59th Georgia Infantry
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- June 16, 1862 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 10, 1863 - Funkstown
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- August 25, 1864 - Reams' Station
- September 29-30, 1864 - Fort Harrsion
- October 27, 1864 - Williamsburg Road
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (July-September 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Unattached (September-October 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Elzey's Command / Brown's Command (October 1862-April 1863)
- Department of Richmond / Brown's Command (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / G.T. Anderson's Brigade (May-September 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Hood's Division / G.T. Anderson's Brigade (September-November 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Hood's/Fields Division / G.T. Anderson's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Fields Division / G.T. Anderson's Brigade (April 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William A.J. Brown (Colonel)
- Maston G. Boss (Major)
- William H. Fickling (Major)
- Bolivar H. Gee (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Charles J. Harris (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- George R. Hunter (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Legacy
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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 272-273)