Berrien Minute Men
Berrien County, Georgia sent forth in the Civil War two companies of men known as the Berrien Minute Men.
The first company, organized in the summer of 1861 by Captain Levi J. Knight , was designated at various times as Captain Knight’s Company, Captain Wylly’s Company, Company A Berrien Minute Men, (old) Company C 29th GA Regiment, (new) Company G 29th GA Regiment.
The second company, organized in the fall of 1861 was successively known as Company B Berrien Minute Men, Captain Lamb’s Company, Company D, and Company K 29th GA Regiment.
For the most part, both companies of Berrien Minute Men traveled with the 29th Georgia Regiment and kept the same campfires, although occasionally they had different stations.
| 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 |
| 1861 July 19 | at Causton’s Bluff near Savannah, GA |
| 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 |
| 1861 August 1 | Levi J. Knight elected Captain of Company C |
| 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 August | Berrien Minute Men, Company C, 29th GA Regt at Savannah, GA |
| 1861 Fall | A second company of Berrien Minute Men was organized as Company D, 29th GA Regiment. This company was later known as Company K. |
| 1861 October 2 | Levi J. Knight elected Major of the 29th GA Regiment |
| 1861 October 5 | Berrien Minute Men Company D arrived Savannah, GA |
| 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 | At Camp Spaulding, Sapelo Island, GA |
| 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 |
| 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 December 1 | Near Darien, GA |
| 1861 December 18 | At Camp Security, GA |
| 1862 January | Darien, GA; Company 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 20 | Camp Wilson, GA; Company C & Company D, receipt of firewood |
| 1862 March 7 | Berrien Minute Men at Camp Tatnall, near Savannah, GA while “the old Berrien Company” is on Smith’s Island |
| 1862 March | Berrien Minute Men at Camp Tatnall, GA |
| 1862 March 13 | Camp Tatnall, GA; receipt of firewood |
| 1862 March 15 | Camp Tatnall, GA; receipt of coffin |
| 1862 March 18 | Camp Tatnall, GA |
| 1862 March 20 | Camp Tatnall, GA |
| 1862 March 24 | Camp Tatnall, GA; receipt of lumber and shoes |
| 1862 March 26 | Camp Tatnall, GA; receipt of coffin |
| 1862 April 1 | At Camp Tatnall, GA; receipt of coffin; firewood; forage |
| 1862 April 17 | At Camp Tatnall, GA |
| 1862 April 18 | At Causton’s Bluff, GA |
| 1862 April 23 | At Causton’s Bluff, GA; receipt of supplies |
| 1862 May | Berrien Minute Men at Causton’s Bluff near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 May 1 | At Causton’s Bluff, GA; receipt of coffin; firewood; forage |
| 1862 May 10 | At Camp Debtford Major Levi J. Knight resigns; John C. Lamb elected major of the Regiment; |
| 1862 May | At Camp Debtford Thomas S. Wylly elected captain of the Berrien Minute Men |
| 1862 May | Levi J. Knight, Jr elected Captain of Company D? |
| 1862 May 22 | at Causton’s Bluff; Wiley E. Baxter elected 2nd Lieut. Co. K |
| 1862 June | Captain Levi J. Knight in command of Lawton Battery |
| 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 | Berrien Minute Men at Camp Mackey, near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 June 12 | At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 June 19 | At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 June 26 | At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 June 27 | At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 July 5 | At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 July | Major Lamb on temporary detached duty, |
| 1862 July 27 | Picket duty on White Marsh and at Capers Battery |
| 1862 July 30 | At Causton’s Bluff, near Savannah, 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 11 | At a camp near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 September 13 | At Camp Troupe |
| 1862 October 4 | In route by train from Savannah to Grooverville, Brooks County; marched to Monticello, FL |
| 1862 October 5 | In route by train from Monticello to Lake City, FL |
| 1862 October 6 | In route by train from Lake City to Camp near Baldwin, FL |
| 1862 October 7 | Picket duty near Baldwin, FL |
| 1862 October 21 | Return from Jacksonville, FL |
| 1862 October 25 | Berrien Minute Men at “a camp near Savannah, GA” |
| 1862 November | Stationed Camp Young three miles from Savannah |
| 1862 November 9 | At a camp near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 November 14 | Camp Young, Near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 November 21 | Camp Young, Near Savannah, GA; receipt of tents |
| 1862 November 25 | Near Savannah, GA |
| 1862 November 28 | Savannah River Batteries |
| 1862 December 14 | Embarked by train to Wilmington, NC |
| 1862 December 16 | Company D in Battle of Nashville |
| 1862 December 20 | At Kingsville, NC |
| 1862 December ? | At Camp Clingman |
| 1862 December 31 | Returned by train to Savannah, GA |
| 1862 December 31 | Elbert J. Chapman, “Old Yaller” AWOL |
| 1863 January 1 | Camp Young, GA; receipt of forage, Company D |
| 1863 January 3 | Berrien Minute Men returned to Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
| 1863 January 7 | In route to Wilmington, NC |
| 1863 January 21 | On station at Wilmington, NC |
| 1863 February | On station at Wilmington, NC |
| 1863 Feb 11 | Camp Young, near Savannah, GA; receipt of forage |
| 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 |
| 1863 Feb 25 | At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
| 1863 March 3 | At Genesis Point, Near Savannah, GA |
| 1863 March 6 | At Camp Young, near Savannah, GA |
| 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 |
| 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 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; receipt of forage, Company D |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 1863 August 23 | Embarked train in MS bound for Atlanta |
| 1863 September 5 | at camp in the field; receipt of shoes, Company K |
| 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 |
| 1863 October 18 | Camp Near Chattanooga, TN |
| 1863 October 22 | Camp Near Chattanooga, TN |
| 1863 October 31 | In the field; receipt of clothing “the men being in a destitute condition” |
| 1863 November 24 | Near Missionary Ridge |
| 1863 November 25 | Near Missionary Ridge |
| 1863 December 6 | Dalton, GA; receipt of clothing, on account of “the destitution of the men” |
| 1863 December 31 | Dalton, GA |
| 1864 January | In winter quarters at camp near Dalton, GA |
| 1864 January 12 | Dalton, GA |
| 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 |
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