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From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket. 1st (Regular) Infantry
Collection of the records began in 1864; no special attention was paid to Confederate records until just after the capture of Richmond, Virginia, in 1865, when with the help of Confederate Gen. Samuel Cooper, Union Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck began the task of collecting and preserving such archives of the Confederacy as had survived the war.
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database [7] lists 2,162 men on its roster for this unit. [8] Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 641; Company A - (Clinch Rifles) Richmond County - see - Roster on page 643; Company B - (Griffin Light Guards) Spalding County - see - Roster on page 653
The 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised by the state of Georgia to fight for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. The regiment was organized on March 4, 1862, at Camp Davis, about 28 miles from Savannah. [1] The recruits were primarily from southern Georgia. The original commander was Col. William R. Manning ...
National Park Service: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; Partial Listing of Microfilm in Georgia State Archives in Atlanta, Georgia. The Home of Barton-Stovall’s Georgia Infantry Brigade (Archived 2009-10-22)
Until that time, the soldiers had spent most of their time guarding the Georgia coast. However, sometime in May, after the new 47th was organized, they were ordered to Charleston, South Carolina . They fought in their first engagement of the Battle of Secessionville on June 10, 1862, at James Island , where forty out of seventy men were killed ...
Part of the Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade, the 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was mustered in South Carolina in May 1862. Its service included the Battle of Gaines' Mill (27 June 1862), Second Manassas (29-30 August 1862), the Battle of Chancellorsville (29 April – 5 May 1863) and the Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 July 1863) among many other battles.
The 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was part of Thomas Cobb's brigade at the Battle of Fredericksburg .
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