44th Regiment, Georgia Infantry - Confederate

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Brief History
Completed its organization at Camp Stephens, near Griffin, Georgia, in March, 1862. Its companies were drawn from the counties of Henry, Jasper, Clarke, Clayton, Spalding, Putnum, Fayette, Pike, Morgan, and Greene.

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 2,106 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 726
 * Company A - ("Weems Guards") Henry County - see - Roster on page 728
 * Company B - ("Jasp[er Volunteers") Jasper County - see - Rosteron page 740
 * Company C - ("Johnson Guards") Clarke County - see - Roster on page 751
 * Company D - ("Esters' ") Clayton County - see - Roster  on page 763
 * Company E - ("Freeman Rangers") Spalding County - see - Roster on page 774
 * Company F - (" Putnam Volunteers") Putman County - see - Roster on page 785
 * Company G - ("Walton Blues") Walton County - see - Roster on page 571
 * Company H - ("Walton Tigers") Walton County - see - Roster on page 583 (History on page 596)
 * Company I - ("Fulton Blues") Fulton County - see - Roster on page 597
 * Company K - ("Calhoun Guards #2") Fulton County - see - Roster on page 606

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

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. tional information.