CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
Smith's Legion, Georgia
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Smith's Legion was organized during the spring of 1862 with a cavalry and infantry
battalion. For a time the legion was under the command of Colonel Sumner J. Smith.
The cavalry battalion raised some of its members in Burke and Telfair counties and contained six
companies. It was attached to the Department of East Tennessee, then was involved in the
Kentucky Campaign. In the spring of 1863 the battalion merged into the 6th Georgia Cavalry
Regiment. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonel John R. Hart and Major Benjamin F.
Brown.
The infantry battalion recruited many of its men in Gilmer and Floyd counties. Assigned to the
Department of East Tennessee, it served in Kentucky and later was stationed at Cumberland Gap
and Loudon, Tennessee. During the spring of 1863 the unit merged into the 65th Georgia
Infantry Regiment. Its field officers were Lieutenant Colonel John S. Fain and Major Robert H.
Moore.
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