Zion Spriggs "CSA Captain 2nd Regiment Ga Cavalry"

Zion Spriggs was born in 1834 and died in September 1878. A Confederate military record dated 1863 identifies him as serving in the Confederate Army and is associated with several Georgia cavalry company and battalion designations. Family-tree material also associates him with the 2nd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, although the supplied record extract does not state his rank.

Zion Spriggs was born in 1834. The supplied material gives no further details about his early life, family, residence, or occupation.

During the Civil War, a 1863 Confederate military record names him as “Spriggs, Zion.” The record is from the Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Its unit field lists Capt. Newbern’s Company, Cavalry (Coffee Revengers); Capt. Pemberton’s Company, Cavalry; Ragland’s Company, Cavalry; Roswell Battalion, Cavalry; Capt. Rumph’s Company (Wayne Cavalry Guards); Capt. Russell’s Company, Cavalry; Lt. Waring’s Company, Cavalry; and Capt. Young’s Company, Cavalry (Allegheny Troopers). The supplied material also associates him with the 2nd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry.

The record identifies his branch as the Confederate Army and the conflict period as the Civil War (Confederate). Although a family-tree subtitle calls him “CSA Captain 2nd Regiment Ga Cavalry,” the supplied record extract does not give Zion Spriggs’s rank.

Zion Spriggs died in September 1878.

Historical context

According to the supplied unit overview, the 2nd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry was assembled at Albany, Georgia, in February 1862 and included men from Randolph, Dougherty, Clayton, Marion, Fulton, and Decatur counties. The regiment moved to Chattanooga, skirmished in Tennessee, and served in Forrest’s, Wharton’s, J. J. Morrison’s, Iverson’s, and C. C. Crews’ brigades. Its reported campaigns included Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Philadelphia, Campbell’s Station, Bean’s Station, Mossy Creek, the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. The overview states that the regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865, with 18 men.

This unit history provides context for the regiment named in the family-tree material, but the supplied record extract does not establish Zion Spriggs’s presence at any particular engagement or campaign.

Sources & research

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives and Records Administration publication title.

Fold3 website, Confederate military record for “Spriggs, Zion,” year 1863, Civil War (Confederate), Confederate Army; unit field listing Capt Newbern’s Co, Cavalry (Coffee Revengers), Capt Pemberton’s Co, Cavalry, Ragland’s Co, Cavalry, Roswell Battalion, Cavalry, Capt Rumph’s Co (Wayne Cavalry Guards), Capt Russell’s Co, Cavalry, Lt Waring’s Co, Cavalry, and Capt Young’s Co, Cavalry (Allegheny Troopers).

Supplied family-tree material, “2nd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry” unit overview.