30th Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• October 7, 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• 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 29th 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
• September 1864-April 9, 1865 - Field consolidation with the 29th Georgia Infantry
• 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
  • 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
  • 25th Georgia Infantry
  • 29th Georgia Infantry
  • 66th Georgia Infantry
  • Re-designated as the 1st (Consolidated) Georgia/Confederate Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• 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 (May-October 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Wilson's Brigade (December 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 Brigade (May-June 1863)
• Department of the West / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (June-July 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)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: David J. Bailey (Colonel)
• James S. Boynton (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Henry Hendrick (Major)
• Thomas W. Mangham (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Cicero A. Thorpe (Major)
• Miles M. Tidwell (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Adamson, Augustus Pitt, Brief History of the Thirtieth Georgia Regiment
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 170, 172, 239-240, 279)