55th Georgia Infantry
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- May 17, 1862 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- September 8-10, 1863 - Cumberland Gap
- September 9, 1863 - Surrendered
- Those not captured were consolidated into 3 companies and served as guards at the prisoner of war camps at Andersonville, Georgia, and Salisbury, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of East Tennessee (October 1862)
- Department of East Tennessee / Heth's Division / Gracie's Brigade (October-December 1862)
- Department of East Tennessee / Gracie's Brigade (December 1862-March 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Palmer's/Frazer's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Department of Tennessee / Army of East Tennessee / Frazer's Brigade (July-September 1863)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: C.B. Harkie (Colonel)
- Alexander W. Persons (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Daniel S. Printup (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Milton P. Tucker (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Chapman, Robert Duncan, A Georgia Soldier in the Civil War, 1861-1865
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 269-270)