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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 1st Confederate Battalion, Georgia Infantry was organized with five companies during the late fall of 1861. | The 1st Confederate Battalion, Georgia Infantry was organized with five companies during the late fall of 1861. In January, 1863, it merged into the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 347 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=CGA0001BI03 Roster]. <br> | |||
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | ||
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*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gatroup2/1stconfederate_battinf.htm Regimental Roster] (accessed 30 Dec 2018)<br> | |||
*1st Battalion, Georgia Infantry, [http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/military/civilwar/1btus.txt Roster] (accesses 4 March 2014) by Keith Giddeon in USGenWeb Archives<br> | |||
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=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
National Park Service, [ | *Georgia [http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/military/civilwar/csamilitary.html USGenWeb] Archives Project - Civil War Records - Individual Soldiers<br> | ||
*{{RecordSearch|1932370|Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865}}<br> | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1932397|Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}}<br> | |||
*{{RecordSearch|2126718|Georgia, Confederate Home Records, 1901-1930}}<br> | |||
*Copy of some Georgia Regiment muster roster (hand written) [http://www.georgiaarchives.org/what_do_we_have/online_records/confederate_muster_rolls/CMR_main.htm GeorgiaArchives.org] | |||
*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Georgia in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br> | |||
*National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br> | |||
*[[Georgia in the Civil War|Georgia in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Georgia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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[[Category:Georgia_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | [[Category:Georgia_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:41, 14 June 2022
Brief History
The 1st Confederate Battalion, Georgia Infantry was organized with five companies during the late fall of 1861. In January, 1863, it merged into the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment.[1]
Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 347 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
- Regimental Roster (accessed 30 Dec 2018)
- 1st Battalion, Georgia Infantry, Roster (accesses 4 March 2014) by Keith Giddeon in USGenWeb Archives
Other Sources
- Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project - Civil War Records - Individual Soldiers
- Copy of some Georgia Regiment muster roster (hand written) GeorgiaArchives.org
- Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Georgia in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
- National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
- Georgia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Georgia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
- United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
References
- ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010).