50th Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• March 22, 1862 - Organized at Camp Davis, near Savannah
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia [not engaged]
• November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
  • Most of regiment captured
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Mercer's Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (June-July 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Corps / Drayton's Division / Drayton's Brigade (July 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Drayton's Brigade (August-October 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Drayton's Brigade (August-October 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaw's Division / Drayton's Brigade (October-November 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaw's Division / Semmes'/Bryan's Brigade (November 1862-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / McLaw's Division / Bryan's Brigade (September-November 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / McLaw's/Kershaw's Division / Bryan's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Bryan's Brigade (April-August 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Bryan's/Simms' Brigade (August-October 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Simms' Brigade (November 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William R. Manning (Colonel)
• Duncan Curry (Major)
• William O. Fleming (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Francis Kearse (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Peter A.S. McGlashan (Colonel)
• Philip C. Pendleton (Major)
• Pliny Sheffield (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John M. Spence (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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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 263-264)