Governor's Horse Guards

Governor's Horse Guards was an elite military calvary corp composed of the leading citizens of Milledgeville. There were abouth 40 members when first organized May 21, 1859.
Officers of the Corp May 21, 1859:
C. DuBignon, Captain
John Jones, 1st Lieutenant
L. A. Jordan, Cornet
M. Grieve, Jr. Orderly Sergeant
J. Stiles, 2d Sergeant
G. T. Myrick, 3d Sergeant
E. A. Nisbet, 4th Sergeant
Wm. McCombs, 1st Corporal
D. Tucker, 2d Corporal
F. G. Grieve, 3d Corporal
A. P. Williams, Esq. Secretary & Treasurer.
Uniforms: According to the Southern Recorder dated 24 Jan 1860 the uniforms made in New York cost around $2,000. The pants were "of dark blue with a red and gold lace stripe down the sides. The coat was also dark blue, gold lace covering the breast, crossed from one side to the other, surmounted by sixty heavy gilt oval buttons running down in five rows, the coat buttoning on the centre row ". The back of the coat was "also ornamented with gold lace, the whole making a very showy appearance. in the Jan 15, 1861 Southern Recorder states that the dress Caps were made M. Lentz in Milledgeville

Governor's Horse Guards, Company A, Phillips Legion Calvary 1861
Mustered into service July 5, 1861. Ordered ito camps by Governor Brown in May 1861, marched to Big Shanty above Marietta the latter part of June,
and on the 5th of July was mustered into service for the war. Roster from *Southern Recorder,* July 16, 1861
Officers: Capt. Charles DuBignon, resigned due to increase in deafness, Jun 1862 1st Lieut. Samuel G. White 2nd Lieut. James H. Nichols O. S. Thomas H Kenan Sergeants: 1st Thomas H. Kenan 2d Dr. J. S. Butts 3d J. W. McDowell 4th Iverson L. Harris, Jr. Corporals 1st E. J. Humphries 2. W. T. Mapp 3d. James A. Beall 4th John W. Baker	Privates: J. R. Andrews George B. Beecher J. S. Best J. O. Bonner P. W. Brown R R Brown J. S. Butts B. V. Cox Lee W Dance E. F. deGraffenried Charles DuBignon, Jr. W. B. Echols J. F. Gregory W. K. Guerineaux T. Hartley Hall	James M. Hall Rabun M Hall Thomas A Haygood died 2/17/1863 H Hudson J. T. Jones Richard Nichols Lamar Tomlinson F. Newell James A. Prosser Littleton Jasper Pugh, died near Louisburg N.C., Oct 1861, age 24, remains sent home N. J. Pugh J. W. Roberts P. M. Smith W. J. Smith J. W. Stembridge Henry A Wise

MUSTER ROLL of the Governors Horse Guards
Company A, Phillips Legion of Cavalry, on May 1, 1864. Roster from *Union Recorder* Mar. 12, 1901
Captain J. H. Nichols 1st Lieut. G. B. Beecher 2d Lieuty. W. T. Mapp 2d Lieut D. T. Couch, Jr. 1st Serg, J. A. Bell 2d Serg. Perrin Winfield Brown 3d Serg. Elisha James Humphries 4th Serg. J. W. Baker (Cobb County) 5th Serg. J. O. Bonner 1st Corp. J. S. Best 2d Corp W. J. Smith 3d Corp. D. Mead Smith 4th Corp. J. W. Jones Farrier, Thomas Augustus Prosser PRIVATES William Armstrong Isaac Bales James Bales J. O. Bonner Robert Richard Brown	W. L. Byers W. D. Couch L. W. Dance J. R. Daniel J. J. David J. Davis J. H. Dickson J. W. Dickson J. C. Dowdy W. B. Echols William Ennis H. F. Fields A. J. Gibson, transf. from Baldwin Blues T. F. Green J. F. Gregory B. C. Hall J. W. Hall R. M. Hall Thomas Jefferson Hall	E. Holland M. R. Holland Urby H. Howard H. D. Hudson J. T. Jones J. H. Lawrence W. H. Lednum Lucius L. Lester D. Martin J. A. Martin O. Miller James B. Moran J. A. Orme Charles. E. Prosser James A. Prosser Thomas A. Prosser died 11/8/1864 at home Reuben A. Prosser, G. Porter N. J. Pugh	John William Roberts E. Robinson J. H. Robinson John W. Robinson T. C. Robinson W. E. Robinson J. B. Russell J. W. Smith T. D. Smith J. Smith J. Stokes M. B. Talbird J. H. Terry J. J. Turner E. Truelove H. Watson W. J. Welch O. T. White Henry a Wise/Wyse (of Wilkinson Co,)