Georgia 63rd Infantry Regiment

 


HISTORICAL NOTES:

    The 63rd Georgia Volunteer Regiment was both an infantry and a heavy artillery unit during its service to the Confederacy. It was originally organized in Savannah commanded by Colonel George A. Gordon.

    The nucleus of the 63d Regiment Ga. Inf. was Captain George A. Gordon's Co., which was attached to the 1st (Olmstead's) Regiment Ga. Volunteer Infantry from its creation on May 30, 1861 to April 26, 1862. The company was then divided into three companies and renamed the 13th Battalion. Ga. Volunteer Inf. (also known as the Phoenix Battn. and as Gordon's Battn.). In December 1862, the battalion was increased to regimental size by the addition of 1st Co. A, 12th Battn. Ga. Light Artillery, which became Co. A and six newly organized companies, which were partly created by transferring men from companies of the 13th Battn. Ga. Inf. Company A, of the 13th Battn. Ga. Inf. became Co. F; Co. B became Co K; Co. C became Co. B, of the newly formed regiment. The newly formed regiment was officially designated the 63d Regiment Ga. Infantry.

ASSIGNMENTS:

    Assigned to the Departments of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
    General Mercer's and J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.

FIELD OFFICERS:

    Colonel: · George A. Gordon
     Lieutenant Colonel: · George R. Black
     Majors: · Joseph V. H. Allen
    · John R. Giles

BATTLES:

    Thunderbolt Island
    Rosedew Island
    Battery Wagner
    The Atlanta Campaign
    Nashville
    Franklin
    The Carolinas Campaign
    Bentonville

ROSTERS:

    Rosters of this regiment may be found in Rosters of The Confederate Soldiers of Georgia

    Company A - Richmond County, Ga. - Oglethorpe Light Artillery
    Company B - Chatham County, Ga. - Phoenix Riflemen
    Company C, Miscellaneous Counties
    Company D, Miscellaneous Counties
    Company E, Miscellaneous Counties
    Company F, - Chatham And Other Counties
    Company G, - Spalding And Neighboring Counties
    Company H - Jefferson, Laurens, And Other Counties
    Company I - Bartow And Other Counties
    Company K - Chatham And Other Counties

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