Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Georgia
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1862
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| Spring | Created by adding four companies to the 4th Georgia Battalion at Savannah. |
| mid-June | Moved from Georgia to Virginia and attached to Lawton’s Brigade, Jackson’s Division, Army of the Valley |
| June 27 |
Battle of Gaines’ Mill |
| August 20 | Attached to Lawton’s Brigade, Ewell’s Division, Jackson’s Command, Army of Nothern Virginia |
| August 28-30 |
Second Battle of ManassasThe regiment lost 42 casualties. Major Berry was wounded. |
| September 8 | Major Berry was promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The regiment was commanded by Captain Walter B. Jones and lost 59 casualties. |
| December 13 |
Battle of FredericksburgThe regiment lost 78 casualties. |
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1863
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| April 11 | Attached to Gordon’s Brigade of Early’s Division of the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia |
| May 1-4 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe regiment lost 35 men. |
| June | Colonel Henry Stiles took leave of absence due to failing health and returned home to Georgia. He would die in late 1865. |
| June 13-15 |
Second Battle of WinchesterThe regiment lost 6 men killed and 16 wounded. Captain J.B. Colding was killed |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Captain Walters B. Jones and brought 299 men to the field. It lost 12 men killed, 28 wounded and 19 missing. |
| August | Captain Jones was elected major |
| Fall | Major Berry was made acting colonel of the 7th Virginia Cavalry |
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1864
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| January 5 | Major Berry retired |
| April 11 | Companies D & E of the 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion, made up of Georgians, were transferred to the 60th Georgia Infantry as Companies E and A.. |
| May 4-5 |
Battle of the WildernessMajor Jones was wounded |
| May 12 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 21 | Attached to Evan’s Brigade of Gordon’s Division of the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia |
| May 23-26 | North Anna |
| June 13 | Attached to Evans’ Brigade of Gordon’s Division of the Army of the Valley |
| June 17-18 | Battle of Lynchburg |
| June 19-21 | Pursuit of Hunter |
| June 22 | Day of rest at Salem |
| June 23-26 | Advance into the Shenandoah Valley to Staunton |
| June 28-July 2 | Advance from Staunton to near Harpers Ferry |
| July 5-6 | Crossed the Potomac at Boteler’s Ford and advances to west of Frederick |
| July 9 |
Battle of Monocacy |
| July 10 | The advance on Washington continues through an extremely hot day. |
| July 11-12 |
Battle of Fort Stevens |
| July 13-15 | Left Washington, crossed the Potomac at White’s Ford, and marched across Loudon County. |
| July 16 | Crossed the Blue Ridge at Snickers Gap to Berryville |
| July 19 | Moved to Strasburg |
| July 24 |
Second Battle of Kernstown |
| August 8 | At Bunker Hill |
| August 10 | To Winchester |
| August 12 | To Fisher’s Hill |
| August 17 | Returned to Winchester and Bunker Hill. |
| August 22 | To Charles Town |
| August 25-26 | Feint toward Williamsport and return to Bunker Hill. |
| September 5 | To Winchester |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of WinchesterCommanded by Captain Milton Russell. |
| September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| December 9 | Returned with Gordon’s Division from the Shenandoah Valley to the Richmond area under the command of Major Waters B. Jones. Attached to Gordon’s Division, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
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1865
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| January | The 60th and 61st Georgia were combined under Colonel Waters Jones until the end of the war. |
| February 6 |
Battle of Hatcher’s Run |
| April 7 |
Farmville and High Bridge |
| April |
Appomattox Court HouseThe regiment surrendered 5 officers and 85 enlisted men |