GEORGIA 15TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Organization
Organized July 15, 1861.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.
Officers
First Commander: Thomas W. Thomas (Colonel)
Field Officers: Dudley M. DuBose (Colonel)
Stephen Z. Hearnsberger (Lieutenant Colonel)
William M. McIntosh (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
William T. Millican (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
Peter J. Shannon (Major)
Joseph T. Smith (Major)
Theophilus J. Smith (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
Linton Stephens (Lieutenant Colonel)
Assignments
Toomb's Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac (Sep. - Oct. 1861)
Toomb's Brigade, 2nd Corps, Potomac Districe, Dept. of Northern Virginia (Oct. 1861 - Jan. 1862)
Toomb's Brigade, Toomb's - D. R. Jones Division, Magruder's Command,
Army of Northern Virginia (Apr. Jul. 1862)
Toomb's Brigade, D. R. Jones Division, 1st Corps. Army of Northern Virginia(Jul - Oct 1862)
Toomb's Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Department of North Carolina
and Southern Virginia (Oct. 1862 - Feb. 1863)
Toomb's-Benning's Brigade, Hoods Division, Dept. of North Carolina and
Southern Virginia (Feb. 1863 - Apr. 1863)
Benning's Brigade, Hood's Division, Dept. of Southern Virginia (Apr. 1863 - May 1863)
Benning's Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (May 1863 - Sep. 1863)
Benning's Brigade, Hood's Division, Longstreet's Corps. Army of Tennessee (Sep. 1863 - Nov. 1863)
Benning's Brigade, Hood's Field's Division, Dept. of East Tennessee (Nov. 1863 - Apr. 1864)
Benning's Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (Apr. 1864 - Apr. 1865)
Battles
Links to the National Park Service description of battles
Yorktown (Apr. 1862)
Seven Days Battles (25 Jun - 1 Jul 1862)
Thoroughfare
Gap (28 Aug 1862)
2nd Bull Run (2nd Mannassas) (28-30 Aug 1862)
Sharpsburg (Antietam) (17 Sep 1862)
Fredericksburg (13 Dec 1862)
Suffolk Campaign (Apr. - May 1863)
Gettysburg (1 - 3 Jul. 1863)
Chickamauga (19 - 20 Sep. 1863)
Chattanooga Siege (Sep. - Nov. 1863)
Knoxville Siege (Nov. - Dec. 1863)
The Wilderness (5 - 6 May 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House (8 - 21 May 1864)
North Anna (23 - 26 May 1864)
Cold Harbor (1 - 3 Jun. 1864)
Petersburg Siege (Jun. 1864 - Apr. 1865)
Chaffin's Farm (29 Sep. 1864)
Fort Harrison (29 - 30 Sep. 1864)
Fort Gilmer (29 - 30 Sep. 1864)
Williamsburg Road (27 Oct. 1864)
Appomattox (9 Apr. 1865)
Rosters
Company A - Wilkes County Delphi Rangers
Company B - Franklin County Tugalo Blues
Company C - Elbert County Fireside Guards
Company D - Taliaferro County Stephen Home Guards
Company E - Hancock County Volunteers
Company F - Elbert County Bowman Volunteers
Company G - Lamar County Confederates
Company H - Hart County Pool Volunteers
Company I   - Elbert County McIntosh Volunteers
Company K - Hancock County Confederate Guards
This information is excerpted from "The Fighting Fifteenth", the
Unit History of the 15th of Georgia. This book traces the steps of
the 15th through the Civil War from its organization in the summer
of 1861 to the surrender at Appomattox. The book is available
for $25 from Eastern Digital Resources, PO Box 1451, Clearwater,
SC 29822-1451. Email Superstore@aol.com.
We now have a secure link to Atlantic Coast Software for ordering on line
using your credit card.

Order using VISA/MC
Order using E-CHECK,
COD, MAIL