1861 - 1865   

Montgomery County Artillery Units

	Index of Soldiers		Cavalry Units
	1906 Veterans Census		Infantry Units
	Pensioners		Artillery Units

From Battlefields & Leaders.

[Wheaton' Light Battery | Company D, 1st Georgia Regulars]

Wheaton' Light Battery
(Chatham Artillery)

    The Chatham Artillery was created in 1785 but became a Confederate unit on July 12, 1862 and fought at Fort Pulaski, GA 1862; Battery Wagner, Charleston, SC, 1863; Olustee, FL; and in the retreat to North Carolina, including the Battle of Bentonville. They were also Cleghom's Battery, 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Regiment. For their history see the sources cited under the 1st Volunteer Regiment (Olmstead's) and James Edward Garman, "Materials for the writing of Histories of Georgia Confederate Regiments: A Bibliographic Study," (Masters Thesis, Emory University, 1961), p. 116.

1. A.J. Bowen, enlisted July 12. 182, private.

2. A.J. Mclntyre, enlisted July 12, 1862, private.

3. Solomon Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered, Augusta, GA, May 26, 1865. 

4. John Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered, Augusta, GA, May 26, 1865.

5. George W. Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; died at hospital, James Island, SC, December 24, 1864.

6. Jesse J. Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered, Augusta, GA, May 26, 1865.

[Wheaton' Light Battery | Company D, 1st Georgia Regulars]

The 1st Regiment Georgia Regulars was organized as an artillery unit on July 24, 1861. It was later disbanded and many of its companies, including this one, was assigned to the 1st Volunteer Regiment of Georgia (Olmstead's; see Company K, 1st Regiment of Georgia, under infantry units) This Company was known as (Capt. Jacob) Read's, (Capt. Audley) Maxwell's, and later as (Capt. John M.) Guerard's Light Battery. They served at a number of places including Port Royal, before serving with the Army of Tennessee.

1. D.A. McLenan, enlisted February 22, 1861; listed as absent without leave, February 28, 1864.

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