CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
1st Confederate Battalion, Georgia Infantry
1st Georgia Battalion was organized with five companies during the late fall of 1861. It served along the Georgia coast until January, 1863, then merged into the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Spalding was in command.
B.B. Knowles
Regiment Name 66th Georgia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company G
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M226 roll 35
66th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
66th Infantry Regiment [also called 65th Regiment] was organized at Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1863. It was assigned to Wilson's, C.H. Stevens', and H.R. Jackson's Brigade, participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Atlanta to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. In December, 1863, this regiment contained 513 men and 419 arms but was greatly reduced when it surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel J. Cooper Nisbet, Lieutenant Colonel A.S. Hamilton, and Major R. Newton Hull.
T.H. Knowles
Regiment Name 66th Ga. Inf.
Side Confederate
Company K
Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt.
Alternate Name T.H./Noles
Film Number M226 roll 35
B. Knowles
Regiment Name 61st Georgia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company A - Cow Hunters - aka Irwin Cow Boys
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name Burril/Noles
Film Number M226 roll 35
61st Regiment, Georgia Infantry
61st Infantry Regiment [also called 26th Regiment] was assembled at Charleston, South Carolina, in May, 1862. It was formed by using the 7th Georgia Battalion as its nucleus. The men were from the counties of Irwin, Tattnall, Brooks, Bulloch, Montgomery, Bibb, Quitman, and Wilkes. Ordered north in June, the unit arrived at Petersburg, Virginia, with 1,000 officers and men. During the war it was brigaded under Generals Lawton, John B. Gordon, and C.A. Evans, Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, went with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, then fought in numerous engagements around Appomattox. This regiment sustained 36 casualties at Gaines' Mill, 63 at Second Manassas, 114 at Sharpsburg, and 100 at Fredericksburg. It lost thirty-seven percent of the 288 at Gettysburg and sixty-five percent of 150 at Monocacy. The 61st surrendered with no officers and 81 men, of which only 49 were armed. Its commanders were Colonel John H. Lamar; Lieutenant Colonels Charles W. McArthur and James Y. McDuffie; and Majors Peter Brenan, Archibald P. MacRae, Henry Tillman, and James D. Van Valkenburg.
B. Knowles
Regiment Name 6th Georgia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company A - Sidney/Sydney Brown Infantry
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M226 roll 35
6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
6th Infantry Regiment was organized at Macon, Georiga, in April, 1861, and soon moved ot Virginia. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Bibb, Crawford, Butts, Baker, Twiggs, Gilmer, Taylor, and Mitchell. Assigned to General Rains' Brigade, the regiment totalled 703 men in April, 1862, and was active at Williamsburg and Seven Pines. Later it transferred to General Colquitt's Brigade and remained under his command for the balance of the war. The 6th served with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Chancellorsville, then was ordered to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida where it fought at Olustee. During the spring of 1864 it returned to Virginia, participated in the conflicts at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, and endured the battles and hardships of the trenches at Petersburg. Sent to North Carolina the unit saw action at Bentonville and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. It lost 38 killed, 167 wounded, and 3 missing during the Seven Days' Battles and reported 43 casualties at Chancellorsville and 61 at Olustee. The field officers were Colonels Alfred H. Colquitt and John T. Lofton; Lieutenant Colonels Charles D. Anderson, William M. Arnold, Wilde C. Cleveland, Sampton W. Harris, and James M.Newton; and Majors James M. Culpeper and Phil Tracy.
Knowles, J.B.
Co A Private Private
Knowles, Stephen M.
Co A 1st Sergeant 1st Sergeant