Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Georgia
1862
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March 22 | Formed under Colonel William M. Slaughter, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Ball and Major Oliver P. Anthony |
April | Sent to South Carolina for coast defence duties |
June 16 | Battle of Secessionville |
July | Moved to Virginia and assigned to Drayton’s Brigade in D.R. Jones’ Division |
August 28-30 |
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) |
September 1 | Captain James Dickey was captured outdide Frederick, Maryland. |
September 15 |
Battle of South Mountain |
September 19 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) |
November | Transferred to Semmes’ Brigade in McLaws’ Division |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863
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April | Captain Dickey was exchanged and returned to the regiment. |
May 1-4 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleColonel Slaughter was mortally wounded near Zoan Church and Lieutenant Colonel Edward Ball was wounded in the heel. |
May 2 | Major Oliver P. Anthony took over command of the regiment. Lt. Colonel Ball was promoted to colonel, Major Anthony to lieutenant colonel and Captain Henry M. Dunwoody of Company A to major. |
July 2 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Colonel Edward Ball and brought 303 men t the field. It lost 15 men killed, 40 wounded, and 40 men missing. Major Dunwoody was killed. Captain James Dickey would be promoted to major effective to Dunwoody’s death on July 2. From the marker on the Gettysburg battlefield: July 2. Arrived about 3.30 P. M. and formed line 50 yards west of this. Advanced about 5 P. M. in support of Kershaw and Anderson and took a prominent part in the severe and protracted conflict on Rose Hill and in the ravine and forest east of there and in the vicinity of the Loop. Participated also in the general advance late in the evening by which the Union forces were forced out of the Wheatfield and across Plum Run Valley. Brig Gen. Paul J. Semmes fell mortally wounded in the ravine near the Loop.
When General Semmes was mortally wounded, Colonel Goode Bryan of the 16th Georgia took command of the brigade. |
August | Colonel Bryan was promoted to brigadier general and given permanent command of the brigade. |
September | The regiment moved to the Western Theater with Longstreet but arrived too late to fight at Chickamauga |
September – November |
Siege of Chattanooga |
November 29 |
Siege of Knoxville |
November | Knoxville Campaign |
1864
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January 14 | Major Dickey was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Captain John P. Crawford of Company G was promoted to major |
March | The regiment returned to the Army of Northern Virginia. General Kershaw took over the division from General McLaws. |
May 5-9 |
Battle of the WildernessCommanded by Colonel Edward Ball |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
May 23-24 | North Anna |
May 31-June12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
June | Siege of Petersburg begins |
July 14 | Lieutenant Colonel Anthony resigned. |
July 27-29 |
First Battle of Deep Bottom |
August 6 | The regiment was sent with Kershaw’s Division to the Shenandoah Valley, where it was temporarily attached to Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s Army of the Valley |
September 14 | Since Sheridan and his Union Army of the Shenandoah was inactive Kershaw’s Division was ordered back to rejoin Lee at Richmond and began to leave the Valley. |
September 26 | Kershaw received news of the Confederate defeat at the Third Battle of Winchester and returned to rejoin Early in the Shenandoah Valley. |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar CreekColonel Ball was mortally wounded in the shoulder. He would die in Staunton on November 13. |
November 12 | Lieutenant Colonel Dickey was promoted to colonel and Major Crawford to lieutenant colonel |
November 14 | Kershaw’s Division left the Shenandoah Valley to return to the Army of Northern Virginia around Petersburg. |
1865
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April 6 |
Battle of Sayler’s CreekColonel Dickey, Lt. Colonel Crawford, and many men were captured. Captain H. R. Thomas took command of the survivors. |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe regiment surrendered 2 officers and 41 enlisted men |