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Georgia was one of the original seven slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War.The state governor, Democrat Joseph E. Brown, wanted locally raised troops to be used only for the defense of Georgia, in defiance of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who wanted to deploy them on other battlefronts.
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The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Cobb's Legion (also known as the Georgia Legion) was an American Civil War Confederate States Army unit that was raised from the state of Georgia by Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb during the summer of 1861. [1] A legion in the Civil War usually meant a combined-arms unit, consisting of two or three branches of the military: infantry, cavalry, and ...
May 1861 picture of Company D Oglethorpe infantry 1st Georgia Volunteers (Ramsey's)-misidentied as CLinch Rifles 5th Georgia Infantry Lieut.-Col. Alonzo Alexander Franklin Hill. The 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Henderson, Lillian Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865 Volume II. Longino & Porter, Inc., 1960; Jones, Charles Edgeworth Georgia in the War, 1861-1865. BiblioLife, 2008 ISBN 978-0554963662; Sifakis, Stewart Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. Heritage Books Inc., 2009 ISBN 978-1585496921
Pages in category "Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
March 4, 1861 – Lincoln becomes the 16th president and Hamlin becomes the 15th vice president; 1861 – American Civil War begins at Fort Sumter; 1861 – First Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas) 1861 – Davis unanimously elected to full term as Confederate president, Stephen unanimously elected to full term as Confederate vice ...