19th Regiment, Georgia Infantry - Confederate

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Brief History
Assembled during the summer of 1861. Its companies were raised in Henry, Jackson,Douglas, Coweta, Carroll, Mitchell, and Bartow counties.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,015 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 614
 * Company A - ("Acworth Infantry") Cobb County - see - Roster on page 616
 * Company B - ('Newton Rifles") Newton County - see - Roster on page 624
 * Company C - ("Jackson County Volunteers") Jackson County - see - Roster on page 636
 * Company D - ("Davis Invincibles") Dougherty County - see - Roster on page 645
 * Company E - ("Stephens Infantry") Gordon County - see - Roster on page 651
 * Company F - ("Davis Guards") Bartow County - see - Roster on page 657
 * Company G - ("Lewis Volunteers") Bartow County - see - Roster on page 665
 * Company H - ("Rowland Highlanders") Bartow County - see - Roster on page 671
 * Company I - ("Dooly Light Infantry") Dooly County - see - Roster on page 681
 * Company K - ("Rowland Infantry") Bartow County - see - Roster on page 687

Georgia, and Lillian Henderson. 1959. Roster of the Confederate soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. Hapeville, Ga: Longina &amp; Porter. WorldCat   HATHI TRUST Digital Library

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Georgia in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Georgia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Georgia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.