28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry

1861 - 1865

Pictures - Company C

Pvt. Christopher C. Morris
Company C, 28th Georgia
Christopher C. Morris was born on April 10, 1847 and served as a private in Company C, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, along with his father, Needham William Morris, and brothers John B. Morris and Thomas R. Morris. He enlisted in Company C of the 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry on August 1, 1861. He was wounded on July 5, 1864 during the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia when a shell fragment hit him in the chest, penetrating his lung. The incident was witnessed by his father, Needham Morris, and fellow soldiers, E. F. Newman and W. M. Williams. He surrendered with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army on April 26, 1865 at Durham's Station, N.C., and was paroled on May 18, 1865 in Augusta, Ga. In later years, his health began to fail and he was unable to work. He applied for his Civil War disability pension on August 8, 1901. He died on June 17, 1929 and was buried in the Marvin United Methodist Church Cemetery in Martinez, Georgia.
Photo and information courtesy of Tucker Whitaker of Augusta, Georgia.

Pvt. Needham William Morris
Company C, 28th Georgia
Needham William Morris enlisted as a private on March 1, 1862. The December 31 1863, roll (last on file) shows him present. He was born January 17, 1819 and died June 16, 1902. Needham was married twice. He had 11 children by each wife. His sons, Christopher C. Morris, John B. Morris, and Thomas R. Morris also served in Company C, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. He is buried in the Marvin United Methodist Church Cemetery in Martinez, Georgia.
Photo courtesy of David Butler by permission of Betty Morris Campbell.

Envelope from
2nd Cpl. T.W.G. Inglet
Company C, 28th Georgia
Envelope is addressed from "T.W.G. Inglet Co. C 28 Reg. Ga. Vols." to "Mrs. Martha A. Inglet Berzelia Columbia Co. Georgia" and is postmarked "GUINEYS VA MAY." T.W.G. Inglet enlisted as a Private on September 10, 1861. He was appointed to 2nd Corporal on August 1, 1863. Pension records show that he was wounded in the left hand, necessitating amputation of two fingers, at Cold Harbor, Virginia, on June 27, 1862; and again in the right foot at Darbytown Road, Virginia, on October 7, 1864. He was furloughed from Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, in 1864, and was in an Augusta, Georgia, hospital at the close of the war. He was born in Richmond County, Georgia, on February 27, 1839.
Photo courtesy of Greg Wright.