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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
A totem pole honoring local Confederate soldiers was erected in 1936 at Redwine Methodist Church. The monument no longer exists. [34] Statue of CSA General James Longstreet at his home [34] Gray: Memorial to soldiers in the War Between the States and the World War. Griffin: Confederate Monument, Veterans Memorial Plaza (1909). [73]
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.
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 ...
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The 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment was a Confederate States Army unit during the American Civil War.The regiment was part of the Army of Northern Virginia.Apart from a period when it was detached as part of Longstreet's forces in Georgia and Tennessee, the regiment remained with the army and took part in several major battles including the Seven Days Battles, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Cold ...
Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) (20 P) Pages in category "People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War" The following 163 pages are in this category, out of 163 total.
It was assigned as an unattached unit to the Department of the Cumberland, and subsequently guarded the Western & Atlantic Railroad near Dalton, Georgia, until March 1865. The battalion was then attached to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Separate Division, District of the Etowah, Department of the Cumberland , and guarded the railroads near the Etowah ...