5th Georgia Infantry
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- May 11, 1861 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for 12 months
- October 9, 1861 - Santa Rosa Island [detachment]
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- April 19, 1862 - Company L organized
- May 8, 1862 - Reorganized
- May 16, 1862 - Company M organized
- July 18, 1862 - Companies H/L/N became 2nd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion / Companies A/B/C
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- June-July 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia - September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign - November-December 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign - December 9, 1864 - Tullifinny Station
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign - March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Pensacola, Florida (September-October 1861)
- Department of Alabama and West Florida (October 1861-March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Jackson's Brigade (April-June 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Jackson's Brigade (June-July 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Withers' Division / Jackson's Brigade (July-August 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Withers' Division / Jackson's Brigade (November-December 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Brigade (December 1862-August 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cheatham's Division / Jackson's Brigade (August 1863-February 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Jackson's Brigade (February-July 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade (July-September 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Post of Florence, South Carolina (October-November 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade / Harrison's Command (November-December 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaw's Division / Harrison's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Walthall's Division / Harrison's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John K. Jackson (Colonel)
- David H. Ansley (Major)
- Thomas Beall (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William T. Black (Colonel)
- Charles P. Daniel (Major)
- Charles B. Day (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William B. Hundley (Major)
- John F. Iverson (Lieutenant Colonel)
- John F. Kiddoo (Major)
- Samuel W. Mangham (Colonel)
- William L. Salisbury (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Folsom, James Madison, Heroes and Martyrs of Georgia in the Revolution of 1861
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 190-192)
