Janice,

Here is a little info. on your soldiers from the Soldiers and Sailors System.

CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS

8th Battalion, 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.

Martin V. Shaw (First_Last)
Regiment Name 8 Batt'n. Georgia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company A
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M226 roll 54

G. W. Shaw (First_Last)
Regiment Name 8 Batt'n. Georgia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company A
Soldier's Rank_In Corporal
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M226 roll 54

James M. Shaw (First_Last)
Regiment Name 8 Batt'n. Georgia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company A
Soldier's Rank_In 3 Lieutenant
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M226 roll 54

P. M. Shaw is Polk M. Shaw

I found no record for Polk Shaw in The Soldiers and Sailors System but he is listed on the link below for the 8th.

http://www.hardlink.com/~rlk/roster.html

I hope this is of some help ,

Gary D. Bray