CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Olmstead's)
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1st (Mercer's-Olmstead's) Volunteers Infantry Regiment was organized prior to the war
with militia companies from Savannah. Other members were from Quitman, and the counties of
De Kalb, Oglethorpe, Washington, and Tattnall. After entering Confederate service it wsa
disciplined at both heavy artillery and infantry. The regiment served on the coast with a
detachment at Savannah and another at Charleston until May, 1864. It then was assigned to
General Mercer's Brigade and during the Atlanta Campaign, July 20 to September 1,
reported 11 killed, 31 wounded, and 6 missing. Transferred to J.A. Smith's command it
continued the fight with Hood in Tennessee and on December 21, 1864, had only 52 men present
for duty. Later it saw action at Bentonville and surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers
were Colonel Hugh W. Mercer and Charles H. Olmstead, and Lieutenant Colonels Martin J. Ford
and William S. Rockwell.
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