61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry
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| 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Unofficial Georgia flag prior to 1879 |
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| Active | May, 1862–April, 1865 |
| Country | Confederate States of America |
| Allegiance | CSA |
| Branch | Volunteer Army, American Civil War |
| Type | Infantry |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War * Battle of Gaines' Mill * Second Manassas * Battle of Chancellorsville * Battle of Gettysburg |
The 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] History
Part of the Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade, the 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was mustered in South Carolina in May 1862. Its service included the Battle of Gaines' Mill (27 June 1862), Second Manassas (29-30 August 1862), the Battle of Chancellorsville (29 April – 5 May 1863) and the Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 July 1863) among many other battles. Along with the rest of Gordon's brigade, the 61st was among the first Confederate troops to reach the Susquehanna River during the Gettysburg Campaign.
George Washington Nichols, in his autobiographical account, A Soldier's Story of His Regiment, depicts life in the 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
[edit] Staff
Colonel
- John H. Lamar
Lieutenant Colonels
- Charles W. McArthur
- James Y. McDuffie
Majors
- Peter Brenan
- Archibald P. McRae
- Henry Tillman
- James D. Van Valkenburg.
Captains
- G.D. Wilcox
- D.R.A. Johnson
- Daniel McDonald
- S.H. Kennedy
- Charles W. McArthur
- Peter Brennan
- W. Fannin
- J.M. Dasher
- James D. Van Valkenburg
- E.F. Sharpe
- T.M. McRae
- J.A. Edmondson
- T.T. Colley.
Adjutants
- G.W. Lamar
- G.C. Conner.
Assistant Quartermaster
- George Higgins.
[edit] Companies
- A - "Irwin Cowboys" (Irwin County, Captains Wilcox & McDuffie)
- B - "Tattnall Rangers" (Tattnall County, Captains Johnson & A.P. McRae)
- C - "Brooks Rifles" and "Wiregrass Riflemen" (Brooks and Thomas Counties, Captains McDonald & Edmonson)
- D - "DeKalb Guards" (Bulloch County, Captains Kennedy & Tillman)
- E - "Montgomery Sharpshooters" (Montgomery County, Captains McArthur & T.M. McRae)
- F - "The Stark/Starke Guards"
- G - "Wilkes Guards" (Wilkes County, Captains Fannin & Colley)
- H - "Tattnall Volunteers" (Tattnall County, Captain Dasher)
- I - "Thompson Guards" (Macon and Bibb County, Captain Van Valkenburg)
- K - formed with volunteers from Companies A-I (Captain Sharpe)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Nichols, Private G.W. A Soldier's Story of His Regiment (61st Georgia) and Incidentally of the Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade Army of Northern Virginia. Jesup, GA: G.W. Nichols Descendant Association. 2002
- Evans County Historical Society. A History of Evans County, Georgia. Claxton, GA: Evans County Historical Society. 1999
