1st (Regular) Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• March 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for the war
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 27-28, 1862 - Garnett's and Golding's Farms
• June 29, 1862 - Allen's Farm
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 1862 - Company D became Regular Battery A
• August 23, 1862 - Rappahannock Station
• August 28, 1862 - Thoroughfare Gap
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• February 20, 1864 - Olustee
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Potomac / 2nd Corps / Toomb's Brigade (September-October 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 2nd Corps / Toombs' Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / E.K. Smith's Division / Toombs' Brigade (January-March 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / Toombs' Division / Toombs' Brigade (March-May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Division / Toombs' Brigade (May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / D.R. Jones' Division / G.T. Anderson's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / D.R. Jones' Brigade (July-October 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / Jones' Brigade (October-December 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / District of Middle Florida (June 1863-February 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / District of East Florida (February 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / District of Florida (February-May 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade (July-August 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaw's Division (October-November 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaw's Division / Fiser's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Walthall's Division / Harrison's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles J. Williams (Colonel)
• Elijah W. Christian (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Miller Grieve (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edward R. Harden (Major)
• Alonzo F. Hill (Major)
• William J. Magill (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William Martin (Lieutenant Colonel)
• William D. Smith (Major)
• H.D.D. Twiggs (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John Walker (Major)
• Richard A. Wayne (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Andrews, W.H., Diary of W.H. Andrews, 1st Sgt., Co. M, First Georgia Regulars From February 1861 to May 2, 1865

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 175-176)