Historical Sketch and Roster of the Georgia 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment

This unit was known by various names:

• The GA 36th Infantry Regiment
• The Mississippi and Georgia Regiment
• 1st Villepigue’s Independent Battalion
• 1st Georgia Infantry Battalion
• 1st Confederate Regiment Georgia Infantry.

The 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment was first involved in the bombardment of Pensacola, Florida. It later fought at Fort McRae and Corinth, then joined the Army of Tennessee for the Atlanta Campaign. The 1st Confederates went with Hood into Tennessee and participated in the battles of Nashville and Franklin where many were disabled. The few that remained returned to South Carolina in January of 1865 and participated in the Carolina’s campaign against Sherman. Only a handful surrendered in April 1865. Companies of the 1st Confederate Infantry:

• Company A – Independent Volunteers – Bibb County Georgia;
• Company B – Ringgold Volunteers – Catoosa County Georgia;
• First Company C – Brown Infantry – Bibb County Georgia;
• Second Company C – Fulton County Georgia;
• First Company D – Fulton County Georgia;
• Second Company D – Catoosa and Walker Counties Georgia;
• First Company E – Etowah Infantry – Bartow County Georgia;
• Second Company E – Bartow County Georgia;
• First Company F – Richmond County Georgia;
• Second Company F – Power Springs Guards – Cobb County Georgia;
• First Company G – Floyd County Georgia;
• Second Company G – Floyd County Georgia;
• First Company H;
• Second Company H;
• Second Company I – Catoosa County Georgia;
• Second Company K;

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