CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
57th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
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57th Infantry Regiment [also called 54th Regiment] was organized during the spring of
1862. Many of its members were recruited in Troup, Peach, Montgomery, and Oconee counties.
This unit served in East Tennessee and Kentucky, then moved to Mississippi where it was
assigned to T.H. Taylor's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It fought
at Champion's Hill and was captured in July, 1863, at Vicksburg. Exchanged and placed in
General Mercer's and J.A. Smith's Brigade, the 57th was active in many conflicts from Resaca to Bentonville. During the Atlanta Campaign, from July 20 to
September 1, it reported 54 casualties and in December, 1864, totalled 120 effectives. Only a
remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. Colonel William Barkuloo, Lieutenant Colonel
Cincinnatus S. Guyton, and Major John W. Shinholser were in command.
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