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*[[12th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (Wright's) (State Guards)|12th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (Wright's) (State Guards)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[12th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (Wright's) (State Guards)|12th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (Wright's) (State Guards)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[13th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry|13th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry]]<br>Organized in January, 1865, using the 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus.<br>
*[[15th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards)|15th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[16th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards)|16th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards)]]<br>Assembled in May, 1862, at Big Shanty, Georgia.<br>
*[[16th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry|16th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[18th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry|18th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit<br>
*[[19th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry|19th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry]]<br>Organized with four companies during the spring of 1862<br>
*[[20th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry|20th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry]]<br>Organized during the summer of 1862 with three companies, later increased to seven. Some of its members were from Liberty County.<br>
*[[21st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry|21st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry]]<br>Also called White's Partisans] was organized during the summer of 1862<br>
*[[22nd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards)|22nd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[23rd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards)|23rd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[24th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry|24th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry]]<br>Formed during the early spring of 1863 with three companies.<br>
*[[29th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry|29th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry<br>Organized during the winter of 1863-1864 with eight companies and mustered into Confederate service at Lumpkin, Georgia. <br>
*[[62nd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry|62nd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry]]<br>Formed during the fall of 1862 when the 2nd Regiment and 15th Battalion Georgia Partisan Rangers were reorganized. Three companies were from North Carolina and the Georgia companies were from Dougherty, Liberty, and Baker counties. <br>






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The information in this list of Georgia Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

  • 1st Regiment, Georgia Cavalry
    Assembled during the fall of 1861 at Rome, Georgia. Many of its members were recruited in the counties of Meriwether, Floyd, and Lumpkin.  The regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.
  • 1st Cavalry Regiment
     Assembled during the fall of 1861 at Rome, Georgia.
    Many of its members were recruited in the counties of Meriwether, Floyd, and Lumpkin.During the war it served in Pegram's, Davidson's, J.J. Morrison's, Iverson's, and C.C. Crews' Brigade
  • 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry
    Organized by Colonel M. J. Crawford and mustered into Confederate service at Athens, Georgia, during the early summer of 1862.  April 26, 1865,it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.
  • 20th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry
    Organized during the summer of 1862 with three companies, later increased to seven. Some of its members were from Liberty County.
  • [[29th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry|29th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry
    Organized during the winter of 1863-1864 with eight companies and mustered into Confederate service at Lumpkin, Georgia.
  • 62nd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry
    Formed during the fall of 1862 when the 2nd Regiment and 15th Battalion Georgia Partisan Rangers were reorganized. Three companies were from North Carolina and the Georgia companies were from Dougherty, Liberty, and Baker counties.