List of Georgia Confederate Civil War units explained

See main article: Georgia in the American Civil War. This is a List of Confederate Civil War units from Georgia, many of which were mustered in April 1861.

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillery

State Guards

State Troops

Legions

Other units

Artillery

RegimentTheatersBrigadesNotes
Carlton's BatteryEastBarksdale's through Chancellorsville; Wofford's from Gettysburg onAlso known as the "Troup Artillery," which was originally part of Cobb's Legion.
Fraser's BatteryEastBarksdale's through Chancellorsville; Wofford's from Gettysburg onsometimes called Pulaski Artillery
2nd Georgia BatteryEastWright's at Gettysburg

Cavalry

RegimentTheatersBrigadesNotes
Cobb's Legion (9th Georgia Cavalry)EastHampton'sRegimental history
Phillips LegionEastHampton's
5th Georgia Cavalry

Infantry

RegimentFredericksburgChancellorsvilleGettysburgNotes
1st Georgia InfantryAnderson's BrigadeRegulars
2nd Georgia Volunteer InfantryBenning's BrigadeBenning's Brigade
3rd Georgia Volunteer InfantryWright's BrigadeWright's BrigadeWright's BrigadeFarthest advancing unit in Pickett's charge during the Battle of Gettysburg.
4th Georgia Volunteer InfantryDoles' BrigadeDoles' BrigadeDoles' Brigade
5th Georgia Volunteer Infantrymustered from Macon
Colquitt's Brigademustered from Atlanta
7th Georgia Volunteer InfantryAnderson's BrigadeAnderson's Brigade
8th Georgia Volunteer InfantryAnderson's BrigadeAnderson's Brigadeincluded Francis S. Bartow
9th Georgia Volunteer InfantryAnderson's BrigadeAnderson's BrigadeCapt. George Hillyer
10th Georgia Volunteer InfantrySemmes' BrigadeSemmesSemmes
11th Georgia Volunteer InfantryAnderson's BrigadeAnderson's Brigade
12th Georgia Volunteer InfantryHoke's BrigadeDole's BrigadeDole's Brigadeoriginally led by Allegheny Johnson
13th Georgia Volunteer InfantryEarly's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
14th Georgia Volunteer InfantryThomas' BrigadeThomas' BrigadeThomas' Brigade
15th Georgia Volunteer InfantryBenning's BrigadeBenning's Brigade
16th Georgia Volunteer InfantryCobb's BrigadeWofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigade
17th Georgia Volunteer InfantryBenning's BrigadeBenning's Brigade
18th Georgia Volunteer InfantryCobb's BrigadeWofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigadeled by William T. Wofford
19th Georgia Volunteer InfantryArcher's BrigadeColquitt's BrigadeLt.Col. Tilghman W. Flynt
20th Georgia Volunteer InfantryBenning's BrigadeBenning's Brigade
21st Georgia Volunteer InfantryHoke's BrigadeDoles' BrigadeDoles' Brigade
22nd Georgia Volunteer InfantryWright's BrigadeWright's BrigadeWright's Brigade
23rd Georgia Volunteer InfantryColquitt's BrigadeColquitt's Brigade
24th Georgia Volunteer InfantryCobb's BrigadeWofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigade
26th Georgia Volunteer InfantryEarly's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
27th Georgia Volunteer InfantryColquitt's BrigadeColquitt's Brigade
28th Georgia Volunteer InfantryColquitt's BrigadeColquitt's Brigade
31st Georgia Volunteer InfantryEarly's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
35th Georgia Volunteer InfantryThomas' BrigadeThomas' BrigadeThomas' Brigade
38th Georgia Volunteer InfantryEarly's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
42nd Georgia Volunteer InfantryHistorical fiction account, Entangled In Freedom was published in 2010. Atlanta's Fighting 42nd: Joseph Johnston's Old Guard, 2020. Mercer University Press.
43rd Georgia Volunteer InfantryBarton-Stovall's Georgia Infantry Brigade
44th Georgia Volunteer InfantryDoles' BrigadeDoles' BrigadeDoles' Brigade
45th Georgia Volunteer InfantryThomas' BrigadeThomas' BrigadeThomas' Brigade
47th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
48th Georgia Volunteer InfantryWright's BrigadeWright's BrigadeWright's Brigade
49th Georgia Volunteer InfantryThomas' BrigadeThomas' BrigadeThomas' Brigade
50th Georgia Volunteer InfantrySemmes' BrigadeSemmesSemmes
51st Georgia Volunteer InfantrySemmes' BrigadeSemmesSemmes
53rd Georgia Volunteer InfantrySemmes' BrigadeSemmesSemmes
57th Georgia Volunteer InfantryMercer's Brigade
a regimental history, Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia, was published in 2005
59th Georgia Volunteer InfantryAnderson's Brigade
60th Georgia Volunteer InfantryEarly's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
61st Georgia Volunteer InfantryEarly's BrigadeGordon's BrigadeGordon's Brigade
Cobb's LegionCobb's BrigadeWofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigadeled by Luther Glenn
Phillips' LegionCobb's BrigadeWofford's BrigadeWofford's Brigade

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Waters, Zack C., and Garry Fisher. " The Damnedest Set of Fellows": A History of Georgia's Cherokee Artillery. Mercer University Press, 2020.