CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
2nd Battalion, Georgia Infantry
- Overview:
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2nd Independent Infantry Battalion was assembled at Norfolk, Virginia, in April, 1861. The
unit contained four companies; two from Macon, one from Columbus, and one from Griffin. It
served in North Carolina, then returned to Virginia during the Seven Days' Battles and fought at
Malvern Cliff under General J.G.
Walker. Transferred to A.R. Wright's Brigade, the battalion was active in the campaigns of the
Army of Northern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Appomattox. It reported 2 killed and 26
wounded at Chancellorsville and
lost more than forty-five percent of the 173 engaged at Gettysburg. The unit surrendered 8 officers
and 74 men in April, 1865. Its commanders were Majors Thomas Hardeman, Jr., C.J. Moffett,
and George W. Ross.
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