CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Ramsey's)
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1st (Ramsey's) Volunteers Infantry Regiment was formed at Macon, Georgia, in April, 1861.
The men were raised in the towns and cities of Newnan, Perry, Augusta, Sandersville, Atlanta,
Bainbridge, Quitman, Dahlonega, and Columbus. After being stationed at Pensacola it moved to
Virginia, served under R.S. Garnett and H.R. Jackson, then during Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign was attached to
General D.S. Donelson's Brigade. In December, with a force of 918 officers and men, it was sent
to Winchester and later Lynchburg. The regiment was soon ordered to Macon and mustered out
of service. However, many of the men joined the 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion and other
Georgia commands. Colonel James N. Ramsey, Lieutenant Colonel Goerge H. Thompson, and
Major James W. Anderson were its field officers.
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