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William H. Badgett, who enlisted in Company D in Whitmell, was appointed Second Lieutenant on June 3, 1861. He was promoted to Captain on May 1, 1862. He later resigned due to lung and kidney disease in July of that year (Gregory, 79).

Samuel A. Swanson, who enlisted in Company D in Whitmell, was elected Second Lieutenant on May 1, 1862. He was killed in action on Chickahominy River on May 31, 1862 (Gregory, 126).

The information that John Booker provides about John Herndon's election conflicts with the records that Gregory cites: John Herndon was a Lieutenant upon enlisting in Company D in 1861, and was appointed Second Lieutenant on April 16, 1862. He was eventually promoted to Captain on July 17, 1862 after Captain Badgett resigned (Gregory, 102).