1st Georgia Infantry Regiment

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1st Georgia Infantry Regiment
1st Georgia Regulars
Flag of the State of Georgia (1861, blue).svg
Flag of the State of Georgia
ActiveApril, 1861 — April 1865
CountryFlag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg  Confederate States of America
AllegianceFlag of the State of Georgia (1861, blue).svg Georgia
BranchBattle flag of the Confederate States of America.svg  Confederate States Army
Type Regiment
RoleInfantry
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Charles J. Williams
William J. Magill
Richard A. Wayne
Lieut.-Col. Alonzo Alexander Franklin Hill Alonzo Alexander Franklin Hill.jpg
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. Differing from 1st (Ramsey's) Infantry and 1st (Mercer's-Olmstead's) Infantry Regiments; it was also known as the 1st Georgia Regulars.

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History

The regiment was organized at Macon, Georgia in April 1861. The companies first named were twelve months' troops, a majority re-enlisting for the war, while others were mustered out when the twelve months expired. The regimental commander, Col. Charles J. Williams, died on February 8, 1862. Now led by Col. William J. Magill, the regiment served in the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. When Magill was wounded at Antietam, being part of Gen. G.T. Anderson's brigade, the command developed to Cpt. Richard A. Wayne. The 1st Georgia was transferred to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida in early 1863. In Gen. George P. Harrison's brigade it participated in the Battle of Olustee. When Magill retired on September 3, 1864, Wayne was named as his successor. The regiment was surrendered along with Joseph E. Johnston's army at Bennett Place in North Carolina on April 26, 1865. [1]

Companies

Battles

The regiment fought in the Seven Days Battles, the culmination of the Peninsula campaign (June 25-July 1, 1862), Battle of Savage's Station (June 29), Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run, August 28-29), Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam, September 17), Battle of Fredericksburg (December 13), Battle of Chickamauga (September 18, 1863), Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25), Battle of Olustee (February 20, 1864), Battle of Nashville (December 15), Siege of Savannah (December), Carolinas campaign (January – March, 1865), Battle of Bentonville (March 19 -21), and surrendered April 26, 1865, with the Army of Tennessee. [2]

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References

  1. Unit Details: 1st Regiment, Georgia Regulars, NPS
  2. "1st Georgia Regulars Infantry Regiment". The Civil War in the East. Retrieved December 30, 2019.