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Greg,

Here is a little info. for you.

Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia

MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 46th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
C. S. A.
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
CHATTAHOOCHEE SENTINELS

Burns, Green F.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th Ser- geant August 1862. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Ga. October 28, and returned to duty November 9, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.

Burns, John R.- private May 4, 1862. Captured at Columbia, Tenn. December 18, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. May 16, 1865.

46th Infantry Regiment was formed during the spring of 1862 with men from Upson, Schley, Harris, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Webster, Marion, and Talbot counties. The unit served in Georgia, then South Carolina where it was involved in the conflicts at Secessionville, and Gaston and Frampton's Plantation. In May, 1863, assigned to General Gist's Brigade, it moved to Mississippi. After taking part in the siege of Jackson the regiment joined the Army of Tennessee and fought on many battlefields from Chickamauga to Atlanta, then saw action in Tennessee and North Carolina. In December, 1863, this unit totalled 628 men and 513 arms, but was greatly reduced when it surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Peyton H. Colquitt and Samuel J.C. Dunlop, Lieutenant Colonel William A. Daniel, and Major A.M. Speer.

Here is a battle list for the 46th,

Vicksburg Campaign - May-July 1863
Jackson - May 14th 1863
Jackson Siege - July 1863
Chickamauga - Sept. 19-20,1863
Chattanooga Siege - Sept.-Nov. 1863
Atlanta Campaign - May-Sept. 1864
Dalton - May 5-11, 1864
Calhoun - May 1864
New Hope Church - May 25-June 4, 1864
Pine Hill - June 15, 1864
Kennesaw Mountain - June 27, 1864
Smyrna Campground - July 4, 1864
Chattahoochee River - July 5-17, 1864
Peach Tree Creek - July 20, 1864
Atlanta - July 22, 1864
Atlanta Siege - July-Sept. 1864
Jonesboro - August 31-Sept. 1, 1864
Franklin - Nov. 30, 1864
Nashville - Dec. 15-16, 1864
Carolinas Campaign - Feb.-April 1865

I hope this helps,
Gary D. Bray

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