Date…………………….. |
Event |
1860 November 28 |
Muster Roll of Levi J. Knight’s Company, the Berrien Minute Men |
1860 December 10 |
Organization of the Berrien Minute Men, Nashville, GA |
1861 January 19 |
Georgia Ordinance of Secession passed ~ John C. Lamb, a signer |
1861 May |
Grand Rally at Milltown for the Berrien Minute Men |
1861 May 23 |
Berrien Minute Men in camp and drilling at Nashville, GA |
1861 July |
Berrien Minute Men encamped with other companies at Brunswick, GA |
1861 Summer |
Berrien Minute Men muster in at Savannah, GA |
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1861 July 30 |
Berrien Minute Men and other companies of the 13th Regiment arrive at Savannah, GA via the Albany & Gulf Railroad; Company C issued equipment received by Capt L.J. Knight |
1861 August |
Berrien Minute Men, Company C, 29th GA Regt at Savannah, GA |
1861 August 1 |
Levi J. Knight elected Captain of Company C |
1861 August 19 |
Berrien Minute Men and other companies formally mustered in to the 13th Georgia Regiment, Colonel Cary W. Styles, Commanding |
1861 August 20 |
Berrien Minute Men transported via Brunswick & Florida Railroad (South Georgia & Florida R.R.) from station No. 9 at Tebeauville (now Waycross), GA some 60 miles to Brunswick, GA |
1861 August 28, or abt |
Berrien Minute Men & 13th Regiment encamped “in the neighborhood of Brunswick” |
1861 Fall |
A second company of Berrien Minute Men was organized – successively known as Company B Berrien Minute Men, Captain Lamb’s Company, Company D, and Company K 29th GA Regiment. |
1861 October 2 |
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1861 October 2 |
Levi J. Knight elected Major of the 29th GA Regiment |
1861 October 5 |
Berrien Minute Men Company D arrived Savannah, GA, mustered in as Company D, 29th GA Regiment. This company was later known as Company K. |
1861 October 6 |
Berrien Minute Men Companies C & D (G & K) embarked late evening aboard steamer at Savannah |
1861 October 7 |
Both companies landed at Sapelo Island, GA |
1861 October 11 |
Berrien Minute Men, Company C, 29th GA Regt at Sapelo Battery, GA |
1861 October 12 |
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1861 October 14 |
John C. Lamb elected captain of Berrien Minute Men “Company B” (Company D, later Company K) |
1861 October 16 |
At post of Sapelo Island Battery, GA; 2nd Lt. Levi J. Knight arrived at this post |
1861 October 22 |
At Camp Spaulding, Sapelo Island, GA |
1861 Winter |
Captain Knight’s Berrien Minute Men company at battery on southern end of Blackbeard Island, GA |
1861 Nov 6 |
Levi J. Knight,Sr takes commission as Major of the Regiment |
1861 Nov 28 |
Col. Randolph Spalding with companies of the 29th GA regt at Camp Lawton near Savannah. It appears the Berrien Minute Men and two other companies remain near Darien, GA |
1861 December 1 |
Near Darien, GA |
1861 December 18 |
At Camp Security, GA |
1862 January |
Darien, GA; Company C (later G) officer’s purchase of “subsistence stores…for their own use and the use of their families” |
1862 January 22 |
At Masonboro Sound, six miles east of Wilmington, NC |
1862 February 4 |
At Darien, GA; John Knight discharged with hepatitis |
1862 February 17 |
At Darien, GA Company B (later D, then K); commutation of beef ration, Capt. J. C. Lamb |
1862 February 20 |
Camp Wilson, GA; Company C & Company D, receipt of firewood by Major Levi J. Knight, Sr; Company D, receipt of fuel, Capt J. C. Lamb
Camp Tattnall, Company C, receipt of shoes, Capt T.S. Wylly |
1862 February 21 |
Captain Wylly’s Company of Berrien Minute Men ordered from Camp Wilson on the night of the 21st to Fort Jackson to relieve the Savannah Republican Blues |
1862 March 7 |
Company C – “the old Berrien Company” “Captain Wylly’s Company” on Smith’s Island (Battery Lawton) supporting Fort Jackson |
1862 March |
Berrien Minute Men at Camp Tatnall, GA |
1862 March 13 |
Camp Tatnall, GA; Company D,receipt of firewood, Capt. Lamb |
1862 March 15 |
Company D,Camp Tatnall, GA; receipt of coffin, Capt. Lamb |
1862 March 18 |
Camp Tatnall, GA |
1862 March 20 |
Camp Tatnall, GA |
1862 March 24 |
Camp Tatnall, GA, Company D; receipt of lumber and shoes, Capt J.C. Lamb |
1862 March 26 |
Camp Tatnall, GA; Company D, receipt of coffin, Capt J. C. Lamb |
1862 April 1 |
At Camp Tatnall, GA; receipt of coffin, firewood, Maj. Lamb; forage |
1862 April 17 |
At Camp Tatnall, GA |
1862 April 18 |
At Causton’s Bluff, GA |
1862 April 23 |
At Causton’s Bluff, GA; Company D,receipt of supplies,Capt J. C. Lamb. “Captain Lamb’s Company has moved from Camp Tatnall to a place on the river below fort Jackson and about one mile and a half from our camps [Camps of the 50th Georgia Regiment] -Ezekiel Parrish, letter of April 23, 1862 |
1862 May |
Company C at Battery Lawton, Smiths Island
Company D at Causton’s Bluff near Savannah, GA, receipt of supplies, Capt Lamb |
1862 May 1 |
At Causton’s Bluff, GA; receipt of coffin, firewood, Maj. Lamb; forage |
1862 May 7 |
Company C – Levi J. Knight,Jr. elected Captain
– Barzilla Knight elected 2nd Lieutenant
Company D -Jonathan D. Knight, elected Lieutenant |
1862 May 7 |
At Camp Debtford election of officers were held May 7 Thomas S. Wylly elected captain of the Berrien Minute Men
Col. W. J. Young at Causton’s Bluff |
1862 May |
Company C & Capt Levi J. Knight, Jr. at Smith’s Island |
1862 May 8 |
29th regiment at Causton’s Bluff, GA; regiment on picket duty on Oatland and Whitemarsh islands |
1862 May 10 |
Company D (later K) at Camp Debtford Major Levi J. Knight resigns; John C. Lamb elected major of the Regiment;Major Lamb reported for duty at Advanced Batteries, Savannah River, Ga, in place of Major Knight resigned, not willing to be re-elected. |
1862 May 13 |
Major J.C. Lamb at Causton’s Bluff signs certificate of disability for G. W. Fletcher. |
1862 May 17 |
at Causton’s Bluff; Receipt of supplies by Capt J. D. Knight |
1862 May 19 |
Major Lamb absent at “Detached service on duty on Savannah River near Fort Jackson since 19th May, 1862 by verbal order Gen. W. D. Smith” |
1862 May 22 |
at Causton’s Bluff; Wiley E. Baxter elected 2nd Lieut. Co. K; Receipt of supplies by Capt J. D. Knight; receipt of supplies, Maj. |
1862 May 26 |
at Causton’s Bluff; receipt of supplies, Maj. J. C. Lamb |
1862 June |
Major Lamb in command Camp Mackey, Advanced Savannah River Batteries; Captain Levi J. Knight, Jr in command of Company C at Lawton Battery, Smith’s Island; Col.W.J. Young at Causton’s Bluff |
1862 June 1 |
Company D (later K) At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA; Receipt of fuel by Capt J. D. Knight |
1862 June 2 |
Company D (later K) at Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA (at this time Causton’s Bluff is an open battery) |
1862 June |
Company D (later K) Berrien Minute Men at Camp Mackey, near Savannah, GA |
1862 June 12 |
Company D (later K) At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
1862 June 19 |
Company D (later K) At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
1862 June 26 |
Company D (later K) At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
1862 June 27 |
Company D (later K) At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
1862 July |
Company D (later K) At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA; Receipt of fuel by Capt J. D. Knight; Col. W. J. Young present |
1862 July 5 |
At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
1862 July |
Major Lamb stationed at Camp Troup, but absent on temporary “detached service on Savannah River” ; Captain Levi J. Knight, Jr. at Camp Debtford |
1862 July |
Examination of Officers acting since election of May 7, 1862 |
1862 July 17 |
at Causton’s Bluff; receipt of picket tents by Capt J. D. Knight |
1862 July 19 |
at Causton’s Bluff; receipt of supplies by Maj. L. J. Knight |
1862 July 27 |
Picket duty on Whitemarsh Island below Causton’s Bluff and at Capers? Battery |
1862 July 30 |
At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA; receipt of coffin by Capt J. D. Knight |
1862 August |
Regimental station at Camp Troup, but Major Lamb absent on temporary “detached service on Savannah River” GA |
1862 August 27 |
At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
1862 September 2 |
At a camp two miles from Savannah, GA on Thunderbolt shell road. |
1862 September 5 |
At Causton’s Bluff; receipt of wall tent by Capt. J. D. Knight |
1862 September 11 |
At a camp near Savannah, GA |
1862 September 13 |
At Camp Troupe |
1862 September |
At Causton’s Bluff; receipt of coffin by Capt J. D. Knight |
1862 September 25 |
General Mercer reports seven companies 29th Georgia Regiment at Causton’s Bluff, along with Eight companies 25th Georgia Regiment and three unattached companies (apparently including Company F, 1st Georgia Reserves) |
1862 October |
Company C (later G) & Captain Levi J. Knight, Jr at Lawton Battery, Smith’s Island |
1862 October 1 |
Pickets of Berrien Minute Men Company D, 29th Georgia Regiment fire on a Federal boat approaching Proctor’s Point. |
1862 October 3 |
Causton’s Bluff, receipt of supplies, Maj. J. C. Lamb |
1862 October 4 |
Company D (later K) In route by train from Savannah to Grooverville, Brooks County; marched to Monticello, FL |
1862 October 5 |
Company D (later K) In route by train from Monticello to Lake City, FL |
1862 October 6 |
Company D (later K) In route by train from Lake City to Camp near Baldwin, FL |
1862 October 7 |
Company D (later K) Picket duty near Baldwin, FL |
1862 October 10 |
Company D (later K) At Camp Finnegan FL; receipt of supplies by Capt J. D. Knight |
1862 October 21 |
Company D (later K) Return from Jacksonville, FL |
1862 October 22 |
At midnight the 29th and 30th Regiment to start by train for Pocotaglio to support Col. Walkers position |
1862 October 25 |
Berrien Minute Men at “a camp near Savannah, GA” |
1862 November |
Company C (later G) & Captain Levi J. Knight, Jr present at Smith’s Island, but “in arrest”
Col W J Young at Camp Young |
1862 November 1 |
Company D (later K) at Causton’s Bluff; receipt of fuel by Capt J. D. Knight; receipt of forage, Maj J. C. Lamb |
1862 November |
Major Lamb Stationed at Camp Young three miles from Savannah |
1862 November 9 |
At a camp near Savannah, GA |
1862 November 14 |
Camp Young, Near Savannah, GA; Receipt of supplies by Capt J. D. Knight |
1862 November 14 |
Causton’s Bluff, receipt of hospital tent by Maj. J. C. Lamb |
1862 November 21 |
Camp Young, Near Savannah, GA; receipt of tents by Capt J. D Knight |
1862 November 25 |
Near Savannah, GA |
1862 November 28 |
Savannah River Batteries |
1862 December 1 |
Camp Young,receipt of forage, Major Young |
1862 December 14 |
Embarked by train to Wilmington, NC |
1862 December 16 |
Company D in Battle of Nashville |
1862 December 18 |
Capt Levi J. Knight, Jr. present at Lawton Battery, but suspended from rank & commission by order Genl Beauregard |
1862 December 20 |
At Kingsville, NC |
1862 December ? |
Col W J Young & Major Lamb present at station Camp Clingman |
1862 December 31 |
Returned by train to Savannah, GA |
1862 December 31 |
Elbert J. Chapman, “Old Yaller” AWOL |
1863 January |
Camp Young, GA; receipt of fuel, Major Lamb |
1863 January 1 |
Camp Young, GA; receipt of forage, Company D; receipt of forage, Major Lamb |
1863 January 3 |
Berrien Minute Men returned to Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 January 7 |
at Camp Young; receipt of supplies by Capt J. D. Knight |
1863 January 7 |
In route to Wilmington, NC |
1863 January 12 |
At Wilmington, NC; receipt of salt by Capt J. D. Knight |
1863 January 15 |
at Camp Holmes; Receipt of supplies by Capt J. D. Knight |
1863 January 21 |
On station at Wilmington, NC |
1863 January 22 |
Receipt of supplies by Capt J. D. Knight at Camp Holmes |
1863 January 31 |
Receipt of supplies by Capt J. D. Knight at Camp Holmes |
1863 February |
On station at Wilmington, NC |
1863 Feb 11 |
Camp Young, near Savannah, GA; receipt of forage, Major Lamb |
1863 Feb 12 |
Camp Young, near Savannah, GA; receipt of stationary by Capt J. D. Knight |
1863 Feb 13 |
Capt J. D. Knight and Sgt Jonas Tomlinson detailed for 15 days “gathering conscripts” in Berrien County, GA |
1863 February 20 |
At General Review of Infantry and Cavalry at Savannah, GA |
1863 Feb 24 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA; receipt of stationary supplies, Major Lamb |
1863 Feb 25 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 March 3 |
At Genesis Point [later named Fort McAllister], Near Savannah, GA |
1863 March 6 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 March |
At Camp Young, receipt of forage, Major Lamb |
1863 March 12 |
Reward offered for deserters from Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 March 13 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 March 14 |
Inspection of 29th GA Regiment at Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 March 17 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 March 19 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 March 27 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 April 1 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA; Receipt of fuel by Capt J. D. Knight; Receipt for supplies, Major Lamb |
1863 April 2 |
At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
1863 April 9 |
Berrien Minute Men & brigade dispatched to Charleston |
1863 April 19 |
Returned to Savannah, GA |
1863 April 27 |
Dispatched to Pocotaligo, SC |
1863 April 29 |
at Coosawhatchie, SC; receipt of supplies by Captain J. D. Knight |
1863 May 4 |
Returned to Savannah, GA |
1863 May |
Berrien Minute Men and the 29th GA Regt departed Savannah for Jackson, MS |
1863 May 1 |
At Vaughan Station, MS about 32 miles east of Yazoo City and 1 mile west of Big Black River ; receipt of forage, Company D; Receipt of forage for private horses, Major Lamb |
1863 May 12 |
At McDowell’s Landing, MS |
1863 May 13 |
Arrived at Meridian, MS |
1863 May 14 |
In route by train toward Jackson, MS |
1863 May 15 |
At Forest City, MS |
1863 May 17 |
“fought all day…the battle was awful |
1863 May 28 |
At Deaconsville, MS about 20 miles east of Yazoo City, “six miles west of Vanus Station”; Deserter Elbert J. Chapman captured |
1863 May 29 |
Departed Camp near Deaconsville, MS; |
1863 May 30 |
On the march |
1863 June 3 |
Camp near Yazoo City, MS |
1863 June 4 |
moved to Camp three miles south of Yazoo City, MS |
1863 June 5 |
Camp near Yazoo City, MS (three miles south) |
1863 June 18 |
At Vernon City, MS |
1863 June 24 |
Camp near Vernon, MS; Captain J.D. Knight receives supplies |
1863 July 2 |
At a camp in the field, 25 miles from Vicksburg, MS |
1863 July 5 |
At Big Black River, MS |
1863 July 6 |
Withdrawn from Big Black River, MS |
1863 July 7 |
Marching in retreat toward Jackson, MS |
1863 July 8 |
Arrived at Jackson, MS |
1863 July 9 |
A day of rest |
1863 July 10 |
Ordered to the line of battle near Jackson, MS |
1863 July 11 |
Supporting artillery batteries |
1863 July 12 |
Supporting artillery batteries on the left of Walker’s Division |
1863 July 13 |
Supporting artillery batteries on the left of Walker’s Division; |
1863 July 13 |
Major Lamb killed in retreat from Vicksburg, MS; |
1863 July 13 |
Retreated to a position “across railroad bank”; supporting artillery |
1863 July 14 |
Supporting artillery at railroad bank near Jackson, MS |
1863 July 15 |
Supporting artillery at railroad bank near Jackson, MS |
1863 July 16 |
Supporting artillery at railroad bank near Jackson, MS |
1863 July 17 |
Retreating from Jackson, MS |
1863 July 19 |
At a camp in the field; receipt of clothes; receipt by Capt J. D. Knight of equipment replacements for articles lost in retreat from Jackson |
1863 July 20 |
At a camp in the field near Forest City, MS |
1863 July 21 |
Deserter Elbert J. Chapman executed |
1863 July 22 |
At Scott County, MS |
1863 July 23 |
Camp near Forrest City, Scott County MS; |
1863 August 10 |
Camp near Morton, MS; “Camp in Field” Expense Voucher of Capt J, D. Knight |
1863 August 21 |
Receipt of supplies at Morton MS |
1863 August 23 |
Embarked train in MS bound for Atlanta |
1863 September 5 |
Company K (formerly D) at camp in the field; receipt of shoes, William W. Knight, 2nd Sgt commanding |
1863 September 7 |
Duty at Battery Cheves |
1863 September 15 |
James Island, SC; Magazine explosion kills Seaborn J. Lastinger |
1863 September 19 |
In battle at Chickamauga; Col.Young lost right arm & resigned. |
1863 October 18 |
Camp Near Chattanooga, TN |
1863 October 22 |
Camp Near Chattanooga, TN |
1863 October 31 |
Company K (formerly D)In the field; receipt of clothing “the men being in a destitute condition” Sgt William W. Knight commanding |
1863 November 24 |
Near Missionary Ridge |
1863 November 25 |
Near Missionary Ridge |
1863 December 6 |
Company K (formerly D) Dalton, GA; receipt of clothing, on account of “the destitution of the men,” 2nd Sgt William Washington Knight, commanding |
1863 December 31 |
Dalton, GA; Capt J. D. Knight purchased new uniform |
1864 January |
In winter quarters at camp near Dalton, GA |
1864 January 12 |
Dalton, GA; Capt J. D. Knight purchased new shoes |
1864 February 29 |
near Dalton, GA |
1864 March 12 |
Dalton, GA |
1864 March 30 |
near Dalton, GA |
1864 April 30 |
provost duty inDalton, GA |
1864 May |
Retreating from Dalton, GA |
1864, May 11 |
In battle at Resaca, GA |
1864 May 16 |
Camp near Calhoon, GA |
1864, May 17 |
In battle at Adairsville, GA |
1864 May 18 |
Camp in the field near Cassville, GA |
1864 May 21 |
Camp in the field near Etowah Iron Works. |
1864 May 29 |
Forsyth, GA |
1864 June 1 |
Camp near Dallas, GA |
1864 June 5 |
Camp in the field near Acworth, GA |
1864 June 15 |
In line of battle; near Pine Mountain, GA |
1864 June 16 |
In line of battle near Marietta, GA |
1864 June 17 |
Camp near Marietta, GA |
1864 June 19 |
In line of battle near Marietta, GA |
1864 June 20 |
In line of battle near Marietta, GA |
1864 June 21 |
In line of battle near Marietta, GA |
1864 June 21 |
In line of battle near Marietta, GA |
1864, June 23 |
Battlefield near Marietta, GA |
1864 June 24 |
Battlefield near Marietta, GA |
1864 June 26 |
Supporting General Hindman’s Division |
1864 June 27 |
At Kennesaw Mountain, GA |
1864 June 28 |
Camp near Marietta, GA |
1864 July 2 |
In line of battle near Marietta, GA |
1864 July 3 |
In line of battle near Marietta, GA |
1864 July 4 |
In line of battle, four miles below Marietta |
1864 July 5 |
Withdrawn to works near Chattahoochee River, GA |
1864 July 7 |
Battlefield near Chattahoochee River, GA |
1864 July 9 |
Fell back to pickets south of Chattahoochee River |
1864 July 11 |
Camp in the field, near Atlanta, GA |
1864 July 19 |
In Line of battle near Chattahoochee River |
1864 July 20 |
In line of battle at Battle of Peachtree Creek |
1864 July 21 |
In line of battle near Atlanta |
1864 July 22 |
At the Battle of Atlanta; near Decatur, GA |
1864 July 29 |
Camp near Atlanta, GA |
1864 August 7 |
Near Atlanta, GA; “fought the Yankees” |
1864 August 8 |
Camp in the field near Atlanta, GA |
1864 August 12 |
Camp in the field near Atlanta, GA |
1864 August 26 |
Camp in the field near Atlanta, GA |
1864 August 31 |
Battle of Jonesboro, GA |
1864 September 2 |
Lovejoy Station, GA |
1864 October 19 |
Skirmish at Little River, AL |
1864 November 29 |
Springhill, TN |
1864 November 30 |
Franklin, TN |
1864 December 4 |
Overall’s Creek, TN |
1864 December 7 |
In battle at Murphreesboro |
1864 December 16 |
In battle at Nashville, TN; 29th regiment surrounded and captured |