Jeptha Asa Simpson

Simpson, Jeptha A, private May 13, 1862 . Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 13, 1863 . In Concert Hall Hospital at Montgomery, Ala. November 15, 1864 . Sent home on 60 days furlough December 1864 . Unable to return. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. August 30, 1838.)

The Fortieth regiment Georgia volunteers had the following officers: Col. Abda Johnson, Lieut.-Col. Robert M. Young, Maj. Raleigh G. Camp, Adjt. G. W. Warwick; Capts. (A) John H. Matthews, (B) John U. Dobbs, (c) Z. B. Hargrove, (D) Francis H. Hall, (E) J. F. Grooves, (F) John Middlebrooks, (G) Thomas J. Foster, (H) Joseph L. Nell, (I) Abda Johnson, (K) Alexander Murchison. On the organization of the regiment Captain Johnson was elected colonel. The Fortieth was assigned to service first in Tennessee, then in Mississippi; was engaged with distinction in the bat-the of Chickasaw Bayou in December, 1862, and shared the battles and hardships of the Vicksburg campaign, forming part of the garrison which surrendered with Pemberton. Exchanged in time to participate in the battle of Missionary Ridge, it bore an honorable part in the Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns. In the spring of 1865 it was consolidated with the Forty-first and Forty-third Georgia, retaining its own number, and after taking part in the campaign of the Carolinas, surrendered with General Johnston.

Company Organization of the 40th Regiment

Company A: Paulding County men

Company B: Bartow County men-Bartow Sentinels/Howard Guards

Company C: Floyd County men

Company D: Gordon County men-Calhoun Blues

Company E: Gordon County men-Gordon Infantry

Company F: Paulding County men-Paulding Washington Guards

Company G: Haralson County men-Haralson Defenders

Company H: Bartow County men-Veach Guards

Company I: Bartow County men-Bartow Rangers

Company K: Haralson County men-Haralson Invincibles