CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
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50th Infantry Regiment was organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the spring of 1862. Its
members were recruited in the counties of Ware, Coffee, Lowndes, Thomas, De Kalb, Clinch,
Colquitt, Berrien, and Brooks. After serving in the District of Georgia, the 50th moved to
Virginia and was assigned to General Drayton's, Semmes', Bryan's, and Simms' Brigade. It
participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Second Manassas to Gettysburg, then was ordered back to
Georgia. However, the unit did not arrive in time to share in the Battle of Chickamauga. It was
involved in the Knoxville operations and later the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. The regiment fought with
Early in the Shenandoah Valley and ended the war at Appomattox. There were 29 killed and 97
wounded at Sharpsburg and 17
killed and 153 wounded at Chancellorsville. It lost thirty percent of the
302 engaged at Gettysburg, had many disabled at Sayler's Creek, and surrendered with 1
captain, 2 lieutenants, 2 surgeons, and 25 men. The field officers were Colonels William R.
Manning and Peter McGlashan; Lieutenant Colonels William O. Fleming, Francis Kearse, and
Pliny Sheffield; and Majors Duncan Curry, P.C. Pendleton, and John M. Spence.
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