J.P. Rimes mustered out of the 47th Georgia Infantry and enlisted with the Hardwick Mounted Rifles March 9, 1863 in Bryan County with J.L. McAllister. Pvt. Rimes was with the HMR, Co. B until, through consolidation of units, he was transferred to Co. H, 7th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry.

Pvt. Rimes was sick in part of the March/April roll---again in September, he was sick and in October he was discharged from the hospital and ordered to report to duty at or near Petersburg, Va.

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