2nd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
Issued in December 1863 at Dalton, GA.
Made at the Augusta Depot.
 | History of the 2nd Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters Company A Cox's Wildcats |
Company A was originally Company M of the 5th Georgia Volunteer Infantry.
Company M was raised in Bibb County in the Macon area.
5th Georgia Service
5th Georgia Infantry Battle Flag
Organized May 11, 1861
Assigned to Pensacola, Florida from September - October 1861
Battle of Santa Rosa Island - October 9, 1861
Department of Alabama and West Florida from October 1861 - March 1862
Corinth Campaign from April - June 1862
In April, 1862, the Confederate Congress passed the following act enabling the organization of sharpshooter battalions.
SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Secretary of War may secure to be organized a battalion of sharpshooters for each brigade, consisting of not less than three nor more than six companies, to be composed of men selected from the brigade or otherwise, and armed with long-range muskets or rifles, said companies to be organized, and the commissioned officers therefore appointed by the President, by and with the advice, and consent of the Senate. Such battalions shall constitute parts of the brigades to which they belong, and shall have such field and staff officers as are authorized by law for similar battalions, to be appointed by the President, by abd with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Organized into Company A, 2nd Battalion, GA Sharpshooters on July 18, 1862
Company Commander - Captain Richard H. Whiteley
2nd Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters Service
Formed in the summer of 1862, 2nd Battalion consisted of six companies under the command of Major J. J. Cox. The men were from various sections of the state and many had seen prior service.
It was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's Brigade fighting with distinction at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Later, the battalion was brigaded under General Gist taking an active part in the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, Nashville and the Carolina Campaign.
In December 1862, 152 effectives answered the rolls. At Chickamauga, only 101 were present. During December of 1863, the battalion numbered 80 men and 65 arms. Very few surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Raleigh/Durham, NC in March of 1865.
Majors J.J. Cox and Richard H. Whiteley commanded.
 | 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Company A Muster Roll |
Commissioned Officers
Captain Richard H. Whiteley
1st Lieutenant Dennis H. Poole
2nd Lieutenant Charles H. George
2nd ( ? ) Lieutenant James B. Griffin
2nd ( ? ) Lieutenant Charles H. Cobb
Non-Commissioned Officers
1st Sergeant John R. Scott
2nd Sergeant Christopher Columbus Raley
( or Railey )
3rd Sergeant Turner T. Roan
4th Sergeant Harrison W. Cockerell
5th Sergeant Alfred Moore
Sergeant Thomas J. Daniel
1st Corporal John Quinn
2nd Corporal Simon M. Peacock
3rd Corporal John T. Monroe
4th Corporal John Burch
Musicians
Private William E. Buchanan
Private Joseph E. Barnes
Rank & File
Pvt. Louis P. Aenchbacher
Pvt. Newton J. Argo
Pvt. John W. Avery
Pvt. George F. Banks
Pvt. James S. Baxley
Pvt. Benjamin G. Beall
Pvt. William W. Blackwell
Pvt. Andrew J. Boland
Pvt. Jacob Y. Boyett
Pvt. William L. Brown
Pvt. Zachariah Brown
Pvt. William T. Burns
Pvt. Homer W. Burton
Pvt. Amos K. Capps
Pvt. William Henry Harrison Clark
Pvt. Henry Clay
Pvt. Martin V. Cook
Pvt. Benjamin A. Covington
Pvt. Edward Henry Courtney
Pvt. William Henry Dixon
Pvt. Herod G. Dupree
Pvt. James Durham
Pvt. Jeremiah Durham
Pvt. Julius Ellis
Pvt. Daniel David Fullford
Pvt. John Wesley Gilbert
Pvt. George B. Green
Pvt. George N. Harper
Pvt. John S. Hamilton
Pvt. Francis M. Headick
Pvt. William J. Ingram
Pvt. Algernon Sidney Johnson
Pvt. James W. Jones
Pvt. Thomas Kernan
Pvt. Isaac R. Lambert
Pvt. Jefferson D. Laing
Pvt. Wilson Logue
Pvt. Thomas Maples
Pvt. Charles S. Martin
Pvt. John F. Mash
Pvt. Wesley N. Massey
Pvt. Jesse Newton Maxwell
Pvt. John T. ( or J. ) McDaniel
Pvt. James M. McDonald
Pvt. Alexander McFayden
Pvt. James G. Merritt
Pvt. George N. Newnos
Pvt. Charles T. Nobles
Pvt. James T. Ogletree
Pvt. William W. Ollivant
Pvt. Caleb Lafayette Peacock
Pvt. William W. Powers
Pvt. Gilbert Priest
Pvt. Thomas L. Ribero
Pvt. Martin Riley
Pvt. James B. Roberts
Pvt. Simeon L. Roper
Pvt. James S. Sheppard
Pvt. James T. Short
Pvt. Jefferson A. Smith
Pvt. William Taylor
Pvt. William Thompson
Pvt. Lyman Barney Townsley
Pvt. Abner R. Traywick
Pvt. Benjamin L. Traywick
Pvt. Jackson Warren
Pvt. S. Harrison Wilkes
Pvt. Alexander H. Williams
Pvt. James C. Williams
Pvt. James Williamson
Pvt. John C. Willis
Pvt. Jason A. Yarborough