CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
34th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
- Overview:
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34th Infantry Regiment, organized in May, 1862, at Camp McDonald, near Marietta,
Georgia, recruited its members in the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Polk, Cobb, Paulding,
Carroll, Haralson, and Jackson. The unit was sent to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was
assigned to T.H. Taylor's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It participated
in the battle at Champion's Hill
and was captured at Vicksburg
on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized it was placed in General Cummings' Brigade, Army
of Tennessee. The 34th was active in many engagements from Chattanooga to Nashville, and ended the war in North
Carolina. It reported 34 casualties at Chattanooga, contained 369 men and 266 arms in
December, 1863, and had 219 fit for duty in Janaury, 1865. Very few surrendered in April. The
field commanders were Colonel J.A.W. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Bradley, and Majors
Thomas T. Dorough and John M. Jackson.
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