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Confederate Regiment

53rd Georgia Infantry

Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Court House, VA 04/09/1865

 

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  LCol. Thomas Sloan
  Capt. S. W. Marshborne

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - McLaws' Division
  Brigade - Semmes' Brigade


Unit history

This regiment was formed in May 1862 at Griffin, GA, and was sent to Virginia in time to take part in US General George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign that summer. On reaching Virginia it was assigned to General Paul J Semmes' Brigade.

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

The regiment attacked through Miller's Cornfield early in the morning of 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg. Their commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Sloan was mortally wounded, and command went to Captain Sam Marshborne of Company C. Captain Marshborne wrote the unit's after-action report of the battle.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 276; Killed in Action (KIA): 12; Wounded (WIA): 63;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 27.2%

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #357: McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Command - 16 Sep, 11 AM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #359: Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 18 Sep, 9 PM

After the Sharpsburg Campaign

Except for General Longstreet's 1863 expedition to Georgia and Tennessee, the 53rd Georgia served with the Army of Northern Virginia until it's surrender at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

We have 56 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtBarfield, William T.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ALtBarnett, John A.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtColwell, Glenn OtisPOW   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtColwell, James BurkeMWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtDoyal, John HardinWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtHarlan, Zachariah R.WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtKelley, John J.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtKilgore, Johnson NicholsonWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtLatta, John PiersonWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtTolleson, Burel M.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtWall, Moses RosserMWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtEddleman, David J.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtHutcherson, James H.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtKnowles, Joseph T.WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
CCaptMarshborne, Samuel William        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
CPvtWilloughby, Harrison J.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtBanks, Jacob BerryWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DCorpCarmical, Robert J.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtCruce, Stephen OliverKIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtHagan, John ClarkMWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtSmith, Ellis H.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtUrquhart, William N.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ELtBrown, Coleman C.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtEdge, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtFincher, Simeon ChenonPOW   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtFreeman, John W. G.WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtGaissert, Jr., John M.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtHelms, George WashingtonWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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EPvtWallace, Henry ThomasWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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FPvtGuest, Benjamin FranklinKIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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HPvtCrowell, Leonidas HoytWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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HPvtMartin, E. C.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtMartin, W. WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtMcGahey, John T.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtSmoot, Andrew JacksonMWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HMusStubbs, Peter H.WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
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KPvtHill, Robert W.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtTate, James A.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtVardeman, Joseph A.WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SLColSloan, Thomas MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person

 

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