John T. [Thomas?] Alexander enlisted as a Private in Company B, 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion May 4,1862 at Camp Smith, sick in Columbia Hospital from October 5 through October 31, 1862, June 30, 1863, docked $5.00 stoppage of pay for expenses of arrest having been absent without leave from April 1 to May 1, 1863, absent on December 1863 muster due to wound received in the battle of Chickamauga, in hospital at Atlanta, Georgia from February 25, 1864, died at Calhoun, Georgia June 1, 1864

William H. Alexander enlisted as a Private in Company B, 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion October 5, 1861 at Camp Black, transferred to Company D, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharp Shooters and present under the name H. Alexander August 31, 1862, deserted August 18,1863 on the move from Mississippi

8th Battalion, Georgia Infantry [Warthen's 28th Georgia Infantry]

8th Infantry Battalion was organized with six companies during the early spring of 1862 at Savannah, Georgia. Some of the men were from Adairsville and Thornburgh, and Gordon County. For a time the unit served in the Department of South Carolina, Georiga, and Florida, then it was assigned to Gist's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. After the operations in North Mississippi, it fought with the army from Chickamauga to Nashville and ended the war in North Carolina. This battalion contained 232 men and 183 arms in December, 1863, and was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonels Asahel Littlefield, Leroy Napier, Jr., J.T. Reid, and Zachariah L. Watters; and Majors John W. Gray, B.F. Hunt, and Edward F. Morgan.

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1st Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters

1st Battalion Sharpshooters was organized with four companies during the spring of 1862. Some of the men were from De Kalb County. It served on the Georgia coast and was part of the garrison that defended Fort McAllister in February, 1863. During May the unit moved to Mississippi and under General Wilson took its place in the trenches of Jackson. Later it was transferred to the Army of Tennessee and attached to General C.H. Stevens' and H.R. Jackson's Brigade. For a time the battalion was united with the 25th Georgia Regiment and in December, 1863, the consolidated command totalled 341 men and 151 arms. It fought on many battlefields of the army from Chickamauga to Nashville and ended the war in North Carolina. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with less than 35 officers and men. Majors Robert H. Anderson and Arthur Shaaff were in command.