List of Georgia Confederate Civil War units

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This is a List of Confederate Civil War units from Georgia, many of which were mustered in April 1861.

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Infantry

Lt R.A. Mizell of the "Southern Rifles" Company A 4th Georgia Infantry; resigned in 1864 after being wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness; joined Company "A" 2nd Kentucky Cavalry of John Hunt Morgan command The Photographic History of The Civil War Volume 08 Page 151.jpg
Lt R.A. Mizell of the "Southern Rifles" Company A 4th Georgia Infantry; resigned in 1864 after being wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness; joined Company "A" 2nd Kentucky Cavalry of John Hunt Morgan command
Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment with sword. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment with sword LCCN2012650008.jpg
Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment with sword. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress
Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment and South Carolina Hampton Legion Cavalry Battalion in uniform LCCN2010650792.jpg
Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud 55th Georgia LCCN2004660932.jpg
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 Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket LCCN2012649875.jpg
Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket

Cavalry

Private Stephen Pollard of Co. B and Co. L, 7th Confederate States Cavalry Battalion Private Stephen Pollard of Co. B and Co. L, 7th Confederate States Cavalry Battalion, in uniform with 1855 Springfield pistol carbine and pistols LCCN2011648547.tif
Private Stephen Pollard of Co. B and Co. L, 7th Confederate States Cavalry Battalion

Artillery

State Guards

State Troops

Legions

Other units

Artillery

RegimentTheatersBrigadesNotes
Carlton's Battery East Barksdale's through Chancellorsville; Wofford's from Gettysburg onAlso known as the "Troup Artillery," which was originally part of Cobb's Legion.
Fraser's Battery EastBarksdale's through Chancellorsville; Wofford's from Gettysburg onsometimes called Pulaski Artillery
2nd Georgia Battery East Wright's at Gettysburg

Cavalry

BattalionTheatersBrigadesNotes
1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry GeorgiaBecame part of the 5th Georgia Cavalry
RegimentTheatersBrigadesNotes
Cobb's Legion (9th Georgia Cavalry)East Hampton's Regimental history
Phillips Legion EastHampton's
5th Georgia Cavalry

Infantry

Regiment Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Notes
1st Georgia Infantry Anderson's Brigade Regulars
2nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Benning's Brigade Benning's Brigade
3rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Wright's Brigade Wright's BrigadeWright's BrigadeFarthest advancing unit in Pickett's charge during the Battle of Gettysburg.
4th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Doles' Brigade Doles' BrigadeDoles' Brigade
5th Georgia Volunteer Infantry mustered from Macon
6th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Colquitt's Brigade Colquitt's Brigademustered from Atlanta
7th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Anderson's BrigadeAnderson's Brigade
8th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Anderson's BrigadeAnderson's Brigadeincluded Francis S. Bartow
9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Anderson's BrigadeAnderson's BrigadeCapt. George Hillyer
10th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Semmes' Brigade SemmesSemmes
11th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Anderson's BrigadeAnderson's Brigade
12th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Hoke's Brigade Dole's BrigadeDole's Brigadeoriginally led by Allegheny Johnson
13th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Early's Brigade Gordon's Brigade Gordon's Brigade
14th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Thomas' Brigade Thomas' BrigadeThomas' Brigade
15th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Benning's BrigadeBenning's Brigade
16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Cobb's Brigade Wofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigade
17th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Benning's BrigadeBenning's Brigade
18th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Cobb's Brigade Wofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigadeled by William T. Wofford
19th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Archer's Brigade Colquitt's BrigadeLt.Col. Tilghman W. Flynt
20th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Benning's BrigadeBenning's Brigade
21st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Hoke's BrigadeDoles' BrigadeDoles' Brigade
22nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Wright's BrigadeWright's BrigadeWright's Brigade
23rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Colquitt's BrigadeColquitt's Brigade
24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Cobb's Brigade Wofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigade
26th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Early's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
27th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Colquitt's BrigadeColquitt's Brigade
28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Colquitt's BrigadeColquitt's Brigade
31st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Early's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
35th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Thomas' BrigadeThomas' BrigadeThomas' Brigade
38th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Early's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
42nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Historical fiction account, Entangled In Freedom was published in 2010. Atlanta's Fighting 42nd: Joseph Johnston's Old Guard, 2020. Mercer University Press.
43rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Barton-Stovall's Georgia Infantry Brigade
44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Doles' BrigadeDoles' BrigadeDoles' Brigade
45th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Thomas' BrigadeThomas' BrigadeThomas' Brigade
47th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
48th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Wright's BrigadeWright's BrigadeWright's Brigade
49th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Thomas' BrigadeThomas' BrigadeThomas' Brigade
50th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Semmes' Brigade SemmesSemmes
51st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Semmes' Brigade SemmesSemmes
53rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Semmes' Brigade SemmesSemmes
57th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Mercer's Brigade;a regimental history, Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia, was published in 2005
59th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Anderson's Brigade
60th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Early's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Early's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
Cobb's Legion Cobb's Brigade Wofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigadeled by Luther Glenn
Phillips' Legion Cobb's Brigade Wofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigade

See also

References

  1. ↑ Waters, Zack C., and Garry Fisher. " The Damnedest Set of Fellows": A History of Georgia's Cherokee Artillery. Mercer University Press, 2020.
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