Phillip's Legion (Georgia) Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• August 2, 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for the war
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• 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
• 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
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Kanawha (September-December 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District (December 1861-June 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 4th Military District (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Drayton's Division / Drayton's Brigade (July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Drayton's Brigade (August-October 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaw's Division / Drayton's Brigade (October-November 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaw's Division / Cobb's/Wofford's Brigade (November 1862-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / McLaw's Division / Wofford's Brigade (September-November 1863)
• Department of East Tennessee / McLaw's/Kershaw's Division / Wofford's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Wofford's Brigade (April-August 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Wofford's Brigade (August-October 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Wofford's/DuBose's Brigade (November 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William Phillips (Colonel)
• E. Sandy Barclay (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert T. Cook (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Joseph Hamilton (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Seaborn Jones (Jr.) (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John S. Norris (Major)

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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 284-285)