SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - 5th Reserves Co E ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Volunteers Reserve regiments were a different category than the State Guard. The Reserve term designates a force that was raised under a specific call of the governor for 6- months' troops for Aug. 63 to Feb 64. They were full- time soldiers for the duration (from enlistment), but were limited by age (young or old) and/or infirmity to performing limited tasks: prison camp guards, local security forces, hunting deserters/draft dodgers, combatting cavalry raids, supplementing CSA regiments in their home states, etc. (Major Dana Mangham provided this description) Based on Pension Application in Schley County R.A. Darden September 8 1910 Co. E, 5th Ga. Reserve Inf.