1st Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• April 10-11, 1861 - Fort Pulaski [Company H]
• May 27, 1861 - Organized
  • May 1862 - Mustered into Confederate Service
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor [Companies G/H/I/K]
• February 22, 1864 - Whitemarsh Island
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
• July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
• July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin [not engaged]
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville [not engaged]
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina with the following units:
  • 57th Georgia Infantry
  • 63rd Georgia Infantry
  • Re-designated as the 1st Georgia (Consolidated) Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• Military District of Savannah (April-October 1861)
• Department of Georgia (October-November 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (November 1861-April 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Mercer's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Heavy Artillery (October 1862-May 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Taliaferro's Brigade [Companies G/H/I/K] (June-July 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Fort McAllister (June-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Heavy Artillery [Companies E/F] (June-July 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Savannah River Batteries [Companies A/B] (June-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division [Companies G/H/I/K] (July-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Fort Bartow [Companies D/E/F] (August-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division / Unattached (September-October 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (October 1863-May 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Mercer's Brigade (May-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Mercer's/Smith's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Alexander R. Lawton (Colonel)
• John Foley (Major)
• Martin J. Ford (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Hugh W. Mercer (Colonel)
• Charles H. Olmstead (Major, Colonel)
• William S. Rockwell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 173-174, 276)