57th Georgia Infantry
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- Also referred to as the:
- 54th Georgia Infantry
- 54th (Barkuloo's) Georgia Infantry
- March 24, 1862 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- June 17-18, 1862 - Cumberland Gap
- August-October 1862 - Kentucky Campaign
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Vicksburg
- Surrendered
- Paroled at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi later that month
- September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
- February 22, 1864 - Whitemarsh Island
- 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 following units:
- 1st Georgia Infantry
- 63rd Georgia Infantry
- Re-designated as the 1st (Consolidated) Georgia Infantry
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of East Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Taylor's Brigade (July-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Stevenson's Division / Taylor's/Cumming's Brigade (December 1862-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Cumming's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Colston's Brigade (October 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (December 1863-May 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Mercer's Brigade (May-July 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Mercer's/Smith's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William Barkuloo (Colonel)
- Cincinnatus S. Guyton (Lieutenant Colonel)
- John W. Shinholser (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 173, 174, 269, 271-272, 276)