51st Georgia Infantry
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- March 22, 1862 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
- 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] - September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- 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
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (May-June 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (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 / 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 M. Slaughter (Colonel)
- Oliver P. Anthony (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Edward Ball (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- John P. Crawford (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- James Dickey (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Henry M. Dunwody (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 263-264)