1st Georgia Infantry


The 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Differing from 1st Infantry and 1st Infantry Regiments; it was also known as the 1st Georgia Regulars.

History

The regiment was organized at Macon, Georgia in April 1861. The companies first named were twelve months' troops, a majority re-enlisting for the war, while others were mustered out when the twelve months expired. The regimental commander, Col. Charles J. Williams, died on February 8, 1862. Now led by Col. William J. Magill, the regiment served in the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. When Magill was wounded at Antietam, being part of Gen. G.T. Anderson's brigade, the command developed to Cpt. Richard A. Wayne. The 1st Georgia was transferred to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida in early 1863. In Gen. George P. Harrison's brigade it participated in the Battle of Olustee. When Magill retired on September 3, 1864, Wayne was named as his successor. The regiment was surrendered along with Joseph E. Johnston's army at Bennett Place in North Carolina on April 26, 1865.

Companies

The regiment fought in the Seven Days Battles, the culmination of the Peninsula campaign, Battle of Savage's Station, Second Battle of Manassas, Battle of Sharpsburg, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Olustee, Battle of Nashville, Siege of Savannah, Carolinas campaign, Battle of Bentonville, and surrendered April 26, 1865, with the Army of Tennessee.