HISTORICAL NOTES:

NOTE: As originally organized, Cobb's Legion was composed of cavalry, infantry and artillery. The Legion moved to Virginia but the three arms never served together.

The designation of Company L has caused problems for researchers. Crute,and Sifakis agree that there there were only seven companies in the Infantry battalion (Letter companies A-G). In the book, Thomas R. R. Cobb : The Making of a Southern Nationalist by William B. McCash, he states on page 254 "...Mell Volunteers from Athens, Georgia, [which became Company D] marched into camp, making the seventh and last of the infantry companies to arrive."

Several things seems to discount the expansion of the unit to have a company L.

1. If the infantry unit had been expanded to 11 companies, then they would have been larger than a regiment, and they would have been given a numerical designation (the cavalry battalion became the 9th cavalry regiment, but was always called Cobb's Legion.)

2. Other than Colonel Cobb, there was never a colonel in command of the infantry troops. They were commanded by a Lt. Colonel, which was the rank of an officer commanding a battalion. (The cavalry portion was commanded by a colonel, Pierce M. B. Young, and Gilbert Wright.)

FIELD OFFICERS:

ROSTERS:

The rosters below may have the Infantry and Cavalry units combined. For company designations H, I, J, K, & L, see the Cobbs Legion Cavalry Battalion.


Field Staff, and Band
Company A - Lamar Infantry
Company B - Bowden Volunteers
Company C - Stephen's Rifles
Company D - Mell Volunteers
Company E - Poythress Volunteers
Company F - Tom Cobb Invincibles
Company G - Panola Guards

REFERENCES:

REF: EMAIL from gspurloc@colquitt.k12.ga.us (Glen Spurlock)

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