Confederate Regiment

6th Georgia Infantry

Organized: Atlanta, GA; mustered in 5/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: 5/1865

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  LCol. J. M. Newton
  Maj. P. Tracy
  Lt. E. P. Burnett

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Jackson's Command
  Division - D. H. Hill's Division
  Brigade - Colquitt's Brigade

Unit history

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.

On the Sharpsburg 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)." See a casualty list for the Regiment at Sharpsburg as printed in the Southern Recorder (Milledgeville, GA) on 21 October 1862, thanks to Laura Elliot.

Very early in the morning of 17 September Company A of the regiment, along with the "A" Company of each of the other regiments of the Brigade (23rd, 27th, and 23th GA, 13th AL), "with about an equal number from the 5th TX and 4th AL regiments ... were sent out and fought independently of the brigade ... in [the] East Woods, on the right of an Alabama regiment of some other command".

Statistics

Initial Strength: 250; Total Casualties: 200;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 80%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks into Miller's Cornfield (7-9 am)
Detail Map #6: French's Division Hits the Sunken Road (9-10 am)
Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #332: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 14 Sep, 10 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #384: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 14 Sep, 10 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #315: Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #339: Colquitt's Brigade, D. H. Hill's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #333: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 1 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #385: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #365: Colquitt's and Garland's Brigades - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM

After the Sharpsburg Campaign

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 & Notes

The first quote here and other details from a capsule history of the Regiment from Thomas R. Fasulo on his Battle of Olustee site [now gone]. The detail about the Company "A"s deployment from Major Gould of the 11th Maine in the National Tribune (Washington, DC) of 25 August 1892.

We have 244 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Capt	Arnold, William McIntosh	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Blount, Sidney Francis	WIA 09/14
A	Lt	Burnett, Eugene Paul
A	Pvt	Carney, James	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Chancey, Alexander H.	WIA/POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Cunningham, Edwin R.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lewis, Sidney	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lovett, Madison	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	Falls, John C.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Guinn, John B.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hale, John W.	KIA 09/17
B	Capt	Hanna, John Guinn	KIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Mathewson, James M.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Moreland, Henry H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Morgan, John M.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Morgan, Watson C.	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Rockholt, Jason	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Rogers, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Samples, David	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Stevens, George W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Stewart, John R.	WIA 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.	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Culpeper, James M.
C	Pvt	Gamage, John C.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Giles, James M.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Glosier, Alexander	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hartley, William G.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hunt, Seaborn M.
C	Pvt	Johnson, Robert W.	MIA (r) 09/17
C	Pvt	Kilby, Reuben A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Lightfoot, William H.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Lominack, James D.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Lowe, Thomas A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McGehee, William F.	WIA/POW 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 Benjamin	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	Darden, Henry J.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Edwards, William H.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Elder, George B.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Heard, James Wiley	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	Owens, John N.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Saunders, John W.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Slaughter, John Lee	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Thomas, John B.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Tomlinson, Robert S.	WIA 09/17
D	Capt	Watson, Larkin Douglas	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Arnold, Anderson C.	WIA 09/17
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	Capt	Cleveland, Wilde Clayton	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Derriso, A. J.	KIA 09/17
E	Lt	Fowler, Zephaniah Anson	MIA (r) 09/17
E	Pvt	Harris, Nathaniel B.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Harris, William H.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hortman, William Henry	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Jackson, Shadrick F.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Jones, John T.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Jordan, Richard M.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Landrum, James M.	MWIA 09/17
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	Corp	Rowell, John Jonas	MWIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Rowell, William R.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Stembridge, Benjamin	MWIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Walker, Thomas H.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Weaver, Samuel E.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Williams, John W.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Allen, Elias	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Arline, Daniel Henry Harrison	POW 09/17
F	Sgt	Cooper, Newton	POW 09/17
F	Pvt	Cox, Henry Clay	MIA (r) 09/17
F	Pvt	Dalton, William H.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Ellis, Ulysses M.	MIA (r) 09/17
F	Pvt	Everett, G. W.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Glover, James W.	MIA (r) 09/17
F	Pvt	Griner, Jasper Joseph	MIA (r) 09/17
F	Pvt	Page, Matthew	MIA (r) 09/17
F	Sgt	Putnam, Henry M.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Rackley, Homer Thomas	KIA 09/17
F	Lt	Reed, Jesse	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Royal, Daniel N.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Adams, James J.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Bartlett, Jesse E.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Bartlett, William W.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Boddie, Simeon L.	POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Broooks, Benjamin Franklin	WIA 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	Humphries, John F.	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	McCants, John A. W.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Peterman, Washington F.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Pool, Lemuel C.	WIA/POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Royal, James D.	MWIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Rucker, James Arden	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Saxon, William M.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Tune, Nathaniel B.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Watkins, George W. L.	MIA (r) 09/17
G	Pvt	Wilson, George A.	MIA (n) 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, Joshua F.	WIA/POW 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	Brown, Albert H.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Caskie, Thomas H.	WIA 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	Pvt	Culpepper, Mathew J. D.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Dees, George W.	WIA 09/17
H	Lt	Floyd, Joseph C.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Grant, George W.	POW 09/17
H	Sgt	Harrison, Irby Hudson
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	McMullin, James J.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McMurria, John L.	WIA 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	Pvt	Perry, Redmond A.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Capt	Plane, William Fisher	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Richardson, Oliver Perry	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Simpson, James T.	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Smith, John D.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Spurlin, Wilson Lumpkin	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Sutton, Seaborn	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Tyus, Lewis Garnett	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Vinson, Thomas	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Wagner, William H.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Williams, John M.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Williford, Green W.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Wilson, David W.	MIA (r) 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	Bullard, Ira	WIA 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 09/14
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	Lee, Needham S.	MIA (r) 09/17
I	Pvt	Newby, Josiah	MIA (r) 09/17
I	Pvt	Nobles, Bryant E.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Norris, Jr., Jesse Isaac	POW 09/17
I	Pvt	Tharpe, Alexander C.	POW 09/15
I	Pvt	Thompson, Thomas	WIA 09/17
I	Capt	Wimberly, Frederick Davis
I	Lt	Wimberly, Frederick Ezekiel	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Brown, Thomas Hawkins	POW 09/15
K	Pvt	Dozier, George Pierce	KIA 09/17
K	Lt	Dozier, Thomas Howard	POW 09/17
K	Sgt	Faust, William Edward	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Fitzgerald, James	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Gratton, George G.
K	Pvt	Hartsfield, John Glenn	POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Hendricks, James Asbury	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	James, Henry M.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Johnson, J. Augustus	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Johnson, Thomas J.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Johnson, Jr., Robert G.
K	Pvt	Keenan, Michael	POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Landrum, James M.	MIA (r) 09/17
K	Pvt	Latimer, Joel H.	KIA 09/17
K	Capt	Lofton, John T.
K	Pvt	Matthews, John C. C.	MIA (n) 09/17
K	Pvt	Millican, John A.	POW 09/14
K	Pvt	Norton, John L.	MIA (n) 09/17
K	Pvt	Powers, Fleming	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Smith, Robert Wilson Perry	WIA/POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Smith, W. H.	MIA (r) 09/17
K	Pvt	Smith, William P.	POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Stephens, Samuel G. T.	MIA (n) 09/17
K	Pvt	Stevens, Walter W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Stowers, M. Columbus	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Tucker, McCarty W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Tucker, William Tarpley	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Witcher, Benjamin Herndon
K	Pvt	Wynn, Joel V.	KIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Newton, James Mitchell	MWIA 09/17
F&S	Lt	Russell, Benjamin J.
F&S	Maj	Tracy, Philemon	KIA 09/17

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