biography # 367) When Private John Cochran of Company F of the 39th Mississippi Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Sears’ Brigade in French’s Division in Stewart’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 16th Army Corps commanded by Major General Greenville M. Dodge and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal in Marietta, Georgia on August 11, 1864. Private John Cochran died approximately 133 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

71- (Biography # 379) When Private John W. Colley of Company C of the 42nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private John W. Colley died approximately 180 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

72- (Biography # 463) When Private Joseph W. Daniels of Company A of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Joseph W. Daniels died approximately 104 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

73- (Biography # 480) Private Wiley H. Dean Company G 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Wiley H. Dean died approximately 50 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

74- (Biography # 512) When Private Simeon Driggers of Company A of the 7th Florida Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Finley’s Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with Lieutenant General John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private Simeon Driggers died approximately 175 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

75- (Biography # 540) When Private James M. Echols of Company H of the 66th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stevens’ Brigade in Walker’s Division and in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private James M. Echols died approximately 166 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

76- (Biography # 582) When Private Wilson Faircloth of Company G of the 6th Florida Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Finley’s Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Wilson Faircloth died approximately 55 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

77- (Biography # 597) When Private Solomon Ferrell of Company C of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Solomon Ferrell died approximately 89 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to remittent fever.

78- (Biography # 604) When Private William C. Fincher of Company C of the 66th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stevens’ Brigade in Walker’s Division and in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private William C. Fincher died approximately 160 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

79- (Biography # 626) When Private William H. Ford Senior of Company C of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William H. Ford Senior died approximately 184 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

80- (Biography # 810) When Private Gustavus M. Hathaway of Company G of the 6th Florida Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Finley’s Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private Gustavus M. Hathaway died approximately 80 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

81- (Biography # 830) The original muster rolls show Private S. G. Hembree as a member of Company E 1st Regiment Georgia State Troops and captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Sanford G. Hembree died approximately 174 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

82- (Biography # 850) George T. Hicks only has Federal POW Records and presumed to be a member of the 1st Georgia State Troops and captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private George Hicks died approximately 174 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

83- (Biography # 893) When Private Francis M. Hood of Company G of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Francis M. Hood died approximately 269 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.



84- (Biography # 943) When Private Ambrose A. Hunter of Company D of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Armstrong’s Brigade in Jackson’s Division and in Wheeler’s Cavalry Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and had been in charge of the Provost Guard of the 23rd Army Corps but no mention of who captured him. Private Ambrose A. Hunter died approximately 73 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to cerebrospinal meningitis.

85- (Biography # 951) When Private Joseph Irwin of Company B of the 3rd Florida Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Finley’s Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private Joseph Irwin died approximately 115 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

86- (Biography # 960) When Private John F. Jackson of Company C of the 66th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stevens’ Brigade in Walker’s Division and in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private John Foster Jackson died approximately 172 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

87- (Biography # 997) When Private Solomon H. Johnson of Company C of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Solomon H. Johnson died approximately 221 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

88- (Biography # 1015) Federal POW Records stated Sergeant (Spelled as) Wn N. Jones of Company G of the 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry (Olmstead’s) and captured on August 7, 1864 near Atlanta, Georgia. Sergeant William H. Jones died approximately 196 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

89- (Biography # 1016) When Private Wiley F. Jones of Company C of the 1st Fannin’s Georgia Reserves was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in ___ Brigade in ___Division and in ___Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Wiley F. Jones died approximately 108 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

90- (Biography # 1077) Private Peter J. Lamb Company E of the 1st Georgia State Troops and captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Peter J. Lamb died approximately 40 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to typhoid fever.

91- (Biography # 1089) Private Henry Lassater Company E of the 1st Georgia State Troops and captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Henry Lassater died approximately 167 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

92- (Biography # 1093) When Private William H. Lastinger of New Company K of the 29th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Steven’s Brigade in Walker’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private William Hart Lastinger died approximately 11 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

93- (Biography # 1141) When Sergeant John M. Lightfoot of New Company E of the 29th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stevens’ Brigade in Walker’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Sergeant John M. Lightfoot died approximately 88 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

94- (Biography # 1204) Federal POW Records stated Private (Spelled as) Wm. Maxwell of Company I of the 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private William Maxwell died approximately 137 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

95- (Biography # 1212) The compiler notes Thomas J. McCarter was reported in Company B of the 1st Regiment, Georgia State Troops and captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Thomas J. McCarter died approximately 182 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to apoplexy.

96- (Biography # 1259) Corporal Joseph B. McMurry Company B 1st Georgia State Troops captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Corporal Joseph B. McMurry died approximately 113 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to heart disease.

97- (Biography # 1264) Private Samuel W. McWhorter Company C 1st Georgia State Troops captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Samuel W. McWhorter died approximately 28 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to typhoid fever.

98- (Biography # 1273) When Private Joseph H. Merritt of Company G of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Joseph H. Merritt died approximately 123 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

99- (Biography # 1377) When Private David N. Nix of Company I of the 37th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Tyler’s Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and had been in charge of the Provost Guard of the 23rd Army Corps but no mention of who captured him. Private David N. Nix died approximately 116 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

100- (Biography # 1387) Private Archibald O’Brien of Company K of the 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Archibald O’Brien died approximately 117 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

101- (Biography # 1438) When Private William T. Paulk of Company E of the 42nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William T. Paulk died approximately 193 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

102- (Biography # 1567) When Private Floyd H. Revill of New Company E of the 29rd Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stevens’ Brigade in Walker’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864.

Private Floyd H. Revill died approximately 90 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

103- (Biography # 1627) Private James Madison Roper Company G 1st Georgia State Troops captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private James Madison Roper died approximately 77 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to diarrhea.

104- (Biography # 1717) When Private Isaac L. Simmons of Company E of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Isaac L. Simmons died approximately 103 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

105- (Biography # 1728) When Private John T. Sirmans of New Company G of the 29th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Steven’ Brigade in Walker’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private John T. Sirmans died approximately 142 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

106- (Biography # 1741) When Private Alexander J. Smith of New Company E of the 29th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stevens’ Brigade in Walker’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private Alexander J. Smith died approximately 110 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

107- (Biography # 1777) When Private Wilson H. Sorrells of Company H of the 42nd Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Wilson H. Sorrells died approximately 233 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

108- (Biography # 1784) Private Isaac D. Spears Company E 1st Georgia State Troops captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Isaac D. Spears died approximately 78 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

109- (Biography # 1887) When Private Joseph J. Thead of Company F of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Joseph J. Thead died approximately 151 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to general debility.

110- (Biography # 1969) When Private Benjamin Vaughn of Company B of the 1st Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in ______ Brigade in _______ Division in _______ Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Benjamin Vaughn died approximately 138 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to erysipelas.

111- (Biography # 2023) Private John M. Watson Senior Company E 1st Georgia State Troops captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private John M. Watson Senior died approximately 121 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

112- (Biography # 2037) When Private Columbus Wells of Company B of the 42nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Columbus Wells died approximately 140 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

113- (Biography # 2060) Private Charles P. Whitfield Company E 1st Georgia State Troops captured near Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1864. Private Charles P. Whitfield died approximately 77 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

114- (Biography # 2101) When Private Anderson Willoughby of Company A of the 54th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Anderson Willoughby died approximately 167 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

115- (Biography # 2104) When Private Absalom Wilson of Company F of the 42nd Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 7, 1864 he had been in Baker’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Abner Absalom Wilson died approximately 116 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to inflammation of the brain.

AUGUST 8, 1864 = 2

116- (Biography # 1285) When Private Elbert Mills of Company H of the 7th Florida Infantry was taken prisoner on August 8, 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign he had been in Finley’s Brigade in Bate’s Division in Hardee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 14th Army Corps commanded by Brigadier General Richard Woodhouse Johnson and the prisoner was forwarded to the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Cumberland on August 9, 1864. Private Elbert Mills died approximately 71 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

117- (Biography # 1336) When Private William E. Mull of Company C of the 39th North Carolina Infantry was taken prisoner on August 8, 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign he had been in Ector’s Brigade in French’s Division in Stewart’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William E. Mull died approximately 228 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.



AUGUST 10, 1864 = 1

118- (Biography # 273) Private Lachlin Campbell was a member of the 1st Georgia Infantry (Olmstead’s) and captured on August 10, 1864. Sergeant Lachlin Campbell appeared on a report of Confederate deserters who came into the lines of the 2nd Division 23rd Army Corps. Sergeant Lachlin Campbell died approximately 157 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to heart disease.



AUGUST 11, 1864 = 2

119- (Biography # 721) When Private William R. Graham of Company G of the 2nd Alabama Cavalry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 11, 1864 he had been in Ferguson’s Brigade in Jackson’s Division in Wheeler’s Cavalry Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private William R. Graham died approximately 85 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia. (Note: one page noted Graham as captured on July 22, 1864 by the 16th Army Corps)

120- (Biography # 1748) When Private Heinrick Smith of Company A of the 2nd Alabama Cavalry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 11, 1864 he had been in Ferguson’s Brigade in Jackson’s Division in Wheeler’s Cavalry Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private Heinrick Smith died approximately 121 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.



AUGUST 13, 1864 = 14 The Confederate POW’s taken on August 13, 1864 arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio on September 3, 1864. 12 of the 14 including one assumption had been captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan. 12 of the 14 including one assumption that had been captured by the 15th Army Corps were in Lee’s Corps. 6 of the 12 including one assumption that had been captured by the 15th Army Corps had been in Anderson’s Division and 6 had been in Clayton’s Division and likewise those 6 in Anderson’s Division had all came from Manigault’s Brigade and likewise all 6 in Clayton’s Division had come from Stovall’s Brigade. The other two prisoners in biographies 131 and 134 had both been with Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps but had not mentioned as to who had captured them.

121- (Biography # 229) When Private Delaney D. Bumpers of Company E of the 24th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Manigault’s Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. (The compiler notes no records within his Service Records indicated who his captors had been and it is assumed that he was captured by the 15th Army Corps) Private Delany D. Bumpers died approximately 112 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

122- (Biography # 230) When Sergeant Nathaniel J. Bumpers of Company E of the 24th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Manigault’s Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan. Private Nathaniel Bumpers died approximately 55 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

123- (Biography # 272) When Private John J. Campbell of Company K of the 40th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private John C. Campbell died approximately 99 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

124- (Biography # 296) When Private William F. Carroll of Company F of the 40th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private William F. Carroll died approximately 36 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to diarrhea.

125- (Biography # 529) When Private Thomas Dunn of Company B of the 19th South Carolina Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Manigault’s Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private Thomas Dunn died approximately 144 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

126- (Biography # 675) When Private Joshua Garrett of Company D of the 40th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private Joshua Garrett died approximately 95 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

127- (Biography # 762) When Private William P. Hall of Company E of the 24th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Manigault’s Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private William P. Hall died approximately 198 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

128- (Biography # 990) When Private George M. Johnson of Company K of the 40th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private George M. Johnson died approximately 152 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

129- (Biography # 1051) When Sergeant Adam A. Kiker of Company F of the 40th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private Adam Alexander Kiker died approximately 165 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

130- (Biography # 1468) When Private Enoch Pinkard of Company A of the 40th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private Enoch Pinkard died approximately 100 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

131- (Biography # 1585) When Private David Rider of Company I of the 43rd Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private David Rider died approximately 114 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to chronic diarrhea.

132- (Biography # 1818) When Private Dougal Stewart of Company E of the 24th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Manigault’s Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as the Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private Dougal Stewart died approximately 63 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

133- (Biography # 1860) When Private James F. Tolbert of Company G of the 19th South Carolina Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Manigault’s Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private James Franklin Tolbert died approximately 146 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to general debility.

134- (Biography # 1899) When Corporal George W. Thomason of Company E of the 40th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 13, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Corporal George W. Thomason died approximately 142 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.



AUGUST 15, 1864 = 2

135- (Biography # 1137) When Private William W. Lester of Company B of the 40th Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 15, 1864 he had been in Stovall’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 13, 1864. Private William W. Lester died approximately 169 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.

136- (Biography # 1142) When Private George W. Lightsey of Company H of the 4th Georgia Cavalry (Clinch’s) was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 15, 1864 he had been in Morgan’s Brigade in Martin’s Division in Wheeler’s Cavalry Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Private George W. Lightsey died approximately 36 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to diarrhea.



AUGUST 17, 1864 = 1

137- (Biography # 1223) When Corporal James M. McCrary of Company E of the 25th Alabama Infantry was taken prisoner at the Atlanta Campaign on August 17, 1864 he had been in Deas’ Brigade in Anderson’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and captured by the 15th Army Corps commanded by Major General John A. Logan and forwarded to the Army of the Cumberland on August 17, 1864. Corporal James Madison McCrary died approximately 182 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.



AUGUST 19, 1864 = 1

138- (Biography # 1761) When Private Noah Benson Smith of Company I of the 42nd Regiment Georgia Infantry was taken prisoner near Atlanta, Georgia on August 19, 1864 and had been in Stovall’s Brigade; Clayton’s Division; Lee’s Corps and captured by the 23rd Army Corps commanded by Major General Schofield and under remarks stated deserter and turned over to the Army of the Cumberland on August 19, 1864. Private Noah Benson Smith died approximately 36 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to small-pox.



BODY DISINTERRED ON NOVEMBER 24, 1864 DOES NOT HAVE TOMBSTONE AT CAMP CHASE

Sergeant Thomas J. Stephens of the Company B of the 16/25 Regiment Louisiana Infantry was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign on August 5, 1864 and had been in Gibson’s Brigade in Clayton’s Division in Lee’s Corps with John Bell Hood as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee and arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio on August 14, 1864. Sergeant Thomas J. Stephens died approximately 102 days after arriving at Camp Chase, Ohio due to pneumonia.

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