"The president of Howard College, Henry Talbird, formed a military company and took them to Virginia .... The following is a muster roll of that company: "
Henry Talbird, Captain Mathew M. England, lst Lieutenant Walter C.Y Parker, 2nd Lieutenant James H. George, 3rd Lieutenant Thomas J. Weekly, lst Sergeant (Orderly) Stewart Melvin, 2nd Sergeant Nathaniel P Muse, 3rd Sergeant George W Woodfin, 4th Sergeant Beverly F Waddle, Ensign John Trammel, lst Corporal H. Clinton Lea, 2nd Corporal John Guthrie, 3rd Corporal John G. Brewer, 4th Corporal Privates: Aully, Milton Austin, VM. Bailey, Richard Baker, Newel Ballard, Thomas B. Barge, John J. Brazelton, Joseph J. Brazelton, Wm. W Brice, Patrick Brown, Wm. L. Carter, T.D. Cochran, John W Colburn, David W Cook, Henry C. Cook, James B. Couch, WE. Crews, James M. Curb, Aaron M. Curb, Napoleon B. Cureton, David A. Didlake, George A. Donnelly, Thomas Eskridge, Austin P Ezell, Frank M. Faha,John Farland, Thomas Gaff, James W Given, George W Gray, Lysander J. Griffin, John Griffin, Robert H. Harden, A.B. Harper, Marcellus E. Hay, Wm. J. Herman, Wm. E. Hilton, WW Holifield, Robert F Hopkins, Wm. D. Horn, Richard Horton, John W Howell, Thomas B. Huff, Wm. Hunsucker, Archie M. Hunsucker, Wm. Johnson Wm. G., King, Felix King, John E. King, Wm. H. Landford, Andrew J. Lockhart, Robert P Lovelady, Noah H. Lusus, Edwin R. Marlow, John Massey, Peter Massingale, WP McCormick, John McInnis, Bryant L. McLaughlin, Wm. Merriman, Joseph W Miller, Wm. B. Mitchell, Thomas L. Morton, George W Murphy, Owen Muse, Wm. C. Nixon, George Petty, George Phillips, Wm. A. Pollard, John T. Pounds, Isham Pounds, John M. Price, Wm. Raiford, James A. Ratliff, Wm. H.H. Rea, Robert M. Smith, John Stewart, Daniel Tadlock, James H. Tadlock, Wm. B.N. Thompson, Elias B. Thompson, Joseph Trammel, Shade C. Underwood, Dock Updegrove, George Wallace, John B. Wallace, Rufus Walton, Wm. P Ward, John Warren, Aaron Warren, Marion Washburn, Andrew White, A.D. Wood, David S. Worrell, Thomas J.