Shortly after the battle of Seven Pines (May 31 - June 1, 1862) Company M was
assigned to the 2nd Infantry Regiment, making twelve companies. After the battle
of Seven Pines followed in quick succession the battles of Cold Harbor, Gaines'
Mill, Savage Station, Frazier's Farm and Malvern Hill. In the battles of
Ellison's Mill and Frazier's Farm, June 26 and 27, the Regiment lost 8 killed
and 52 wounded; among the killed was G. W. Parkhill, Captain of Company M.
Roll
Company M (Howell Guards)
2nd Florida Infantry Regiment
| Name |
Mustered In |
Mustered Out |
Remarks |
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Officers |
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| Captains |
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| George W. Parkhill |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Killed, Gaines' Farm, June 1862. |
| Richard C. Parkhill |
20 August 1861 |
- |
3rd Lieutenant; promoted to Captain, 1862; wounded at Frazier's Farm;
resigned latter part of 1862. |
| Elliott L. Hampton |
20 August 1861 |
- |
3rd Sergeant; promoted to 3rd Lieutenant 27 December 1861; then
Captain; killed at Gettysburg, 3 July 1863. |
| Amos Whitehead |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Sergeant; promoted to 2nd Lieutenant December 1861; wounded and
disabled at Sharpsburg; resigned. |
| John Day Perkins |
20 August 1861 |
- |
1st Corporal; promoted to Lieutenant; then Captain; wounded and
disabled at Gettysburg; captured and imprisoned at Cape Henry and Point
Lookout; exchanged 9 March 1864. |
| - Bailey |
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| Julian Betton |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Promoted Sergeant 29 December 1861; then Captain; wounded 2 July 1863
at Gettysburg. |
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| 1st Lieutenant |
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| John W. Eppes |
20 August 1861 |
- |
1st Lieutenant; resigned May 1861; in August was commissioned as
regular Surgeon in C.S.A. by James Seldon, Secretary of War; also served
as Surgeon in Cavalry. |
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| 2nd Lieutenants |
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| Robert H. Partridge |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Resigned. |
| William A. Ball |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Corporal; promoted Lieutenant; captured at Gettysburg. |
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Enlisted Men |
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| Akard, John |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Alexander, Robert T. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Deserted. |
| Armstrong, N. A. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
Wounded at Gettysburg, 2 July 1863. |
| Avers, Henry |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Deserted 21 August 1861. |
| Baker, Montford J. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Barkley, Thadius S. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Discharged 23 November 1861, for rheumatism. |
| Bentley, Reid M. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
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| Billingsley, Henry C. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Gettysburg, 2 July 1863. |
| Bowen, George A. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Brannon, J. R. B. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Brown, Edd. D. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Transferred to Company K, then Company A, 6th Infantry. |
| Brown, Gustavus |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
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| Bryant, Jeremiah |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Bryant, R. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
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| Campbell, Neil |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
Promoted Sergeant. |
| Carman, Albert V. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Carman, Samuel A. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Chason, Claborn |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died 7 November 1861. |
| Chason, Owen |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Chestnut, David |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Clear, William M. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Coker, John |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Connelly, Thomas |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Deserted 27 September 1861. |
| Corniff, Daniel |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded, Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862; deserted. |
| Corniff, Patrick |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
Wounded, Gettysburg, 3 July 1863; re-enlisted 28 January 1864. |
| Demilly, John T. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Transferred to Gamble's Battery. |
| Denmark, Jasper |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Denmark, Newton |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
Promoted Corporal. |
| Denmark, S. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded, Gettysburg, 3 July 1863. |
| Dice, George |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Lost an arm. |
| Dillon, Michael |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Gaines' Farm, 27 June 1862. |
| Dobson, John N. |
26 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Gaines' Farm, 27 June 1862. |
| Donaldson, Henry |
21 December 1861 |
- |
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| Duffy, Patrick |
23 August 1861 |
- |
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| Dyke, James H. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Transferred to Navy 25 September 1861. |
| Easters, Giles T. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died at hospital in Richmond 25 November 1861. |
| Ellis, Charles T. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
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| Eppes, Nicholas W. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
2nd Sergeant and Drill master; transferred to Company C, 5th
Infantry. |
| Falon, Patrick |
23 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded, Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862. |
| Footman, John Maxwell |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded, Evansport, Virginia, 31 December 1861. |
| Fulford, Jordan |
21 December 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
Promoted Sergeant. |
| Fulford, P. |
21 December 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
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| Green, James |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Gregory, John R. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
2nd Corporal. |
| Hampton, B. Wade |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Discharged December 1861; furnished substitute. |
| Hargrove, J. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
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| Hargrove, James W. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died in Richmond. |
| Herndon, Green L. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Herndon, James W. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Herndon, Jerrott |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded, Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862; also at Gettysburg, 2 July 1863.
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| Holland, Nathaniel W. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
1st Sergeant. |
| Horn, R. Benjamin M. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Ellison's Mill 26 June 1862; also at Gettysburg, 3 July
1863. |
| Hoyle, William H. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Humphries, Charles D. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Deserted 21 August 1861. |
| Ivey, James M. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Discharged by order of War Department 3 December 1861; ill
health. |
| Jerkins, Richard A. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Discharged 3 December 1861. |
| Johnson, Abram B. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Jerkins, R. A. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Killed at Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862. |
| Julian, David B. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Kent, Reuben |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Kindon, Edward T. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Kindon, T. E. W. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862. |
| Lawrence, Theodore |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died, typhoid fever, hospital, Dumphries, Virginia, 21 December
1861. |
| Lee, Allen M. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Lewis, Elery |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Lewis, James |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| McCants, Joseph L. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Promoted to Sergeant 29 December 1861; killed at Frazier's Farm 30
June 1862. |
| Paine, A. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Gaines' Farm, 27 June 1862. |
| Papy, Francisco B. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Discharged 9 September 1861 by order of Secretary of War. |
| Palmer, Jonathan R. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Discharged 31 October 1861; ill health; order Secretary of War. |
| Porter, Edward L. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
In hospital at surrender. |
| Rogers, David C. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died hospital Richmond 18 October 1861. |
| Roney, Michael |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Sealey, James J. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
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| Sherrod, John |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died at hospital, Richmond, Virginia, 26 September 1861. |
| Sherrod, William J. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Shewman, William W. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862; Gettysburg, 1 July 1863. |
| Shine, Thomas J. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Transferred to Davis' Regular Cavalry as Sergeant-Major 7 November
1861. |
| Sirles, R. W. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Gettysburg, 2 July 1863. |
| Spratt, John H. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died Danville, Virginia, 1 December 1861. |
| Strickland, Jackson |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862. |
| Strickland, John |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died at hospital, Richmond, Virginia, 23 September 1861. |
| Sturgis, Duhart |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Promoted to Corporal 12 August 1861. |
| Sturgis, Robert D. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded at Gaines' Farm, 27 June 1862; Frazier's Farm 30 June
1862. |
| Sunns, John |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Deserted 31 July 1862. |
| Sweatman, Francis M. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Deserted at Richmond, Virginia, 27 September 1861. |
| Taylor, Green B. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Taylor, John W. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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| Triplett, Thomas W. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Discharged by order of General French; substitute furnished. |
| Turnbull, Junius |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
Promoted to 3rd Sergeant 29 December 1861; promoted 1st
Sergeant. |
| Ward, Simon P. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died at hospital, Richmond, Virginia, 28 November 1861. |
| Williams, A. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Promoted Sergeant; killed at Gettysburg 3 July 1863. |
| Williams, Chesley |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Died at hospital, Richmond, Virginia, 12 September 1861. |
| Williams, George C. |
20 August 1861 |
9 April 1865 |
Wounded, Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862. |
| Williams, William A. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Wounded, Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862; captured at Gettysburg. |
| Wilson, David C. Jr. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
Imprisoned at Fort Delaware. |
| Worrell, William H. |
20 August 1861 |
- |
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Assignments of Company "M", 2nd Florida Infantry
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