8th Georgia Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• Early 1862 - Organized with 7 companies
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• January 30, 1863 - Capture of the Isaac Smith on the Stono River
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
• May 14, 1863 - Jackson
• July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• 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
• Late 1864-April 26, 1865 - Field consolidation with the 65th Georgia Infantry
  • April 1865 - Additional field consolidation with the 2nd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
• May 5-11, 1864 - Dalton
• May 1864 - Calhoun
• May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
• June 15, 1864 - Pine Hill
• June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
• July 4, 1864 - Smyrna Campground
• July 5-17, 1864 - Chattahoochie River
• July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
• July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• August-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Mercer's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (May-September 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (September 1862-May 1863)
• Department of the West / Gist's Brigade (May-June 1863)
• Department of the West / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (June-July 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (July-August 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (August-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Reserve Corps / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (September-November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (November 1863-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cheatham's Division / Gist's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Thomas J. Warthen (Sr.) (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John W. Gray (Major)
• Benjamin F. Hunt (Major)
• Asahel Littlefield (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edward F. Morgan (Major)
• Leroy Napier (Jr.) (Lieutenant Colonel)
• J.T. Reid (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Zachariah L. Watters (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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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 198-199)