42nd Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• March 4, 1862 - Organized at Camp McDonald
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• June 17-18, 1862 - Cumberland Gap
• December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
• May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
• May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
• 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
• May 5-11, 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
• May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • June 25-27, 1864 - Dallas
  • June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • 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
• February 7, 1865 - Edisto Railroad Bridge
• February 9, 1865 - Binnaker's Bridge
• February 12, 1865 - Orangeburg
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina with the following units:
  • 36th (Glenn's/Broyles) Georgia Infantry
  • 34th Georgia Infantry
  • Re-designated as the 42nd (Consolidated) Georgia Infantry Battalion

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of East Tennessee / Stevenson's Brigade (April-July 1862)
• Department of East Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Rains' Brigade (July-December 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Stevenson's Division / Barton's Brigade (December 1862-July 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Barton's Brigade (April-July 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Barton's/Gardner's Brigade (October-November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / Gardner's/Stovall's Brigade (November 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Robert J. Henderson (Colonel)
• William H. Hulsey (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert F. Maddox (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Lovick P. Thomas (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Calhoun, William Lowndes, History of the 42nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Confederate States Army, Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 247, 253-255, 270)