The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29
,roRGIA HUSSARS' HISTORY.
continued from Eighth Page)

from Eighth Ld5S.J
W Drnmmond a captain in TIE
vaie f. 1.s,r,ia Infantry, Private W. w.
Frs. .s1fain and assistant adju;ant
GoTuO.il IN, cen. r. H. Anderson's brigade;
gael1 = lIoxley Sorrel became briga-
l4'-s,s-al Private Benz. Ed. stiles be-
der 7lI,.j of the Sixteenth Georgia In
CANE .,5 was killed at Berryville, Va;
TAT R. Alex Wayne became colonel
/. 'be First Georgia Regulars.
u o..srs who received commissions were
Zittrouer, captain, ana Fhlhp
Jas, and Thomas F. Williams, iieuten-
4oise If company B, Georgia Hus-
81 Dacid Waldhauer, captain Company
"a 80 Hussars; NJ. Edgar Williams,
A. t, Tg4ntieth Georgia Battalion of
CAPT. VIM. Henry Stiles, Jr., captain
SSo.,1l,5 Georgia Infantry; Sam Breck
I--l,,,sn second lieutenant Pulaski
II.-.r'js, Ro1t. H. Elliott, second lieuten-
N1'l.- r fg1t Guards First>Georgia Regi-
III. & Ridgely Goodwin, first lieutenant
ne ,i3e-de-camp to Gen. Gilmore; Geo.
u 1obnston second lieutenant Georgia
Ln.,nsbooters. R. M. Mcclellan, captain
-5 lgar. ernaster Jeff Davis Legion.
r. euno uu these promotions out OF the
s.-t,-6,s men composing the membership
~ ,5e Hussars which served at Fort Pu-
,a.5i IN January. 1861, there was after
e., furnished to the Confederacy one
,'rie.lisr general, three colonies, two lieu
tco9nt cOonels. nine captains, four hlst
,.srtsrsuts and eight second lieutenants,
~ toraI OF twenty-nine officers of all
grades,
The second roster given is that of the
Georgia HuSsars who volunteered in re-
snonse to a call from Gen. A. r. Lawton,
then commanding the district of Georgia,
Tor outlook duty on Sl1idaway Island for
one month at the expiration of which
neriod they We're mustered out of service
al Oglethorpe barracks, Savannah, June
10 1851 The company was commanded
nv Can't j. Fred Wsring, with Lieuts.
David Waldhauer and Richard J. Davant.
Resides the officers there were fifty-six
men. many Wen known Savannah names
appearing on the list.
Below is the roster of the Georgia Hus-
sars. Company A. afterwards Company
F of the jeff Davis Legion, as it left Sa-
vannah Sept IS, 1861. The proffer of the
company was accepted by the Confederate
government on its own terms, that it put
itself in Virginia. fully equipped and ready
for service free of cost to the govern
ment. This was done Eat an expense of
about &5G0 to the members Of the COM
pany:
Captan-J. FRED Warlng.
First Leutenant-David Waldhauer
Second William w. Gordon.
Second Lieutenant (Junior)-A. Nee.
Duncan.
First Sergeant-Thomas H. Durham.
Second sergeant-Robert Saussy.
Third Sergeant-Benjamin Green.
Fourth Sergeant-Joseph NJ Turner.
Fifth sergeant-W Norman Mcdonald.
Privates-G George w. Dillon. Joseph
Wash5urn Donald Mcdonald, Robert c.
Guerard, r. Miller Mcclellan, George r.
Anderson John D. Andus, Henry E Ball
Franklin Bird Thomas P Bond, R. f.
W. Burroushs, Barry Byrd, Andrew J.
Campbell Robert Campbell, Timothy B.
Chisholm j. w. c. Clarke, Michael
Clarke Lauchlan H Clemens, Alfred
Cuthberi Raymond NJ. Demere, William
Frew John H. Fulton, Edward Gordon,
Joseph Cough. Francis R. Goulding, A.
". Graham William H. Hewlett, Thorn
as W. Hayward Carolin c. Hines, A.
Champion Knapp, d. Kennedy, Alfred
Ladd j. W. Langley, Thomas W. Lake,
&C. Howell Mann, Henry p. Miller, w.
lnman Miller. Samuel Millett Charles H.
MoTel John d. Munnerlyn, John Mccoy
Mcintosh d. F. McLennan, Alex c. Nc
Rae W. 2. O'Grady, John A. Power, Dem
mis- Patrick, Ed A. Rohrer, Daniel Ram
b. J. w. Rain, G. Nowlan Saussy, Emil
iano A. Silva, John Smith, John Tyler
Smith J. V. Smith, John A Sullivan,
Henry Van Giesen, William W. Waddell,
Reuben K. Walker, Joseph L. Way.
Thomas H. Williams.
The following Joined by subsequent en-
Istment Thomas G. Heidi, ]. W. Briggs,
Jeh Hyatt, James A. Bouhan, George w.
Backey. Charles n. Clemens Jacob A.
clemens Michael ]. Donnelly John Nc
Kay John c. McRae. George N. Salfner.
A NJ MeLauchlin, Richard WiIkerson,
Ezra D. Norton. Thomas Ballantyne,
John A Britton, John Davis, Amos Nick
erson, lanes Ferguson, Rudolf Seibert,
NaV toren, VIM. p. Anderson, VIM. P.
Lax" Patrick Dunn, Frank Goodwin,
Dahel j. Lcahy Charles Peters, John w.
crew, Frederick Terrier, John Burnett,
n h. sharpe. Charles H. Morris, NJ. c.
Timer, F. NJ. Mote
The following joined by transfer from
the Second South Carolina Infantry:
James H. Munnerlyn, NJ. G. Preudergast,
WIN H. Baynard, Maxey o. Scott The
Iro 10! joined by exchange Archer R.
"aL'f' VIM. }. Grubbs. James j. Ward.
me total enlistment during the war was
no. ms was diminished by disease. cas-
udi} ana otherwise as follows: BY DEATH
d, Wy 3lscaarse on account of physical dis
dDIHly' Il; by desertion, IL missing, sup
poSeo TO have been captured, 8; captured
anu remaining in hands of enemy at close
VI war. y promoted and transferred, Z;
ue'aled from troop on special service, s;
transferred in exchange, 8; killed, 6; NOR
,anl wounded, 6; casualties other than
A,ea or MORALLY wounded II.
Inc legend, which accompanies the mus
.e' Io'" gives the origin and early history
u me Hussars and much informa-
e'Jn 81 historical interest, beginning with
ooon'al times. Previous to the settlement
u 'ne colony of Georgia, says the legend,
we territory west of the Savannah river
, under military occupancy of three
I0op9 OF rangers, respectively command
~, oy ,aps. Patrick Mackay, Andrew
l'oSn aud James Mcpherson. under
~ Oh me Governor of South Carolina
- We're horsemen and patrolled the
o, 5ou9 70 see that no enemy, Indians or
r. Id less persons sheltered themselves
So l"ese troops We're continued in
az. lor some three years after the set
t5i e'' ol savannah. Fully recognizing
ana necessity of maintaining such patrol
Fetr l'i AIRY occupancy, Oglethorpe, in
PYi0a'y l'36, raised a troop of fifty
NJ OF which it subsequently, appears
cor'5. zones was captain, and which was
"'N'u IN existence under both The