Georgia Civil War Confederate Infantry Units

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 * 1st Brigade, Georgia Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st City Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Columbus) (Confederate) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Confederate Battalion, Georgia Infantry Organized with five companies during the late fall of 1861. January, 1863, merged into the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment.


 * 1st Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Olmstead's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Ramsey's) Formed at Macon, Georgia, in April, 1861. The men were raised in the towns and cities of Newnan, Perry, Augusta, Sandersville, Atlanta, Bainbridge, Quitman, Dahlonega, and Columbus. Mustered out of service in Macon.  However, many of the men joined the 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion and other Georgia commands.


 * 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Consolidated Regiment, Georgia Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Local Troops) (Augusta) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit


 * 2nd Battalion, Georgia Infantry Assembled at Norfolk, Virginia, in April, 1861. Transferred to A.R. Wright's Brigade. The unit surrendered 8 officers and 74 men in April, 1865.


 * 2nd Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Completed its organization at Brunswick, Georgia, in June, 1861,


 * 3rd Battalion, Georgia Infantry Organized at the Upson Camp Ground, near The Rock, Georgia, during the summer of 1861. In the spring of 1863 the battalion merged into the 37th Georgia Infantry Regiment.


 * 3rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Assembled at Augusta, Georgia, in April, 1861. Surrendered in April, 1865,


 * 4th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit


 * 4th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized in April, 1861, at Augusta, Georgia, recruited its companies in the counties of Talbot, Troup, Macon, Gordon, Twiggs, Dougherty, Jasper, Baldwin, and Sumter. April 9, 1865, it surrendered.


 * 5th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 5th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized in May, 1861, it surrendered,April


 * 5th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Macon, Georiga, in April, 1861, and soon moved ot Virginia. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Bibb, Crawford, Butts, Baker, Twiggs, Gilmer, Taylor, and Mitchell. Surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.


 * 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 7th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Formed in May, 1861, at Atlanta, Georgia.April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 24 officers and 164 men.


 * 7th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 8th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Organized with six companies during the early spring of 1862 at Savannah, Georgia. Some of the men were from Adairsville and Thornburgh, and Gordon County. Surrendered on April 26, 1865.


 * 8th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized by Colonel F.S. Bartow during the spring of 1861.


 * 8th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 9th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Organized during the winter of 1861-1862


 * 9th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the late spring of 1861, contained men from Wilkinson, Walton, Chattooga, Clay, Talbot, Baldwin, Fayette, Brooks, Troup, and Sumter counties.


 * 9th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Also called 3rd Battalion] was formed at Americus, Georgia, during the summer of 1862. Its five companies were made up of men from Macon and Sumter counties.


 * 10th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Jonesboro, Georgia, in June, 1861, and in July moved to Virginia. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Clayton, Chattahoochee, De Kalb, Wilcox, Bibb, Richmond, Fayette, and Pulaski.


 * 11th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized in the spring of 1861, contained men from Hall, Lee, Fannin, Houston, Gilmer, Murray, Walton, and Quitman counties.


 * 12th Battalion, Georgia Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 12th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Completed its organization in June, 1861, at Richmond, Virginia.


 * 13th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 13th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Also called Bartow Light Infantry] completed its organization in June, 1861, at Griffin, Georgia. Its members were recruited in the counties of Pike, Randolph, Early, Muscogee, Meriwether, Fayette, and Troup.


 * 14th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized by Colonel A.V. Brumby during the spring of 1861 with men recruited in Jasper, Johnson, Pierce, Dougherty, and Worth counties.


 * 15th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.


 * 16th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Also called Sallie Twiggs Regiment] was organized during the early summer of 1861.


 * 17th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 17th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized in Stewart County, Georgia, during the summer of 1861. Its members were from Columbus and Decatur, and the counties of Webster, Schley, Harris, and Stewart.


 * 18th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Oganized during the spring of 1861 with slightly more than 750 men. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Cobb, Newton, Stephens, Jackson, and Dooly.


 * 18th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit


 * 18th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Formed in the spring of 1862 with men from Savannah. It contained four companies and was also known as the Savannah Guards or Savannah Volunteer Guards.


 * 19th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 19th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Assembled during the summer of 1861. Its companies were raised in Henry, Jackson,Douglas, Coweta, Carroll, Mitchell, and Bartow counties.


 * 20th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Formed at Columbus, Georgia, in May, 1861


 * 21st Regiment, Georgia Infantry Assembled at Richmond, Virginia, during June and July, 1861, recruited its members in Campbell, Floyd, Fulton, Polk, Gordon, Troup, Dale, Stewart, and Chattooga counties.


 * 22nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Formed at Big Shanty, Georgia, in September, 1861, with men from Schley, Glascock, Bartow, Lincoln, Washington, Dawson, and Henry counties.


 * 23rd Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Local Defense) (Athens) (Enfield Rifles) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, in September, 1861, contained men from Bartow, Henderson, Floyd, Pickens, and Cherokee counties.


 * 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the summer of 1861, recruited its members in White, Banks, Towns, Rabun, Gwinnett, Elbert, and Hall counties


 * 25th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Provost Guard) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit


 * 25th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Oganized at Savannah, Georgia, in September, 1861. The men were raised in the counties of Bryan, Screven, Liberty, Telfair, Henry, and Calhoun.


 * 26th Battalion, Georgia Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 26th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Also called 13th Regiment] completed its organization in October, 1861, at Brunswick, Georgia. Its companies were recruited in the couties of Charlton, Berrien, Glynn, Twiggs, Clinch, Ware, Coffee, and Wayne.


 * 27th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1863


 * 27th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Non-Conscripts) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 27th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Formed at Camp Stevens, Georgia, during the summer of 1861, contained men from Pike, Bibb, Jackson, Taylor, Talbot, Appling, Quitman, and Clay counties.


 * 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, during July and August, 1861, recruited its members in Irwin, Sumter, Washington,Crawford, Cherokee, Stewart, Toombs, Jefferson, and Emanuel counties.


 * 29th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, during the summer of 1861, contained men from Thomas, Berrien, Tift, Stephens, and Dougherty counties.


 * 30th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Assembled at Milledgeville, Georgia, in the fall of 1861. Many of its members were recruited in the counties of Butts, Bartow, Fayette, Clayton, and Chattahoochee.


 * 31st Regiment, Georgia Infantry Also called 27th Regiment] completed its organization in November, 1861, at Cusseta, Georgia. Its companies were from the counties of Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Monroe, Bartow, Pulaski, Dawson, and Newton.


 * 32nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Assembled at Savannah, Georgia, in May, 1862, contained men from Savannah and the counties of Washington, Burke, Effingham, and Screven.


 * 33rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 34th Regiment, Georgia Infantry 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.


 * 35th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Atlanta, Georgia, and mustered into Confederate service at Richmond, Virginia, in October, 1861.


 * 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Broyles') Organized at Dalton, Georgia during the winter of 1861-1862 with many officers and men from the Dalton area.


 * 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Villepigue's) Also called the Georgia and Mississippi Regiment of Infantry] was formed in November, 1861, from the 1st Georgia Infantry Battalion.


 * 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 37th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the spring of 1863 by consolidating the 3rd and 9th Georgia Infantry Battalions. Many of its members were from Murray, Jackson, Franklin, Elbert, and Hall counties.


 * 38th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861.


 * 39th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Dalton, Georgia, in April, 1862, recruited its members in the counties of Butts, Whitfield, Bartow, Dade, Fayette, Clayton, and Chattahoochee.


 * 40th Battalion, Georgia Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the fall of 1861 and raised its companies in Bartow, Calhoun, Gordon, Whitfield, Paulding, and Haralson counties.


 * 41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the fall of 1861. Many of its members were recruited in Cobb, Troup, Taylor, and Heard counties


 * 42nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Assembled at Camp McDonald, Georgia, in March, 1862, with men from Gwinnett, De Kalb, Newton, Walton, Fulton, and Calhoun counties.


 * 43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, in April, 1862, contained men from Cherokee, Pickens, Cobb, Hall, Forsyth, Jefferson, and Jackson counties.


 * 44th Regiment, Georgia Infantry 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.


 * 45th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized by Colonel T. Hardeman, Jr. during the winter of 1861-1862. Many of the men were recruited in the counties of Greene, Dooly, Taylor, Gray, Berrien.


 * 46th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Formed during the spring of 1862 with men from Upson, Schley, Harris, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Webster, Marion, and Talbot counties.


 * 47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the winter of 1861-1862 with men raised in the counties of Mitchell, Randolph, Bullock, Chatham, Screven, Tattnell, Appling, Bryan, Liberty, and Dodge.


 * 48th Regiment, Georgia Infantry 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.


 * 49th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized in November, 1861, with men from Wilkinson, Talfair, Washington, Irwin, Laurens, Pierce, and Pulaski counties.


 * 50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the spring of 1862. Its members were recruited in the counties of Ware, Coffee, Lowndes, Thomas, De Kalb, Clinch, Colquitt, Berrien, and Brooks.


 * 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized in February, 1862, with men from Early, Mitchell, Miller, Terrell, Washington, Randolph, Clay, Daughterty, and Lee counties


 * 52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Atlanta, Georgia, in April, 1862. Many of its members were drawn from the counties of Habersham, White, Towns, and Fannin.


 * 53rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Completed its organization during the spring of 1862. Its companies were form Fayette, Baker, Mitchell, Quitman, and Jasper counties.


 * 54th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1862, contained men recruited in the counties of Lamar, Appling, Harris, Muscogee, Bartow, Chatham, and Barrow.


 * 55th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Completed its organization at Camp Randolph, Georgia, in July, 1862. Many of the men were raised in Hall, Walker, and Jackson counties.


 * 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Also called 55th Regiment] was organized during the late spring of 1862. Some of the men were from Carroll, Chattahoochee, and Dooly counties.


 * 57th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Also called 54th Regiment] was organized during the spring of 1862. Many of its members were recruited in Troup, Peach, Montgomery, and Oconee counties.


 * 59th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Formed in the spring of 1862 with men from Jackson, Whitfield, Crawford, Worth, and Turner counties.


 * 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the spring of 1862 at Savannah, Georgia, by adding four companies to Stiles' 4th Georgia Battalion.


 * 61st Regiment, Georgia Infantry Also called 26th Regiment] was assembled at Charleston, South Carolina, in May, 1862. It was formed by using the 7th Georgia Battalion as its nucleus.


 * 63rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized at Savannah, Georgia, in December, 1862, using the 13th Georgia Infantry Battalion as its nucleus.


 * 64th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the spring of 1863 and soon moved to Florida. Some of its members were recruited in Johnson and Warren counties.


 * 65th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Organized during the spring of 1863 using the infantry battalion of Smith's Georgia Legion as its nucleus. Some of the men were from Gilmer and Floyd counties.


 * 66th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Also called 65th Regiment] was organized at Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1863.