34th Regiment, Georgia Infantry - Confederate

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Brief History
This regiment was organized in May, 1862, at Camp McDonald, near Marietta, Georgia, recruited its members in the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Polk, Cobb, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson, and Jackson. National Park Service,

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 1,874 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 763
 * Company A - ("Fitzgerald Rifles") Whitefield County - see - Roster on page 764; USGenWeb;  USGenWeb
 * Company B - Cherokee County - see - Rosteron page 773;  USGenWeb;  USGenWeb
 * Company C - Coweta and Troup Counties - see - Roster on page 778; USGenWeb
 * Company D - Chattooga County - see - Roster  on page 785;  USGenWeb
 * Company E - ("Jackson Farmers") Jackson County - see - Roster on page 793;  USGenWeb
 * Company F - Dade County - see - Roster on page 802;  USGenWeb
 * Company G - Emanuel County - see - Roster on page 813;  USGenWeb
 * Company H - Banks County - see - Roster on page 821; USGenWeb
 * Company I - ("Flintville Greys") Franklin County - see - Roster on page 829;  USGenWeb
 * Company K - Carroll and Heard Counties - see - Roster on page 837; USGenWeb

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

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.


 * Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs, Jr. The Civil War comes to Dade County. ([S.l.] : N. C. Hughes, c1975),