34th Georgia Infantry
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- Also referred to as the:
- 59th Georgia Infantry
- 59th (Johnson's) Georgia Infantry
- May 17, 1862 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Vicksburg
- Surrendered
- Paroled at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi later that month
- September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Unit broken up at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina and parts consolidated with the following units:
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of East Tennessee / Post of Chattanooga (June-July 1862)
- Department of East Tennessee / Heth's Division / Leadbetter's Brigade (July-October 1862)
- Department of East Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Taylor's Brigade (October-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Stevenson's Division / Taylor's Brigade (December 1862-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Taylor's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Cumming's Brigade (October-November 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stevenson's Division / Cumming's Brigade (November 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Stevenson's Division / Cumming's Brigade (November 1863-February 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stevenson's Division / Cumming's Brigade (February 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: James A.W. Johnson (Colonel)
- Joseph W. Bradley (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Thomas T. Dorough (Major)
- John M. Jackson (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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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 242-243, 249, 250, 270, 273)
