Confederate States of America. Army records, 1862-1864, 1930s.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Confederate States of America. Army records, 1862-1864, 1930s.

Confederate States of America. Army records, 1862-1864, 1930s.

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This collection consists of pay vouchers, muster rolls, etc. from Georgia soldiers as well as soldiers from other states serving in Georgia. They were primarily kept by Captain N. B. Brown, Assistant Quartermaster, Acting Paymaster. They are arranged in numerical order as assigned by Brown.The bulk of this collection consists of pay vouchers. The remainder consists of muster, pay and bounty rolls, returns of ordnance, provisions and pay accounts, discharges, and descriptive lists. Several Georgia regiments are represented including infantry, artillery, cavalry, and independent companies. Also included are documents pertaining to Confederate units from other states. The military companies, batteries, and camps surrounding Savannah figure prominently.There are also non-financial documents in the collection. There is a hand written copy of the petition to Jefferson Davis by several commanding officers for the removal of General Braxton Bragg, October 4, 1863. There are also letters and reports from various brigades of Stewart's Division concerning the battles of Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga.The following regiments, battalions, artilleries, cavalries, and batteries are included in this collection: 1st Georgia Regiment (Co. C, Emmett Rifles); 38th Georgia Regiment (Co. M, Joe Thompson's Artillery); 32nd Georgia Regiment; 47th Georgia Regiment; 54th Georgia Regiment (Co. A, Lamar Infantry; Co. F, Savannah Cadets; Co. H, Russell's); 1st Georgia Volunteer Regiment (Co. A, Irish Jasper Greens; Co. C, Republican Blues; Co. D, City Light Guards, Co. E, Irish Volunteers; Co. F, Coast Rifles; Co. G, Tattnall Guards; Co. I, German Volunteers; Co. K, Washington Volunteers); 47th Georgia Volunteer Regiment; 1st Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment (Co. D, Liberty Guards; Co. G, McIntosh Cavalry; Co. H, Lamar Rangers; Co. K, McIntosh Cavalry; Liberty Independent Troop); 7th Georgia Cavalry Regiment (Co. E, Banks' Partisan Rangers; Co. H, Hardwick Mounted Rifles); 1st Georgia Battalion (Sharpshooters; Co. C, Partisan Rangers); 10th Georgia Battalion (Co. B, Worth Rebels; Co. C, Zollicoffer Riflemen; Co. D, Whittle Guards); 12th Georgia Battalion (Co. C, Siege Train; Co. E, Rudisill's); 20th Georgia Battalion (Co. A, Southern Partisan Rangers; Co. C, Millen's Battalion); 22nd Georgia Battalion (Co. B, Wise Guards); Regular Light Battalion, Maxwell's; Buists Siege Train; Terrell Light Battalion; 2nd Georgia Cavalry Battalion (Co. D, Georgia Hussars; Effingham Hussars; Screven Troops); 3rd Georgia Cavalry Battalion (Co. B, Shiloh Troop; Co. E, Camden Mounted Rifles; Co. F, Camden Chausseurs; Wayne Rangers); 20th Georgia Cavalry Battalion (Co. A, Millen's Partisan Rangers); 21st Georgia Cavalry Battalion; 24th Georgia Cavalry Battalion (Co. A, Mercer Partisan Rangers; Co. B, Randolph Rangers); Anderson's Cavalry Battalion; Maxwell's Georgia Artillery (Guerrard Light Battery); 22nd Georgia Artillery (Co. A, Bartow Artillery; Co. E, Montgomery Guards; Co. F, Emmett Rifles); Claghorn's Georgia Artillery (Chatham Artillery); Dawson's Georgia Artillery (Co. E, Terrell Light Artillery); Bomar's Georgia Artillery (Chestatee Artillery); Confederate Infantry (Villipique's Light Artillery); Croft's Independent Company, Georgia Artillery (Columbus Artillery); Georgia Independent Artillery Battalion (Oglethrope's Siege); Causten's Bluff Battery; Martin's Light Battery; Read's Light Battery; Regular Light Battery.Also included in this collection: the 4th Louisiana Battalion; Stewart's Division (Bates Brigade; Brown's Brigade; Clayton's Brigade; Strahl's Brigade; Adam's Brigade; Capt. TH Stanford's Brigade; Maj. AP Stewart's Brigade; Stovall's Brigade); McClelland's Florida Volunteer Battalion (Jackson Guard).This collection was arranged by Work Projects Administration workers in the 1930s. They prepared a detailed card file indexing the collection. This index consists of an alphabetical list of names found within the collection and a list of commands (alphabetical and numerical). Also listed in the miscellaneous index are camps, forts, batteries, battles, hospitals, and army departments. These items are indexed by bundle and package numbers on the cards which correspond with the bundle and package numbers listed in this finding aid.The original WPA index of personal names has been transcribed and is available with the print finding aid in the Georgia Historical Society reading room. This index includes accurate item numbers. However, the box numbers listed in the print index are incorrect and require updating.

26 boxes (15.5 cubic feet)

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