CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
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28th Infantry Regiment, organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, during July and August, 1861,
recruited its members in Irwin, Sumter, Washington, Crawford, Cherokee, Stewart, Toombs,
Jefferson, and Emanuel. Ordered to Virginia the unit contained 518 effectives in April, 1862, and
served in General Featherston's and Colquitt's Brigade. It participated in the various campaigns
of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Chancellorsville, then moved to Charleston,
South Carolina, and later Florida where it fought at Olustee. Sent back to Virginia, it was active
at Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, and the Petersburg trenches north of the James
River. Of the 371 engaged at Seven
Pines, the unit lost thirty-two percent. It reported 73 casualties during the Maryland
Campaign, 34 at Chancellorsville, and 95 at Olustee. In 1865 the regiment saw action in North
Carolina and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field commanders were Colonels
Tully Graybill and T.J. Warthen; Lieutenant Colonels James G. Cain, William P. Crawford, and
George A. Hall; and Major James W. Banning.
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