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The Georgia 10th Infantry regiment was formed in June, 1861 in Richmond, Virginia. It was assigned to Magruder's Peninisula Division. It served with the Army of Northern Virginia for the entire war, except during Longstreet's 1863 expedition to Georgia and Tennessee. The regiment was assigned to the Semmes-Bryan-Simms brigade. There are a number of firsthand accounts associated with this regiment which are included in this book. Most were first published in the early 1900s in the Atlanta Journal. Companies Of The GA 10th Infantry Regiment Company A - Confederate Sentinels (Muscogee County) Company B - Letcher Guards (Richmond County) Company C - Chattahoochee Beauregards (Chattahoochee County) Company D - Independent Blues (Richmond County) Company E - Clayton Sharpshooters (Clayton County) Company F - Thomson Guards (Columbia County Company G - (Pulaski County) Company H - Wilcox County Rifles (Wilcox County) Company I - Fayette Grey Guards (Campbell and Fayette Counties) Company K - Davis Musketeers (Richmond County)
The GA 38th Infantry Regiment was a part of the Lawton - Gordon - Evans brigade made up of the 13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th, & 61st Georgia Regiments and the 12th Georgia Light Artillery Battalion. It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. The unit lost 54 killed and 118 wounded at Gaines' Mill and sixty-two percent of the 123 engaged at Sharpsburg. In the fight at Fredericksburg there were 10 killed and 91 wounded, and of the 341 at Gettysburg, more than thirty-five percent were disabled. It surrendered with 112, of which 73 were armed.
The South Carolina 10th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Marion, near Georgetown, South Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg, Marion, and Charleston. The regiment moved to Cat Island where many of the men suffered from typhoid fever, measles, and mumps. In March, 1862, it was sent to Mississippi, then in the Kentucky Campaign it was involved in the capture of Munfordsville. During the war it was assigned to General Manigault's and Sharp's Brigade and from September, 1863 to April, 1864, was consolidated with the 19th Regiment. The unit served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter campaign in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. It lost 16 killed, 91 wounded, and 2 missing at Murfreesboro, and the 10th/19th had 236 killed or wounded at Chickamauga and totaled 436 men and 293 arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20-28, the 10th Regiment lost 19 of 24 officers engaged.
The GA 10th Infantry Battalion was formed in Americus, Georgia during the spring of 1862. They were assigned to the Military District of Georgia, commanded by Brigadier General Hugh W. Mercer. Their first duties were Georgia coastal defense. They remained at Camp Stephens until 14 May 1862 when they received orders to proceed to Macon, Georgia to guard several thousand federal prisoners at Camp Oglethorpe located near Macon. The 10th Battalion received orders on 15 December 1862 to proceed to Virginia to join Robert E. Lee's army at Fredericksburg. The battalion arrived on 27 December 1862 and was attached to General G.T. Anderson's Brigade, General Hoods Division, of General Longstreet's Corps. They continued throughout the remainder of the war in Virginia. Companies of the GA 10th Infantry Battalion Company A - Macon County Guards - Macon County Company B - Worth Rebels - Worth County Company C, Zollicoffer Rifles - Sumter County Company D, Whittle Guards, Bibb County Company E - Granberry Guards - Sumter County Company F - No roster found Company G Company H Company I Company L
The 20th Georgia Infantry was formed at Columbus in May 1861. They served in the Army of Northern Virginia throughout most of its campaigns. They were attached to Early's Brigade in September of 1861 and transferred to the brigades of Generals Toombs and Benning in April 1862. The 20th fought with the army from the Seven Days Battles to Cold Harbor. They went with General Longstreet to fight at Suffolk, Chickamauga, and operations in east Tennessee including Chattanooga and Knoxville, then returned to Virginia in time for the spring campaign of 1864, enduring the hardships of the Petersburg trenches south and north of the James River. Companies Of The GA 20th Infantry Regiment Company A: Bibb County Company B: Muscogee County. Company C: Jefferson County. Company D: Polk County. Company E: Harris County Company F: Fulton County. Company G: Muscogee County. Company H: Telfair County. Company I: Muscogee County. Company K: Richmond County.