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Note: Company I., 38th Ga. Inf, CSA He applied for a Pension and received $50.00 per month. The State also paid for his burial in 1925. The State paid for his suit $20.00 and for his casket $85.00. Wounded at Gains Mills in the State of Virginia on June 2, 1864. He was wounded in the right wrist and could not use the hand after that. I have war papers on E. A. Loggins, contributed by Ben Loggins, our cousin in Jonesboro, Georgia. Harold Lawrence (Letter head of First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 367, 300 West Hancock Street, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061, Telephone (912-452-4597), dated August 30, 1993, wrote a letter to Ben Loggins of Jonesboro, Georgia. Mr. Lawrence also sent a group sheet and says that his wife is a grand daughter of Azilee Loggins Anderson. The following is what Mr. Lawrence wrote on Ervin Alexander Loggins: "This family lived in a log cabin. In his elderly years, E.A. had a very narrow thin face with a long flowing beard and moustache. He would drive a buggy when on a visit to see his grandchildren. He had a crooked left hand due to being shot in the wrist during the Civil War. 2nd wife, Dorothy Gober, was an invalid in her later years, who was paralyzed, bed-ridden and could not talk. He married 1st on October 30, 1864, Neecie Clemintine Gober, b. 7-21-1846 - 5-5-1891; married 2nd on July 14, 1891, her sister, Dorothy A. Gober, b. 2-4-1848, d. 10-12-1925. Both were daughters of John Wesley Gober & Temperance Chastain. Ervin A. Loggins is buried with his 2nd wife at Cabin Creek Church between Athens & Commerce, near Nicholson, GA. His first wife is buried at Holly Springs, near Maysville, GA. ------------ December 2000 Received Death Certificate of Ervin A. Loggins. Certificate No. 09801 Place of Death: Jackson County, Georgia Militia District No.: 255th Town or City: Commerce State Register District No. 255 Registered No. 6 FULL NAME: Irvin A. Loggins Personal and Statistical Particulars: Sex: Male Color or Race: White Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: Widowed If married, Widowed, or Divorced, spouse: Dorothy Gober Loggins Date of Birth: January 24, 1844 Age: 82 years, 2 months, 23 days. Occupation: None Birthplace: Georgia Name of Father: Jim Loggins Birthplace of Father: U. S. A. Maiden Name of Mother: Miss Edwards Birthplace of Mother: U. S. A. Informant: E. G. Loggins Address: Commerce, Georgia. Died on February 17, 1926. Sick from October 15th, 1926 to February 1, 1926. Doctor last saw him alive on January 1, 1926. Death Occured on the date stated above at 9:00 A. M. Buried Cabin Creek Cemetery on February 18, 1926. Little Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, Georgia. ------- Lawton's Brigade By early June of 1862, the 38th was transferred to Lawton's brigade which would become part of Jackson's Division. A new brigade, it was comprised of the six best drilled regiments in the dept. of Georgia for service in the eastern theater of operations. Comprised of the 13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th & 61st Georgia Regiments, Lawton's Brigade would bring much needed manpower to the Confederate forces now waiting around Richmond. Under Lawton, the regiment would march north to join with Jackson's Corps at Lynchburg and then on to the Virginia peninsula just prior to the Seven Days Campaign. The regiment's first action began at 4 p.m. of June 27 at Gaines Mill. It was here under these opening guns that young Pvt. James M. Hutcherson would give his life. Through all her many engagements, the 38th Regiment Georgia Volunteers served with honor and distinction. Her battle honors are many. The men of her rank and file fought with distinction at Second Manassas. At Sharpsburg they held their line in the center of a blood soaked cornfield. At Fredericksburg, the men stained the new fallen snow red with their blood to retake a portion of the collapsed Confederate line. During Lee's invasion in Pennsylvania, it was the 38th that penetrated the furthest east - all the way to the shores of the Susquehanna. At Gettysburg, they played a key role in driving in the flank of the Federal Eleventh Corps and despite heavy losses, including their own boy Colonel, pressed the Federals into route. At Spotsylvania Court House, it was the 38th that spearheaded the counter attack into the holocaust of the Mule Shoe. During the attack on Fort Stedman at Petersburg, it was again the 38th that gave the last full measure. Driving the Federals further than any other regiment engaged. And so the story can be told on a number of fields all across the Eastern Theater. The 38th Regiment Georgia Volunteers earned their right to place of honor among the brave sons of Dixie Men who had little, but in the end gave all they had. The 38th Regiment Georgia Volunteers And so the 38th began its long arduous service to her native soil and a fledgling nation. First as part of Lawton's Brigade, and later under Gordon, they would serve with distinction with the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. After Jackson's death and reorganization of the Army, they would serve under General Gordon's Brigade of Early's Division until Gordon was promoted to Divisional command at which time the brigade would be commanded by Gen. Evans under whom they would serve until the bitter end at Appomattox. Until that time, her rank and file would take part in 28 major engagements of the Eastern Theater. From the 1,200 brave souls that left to go to war, only 105 remained to see the surrender. Gaine's Mill June 27, 1862 Malvern Hill July 1, 1862 Cedar Mountain August 9, 1862 Rappahannock Station August 23, 1862 Second Manassas August 28-30, 1862 Chantilly September 1, 1862 Harper's Ferry Sept. 12 - 15, 1862 Sharpsburg Sept. 17, 1862 Botler's Ford Sept. 19, 1862 Fredericksburg December 13, 1862 Chancellorsville May 1-4 1863 Second Winchester June 14 - 15, 1863 Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Bristoe Campaign October, 1863 Mine Run Campaign November 12, 1863 Morton's Ford Jan. 1, 1864 Wilderness May 5 -6, 1864 Spotsylvania Court House May 8 - 21, 1864 North Anna May 23 - 26, 1864 Cold Harbor June I - 3, 1864 Lynchburg Campaign June, 1864 Monocacy July 9, 1864 Third Winchester Sept. 19, 1864 Fisher's Hill Sept. 22, 1864 Cedar Creek Oct. 19, 1864 Defense of Petersburg May 6, 1864 � April, 1865 Hatcher's Run Feb. 5 � 7, 1865 Attack on Fort Stedman March 25, 1865 Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865 ------- E.A. Loggins (24), Co. I, 38 Ga Rgt, right arm, Gaines Mill, Va, PO - Constantine, Paid
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