This regiment was badly beat up and many captured at Cumberland Gap, Sept. 9, 1863. They were sent to Camp Douglas. Most of the rest of the regiment spent the remainder of the war as prison guards at Andersonville.

FIELD OFFICERS:

BATTLES:

ROSTERS:

Field Staff and Band
Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Company E - Colquitt and Miller Counties (originally Miller Wild Cats)
Company F - Jackson Avengers
Company G
Company H(Randoloph & Spalding Counties)
Company I
Company K

REFERENCES:

Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate States Armies

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