Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket. 1st (Regular) Infantry
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Civil War Home: Organization of the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, May 19–July 4, 1863. -- The Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
This is a list of American Civil War legions, legions being defined as combined arms units of infantry and cavalry and, often but not always, artillery. [1] The popularity of this type of unit had declined by the time of the American Civil War owing to the difficulty of organizing and maintaining its disparate elements; nevertheless, the Confederate Congress authorized the raising of at least ...
1st Confederate Consolidated Battalion (comprised 1st Confederate Regiment, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Georgia Regiments, and 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion): Capt William J. Whitsitt 39th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 29th and 34th Regiments and detachments of 52nd and 56th Regiments): Col Charles H. Phinizy
1st Georgia Confederate: Col George A. Smith (k) 25th Georgia; 29th Georgia; 30th Georgia; 66th Georgia: Ltc Algernon S. Hamilton (w) 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion; Corps Artillery Col Melancthon Smith. Hoxton's Battalion Ltc Llewellyn G. Hoxton Phelan's Alabama Battery; Perry's Florida Battery; Turner's Miss Battery; Hotchkiss's Battalion
The 56th Armored Infantry Regiment traced its origin back to the 17th Infantry Regiment of Maj. Gen. George Sykes' 2nd Division of the 5th Army Corps, of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Personnel from the 17th Infantry Regiment formed the 56th Infantry Regiment on 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army under the command of ...
2nd Georgia Sharpshooters; Stevens' Brigade BG Clement H. Stevens. 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers) (from mid-June) 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn; 29th Georgia; 30th Georgia Volunteer Infantry; 66th Georgia: Col J. Cooper Nisbet; 26th Georgia Battalion (until mid-June) 1st Georgia Sharpshooters; Hardee's Corps Artillery Col Melancthon Smith
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the final military encounter of the American Civil War, the 1865 Appomattox campaign, which lasted from March 29 to April 9 and resulted in Confederate surrender on April 9 at the Appomattox Court House. Order of battle has been compiled from the army organization during the ...