47th Georgia Infantry
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- March 20, 1862 - Organized by the increase of the 11th Georgia Infantry Battalion to a regiment
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
- July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
(to July 3, 1864) - November-December 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign
- December 9, 1864 - Tullifiny Station
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- February 3, 1865 - Rivers' Bridge
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 1865 - Field consolidation with the 28th Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Mercer's Brigade (May 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (May-June 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (June-July 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (July 1862-March 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Taliaferro's Brigade (March-April 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (April-May 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Breckinridge's Division / Unattached (June 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Breckinridge's Division / Stovall's Brigade (June-July 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Breckinridge's Division / Stovall's Brigade (July-August 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Stovall's Brigade (August-November 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cheatham's Division / Jackson's Brigade (November 1863-July 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade (July-November 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade / Harrison's Command (November-December 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaw's Division / Harrison's Brigade (December 1864-February 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / McLaw's Division / Harrison's Brigade (February-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walthall's Division / Harrison's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Gilbert W.M. Williams (Colonel)
- James G. Cone (Major)
- Joseph F. Cone (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Aaron C. Edwards (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William S. Phillips (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 247, 260-261)