54th Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 6, 1863 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• July 16, 1863 - near Grimball's Landing, James Island
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor [5 companies]
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin [not engaged]
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville [not engaged]
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina with the:
  • 37th Georgia Infantry
  • 4th Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
  • Re-designated as the 54th (Consolidated) Georgia Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (June 1862-June 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Taliaferro's Brigade (June-July 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Siege Train (June-September 1863) [Company A]
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Taliaferro's Brigade (June-September 1863) [4 companies]
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division (July-October 1863) [5 companies]
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (August 1863-May 1864) [4 companies]
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (August 1863-May 1864) [4 companies]
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Eastern Division (October-December 1863) [6 companies]
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (October-December 1863) [5 companies]
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Mercer's Brigade (February-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Mercer's/Smith's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charlton H. Way (Colonel)
• William H. Mann (Major)
• Morgan Rawls (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Harden, William, Recollections of a Long and Satisfactory Life
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 268-269)