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Marmaduke Swann was born in 1838 in Rhea County, Tennessee. By the start of the war Swann had moved to Gilmer County, Georgia and enlisted with the 18th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry. His regiment became part of the famed Hood's Texas Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment was organized in the spring of 1861 before being sent north to Virginia. They would later be combined with the 16th Georgia, 24th Georgia, Cobb's Legion, and Phillip's Legion to form Wofford's Georgia Brigade.
This company Muster Roll is for October of 1861.
Swann enlisted at Camp McDonald which was in Big Shanty, Georgia.
He signed on for 3 years.
This roll for January through February of 1862 also shows Swann listed as "Absent".
This roll for November through December of 1861 shows Swann
transferring to company E from company K. He also reduced in rank from
3rd Sergeant to Private. It is unknown why he is listed as "Absent".
This roll for July through August shows Swann "Absent". In actuality
Swann was wounded in the left forearm at the Battle of 2nd Manassas.
Upon being wounded, he was moved to the Atlanta area to work in a machine shop. This roll shows his "Detached service" in Decatur, Georgia.
This Muster Roll shows Swann is still "Absent". It is possible the regimental
authorities were unaware of his assignment in Georgia.
This final Muster Roll still shows Swann as "Absent".
Swann's next appears on a list of names of those who surrendered with General Wofford in Kingston, Georgia. Wofford took command of the north Georgia area later in the war to raise militia regiments and deal with bands of renegades that were terrorizing the area.
Swann returned home to Gilmer County where he built bridges and ran a grist mill. He had cataract surgery in Atlanta in about 1878 and soon after went blind. He died in 1910.
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