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Nancy,

Here is a lot of material to chew on.

George Martin
Sparks, NV

I would first start off with a Goggle search: "34th Georgia Infantry"

The 34th Georgia served in Cumming's Brigade during the siege of Vicksburg in the siege line just to the left of my ggrandfather's 43rd Tennessee in Reynold's brigade. The 43rd was not assigned to the siege line, rather, they were held in reserve to hasten to reinforce positions in the line which were threatened by Union assaults. A number of their sorties were to back up Cummings.

You might want to visit my website at: http://webpages.charter.net/43tenn.

Our descendants group will be holding a reunion in Vicksburg next month, see:

http://www.43dtenn.com/

There are a few references to the 34th in Edwin Bearss's three Volume Work, The Vicksburg Campaign. If you're interested in chasing them, contact me at:

gmartin55@charter.net

From the CW Regimental Histories Index, see the following:

http://www.tarleton.edu/%7Ekjones/CSga-in.html#GA-Inf

34th GA Infantry [Reenactors' page; outline history, muster roll, Co. "B"]

Muster rolls [Co. "E"] [Field, Staff, and Band]

Capt. Aaron S. Cole [Biography, photo]

From the US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks unit bibliography:

USAMHI
RefBranch
laf Jul 95
34th Georgia Infantry Regiment

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 7: Georgia. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. E484C65.1987v7. See pp. 113-14 (2 photocopied pages) for a brief unit history.

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Ref. See p. 105 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Georgia. State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, l86l-l865. Vol. 3. Hapeville, GA: Longino & Porter, 1959. pp. 763-843. E559.3G4v3. Unit roster.

Jones, Charles E. Georgia in the War, 1861-1866. Atlanta, GA: Foot & Davies, 1909. E559.4J76. See p. 29 (1 photocopied page) for an incomplete list of unit officers

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies:...Georgia. NY: Facts on File, 1995. pp. 243-44 (2 photocopied pages). E577S53.

From the NPS Soldiers and Sailors System:

34th Infantry Regiment, organized in May, 1862, at Camp McDonald, near Marietta, Georgia, recruited its members in the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Polk, Cobb, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson, and Jackson. The unit was sent to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was assigned to T.H. Taylor's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It participated in the battle at Champion's Hill and was captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized it was placed in General Cummings' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 34th was active in many engagements from Chattanooga to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. It reported 34 casualties at Chattanooga, contained 369 men and 266 arms in December, 1863, and had 219 fit for duty in Janaury, 1865. Very few surrendered in April. The field commanders were Colonel J.A.W. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Bradley, and Majors Thomas T. Dorough and John M. Jackson.

Unit assignments from the CW Research Database:

Organized: on 5/17/62
Mustered Out: 4/9/65

From
To
Brigade
Division
Corps
Army
Comment
Jun '62
Jul '62
Post of Chattanooga

Dept of East Tennessee

Jul '62
Oct '62
Leadbetter's
Heth's

Dept of East Tennessee

Oct '62
Dec '62
Taylor's
Stevenson's

Dept of East Tennessee

Dec '62
Apr '63
Taylor's
Stevenson's
2nd Military Dist
Dept of Mississippi and East Louisiana

Apr '63
Jul '63
Taylor's
Stevenson's

Dept of Mississippi and East Louisiana

Oct '63
Nov '63
Cumming's
Stevenson's

Army of Tennessee

Nov '63
Nov '63
Cumming's
Stevenson's
2nd
Army of Tennessee

Nov '63
Feb '64
Cumming's
Stevenson's
1st
Army of Tennessee

Feb '64
Apr '65
Cumming's
Stevenson's
2nd
Army of Tennessee

And, finally, from the CW Units file, we find these two chaps as being knowledgeable of the 34th:

34th Ga Infantry gpatrick@mindspring.com (William Patrick)
34th GA Reg't, Co. E "Jackson Farmers" bjlong@pioneer-net.com (Bob Long)

Caution, these may be out of date addresses.

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