 
History of the Unit: Made up of men from Baker, Butts, Crawford, Dade, Houston Mitchell, Oglethorpe, Taylor, and Twiggs counties, they were the first unit from Georgia mustered into Confederate service in May 1861. Alfred Holt Colquitt was their first Colonel.
In the Antietam Campaign: "Although it missed Second Manassas, at Antietam the unit suffered extremely heavy casualties, estimated at more than 200 of the 250 men engaged (including the regiment's lieutenant colonel and major)."
(from Fasulo)
The remainder of the War: They were at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, then saw defensive duty in North Carolina and (Charleston) South Carolina. In February 1864 they transferred to Florida, and were engaged at Olustee. In May 1864 they were sent to Petersburg and were engaged there until early 1865, when they were back in North Carolina, fighting at Bentonville.
References, Sources, and other Notes: Sources: a capsule history of the Regiment from Thomas R. Fasulo on his Battle of Olustee site; and
Roster of Field and Staff Officers, transcribed online on RootsWeb by Carla Cegielski.
We have 166 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:
| Co. |
Rank |
Name |
Casualty? |
Details* |
| A | Capt | Arnold, William McIntosh | WIA 09/17 |  | | A | Pvt | Blount, Sidney F. | WIA 09/14 |  | | A | Lt | Burnett, Eugene Paul | |  | | A | Pvt | Chancey, Alexander H. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | A | Lt | Jordan, Robert P. | KIA 09/17 | | | A | Pvt | Lewis, Sidney | WIA 09/17 |  | | A | Pvt | McCook, Abner | KIA 09/17 | | | A | Pvt | Roberts, Elias | WIA 09/17 |  | | A | Pvt | Rogers, James H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Lt | Basden, John H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Bowman, James A. | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Clymer, John H. | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Guinn, John B. | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Hale, John W. | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Capt | Hanna, John G. | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Rockholt, Jason | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Samples, David | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Lt | Tidwell, William Mathew | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Lt | Wilkinson, William F. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Winters, Levi | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Capt | Anderson, Charles David | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Anderson, Louis F. | POW 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Corder, Stephen | KIA 09/17 | | | C | Lt | Cowart, Jonathan D. | |  | | C | Lt | Culpeper, James M. | |  | | C | Pvt | Gamage, John C. | KIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Giles, James M. | KIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Hartley, William G. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Hunt, Seaborn M. | |  | | C | Pvt | Lightfoot, William H. | KIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Lowe, Thomas A. | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Mills, John | KIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Odum, Willis T. | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Rumph, John J. | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Slappey, George Washington | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Slappey, Russell W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Turner, Ebenezer W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Bailey, David J. | KIA 09/17 | | | D | Pvt | Bankston, Green B. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Berry, James J. D. | KIA 09/17 | | | D | Pvt | Brownlee, Robert M. | KIA 09/17 | | | D | Lt | Brownlee, Thomas Newton | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Collier, Bryant A. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Coody, Benjamin N. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Coody, James E. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Edwards, William H. | KIA 09/17 | | | D | Pvt | Elder, George B. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Sgt | Holland, Thomas R. | |  | | D | Pvt | Hudgins, William S. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Mills, Augustus F. | KIA 09/17 | | | D | Pvt | Moore, Frank A. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | D | Corp | Moore, Jason G. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Saunders, John W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Slaughter, John L. | MWIA 09/14 |  | | D | Pvt | Thomas, John B. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Capt | Watson, Larkin Douglas | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Anderson, James L. | Died 10/16 | | | E | Pvt | Arnold, Jones W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Sgt | Bazemore, Richard M. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Corp | Bowers, Henry C. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Derriso, A. J. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Harris, Nathaniel B. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Harris, William H. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Hortman, William H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Jackson, Shadrick F. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Jones, John T. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Landron, James | Died 00/00 |  | | E | Pvt | Lucas, James T. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Lucas, L. P. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Madden, Edward | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Lt | Marshall, Thomas J. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Martin, Alfred W. | KIA 09/14 | | | E | Pvt | Martin, G. W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Corp | McCallan, Frank W. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Nathan, Abraham | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Corp | Newsom, Napoleon Bonaparte | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Nichols, Robert B. | WIA 09/14 |  | | E | Pvt | Parham, Henry T. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Parker, W. P. | POW 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Parker, William R. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Radsford, Michael | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | E | Corp | Roberts, James M. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Rowell, John J. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Rowell, W. R. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Stembridge, Benjamin | MWIA 09/17 |  | | E | Sgt | Walker, Thomas H. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Williams, John W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Allen, Elias | KIA 09/17 | | | F | Pvt | Dalton, William H. | KIA 09/17 | | | F | Pvt | Everett, G. W. | KIA 09/17 | | | F | Sgt | Putnam, Henry M. | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Lt | Reed, Jesse | MWIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Royal, Daniel N. | KIA 09/17 | | | G | Pvt | Bartlett, Jesse E. | KIA 09/17 | | | G | Pvt | Boddie, Simon | POW 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Davis, James S. | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Duke, Aaron J. | KIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Gassett, Franklin A. | KIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Peterman, Washington F. | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Royal, James D. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | G | Sgt | Rucker, James Arden | KIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Adams, C. H. H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Adams, James M. | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Adams, John | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Adams, William A. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Adderton, William S. | WIA/POW 09/14 |  | | H | Pvt | Allen, Ennis G. W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Bailey, Benjamin | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Bailey, Robert | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Collier, Ambrose H. | POW 09/12 |  | | H | Pvt | Collins, Benjamin F. | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Collins, Charles Bryant | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Sgt | Cook, Julius Harris | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Cowart, Richard D. | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Cox, Samuel Marcellus | POW 09/17 |  | | H | Lt | Floyd, Joseph C. | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Grant, George W. | |  | | H | Pvt | Herrington, Henry B. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Huff, William | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Jeffries, James M. | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Johnson, George W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Knight, Abel | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Nelms, Joseph | MWIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Nelms, Joshua | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Odum, William Calton | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Parmenter, A. J. | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Capt | Plane, William Fisher | MWIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Simpson, James T. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Spurlin, Wilson L. | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Sutton, Seaborn | KIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Tyus, Lewis Garnett | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Wagner, William H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Williams, John M. | KIA 09/17 |  | | I | Sgt | Arrington, Thomas | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Pvt | Bozeman, J. William W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Sgt | Bullard, Henry H. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | I | Pvt | Coley, W. H. H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Pvt | Coombs, James T. | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Pvt | Davis, Daniel D. | KIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Edmonds, William A. | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Pvt | Edwards, Washington | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Corp | Evans, William C. | POW 09/15 |  | | I | Sgt | Glover, William Walker | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Pvt | Johnson, Francis M. | KIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Johnston, John S. | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Sgt | Lamb, Samuel D. | KIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Lamb, William F. | KIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Nobles, Bryant E. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | I | Pvt | Tharpe, Alexander C. | POW 09/15 |  | | I | Pvt | Thompson, Thomas | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Lt | Wimberly, Fred E. | KIA 09/17 | | | I | Capt | Wimberly, Frederick D. | KIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Faust, William E. | WIA 09/17 |  | | K | Pvt | Fitzgerald, James | WIA 09/17 |  | | K | Lt | Gratton, George G. | |  | | K | Sgt | James, Henry M. | KIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Latimer, Joel H. | KIA 09/17 | | | K | Capt | Lofton, John T. | |  | | K | Pvt | Powers, Fleming | POW 09/17 |  | | K | Pvt | Stevens, Walter W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | K | Pvt | Tucker, McCarty W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | K | Pvt | Wynn, Joel V. | KIA 09/17 | | | F&S | LCol | Newton, James M | KIA 09/17 |  | | F&S | Lt | Russell, Benjamin J. | |  | | F&S | Maj | Tracy, Philemon | KIA 09/17 |  | | Unk | Pvt | Reading, S. | Died 00/00 |  |
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