CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
46th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
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46th Infantry Regiment was formed during the spring of 1862 with men from Upson,
Schley, Harris, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Webster, Marion, and Talbot counties. The unit
served in Georgia, then South Carolina where it was involved in the conflicts at Secessionville, and Gaston and Frampton's
Plantation. In May, 1863, assigned to General Gist's Brigade, it moved to Mississippi. After
taking part in the siege of Jackson the regiment joined the Army of Tennessee and fought on many
battlefields from Chickamauga to
Atlanta, then saw action in
Tennessee and North Carolina. In December, 1863, this unit totalled 628 men and 513 arms, but
was greatly reduced when it surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels
Peyton H. Colquitt and Samuel J.C. Dunlop, Lieutenant Colonel William A. Daniel, and Major
A.M. Speer.
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