1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

June 20, 1862 - Organized with 4 companies
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
February 1, 1863 - Fort McAllister
May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
May 14, 1863 - Jackson
July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
December 1863-January 1864 - Field consolidation with the 25th Georgia Infantry
May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
November 30, 1864 - Franklin
December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
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:
- 1st Confederate States Infantry
- 25th Georgia Infantry
- 29th Georgia Infantry
- 30th Georgia Infantry
- 66th Georgia Infantry
- Re-designated as the 1st (Consolidated) Georgia/Confederate Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (June 1862-February 1863)
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Walker's Brigade (February-May 1863)
Department of the West / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (July-August 1863)
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (July-August 1863)
Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (August-September 1863)
Army of Tennessee / Reserve Corps / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (September 1863)
Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (September 1863)
Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (September-November 1863)
Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Wilson's/Stevens' Brigade (November 1863-July 1864)
Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Bate's Division / Stevens'/H.R. Jackson's Brigade (July-December 1864)
Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Clayton's Division / H.R. Jackson's Brigade (March-April 1865)

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Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 170-172, 230, 238, 239, 279)