CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
25th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
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25th Infantry Regiment was organized at Savannah, Georgia, in September, 1861. The men
were raised in the counties of Bryan, Screven, Liberty, Telfair, Henry, and Calhoun. Assigned to
the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, the unit served on the coast until the
summer of 1863 when it was ordered to Mississippi. After serving at Jackson it was attached to
Wilson's, C.H. Stevens', H.R. Jackson's, and in 1865, Henderson's Brigade. The regiment was
consolidated for a time with the 1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters and in December, 1863, the
25th/1st Battalion totalled 341 men and 151 arms. It fought with the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Atlanta, moved with Hood into Tennessee,
and saw action at Bentonville.
The unit was greatly reduced when it surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were
Colonels Claudius C. Wilson and William J. Winn; Lieutenant Colonels W.P.M. Ashley, Andrew
J. Williams, and W. Henry Wylly; and Major Albert W. Smith.
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