Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

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Company D, 1st Regiment (Olmstead's), Georgia Volunteer Infantry, was known as the Savannah City Light Guards. It served in and around Savannah, in South Carolina, and with the Army of Tennessee in the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns.

From the description of Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 1st Infantry Regiment, Company D returns and payroll, 1864. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 79470798

Company A of the 1st Regiment (Olmstead's), Georgia Volunteer Infantry was the Irish Jasper Greens. The regiment served in and around Savannah, in South Carolina and with the Army of Tennessee in the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns.

From the description of Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 1st Infantry Regiment, Company A receipts, 1864. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 79470825

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referencedIn Olmstead, Charles H. Letter to Florence Williams Olmstead, 1862 Apr. 11. Fort Pulaski National Monument
referencedIn Geffcken, Eldred, 1843-ca. 1925. Eldred Geffcken letters, 1910. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn Olmstead, Charles H. Charles H. Olmstead military records and letters, 1860-1865. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn Bell, George H. George H. Bell diary, 1862. Fort Pulaski National Monument
referencedIn Olmstead, Charles H. Charles H. Olmstead draft report, [ca. 1862]. Fort Pulaski National Monument
creatorOf Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 1st Infantry Regiment, Company D returns and payroll, 1864. Georgia Historical Society
creatorOf Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Causton Bluff (Chatham County, Ga.) Battery morning reports, 1862. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Landershine, L. Wilson. L. Wilson Landershine diary, 1862. Fort Pulaski National Monument
referencedIn Fort, Tomlinson, 1787-1859. Family papers, 1808-1882. Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Fort, Tomlinson, 1787-1859. Tomlinson Fort family papers, 1808-1882. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Thiot family. Thiot family papers, 1756-1865. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 1st Infantry Regiment, Company A receipts, 1864. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn Carter, Josiah. Josiah Carter family papers, 1860-1865, 1873, 1884 [microform]. Shorter University, Livingston Library, Rome Livingston Library
referencedIn Confederate States of America. Army. Ft. Pulaski guard reports, 1862. Fort Pulaski National Monument
referencedIn Barkley Family. Barkley & King Family Civil War correspondence, 1862-1864. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
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Georgia
Causton Bluff (Ga.)
Georgia
Georgia
United States
United States
Chatham County (Ga.)
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America
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