CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
1st Regiment, Georgia Regulars
- Overview:
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1st Regulars Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Macon, Georgia, in April,
1861, and soon moved to Virginia. The men were from Atlanta and Brunswick, and Glynn and
Montgomery counties. It was brigaded under General Toombs and in April, 1862, contained 367
effectives. Transferred to G.T. Anderson's Brigade, the unit fought with the Army of Northern
Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg. It then was ordered to
Florida, assigned to G.P. Harrison's Brigade, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
and fought at Olustee. During the summer of 1864, it was stationed in the Charleston area and
later saw action at Savannah and in North Carolina. The regiment reported 3 killed and 19
wounded at Savage's Station,
had 27 killed and 77 wounded at Second Manassas, and lost 3 killed and 25
wounded at Olustee. Only 45
officers and men surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels
William J. Magill, Richard A. Wayne, and Charles J. Williams; Lieutenant Colonels E.W.
Chastain, Miller Grieve, Jr., and William Martin; and Majors E.R. Harden, A.A. Franklin Hill,
William D. Smith, and John D. Walker.
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