Enlisted as a private in Co. A,59th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 3,1862. Transferred to Co. D, l7th Regiment Ga. Inf., in exchange for Francis W. Wilder, May 23,1863. Wounded in breast, foot, and arm, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2,1863. Died of wounds July 19,1863. Glenn Hodges lists him as being a member of the 11th Georgia at the Battle of Gettysburg and wounded at Arnold's Farm.
REF: Henderson - Roster of the Confederate Soldiers
EMAIL from ghodges@planttel.net (Glenn Hodges)

Luke, George A. (9 DEC 1838 - ??)

George served in the GA 49th Infantry Regiment, Company F.
Private March 4,1862. Captured near Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 6,1865 . (Born in Irwin County, GA).

Luke, George W. (6 DEC 1836 - ??)

George served in the GA 49th Infantry Regiment, Company F.
Private March 4, 1862 . Wounded in hip at Fredericksburg, Va. December 13, 1862. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va. December 15, 1862. Transferred to Danville, Va. December 23, 1862. Furloughed for 30 days April 7, 1863. Received pay at Richmond, Va. April 22, 1864. Pension records show he was transferred to C. S. Navy in 1864 , and was at James River, Va. close of war. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga.)
REF: EMAIL from lukech@planttel.net (Charles R Luke) (greatgrandson)

Luke, James

James served in the GA 49th Infantry Regiment, Company F.
Private March 4,1862 . Elected Sheriff of Wilcox County, Ga.

William served in the GA 49th Infantry Regiment, Company F.
Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 6lst Regiment Ga. Inf. August 27, 1861 . Discharged, disability, October 26, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 49th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862 . Died of typhoid fever at Camp Davis, Ga.

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