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Confederate Regiment

50th Georgia Infantry

Organized: near Guyton, Georgia; mustered in 3/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Courthouse, VA 4/9/1865

 

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  LCol. Francis Kearse

 

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


Unit history

Formed in early March 1862, the 50th served in the defenses of Savannah until ordered to join the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) at Richmond in July. They were at Second Manassas (30 August), before the Maryland Campaign.

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

The 50th was assigned to help defend Fox's Gap on South Mountain on September 14th, and took heavy losses there. The remant of the regiment, probably about 100 men, defended the lower (later Burnside's) Bridge on the Antietam on the 16th and 17th. They were also engaged at Shepherdstown in stopping Federal pursuit on the 20th.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 53; Wounded (WIA): 124; Missing in Action (MIA): 4; Captured (POW): 36;

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #322: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #347: Drayton's Brigade, Jones' Division - 15 Sep, 11 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #368: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #369, cont: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #321: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #373: Toombs' Brigade, Jones' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #369: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #366: 2nd, 20th, and 50th Georgia Infantry - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM

After the Sharpsburg Campaign

The Regiment continued in service with the ANV for the duration of the War except for the Knoxville (TN) Campaign of Nov - Dec 1863 under General Longstreet.

References & Notes

Basic data is from Official Records and other sources extracted by John Griffin on his excellent 50th Georgia Volunteer Infantry page. Also at that page is a transcription of an article written by Lt. William O. Fleming, Company F, about the unit's fight at Fox's Gap (South Mountain) on September 14.

We have 233 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

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