48th Regiment, Georgia Infantry - Confederate

Brief History
This regiment completed its organization at Macon, Georgia, during the winter of 1861-1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Burke, Glascock, Warren, Richmond, Jefferson, Emanuel, and Harris. 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 2,137 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 100-101
 * Company A - ("Gibson Volunteers" or "Gibson Guard) Glascock County - see - Roster on page 101-111;  USGenWeb
 * Company B - ("Warren Infantry") Warren County - see - Rosteron page 111-123;  USGenWeb
 * Company C - ("George Light Guards") Richmond County - see - Roster on page 123-130;
 * Company D - ("Burke Volunteers ") Burke County - see - Roster  on page 130-138;  USGenWeb
 * Company E - ("Jefferson Volunteers") Jefferson County - see - Roster on page 138-147;  USGenWeb
 * Company F - ("Battleground Guards") Johnson County - see - Roster on page 147-157;  USGenWeb
 * Company G - ("Slappey Guards") Twiggs County - see - Roster - on page 157-167;  USGenWeb
 * Company H - ("McLeod Volunteers") Emanuel County - see - Roster on - page 168-177;  USGenWeb
 * Company I - ("Wilson Tigers") Richmond  County - see - Roster - on page 177-186;  USGenWeb
 * Company K - ("Hamilton Rangers") Columbia County - see - Roster - on page 187-196; 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

 * Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project - Civil War Records - Individual Soldiers








 * 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. dditional information.


 * Cobb, Angela W. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Burke County, Georgia 1861-1865. (Baltimore, Maryland : Gateway Press, c1998),