Brooks, Elijah M. GA 40th Inf. Co.G
Brooks, F.M. GA 40th Inf. Co.C
Brooks, John L. GA 40th Inf. Co.G
Brooks, Parker R. GA 40th Inf. Co.I
Brooks, William H. GA 40th Inf. Co.G Sgt.

Georgia 40th Infantry Regiment
Organized 3/19/1862 - surrendered at Vicksburg, MS 7/4/1863 - paroled Vicksburg, MS in July 1863 - declared exchanged 9/12/1863 - consolidated with 41st & 43rd Inf Regs and designated 40th Inf Battalion - consolidated at Smithfield, NC 4/9/1865.
First Commander: Col. Abda Johnson
BATTLES:
Cumberland Gap - 6/17-18/1862
Chickasaw Bayou - 12/27-29/1862
Vicksburg Campaign - May-July 1863
Champion hill - 5/16/1863
Vicksburg Siege - May-July 1863
Chattanooga Siege - Sept-Nov 1863
Chattanooga - 11/23-25/1863
Atlanta Campaign - May-Sept 1864
Rocky Face Ridge - 5/5-11/1864
Resaca - 5/14-15/1864
New Hope Church - 5/25-6/4/1864
Dallas - 6/25-27/1864
Kenesaw Mountain - 6/27/1864
Peach Tree Creek - 7/20/1864
Atlanta - 7/22/1864
Ezra Church - 7/28/1864
Atlanta Siege - July-Sept 1864
Jonesboro - 8/31-9/1/1864
Franklin - 11/30/1864
Nashville - 12/15-16/1864
Carolinas Campaign - Feb-Apr 1865
Edisto RR Brdige - 2/7/1865
Binnaker's Bridge - 2/9/1865
Orangeburg - 2/12/1865
Bentonville - 3/19-21/1865

Suggested Reading: Bogle, Joseph, Some Recollections of the Civil War