Franklin Parish Sharpshooters History

The Franklin Sharpshooters were a company of men raised in Franklin Parish during the Civil War. They became Company E of the 8th Louisiana Infantry. Among the many men that served in this fine unit were German A. Lester, Newton Z. Guice, Joseph Bryan, Marcus Short, James and Samuel Baggett, Charles Small, several members of the Barfield family, A. J. Ensminger, and members of the following families: Ford, Fishel, Haas, Jolly, Kapps, Moore, Nestor, Oglethorpe, Price, Scott, Suddeth, Thorn, West, Youngblood, and many more. Thanks to Wayne Cobsy for his help with this.

"Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Masons" of La. for 1898. The Confederate veterans had a reunion and organization today. Quite a discussion as to what the name of this camp should be. Fitzhugh Lee was suggested, likewise R. E. Lee, R .L. Gibson, Stonewall (Jackson), Joe E. Johnson, General Taylor and Franklin Sharp Shooters but they decided on no one, but finally decided to adopt the last suggested name."

Franklin Sharpshooters, Company E, 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1865 Company Roster

OFFICERS

Lester, German Albert, Captain
Guice, Newton Zebulon, 1st Lt.
Montgomery, Robert, 2nd Lt.
Bryan, Joseph B., Jr. 2nd Lt.
Guyer, Richard, 1st Sgt.

Hamilton, Spencer G., 2nd Sgt.
Short, Marquis Augustus, 3rd Sgt.
Desha, James A., 4th Sgt.
Small, Charles, H., 5th Sgt.
Fishel, Charles, 1st Cpl.

Guice, Moses Alexander, 2nd Cpl.
Glasscock, Egbert A., 3rd Cpl.
Stephens, Edward W., 4th Cpl.
Dawson, R.N., Surgeon
Guyer, Richard, Orderly

PRIVATES

Abney, Henry C.
Aiken, Charles
Allen, Abijah
Allen, Samuel T.
Arnold, William
Baggett, James M.
Baggett, Samuel V.
Baker, John Wesley*
Barfield, Benjamin Franklin*
Barfield, Francis M.
Barfield, George W.
Barfield, Marion F.*
Barfield, Zachariah T.
Barnett, David H.
Barrett, Andrew J.
Barrett, John
Barry, James
Bigelow, Ira C.
Blankenship, William
Boice, Edwin A.
Bradley, Samuel T.
Brendtner, Charles
Broughton, Thomas B.
Burns, Reason
Bussinger, Anthony
Cannon, James
Carraway, Charles G.
Carroll, Alexander
Carroll, James M.
Chambliss, J. W.
Cissna, Theophilus M.
Coats, Richard D.N.
Coe, Benjamin F.
Comerchi, John
Conway, Elijah H.
Cook, Henry
Cook, William
Cotton, Benjamin F.
Courtney, Edward B.

Covington, John Jefferson
Dahn, Marcus
Davidson, Tyre S.
Dawson, Robert N.
Doran, Malachi
Doughten, Joseph B.
Doyal, Johnson R.
Egan, John
Ellis, Cyrus N. J.
Ellis, Josseph A. K. B.
Ensminger, Andrew Jackson
Etier, Isaiah
Fenley, Joseph A.
Finley, George R.
Ford, John D.
Foster, Wade H.
Fox, William H.
Grant, Matthew
Grant, Thomas
Haas, Isadore
Haggard, Jesse M.
Hardesty, John
Hawthorne, Washington A.
Hicks, Thomas W.
Higginbotham, F.
Hilliard, John F.
Hindman, James A.
Hitt, Charles
Hootsell, Joseph
Howell, James E.
Hughes, David
Hughes, James F.
Iler, John J.
Iler, Mayberry A.
Johns, Joshua O.
Johnson, John William
Jolly, Simeon
Jones, Benjamin A.

Jones, William E.
Kapps, Theodore
Kerr, Charles, A.
King, James W.
Lansdown, Frank R.
Larey, Alfred E.
Loper, Edward
Martin, Josiah N.
McClendon, Joel F.
McGalliard, Samuel W.
McGalliard, William Miller
McKenna, Michael J.
McKenzie, Allen J.
McVay, John B.
Miller, George W.
Moore, Alonzo D. Oliver
Moore, Lorenzo N.
Moore, Robert
Morgan, Louis L.
Neames, John B.
Nelson, Robert P.
Nestor, Hannibal
Norton, Edward P.
Norwood, Theophilus B.
Oglethorpe, James M.
Oliver, Meredith W.
Osterhoff, Herman
Pearce, Benjamin F.
Peterson, Peter
Phillips, Isaac
Phillips, James E.
Porter, Joseph
Posey, Daniel K.
Posey, David T.
Prewitt, William H.
Prewitt, William T.
Price, Pillsworth
Rains, Henry

Randolph, Angus B.
Raney, James W.
Renfro, Alfred
Richardson, William H.
Roark, Rufus
Robinson, Edward B.*
Ross, John. L.*
Scott, Henry Montague*
Scott, John D.*
Scott, Robert Heath*
Shamblin, James W.
Sims, Benjamin Francis
Sisson, William Lane
Sudduth, James
Swift, Richard
Tarver, Charles J.
Thomas, Joseph D.
Thomas, William A.
Thomason, Ira G.
Thomason, John J.
Thorn, Benjamin Thomas
Thorn, Jesse M.
Thorn, Stephen Moore
Tracy, Nathan K.
Vickers, James M.
Wall, John G.
Warner, James M.
West, George T.
Wicks, James A.
Wicks, Wiley G.
Wiggins, Francis M.
Wilkinson, Wiley
Williams, Jeremiah
Wilson, Ebeneezer M.
Wilson, Edward D.
Wilson, Marcus L.
Word, John W.
Youngblood, Francis M.

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