53rd Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 12, 1862 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 29, 1862 - Savage's Station [In reserve]
• July 1, 1862 - Allen's Farm
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• 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

• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaw's Division / Semmes' Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaw's Division / Semmes'/Bryan's Brigade (July 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: Leonard T. Doyal (Colonel)
• Sheridan R. Brown (Major)
• James W. Hance (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Wiley F. Hartsfield (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• James P. Sims (Major, Colonel)
• Thomas W. Sims (Major)
• Thomas Sloan (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert P. Taylor (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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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 267-268)