CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
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52nd Infantry Regiment was organized at Atlanta, Georgia, in April, 1862. Many of its
members were drawn from the counties of Habersham, White, Towns, and Fannin. It took part in
the Cumberland Gap operations, then moved to Kentucky and later Mississippi. Here the unit
was assigned to General Barton's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and
was active in the conflicts at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill. On July 4, 1863, when Vicksburg fell, it was part of the
garrison that was captured. Exchanged and assigned to General Stovall's Brigade, the 52nd
fought with the Army of Tennessee from Missionary Ridge to Nashville. Then on February 23, 1865, it
was detailed to guard wagon trains from Columbus, Mississippi. During December, 1863, this
unit totalled 279 men and 197 arms, had 123 fit for duty in November, 1864, and the few that
remained surrendered on May 4, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Wier Boyd and Charles
D. Phillips, Lieutenant Colonel Solomon H. Van Diviere, and Majors J.J. Findley and John J.
Moore.
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